Thriller Writing Prompts

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You are a body double for a dictator, the real dictator has died and nobody has figured it out yet

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Here you are. Twenty years to the day. He descends in a golden light. You flick the safety on your gun.

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A chemist has developed a chemical that will temporarily induce sexual urges in those who ingest it. It's only after she takes some as an experiment that she realizes she forgot a decimal in her synthesizer. That dose wasn't for a 25.5% increase...

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You recently became a mob boss after spending years in that mob, little do they know, you are an undercover cop.

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An assassin finds himself gawking in the doorway as the Queen stares him down, resuming her bath.

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As much as you want to grieve too, your mind is too focused on everyone else crying in the room. They were the only people present when the death happened and the only people that could’ve poisoned her. The only problem is that she drank from your cup and they got the wrong target.

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A regular coffee shop that no one ever took notice of gets exposed as serving mind altering substances in their coffee beans. On this particular day, a man storms into the café saying "I know what you're doing. I hear voices! I demand you to stop"

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"Just a heads up, if the boss ever hears you say the phrase "what's the worse that can happen", he will shoot you."

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You awaken in a metal chamber with a single bulkhead door in a skimpy jumpsuit. Klaxons blare to life as the door unseals revealing a colossal sprawling labyrinth....

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You've plotted for the assassination of a hated rival through a contrived process that cannot possibly be traced back to you. It worked so well not even the assassin knew you were the mastermind, so they chose to frame you, "an innocent bystander", for the murder when making their getaway.

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I finally got a ticket to Dubcon! I showed up in my favourite cosplay, so why is no one else dressed up? And what’s with the collar closing around my neck?

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All at once, every screen on earth got hijacked and started displaying a face, the person promptly declared that the world is now under their direct rule and ended the signal soon after, that person is your best friend.

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"Get 10 peaches, 10 apricots, 10 sour cherries, 10 sweet cherries, 10 plums, and 10 big apples. Take the pits out of all the fruit and turn them into a powder. Make a cocktail out of the fruit and mix the powder into it. Give the cocktail to whoever wronged you."

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Waking up after hearing a snap, she doesn’t understand why she’s naked, gagged, blindfolded, and tied up. And she won’t as her hypnosis triggers make it so she forgets after each session

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You are in so many secret organizations you're beginning to lose track of the little details. Codenames, passphrases, who you're betraying for who... you know, little details like that

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You're about to be condemned to death, but you challenge the king for a final duel, not an armed duel, a chess duel, and for your surprise, he accepts

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"Your guilt shall haunt you!" "I don't have any guilt over killing scumbags like you."

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You're sitting across the table from your final target. You know you're going to fight and attempt to kill them, and they know this, too. Right now, though, you're just old friends, trying to patch up old wounds and enjoy each other's company.

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You are the best swordsman in the land who got to the top using only one technique. Today, you fight someone who finally figured out how to counter it

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You lay upon a metal table, in front of you is window. Through the window you see piercing eyes. You are a death row inmate that is set to be executed shortly.

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You realize at the worst possible moment that you've been handed a prop gun

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You graduated as an officer in the Space Corp only a month ago, and are on your first assignment. The ship is unexpectedly attacked, and all the other officers on the bridge are killed. Other officers are on their way, but for now you're in charge.

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Your FBI agent has been *really* getting into your kinky browser porn history as they spy on you. Omg they totally like you!

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“I guess this is the end of our lifelong game,” you told your greatest enemy, before pressing the button.

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You're Jane Bend, the mos famous spy in the world...and because you're so famous no one wants to hire you☹️

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You're not too sure, but you think the doctor who just preformed surgery on you isn't a real doctor.

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The scientist's wife had volunteered to let them inject her with nanites designed to stimulate nerve endings. The test was successful, but things start to spiral out of control the next day when her horny neighbor manages to hack into the nanite's control signal.

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“You killed my father and I wanted to thank you for that…”

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2 enemy spies, who both don't know eachother, accidentaly hooks up during a mission

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My boyfriend always believed that I was the one for him, that he would never let me go. Well, it was a shame to find out he had been sleeping with another girl… but it’ll be an even bigger shame for him when I get revenge with this monkeys paw… three wishes… hmm…

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