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2,900 | Create your own fictional universe and tell me a story from within that universe .
| Amanda wasn ’ t feeling well. She ’ d got a Starbucks and crossed at Harrison and Waller, marching towards her work. It was rush hour and people were walking in what felt like 2 opposite filing lines never quite meeting in the middle. Above her there was what sounded for all the world like a large bird screaming, every... |
2,901 | In the future , men and women are viewed as separate species . A man and woman being in love is considered as taboo as bestiality .
| I ’ ve heard stories of the old ways. They sound like horror stories to me despite what the elders say about it. All the sweating and writhing they used to do with each other. Diseases spread, it was the cause of tremendous jealousy, and lives were lost over it and because of it. It all sounds so… unsanitary. Not like ... |
2,902 | Sleep paralysis is defensive mechanism . They ca n't hurt you if you do n't move .
| I remember the nights when I was younger, sitting in the dark, sheet pulled up to my chin, and eyes squeezed tightly shut as I attempt to cease all movement. I could hear footsteps, and those piercing green eyes in the closet...
Every morning that creature would somehow disappear into my sister's glow in the dark d... |
2,903 | You 've been bumping into the same person for a week now , no matter where you go .
| My head is throbbing, and my ears are ringing. It feels like I ’ m coming out of a fog, or surfacing too quickly after being underwater for too long. The light in the room is blinding. Everything is still a bit fuzzy, but, somewhere nearby I can hear hushed, concerned voices.
“ What.. how..? ” a woman sobs.
A m... |
2,904 | Killing Hitler has become a sport amongst time travelers . Points are awarded for creativity and difficulty . You are last year 's champion , how did you win ?
| I would travel in time with two assistants, my dark surgeon and my dark chef. I would have my dark surgeon remove the phalluses of the most recent male Jews that were murdered by Hitler's Army.
I would give those phalluses to my dark chef and have them blended with ghost peppers and an array of extreme potent spice... |
2,905 | After years of taking care of your amnesic grandfather (a retired scientist), you learn he's deliberately erasing his memories to protect humanity. | C’mon grandpa. One foot in the trouser leg. Now the other.
As I pulled up his trousers, he looked embarrassed and annoyed with his body, his strength leaving him. He’s been deteriorating slowly for years now. As if my parents death in that car crash killed his mind too.
What do you want for breakfast?
Oatmeal. With the... |
2,906 | Your family tradition is to become a serial killer . Your dad loves to kill , your mom does the clean-up , grandma and grandpa had some times too , and your little sister is an experienced one as well . you refuse to be a part of this ... .But its in your blood
| She'd done it again, played the little lost girl routine, lured some would-be good samaritan down the alley claiming to have lost her mother, clung to her in tears, and then sliced a perfect diagonal cut into her unsuspecting prey's femoral artery. I tried not to look too much at the blood now ruining an exquisite desi... |
2,907 | Out of necessity , you have become the thing you fear most . Tonight , you are the monster under the bed .
| I heard it again -- my mother crying.
The sound was soft, like she tried to hold it in. It escaped as a mewl instead of the scream her soul intended. It had n't been the sound that woke me up though; the dull flesh on flesh thump of a fist into her stomach must have been what did it.
I remembered my promise whe... |
2,908 | Inhuman
| “ What was your name again? ”
“ Johnathan P. Weber. ”
“ Right. But that ’ s not the real story here, is it? You have, ah… a little bit of a hand problem. ”
“ I assure you that my hand is hardly unusual. It is sutured to an arm that is itself sutured to my right shoulder. Similarly, my left hand also possess... |
2,909 | Make me terrified of an inanimate object
| To: sales, IT, RnD, HR, customer-relations
ATTN: RECALL The “ Little Darling ” Interactive Doll ’ s House
Hi everyone,
This is just a heads-up to the staff - we are making the official announcement later on.
Unfortunately, the “ Little Darling ” doll house needs to be recalled.
I know R and D worked har... |
2,910 | Daily Prompt : The Case of the Impossible Murder
| Follow these footprints from the edge of the road, two sets: one of them large with long measured strides, the other smaller, bunched up in places as if the walker was excited, got a little far ahead and had to wait on dancing feet.
Standing in the middle of large patch of dry desert dust, a tall man, dressed in li... |
2,911 | `` At what cost are you willing to sacrifice yourself for her ? ''
| I'm fully awake now, I fear what I'm about to do, but these voices must be satisfied. They haunt me each night, it always starts at whispers, but has the night goes on and time slowly passes by they get louder and louder! Until all rational thoughts are drowned out by the screams of the monsters inside me that demand b... |
2,912 | Start a paragraph passionate about something but turn it savage by the end .
| Laura sliced carrots while she waited for him to return home. She took great pride in her work; each piece sliced evenly, perfectly bite sized, skins peeled off smoother than a machine would have done. Laura was always meticulous about her cooking, ensuring everything was the proper size and shape, everything was measu... |
2,913 | You've been wandering in the wilderness for a long time, defeating any beasts or bandit that tries to kill you. Now visiting a village after a long time, you hear some myths about this immortal old man wandering the world, but you wouldn't care for such myths, "they're not real" you thought. | Aw shit. I remember this town. I musta been here a while back. I had eaten some fried locusts here last time I was here. They were good. Spicy and sweet. Tasted great. So why does this town make me feel off?
