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3,400 | `` ... and that 's why we call him Buzz . ''
| When my son, Aaron, was three, he would sit outside on the back porch in the summer sun for hours listening to the bees. `` Buzzzzzzzz'', he would drone back to them under his breath, hoping to draw them closer. He'd laze half the day away in the heat with a sippy-cup full of lemonade and a plate of oatmeal cookies.
... |
3,401 | Your new coworker is… definitely not human. It would be nice if you two were more thoroughly introduced instead of just bumping into them in the middle of your shift. | “Have you seen the new guy?” Katy gushed, leaning toward me like she was sharing a secret. “He’s so hot! I wonder if he’s single.”
I had, in fact, seen him. About six feet tall, chocolate brown skin, and dreads that hung to his shoulders. With his high cheekbones and hazel eyes, how could you miss him?
“Yeah.”
Katy ... |
3,402 | The party yesterday night was wild . You ca n't remember much . You woke up alone in an hotel room in with your stuff intact but some wrote a phone number on your palm .
| A sharp pain courses though my head.
`` Fuck....'' I think to myself. Another night of partying. Another black out. Another night of waking up with jeans on. Another day of trying to prove together what happened the night before.
I look over at the clock: 2:38 in the afternoon.
`` Fuck...'' I grab my forehead. I ... |
3,403 | You have died . As the white light fades , you see who can only be God seated before you . You launch yourself at him , fists raised , teeth bared , screaming ...
| It could n't be. I passed out, that's all. God surely could n't be as cruel as this.
I understood His plan. The world suffered. There were just too many of us. Too many humans. We would get through this crisis. Way less in number, certainly, but all for the better.
Yes – at first I had been angry. All my life I... |
3,404 | A disease spreads across the world that causes wounds to never heal. Even the smallest scratch will continue to bleed. Infection and blood loss are the leading causes of death. You've kept yourself safe, locked away in your home, but you're running out of supplies. | I still hear the moaning of Richard behind the door. I need to wait until he's unconscious. I wish I could help him, but I know I can't.
If you told me I'd be in a world-ending disaster that would end humanity I'd imagine something like a horde of zombies chasing me or something, but once again reality isn't as pretty... |
3,405 | A girl notices that a stranger is following her . She pretends not to notice . The stranger follows her home and watches her go inside . Then when he leaves , the girl starts to follow him ... .
| It was strange... A man following a girl to her home and just leaving like that... I was about ready to call the cops. But, he does n't look like a criminal. He just looks... sad.
I follow him making sure that he does n't see me. But, honestly, I do n't think that I even have to try. He's just kicking a can around,... |
3,406 | You are a monster that has haunted a child for years . One day you realize that your the one who should be afraid .
| It was time for bed. I could hear the creaking and popping as the man carried my prey up the stairs to his room. My room.
It's suddenly very bright and with a muffled `` thud'' I hear the man playfully toss the child onto his bed.
`` Please look for the monster in my closet Daddy! He's in there this time! I kno... |
3,407 | You decide to finally confront your neighbour about the unusual sounds coming from his home in the evening .
| I wake up in a panic, it's those damn screams again! For about a month there have been blood curling screams coming from Jim's house! I'm starting to worry, at first I thought that maybe he just had a thing for horror movies, but this screams are too real to be TV. What if he is hurting someone? What if he is hurting m... |
3,408 | You are a fine human specimen kept in an alien zoo .
| Every morning there are a few moments in that awakening haze where I hope I find myself back in my bed, but as my head clears and feel the stone cold floor beneath me I become disheartened. I know it ’ s foolish. I can ’ t help but wish that I would wake up to find that it had all been a dream. I force myself to hope, ... |
3,409 | Write a horror story for children .
| “ Monsters and ghosts are scary ideas, but that is all they are – an idea. ”
The Little Boy, wearing his Ninja Turtle pajamas, innocently looks into his Young Father ’ s eyes, “ So, monsters and ghosts can not hurt me. They can not make me sad? ”
The Young Father inches closer and wraps his arm around his littl... |
3,410 | All humans go automatically to hell when they die . You can gain access to a heaven though , but only if the animals you interacted with while living vouch for you .
| “ I know this one. ”
“ Are you a cow? I have n't... you know... eaten beef in a long time. ”
Other than wincing at the word `` beef'', the cow ignored me and kept addressing the judge. “ Huuuman pat me, mooed sorry. I was made into a hoof cover. That one, he patted me and mooed sorry. ”
Fuck me, I should ha... |
3,411 | Take any song you want , no matter how gloomy or happy or shallow or deep ... and retell it through the gritty narration of a hardboiled detective . ( NSFW-Friendly )
| Death kissed me awake. I gasped as pellets of ice flowed through my veins, dust and sweat turning ground where I lay to mud. Ash petals floated down around me, disaster's origami. I looked around at the skeletal buildings, charred and broken, my office caved in behind me. I wiped my brow with a handkerchief I kept in m... |
3,412 | Year 2200 , and all ailments have been cured . As a result , however , overpopulation is decimating the Earth . You 're on a top secret board of 9 people that is voting to release a newly developed pathogen that will wipe out 3/4 of the population to start anew . You hold the deciding vote .
| `` The ends justify the means''
I had told myself this hundreds, probably thousands of times. I have read Machiavelli's works and become enamored with his genius. A true polymath of his time. And now here I am. Suddenly I have the opportunity to put this ethos into motion.
