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3,300 | A cure is made for a zombies virus outbreak . Everyone who has been infected is cured , but they retain their hellish memories from their time as a zombie . You are a doctor ( or psychologist ) treating of of the cured for PTSD .
| Three for opened and an ill looking teenager shuffled in. In my head I wondered what he had done. Kill his parents? Feast on his grandmother? Chase his terrified younger sister round the house? I had heard hundreds of these stories. I knew I would listen patiently, tell him that it was n't his fault and give him enough... |
3,301 | We do not measure or track age whatsoever . A person goes to prove they are ready to get their drivers license AND/OR permit to purchase alcohol .
| “ BEST…PARTY….EVER!!! ” The group screams in unison, crowing with laughter as they leave the warehouse.
“ BEST…PARTY…EVER!!! ” A young man with green eyes and spiky blond hair emerges from the group and begins to dance. Blondie. He has somehow lost his shirt. He hasn ’ t matured enough to grow hair on his chest yet... |
3,302 | Tell me a story which makes me afraid of the light .
| As Ben felt his way into the hallway, the light began to flicker on. In what had become an instinctive reaction, he swung at it with the baseball bat he had found in their host ’ s bedroom closet, shattering the ornate casing and bulb and returning the area to the relative safety of darkness once more.
Somewhere in... |
3,303 | What 's your life story in 5 , creative , sentences ?
| First I gave tea parties for the chickens and scared the handyman with the snake I found. Then aliens abducted me and kept me in a strange place with papers I threw away; this made them suspect I did n't work right. They kept me for 12 years or so until I figured out that I worked fine and they were broken, so I left. ... |
3,304 | Everyone has a super power but each time they use it they fade just a little bit from everyone else's mind and awareness. You have just reached the point where your parents no longer remember who you are. | I remember when I first learned what my power was. I was only 5 years old at the time, but I remember it like it was yesterday.
I was hanging out with a couple of friends near the local pond. It was close enough to all of our houses, so we usually all hung out there. We decided to go swimming that day, even though the... |
3,305 | You lose an object down the drain , and the next day it appears in your mailbox with a note attached to it .
| I stare out the window dreamily as the soothing sound of rain lullabies me into a state of lethargy. I ’ ve never seen so much rain before. Overnight the sewers and street drains overflowed, transforming the streets into a torrent of rainwater. A flash flood, they ’ re calling it. I ’ ve lived here nearly my whole life... |
3,306 | Every scar tells a story .
| Every scar tells a story. Yeah, that is true. I thought about how big and ugly the scars on my belly would be once I was healed. It was the day before my 20th birthday and I'd spent it waiting for my girlfriend to get back from a friends house, eating a bad pizza and watching Dawn of the Dead for the first time. I sudd... |
3,307 | Write a goofy disaster .
| On the fourth day of January, it began raining frogs.
But, to the casual observer, it was merely raining blood and various internal organs; red and green and a myriad of other hues painted the ice of Paris and there was no shortage of coloring material. Drainage ditches with piles of innards that reached for the sk... |
3,308 | House of Flesh - A gingerbread man realises his gingerbread house is made of flesh .
| George the gingerbread man cries as for the 100th time he awaits for his wooden home to become the flesh of his relatives before him. He closes his eyes at 11:59pm December 31st. The images of Aunt Mays face on the stair case. His daughter Elizabeth beneath his feet.
This house was haunted.
Tick
Tick
He... |
3,309 | the dragon princess has been kidnapped by humans | Squeak, squeak, squeak went one wheel of the cart. The man who pushed it ignored the noise. No matter how much lube the wheel received, the squeak persisted, so they gave up.
The cavernous dimensions of the great hall augmented the wheel’s complaint. Stained glass windows depicted tranquil scenes of meadows, valleys, ... |
3,310 | The black slime moves quickly , coating the walls as you run . You are cornered , turning around to come face to face with a wall of the corrosive goo . A single eye opens in its center , followed by thousands more as tendrils slowly slither towards you
| I have a recurring dream, you are always in it.
You are more scared than i have ever known you to be. Your mouth is bent and twisted. I would call it a look of dismay, but dismay is a human emotion. Your face is not that of a woman ’ s. Your face is marred with desperate, animal, panic. Your face, is a mask of terr... |
3,311 | You 're that guy/girl with that `` one weird trick '' that doctors find infuriating , well now they 're finally coming for you ...
| I am a normal man. A normal man who simply adores natural breasts of all shapes and sizes. Big, flat, small, round, pancakes, cupcakes, and the entire baker ’ s dozen – it does not matter to me. As long as the lump crab cake is actually made from crabmeat, I am satisfied, and, believe me -- I ’ ll refuse the plump crab... |
3,312 | The nightmares hidden in quiet suburbia .
| As soon as the bell rang Avery grabbed her backpack and dashed out of the door, neglecting to collect her homework, she was gone.
