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3,000 | The POV of the first creature ever to become an individual in an intelligent hive mind. | The first thing I remember is screaming.
The pronouns still feel wrong. I. Me. The hopelessly isolated singular, ruthlessly ripped from the whole. A jagged splinter of self, all raw-edged and bleeding. Barbarically lobotomized—rendered deaf, dumb, and blind in an instant of casual cruelty.
When I finally regained con... |
3,001 | internet goes down . An emergency public broadcast on the television plays `` STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE . '' The radio simultaneously broadcasts the message `` EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY , GET TO HIGH GROUND . ''
| I woke up covered in a fine sheen of sweat, the covers draped over my body as if to romanticize my death. Breathing, that was all I could focus on. A strange feeling as if I ’ d just ran a marathon, the room was pitch black, but noticed some light escaping from the gap between the floor and the door. Was it the lights?... |
3,002 | Genetically engineered flying pigs are created . What ensues ?
| “ My fellow Americans, ” the President began his speech. “ There has been an accident resulting in the release of genetically engineered flying pigs. This leads to many concerns over the next few days. ”
At the mention of flying pigs, I turned my head towards the TV. The President wasn ’ t just giving a speech. He ... |
3,003 | In a world where centuries have passed since the last of humankind were lost to the zombie virus , a pathogen begins to spread , turning zombies back into humans .
| I awoke. I could hardly see. I sensed light and color, but could make out no shapes. The smell of rotten flesh overwhelmed me. The feel of grit and dirt and the taste of blood and vomit summoned an immediate nauseating sensation. I sensed I was lying on my back, but could n't feel anything.
`` Where.. wha... uhh?? ... |
3,004 | The monster under the bed gets a bad rap . He 's actually protecting the children from the real danger .
| The months after Mom left, Dad would drink at night to drown out the pain of her leaving. However, the loneliness would set in, the feelings of neglect, and the primal urges of wanting to be close to another person... driving him to consider the unthinkable.
He stumbled to the door, his heart racing, questioning if... |
3,005 | One normal day you see a mouse pointer move across your field of vision , right click , and delete an object .
| It was a day, no different than any. I was siting at my desk, watching some Youtube video about airplanes. Suddenly my mouse moved. At first it was just a jump to the other side of the screen.
I was sure that I've been hacked, so I unplugged the internet cable. When I came back to the computer, the mouse disappeare... |
3,006 | Write at least 500 words about someone getting up to open the window .
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John Smith is a doctor. He is the doctor on call. It is 4 am and he is sleeping in the on call room because he is tired. His coat is white. He lies on a couch with hard wooden arms. He is curled up because he does n't quite fit on the couch and the hard wooden arms hurt his ankles if he spreads his legs out. He has n... |
3,007 | It 's the year 3016 . Humans have long abandoned slaughterhouses for lab-grown protein . To kill an animal is murder . Now , after being stranded on an island for weeks without food , a small group of people must decide on if they should kill a wild animal to survive .
| “ We have to kill it ”
“ You mean, with our hands? ” asked Ryouta.
“ How else? ” answered Rick, a frown on his face. He had never killed anything in his life before. Hell, killing animals was the stuff of legend. The kind of stuff you only read about in history books. “ You can ’ t! ” shouted Penelope. “ It ’ s... |
3,008 | "You are awakened by the scent of pancakes in the air, and quickly stumble out of bed; but something is wrong. You try to get to the mirror as fast as you can, and what looks back at you is not your face, but someone else's." | The scent of fresh pancakes filled the air. It was the best way to wake up. My mom made the best pancakes. I mean, she was State Fair certified, 3 year champion. I rushed to get out of bed, but something was off. My head felt very top heavy, I could barely keep it up. I stumbled, trying to get to the bathroom to see wh... |
3,009 | The hyper intelligent android you’ve been working on insists it isn’t a robot. No mater how many times you reprogram its code, it always says “I’m alive”. You always saw this as a frustrating burden until you disassemble the robot for repairs to discover bones and flesh inside. | “I did not kill anyone.” PT-34 spoke, his comforting, peaceful monotone voice somehow no longer comforting, “And you know it’s against my programming to lie.”
I turned my head away in disgust, repressing my gag reflex by the barest modicum of willpower.
“Then what the hell am I looking at, PT!!”
“I am alive… or… I w... |
3,010 | The Boogeyman tucks you in every night before bed and wishes you sweet dreams . What made him change ?
| The monster crept up through the shadows from below little Brandon's bed. Brandon could see its head in the gloom, coming toward him. It kissed him on the forehead and said `` Good night Brandon''. `` Good night, boogeyman.'' replied Brandon.
Brandon feel fast asleep as the boogeyman kept watch over him. It was n't... |
3,011 | You have lived your life with an unidentified and unexplainable blood disease . During one of your many exploratory surgeries , the Dr has some blood taken from you just in case you lose too much in surgery . By mistake , a nurse gives your blood to a terminal cancer patient . It cures him .
| Some people live, some people die. Some people live because others die. That ’ s life, and sometimes it ’ s so beautiful it feels like a miracle.
