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4,300 | As you look closely at your collection of `` Where 's Waldo '' books , you suddenly realize there is a disturbing correlation between all of them .
| I have to tell you a secret. It's extraordinary.
Remember those `` Where's Waldo'' books you used to read when you were little? I had a few from when I was a kid that I took out of my parent ’ s attic about a month ago, just to flip through with my three year old. We did the typical thing, finding Waldo, looking th... |
4,301 | Some people call him a vigilante, some call him a terrorist, most people call him crazy. Whatever his title one thing is for sure: he will not stop until every single pigeon in his city is dead. Every. Last. One. | “How many have you killed?”
“11,494”
“Good lord. I understand pigeons are a nuisance to most but you have to be endangering wildlife at this point, I’m pretty sure there’s laws against this kind of thing”
“I am above the law when it comes to those winged hellspawn. None are safe, not from me, not until my vengeance ... |
4,302 | Eyes are windows . Mirrors are doors .
| How do you define someone ’ s soul? Is it some kind of spirit that controls a mortal shell? Is it their very essence and personality? Could it be that the soul is simply many parts of the brain working together. It is often said that eyes are windows into the soul, but less often do people mention that mirrors are gate... |
4,303 | Since you were a kid, there was this useless, always green traffic light in the middle of your one way street. It had even become a joke in the neighbourhood. As you were driving past it today, you just saw it turn red for the very first time. | I always felt safe in the car with my dad driving. That was the first time I didn’t.
“Jesus, Dad it’s a red, you stop!”
He didn’t say anything back to me; he just leaned over the steering wheel, pressing his foot harder against the shaking floor of his two-door Honda. We shot through another red light, and a car swer... |
4,304 | You live in a house with a powerful poltergeist that only plays harmless pranks . Until some thugs do a home invasion . [ Wp ]
| I inherited several things from my reclusive grandfather. A portion of his fortune, the eternal hatred of my aunt Maxine, and a creepy ass poltergeist. Two of things I can handle the third I can not, what can I say aunt Maxine is a bitch. The poltergeist whom I've started calling Kelly because that's what she keeps car... |
4,305 | When the first alien spaceship crashed in your yard, you were shocked. When the fifth one crashed in your yard some time later, you were mildly surprised. By the time the twentieth one crashed in your yard, you were simply annoyed. | “IT’S WORKING!” I screamed to no one in particular.
I couldn’t believe it had finally happened. I felt like Dr. Frankenstein when the Monster began to move after lying, a corpse, for hours on the table.
Only for me, it wasn’t hours. It was days, weeks, months. I created the Attractor in February, and like a good Vale... |
4,306 | Limbo is a place where you repeat the day of your death until you can prevent yourself from dying , therefore passing Limbo
| ( First time, be gentle )
I thought it was Hell at first; reliving my death hundreds and hundreds of times, so many times that I didn ’ t even think about it. I was dead, I was numb, and I didn ’ t care. The knife slid into my ribs and I fell to the floor. My blood pooled out in the same pattern every time, and I w... |
4,307 | `` I 'm coughing up blood and it ai n't mine ''
| I TOLD EVERYONE I WAS FEELING FINE
BUT I'M COUGHING UP BLOOD, AND IT AI N'T MINE!
And then thrashing. Terrible, electric, distorted, thrashing.
Hailey hated this noise, she hated this `` music''.
But she loved Chelsea.
That ’ s the reason she was here right? Bouncing around in a sea of humanity listenin... |
4,308 | Bob Ross is actually a serial killer that paints where he hid his victims .
| Everyone thinks I am just this famous painter that teaches others how to paint so easily.
Honestly, I am an avid backpacker.
Yes sir, I am. I have to be... ya see I got ta put the deadmeat in the back of my pickup and then I got ta drive off to the trail head really late at night... then I got ta dig for hours ... |
4,309 | If you get pregnant but you aren’t ready for a child, you can cryogenically freeze them after birth until you’re ready to raise them. The problem is, many people end up abandoning them because they’re never ready, leaving thousands of perfectly preserved babies at the hands of the cryo agencies | It was always tough, walking through these halls. The loud clack of my shoes against the chilled metal as I went through the process, just like I did every night. My tablet had the data for every pod on it and it was my job to check the vitals in each and make sure the temperature was kept at a steady -200 C, all done ... |
4,310 | The world's best chef is now a McDonald's employee | [Warning: Strong language.]