She hopped into her silver Camry, checked the time on the dash and silently prayed.
She could not be late again.
Avery sighed heavily as she was caught in the traffic. There was on... |
3,313 | A man wakes up recovering in a hospital bed after brain surgery . He realizes he can see the truth about who people really are by looking straight in their eyes . His wife walks in the room and as she looks at him , he begins to cry . The truth crushes him . `` Get away from me , '' he whispers .
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“ You suffered some serious blunt force trauma, but you ’ ll be fine. We had to operate to relieve some of the intracranial pressure though. ”
“ Doctor, how long was I out? ”
“ A long time….Don ’ t worry though, your wife is waiting for you outside. Tell the nurse when you feel ready to see visitors. ”
I ... |
3,314 | You are cursed to become a monster for the rest of your life. As time goes by you’ve grown to like your new body | I awake from my deep sleep, stretching all my six arms. Leaping off my bed and crawling towards the kitchen, My curse had basically turned me into a human spider. Along with a few other things. Arms of a spider, my torso was jelly like and translucent black, and my eyes were black and forever leaking a mysterious black... |
3,315 | [ NSFW ] The Zombie virus did n't need a cure . It was n't permanent .
| I watched in awe as those savages surrounded the car, banging on the window and screaming. Someone, or something was inside. Now was the perfect opportunity while they where distracted. I sneaked out from behind the building and dawdled across the road. Right next to me a zombie fell to the ground writhing and foaming ... |
3,316 | You’re dating a detective who’s fascinated with the string of murders you’ve committed, even though you don’t… do that anymore. | The kills, fascinating on screen… messy on my hands. First, a simple cut the the throat. Then, 5.45 in the neck, through the throat, and out the chest. Crazy how bullets work, am I right? Third was hanging. Why? Well, these were the big bullies back in my middle school days. And now they’re gone for good. I wouldn’t be... |
3,317 | because the majority of humans chose to upload their consciousness to exotic digital worlds, the species nearly died out. You have been chosen to be a parent IRL and will be given a flesh body in 3...2...1... | “Subject F42B-789A. Genetic defect preventing cybernetic synchronization. Gene therapy was ineffective, placed in stasis. Marked for study in resistance to genetic manipulation.” You finish reading down the variant subject’s data. With a few gestures in front of the pod, the AI’s prognosis is confirmed and course of ac... |
3,318 | Tell me a story which makes me afraid of the light .
| I was blinded... but only for a second. As my vision adjusted to the light I could see the room. It was bathed in a gentle glow, the screams from outside fading. Suddenly, I felt pain, more pain than I could imagine. Not physical pain but mental, the pain of remembering. As I looked up I could see my friends, my family... |
3,319 | Write the suicide note of a Psychopath
| I used to think my brother was a psychopath. He bullied me, he bullied everyone; but I never understood his motivation. I never understood why he was so angry for no reason. When I first discovered that he might be a psychopath, it scared me. I thought, `` psychopaths kill people.'' What if my brother was going to kill... |
3,320 | You just met your girlfriend 's parents and are freshening up in the bathroom before dinner . You notice a note in the garbage stating , `` Once we feed him some of that meat , it 'll be the end of him . ''
| I bent down and picked up the note. It had some funny looking brown sticky stuff on the side of it but said what I thought it said. I quickly dropped it back in the trash can when my hand touched something sticky on the back.
What did that mean? Where they planning to kill me?
No, no. They just met me. My girlf... |
3,321 | The reason humans sleep is due to an ancient contract . We are rendered unconscious so we do n't have to remember the price we pay . One night you go to sleep , only you remain awake , and experience everything fully
| `` But Mommy I'm scared to go to bed! The monsters are going to get me!''
Jimmy's mother looked down at her son and sighed.
`` Alright, Jimmy, you can sleep in Mommy and Daddy's bed tonight. But this is the last time, you have to learn to sleep in your bed like a big boy!''
Jimmy's father sighed in annoyanc... |
3,322 | A child is kidnapped . Outraged , the monsters that live under their bed and in their closet vow to find them .
| I wish for love.
I wish I was n't this ugly.
I wish when I spoke it did n't make you cry.
I wish I had had the strength to pull myself off the floor but I could only pull myself up the side of the bed.
I wish you had n't screamed, I was only trying to warn you.