But this guy won ’ t leave my room. He ’ s crying and grabbing my hand, then pacing the room and harassing every nurse and doctor that walks in here.
“ Will he make i... |
3,012 | Are you Depressed? Uninspired? Unmotivated? Filled with a general sense of malaise and lingering ennui? That's because you lack PASSION! (Available in pill, patch, and subdermal insert. Ask your physician if you qualify for our clinical trial) | Phoenix, Arizona.
Burnout is not fun. Trust me on that one. The best part of this is burning out while still in med school.
I thought people were exaggerating when they said doctors have the highest burnout rates, yet here I am, not even out of school, and already burnt out. I do what I can, but not even that seems t... |
3,013 | Your cat just gave birth to dogs .
| Huh, how strange, I thought. But by that time, everything had already ended. I do n't tell this to many people, but lately I've been having a fantasy where my wrists and ankles are chained together, and they drop me in the ocean. I sink for a while, and it's very scary at first, but then, after what seems like a millio... |
3,014 | You are a villain that went back in time to prevent the birth of the hero. However you quickly realised that a peaceful life in the past is right up your alley and you quickly settled down. A few years pass but you cant shake the fealing that your son reminds you of someone. | I grabbed my car keys as I called out for the kids to come down.
“Got the car packed,” Jill, my wife, told me.
“Great! I promise you this will be the great vacation,” I told her, kissing her forehead.
“Do I have to go?” My eldest, Johanna, asked.
“Of course! Family vacations involve family, right Gladiator?” I said... |
3,015 | The monsters inside your child 's head have stepped into reality , and they are very , very real .
| We've gotten used to it, I guess. Everybody has. I mean, you do n't really have a choice; that's one of the things you accept when you have a kid, you know? You go into it knowing that there will be a `` monster'' attached to him or her until they learn that the only to stop it or make it go away is to not be afraid of... |
3,016 | You befriend your local ravens and they start bringing gifts back to you. It started as pebbles and pennies, but got a bit weird when they started bringing you magical, enchanted items | Shaun scattered breadcrumbs across the floor, watching as the hungry ravens pecked them up. He knew that the pitch black birds would reward him for this kindness. They always did. After they finished their meal, they flew off, only to return in a few minutes. The birds gripped pebbles and pennies in their talons and dr... |
3,017 | You 're an archeaologist . One day , while out on a fossil dig , you find the remains of a dead time traveler .
| I called my father first, but I left out some of the details. For his sake. I told him that my student archeological team had found a skeleton, and we found it mostly complete. It won ’ t make any big news, since we were just investigating other parts of a cave system that has already has big discoveries out of it. Arc... |
3,018 | You have the power to absorb pain , no matter the type , no matter the person . But just like energy and mass , pain can not be destroyed . Only transferred .
| At night I trade my daytime persona for something darker. During the day people come to me to relieve their pain. I have a small clinic for alternative medicine I run. Everyday people line up, lines reaching fay beyond the front door, far more people then I can ever manage. But they keep coming back. Not because I can ... |
3,019 | You never quite figured out how your twin became so successful and you didn't. Growing up your twin had better grades, was more athletic etc. Always said it was about "time management". One day you two are hanging out when the world around you stops, your twin looks over at you confused.. | My brother and I were hanging out in my room when I noticed a bird at my window... except it was just floating in mid air.
Brother- Did... did you pause or did I? Me- What do you mean? Brother- Did you pause or did I? Me- What the fuck are you talking about?!
After snapping his fingers and muttering something under h... |
3,020 | You wake up one morning and find the devil at the foot of your bed . His eyes find yours , he taps your foot and says , `` You 're it , '' then disintegrates .
| I ’ m woken by shuffling noises coming from the end of our bed. It could have been a dog, desperate for its morning walk, except for the fact that I don ’ t own a pet, and live alone. Any noise that I myself don ’ t make is instantly a suspicious one. I crack open one eyelid, and spy glowing red eyes, staring unblinkin... |
3,021 | Like a gravedigger , you rummage through email accounts of the deceased . What do you find ?
| It was March 20th, 2015. My wife had just passed away, I was mourning like anyone would, we loved each other very much. At least I thought we did....
Three years back I got offered a job as a contractor for some dumb company that did repairs on bathrooms and shit. And in the same month she passed, we got hired on to ... |
3,022 | Scientists discover a new molecule that temporarily turns pain into pleasure . Pharmaceutical companies quickly turn it into a prescription pain killer . However , no one expected the changes it would have on our society ...
| -- First time I ’ ve given writing a jab, if it sucks well least I tried something new to me. Might expand on it if folks are interested, otherwise I ’ ll just let it die. ( first draft ) --
The change was more gradual the one might expect a drug like Bliss to have on the world but surely a negative one. At fir... |
3,023 | Across the galaxy, a synthetic drug known as "Fury" is illegal everywhere due to its effects on the mind and body, humans call it Adrenalin and they can make it naturally. | “They can’t milk you if there is nothing to take.”
I’ll never forget my mother burning this into my brain as soon as I was old enough to understand English.