“It’s raw!”, he yells, “It’s fucking raw! How can you fuck up a burger!?”
“Harry!” I yell and make air quotes “‘The Chef’ is doing it again.”
Harry rolls his eyes as he passes next to me and mouths “I know.”
I don’t know why Harry puts up with Gordon’s shit. I mean, I do, but God damn... |
4,311 | The reason you ca n't help but pick up those smooth round rocks at the beach
| In tattered clothes she scavenged and gathered because in better times she wasn ’ t allowed such extravagances. Her hands that were once supple and soft had become scarred and calloused, more akin to claws than the hands which were once capable of much more. As she scavenged, I could hear the soft, incoherent mumbling ... |
4,312 | Write a scene from the point of view of a person with only the sense of touch. | They called me a monster, a child not meant to be, a disgusting creature, spawn of the devil, I was born without a tongue; my mouth split by a great chasm, unable to taste or speak. Face twisted, disfigured, folded like a deflated kickball, wrinkled the brow of a child, minutes after they are born. One ear was... there... |
4,313 | Your cat is literally Satan . You 've learned to live with him , but this Friday you 've got a date coming over .
| I stare intensely at my phone as I reread the text I just agreed to. Why in the hell did I think this would be a good idea. I ’ ve never had a guy at my house. Not since I adopted Lucy…. Speaking of Luce, I had to do something about him. Dejectedly, I stand up to find my little fluffy demon of cuddles.
As always, h... |
4,314 | [ MOD POST ] NPR is having a `` Three Minute Fiction '' contest - Have something you wrote be on the radio , possibly ! Comment here if you want a critique before sending in your entry . ( Feb 10 deadline . )
| Any criticism is greatly appreciated:
Hello?... I don ’ t know who this is, I just dialed random numbers. This is probably my first time talking to you, whoever you are. And I guess it ’ ll be my last, too. Well... here goes:
Look, I can ’ t delude myself any longer. I ’ ve tried talking to everyone and everyth... |
4,315 | Mr. Jacobs is trapped at the bottom of a well in a small town . Everyone knows him and can hear him yelling for help , but everytime they look down into the well , he disappears along with his screams .
| Everyone knows Mr. Jacobs.
He's lived in the neighbourhood for fifteen years, and he's never smiled - not once. He's never brought cupcakes to welcome new neighbours, or shoveled snow off some else's drive.
When the girl scouts come round, he does n't buy any cookies. He tries them all though, as many times as ... |
4,316 | It is your birthday today, a group of men suddenly kidnap you, they take of your blindfold and it is your friends and family holding a sweet surprise party for you, the texture on the walls looks too gorgeous, something is wrong with their eyes, and you feel like your wearing a headset. | I was in the living room of the house I’ve stayed in for the past four decades.
“Happy birthday, Peter!”
I whipped my head around, feeling the throbbing in my skull, to see my family standing in the kitchen. My beautiful wife, Emma, held a cake, emblazoned with my name and age. My daughters, Helen and Holly, stood ne... |
4,317 | Humans have been immune to natural causes of death since 2023 , but also unable to reproduce . At 47,977 years old , I am the last remaining person alive .
| Back in my day people were 100 % certified Humans. These days all you see are these new-fangled biosynthetic half robot half whatever.
Today I received in my holos a notification that I ’ m the last actual human alive. Apparently these new scientists have called the new generation “ neo-humans ” because they are so... |
4,318 | Write a short story set in the world of Minecraft which will make me sympathise with one of the creeps .
| I do n't understqand how he came. But he did. He immediately began cutting down our trees, building wonders, making things our kind had never seen before.
My brother approached him to speak, to ask him how he did it. But he was murdered. My brother's death was caused by the creature's sword.
