Subtle Supernatural Elements Writing Prompts
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Years ago you made a wish with a genie that any living Arthropods would be incapable of being within ten feet of you. You've been loving your bug free life but your starting to notice more any more people refusing to get close to you.
You're secretly a werewolf, with so much control over your were-form you're basically just yourself. You've grown so close to your roommate that you decide it's safe to transform in front of them. You expect shock, horror. Instead, they whip out a fursuit.
One day the most popular (and meanest) girl in the school has a complete attitude change and becomes extremely wholesome and friendly. Then you learn she is possessed by a demon. “Is”. Not “was”.
"Daddy, what if monsters come out of the closet?" "Don't worry sweetie, your Teddy Bear fights them all off when you sleep" "Daddy you're so silly". When she finally goes to sleep, he turns to the bear and salutes it, "Keep up the good fight soldier". The bear salutes back, "Yes Sir!"
Bartender "listen, you can't just walk in here with a real sword. Give me one good reason to carry something like that around in this day and age." "Mimics!". I laughed, the bartender laughed, the table laughed.
Your partner is a werewolf. You found this out by coming home to a large, rather friendly wolf.
You're about to go to bed, when you find a woman getting food out of your refrigerator. It turns out, that "cat" you picked up outside the grocery store, wasn't a cat at all.
You wake up one morning to a golden orb floating above your head. 'Take, or double it and give it to the next person' it says. You think for a moment. 'Take'. You are the first person to say this in a thousand years.
Due to a curse placed upon your bloodline, you're invisible. You've been married to your blind wife for 25 years and she's just gotten surgery to recover her vision
You are born with a large birthmark on the back of your hand that looks like an arrow. On your 18th birthday you notice that it starts pointing in one direction no matter which way you're facing. You decide to start walking in that direction.
When you were a child, you accidentally wrote a letter to Satan instead of Santa. Now, every year for christmas you get presents from the lord of hell himself.
You believe in lucky pennies. When you find one the wrong side down, you flip it so the next person can get the luck. One day you hear an annoyed voice telling you to knock it off.
"Why is it that you can never spell my name correctly?! It's not even difficult. Are you stupid?!" The customer berated the cashier. "Our barista is a fairy. I'm making sure she doesn't get your name. Don't worry I'll make sure I get it perfect next time. Have a nice day"
Some say that an invisible red string is tied around the fingers of soulmates meant to be together forever. As it turns out, you can see these red strings, and have therefore created a highly successful matchmaking business.
You adopted a cat named “Dave the Magical Cheese Wizard” from the shelter. After weeks you just started to realize that wasn’t just a goofy cat name.
You are an entity that feeds off all negative emotions, and so you did the only logical thing; you got a job at a call centre.
The monster under your bed has been waiting all this time for you to hit legal age. Midnight rolls around and well... Happy Eighteenth Birthday!
"Y'all got any really old lamps?", you ask the owner at a yard sale. Just behind your ear, a tiny djinn whispers, "Oil lamps! Oil lamps specifically!"
They say twins sometimes know what each other is thinking, but Rose and Lily discovered years ago that they can feel what each other feel. Things get awkward when Rose finds a boyfriend, and Lily keeps finding herself in the worst places when they decide to have sex.
As a demon, you get summoned for all sorts of things. Occult rituals, assassinations, etc. But today, your summoner is none of these things. Today your summoner is a soft spoken, nervous boy who just asked you to go to the High School Reunion Dance with him as his girlfriend.
After finding what she thought was just a cool symbol in an old book and getting it as a tattoo, a college freshman is now slowly transforming into a Succubus...
When you grow up, you eventually stop worrying about the monster under your bed. However, when you grew up, the monster under your bed started worrying about you. You masturbate SO MUCH. You really need to get laid.
Your reality warping friend/lover likes to prank you by making bizarre changes to your daily routine but making it so you don’t notice them/see them as normal. You’re beginning to suspect they’ve made on such change today, but you can’t put your finger on it. Something just feels…off…
Her species is technically listed as were-wolf, But she looks completely human even on full moons. The truth is instead of going into a wolf form when the moon is full, she goes into a mind consuming heat.
After a drunken one night stand with a girl dressed like a fae princess you notice some interesting changes. You're starting to suspect that she wasn't wearing a costume...
You realize that a one night stand with a woman who was wearing a witch costume several weeks before Halloween may not have been a good idea
Your hair changes colors to reflect your emotions. Everyone just found out which color means you're horny...
You're a guardian angel who, by holy laws, has to watch their ward every second. Your ward is an exhibitionist who's keenly aware of this.
It's a windy day. The breeze seems to toy with his hair, pluck at the edges of his shirt... Yeah, no, the wind is definitely coming on to him.
Instead of fading away as people grow up, imaginary friends instead become more real, growing up alongside them,eventually becoming fully visible and tangible. Sometimes, they become... More than friends.
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