`` Well?''
The impatient voice of ... |
3,413 | You feel compelled to grab a mundane object and carry it with you through the day, only to have it come in handy in some obtuse way later on. Only then, do you realize, you are the main character in a point and click adventure game. | As a child, I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Everyone’s OCD manifests in a slightly different way, some people can’t stop washing their hands, some people count everything, some people can’t step on purple tiles. To put the best possible face on it, I collect things. Collect probably isn’t the right ... |
3,414 | It is our blood that stores our long-term memories not our brains . Making a blood donation is considered among the most altruistic acts a person can perform , as one person 's loss is another person 's gain .
| I ’ m so confused. I don ’ t even know who to address this letter to. Hopefully the right person will find it. When you do find it, please know how sorry I am.
I ’ m sorry for all the Christmas mornings and first steps that you gave up. I ’ m sorry for all the lazy summer afternoons spent swinging in hammocks and s... |
3,415 | All human beings are granted one year in their lives during which they cannot die. Your year just began. | The announcement came to me in a letter. I’m not sure why this was so surprising - perhaps I had imagined something less administrative. Who writes these letters? Why don’t they just send a text? The post didn’t usually come on New Years Day, but there it was, sat alone on my doormat, begging me to pick it up.
I’m one... |
3,416 | Your chicken was bitten by a werewolf. | “Fuck fuck fuck fuck!” I sounded like Harold now, only instead of squawks it was fuck. I looked like him too, running around the backyard, holding him at arm’s length, screaming fuck, going from the back door, to the gate, and then back, because maybe I should take him inside? But I know jack shit about healing wounds,... |
3,417 | You finally give in to your urges and become a serial killer , but it turns out your first victim has been cursed with immortality .
| He lurked in the shadows between the buildings, watching, waiting for someone, anyone to pass him by. He wanted, no he needed this. For what reason he did n't know, he just knew he could n't deny this urge any longer. Then she walked by. She was a bit tall, around 5'10'' with long, flowing hair, and a beautiful face, w... |
3,418 | The moment when the hero gave his all to win. | I was one of those kids that screamed for no reason. No tears, no tantrums, just hell-raising sounds
My mum said I was frustrated. My dad just punched holes in our doors
I grew up but that rage and pain never left. Into my 20s I was still screaming, black rage, pulling my hair, the neighbours calling the police
Then... |
3,419 | Five paranormal investigators work on a series of strange cult-like suicides of seemingly unrelated people . What they find out is more monstrous than they 've ever imagined .
| The wind was blowing hard outside of the office. Inside, Frank was pacing back and forth. He hoped that they got his text, because in a few minutes... The loud knocking broke him out of his thoughts. He rush to the door and open the door to see his best friend and co-work Jim at the door.
`` What was so important t... |
3,420 | You find a bunch of human body parts at the beach . The weird thing is , though , none of them look like they fit together .
| Part 2
This is were the stories get mixed up and deviate. One story says that a call to the Sheriff's office came in reporting a truck pulling out the of road leading from the camp ground swerved and drove into a tree. The Sheriff's deputy responded to where the accident was, finding a still running truck that had hi... |
3,421 | Every morning before you leave your room you must press the button next to your door. Your mum has always enforced it, and there are signs saying “PRESS THE BUTTON” all over your room. You have begun to question it, and today you decide to step out of the room without pressing the button. | I stepped outside and the door immediately slammed shut behind me. I had no time to reflect on what just happened when all of a sudden- chills ran down my spine and I broke out in a cold sweat. I looked around to see a dark empty hallway with low lights that lightly flickered every couple of seconds. Eerie.
"Mom?" I a... |
3,422 | Write a chilling horror story that suddenly takes a turn for the comedic .
| Ever since her parents had moved to a new state in the middle of her freshman year, Karen dreaded going home for college breaks. It was so boring. There was nothing to do, because all her friends were either people she knew from college or were in her hometown, two time zones away.
On top of all that, a series of h... |
3,423 | Your newly purchased house is full of clues that the previous owner was secretly a serial killer/maniac/etc . The last piece of evidence changes everything .
| I'd found a charming old house in DC, apparently it had been uninhabited for 100 years. Expensive to fix up, but I had always felt an attraction to that quaint period at the turn of the 20th century. I fantasized about stumbling across goodies and treats.