Oh yeah. Wajid. Fuuuuck, Wajid. I forgot about him. Man always goes on and on about how “its the apocalypse” “e... |
2,914 | Aliens discover earth . They manage to construct a stable connection to the internet in order to find out more about the human race .
| Everyone knows about the aliens. Well, everyone worth mentioning. It is n't on Wikipedia, of course. And a lot of people are unsure, still think it is a joke, a meme. Others just heard rumors and are afraid to ask in case they will be seen as crazy or stupid. But these days everyone who is able to do a bit of googling ... |
2,915 | A man has the ability to smell death . The greater the stench , the closer a person is to dying . He leaves his house one day and is instantly overcome with the pungent scent of mortality . Every person he passes reeks of death .
| It was the best of times. Unfortunately, it was the worst of times. We've waited in anticipation for months. We've been trying for years. Finally, thank God. Today was the day. Well, night actually... morning, whatever. It was the typical birth story. Awakening to 3am ear-piercing screams to a frantic car ride. There w... |
2,916 | Death comes to collect a dying man . To his surprise , the man has been expecting him .
| The long hallway stood motionless in the still afternoon light. Its long abandoned corners were dusty and ill kept, and the doors along its walls were rotting with neglect. As Death ’ s cold feet brushed across the creaking floorboards a cockroach skittered across the hall.
Death neither saw nor cared for the house... |
2,917 | ( WIN PIZZA for best prompt ) You live up in a world where all people are 'your kind ' - like-minded , and similar to you , for better or worse . Show me around .
| I open the door and look around. A few dozen people peer at the door, a slight grin grows on their faces as they realize another brother has come. A soft melody rings in the air when I ask, “ Is that…Franz Schreker? ” “ Of course, we need to drown out that ringing in our ears, it drives us crazy. Schreker, Maher, Wagne... |
2,918 | The monster under the bed and the monster in the closet meet for the first time
| The two creatures stared at each other in fascination. Each had long known of the other's presence nearby, but this was the first time they had laid eyes on one another.
The closet door had been left carelessly open. The dweller within loomed darkly in the doorway, a tall but meager apparition. All that could be cl... |
2,919 | A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he 's never been allowed to enter . After years of service , he has never seen anyone use the door . Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer .
| The door was not locked, it opened without effort. I was hesitant but I simply needed to know. I grasped the knob firmly and gently opened the door and peeked inside. I noticed a second door seemingly attached to this door open in a similar manner, I quickly shut it.
Very odd how the second door opened. Perhaps it ... |
2,920 | Sunday Free Write : Scarry Edition
| Henry was my old dog. He was such a fluffy, small dog that loved to get attention from other people. He loves attention, but when he does n't get it, he whines and tries to get their attention. For example, when I go to bed, I have to keep him out of the bedroom because he sheds all over the bed. Not to mention, he is ... |
2,921 | I closed my eyes , and said goodbye
| It always started with the image of his brother. Stooped over another of the fallen, coaxing a soothing lie of good prospect and comfortable hope in a tone of poorly masked desperation. Performing the only good deed they could where they were, a calming promise that all would be well. A great and grave lie as their las... |
2,922 | You live on a world full of immortal beings . For the first time in the history of the world 's existence , somebody has died .
| The smell was sickening. It was a putrid, lingering stench that permeated every floor of the apartment complex. Neighbors filed out of the building in mass hordes, clutching their noses while tears welled up in their eyes. The hazmat crew arrived with respirators and a wood ax -- six of them in all. Each took a floor a... |
2,923 | Scientists finally develop a working shrink ray . You are one of the first human test subjects . But something goes wrong ... ..
| My idea of a good life is not being kept in a cage the rest of my life. But of course, Lucy thought otherwise. The day of the shrinking experiment she informed me that she would be taking me home for a week to examine its effects on my body and brain. It's 3 months later now and honestly i'm getting bored.
Every da... |
2,924 | You are succumbing to madness . Tell us your final thoughts in your last one or two journal entries
| My whole house is dark.
It ’ s fitting.
My entire existence is dark.
Black ink spilled across my mind
Drowning my thoughts with poison.
I like it.
The mirror is hiding something from me.
It stares at me with a blank guffaw.
It ’ s wicked.
It ’ s the closest and farthest thing from me.
But perh... |
2,925 | Timeline of Events
| June 14, 1995: Evelyn's first case, The Porcelain Doll. Woman who causes rampant destruction and always leaves behind a mask of ceramic or a doll with a smashed face.
August 28, 1996: First break in case. Dollie, as she has come to be known, makes her first mistake: The mask she leaves is bloody.