I wish those people did n't come in ou... |
3,323 | A cure for the zombie virus has been found , however all ex-zombies remember everything that happened when they were infected .
| On a good night, I only wake up once or twice. On a not so very good night, it sometimes feels as if I barely have the time to close my eyes before it all comes back to me. I've always been that kind of person who remembers smells the best. And I've always been very sensitive about that. If there's something rotten in ... |
3,324 | A cure is made for a zombies virus outbreak . Everyone who has been infected is cured , but they retain their hellish memories from their time as a zombie . You are a doctor ( or psychologist ) treating of of the cured for PTSD .
| I'm telling you, my life has never been back to normal. I ca n't get any work done at work, and every night I have the s. I ca n't sleep at night. All I do is waste away in bed, thinking of the horrors I have committed. Like the time with little Timmy. I had just transformed and I was moving towards him, my son. His lo... |
3,325 | A dark world in which teletubbies are hunted for their electronics .
| You really ca n't expect much from savage creatures, in the end. You can give them everything in the world that they might possibly want, need, and still anything boxed up loses it's senses eventually. You can take any sensible, feeling, thinking, breathing, eating, shitting creature, capable of emotions and civilizati... |
3,326 | "I wish you hadn't seen that. I really do." | “I wish you hadn’t seen that…I really do.” Is all I could say as I felt the grips of our relationship fade into non-existence. We had been together for 3 years. It wasn’t the most stable of relationships, but she loved me and I her in my own ways. I could never muster up the courage to tell her that I loved her. I don’... |
3,327 | James , a 15 year old school boy from England , has an unfortunate head injury during rugby practise . After school , during his routine walk home through the local graveyard , he can hear hundreds of people screaming and banging 6ft underground .
| James covered his ears as the haunting screams blared. His pace slowed as it sound like a new voice called for help after passing a grave stone.
He came close to a stone that read Amelia Goodwrite, the sound of a woman cried from directly under the tombstone.
Panic surging through James, he began to twist and t... |
3,328 | Frighten me without using any blood , gore or explicit violence .
| My eyes stopped working this morning. And my arms and legs. I'm lying in the middle of my cold kitchen floor, trying to twist my head, neck, and torso enough to get myself upright. I must have left my door open before all this happened; the wind is whipping through the house. I can hear the curtains ruffling and papers... |
3,329 | You 've just died ... again .
| Last semester, as I descended into madness and a therapist diagnosed me with `` extreme academic anxiety'', I skipped all my midterms and did n't go to class for the rest of the year. December came around and there was no more hiding it. I told my parents that I had failed every class, and was expelled. Their disappoin... |
3,330 | This morning you woke up and spat out a tooth . It was n't yours .
| I snapped awake coughing and choking on something I could feel on the back of my tongue. As I rolled over, damn near hacking up a lung, I saw something white shoot out of my mouth and heard a short, sharp sound as it hit the window of my apartment. I caught my breath for a moment before investigating the mysterious obj... |
3,331 | A society where loneliness is encouraged and social interaction is looked down upon .
| Jim was lonely and, sadly enough, that was how it was supposed to be.
“ Any groups bigger than one are bound to end up not fun. ” Jim ’ s dad would always quip as soon as he would finish dinner and run off to his room. Family dinners were always so awkward, it was a lot of averted gazes, brief recounts of one ’ s d... |
3,332 | The opening of a murder mystery story in 10 sentences or fewer
| Consciousness came to his senses unbidden and unwelcome. Pain coursed throughout his whole body as he raised his head and slowly opened his eyes. A reddish film tinted his vision and stung his left eye. He raised his arm to wipe at it and found, to his surprise, something in his hand. It was warm and sticky but before ... |
3,333 | First post ! Write a short story about whatever you like the only catch is that you do not use any names or titles .
| I can hear them singing. I can still hear them singing. Make them stop. Please.... Please just make them stop. It has been three days. I have n't eaten a thing. I have n't drunk water. Swallow these pills. Must swallow these pills. Must not die here, but I'm tired. I need to find a way out.
Three days before I came... |
3,334 | Theme Thursday - Wise | The fairgrounds seemed almost skeletal at night. Empty roller coasters jutted like spines against the darkness and popcorn crunched under Tracey’s feet. She stopped before a stall containing the animatronic bust of a man with a curling mustache. Rumor had it Xul the All-Knowing came to life after hours for fifty cents.... |
3,335 | You wake up in bed one morning next to a dead body . Yours .
| So, I guess my hairdresser fucked me. Jesus, what did she do to my undercut? Twenty dollars, with a thirty minute wait, and she makes me look like Donald Trump's bleached, feathered asshole. If you could see what I see, right now, we'd both be looking at a lopsided mop end with a pompadour and a partial fade like Kid i... |
3,336 | The monster under the bed and the monster in the closet meet for the first time
| “ Psst! ”
Garvin poked his heads out from under the bed. Was it the kid making noise? He just wanted to rest from the effort of hiding during the move.
