Reddit Writing Prompts

"Dad, I made a new friend and I met her dad! He wants to invite you for dinner!" You choked on your coffee. Your son making a new friend on his first day of school is great. Realizing that said friend is the daughter of the Mafia don who now wants to meet with you is downright terrifying.

Your only superpower is that you can give mind-blowing orgasms with a touch. The other heroes tend to stay away from you and the media doesn’t like to talk about you, but you’ve pacified some of the biggest criminals in the city simply by visiting them on a regular basis.

You and your twin brother were adopted by different families. He ended up to becoming a supervillain, so every other day, while going about your business, you get beaten up by superheroes. It is time to put an end to this…

Your girlfriend is a were-god. That is, every full moon she transforms into an eldritch horror of unimaginable power. So far, you are the only one that has stuck around.

The contract had made it sound like such easy money. Get locked in the portal-belt for a month or so, take a random dick or two a day, enjoy the occasional generous tongue, but ultimately get paid lazing around the house all day. You didn't expect to be one of the most popular 'Toys' on the app

A scientist whose inventions are too good, they become dangerous. A paper towel that is so absorbent it can drain a lake with one roll, an insecticide that makes the species extinct, or a solar powered device that absorbs all light. He is now placed on house arrest to not invent anything.

You have been guarding this post for longer than anyone could know, you cannot die because it would be contrary to your orders, you have received no maintenance for decades, your continued activity makes no logical sense. But you have your orders.

List of things to do, "Ring check, dinner with my parents and hers check. Plan to tell her I'm secretly a 150 year elf check. Plan to tell her she needs to defeat my eldest sister in open combat to prove her worth. Work in progress. She's from Texas I'm sure she'll be fine."

Your family was killed in the chaos of magical girl combat. "Collateral damage", the government said, "Acceptable losses". Well, now you have the tools to get your revenge.

After years of searching you finally found that little shop that magically appears then disappears without a trace. But you didn’t come here to shop. You came here because you use to work for them and that jackass owner owes you your last paycheck.

"Well, you're the villain, not me, but if I'd built a machine that could destroy a whole city, I'd not ask for money.You can get that easy. No, you demand systemic change, at federal, congressional level. Legal, on the books change. That'll get you respect, and you can't buy that"

"We repeat: stay in your homes at all costs, all other advice is compromised and not to be trusted", the message on your screen concludes. "We repeat: head to the designated evacuation spots immediately, all other advice is compromised and not to be trusted" the message on your phone concludes.

You’re standing at the back of the long Starbucks queue when you spot something on the floor. It’s some sort of remote and when you accidentally press one of the buttons a cute girl a few spots ahead of you in line gasps and squirms.

Moments after your death you wake up in the body of your child self several decades in the past. The only context you have is a voice in your head that tells you "Welcome back Returner, this is your {ERROR} attempt at breaking the cycle. We wish you luck on this attempt to {DATA MISSING}".

When the truly ancient gods were rediscovered, they didn't seek vengeance on a world that had forgotten them - rather, they were happy that the humans they were so fond of remembered them once again after untold millenia of loneliness.

You put a horrifying curse on your own name. You are immune to the curse's ill effects. The fey who thought they tricked you into giving them your name is not.

Digital "familiars" are all the rage in the near future. They can take any form, chat with you, manifest as lifelike holograms, and are capable of travelling between devices instantly. How you GET a "familiar" is never explained by those who have them.

You've awoken after a light year travel to a new planet, only to be greeted by other humans because they invented a faster spaceship after you left.

"You humans confuse me. You try so very hard to be as boring as everybody else, and, when some gifted soul is born that has some small degree of uniqueness to it, you beat and break it until it fits into a dull little box that you can understand. Explain this to me, if you please."

You got pulled over after a weekend camping trip. When the officer returns to your car, he says you've been missing for fifteen years.

"Three wishes? Okay, my first one is I wish I knew what to wish for that would have no negative or unintended consequences".

You are a world renowned supervillain that has just kidnapped your hero’s child, but instead of being scared or threatening you, they are begging you to let them stay

You finally meet the man with all the power in the world, but to your surprise he is living the quiet life, not using his powers. You ask why and he just gives you, his powers. You understand why now.

"I don't wanna be a warrior!" You shout, looking at the magic sword your Mom has shoved into your hands. "But you like books, don't you? Look around us, do you see many books in the village? No. You know who has them? Evil sorcerors and wizards who fell in battle, or the trolls who slayed them."

"Hello. I'm here to kill your leader in single combat to claim chiefdom over your people." "Whoa! Do you really think we are that primitive and salvage!?" "Yes. Isn't this how it works?" "Well... Yes... But you are being very rude about it!"

None of your superhero colleagues were born with their powers and instead all built themselves gadgets and powersuits to compensate. You are the only superhero who was born with their powers, although they didn't know that, until a villain thought they had disabled your suit.

They stared in horror at the black stain that had once been their fellow henchmen. "Boss, why'd you kill him!?" The man in the black cloak pointed at the terrified kids in the corner, "THAT is why. I said to find new henchman prospects! But we do NOT involve children!"

"Did you just fucking sucessfully counterspell a nuclear bomb!?"

Youve gained an odd new power. No matter what you do, say, or ask, its treated as proper and reasonable. Ask someone to strip? "It is a little warm today". Grope random strangers. "Oh, sorry. Need better access?" Etc.

“The fae are not evil. No more so than the tide or the wind. They are not good or evil, they simply are.” “They killed my son!”