Reddit Writing Prompts

It was once common knowledge that any sufficiently labyrinthine structure will eventually manifest a Minotaur at its heart. Today, your local IKEA opened its newest extension.

You are dating your city’s superhero not because you like them but because they publicly asked you out, making you a target for the supervillains and paparazzi.

Some immortals use their unnaturally long lifespans to pursue greatness, leave massive legacies, and substitute a natural death with a glorious one. Not you. All you've ever wanted is this cozy little existence.

You've been out of the game for years. Retired, have a nice life with a dog. And then you found out. They cloned you! They cloned you and had no idea what they were dealing with and now they want you to "fix" it. Well, you're going to fix it all right!

You just joined a crew and found out that they have a human crewmate. You're curious and excited to meet them, given your species look so similar, it's uncanny! Unfortunately, it doesn't go so well.

Aliens are trying to eradicate humanity in subtle ways but it always ends up beneficial for humanity

The elite 1% of an intelligent alien race sent their workers to terraform the earth into a vacation planet, wiping out humans and any other native life in the process. Unexpectedly, the wrokers rebel and refuse to do their job, having been bribed with this human thing called "affection"

Since it didn't sink in at your coronation, let me be clear: I am the KINGDOM'S magical guard, not the King's... and lately your cruelty and stupidity have become dangerous.

You have designed superhero costumes for decades. Good, bad, it doesn't matter. You give everyone an costume that fits them with no bias. Now the superheroes are telling you that you can't make costumes for villians anymore. The villians step up to protect you.

You recently moved to the countryside. Your child was playing in the woods, and came back with a large green egg you thought was plastic, so you agreed they could keep it if no one claimed it. Your kid said it was a gift. You thought nothing of it. Then the egg hatched.

In a country were an unbeatable truth serum with a verified 0% false positive rate is routinely used on all political candidates, the revelation that one candidate is completely clean of any misdeeds is considered terrifying by everyone (voters included) instead of reassuring.

Your girlfriend has always wanted to be a witch and when she went to the local witch to be her apprentice you accompanied her as moral support. To the surprise of both of you, the witch rejected your girlfriend and instead asked you to be her apprentice.

The Devil on your shoulder stammers as the Angel loads their shotgun.

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.

You became the president of the United States for one reason and one reason only: you wanted to play a game of Dungeons and Dragons with the members of the Cabinet.

Dragons have treasure hoards for adventurers to target. Those are usually cover ups to hide what the dragons actually care for. Some run orphanages, others have meticulously tended gardens, some have the most well stocked libraries in the world etc.

The Genie stared at you in disbelief, asking you why you would make such a foolish wish that affect so many people. You respond with a shrug and answer with “I just want to see what would happen.”

"I don't wanna fight you, low-level bandit." Says the Lv.100 Hero, who killed the embodiment of space-time. "I wouldn't want to fight me, neither." Says the low-level bandit.

You finally pass away, happily on your death bed surrounded by your loving family. Only to wake up in hell with a demon standing over you "Welcome back m'lord! How was your vacation?"

Your partner is a werewolf. You found this out by coming home to a large, rather friendly wolf.

"I thought you used to be a prostitute!" "Why would you...? Oh... No, no... Lady of the night is just a fancy way to say vampire." "You are a vampire?" "Used to be."

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 were exploring the dungeon when you came across a rare sight. An abandoned mimic whelp. You couldn’t resist the shaking jewelry box. It is now your most faithful companion.

You are a state prosecutor who has consistently won against "vigilantes" and reckless "super heroes." Your reputation is well known. So you're not surprised when the latest rising star you're prosecuting ambushes you in the garage out of desperation. This was a big mistake on their part.

After a devastating car crash you look over at your spouse in the passenger seat and they have a parking sign impaling their chest. They yank it free and look you in the eye, saying "Ok I haven't been completely honest with you"

"Hero! Why do you not wear the armor granted by the gods?" "They look lame, its not about stats, its about looking good" "... what?"

"Sir, we found the ghost ship The Delenora." "Where is it?" "In... Um... The Bridgewater Triangle.." "You mean Bermuda Triangle?" "No... It's in the middle of the woods in Massachusetts..."

Your grandfather is a little eccentric, but he tells good stories. You don’t know what a skyscraper is, or an internet, but he always gets excited when you bring him something from the old world.

"Oh for fucks sake, you too? Right, ok, cards on the table. Is anyone here ACTUALLY a human being and not an inhuman creature infiltrating the human race?"

You and your crush made a promise back in highschool, "If we are still single by age 30, we'll get married." Well, the morning after celebrating your 30th birthday, you hear that your old crush's grave has been dug up during the night.