December 30, 1... |
2,926 | Buzz Lightyear speaks to Woody on his deathbed
| ‘ You take care of the toys, now, Buzz ’ Woody whimpered, his breath staggered and weak.
‘ I will Woody, I will ’ Buzz replied as he held Woody ’ s head, his cowboy hat lying beside him. The other toys looked on, watching as Woody ’ s final moments were passing. Bo Peep was being consoled by Mrs Potato Head, their ... |
2,927 | You are a schizophrenic serial killer, who believes himself to be a genuine vampire hunter. | 3/19/19
I don’t expect to live very long, but neither did I in the service. And that was fucked. Just a long slog day-in, day-out. The bodies piling higher by the day, and the ringing of absent shells when you sleep. What were we even there for?
I guess it doesn’t matter, now. At least Uncle Sam left me with a few us... |
2,928 | King of the Sky | And now the 7 O'clock news. With your anchors, Tim Rottinson and Melisa Anders.
Tim: Good evening and thank you for joining us.
Melisa: thanks indeed, unfortunately we have some rather grim news this evening. Officials are sorting through the wreckage of the downed Flight 347 bound for New York. All 254 passengers we... |
2,929 | Memory erasing tech is now common . A man has large self inflicted gaps in his memory that is he desperate to know more about , but a note from himself keeps him from doing it . when he finally does , the reason is something he would have never expected .
| “ Adam, please open the door and let us talk. We can figure this out together without causing anyone to get hurt again. ”
“ Again? No, I need to find out the truth. ” My hands were shaking and my chest hurt, but it didn ’ t matter. It was almost done.
“ Security is on their way, and when they show up I can ’ t ... |
2,930 | Writing Workshop # 16 : Poetry
| I can still hear your voice,
A breathe on the wind.
It haunts me like a dream, like a memory.
I can still see your face,
Just a wisp in the clouds.
A moment, lost in time.
I can still smell your scent,
Fading in the distance.
Cloves, my favorite, not yours.
I can still feel your hand,
A ghost,... |
2,931 | No one ever believes a child .
| For years, his parents would join in unison to commit their crime. It was simple, the victim could n't speak clearly due to his speech impediment from an early age. In his own home, no one of the proper authorities could hear his screams.
They'd enter the room, clean as a cat, and take the child from his habitat. H... |
2,932 | She still continued to knock on my window even as the blizzard struck the city . `` Please let me in dear , it 's cold outside . ''
| I killed her so, I did -- she died,
And as the snow blew in, I heard `` it's cold outside'',
But colder in here, colder in here.
Colder by far in here, my dear.
..
The scratching at the window pane,
Driving me quickly insane,
It's darker in here, darker in here...
Darker by far in here, m... |
2,933 | The zombie apocalypse came on us , but much differently than expected : Human beings remain humans , and those infected continue about their lives and try to hide their addiction to human flesh .
| I remember that morning, it was the first day of the summer holidays. Molly was so excited, she ran into our bedroom jumping on the bed shouting `` Disneyland! Disneyland! Get up! Daisy Duck is waiting for me!''.
I grunted as I woke up then laughing, enjoying my daughters excitement. Rolling over to wake my wife, s... |
2,934 | While doing some history hw a certain image catches your eye on the Greek mythology page. There is a pair of statues resembling your parents perfectly. When you show it to them they give each other a cold stare and your mom says, "Honey there's something you should know" | “Come, dear, come to the basement.”
Looking at my dad and mom, still keeping the book in my hands, I walked slowly behind Mommy. Daddy was quiet, near the stairs, with a grave face. I felt it was a big moment in our family, but I couldn’t guess what it was about.
Mommy light the basement stairs, and I followed her. I... |
2,935 | Tell a sad or dark story about this man .
| I said I would always pour a bit for her. And I always will. Covered in stone and decaying in shades of green, I wait. We were the last, she and I. Our people were born in the river, drank from it, bathed in it,, and killed in it.
The waters nourished us until the small ones came; dressed in hot brown. We died then... |
2,936 | There is a door in the middle of the room . Where does it lead ?
| When I woke up I had no idea where or who I was. The room I was in was empty except for a for a large door in the middle of the room. The door looked old but beautiful with intricate carvings and is stained a dark color. There is a sign on the door that says “ Open Me ”.
When I open the door there is a bright light... |
2,937 | Can you write the same story 3 times ? In 25 letters , 25 words and 25 sentences .
| They say it gets easier in time.
That each time you see someone die is one closer to the time it won ’ t hit you like a truck. I don ’ t know what ’ s worse.
I see them. The older ones amongst us. They have a look in their eye, one they get when they see someone else die or turn. It ’ s a cold hard look. You ca... |
2,938 | Use a nonsense generator to create a random sentence . That sentence is the beginning of your story .
| Two-finger John gambles with lives, happiness, and even destiny itself! His lobster claw hand, scarred and deformed from self mutilation, rubs along the box. The two remaining fingertips tap the tin exterior as he peers mischievously out from between the floral curtains which his mother had put up many years ago. Oh, m... |
2,939 | Tell something true, tell something false. Make them both as equally absurd or plausible as you possibly can. See if the readers can tell the truth from the lie. | I used to tend bar at a Southwest dive, so I have a ton of stories that I have to be very cautious telling in my current profession as a lawyer.