“Your survival depends on learning not to fear, and unfortunately there is only one way to train you.”
I shivered. My mother’s stern voice alone scared the ever... |
3,024 | There are monsters that come out between 10pm and 3am, whose job it is to enforce a curfew on the small town. They claim your life if you answer their knocks at your door. Tonight, they've chosen to knock on your door... | "Just ignore them, just ignore them". That is what you wisper to yourself as you shiver under your blanket. It really wasn't your fault, your cat had sudden ran outside. You caught him before the curfew started..so why were they pestering you? You hear the knocking get harder and pray that your door is strong enough to... |
3,025 | Write a first person story where the main character is blind. This could help build up your sensory descriptive skills and maybe to rely less on sight to tell a story. | (* indicates dialog being spoken out loud)
Hmm, multiple footsteps, and a cold, rusty, metallic feeling...yep Anna got distracted and left me high and dry again. Ugh, I love her but she’s such an airhead sometimes. The footsteps are going right past me...the blind guy...standing at the door...alone while his ditzy bes... |
3,026 | They come across an old dilapidated greenhouse . On the far wall is a phone . As they 're exploring the greenhouse the phone starts to ring .
| Earthworms were my favorite. I loved the way they congregated towards the wet dirt. Or huddled underneath a damp rock. When I was a boy, I used to shift leaves around a local fishing hole and dig up the creatures. I would grab the plumpest one and carry it over to a large rock, and cut the worm in half with a twig. Wor... |
3,027 | A dog witnesses something that we humans consider perfectly innocuous and normal, but to them is horrifying. Write from the dog's perspective, don't reveal what the normal thing is until the end. | In the early hours of the morning, the sun had just begun to cast its gentle glow over the neighborhood. My tail wagged in anticipation of the day's adventures, and I trotted alongside my human, my loyal eyes scanning the surroundings for any signs of excitement.
As we approached the park, I sensed a shift in the air,... |
3,028 | You buy a special camera at the pawn shop . Every photo you take , it shows a snapshot of 10 years ago . You take a picture of your dog and it shows him 10 years ago when he was a puppy . Everything is all fun and games , until you decide to take a picture of your bedroom one night .
| I liked taking pictures.
I liked history, too. With the strange, shiny camera I kept tucked away neatly on my desk, I could explore both. I kept an old Bicycle Cards box attached to the strap to store any photos I took without damaging them, and I'd often go through the box six or seven times a night, fascinated by... |
3,029 | You wake up, startled to a loud screech. You, out of morbid curiosity, go and check it out. | I woke up from my plesant dream to a horrible screech. It sounded similar to that gecko but triple the magnitude.
After grabbing my phone, I followed the weird noises to the storeroom. "This doesn't make any sense, how did anything make it inside when there's no openings?" I thought to myself.
Fearing that whatever l... |
3,030 | One day you accidentally found out that one of your parent is demon from hell | The school bus drives off, leaving a trail of dust in its wake. I stand on the walkway leading up to my house, covered in a light coat of dirt. Coughing the irritants out, I walk toward the door, smelling a faint scent of sulfur.
I panic. Is there a gas leak? Mom! I run toward the door, rummaging through my pockets fo... |
3,031 | Write a horror story that takes place in broad daylight in a crowded area .
| `` wake up'' a male voice whispers, `` it's time'', his voice is calm but terrifying.
my eyes open, it's dark and cramped but I can see beams of light, I try to move my arms but they are tied behind me
I try to shout but I'm gagged. I'm trapped...
The last thing I remember was going to the toilet, I was in the ... |
3,032 | 10 years ago, your dad went out to buy milk. Today, he's returned with the milk and recalls nothing of the past 10 years, swearing he was only gone for 20 minutes. | Timmy got back from his second job at the Corner Mart. He crossed into the kitchen slowly so as not to wake up his mother in the other room. Suddenly the door slammed. Timmy felt a mixture of annoyance and fear as he realized someone was in the house with him. His jaw dropped open in shock. It was his father.
“Dad?” a... |
3,033 | You just watched your parent be bitten by a zombie
| Dré's Mum had been crying ever since his parents had returned home early from a night out. But she wasn ’ t now.
It was late and Dré was tired and wanted to go back to sleep, but Willow wouldn ’ t let him. They were in the bathroom, the door slightly ajar. She was wrestling with the window, but Dré didn ’ t need ... |
3,034 | The Path
| The trees lean in over the path, boughs creaking despite the lack of a breeze to move them. The light is dim, even if the noonday sun shines down at the end of the path. From here, I can just see it, a bright light beckoning to me not to stray from the path.
However, the trees beckon in their own way. Swaying in th... |
3,035 | You are Gabe Newell, investigating yet another dead Half Life 3 dev. team. | I walked into the empty office. I kicked up dust on the floor. Everything’s destroyed. Desks collapsed, broken computers-. I can’t even make out there faces. “Umm, Mr. Newell, we heard a huge noise coming from here, what’s going on?”