I found the first clue that Martin had n't exactly been a no... |
3,424 | A boy in a green shirt is sitting in a chair . Explain the rest in ~350 words .
| A Boy in a green shirt is sitting in a chair. Darkness shrouded him as the chilling air bit his cheeks. Where am I? the Boy wondered in disarray, desperately trying to make sense of the situation. He tried to scream but realized he was gagged. Any attempts to move his body resulted in failure. Paranoia was kicking in, ... |
3,425 | Write a short story in which the main character dies after every other sentence .
| Francis Blane is afraid of nearly everything; simple things frighten him the worst, ovens, shoes in the wrong place, a knock on the door in the middle of the day. One day he answers the door to meet his untimely demise, a wicked man with a gun casually directing a bullet into the centre of his skull. After waking from ... |
3,426 | `` If I have to die , you 're dying with me . ''
| It's the middle of the night.
Four bodies are laid across the lawn.
I do n't know why it happened in the first place.
He seemed like such an average guy.
At 2 AM, I remembered hearing a scuffle.
Violent banging noises were coming through the kitchen window.
Even after the police came, the noise ... |
3,427 | An old and homely grandmother accidentally summons a demon. She mistakes him for her gothic-phase teenage grandson and takes care of him. The demon decides to stay at his new home. | “THE MIGHTY BELPHEGOR WISHES HE’D NEVER COME HERE!”
Her ears were still ringing from the deafening, guttural words he’d screeched at her before charging up to his bedroom. Discordant Latin chanting blasted down the stairs (she didn't understand the music of today’s youth, but she didn't judge it either), barely muffle... |
3,428 | You are blind . Your guide dog wants you dead .
| `` You know he's just a dog right?''
`` Do you understand what I just said? He dragged me down a flight of stairs.''
`` Yeah but that was n't on purpose he was just excited.''
`` Are you being serious right now?''
`` Yeah like come on. You got this dog a week ago, it's a dog it does n't want to kill you... |
3,429 | Write a story about a little boy 's guardian clown .
| I ’ ll always be there for you son.
Do you ever hear me when I call out to you?
I watched you grow up.
When those boys pushed you down on the playground. I was there.
Next you were bigger and playing football, you made the winning touchdown. That other boy just stared at me.
Did you see me? I haven ... |
3,430 | You have just learned three things. 1. You are not a human, you're a merperson. 2. That 'cute little story' your parents told you about how your dad was fishing and accidentally pulled you out of the water as a baby is actually true. 3. This means you were technically kidnapped, not adopted. | It started when I got cravings for seafood. No biggie, probably period side effects. Then I started to be even more heat sensitive than normal. Being in a hot environment for too long caused pain like no other. The only cure was water. When my parents made me get out of my icy shower after thirty minute, and I promptly... |
3,431 | A character reads an obituary , and is forced to decide whether or not to attend the funeral .
| They were reading over his shoulder, again. He could feel them breathing on his neck as his fingers strangled the newspaper.
“ You need to see her. ”
He turned, panic swelling in his chest as he felt the same embarrassment as always rise in his cheeks. He hated being watched.
The newspaper fell to the floor... |
3,432 | Write from the perspective of a dog who thinks he is going to the park but is actually going to be euthanized .
| We ’ re going to the park? Now?
Do we have to?
The couch looks so comfy, and I'm so tired that it feels like the energy is leaking out of my skin in a frightening way that I can ’ t explain, and why do I want to sleep all the time, can ’ t I just lie here and-
No.
Do it for her. We haven ’ t been in so lo... |
3,433 | You wake up in a jail cell with a horrible hangover and no memory . You notice every cop is afraid to even look your direction but your best friend is in jail with you laughing his ass off
| Sorry, first try and on mobile. And also writing this whilst drunk.
So I have woken up in strange places before. Having been carried ( supported! ) Home. Waking up to a girl. Waking up to two girls. Hey, it's a student's life. But this one beats it.
Usually, I go out partying with members from my frat. But this... |
3,434 | You have the ability to know a lie when you hear it, and to know the truth when lied to. Society appoints you to a high judiciary position, but there's nobody to check if YOU'RE lying when you decide justice. Which case do you remember most? | I could never lie. It got me into serious trouble growing up, I just used to nod and admit. I learned to be good to a degree but more importantly, I learned as a 10 year old boy that I could see others lying.
It was difficult as a child. You can’t really call bullshit on an adult, but as I got older, I became an inves... |
3,435 | On a world that never achieved spaceflight , light pollution has made it impossible to see the stars . You are one of the last believers .
| Stories about children running to their parents, claiming they saw a shooting star in the sky had become about as believable as their stories about their ghost or leprechaun-sightings. The parents would laugh and tell them to “ go to bed, sweetie ”.
But as you grew up, if you still made the same claims, you were ... |
3,436 | A demon possesses a little girl , but inside her it finds something ... worse .
| Melissa did n't like the dark. `` Mummy, there's monsters,'' she'd say over and over, before her mother gave in and left the night-light switched on. The light, she had decided, protected her from the creatures that lurked around, like running a ring of salt around your house might do. If only it was that simple.