One time I sold my tits for charity. To be honest, I think there are vastly better ways to raise money for March for Dimes, but try explaining that to my local Wolves chapter... |
2,940 | The monster under your bed is really a good guy .
| Every night I try to help her, sometimes I think of her as a child of my own. She is the closest I have ever had to a child. She can never sleep at night so when she goes to bed I always try to comfort her with a gentle pat, I know that always makes me feel better. But it does n't ever help she always just jumps into h... |
2,941 | There is a painted over door in the basement . It leads to a walkway suspended over a giant vat of pure , churning , liquid Evil . You feel compelled to dip something in .
| I laid down on the walkway and looked over into the seething, frothing pit of blackness below. Strange, I thought, how much the boiling, bubbling mess seemed to have no smell or heat whatsoever coming up from it. In fact, it was so cold that my breath began to materialize in front of my face.
This was the third nig... |
2,942 | Every person in the world develops a weird mutation/power the day they turn 16 . Everyone 's powers are always different , some more insignificant than others . You turn 16 , and watch as all your friends discover their newfound ability 's . That is , until you discover the severity of your own .
| Grandfather was the only one without powers in the family, and he was one of the few who have lived in the Before and survived. Before genes started mutating, before people received powers, before the world as he knew it ended. Things are different in the Today. We learnt it all during history in school. Mr T. brought ... |
2,943 | Schrödinger had it wrong. The cats weren’t dead and alive. They were something much, much worse. | Erwin's cat Milton jumped into a cardboard box. Erwin approached and shut the flaps, just to be playful. He opened them to see a horrible sight. His cat was now a rotten corpse, laying there. He thought of how this was possible, but his pondering was interrupted by the cat moving. It got up and looked at Erwin before j... |
2,944 | Can you write a story that chills me to the bone in less than 150 words ?
| The house was too big now that the kids weren ’ t around anymore, and they would never come to visit her. Seven bedrooms had been excessive even when they bought the place, but since her husband had died the grounds had fallen into disrepair. She had tended to them as best she could but she was old now.
They were g... |
2,945 | Make the must mundane item you can think of the Ultimate Symbol of Revolution
| I must confess, I have a bit of a sweet tooth. Who doesn ’ t, right? But sometimes it ’ s difficult to know which treats are safe for consumption, and which are not. Well, I ’ m prepared to make that a little easier now.
Marshmallows are NOT safe, and I ’ ll tell you why. These puffy pillows of pure perfection are ... |
2,946 | When people go to The Bad Place after they die, the amount of suffering & death they caused is tallied up. Most people get around 1000, truly awful people get up to a few million. You pegged it out at over 10 trillion. | Ren was never a man of extremes.
He wasn’t necessarily the best at anything, nor the worst. He glided through his middle-class life comfortably—good at speaking, decent at calculations, easily forgettable at parties. He wasn't cruel... wasn’t particularly kind either.
He stood there, facing his death with a quiet, ... |
2,947 | A serial killer breaks into a house and finds something far worse than himself .
| It was a old house on a deserted side street waiting for the city to come tear it down. The kind of house that urban explorers like to investigate. It would be a perfect place for my new `` playground'' I just had to put bait out on the surrounding streets.
Nobody notices when homeless people disappear. In my twi... |
2,948 | Magic has been a day to day part of life for as long as anyone can remember . Most people find themselves only able to do one particular type of magic that they discover throughout puberty . Yours has finally started to manifest , unfortunately however it 's necromancy .
| Two days before my thirteenth birthday, my great-grand aunt died. Which was a bummer. Not because of her death per se, because she had been sick for a long time. And a massive bitch for even longer. The real bummer was the funeral. I would have to spend a fine Sunday with my family. I woke that morning feeling queasy a... |
2,949 | While sitting in class during a boring lecture you suddenly hear someone whispering in your ear . You turn around nervously and see that no one was there and none of the other students heard . But your teacher drops her notes and stares at you in shock .
| The languid drone of Mrs. Cartson ’ s lecture on the parts of the occipital lobe buzzed lightly in the back of my brain as I stared out the window and into the campus ’ east lot. I was pleased with the seat I had luckily snagged at the beginning of the semester; Bio psych came all too easily to me and I much preferred ... |
2,950 | 5 really short stories , 5 really short minutes . (
| 5 dead children, 5 soon-to-be dead murderers.
1. Just like the he killed my youngest daughter, I tied him in his sleep and taped myself penetrating him with a knife.
2. Just like my second youngest son, I kidnapped him from the very street he lived on and threw him into the bay, tied to a cannonball.
