User blog comment:Whitix/Summer 2016 Creative Writing Contest!/@comment-25148755-20160614221112/@comment-26007602-20160614232307

I'm actually pretty poor at writing prompts, so let me pitch you an idea.

Imagine you go to the hospital for surgery or something, and you need to be put under with drugs. Between going asleep and waking up, there's a certain timeframe where you can't recall any information previously; it's like your mind is wiped and the events never took place. What really goes on during that time where you've left yourself vulnerable amidst a bunch of strangers? It's not like anything they do will be remembered, so what's the harm in running some live tests on a human subjects? Maybe they're just sadists with medical degrees that happen to enjoy torture; it doesn't matter, because you won't recall any of that information. They'll get away free. Maybe someone does remember something, or maybe he wakes up to his organs being ripped from his body and being passed around.

This idea always freaked me out at least. I was going to write a story about a man going in for brain surgery, where the government finds out that he knows too much about something (like he was a witness to a crime or something), and they order the doctors to stunt his intelligence and attribute it to a botched operation. Part of him still realizes the wrongness of the situation, but he can no longer communicate that feeling.

Just something I came up with awhile ago. Hope it helps!