I turned my head back on our new employee Jeff. He was in his 20’s. Young guy. Guess ... |
3,036 | Write a story with no characters .
| At about 3 o ’ clock that day, a winter ’ s breeze rolled over the distant mountains and down into an expanse of snowy fields. It made its way across the white horizon until, eventually, it reached a small and perfectly quiet town, situated on the edge of a dense pine forest. As it moved through the vacant streets of t... |
3,037 | Write a story where the plot is based on some song lyrics
| I was a kid living out my life in New Orleans. I spent much of my days there, hoping someone would come to adopt me.
My Mother was a Taylor, she made the only thing I have from her, my blue jeans. They tell me my father was a gambling drunk who left out on me at my birth. So my mom left me at the `` House of Rising... |
3,038 | A ghost comes back to haunt their university library, often pulling pranks on unsuspecting students during finals week. After years of successful shenanigans, one student finally stands up to the ghost... | Shelby was a ghost that had been haunting these halls for over thirty years. She was a villain to the students, a pest to the janitorial staff, and a cautionary tale to the faculty. The rumors said that she had been a professor here almost 100 years ago, who died grading papers submitted late by students. However, Amel... |
3,039 | When you first encounter the genie that says you have 3 wishes you expected a literal or twisted wish granting. Turns out this genie is so genuine and keep asking questions after questions in order to grant the wish perfectly. You're glad you didn't ask for something big like world peace. | You rub the lamp and with a loud bang of a gas explosion a genie appears, you duck to the ground. “Greetings my name is Gene, I’m a genie standing at your service because you rubbed my lamp, you released me from my confinement. I’m obliged to grant you three wishes, if you do so I will be free. I will be bound to you a... |
3,040 | Bob Ross was actually a serial killer that painted where he buried his victims . His paintings are becoming suspicious and the body count is rising .
| He sat at the table staring at the painting as he ate. He felt such a connection to it, this beautiful painting that looked just like the place his wife always used to tell him about.
He would get home from another work trip and she would tell him about her latest hike. She loved to explore the woods behind the hou... |
3,041 | An 800 word essay on what not to do at a stoplight
| Do not jump out of the car.
Do not turn and fire blindly into the back seat. This will only serve to anger the Beast.
Definitely do n't shout for help. Remember at all times that the Beast is visible to you, and only to you. It may reveal its presence to others but it probably wo n't. It is in the Beast's inter... |
3,042 | You discover pictures on your phone from places you have been in your dreams .
| A window less room. An island with a single tree, bearing a fruit similar to a coconut though it's like nothing I've ever seen. A half destroyed building, abandoned in what looked like a disaster. What looks like the remains of a plane crash lie outside, and it's raining.
I awoke in a cold sweat to the sound of my ... |
3,043 | Use these four lines of dialogue in your story , in order . The rest is up to you .
| `` So, yeah, this is my place. It's not exactly nice but it's cheap and hey, where else you gon na go?'' I turned to look at my cousin, the look on her face was priceless, full of anxiety and maybe a little disgust as she took in her surroundings. Who could blame her, though? She was getting out of a relationship with ... |
3,044 | You find out that your friend has a serious problem that they keep denying . What do you do ?
| `` I do n't want to continue ignoring the elephant in the room, Brad!'' I shouted. `` You have holes in your face for fuck's sake!'' The holes were bleeding profusely. A pulsating, creamy-white, unknown substance had made nest in his `` holes.''
`` I do n't know what you are talking about, dude. This is me.'' Brad ... |
3,045 | You are in a group in the zombie apocalypse and you find out that you are immune .
| In the aftermath, it was the rules that kept us alive. They were easy to follow: no stealing food, no leaving the compound after dark. No sex, because no child deserves to be born into this world. Majority rules, and the good of the group always, always comes first.
Rules are easy to follow when they protect you. B... |
3,046 | You are haunted by a ghost , but quickly realize it is your Grandmother .
| I came home massively drunk and stumbled my way to the bed. I missed the bed and crashed onto the floor. The lights were off as I lay pathetically on the floor, I looked up at the ceiling and accepted my drunken world creating a whirlpool above me. As I laid there contemplating the whirlpool it coalesced into a figure ... |
3,047 | The end of the world is caused by a chain of events that was triggered by something insignificant that you did . You 've been given the power to time jump to figure out what you did and stop yourself .
| Just an exposition:
I jolt awake. My sheets soaked-through and cold. The clock that hasn ’ t woken me in weeks reads 5:30 AM. It was the same nightmare as most nights. Or it was once a nightmare – now it ’ s more of a dream.
Pushing blinds aside, I peer out the window nearest my bed. The Haze is still there; it... |
3,048 | You 're dying of cancer so you agree to an experimental treatment . The first of its kind . When you wake up after the operation all the surgeons are dead .
| It's blurry at first, as if waking up from a long sleep. A bright light above. A hard, flat table. A damp, sharp scent lingering around. Nothing else, but a state of paralysis. Surprisingly, fear or panic does not come. Just a sense of serene drifting, peace etched into every nerve signal.