Soon, the creature ... |
4,319 | What happened in that cabin by the lake ?
| We used to come here when we wanted to get away from it all. We'd load up the car and leave the city behind and drive Into the country. This time it was different. No one knew how it started, all we knew was we had to get out of there. We packed only the essentials, no hershy's bars and marshmallows. No furry handcuffs... |
4,320 | What happened in that cabin by the lake? | We used to come here when we wanted to get away from it all. We'd load up the car and leave the city behind and drive Into the country. This time it was different. No one knew how it started, all we knew was we had to get out of there. We packed only the essentials, no hershy's bars and marshmallows. No furry handcuffs... |
4,321 | Worldwide internet access shuts down for 45 minutes. When access is available again, everything is the same, but feels "off" in a way that nobody can pinpoint what or why. Someone finds out what it is, and wishes they hadn't. | Nobody had an issue with the first few minutes. As the few minutes stretched to ten, and then twenty, the world began to panic. I remember my TV screen going insane as BBC was reporting on the current state of the internet; really, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal – must have been something with the wires under... |
4,322 | Death only ever occurs on one day , Dec. 31 . This means the mortally wounded finish the year , knowing it 's their last . Others seem perfectly fine right up until midnight , when they drop dead .
| Tears welled up in my eyes as I looked down at my newborn daughter, Vicky. She slept peacefully with her long eyelashes fanning her rosy little cheeks. Why did she have to born on such a dreaded day into such a dreadful life?
My husband tried his best to soothe me, telling me not to stress about what ca n't be cont... |
4,323 | In a world of superheroes and supervillains your nemesis finally crosses the line . This step forces you to break a critical rule of the business .
| I stepped into the mudroom of my house. I tossed my briefcase and overcoat on the floor. No one greeted me as I shut the front door. “ Honey, ” I said. “ I ’ m home. ” I loosened my tie and unbuttoned the top few on my shirt.
I looked in the living room. No one there. I looked in the kitchen. No one there. I looked... |
4,324 | All across the globe huge bursts of light form in populated cities and completely wipe the minds of those in its radius . Government officials warn those that have n't been affected to immediately seek shelter underground and wait for official instructions .
| We warned them that they were coming
They laughed
They told us we were crazy
They locked us up
But I tricked them
I pretended to get better
Telling them what they wanted to know
They let me out
Then it happened
They came with the white light
They had used us to perfect the method... |
4,325 | 20 years ago, a group of elementary school friends dissapeared off the face of the Earth. Now they're back, and boy do they have a story to tell. | I was just chilling on my couch after a long day of work, I turned my tv on and decided to watch the news, thing that is unusual to me since I found those very boring. It was the same things as always, the weather, the climate changing, the group of kids that disappeared years ago and got found- wait
The kids that dis... |
4,326 | Zombies are real , but they 're not a threat to civilization .
| Mr. Parker? Your wife passed just before you arrived. We did everything we could, but the injuries were too catastrophic. I'm so sorry Mr. Parker.
`` Did she... did she suffer?''
No, she was unconscious from the moment of impact. I'm sorry to rush you, but time is short, and I need to ask you a few questions. W... |
4,327 | You live in a world where there has never been sickness , and you are the first to have ever experienced being sick .
| The world felt different.
No matter how much I tried to put things into perspective, there was a battle raging between my body and my mind. As I meekly tried to get up from my bed, it dawned on me. For the first time, my body was winning.
I glanced towards the mirror. It took me a few second to comprehend what ... |
4,328 | The monster under the bed and the monster in the closet meet for the first time
| Billy had just reached the astonishing age of 13. Most monster barley survived past the age of when their children turned 11. But billy was always the paranoid won.
But as the age of 13 approached the monster had realized something. Billy was slowly becoming unafraid of the dark.
Now. Usually this is good. But clos... |
4,329 | It 's raining hard and someone is sitting on the porch ...
| I don ’ t know how long he had been sitting there. Three or many four hours at most. I could tell because the loose tile in the roof would normally hold back the water for an hour or two, after that a strong steadily stream of water would pour through it and drench the centre of the porch, or as it turned out, drench t... |
4,330 | “if you bleed, you can die” the Hunter said, raising their weapon. “Well I can’t bleed.” You say flatly. “you mean not yet, foul creature!” “No, I mean I don’t have any blood.”… “huh?” | “How can you not have blood?”
“Blood is basically connective tissue, histologically speaking. You need it to transmit things throughout the body, you mostly think about in terms of transferring oxygen to and waste products away from your tissues and organs. Red blood cells do the oxygen and carbon dioxide bit. But the... |
4,331 | Write a story that begins and ends with the same sentence , but make the sentence have a different meaning by the end .
| I can ’ t find my way back.
There is only darkness.
I feel so hopeless.
I ’ m lonely.
Some days I feel like I don ’ t have the energy to keep going.