I... |
3,437 | A short Horror story . Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less .
| When I noticed my sister's change, I thought maybe she was depressed. Weight gain, dark circles, hair a matted mess- something we've all been through. I decided to loan her my dog- maybe it would help her get outside, get some exercise? I thought a non-judgmental companion was what she needed. But a week later she told... |
3,438 | - As the final test before entering heaven , you are left alone in a room , with the forbidden fruit that Eve ate .
| There I was. In a way, this was the gateway to heaven. So, if this was the gateway, the apple sitting in front of me was the lock. Avoiding it was the key.
So simple, I had thought. Just don ’ t eat the apple. I didn ’ t even like apples, how hard could it be. Apparently, very hard.
It wasn ’ t the fact that it... |
3,439 | There are multiple stages of Hell ; a human can descend them by killing themselves in each layer . Each stage is worse than the previous one , but hell-suicide is humanity 's greatest high .
| The dark creatures haunt the corners, ready to jump. I need a weapon. I run through the narrow corridors, trying not to touch the walls. Peeling wallpaper, rot, unknown insects, pulsing and shifting to some unheard music. The doors are all ajar — I can see the dead in the apartments. The dead are crying.
There is m... |
3,440 | you wake up one morning , and as you head out to go to work , you realize you have seen no people anywhere
| Part 2:
Without thinking I rushed off towards the sound and was calling his name. As I approached the yard he was in he saw me and came running. I snatched him up and held him close as he proceeded to lick my face. I was happy. I had finally found him. I wasn ’ t alone anymore. Wait. I wasn ’ t alone anymore. I hea... |
3,441 | The monster under the bed wants to pursue a different career .
| “ I ’ m really tired of this, Tim. ”
“ Tim seriously, calm down. You ’ re the only person I can talk to about this. ”
“ Tim. Tim. ”
“ Okay, sorry, didn ’ t mean to shout. Just hear me out okay? I just want someone to listen. ”
“ No Tim, I ’ m not going to suddenly shut up and stand next to you grinning ... |
3,442 | An adult Calvin who has never revealed his relationship with Hobbes to his wife of 10 years walks into his bedroom 5 min after she discovers an old , battered , stuffed tiger in the back of his closet .
| She walked into the kitchen after a long day of work. She spied an envelope with “ Susie ” written on the front in her husband ’ s still childlike handwriting. Inside the note read: “ Susie, I have a surprise waiting for you! But first you must find all of the clues! ” On the back of the note was a crudely drawn pictur... |
3,443 | You have been found `` not guilty '' of a crime you DID commit
| It's a strange feeling, freedom. You never quite understand it until you are faced with its permanent loss. I almost suffered that fate, convicted of brutally murdering my business rival. They suspected he confronted me about something which caused me to lose my temper. For months I feared being locked up like some ble... |
3,444 | You wake up to complete darkness in an unknown setting , with nothing but 1 match and the depths of your imagination .
| Darkness.
I wake up and there ’ s darkness. The sound of running water trickles to the left of me, and I turn my head towards it and take a cautious step in that direction, tripping on a rock and falling promptly over.
‘ OH FU -- - ‘ My voice echoed through the darkness as I scramble to get up, wincing as I not... |
3,445 | A murderer/psychopath who kills people like the three wise monkeys .
| I arrived at the crime scene just after 4pm. A family of three, just like the previous six murders. They were bound in their chairs around the dining room table, their last supper partially eaten and flecked with blood in front of them.
This time, it was a single father and two children. That was the hardest part f... |
3,446 | { WP } Two child soldiers find themselves face to face . Neither of them knows how to operate their weapon .
| I saw him before he saw me, as I pushed my way through the thick jungle. His back was turned, and he was taking a piss. I suppose he didn ’ t fully appreciate the gravity of the situation he was in- I don ’ t think I did either, I was blind to my circumstances for the most part, and had little awareness- all I knew wa ... |
3,447 | Cancer is something trying to be born, but it's constantly being removed or kills its incubator. In a century-long government experiment, a body has been sustained artificially, until at long last, its true form is finally complete. | Research log: 1349.
The following documents the following revelation of the Cancer experiment.
It was considered for the longest time that cancer was a force to defeat. The death it had reaped, the mutations it had caused and the family people had lost. The late 2000s reaped great progress in it’s defeat. It was near... |
3,448 | Whenever someone dies , they start back at the last major decision point of their lives , with fully intact memories of their past life .
|
Ah a new body. You can always tell when you have just been reincarnated. It does n't happen like you would think, no. You do n't come back as a butterfly or a pig or even screaming baby doomed to die as the crushing weight of water buries their lungs while the mother takes a nap on the decking out back. No, we all ... |
3,449 | In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | Space was vast and unforgiving. This, I knew, from my isolated travels around the galaxy. Entropy does not discriminate. Everything, it seems, except for me.
I had no need of protection or covering, unlike some of the primitive lifeforms around here.My tentacles pulsed a faint blue as I swam alongside the stars.