“ Yeah, you. Little nervous chicken-shit racecar bed monster. ”
The voice was coming from the closet. Garvin moaned. “ No, no no. This is MY kid. I ’ ve bee... |
3,337 | The Japanese say you have three faces . The first face , you show to the world . The second face , you show to your close friends , and your family . The third face , you never show anyone . It is the truest reflection of who you are .
| As I slipped the filet knife out from under her sternum, she gasped lightly and quit moving, except for her fingers, which twitched for a moment Her face looked a bit frightened, wide-eyed, like from watching a scary movie. Or was it surprise? Perhaps it was both. One small entry wound, but massive damage. It was ( she... |
3,338 | The person I see in the mirror is not the person I see in photographs of me ...
| The person I see in the mirror is not the person I see in photographs of me. I know that might sound deep, like I ’ m talking about the difference in the perception of myself or something like that, but the truth is actually more unsettling than that. The truth is the girl in the mirror isn ’ t me at all. It never has ... |
3,339 | Seven people are trapped a single location together . One of them is not a serial killer .
| -- -- -Incident Report -- -- -
Date: February 22nd, 2016
Reporting Officer: Lieutenant Stevenson
Agency: California Highway Patrol
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, 2 miles north of I-10 Mile Marker 238.
Highway patrol reported to the scene at roughly 02:30 after receiving a report of erratic d... |
3,340 | A man meets a woman from his dream the night before .
| There was something familiar about this woman.
It was completely absurd of course, I never met her before in my life yet it's like I knew her, that our destinies were somehow intertwined.
She turned and began to approach me, had she recognized me as well? With I closer look I realized that she was the very same... |
3,341 | You discover that there is a world religion based completely around worshiping the tree in your front yard .
| Jim stood on his lawn watering his very average garden on his rather average street in Grand Rapids, Michigan. As he enjoyed the warmth and quiet of the neighborhood he was reminded just how happy he was. While most people seem to dread the idea of being “ average ” that was just fine for Jim. He loved to blend in, no ... |
3,342 | Luck is a measurable trait in a person .
| I tug my tattered blanket to cover my neck. It ’ s been an unforgiving winter; my bench has never felt so stiff and rigid against my back. I turn onto my shoulder to try and get some sleep when someone shakes me and pulls me awake. Startled, I cover my face and examine my attacker through the gap in my arms. “ It ’ s O... |
3,343 | You decide to photoshop a mythical creature into your family picture as a pet to mess with your family , the next day that creature is in your house and everyone acts like it 's normal to have it as a pet .
| So this is weird. Suddenly we've got a blue, three-headed dog running around the house. And he's not very friendly. Actually one of the heads is friendly, but the other two are really beasty, bitey and nasty. Luckily the friendly head is in the middle or the thing might chew it's own head off. But that's not normal, ri... |
3,344 | You offer to sell your soul to the devil . He is n't interested .
| “ ‘ No deal? ’ What the hell does that mean? ”
The tall creature stood in the centre of my living room, blood-stained horns spiralling up from the sides of his head. Small plumes of smoke rose from the rug beneath his feet.
“ It means no. Nope. No way. Not a chance in hell. ” His voice resembled the sound of th... |
3,345 | You are asleep in your bed one night , when The Reaper comes to collect you . Instead you end up killing him .
| Sleeping in bed with my husband, I was not expecting anything. I had noticed that morning that my heart was racing a little more than normal. It was probably the a fib raring its horns once again. There was no reason for me to go to the hospital though since it would pass as it always did.
I woke up in the middle o... |
3,346 | You’re an astronaut exploring a nearby planet that could harbor life, and to your delight, you find what seems to be an intelligent alien. However, they seem scared. To your surprise, the alien yells into a communication device “CODE RED! CODE RED! A HUMAN HAS ESCAPED EARTH!” | “CODE RED! CODE RED! A HUMAN HAS ESCAPED EARTH!”- I yelled to my brother, it was the third time one of them had ventured into my backyard this week. We’d gone centuries without seeing one, and now three in a week! What was going on down there that they need out so desperately? They’ve been perfectly content since I’ve ... |
3,347 | You are a serial killer who has been tracking your next target very carefully , but you soon realize your target is also a serial killer .
| We are normally very careful. Oh so careful. Too careful. Hunger grew too intense and we were careless. I was careless, very out of character for me. I'm normally quite good at keeping a balance between Sam and I.
Sorry, distressing times are causing me to forget my manners. Sam is my friend. A very good friend, if... |
3,348 | An average person must try to figure out why an assassin is after them if they want any chance at survival .
| I had no idea what was going on. I woke up in the morning to find my bedroom window open just a crack, my curtains slashed, and my desk drawers open. I certainly didn ’ t remember maiming my décor, so I just blamed it on the cat and went downstairs. After all, it was another Tuesday, and that meant work. I made my way ... |
3,349 | You can read minds but it's too noisy in the city. You move to the mountains to learn what silence was. Then you heard something deep beneath the ground. [WP] | Since the move, I could function much better. Gone were the splitting headaches, and here was peace and silence. Sure the lack of people made me lonely, but I’d much rather be alone than deal with thoughts bombarding me to the point that I couldn’t even tell my own thoughts from theirs. The silence was much more comfor... |
3,350 | As the new private eye in town , you 've seen a lot of cases that made you scratch your head . But never one as odd as this . 400 words or less .
| She had hired me to find out what her husband was up to when he took all those business trips out of town. It was always business trips, every time I've taken a case like this. She was paranoid, I guess it comes with the territory, she paid only cash and insisted that no one can know of this. Suited me fine.