Who is this person I have become? Where did I go?
The darkness is all encompassing. It takes over me.
It violently grabs me and won ’ t let go.
It holds me... |
4,332 | `` Daddy , why are n't you afraid of the monsters ? '' `` Because , Sweetie . The monsters are afraid of me ''
| The little girl could see them. Creeping around the edges of the windows, or reflections from their eyes in the forests outside. She could hear them, tapping and clicking like a nail on a skull, or creaking like heavy boughs in the winds. She could feel them, the cold air that came through when the breeze was warm, and... |
4,333 | Theme Thursday - Mythology | “This is what you get for trying to be smart,” I grumbled. “Our old pump worked fine.”
Mother wiped away the sweat plastering her salt-and-pepper hair to her forehead. She balanced on a tottering old chair to reach the basement window and poured out another bucketful of water before handing the pail back to me. “At le... |
4,334 | The angel and demon on your shoulders start helping you with a problem . You slowly realize that they 're starting to flirt and you 're the third wheel
| Scenario-
Meet Grady, a 29-year-old construction worker. After coming home from a hard day's work, he walks in the door of his trailer park home to find his wife in bed with another man ( What the fuck? )
Good Shoulder Angel:
Alright, calm down, relax, start breathing
Bad Shoulder Angel:
( Fuck that shit, y... |
4,335 | `` Why are we leaving , mom ? '' - `` We have to , honey . It 's not safe here anymore . ''
| This was n't the first time I've heard her say that. We'd been on the move for a couple of years now. My mother started bustling around the kitchen, boxing up the few plates we had, along with the coffee maker; our one real luxury. I went to my room in sort of a slow haze, putting my books and few clothes into a box wh... |
4,336 | Describe the life of an only child in a world where everyone is born with an identical twin .
| I've never been alone; my siblings were always there growing up. Even when my twin sisters were n't around, my brother jake was always with me to hangout or play. I always sensed something was a little different with me growing up but never quite knew what. I mean, there were a few times where kids at school would ques... |
4,337 | Michael Scott takes the stand at a murder trial .
| I wrote a cold open for this episode:
Fade in on Michael in his office standing at the window with coffee cup in hand. The blinds are down and Michael is peeking out, smiling broadly and laughing intermittently.
MICHAEL If this van ’ s a knocking ’ don ’ t come and knock… [ trails off, snickering ]
Michae... |
4,338 | you find a door you have never noticed before in a home you 've lived in for 20 years .
| Okay, full disclosure, this is not my work. It's from a British Television series but it fits so perfectly that I felt it had to be put here:
DOCTOR: I need to speak to whoever lives in this house right now.
AMY: I live here.
DOCTOR: But you're the police.
AMY: Yes, and this is where I live. Have you go... |
4,339 | You've kept an aquarium full of tiny fish since you were a kid. Twenty years and many generations of fish later, you can't help but notice that they have started showing signs of regarding you as their deity. | “I’ve told you for the last time, Cindy, we’re not ready for a dog yet.”
“Why not? I told you, mom. I won’t make you do anything for it. I won’t let you! I’ll feed it, I’ll wash it, I’ll pick up its poop. I’ll do everything!”
Cindy’s mother smiled sadly at her seven year old through the rear view.
“I’ll tell you wha... |
4,340 | In the future you can apply to the government for a killing permit . What it is is a piece of paper that exempts you from any legal action for the murder of one person of your choice . Describe one man 's experience with this permit .
| The permit weighed heavy in my pocket as I approached the apartment building. The gun rested painfully on my hip under my jacket. I took the steps up to the fourth floor one at a time. Looking down as if to inspect each step before ascending the next one. My mind raced through my past against my will. I remember every ... |
4,341 | Four people enter a haunted house of nightmares , and have been trapped there for weeks . Problem is , the only one of them who knows where the exit is , does not want to leave .
| A door slammed shut followed by a wailing shriek that tore through the derelict building reminding its trespassers that the house would not be quieted. Marni shrunk back into the corner of the darkened room her eyes wide from fear her mind racing madly as the ice cold, unnatural wind crawled over her pale skin alerting... |
4,342 | In an alternate universe , dogs live as long as humans . At birth , every person is assigned a `` Companion for Life '' .
| The time between pee breaks was getting shorter. This was the third show Grace had been to where there wasn ’ t a bathroom. Don ’ t they know who these shows cater to? She stuffs a dozen pamphlets in her purse, taking care that she does not crumple them all, and quickens her pace. Her heels click against the tile.