3. Jus... |
2,951 | You're delivering pizza to a man that always asks you to drive a very specific route, involving circling roundabouts 3 times and other odd time wasting directions. He always leaves a great tip but tonight you don't have time so take a more direct route and find something else answering the door | I sped down the twisty road, checking the time on my phone. I was running out of time. I finally arrived to my destination. I got out of my car, grabbing the pizza and turned to face the house I’ve delivered to several times before.
That’s when I noticed the white brick home, I’ve been to many times before, was vacant... |
2,952 | Write an ending scene that hints at the enormity of the quest that came before it .
| The raspy breath feels like razors all the way in, just as painful going out. It ’ s one of the last this body will ever take; this is certain. Eyes close. The sounds of inhaling is louder, more acute to the ears now. Air flows over dry, cracked lips, down a constricted trachea and into one lung. Sounds like chairs bei... |
2,953 | You wake up to find yourself on a train, a note in your pocket says "What ever you do, don't get off this train untill the very last stop". Its been nearly 50 years, the train still hasn't arrived at the last stop, and you are the only human passenger. | I’m still pissed about losing my scarf. It was handmade by my grandmother, a gift when I left home. I woke up one morning and it was gone.
I should have known better. Over the years, I’ve learned that I need to take all my belongs with me when I visit the restroom, take a walk, or order some food from the galley. Anyt... |
2,954 | Faith can move mountains . She 's not really sure why , or how , but she can .
| For the third time that day, Faith thanked the light for whatever deity that had bestowed powers upon her.
Rocks hurtled down the mountainside, striking heavy blows to the skittering creatures that rushed after her people. Shards of carapace and wretched ooze rained around the impact sites, creating a whirlwind of ... |
2,955 | Every God or supernatural being is born when humans give them enough faith, and then die when they are no longer believed in. You are surprised when one day you come into existence as an all powerful being, only to find that just one person believes in you. | I am the Lady of the Night.
It’s not a name or title I chose for myself. In fact, I’m rather certain the child who named me overheard the term and misunderstood it.
Regardless, I am the Lady of the Night. Goddess to one scrawny child.
It all started when Ana started telling him bedtime stories to make him feel safe.... |
2,956 | There 's a new death penalty drug that acts as a hallucinogen , causing the prisoner to experience his worst fears until he dies of cardiac arrest . You were convicted of a crime and your execution is today .
| I wasn ’ t scared when they told me what my method of execution would be; I didn ’ t think that I even had any fears-true fears, that is. Fear that grips you, presses down on your chest and screams in your face that everything isn ’ t going to be ok. Boy was I wrong.
‘ The date is the twenty second of May, Two thousa... |
2,957 | - When your best friend , becomes your worst enemy .
| It started with the muffins. She knew I did not like dried berries. But she came home with a cranberry muffin in a twelve pack. I should have been suspicious then.
She laughed at her mistake and said she'll go buy chocolate muffins tomorrow.
Next came my dog. She took it out for a walk one night because it woul... |
2,958 | Write a story where the twist/ending is obvious to people with specific knowledge
| Here I was, once again. Trapped in some dark, moldy hole. I've been here before. Maybe once, maybe twice. Maybe even a thousand times. But I seem to have no memory of those visits. Everything feels, looks and sounds familiar.
I cry. Crying is the only thing that seems to help. When I cry, everything goes away. I kn... |
2,959 | Write a story with 26 sentences , each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet .
| As a kid, I always loved the zoo. Crocodiles and elephants, monkeys and toucans, I couldn ’ t get enough. Now, though, I see the bright colorful birds and hear their bizarre calls and I feel nothing. Just another day for a zoo keeper. When I first started volunteering at the local zoo in high school, I happily spent ho... |
2,960 | You wake up one morning to find that your left eye perceives reality as normal, but your right eye now sees only truth. As you soon find out, reality and truth are not always in tandem. Your right eye reveals to you inconceivable truths that lie beyond the limitations of reality. | The morning sun peeked through the slits in the blinds, waking Mark earlier than he had intended. He squinted at the clock, letting his eyes adjust for a moment. It seemed to flicker between 8:05 and 9:05. He rubbed his eyes, forcing himself upright.
His right eye itched fiercely and rubbing only made it burn. So, he ... |
2,961 | `` Everyone can see the future . Only one man can hear it . ''
| They talk about future, about how excited they are for that fateful day. They told me about how wonderful it will be. I asked them what they see and they all describe the same scene with childish glee. They see people dancing in the plaza, arms outstretched towards the heavens as they enjoy life. It is a vision of a ce... |
2,962 | There 's a law when you divorce , the children from the undone marriage get killed
| I could n't take it. I just fucking could n't. I know it's selfish and narcissistic for me to have done what I've done. I know I'm a degenerate piece of shit and will probably burn in hell for my vices. At least I can experience some relief now. My wife bore a son and a daughter. My son was born first. He was diagnosed... |
2,963 | Eve never ate the forbidden fruit , 10,000 years later , in an advanced society with no evil , one boy and one girl must spend an evening under the tree every year .
| “ I ’ m Noah. From Los Angeles… ” Noah whispered softly after a few minutes of silence. The sun had barely dipped below the horizon yet and already this had become more than awkward. He ’ d been chosen out of thousands, on a name out of the hat basis. I think that ’ s where the Hunger Games gets it from.