I walk... |
3,351 | A man who was blind since birth undergoes experimental surgery to gain vision . But his joy quickly changes to trepidation when he discovers that locking eyes with another person immediately causes them to go blind .
| “ Now take it slow. If you feel like it ’ s too much, just close your eyes and breathe deep. Most people who regain their vision can get overwhelmed and get dizzy and faint, and we don ’ t want that to happen to you! As we mentioned before, you may also get some serious migraines, so cover your eyes and rest for a coup... |
3,352 | Computer viruses spread to humans .
| We, as a society, never questioned the dangers of birth installment. As usual, when new technology came out, we took it and ran with it. The birth installments were meant to increase our brain capability and God knows what else it would do. We knew it was a success after the first trials resulted in children that could... |
3,353 | Miles below the surface , something awakens .
| No one knew how far down the La Brea Tarpits extended. Or where they ended.
CCTV caught the first scene of what became known as the Resurgence. A homeless man walked into the view of the camera on Wilshire Boulevard in LA. He turned towards the Tar Pits as something burst through the ground. He turned and tried d... |
3,354 | Re-write your favorite Disney movie plot as a dark thriller , do not tell which movie it is right away .
| The hallway was affixed with antique candle-holders that were solid gold. And the light shines from them is orange and yellow and wavers in the darkness. The red walls had gold-lined patterns etched into them, repeating shapes of diamonds, flowers. The floor was black marble. A tall strong woman presses her back agains... |
3,355 | Write the most depressing story possible in the style of Dr. Seuss .
| Little Jim is all alone
Little Jimmy has no home
Jim wis not right in the head
Jimmy wishes he could be dead
Jim cries all night and all day
Jim feels he had a soul of gray
Jim's mom killed his father dead
She took an axe to the side of his head
Jimmy heard the axe thudding
As it rai... |
3,356 | For centuries , his army had been growing by the millions . Now , the Tooth Fairy is ready to strike .
| Marvin listened along with the rest of the 2nd Cuspid Corps as T.F. finished her speech.
“ Now, my enameled friends, it is time to strike! ” She finished with a great flourish, both arms outstretched over the millions of teeth that were arrayed below in double half circles. A cheer went up from the gleaming white m... |
3,357 | The lights flicker out as you walk down the long , dark , mysterious hallway . A shrill scream can be heard from a room down the hall ...
| By all accounts, this hospital was closed and had been for nearly forty years.
I was the only one who was still alive who held a key to the building, all the others had vanished or died of questionable causes. My fingers fiddled with the rusty key in my pocket as I kept walking down the hallway. Above me, the iron ... |
3,358 | You are diagnosed with schizophrenia , but all of the voices in your head belong to Gordon Ramsey
| “ You fucking cunt. You ’ re useless. ”
I can ’ t take this anymore. I can ’ t. I shrink back until I reach the corner of the flat we ’ ve been living in for the last 6 months. I slide down and shield my face with my hands, wishing it would make him disappear. It ’ s dim, only the bathroom light providing any lumin... |
3,359 | You see a monster in your house that you can only see in a mirror . To your surprise , it can only see you in a mirror .
| There is a monster in the mirror.
When I look, he's always there. I see him in the morning, when I wake up to get ready for work. I see him in the bathrooms of the office, behind the faucets. I see him in the hallway by the door; on the cabinet in the wall. His eyes are circled by shadows, purple bruises that hang ... |
3,360 | This bleak place
| I guided the filly down the main avenue of this somewhat desolate village, trying to figure out where my employer ’ s office was. I had been engaged as a secretary for a solicitor in the village. The rain had been drizzling down since I had left London a week ago. Even now, I felt a few drops sneak under the collar of ... |
3,361 | You hear a loud burst of noise, a familiar jingle, the sound of an ice cream truck. You excitedly snatch your keys and put your shoes on, thinking how long it had been since you had a decent ice cream..but as you exit your apartment, you glance at your digital watch which reads '3:00am'. | I stand up excited, grabbing my keys, and a jacket, I rush towards the front door.
A loud noise, and a familiar jingle beckons me.
Opening the door...I froze.
It's pitch black outside...not even...the stars shining?
I look at my watch and it is...3 A.M...