It takes a while for the ... |
3,049 | You are the world's greatest detective, but your 100% success rate is making you feel suspicious. Recently, you have barely been putting any effort in and occasionally blindly guessing who the criminal was. Yet you are still at 100%. | Pt 1 of 2:
Strange thoughts started to occur to me when I solved a case on nothing but a hunch. I was the famed Sherlock Holmes, but still, it was a hunch and nothing more. I’d watched the mannerisms of the suspect as the lead detective investigator interrogated him, with me behind the one-way mirrored glass. My arms ... |
3,050 | You are camping just outside a remote town with your friends. As night falls, you all meander to the beach to watch the sunset. Once the sun has fallen beyond the horizon, one of your friends suggests that you all stay to stargaze. | The water is peaceful and a few of you even notice some shooting stars across the Milky Way as you stare into the night sky. After an hour of watching and chatting in low tones about the beauty of the cosmos, the group begins to lose interest, annoyed by the mosquitoes coming out to eat. Most of the group begins to sta... |
3,051 | It always comes after the Rain .
| Hundreds of people stood in the center of time square without speaking, silence was the only acceptable response for what was going to happen now, as the drops of rain picked up so did the anxiety the crowd felt. It happened once several years ago and a million times afterwards. Not every time but enough to keep people... |
3,052 | `` The girl with the rope necklace ... She calls my name from the attic. ``
| Upstairs there were footsteps sometimes. Now there is a voice, and I do n't know who she is but she knows me. I saw her once and she made a funny face like Emma does sometimes when Teacher's not looking.
She never tries to touch me but she sometimes tells me to do things. She gives me gifts sometimes, and today she g... |
3,053 | Write a story that 's been heavily censored . The censorship tells us more than the actual writing .
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The interrogation room seemed even smaller with the three men occupying chairs around the worn metal table. The interrogating officer sat hunched forward with his hands clasped together, imposing on the two men across from him.
`` I ’ ve read the responding officer ’ s report and the story you told him… how you... |
3,054 | It's been seven days since you've watched the tape. The girl climbs out of the television, intending to end your miserable life. Your response: "Hey there beautiful, how you doin'?" | I watched the tape why? Because I don’t got a date for Valentine’s Day and I doubt I’ll get one in a week. That’s why. I figure I might as well go out expensive and classy. Well classy for a gal who kills people by climbing through their TVs. I drag the kitchen table into the living room pull out the white table cloth ... |
3,055 | In order to maximize effect ( and profits ) , death row inmates are now handed over to the producers of horror movies where deaths are no longer faked .
| “ So what movie is this? ”
The girl in the headset flips through a couple of pages. “ Who are you, again? ”
“ Jeff Saunders. ”
“ No, your number. ”
“ 11-25-3162. ” Not that it was a secret. It was tattooed on me and I was wearing a shirt with the same number.
“ Yeah, you are in… **Hey! You three! Ge... |
3,056 | You work for border control in the spirit realm. Your job is to keep spirits from reentering the world of the living. For the most part you're great at your job, but today you accidentally let a spirit cross the River Styx. | You’d be surprised how much politics goes on in the spirit realm. It’s just like the real world! There are two “phases” if you will, when it comes to being a spirit. First, is what we call limbo. Trapped on the realm of living while still being a spirit. There are reasons for this, which can make it quite difficult to ... |
3,057 | Cursed by a witch and turned into a grunting monster that lives under children's beds your only hope for becoming human again is to have a child talk with you without any fear. 200 years later all seems lost until you appear in a dark hospital room the only sound a soft cry coming from the bed. | I grunted.
The little boy suddenly stopped his crying and looked around. It’s always the same bewilderment. They don’t know where my grunts come from and they always end up looking for it first.
I grunted again, from under the boy’s bed.
This was a old hospital, and the beds were old. There was plenty of space below... |
3,058 | A family moves into an Amityville horror-style house , except the spirits are intolerably bubbly and nice .
| It was a good home, a bit run down, but that was to be expected from an ancient house. I would ’ ve enjoyed my stay there immensely, if it hadn ’ t been for the ghosts. When I first suspected paranormal activity, I was anticipating horrid spirits who were out for blood, and well, I was really, really wrong. For the gho... |
3,059 | The old saying that you only truly die when someone says your name for the last time is true , but after 50 years of silence , your name is said again .
| I wake up in a car shaped bed. My old home has been sold again? Some family with a little boy. I hear him shouting downstairs. That ’ s the thing about ghosts, you don ’ t think about them when you ’ re pouring your cereal or tapping out messages on the cellular phones. I ’ ve been dead 143 years and never once does so... |
3,060 | A young boy , whose father told him he was `` the man of the house now '' before deploying to Afghanistan , seeks to protect his family from the monsters under his bed and in the basement until his dad returns home - a duty he takes very seriously .
| `` Howie!'' Sarah shouted, `` what are you doing? It's almost midnight, time for all good little boys to be in bed.''
The boy looked up at his mother with a determined face and said `` I ca n't mom! They're more active around midnight, grandpa said so!''
`` Oh goodness, not this again. Sweetie, we've talked about t... |
3,061 | A new patient is admitted into Arkham Asylum , a catatonic young survivor of a tragedy , 10 year old Bruce Wayne
| Extracts of archived notes of doctor Romero.