I wa... |
3,450 | Write about your most recent dream .
| It was sympathy that came first. The young couple, the young girl in her arms, the desperation. Never one to turn away someone in need, I led them into the two rooms that constitute the flat and rushed to find a phone.
Upon seeing the three others at the front door, some confusion and doubt spoke up. They were tall... |
3,451 | an immortal man who can not be physically injured is a passenger on a jet that 's going to crash .
| It happened suddenly. One moment we were sailing over an ocean of shifting clouds, the next we were plummeting down toward them. I watched as the other passengers began panicking. A mother cradled her bawling teenage son in her arms, while her husband curled up into a ball, his family forgotten. The couple that had bee... |
3,452 | You are a patient in a psych ward . You decide to break out , but find that the entire place was abandoned long ago
| It ’ s a funny thing we do. Me and Johns. He comes by in the morning, opens my door, he gives me my food and my medication and then he walks away. I come to the door and go: “ Johns! You left the door open you silly-nilly! ” and give a little laugh! “ You don ’ t want me to escape do you?! ”
Johns stops in his tracks... |
3,453 | Writing Workshop # 29 : Breaking your Barriers : Second Person POV
| Why do you even bother wiping shaving cream on your face? Do you think it matters? Think people will notice you've shorne off that one day's worth of scruff?
Maybe you think your face looks more innocent without hair?
But you are n't innocent, are you?
Why do n't you take that razor and shove it deep into t... |
3,454 | Earth has put a worldwide ban on one particular item . Why was it banned ? And what are the consequences and reasons for having it ?
| For many years I have been giving humans the protein they need for the day. Cultivated and repeated harvested for their needs but I did not complain. Like my brothers before me we were thick skin, so we were tough. Nevertheless, the humans found ways to not only get under our skin, this was in order to gather us faster... |
3,455 | Write a story with 26 sentences , each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet .
| Apparently, today was not just another Tuesday, although it started that way. Bed sheets constrained me like a hostage in their warm, loving embrace; holding me WELL past my third alarm. Carelessly throwing the blankets off, I jumped out of bed to face the day.
Dreary and drizzling outside, I opted to wear my long ... |
3,456 | You just got a used car , and while cleaning it find an out-of-place button . Upon pressing it , a voice says , `` Welcome back , Agent Five . ''
| `` Welcome back, James,'' a now familiar woman ’ s voice greets me again. `` You have four hours left to complete the mission.''
It's been a week now since I found this blasted car. I just bought the car from Joe's lot and drove it home. Right as I was about to enter the house, I shifted into park and noticed an od... |
3,457 | Create a story with its plot twist in plain sight .
| It stood there menacingly. The large figure, clothed in black with face hidden in the darkness of a hood, stood atop a mound of disfigured corpses. Not a drop of blood was spilled, the creature ’ s hands gaunt and white as if they were only bones. Ironically, the day was bright and warm and people flooded the street ar... |
3,458 | There is a tunnel through the mountain that's been there as long as anyone can remember. No one knows where it goes or who made it. They say the brave or foolish enter it and are never seen again. Today you have decided to enter the tunnel through the mountain. | Hiraya’s thoughts as she entered the tunnel were of her mother’s face. Not that she ever saw her mother, but she willed the picture of the woman at their altar to appear in her mind. She and her father had kneeled in front of their altar before meals, and after praying to the Sto Niño statue, they always brush their th... |
3,459 | One night, you decide to put your phone under your pillow. When you wake up in the morning, your phone is replaced by cash totaling what you paid for your phone. Turns out the tooth fairy takes more than just teeth. | ''It was a rainy night and I was a little tipsy and I remember going to bed with the phone in my hand. I must have put the phone under my pillow for some reason before fell asleep.''
My friend Powell looks at me like I’m crazy, ''Where is your phone now?'' He asks.
I shake my head, ''I don’t know, it’s gone and I fou... |
3,460 | "I bled for this country, I lost friends for this country, I slaughtered innocents for this country, only to find out all these wars were for nothing but profit, and you tell me to look for my humanity?, the only regret I have is that I won't be able to make your pain last longer" | The room smelled of sweat, iron, and fear. Blood pooled under the chair. The politician, tied tightly, sat. His suit, torn, stained dark with red. Over him stood the scarred, broad-shouldered soldier. He stared at the knife in his fingers, his eyes deadened by years of conflict. Under the flickering lights above, it sh... |
3,461 | As interstellar war rages a human and an enemy alien stranded on a remote planet must cooperate to survive , or not ...
| Green slime splattered across Rygan's body as he repeatedly threw his fist into the creature's bug-like face. The alien released high pitched squeals and clicks as it shuddered under the blows. It had a humanoid body, except it was green and had large tentacles.
The creature went limp and Rygan took a moment to rec... |
3,462 | A singed body , covered in glitter , appears to have dragged itself from a bullet riddled , flaming planewreck to your front door . It 's holding a Hallmark card addressed to you .
| CRASH
The world shakes and jerks, knocking me clear off my chair. All around the house, I can hear my possessions falling, knocked from their positions to clunking and shattering on the floor by the score.