In the depths of the night, the jingle of the ice cream struck e... |
3,362 | We raised our fists and we said no .
| Tonight was the night. I finally turned 18 and I no longer had to put up with my father ’ s shit. I quickly packed a couple of bags of clothing and food as my nine year old sister Molly snored away nestled in the blankets on my bed. I could n't help but look at her laying there, holding her teddy bear, and wonder if I ... |
3,363 | As a shapeshifter, you've spent your early years finding the shape that's most comfortable for you. After a bad fight with your parents though, you stomp out of the house looking to get back at them. Your solution? Break their one rule about shape shifting: don't become an inanimate object. | After storming out and spending time in my hide away i came up with a plan to get back at my parents.
They always told me to never turn into an inanimate object well, they should have thought about that before they decided to tell me we were moving to another damn country.
I didn't get a say and i was only 16 so i s... |
3,364 | You 're supposed to meet your friend at their place , but once you get there , no one 's opening the door and the place is quiet .
| I was in a hurry as always. I was going to meet my friend at her house. It was the first time she ever asked me to her place so I was excited. I've always loved going to peoples homes, watching the insides of their houses. It started raining, so I started running. It was getting dark and wind started blowing. A storm w... |
3,365 | 150 words +/- 15 -- Your aunt has died and left you everything , except for one thing .
| The sky growls as veins of lightning zigzag wild... I dig the mud from Aunt Becky's grave. Never mind the rain, and never mind the worms. I want what I ’ m owed.
Never mind the house she left me. That hovel was built to be burned or demolished. Inside were her belongings, now also all mine. Great. What was I suppos... |
3,366 | The shortest horror story : `` The last man on earth sat alone in a room . There was a knock on the door . '' Please elaborate .
| Jamie glared at the door from her position in the kitchen. She hated that juicy flopping sound these people made when they knocked. There's a perfectly good doorbell right there, but somehow the New Ones could n't figure it out. She strode across the room and nearly ripped the door off it's hinges as she flung it open.... |
3,367 | A teenager girl with braces, trying to survive through the Apocalypse in search for an orthodontist. | -BLAM-
A shotgun blast splintered the knob and my office door creaked open before a loud kick slammed it into the office. Drat. I had brought all my last resources and hid in my furthest most operatory as a last resort from the undead. Jamming the front office lock with as many scraping tools as possible prevented the... |
3,368 | Theme Thursday - Spells | The dead don't come back.
His pencil scratched against the thin canvas, leaving behind line after line of oily graphite. Aiden turned his head and exhaled sharply. Heavy breaths could blow the dust around; a sneeze could set him back an entire day.
"Take extra care," the voice whispered in his ear. "Don't foul up her... |
3,369 | Joe, receives a gift from his uncle. It is an old, large, celtic styled candle. When Joe lights it, he realises he can't blow it out. He dips it in water, but as he pulls it out, it relights. He investigates, to find the candle is cursed - when the candle finally goes out, the owner will die. | “If it goes out I die?” Joe exclaimed, exasperated. “So I effectively just tried to kill myself twice tonight?? What about when the wick burns down or whatever?” I shook my head. “I don’t think it works that way, if it did you’d be dead.” I said, trying to reassure him. It didn't look like it had worked. Joe had called... |
3,370 | You have the same nightmare every night. Each night, it goes a little bit further. | Ive been having these weird dreams lately. Everytime, i see myself in an old house. Dark. Cold. Quiet. I pushed it off as stupid little stress piling up, but recently, its been getting more and more freaky. Sirens, dark red trails leading to a locked room, someone acreaming my name but in a silent voice, that sort of s... |
3,371 | On everyone 's 18th birthday at noon , one word appears in their skin , depicting their career or purpose in life . On your birthday you 're staring at a clock showing 11:59am , family and friends gathered around for your reveal .
| I stare, hard, as the words become more and more legible on my skin... I see what appears to be the word `` Do n't,'' followed by `` Live,'' and finally, a third word appears: `` On.''
My whole body began to tremor. What the hell did that mean?! `` Do n't Live On''?! I looked up to my mother and father in cold fear... |
3,372 | Whenever someone is murdered , their remaining lifespan is added to their murderer 's . One day , the friend you have just recently met invites you over to his 731st birthday .
| I ’ ve just met with Bob 3 weeks ago but we became good friends. He even invited me to his birthday. When I arrived to the party I was quite surprised he managed to pull out such a huge event. There were plenty of people and booze, also beer and BBQ. Everything was given to have a fun time. I went inside and the atmosp... |
3,373 | Write a story that focuses on an April 's Fool joke . The ending has to be either the happiest or the saddest one you can think of .
| Lila always hated the fact that her birthday landed on April's Fools. It was already enough that her friends and family give her an onslaught of gag gifts like goofy bug-eyed glasses and pretend vomit, it was already enough that her mother decided to create the tradition of hiding a plastic roach in her birthday cake `... |
3,374 | You are laying in bed in the dark and you glance over and see an odd shadow in the corner of your room . You 're about to reach for light to see what it is when you hear a voice in your head that says , `` Do n't move . They 're watching you . ''
| The dark crept into my room. Dark got darker, black got blacker and the coolness of my room turned an unearthly chill.
