Reddit Writing Prompts

The God of Knowledge has reincarnated, the scholars are celebrating. Problem is the small god floods those around it with an uncontrollable surge of eldritch knowledge that none amongst the scholars can withstand. You are the least-curious man in the world, and you've been called to babysit.

You have been chosen among others to become the gods of a more modern pantheon. After having been unknowingly teleported to some ethereal place, you see everyone else. Each person seems to represent the engraving in front of them perfectly; Gaming, Fast Food, Automobiles… yours reads Internet

Four roommates are extraterrestrials who have taken human form in the hopes of learning about Earth’s culture. Unfortunately, each alien is from a different planet and believes the other three are normal humans.

"...and for my Third wish, I wish that there was no such thing as Math." The genie nodded, "Wish granted, Master!" I subtly asked, "how many more wishes do i have?" Perplexed, the genie replied, "I don't know anymore..."

In a world where the consequences of murdering someone is them coming back the next day completely fine, you accidentally shot your best friend with a gun. The next day, you and your friend have an awkward conversation in an elevator.

You are a hero with severe anger management and self control issues. Despite this, and because of immense effort on your part, you are mainly known for your calm and collected nature. But today a villain has finally to cross the line.

When I died I always expected to see the pearly gates. But I never expected to see them in such ruinous conditions, as if they’d been abandoned for centuries.

You died last year but you still wake up in your body everyday. You look alive, you act like yourself, but whatever it was that made you "alive" is gone, yet you can't seem to leave your body. The problem is, your brain is starting to decay and it's weakening your tether on reality.

You gave the last of your food to a poorly disguised mimic, but now it wont leave you alone. It's even turning itself into various items to help you.

All wizards use wands to cast their spells. As a wand maniac, you've stuffed your wand with all kinds of upgrades and now it's the size of a pillar.

Chaos Magic is the hardest to learn but the easiest to master. All it requires is the abject belief that your ritual will have an effect, despite all evidence to the contrary, and then it will.

Ben could craft statues so lifelike that many were mistaken as living beings. Normally this wouldn’t matter but for the past week the Demon king has been in a staring contest with a toad statue. The prize the others soul.

Suddenly politicians start dying for an unknown reason, seemingly at random. The reason is discovered - something or someone has cursed them to die if they tell a lie

“Sometimes for the benefit of the company you have to cut corners.” “Sir, you want to skip the entire three laws of robotics programing.”

You were once the Lord Lich, but after finding love you faked your death to settle down as a farmer. With your minions you can plow and sow many fields, after many years and burying your lover you’ve come to peace with the world and just in time for the heroes have finally found you.

An Eldritch horror hires a group of adventurers to destroy every cult that tried to summon it.

Instead of a random teenager, the hero summoned to a fantasy world was an engineer working at Lockheed Martin.

“You are the most evil villain in the world. But you have no powers. How do you do it?” The reporter asks bound to a chair.

No superhero works alone. Everyone has a “Keeper,” someone to help the paragons with their darker moments. Of the two, criminals and villains fear the Keeper more.

"the mat clearly said NOT welcome!" i explained to the vampire.

You never knew your birth parents, growing up across the country in orphanages. While alone you learned to cook and shared your meals across the world, eventually owning your own business. One day you suddenly find out what your parents were. They were Fae… you’ve fed thousands Fae Food.

Standing at the altar, with tears in your eyes you say “I do.” The cultists and the thing they summoned are visibly confused

A vampire, turned at a young age, adopted by a kindly old person that thinks they're just an orphan. They try to explain what they are but it's brushed off, a macabre joke. One day, thirst building, they decide to run away to keep them safe just as they find a fresh glass of blood by their bed.

You’re a Genie with thousands of years of bad luck. It seams that every time someone finds the lamp, they are evil or corrupt and you are bound to grant terrible wishes. One day an child in torn clothes finds you and begs for food.

We did it. We engineered a bacteria that ate plastic and released oxygen. We could unleash it on the plastic pollution plaguing the planet. We did. It didn’t go as planned.

You are a monster hunter, but unlike your colleagues you do not hunt them for glory, revenge or trophies. You hunt them because you made it your personal mission to eat at least one of every monster. Today you attempt your most anticipated kill.

The worst part of being the most powerful archmage is dealing with pompous kings and nobles who come complaining after you reject their equally pompous progeny from being your apprentice.

Most Princesses and Princes have fairy godmothers to protect them and provide them with magic boons and powers. Your parents never told you about your fairy godmother until the day a tribe of goblins came collectively calling themselves your "gob"mother

A Pirate crew raids a treasure hoard in a cave, finding gold and abnormally sized pearls. The captain decides to examine these pearls and they hatch to reveal baby mermaids, who’s first word is “papa?”

When you were a child, you accidentally wrote a letter to Satan instead of Santa. Now, every year for christmas you get presents from the lord of hell himself.