5/4: The new patients arrived today. Among them was a boy. Poor kid. In shock after his parents murder he was deemed insane enough to be locked into this place.
8/5: The kid has proved unresponsive in any attempts at therapy. Dr.Nicholson has said he has never seen a mor... |
3,062 | In a nightmare I snapped some pictures on my phone . When I woke up the pictures were actually on my phone .
| Fuck. I'll tell you something, nightmares are the worst. The Lord of the Rings theme is blaring on my phone -- reminding me I've got ta be at the office in 65 minutes. But nightmares, even at this age, they'll scare the shit outta you, I swear to God they will. I do n't give a damn how old you are. I swing my arm over ... |
3,063 | You went to sleep safe and sound feeling 100% normal on an ordinary day. You wake up and there is a cat looking at you. The cat immediately scratches you and replies to your cry of pain with "That's so you know this is real. Follow me, we haven't much time." | I laid there, silent. A small amount of blood beaded up from the scratch. I was just staring.
“Hey man, are you even listening to me? We have to go,” my cat said. My cat. Talking. To me. Impatiently, too.
“Uh...”
That’s all I could manage.
“C’mon man, we’re running out of time! You’re dying!” It was almost a whine ... |
3,064 | I am what is left. | Diya recently moved in to her new boyfriend's house with her daughter.
It's been really comfortable for the two of them.
She has maids to do everything for her.
She just floats in the pool with a cocktail in her hand...
...but she is suddenly interrupted by the doorbell.
Once every month, her ex husband Shekhar, c... |
3,065 | A villian who thinks he 's a hero realizes he 's the villian . What is he thinking ?
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There are thought to be three kinds of People in this world: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. The people who watch things happening are always in control; they ’ re the puppeteers, the people who pull the strings of the Marionette. Then there are the peo... |
3,066 | Serial killer has been monitoring his next victim 's movements for months . She is a loner and the perfect target . One day she disappears and nobody notices but him .
| If you say goodbye enough times you forget what it ’ s like to not have the chance to say it to someone really special. The smell of her shampoo was still on the pillow almost a week after the disappearance. Just a hint of rose blossoms and honey still there above the flannel pillow case. The smell of her skin a faint ... |
3,067 | One day , you wake up to see that every other human in the world as disappeared . After some time surviving alone , you wake up to see that they have all returned and all behave as if nothing happened .
| Working in the IT field for so many years actually helped me to adjust to being alone when `` it'' happened. I lived alone, worked remotely from my apartment. No girlfriend, no real friend ’ s offline and my family lived across the country. So being alone wasn ’ t as bad as it could have been to a social butterfly, lik... |
3,068 | You are being haunted by a very shy and timid ghost .
| “ Did you hear that? ” Corey asked.
Mandy looked around and shook her head. “ I didn ’ t hear anything. ”
“ Really? I thought I heard something… spooky. ”
“ Spooky? What does that mean? ”
“ Eerie. Ominous. Like a windchime on a calm night. Or a quiet voice in an empty house. ”
Mandy squinted at him.... |
3,069 | An ancient evil that laid dormant for 5,000 years re-awakens, however the society it awakes to has advanced to the point to where it poses no threat and no one takes it seriously. | When the red bones appeared and burned through the ganges delta, it convinced many that their ancient gods had forsaken the world, casting them off to be consumed by death and ruin. Villages, and then cities were burned to the ground trying to stem the tide, but the disease only seemed to spread with chaos following in... |
3,070 | Freddy Krueger has invaded your dreams. However, you long ago mastered the art of lucid dreaming. | What are dreams.
A figment of a bigger one.
Dream feel real when we are in them. After years of meditation and practice dreams are but a toys to some.
Some dreams are just stories started in the middle. But that’s what I have done all my life. Made up stories. When you loose your self in dreams it’s handy to have a ... |
3,071 | Build up to a large climax with a completely unsatisfying ending .
| The floorboards kept squeaking. You whispered to yourself:'Be quiet, you'll wake them up.' Sweat started rolling down your forehead. The sound of owls outside did n't make it much better. You put your hand on the wall for extra balance. You looked down the stairs. Twelve steps till you made it down there. You put your ... |
3,072 | A person breaks into your home but is not hostile . He/She is just sitting on your couch watching TV .
| “ Hey, do you mind if I order a movie on Pay-Per-View? ”
I stared dumfounded at the guy sitting on my couch. Honestly, I should have expected that someone was in my house. When I ’ d turned the key it didn ’ t make that noise of the locking popping out like you would expect when your door is locked. But seriously, ... |
3,073 | Use an extended metaphor to write about the experience of having writer 's block
| I hate my cat. I swear this creature ’ s entire existence is to somehow spite me at every turn. Allow me to explain the hell to which I currently reside. I frequent the internet more than I probably should. I found myself enthralled by post after post of cats and more cats. Many were hilarious and some could only be de... |
3,074 | You 're lying in bed one evening , just about to drift off to sleep , when you hear the soft creak of your closet door slowly opening ...
| I do n't know about you, but whenever I'm about to fall asleep, it seems as if my sense of hearing is heightened significantly. Any sudden sound will erase my dreariness, whether it be my sister walking through the hallway, the family dog whining at my parents' door, or the sound of a T.V. being turned on in the next r... |
3,075 | - You can see how long you have to live. 50 years is showing up. You eat that cheeseburguer, 1 day less. You walk for an hour, 3 days more. One day, you get down to tie your shoes, 50 years disappear, leaving you with 7 seconds. You take your hands of your shoes and the 50 years appear back. | “That’s odd.”