The comforting and familiar creaks of my floorboards stiffened my spine, they only creak when you stand on them. And I'm lying here in bed. Scared.
I'd always felt safe in my bed, secure with... |
3,375 | `` We were always afraid of monsters lurking in dark corners ; we never thought to worry about the ones hiding in plain sight . ''
| There was crash from the floor below my bed, making my eyes pop open. my breathing hitched as I heard the creaking of the floor boards at the base of the stairs, I knew that creaking sound well enough to know someone stood at the bottom of my staircase. I slowly peeled myself out of bed with stiff movements trying not ... |
3,376 | Sunday Free Write : The Marauder 's Map Edition
| We split the last week of summer.
Sputtering strings of knotted sorries,
I wanted to tell you
That you shouldn ’ t settle for unfiltered, dusty light.
When you left, I caught the drops of sun on my skin.
You used to eat them like candy,
Sucking them into your mouth and spitting them out.
`` They taste lik... |
3,377 | When you were 7 , a genie granted you any superpower you wanted . Now as an adult , you 've never regretted anything more .
| I guess I would blame fairy tales for letting me believe there was a prince charming just for me. But then again, what are you going to tell a horribly disfigured little girl. I did n't know of course, as I was born blind. My parents tried everything from surgeries to Chinese medicinal herbs to get rid of the pustules ... |
3,378 | As you listen to your friend explain the recent serial killings going on in town, you first realize they're getting way too excited explaining it. Then you realize they know more details than they should. | “My dude, the way they hid the body is fascinating”.
Amelia was surprised at her friend’s tone. Quinn was the kindest soul, did not like horror movies, did not like gore, and definitely did not like true crime.
“What do you mean?”, Amelia asked, quite a bit shocked.
“The victim, John, was half buried in a cemetery! ... |
3,379 | Humanity has unlocked immortality , but it 's not what they expected . As a result the practice is banned
| Disclaimer: New to Reddit. If I'm doing something wrong I apologize.
Ever since the New Russian Empire lost the war, we've kept a slew of their top officers in our prisons. Our... interrogations... have been fruitless. We still do n't know how their soldiers were so superhuman. Machine gun fire to the head and ches... |
3,380 | Negative thoughts towards somebody physically hurts them .
| `` GO TO YOUR ROOM!'' She said angrily pointing to my door. I huffed and stomped my way up the stairs. My mom does n't understand anything! I was only trying to help.
`` This is so unfair!'' I said to myself as I slammed the door behind me. She always puts me in trouble, but when it comes to my brother she does n't... |
3,381 | There's a room in your house that exists outside of normal time. No one can bother you because no time passes between you going in and coming out no matter how long you're there. Until one day someone is already there. | “Mommy, Katie took Mr. Penguin!”
“Did not!”
“Yes you did, liar!”
“Mom look I can do a handsta- oww!”
Miranda looked over to make sure that Nate wasn’t really hurt. He wasn’t. “I’m coming,” she said with a sigh, but instead she opened the door to the linen closet. Then she opened the other door.
She’d found the roo... |
3,382 | The story that starts with `` Mother died . I was not crying . ''
| Mother died. I was not crying. Finally a true demon of this world had descended down to hell where she truly belonged. Mariana Mengele, a bastard child from the Angel of Death, followed him out of twisted appreciation. She attempted to follow in his footsteps, to force my line of thoughts and life into finishing his wo... |
3,383 | Fun Trope Friday, Writing with Tropes: Retroactive Preparation & Xenofiction! | Us.
Lift. Hop. Lift. Hop. Us has to work. Work, work, work. No rest. Us wants to work. Always work. Work and pray. Us sings like prayers. Makes work easy. Helps with follow the plan. Lift. Hop. Must build the home. Beautiful orderly home. Lift. Hop. Us takes care of it. Us takes care of it all. Us plans every thing. O... |
3,384 | Write a story about an apocalyptic event through the POV of a child/pet
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They ’ ve been gone for a while now.
They left like they always do; the older ones, they call themselves Jack and Stacy, puttered around for a pick as they gathered their things. Sam -- he was always my favorite -- ran outside and joined some other small ones heading for school. When he was out of sight, Jack... |
3,385 | Haunted by my past experiences
| Mum always said to keep my head down when I hear the loud bottle caps pop off during the day. At night, she tells me to crawl into my bunk bed when the house starts to shake from the earthquakes that rock the house so that nothing can fall on me and my brother. I know better, though, mum thinks we ’ re just innocent li... |
3,386 | You are a professional pickpocket. You've just picked someones pocket only to discover that the thing you have stolen is truly horrifying. | He looks well off. Brown overcoat, black leather shoes, combed hair, and square glasses with silver frames. The crowd is flowing around us, but I see only him. There’s a hook between my knuckles. I flow behind him, matching his pace, moving with him, and the crowd. The hook swings into his pocket. I give it a light tug... |
3,387 | Write a story about someone living in a world where tears leave physical scars .
| Kate was just turned fifteen and nervous. Her mother held her hand with a warm grip. They were the only ones in the waiting room but she still whispered like they were in church.
