Post-apocalyptic Writing Prompts

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In the apocalypse, it is a dog eat dog world. Kill or be Killed. There is only one exception. Every Thursday is movie night, hosted by the doomsday prepper.

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The zombie apocalypse arrived, but the undead don’t ‘devour’ people they way you thought they would. Now a horde of zombie girls won’t stop shouting lewd things at you from your base

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"When the world was getting colder, we left the planet and took refuge on another. Now that we have returned, we see that our species had survived, but they are so frail and tiny. These humans are a fraction of what we used to be."

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You're the president of the last city on earth... Sadly you have to make the announcement that the city is finally falling today

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A character who can break the fourth wall wakes up one day to discover that the real world is mysteriously dead, leaving them nobody to talk to

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The apocalypse has come and gone. In the wake of society collapsing, two factions have formed. Those who found shelter in a place called Waffle House, and those who sheltered in another location, Starbucks.

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The last man on earth is the reason why he's the last man on earth.

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Trapped in this apartment with a raging zombie apocalypse outside your building. Your cat is the only one feeding you with animals She brings from the outside, you've never been so grateful with it.

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Humanity has been dead for thousands of years, a foot note in the great book of history, so, when sensors detect movement from Sol, it's fair to say it was cause for concern.

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After an apocalyptic event, you're the last person on Earth. You travel the Earth and find a facility in Yellowstone Park that could restart everything. Just as you're about to press the restart button, you realize you could make some... changes.

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After a disease wipes out most male humans in the world, you and your female friends have to keep your guy friend hidden, so that the government doesn't send him to a breeding farm.

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You got bit, and turned during the zombie apocalypse, however, the effects are way overblown. Aside from a mild craving for human meat and some lethargy, you feel pretty okay. You even feel well enough to report into your job at the CDC.

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Your parents got infected and became zombies in the apocalypse. They still have enough brain function to take care of you, though.

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One day you found a sealed hatch to an old fashion fallout bunker. As a joke you tap on it a few times and shouts if anyone is inside. To your surprise, someone shouts back.

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"I can't believe my dad got me a trip to see the ruins of Amsterdam for my 15th birthday!"

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The AI uprising/Alien invasion has occurred, now you write a guide on how to properly train and domesticate your humans.

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Sure, a Zombie apocalypse is devastating, but noone has ever given proper credit to the initial zombie, its not easy to stay undiscovered in a country full of trigger happy people until you get a proper horde going!

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By year 3000 the earth is in ruin. Human society is scarce, except for the large Trash Island in the ocean. Due to radiation and microplastics, humans have mutated to survive there. Aliens come to study them.

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It's been years since the start of the apocalypse, and zombies have evolved to have human-level intelligence. After realizing that constantly eating/infecting all humans, their one main food source, won't work long-term, the zombies try to group survivors together to be farmed like cattle.

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