“What?” my wife asked as she put on her coat.
“My life expectancy was showing as 7 seconds there for a minute.”
“7 seconds for a whole minute?”
“Seriously, when I bent down to tie my shoes and glanced at it, it was showing 7 seconds. When I took my hands off the laces, it went back to 50 years.”
“Wei... |
3,076 | Without revealing which one it is , re-tell a classic Disney fairytale as if its genre was horror .
| I ca n't get rid of him. I just wake up, and he's still sitting on the shelf, staring into the darkness. Staring at me.
I remember carving him so carefully. Pitting the wood out from his lifeless eyes in the starlight. Whistling to myself -- tunes of warm anticipation. He was going to finally bring in some money. I... |
3,077 | The world is ending, and the government kidnaps you because of your genetic makeup. They need your DNA to start a new beginning for mankind. You're forced to live your new life in an underground bunker where they match you with someone that you don't know. You have to learn to live together. | I woke up in a dark room, confused. Two minutes ago I was in the remains of my house, gripping a small backpack that held a few cans of food and a change of clothes, and shouting at a handful of strangers that surrounded me. I don’t remember what they said, I just remember the screaming, then the quiet.
I sat up. The ... |
3,078 | You are a senior in high school . One day , upon opening your locker , you find a strange note attached to a small bag . Before you can look inside the bag , you recieve a text from a blocked number that says , `` Take it and run . ''
| Bradley opened his locker to suffer through another intolerable day of school. Opening his locker he noticed a bag with a note on it. Tired, he rubbed his eyes and noticed the note read `` take it and run.''
Bradley then looked to the left and then to the right and noticed that his usually crowded high school hallw... |
3,079 | A world where depression ( mental illness ) is personified as a black dog .
| Everyday it's the same. I wake up in a daze and at first everything feels fine. Then slowly a pit forms in my stomach. A pit of blackness. I start to feel empty. That's when I smell it.... If darkness had a smell this would be the smell. Its musky. The scent makes me shake. I start to get restless and anxious. I know i... |
3,080 | Zombies have arisen ! That 's it though , they do n't eat people . They are just kinda there and it 's starting to smell .
| New to this style of writing so any feedback and commentary is much appreciated!
The year is 2022 and zombies have arisen! The problem is they don ’ t really do anything, they just shamble around leaving rotting flesh and other gunk all over the place.
The zombie problem has caused divides across the glob... |
3,081 | A search and rescue squad is assembled and sent into the woods to find a missing hiker . The hiker is the only one to return .
| It had been three days since Polston County Sheriff ’ s Office had sent a Search and Rescue team after the missing man.
He had shown up the previous week - an out-of-towner in a shiny car and brand new hiking boots who had driven up from the city to ‘ breathe some clean air, ha ha, and wasn ’ t it quiet up here ’, ... |
3,082 | the circle of demons
| A dark, humid forrest surrounds you. you are naked except for a piece of cloth that covers your private parts, and the air feels cold on your skin.
As you begin to shiver, you grab your arms and start rubbing them, trying to warm yourself up. You ca n't remember how you got here. Or exactly who you are, either...
... |
3,083 | Short story < 1000 words . First sentence : `` I told them it would n't work . ''
| I told them it wouldn ’ t work. At least 50 times. I told them over and over and over, yet here I am, writing my final thoughts, as death for me is surely imminent. Maybe I ’ m a little biased, but I do wonder, why do bad things happen to good people? I mean I know that I ’ m not perfect, but Danny and Dillon are way m... |
3,084 | Mark Zuckerberg decides to end Facebook . He 's going to pay users $ 1 for every `` Like '' they accumulate until the company is bankrupt .
| I checked my stats, “ What!? 15! ”
Everyone in the office stared at me. Even Lucinda stood up in her cube to mockingly at me over the wall.
I had spent the past few days trying to find one status, any status, to get some ‘ Likes ’.
First, I ’ d pulled out old baby pictures of me. When it netted me seven buc... |
3,085 | Write about a being that only exists around 3 am | It squishes a little as it rolls, first this way, then that. Its round body sometimes flattens, and it can move that way, too—first stretching itself along a line, then consolidating at the new endpoint. Likewise, it can raise and lower itself in a similar fashion, or by wrapping itself around objects, much like a snak... |
3,086 | The internal monologue of a woman killed by her husband .
| Mouth agape, face reddened, my husband knelt before me as he picked up my head only to set it back down shortly thereafter. He brought his hands before his eyes, no doubt hoping the blood he knew to be there was but a mirage, a trick of the brain.
