Reddit Writing Prompts

She is quite possibly the strongest woman on earth, and she's in love with you. You love her back, and it's terrifying

You have an unusual passive ability that stops time whenever you're in a situation of certain death, allowing you to survive anything. One day, you're sitting at your couch and time stops. It's been a decade since then. And time is still not moving.

You live in a world shaped like a big Rubik's Cube, the face of each square having a unique climate. Some unseen force periodically twists and repositions the cube, so you never know what friends, enemies, dangers, or resources will be at your borders next.

You're a superhero, you would consider yourself C-list at best power-wise but the greatest superhero team in the world keeps calling you back to help with big villian disasters. Oddly enough your memories of each event are vauge at best. one day you figure out why

"I challenge you to a duel, sir! Pick your weapon and make your peace, for I have trained under the greatest weapon masters in-" "Fisticuffs." "...W-what?" "FISTICUFFS."

"Yes, but just because I *can* crack reality open like an egg and reign as a galactic conquerer doesn't mean that I *want* to. I want to be the silly nemesis of a street level hero"

During the war between angels and demons, humans are the collateral. They are continuously used by the two forces for their advantage until humanity decides to just kill both.

"Any spell can be enhanced by saying the incantation and waiting to use it. The longer you wait, the stronger it gets." You prepared a Fireball immediately upon hearing this, and 20 years later you accidentally release it.

A little girl was recently given a doll, which has turned out to be possessed. Luckily, her older sibling's action figures have been able to thwart the evil doll at every turn.

Through some mysterious means, everyone began to die on their birthdays. Slowly the worlds population dwindled, until December 31st finally hit. It’s been 3 years, and you’re running out of time to find a solution before February 29th comes.

Dragons do not build nests. Instead, they sneak their eggs into other unsuspecting species and let them raise their young instead. And this "chicken" that just hatched on your family's farm sure doesn't look like any chicken you've ever seen.

The human brain has evolved to see the world as it expects to see it, not as it really is. Supernatural creatures have hidden in humanity's blindspots for millennia. You have just woken up from a first-of-its-kind brain surgery and can see what's really in your hospital room.

A new species joined the ships crew. Humans, a bonded pair apparently. One day we were boarded by pirates and the two became separated, I have never seen destruction performed like what this human did, to get back to his mate.

“And what do you do with the children? Enslave them? Eat them?” “What? No!” The witch shouted, aghast. “I raise them, of course. If parents are willing to give up their children for greed, then imagine what they’d do to the child, given the chance to raise it?”

The zombie apocalypse has come and gone. Humanity has survived and prospered, but with the virus inside every single human. Centuries into the future, we are at war with an alien race, and they are horrified to learn that we don’t stay dead easily.

The Humans are coming back to Earth after 10,000 years. The abandoned synthetic intelligence, left to evolve on Earth, try to welcome the second coming of Humans, the Gods of the religion they developed, but they got a few things wrong about Humans.

You've just burned down an entire town, killed almost everyone inside of it, and stole everything of value from it. A little girl runs up to you and says, "Wow, you're such a hero! I want to be just like you when I grow up!"

The Genie says "You are allowed to choose one object in the English language and you can transform yourself into that object with full control over it. You are allowed to choose words with more than one meaning."

The King of Darkness has died to a sudden illness. His lackeys are tearing his realm apart in a massive anarchic free-for-all. The Heroes are now sent to his castle - not to kill him, but to find and actually bother to read his will.

Your secret identity has been found out by the villain, instead of using it against you, the villain goes to your Hero Association and files a case against them for "Child Endangerment" due to the fact that you are 12.

You are immortal. Truly Immortal. Most people assume immortality's curse is outliving their species. No one considered outliving multiple UNIVERSES. So here you are, several million years after your 12th big bang.

"You should be aware that casting this spell will legally require me to take your firstborn child" said the Witch, "but the meaning of 'take' was never defined, so I imagine we can figure out a loophole or two that'd work for you."

Aliens arrive and inform the world they have a century to fix their collective shit or die. Humanity put their issues aside and unified. Not because the aliens told them to, but because they are petty and pissed and are planning to go to war when they return.

After a superhero destroyed your home and killed your family during a fight you swore you would have your vengeance and destroy the heroes once and for all. You may only be a rat but that is not going to stop you.

"Don't worry, I've got a guy." You're the guy everyone's got.

It’s been 125 years since you were given $1 million and immortality in exchange for being hunted down by a super-intelligent snail with a fatal touch. Everyone you knew at the time have since passed. You are tired of running. The thing is, in the past 125 years, you haven’t seen the snail once.

You are an above-average villain. You have it all, power, fame, enough comfort and even a nemesis. Of course, he is almost like your best friend. And if that wasn't enough, you also have a beautiful family, kids and all. One day, your find out that your nemesis has been abusing his sidekick.

I was born blind but was lucky enough to have a loving mother who took care of my every need. Imagine the betrayal I felt when a stitch slipped and a ray of light hit my eye for the first time.

Knowing the hero would call upon the power of friendship to win against them, the villain simply killed all the hero's friends. What he didn't expect is what the power of grief looked like.

Jesus Christ is born once every century. Each time he takes on a new body and a new name. If he dies at least once not by the hand of man, all of humanity will ascend to heaven. This has not happened yet.