I sob in fear, curled below the desk as the dust settles. Cautiously, I stand up, swaying to the side as my ... |
3,463 | Write what leads up to the statement `` You ca n't hide from life . ''
| I shrugged. It was my signature move, really, and had been for the past year. My mom looked at me like she wanted to tear the flesh from my bones, not that there was really much left. 10 months of chemo will do that.
“ What do you mean, you won ’ t go back to the hospital? ” she hissed, her lips tight and curled pa... |
3,464 | Once people reach a certain age, it is tradition to visit the Oracle and be told by it the way they'll die, and all of it's predictions have been 100% correct. As you finally face it yourself, the Oracle proclaims something completely unheard of before: "I have nothing to tell you." | I walk into the room. There, in front of me, is an tired elderly woman with milky-white eyes and long grey hair reaching down to her hips, sitting cross-legged before a large brazier filled with green fire. I have never actually seen her in person before, but I can tell at once that she is the Oracle. Her acolytes, who... |
3,465 | The story of Death | Apologies in advance, for the event I'm about to record in writing, will perhaps be too much for some readers. Those who are sensitive to mild mentions of gory topics, or hints of 'taking one's own life' should stray from reading this.
Again, apologies. It is, however, the nature of my job - an incarnation of Death, i... |
3,466 | Write a dark story about sunshine , rainbows , and lollipops
| The rain poured down, washing away the chalk drawings on the sidewalk. Detective Loomis watched the image of the family become distorted and mix with colors. His raincoat was soaked, his hat offered little protection from the rain, and still his cigarette burned. He took a moment to appreciate the fresh smell before he... |
3,467 | Tired of unreliable results from your rituals? Did a scavenger god redirect your sacrifices? Does your cult just not have enough "oomph"? Try Ath and progeny! Our professionals will help you birth your ideal deity into this world for prices that aren't out of this world! | The entire building smelled of God’s Breath. It wrinkled Hussar’s nose, made his eyebrows knit together so tight he thought he might strangle all the blood out of his head. He could feel a headache coming on.
His hand slipped into the dark recesses of his worn tweet overcoat, waving between the mottled fabric and the ... |
3,468 | Since you were born you could see a search bar over people's heads. All you had to do was think and the search bar would fill out and give you information/statistics. Out of boredom one day you decide to search your whole family with"Number of people killed" | The chatter was loud and incessant, like a fly that wouldn’t stop buzzing in your ear.
Or several flies. Hell, a whole cloud.
Anyways, Aunt Sandy turned “33” for the fifth time and my mom wanted to throw the party at our house because she wanted to flambé (torch the living shit) out of her “famous” Baked Alaska pie i... |
3,469 | Write a first-person account of somebody turning into a zombie .
| `` God no.'' I muttered as I felt the warm bubbling in my veins. I screamed and grasped at the bite in my arm as I fell on both knees.
In the matter of three minutes I saw my life flash in front of my eyes, I remembered falling off the red bike I got for my fifth birthday, in the driveway of my parents old house. I... |
3,470 | `` Do n't look too hard , or you 'll see something you wish you had n't . ''
| Tiny fingers held nervously onto the helm of a cotton dress, fidgeting with the white thread that held the edge together. It ’ s owner, a young girl, inched towards a closed door in the upstairs of the hotel. Her wide, blue eyes were determined to peer through the keyhole and find the source of the monstrous sounds com... |
3,471 | Write the letter that you always wanted to , but never did .
| Dear One-of-Three,
There were days back in grade school where I came prepared to kill you. My dad ’ s gun weighing down my backpack more than I could admit. Sitting there with awful intentions. I was n't scared of it. I knew how to shoot it and how to handle it. My dad knew I knew of it so he taught me about it in ... |
3,472 | Write a story accurately depicting a place of business you regularly patronize , from the perspective of a cockroach that lives in the facility .
| January 12, 2013
In a GMO factory
Man, I got ta tell you, this place is the most badass place a roach could live. You got an UNLIMITED supply of food, and even though it's fake, we still fucking LOVE IT!!! WE'RE COCKROACHES, WE CAN HANDLE ANYTHING! Anyway, today I went out with the squad ( Phil, Hose A, Hose B, and... |
3,473 | Tell me about the exact moment when you grew up .