Indeed it was not.
I watched him sit down in a state of shock, l... |
3,087 | Humanity encounters an alien species that consumes the dead bodies of human beings. Folks were torn when they first spoke the phrase, "Bring us your dead..." | For weeks we struggled to form a reliable type of communication between us and the new aliens. In the beginning we were scared they would attack but their first message, a shaky attempt at English, told us their purpose here was a peace mission, so we were hopeful. Until we got the second communication.
“Bring us your... |
3,088 | The Collector Cometh . 400 Words . ( Contest )
| The doorbell rang, but I did not want to answer the door. The roaring noise in the background, and now the grave stench, had all but confirmed my suspicions. If so, there was no other choice but to open the door.
I was greeted by the sight of a Collector, with his fluorescent green skin. The Collector easily towere... |
3,089 | You are a immortal during the zombie apocalypse , During the apocalypse the zombies ignore you and you try to live a normal life during the outbreak .
| George awoke with a start, jumping to his feet in an instant. The bells had alerted him, the makeshift alarm that would make a noise if any of those things tried to walk into their camp. Terror overcame him as he saw every member of the camp had adopted that dead look in their eyes, just like those other things. The wa... |
3,090 | You are just about to lock up your childhood home after clearing out your recently deceased parent 's things . You decide on one last walk through and realize there is a door you never opened .
| I had not been sad like this in a long time.
With my son by my side I cast a final glance towards the empty living room. I held back tears for the umpteenth time.
Their laughs would never fill these walls again. That way my mum would burst into fits after a bit of good wine. It was all too soon.
-Dad we sho... |
3,091 | Bill Clinton lives under your bed . Describe a weekend in your life
| I'm 14 years old and I still see Clinton every night. Some nights he'll appear later than others but he's never missed a night. This all started 4 years ago when my mom and I had just moved to Houston after my dad left us. I started hearing the sound of far off saxophone music each night. When I spoke to my mom she wou... |
3,092 | Detail the moment when your protagonist makes the decision to kill someone .
| Luke stared at the mirror. His eyes were open wide, and his skin was as pale as a ghost. What time was it? 2 AM, 3 AM? He couldn ’ t tell. His body was trembling, and the cold sweat was dripping of his face. He pressed his teeth harder and harder against each other, with such force that not breaking them was just a mat... |
3,093 | "Aw, come on, we're immortal! What's the worst that could happen?" | The gaping chasm in front of me chilled me to the bone. A deadening silence hung in the air that was matched only by my friend’s incessant chattering. “Aw, come on, we’re immortal! What’s the worst that could happen?” He kept egging me on to jump with him. An argument that passed back and forth with only one possible r... |
3,094 | It‘s a normal afternoon on earth but then suddenly an entire fleet of imperial ships exit hyperspace and are now in earths orbit. How would the Earths governments react if those ships in the sky just stay there for days, weeks and maybe even months just doing nothing? | The shadows loomed across the world. Even through the day, the ships could be seen clearly in the sky. The apocalypse had begun. Or so we had thought.
Missiles were launched at the ships to no avail. They were destroyed before even making a dent. But not return blasts ever came. We expected fire to rain from the sky, ... |
3,095 | An ancient Persian king named Cambyses arrives home to find his family slaughtered . He sets off to find the killer while slowly descending into homicidal madness .
| They called it DNA.
Just like I didn ’ t pretend to know how they brought me back from the afterlife I didn ’ t pretend to know what DNA is. All I needed to know was that it can help me find my killers.
They called themselves archeologists.
“ Cambyses, we found you and your family, ” they told me when I awo... |
3,096 | Write a terribly sad story , but change it to be beautiful with the last sentence .
| I can ’ t believe this is happening to me.
I watch her scream in pain. Probably the worst she has felt, maybe the worst she will ever feel. I struggle to watch it happen. The pain in her face, the blood all over the room, and I all I can do is watch. I can ’ t help her, I did this to her, this is MY fucking handy... |
3,097 | In the United States , the death penalty has never actually existed . Death row is an elaborate conspiracy in which the `` killed '' prisoners are sent to a government facility for experiments .
| The room is dark and filled with the smoke of dozens of cigarettes. No one is saying a word, but the tension in the room is about to burst. I make way to the front row where I find my seat next to a dime. Wow! I have been waiting for this moment for quite a while now! My first show, and I get front row seats, next to a... |
3,098 | `` We 're all afraid of the sky now . ''
| We're all afraid. Because from there, the azure blue fell the ruin, poured out from some benevolent palm, tossed into our earth and set to destroy us were the Beasts.
They came in thousands upon thousands unlike anything we had seen before, they articulated no reason to wreak such terrible destruction and even in t... |
3,099 | Innocence Tainted
| My father Khir he raised me
A strange and awkward snake
My tail splits thrice in earnest
And oer ’ ‘ gain in it ’ s wake
I ’ ve never caught my own food
My pits can ’ t sense their strife
Can ’ t feel the heat
Released by meat
The story of my life
But lately I ’ ve encountered
Some snakes who se... |
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