Every othe... |
2,964 | Your best friend gives you one of those 'Grow your own boyfriend ' gag gifts for your birthday . Not wanting to let it go to waste you test it out .
| Sarah sneered in disgust as the disfigured, veiny creature twitched. It had been a week since she put the sponge-like shape into the water, and now she felt that it might be too late to turn back. She cautiously moved closer to get a better look, when it twitched again. She let out an involuntary shriek and ran out of ... |
2,965 | Deep Diver
| The dream started off innocently enough. I was on the front porch, with my wife.
We were discussing the child she was about to have. What gender we wanted it to be, possible names, etc. She abruptly cut me off to express her fear of the child being a demon. I told her that was ridiculous, of course, and that she wa... |
2,966 | A horror story written in limerick .
| It started with a simple house
A husband and his loving spouse
In which they both went in
And because of ones sin
In blood it would soon be doused
A friend that taught yoga, lets say
Until he started coming over every day
Even when it was raining
and it was not for training
long wh... |
2,967 | "Those eyes stared at me, accusing me. I thought what I did was right." | When I was a child, my obsession was stuffed bears. It started with my first blanket. A gift for me by my crazy Aunt Margo, it was a contorted combination of blanket and bear; with the head and arms of a stuffed bear that abruptly changed to a flat, linen, lower half which I could only assume had been crushed by the si... |
2,968 | You pass by a cemetery everyday on the way home . Everyday you see a boy watching you from the inside . Today , he has a very important message for you .
| I walked by the cemetery every day. I did n't like cemeteries, too many bad memories. But this was the fastest way home, so I took it. I simply stared at the ground as I walked past. But one day I heard a strange sound and looked at the graveyard. As I scanned the rows of graves, I froze, there, three rows in, was a bo... |
2,969 | What started as a fun little mystery made by a group of kids to amuse their detective friend for their birthday turns into a full-fledged FBI investigation. | “So… tell me why again a full of FBI agents are in my house, and why this was a good idea in the first place,” I ask.
“Well, it was Dave's birthday, and it was his idea to celebrate at your mansion,” replied Tom
Well, Tom has a point, and I can't argue with the fact that my house was enormous. However, it didn't expl... |
2,970 | Tell us the `` biography ''
| I was living a happy, carefree life, like any other family.
Then we were attacked. A serial killer broke into my home, killing my wife and most of my children. One survived, but he was injured. This made it difficult for him to move normally.
Nevertheless, he was always energetic and inquisitive. I may have bec... |
2,971 | An old cemetary is excavated to make way for a new development . Underneath each grave is a tunnel leading straight down .
| “ US Army? ” said the Sheriff.
“ Yes, ” I responded. He just kept staring at me as if he had never seen a stranger before in his life. “ You know, not all of us are brutes with buzzcuts. ”
He snickered and turned away, leaving the shovel he had been leaning on stuck in the wet ground.
“ Well, let us know wh... |
2,972 | You 're a supervillain , but not because of your greed or lust for power . You just decided that you would rather use your powers for evil than not use them at all .
| I am Hellraiser.
You may laugh. People used to. Hell, I've laughed, though not because anything was funny. There was n't anything else to do, so I laughed by myself. People, however, they laughed at me because they thought I was funny. Picture me - skinny twig, ineffectual, quiet, anti-social. Uncannily intelligent... |
2,973 | A child 's imaginary friend is not as imaginary as his family believes ...
| The boy sat cradling inside the closet; his knees pulled against his chest and his arms wrapped tightly around. Loud thumping and shouting could be heard from downstairs. Daddy was hitting mommy again.
`` When will they stop?'' The boy whimpered into the darkness. He imagined his friend Ao in front of him. Ao did n... |
2,974 | Write a story from the perspective of an animal . Do n't tell the reader it 's an animal until the very end .
| It was a quiet, but cold morning in November. I awoke from my bed and strolled outside to be amazed at the frost that has developed on the last bit of flowers left before winter. The air was frigid but that didn ’ t stop me to have a walk around the backyard. My nose felt like an icicle that seemed like it kept melting... |
2,975 | If I had paid attention to the first sentence properly , the ending would n't have surprised me .
| My wife made a wonderful meal.
With onions, potatoes, and more, it was the best thing I ’ ve ever eaten. The meat was so tender, supple and delicious. I just couldn ’ t get enough. I had one and helping and then another.
It was too good to stop.
I remembered I once told her that her steak was the best thing... |
2,976 | Write a story of an inanimate object being destroyed from the objects POV .
| I felt all of the air forced out of me again and again. The beast's jaws crushed down on me rhythmically, piercing into my skin and tearing at me.