| It was a typical Sunday... mom & I left for early mass, leaving my dad sleeping til he woke up and went to the later mass... As we closed the door, mom yelled upstairs, `` Clem, please have coffee ready when we get back'' and off we went. When we returned there was no coffee brewing, so my mom headed upstairs to see wh... |
3,474 | Write a story about the lyrics of Hotel California
| I was awoken suddenly by a loud knocking sound. I tried to ignore it, but then the sound came again. It was too early for me to deal with this, but I knew it would n't stop. I finally gave in and said `` What reason do you possibly have to knock on my door at 3 am!?!'' Then I heard a voice from the other side of the do... |
3,475 | "There's something beneath the ice." You heard your retired grandpa always say. Of course you never believed him, until you saw what came out. No it wasn't an evil god, zombies, aliens, or werewolves, it was something much worse... it was tax collectors | I’m Larry. I live with my grandpa in a house that’s…secluded, I would say. Trees surround it, and a lake is basically the backyard. Today, I was decked out in warm clothes, including a beanie, gloves, and jacket. I carried my ice skates and walked to the back door. As I did, Grandpa walked by and said, “There’s somethi... |
3,476 | Robot scientists are studying the origin of robot life , and make a startling discovery : They may have been created by humans many millennia ago .
| “ Dear God, ” Dr. Lazlow stammered as he looked up from the microscope, “ it can ’ t be true! ”
Humanity has been enslaved for hundreds of years. Their existence is kept in check by a powerful sect of robotic masters. These robots have been self sustaining for as long as anyone can remember, rebuilding themselves, ... |
3,477 | you live in a world where every has a experience level above their heads but only you can see it. Your dad has level 45. Your mother has 48 above her head. Your friends have various degrees of 15-19. You are walking down the street and notice a little girl has 745,547,223 above her head. | My mother in all her meekness, indifference, and time in front of the TV, a translucent digital number floating over her head with a stark 3 point gain against my fathers outward faced complexity.
It’s an itch in my brain. 3 is a distance, between her and my father’s experience: what they have seen and taken in, the a... |
3,478 | You are a kid 's imaginary friend . They 're growing up . You 're fading away .
| Tom. That ’ s who I am. I am Tom because that ’ s who my child wanted me to be. We ’ ve had lots of fun. We ’ ve gone on adventures together exploring underneath the sink or in Mom and Dad ’ s cabinet drawers. But I ’ m nervous. But I ’ m happy. But I ’ m anxious.
Kenny came home from school this afternoon. And he ... |
3,479 | The storm consumes everything | It comes once every three years. No one really knows what this storm is or where it originated. There have been scientists, religious folks and conspiracy theorists trying to figure it out.
I live in small town in a valley of about 300 or so folks. We don’t have much but we manage. The storm fascinates me but with so ... |
3,480 | `` A woman falls in love with Death and commits murder countless times just to catch a glimpse of him '' [ NSFW ]
| > Only one figure completely still, detached. He stood with his fingers laced before him, looking down at the boy. He was waiting. I didn ’ t understand why he was inactive until the girl with his head in her lap starting saying, then shouting, then screaming, “ There ’ s a pulse, a pulse, he has a pulse, he ’ s alive,... |
3,481 | You bring home a parrot . Unbeknownst to you , the parrot has learned bits of a conversation that should never have been remembered and begins to repeat them to you .
| I just bought the parrot a month ago. I needed some stress relief and I somehow found it in a pet. I named him Squawkers, as I thought it was a cute name. He's one of those parrots that can learn from people and speak.
At first, he started saying just Hello when he saw me.
Then it got stranger and stranger. He bega... |
3,482 | “ The magician is screaming.. ” Start , or end a story with this line .
| The magician is screaming, as if she didn ’ t know any better. She screams as if she suspected that summoning a demon was a harmless affair. She screams as if the blood smeared across her face is wholly unexpected, as if I am some unfathomable evil instead of she some ineffable idiot for missing a corner of the summoni... |
3,483 | Write a convincing Combat Sequence confined to the Interior of a Tiny Broom Closet | The air inside the broom closet was thick with plaster dust and the sharp tang of fear. Eli pressed himself against the cold porcelain sink base, barely breathing. The thin sliver of light from the hallway vanished as the door clicked shut, plunging them into near-total darkness. He heard the soft shink of a blade bein... |
3,484 | A man begins his day and slowly begins to realize that he 's actually having a nightmare .
| alarm. awake. snooze. asleep. alarm. awake. snooze. asleep. alarm. truly awake. stand. cross. light switch. flinch. make both eyes open. toilet. poop. pee. poop. poop. poop. wet fart. wipe. flush. light switch. toe stub. expletive. bed? no. door. hallway. kitchen. light switch. alarm. awake. snooze. asleep. alarm. awak... |
3,485 | Write a realistic version of a non-realistic story .
| It was dark, no light at all, suddenly there was a thunder and lightening, make me sort out my way, soon I was standing before a castle a huge castle real huge castle, but the door were so small, but I tried to get through the doors and I was inside castle very easily, a big black cat with real bright eyes was ready to... |
3,486 | You 're the lone survivor of a zombie apocalypse simply because zombies are n't interested in you .
| BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
SMACK
God, I hate that alarm.
I slowly creep out of my bed, which consists of just a bare mattress and some old fire blankets, and saunter towards the flesh cupboard. As I fling open the cupboard, the rotten mist of decaying meat wafts over my face, showering me in a fog of putrescenc... |
3,487 | You are a contract killer , taking on your final contract before retirement . It is the most ... unconventional contract you have ever dealt with .
| Retirement.
