Reddit Writing Prompts

A murder mystery, without a murderer. The victim just choked on a drink, but nobody believes it was an accident because of the victim's importance.

One would think a healer would the the weakest of the party, but when a powerful healer is alone, all their magic is focused on themself, and boy you better hope you can hurt them faster than they can regenerate the damage.

The creature reached out and touched your forehead, "I will feast on your FEAR!" it shouted. Moments later it recoiled and stood whimpering in front of you. "You....you live like this?" it asked, crying....

A knight is returning to the kingdom with the kidnapped princess where he will be rewarded for his success. The princess is attempting to seduce the knight but is declined each time though not out of chivalry. Instead, it is because he is already married and is devoted to his wife.

You’re a supervillain, who has lived a completely normal ‘cover’ life… until you discover your wife of ten years is actually your superhero arch nemesis.

You, a heroic paladin have successfully slain a fearsome dragon. But the dragon warns you that death is but a door, and dragons don't die, they reincarnate. You paid it no mind....until your son was born with golden, slitted eyes.

You've found the answer to Fermi's Paradox of "There must be more advanced civilizations than us, so why haven't they contacted us", turns out there's a "Great Filter" that destroys over 90% of civilizations before they can journey to the stars, on Earth, we call that filter "The Internet".

"That power corrupts people," they cried, "you'll become a monster!" That was a hundred years ago, and you're beginning to wonder when the 'evil' is going to kick in

Many genies pride themselves on using loopholes and technicalities to twist wishes. But you're using them to untwist this moron's stupid wishes so they don't die.

You are a sailor, however a Siren in training is trying to get you as you watch her sisters encouraging her from afar.

Immortals get only one billion words to speak, after which they immediately die. You've gone centuries in silence, as you have only twelve words remaining.

You’ve stumbled upon a genie, and he grants you three wishes. As with most genies, he’s the type to grant wishes with a malicious twist. Unfortunately for the genie, all the wishes you have in mind are malicious to everyone, including the genie.

"A game for your life," the skeletal figure said. "You choose," I replied. "I've never been much for games, or for life." For the first time in as long as they could remember, Death smiled.

"Three days, August 13th, at 21:31 standard time, Earth was attacked by hostile alien forces. We defended ourselves. We did not expect to win. We also did not expect sixteen other species to show up and kick out of the snot out of the invaders."

The bipedal species are considered to most ugly amongst the galaxy. That was until "humans" joined the confederation and obsessed with all the bipedal species saying they are "beautiful". You are the only bipedal girl in the intergalactic school, being bullied, until a group of humans arrives.

Most tech based heros are rich and handsome philanthropists, except Dale he's just got too much creativity, free time, liquor, and access to junkyards.

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.

Nuclear weapons have been banned for so long in the a galactic community that most aliens think they’re just fairytales. Imagine their surprise when they see humans using them in a war.

Whenever someone is buried in your town, plants grow and surround the grave, representing what sort of life they lived. When a pillar of the community dies, their grave is covered in thick, gnarled brambles.

Your dad had this vintage bottle of honey, dated thousands of years. He always told you to save it for a special occasion. Trapped in a bunker about to die, you think it's the right time.

In the medieval era, women began to wield magic and were called witches.A war was declared against them. However, the witches won and since then, the world has been ruled by them. You, a 16-year-old boy, discover that you can also wield magic. But your witch mother turns pale hearing this.

You are a great warrior that heroically fell in defence of your city. As a reward the gods resurrected you to be the its eternal defender. Now, centuries later, your city has been abandoned and is nothing more than rubble, but your mission remains. You will defend these ruins with your life.

The heroes just discovered that the reason the "wicked, omnicidal sorcerer" is so hellbent on destroying "the forces of good" is that "the forces of good" captured and tortured them for fifty years

When you are born, your parents gave you a very unique name. This has caused you many annoyances over the years, but you feel that the demon that keeps getting summoned every time the teacher calls on you has it worse.

Our planet shares the same orbit with Earth- on the opposite side of the sun. We see their lives on the internet and TV, but we’ve never been able to actually GO there.

You came home from work early and when you entered your bedroom you heard your spouse exclaim "It's not what it looks like!" in surprise. But after taking in the scene for a few minutes you have to admit that you have no clue *what* exactly you are looking at.

You’re an elf who has been awarded a scholarship for one of the most prestigious schools of magic in all of the realms! The… Massachusetts Institute of Technology? Wait, what?

Of all the world’s immortals, you are the oldest. For this reason, everyone (including yourself) thinks you know everything. For centuries this belief has remained unshaken. Today, however, you’re asked a question you don’t know the answer to, but you’re determined to find it.

"So you are telling me this random guy showed up out of nowhere, killed the dragon within the hour and left without saying a thing?" "Actually sir he kept saying 'skip dialogue' while I was trying to talk to him."

You started a young hero with bright eyes full of hope. Decades have left you with nothing but cold, cruel logic. It has gotten you here to the last moment of your last battle with the final evil. Here, with a last desperate spell, the villain forces you to recognize what you've become.