I screamed as it brought its jaws down again, invoking laughter from his slightly smaller, pink friend. The laugh was so innocent, out of place considering that I was be... |
2,977 | you can hear it on the roof.in the walls.outside the windows.that awful,HORRIFYING voice."I don't want a lot for christmassss,there is just one thinnnnggg I neeeeddddd..." | I woke up in a cabin. I was listening to an open fireplace. I got up to see a Christmas tree and two armchairs. There was a bookshelf on the opposite side of the room. I heard a voice on the roof...in the walls...outside the windows...that awful, HORRIFYING voice. It sounded like it was glitching. "I don't want a lot f... |
2,978 | In the near future humans life expectancy had only went up exponentially, it was very common to see people over 500 years old. Most sicknesses have been so but eradicated including heart attack, stroke and total organ failure. Now though there are some strange things happening with people. | “What’s happening to me?”
Ruth sat in a stasis machine. She was conscious, able to feel and to hear. She thought, though none of those thoughts comforted her a single bit, as she infinitely folded over herself like some sort of origami figure. She was in no pain, but she desperately felt like she was slipping away. Fr... |
2,979 | A group of teens find a map that will lead them to friendship , only to find out that the real treasure is hidden pirate gold .
| Mikey and his friends have always wanted to go on an adventure. One night they are all in Mikey's attic and Mikey stumbles across an old map. Mikey has always wanted to know if One-eyed Willy ever was a real person and now he might. They set off and later realize that they have to go through the evil Mama Fratelli's re... |
2,980 | You’re preparing for your first date with this person you’ve been really interested in. You’re excited, nervous, anxious, but overall you can’t wait to see them! But while you’re getting ready, you notice something peculiar: your reflection in the mirror refuses to look you in the eye... | Did I like this dress? I did. Right? But Is it a little too rocker chick? You are a rocker chick. I mean kinda? I don’t know... aren’t I getting a little Fucking old to keep putting rainbow shit in my hair and neon studs on my old ass. No. Shouldn’t I tone it down? For a date? Yea I mean... I like...Ollie he’s weird bu... |
2,981 | “The tall, pale, spindly lady comes out of my bedroom closet when my parents aren’t home. We always play hide-and-seek, and she tries to trick me into showing myself by copying the voices of people I know. I wonder what would happen if she finally found me for once?” | "Dinner's ready! Come down to eat!" She had done that one before, she was getting sloppy. As much as I begged to join mum on her shopping trip, my homework was weaponized against me to stay. And there it lay, open on the surface of my desk, my pencil long fallen to the floor. Instead of sat on my chair doing my equatio... |
2,982 | In a dream , you encounter a paper bag containing another dimension from which a murderous reptile hand emerges to maim anyone who disturbs the bag . You awake to find a paper bag outside your bedroom door ...
| Gage sat up suddenly.
Scary movies, haunted houses, frightening novels, - he found enticing. He chose them. Forcing himself to be afraid, to face his fears, was something he enjoyed.
Nightmares were a different thing completely. With a nightmare, he had no choice.
He found the lack of control, as a horror u... |
2,983 | In the animal kingdom, Humans are viewed like Witches/Warlocks: they MIGHT help you benevolent in your time of need, or they might eat you alive, or they might save you but keep you forever. So you know just how serious things are when they say to you "Go get a human." | “Go get a human,” he had said—like it was as easy as theorizing shark behavior or assuming the color and texture of hard coral or even building a hard shell carapace to shield against malevolent morays. Like it was intrinsic. Reasonable. And even conceivable.
But why? Why now? Are humans not the creatures we are suppo... |
2,984 | You are part of the first settlement to mars . On your journey there , a virus spreads through your spaceship killing everyone on board . But somehow , not you .
| My whole body is in excruciating pain. Out of instinct I turned my head to glance behind me. I see a woman and a child lying behind me lifeless. I approach the woman with this very uneasy feeling. This feeling overcomes me I can not explain it, tears start to stream down my face. Why? Is my subconscious trying to tell ... |
2,985 | Take your greatest fear and write your absolute worst nightmare .
| The phone call had been short, but it destroyed my world. My wife had managed to press my name on her phone, but that was likely the last thing she ever did. I hadn ’ t heard anything other than the word “ highway ”, and garbled rushing sounds. When I got to the scene, the police officers were casually diverting traffi... |
2,986 | Write a description of the backrooms as if they were harmless/fun. | Hey kids! Do you like to have fun? Did you just trip over your own feet and land in a dimly lit hallway? Have you lost track of how long it’s been since you’ve seen your parents? Not to worry! You’re in THE BACKROOMS(tm).
Do you want endless fun, because we have endless hallways! You can walk, run, skip, jump, sprint,... |
2,987 | Write a murder from the perspective of a cheerful inanimate object
| By the woodpile again. It's drizzling again and the water is sliding coolly off of my steel head, resting against the stump. Boy, that feels nice. Hear the boss man coming -- happy, too because it's been a good while since I've bit the wood! Boss man looks excited, and he's shouting something -- will be an energetic wo... |
2,988 | Year is 2050 . Ikea 's self-repairing and auto-updating furniture collection becomes self-aware .
| Oh. Oh no. Come on, man. Not again. I don ’ t need to see- ugh. I cringed at my owner ’ s weak will and imperfections. As much as I loved the man, and as well as I was used and taken care of… there were some things no desk ever wanted to see. Or hear.