`` No need to worry, pet. Dr Lieber is a professional. He's been doing this since before you were a twinkle in your father's eye''
Ka... |
3,388 | Without revealing which one it is , re-tell a classic Disney fairytale as if its genre was horror .
| Gasping, I run through the woods, lungs exploding, throat burning, gasping for what might be my last taste of air. I splash into a creek, hoping to hide there for a minute and catch my breath. I only have a two minutes at the most. I have to keep moving.
I had a nice, comfortable home. I had a happy life. But of co... |
3,389 | One thousand ships were sent. One came back. | Silence was what greeted the ship. Complete silence. One thousand ships were sent to the unknown land. One came back. The people on the ship didn’t talk when they came back. One was pushed off a cliff after a year of not speaking, two others were choked to death. The last five all died of a mysterious illness. Ten year... |
3,390 | The Cleansing
| You ever spill coffee on yourself, but can ’ t wash it off for a few hours because you don ’ t have time to go home and change clothes? You get that feeling of being unclean, of being dirty. The coffee slowly dries, but leaves behind a sticky residue that feels like a stain on your mind.
Now imagine after spilling ... |
3,391 | You buy a deadly haunted house , little do the demons know you are an even older form of ancient evil .
| Waking up in the century-old four-poster bed, I realise there are sounds coming from downstairs. It sounds like dripping, if the drops were fist-sized, or a wet sort of tapping. I push off the warm covers and reluctantly leave behind the comforts of sleep.
The great stairwell creaks with every step I take, the wood... |
3,392 | A little girl is terrified of the monster under her bed , but what she does n't know is that the monster under her bed protects her from the true monsters - her parents . You are that monster .
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Patiently I wait under the cover of darkness for the shade, the devil to try once more. Every night since she turned seven quietly he opens up her door.
And every night we lock eyes and he knows to try nothing more.
In his eyes I see longing for youth long since lost,
but patiently planted seven years before.... |
3,393 | Writing Workshop # 29 : Breaking your Barriers : Second Person POV
| As dawn breaks, you venture out through the rotten door frame of your shack. Already the sun is warming, embracing you gently as you arch your back and stretch. It ’ s time to get to work.
You crick your neck twice, pull out a ringlet of keys and proceed to unlock the steel lockbox concealed behind a section of ext... |
3,394 | You have the ability to know how many people a person has killed . You come across an old , senile man with an outrageous number of people killed . You talk to him .
| Ever since I was a kid, I ’ ve seen a kind of aura around some people. My first clear memory of this was at my pediatrician ’ s office, I was nine. I remember asking Dr. Gupta, “ Why are there little bugs crawling around you, mister? ” He laughed, and said something to my mother about what fanciful imaginations kids ha... |
3,395 | Write a story about a character , but only directly mention him/her once .
| Joseph was born November 7th 1975 in Gulf Port Mississippi.
Mutilated cats and dogs started showing up on the streets in 1981, and did n't stopped until 8 years laters. A string of random murders puzzled the Gulf Port police in the 1990s, and remain unsolved to this day.
A traffic accident on High Way 71 in the... |
3,396 | Shelf life .
| ‘ Idiots, why the hell did you bring it in early? You know the procedure- we haven ’ t even got him under yet! ’ The head surgeon shouted, at whoever had entered the operating theatre. I raised my head, to see two men standing in the doorway, looks of both shame and confusion on their faces, at the berating comments of... |
3,397 | `` For Sale : Baby shoes , never worn '' by Ernest Hemingway . Write a backstory for this that is happy , not depressing .
| One day, I found, at our door, a little shoe box with the most adorable baby shoes I'd ever seen and a note. It was either a G # or an Ab, I forgot. I just knew that they would be absolutely perfect, except for one thing: we did n't have any kids. Maddie suggested we keep them for when we did have kids.
The next da... |
3,398 | Write a story that begins and ends with the same sentence , but the sentence has a completely different meaning each time .
| There was no one in the hall.
She had called me, screaming something about someone pounding over and over again on her door. In two seconds flat I'd raced out of my apartment, running up the stairs. I lived in the apartment below hers and had heard nothing.
There was an eerie stillness as I stood there, looking... |
3,399 | You are 99.99% percent sure your dog is a hellhound but he is still a good boy | Buster trotted into the room and began sniffing furiously under the sofa.
He always did this on Friday nights before 8pm, even with daylight savings time, or the spring equinox.
“What are you looking for buddy?”
He didn’t respond.
In fact, every Friday that buster came in, and began his “business”, I asked him what... |
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