Advanced Dystopian Writing Prompts

A mysterious relic, dormant for centuries, begins to thrum with energy.

Visiting a potentially habitable new planet, an astronaut finds something that they don't want to share with Earth.

You are a chef in the year 2500. Describe, using as many senses as possible, a dish you are making.

Salt has been used for years to ward off evil. But as the oceans are drained and filtered to be made drinkable, the evil that was trapped there is unleashed.

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‘Finding a way into tricky situations has never been a problem for me – although I still haven’t learned the art of getting out of them.’

Write a short story that opens with this line. Why does this character make this remark?

You receive a letter from a parallel world, addressed to your parallel self. It seems they are in danger, and you must help them.

Continue the story.