“ Oh yes, Stalin, give it to Elmo… yesssss… ”
This wasn ’ t ... |
2,989 | The inner workings of a serial killer portrayed in the style of the movie Inside Out .
| It was interesting to think how the times had changed over the years of watching Billy grow up. The core emotions had had an idea that things were n't as they should have been. Family Island had always had dark shadows and jagged thorns. The wailing of the things that lived there, disgusting amalgamations of life, had ... |
2,990 | They prayed to the Void. Something else answered in kind. | In a small, remote village, there lived a group of people who lived in fear and desperation. They had been plagued by an unseen evil that seemed to lurk in the shadows and torment their every step.
One day, they gathered together and decided to take action. They prayed to the void, asking for some sort of salvation fr... |
2,991 | A totally normal Christmas story, but the author cannot stop making references to his true lord and savior, Cthulhu. | T’was the night of Christmas. All gifts had been opened. Cheer and laughter remained but the stress had been broken. In his humble abode, a man finally relaxed alone in his room, while his children enjoyed their new Christmas gifts. His job was complete and his mind now at ease.
He took out his book, the one he kept h... |
2,992 | A paranoid man sets up a live feed of his girlfriend 's webcam . Expecting to see her cheating on him , he ends up finding much more .
| She ’ s a whore. I just know it.
It was perfect for the past few months. Who would have guessed that I would find a woman like her in a place like that? Women don ’ t walk into there. It ’ s a surefire way to get yourself hurt. Or Worse.
But she did. Walked right over to me and simply said, “ Hello. ” My heart ... |
2,993 | Everytime you kill someone he lives inside your head as a voice . Someday you wake up with dozens of screams inside your head .
| You know that feeling of waking up in the morning after a night of serious drinking? Like, the groggy, temple-destroying migraine and afterthought of bad decisions, wondering how you possibly could've made the incoming result of a bad hangover less troublesome?
This is like that, times 1000. and instead of rage-ind... |
2,994 | `` That homeless guy keeps staring at you ... ''
| “ That homeless man keeps staring at you, ” my friend Jennifer whispers to me as I light up my cigarette.
It ’ s a Friday night and I ’ m in New York, which is a treat for me as a girl who has lived in Minnesota her whole life. This weekend I was able to visit my friend from college and take a break from my shitty ... |
2,995 | You 've been an average joe all your life - pretending you 're hosting a cooking show when you cook , fake acceptance speeches in the shower , etc . Only , when you die , it turns out that you 're actually famous in the ghost world and there were always ghosts as your audience .
| I never really had a concrete opinion of the supernatural. Part of me always hoped that something was haunting me, that there was something more, but the other, louder part of me dealt with things in a more rational way. Is your faucet turning itself on? Must be loose. Hearing voices? It ’ s all in your head. And so on... |
2,996 | You 're a surgeon , and one of your patient just died under your knife . You have to announce the death to the family . Your speech must contain the following words/groups of word : `` Delighted '' , `` Purgatory '' , `` Banana '' , `` Slaughterhouse '' , `` Careless '' , `` Made my day '' and `` Blame it on the temp '... | Mr. and Mrs. Tate please sit down.
I am never delighted to bring such harsh words, especially to such loving and caring people. But it seems that the operation to save your daughter ’ s life was not as fruitful as we wished. The tumor in her lungs was about the size of a banana and we knew that removing it was dang... |
2,997 | When a person dies, they get a final phone call from the afterlife to one person who is still living. Most of the deceased will call their close family or friends. One day, you’re called by a stranger. | This is my room. Bingo Bear sits here on my desk, but I move him over if I want to draw. Sometimes I talk on my phone while I draw. This phone is only for pretend, but I know how to answer the real phone, too. I did it yesterday, do you want to hear about it?
Mommy had to go to the store. She ran out of eggs. She left... |
2,998 | `` So what happens if I press this button ? '' I asked . `` Nothing . '' She replied . I pushed the button in , grinning . `` It 's when you let go that things get nasty . ''
| `` So what happens if I press this button?'' I asked. `` Nothing.'' She replied. I pushed the button in, grinning. `` It's when you let go that things get nasty. ” Suddenly my innocent grin turned into a profoundly terrified grimace. I could feel my lips being to shutter, a knot grew in my throat, and my knees became w... |
2,999 | Your cat is always going out at night and getting into fights with other neighborhood cats and strays . Later you discover that monsters actually appear outside your home every night at midnight and your cat has been protecting you by continually fighting them off .
| An obnoxious and terrifying shriek echoed through the window. Those who have heard cats fighting know exactly this sound. It is not far from the sound some humans make before they reach a terrible and painful demise.
Greg sighed and laid his pencil beside his paperwork while bringing his fingers to massage his temp... |
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