I can ’ t believe it ends like this.
I was shaking so much after reading the letter that I had trouble getting the lighter to hold a flame.
Eventually experience overcomes my emotion and the flame catches, licking the letters clean from the page, consuming the evidence, with the exception of the photo... |
3,488 | You 're Jigsaw and you 've caught your latest victim . Unfortunately , you 've greatly underestimated David Blaine .
| David awoke dreary eyed, his surroundings fading into view. Three, desperate and wide eyed strangers were in the center of the room, arguing with each other.
“ He ’ s awake. ”
“ Fucking finally. ”
“ Hey, Mr., uh, Blaine, so we ’ re in a desperate situation; you missed the recording earlier but the Jigsaw ki... |
3,489 | You are a funeral director with a knack for solving grisly mutders. The cops are wondering how you are better at their job than they are. The truth is that you can see ghosts, and they just kind of tell you everything. | (on mobile phone so excuse poor formatting)
as a kid, i always had what my parents called ‘imaginary friends’ the thing is, they weren’t imaginary. i swore this to them for years, they sent me to a psychiatrist who shoved seroquel and lorazepam down my throat. this did nothing but sedate and scare me enough to no long... |
3,490 | It's been centuries since the zombie apocalypse, and we finally have a cure. The zombies really don't want it though. | It’s been three hundred years since the Great Gnawing. Civilization had collapsed, rebuilt itself, collapsed again for tax reasons, and then finally got around to solving the whole zombie issue.
The cure was simple. A quick jab to the neck. Delivered by spring-loaded syringe or, for the more agile practitioner, a well... |
3,491 | Into the Light .
| “ Mom, I ’ ve started seeing another guy. ”
“ Oh, please, honey. You have to stop doing this to yourself. ”
“ No mom, this one is better. He ’ s nice. He ’ s an artist. He ’ s really cool. ”
“ Honey, I think you really need to make an appointment with Dr. Stein. These delusions of yours, they just aren ’ t ... |
3,492 | Unicorns suddenly exist . However , they are predators , and humans are their favorite snack .
| Horses with horns. I suppose I can forgive the past generations for describing them that way. Four legs, hooves, a tail of sorts. I can see how that turned into a horse after a few centuries of story telling. What didn ’ t make it through the ages though is there hairless bodies, no glittery coat and rainbow coloured m... |
3,493 | You have to answer their questions , whether you want to or not .
| This is my first writing piece; I'd appreciate feedback.
My house doesn ’ t have too much room inside, despite being a massive building. The reason for this being I set up many tests and traps to try and keep everyone out. I ’ m this generation ’ s Oracle. Each generation has one. An Oracle is someone who has to an... |
3,494 | It 's the 24th century . The number one cause of death among humans is suicide .
| I hang up the phone.
The police confirmed with me that Kevin had committed suicide last night. They attributed it to the supposed ‘ Great Awakening ’, which has been an inadvertent side effect of the United Nations recently banning the dissemination of religious materials after they had found that there is no after... |
3,495 | `` I am a good person ''
| Your mother asks you to help her with dishes after dinner.
You are a good person.
Your girlfriend asks you to help her study for her math test.
You are a good person.
Your brother asks you to bear false witness for him.
You are a good person.
Your best friend wants you to cheat on your girlfrien... |
3,496 | You awake in your bed soaked in blood , you quickly feel all over your body but can find no wounds .
| I woke up feeling a peculiar heaviness, taking a while to realise it was my thick cotton pajamas clinging to every inch of my body. Despite being delicately draped in my duvet I felt cold and wet.
I swept the sheets away from myself to peer down at the dark and dense redness that ruined my baby blue attire. My skin... |
3,497 | You are on a time travelling holiday , which lets you spend a go to 5 different time periods for a week each . However , when you finished one of your weeks , your transport to your next destination does n't show up ...
| These past three weeks have been the best of my life. Of course, there were certain rules with time travel so I had to be very careful. One guy found out exactly how he would die a while back – which caused a fair few problems for the company.
I got to see everything I had dreamed of since I was a child. I went to ... |
3,498 | The unspoken dark side of Monsters, Inc. You are a child on the receiving end of a scare. Terrify us. | My eyes open in a start. Heart racing. I feel a cold sweat wave over me.
Everything is pitch black, all I can see are the few scattered toys I have around my room. Nothing out of place. I swing my legs over the edge of my bed and go to sit up..wait..why aren't my legs moving.
What the hell is going on. I try again to... |
3,499 | After breaking out of your coffin , you seek out your loved ones only to discover you are a zombie . You must find a way to tell them , whilst not getting killed .
| My head hurts really bad. I tore out my stitches. There was fog over the graveyard. The moon was bright that night. I have to find her. I'm alive. I'm alive. I have to find her.
My body was stiff. Very stiff. But I walked. Mind feels wrong. I walked out of the graveyard. Where did I get this suit? My house is just ... |
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