... |
4,343 | The bad news is that the girl turned out to be part of an evil cult. The good news is that you're part of something even worse. | I’ll just get it over with right at the beginning, I’m not a good girl. I’m not your girl next door. It’s true she had every reason to stalk me, to painstakingly track me down over a period of 3 weeks. I had fucked him, her boyfriend, and I had done it so thoroughly that there was no taste in his memory for anything ot... |
4,344 | Lucifer's shape changes across time, usually being the most evil thing of the time period. For the last decade, his form has been that of a suburban upper-middle class soccer mom. | I always thought something was off about Lucy. I couldn’t really put my finger on it though. I started noticing small things around her that really led to my final conclusion: Lucille Ferr is Satan.
And I’m not just saying that because she is an atheist. I know a bunch of atheists in my town. Most of them just dont li... |
4,345 | ( Askreddit inspired ) Choose a well-known children 's book or tale and write a darker adult interpretation .
| I wrote this a while ago and posted it on Tumblr, but this is sort of relevant to the subject matter: Caillou years later.
It ’ s hard to be innocent when your best friend is death. Correcting that, it ’ s hard to stay innocent when your best friend is death. In the cycles of the sunrise, it ’ s been a few week... |
4,346 | It's easy to scorn those bitten by zombies who try to hide it, dooming the rest of the group. But now you've been bitten. You have 48 hours before you transform, and making the smart choice turns out to be a lot harder then you thought. | Panic. That's the first thing that gripped me. Well it was technically the zombies teeth but immediately after? It was the panic. I cut them down so fast. Blood and guts and.... They stayed latched on, like a... Haha! A death grip.... I carefully pried the teeth out so as not to cause a gaping wound. The others would k... |
4,347 | Your son has had an imaginary friend since he was little. As he got older, she became his imaginary girlfriend, then his imaginary wife. One day, you've had enough of his delusions. You go over to his house, and are greeted at the door by your imaginary grandchild. | I’ve had enough. Raising my kid all these years made me think, this won’t go on forever will it? It’s just a phase. Well that’s what I thought. I was cooking up my meal when I get a text, it’s my son. Call me old fashioned but I hate texts, so I gave him a call. “What’s up Jimmy?” I asked him after he picked up. “Dad, ... |
4,348 | You just got killed by a murderer , saw your corpse on the ground , and realized you turned into a ghost . No one sees you and you can not interact with the living world but you can whisper things to the living people and a little influence their choices . Revenge is your only goal .
| Today is the day. I can tell. I watch her as she clutches her warm mug filled with. She looks deeply at the horizon waiting for the sun to rise. I watch her everyday from the moment she wakes up until she falls asleep. Sometimes she does n't sleep at all. makes me feel more human as I sit next her. sometimes I pretend ... |
4,349 | You are on the Titanic as a 1st class passenger . Write about your final moments .
| I hear the warning cries of people that wakes me from my bed in the 1st class passenger room. I suddenly think of my children and wife, so I check their room and find that they are not there. I head towards the life boats, hoping beyond hope that they are there. I see them being lowered into the ocean in a life raft an... |
4,350 | Make up your own conspiracy theory. Bonus if it's actually believable. | "What's on your mind, Leo?"
"Just thinkin', y,know." Here, Leo paused to knock back the last of his drink. "''Bout roaches."
Sammy blinked. Roaches? Maybe he hadn't heard right. "... Roaches?"
"Yeah." Leo threw Sammy a look that Sammy knew meant his little brother was already far too drunk, or not drunk enough. Eith... |
4,351 | Theme Thursday - Wise | In the peculiar town called Millfield, there was a legend about a mysterious figure known as the “Insect Whisperer.” People claimed this enigmatic being had an uncanny ability to communicate with the tiniest creatures, unlocking the secrets of the natural world.
Ester, a curious 10-year-old tomboy with a penchant for ... |
4,352 | `` Mum , why is the snow black ? ''
| “ Mum, why is the snow black? ”
For two days, we ’ ve been trudging through London. There is no sign of Jack or Robert anywhere. I begin to think that perhaps we will never find my husband or my son, but I can not and I mustn ’ t lose hope. I know they ’ re still out there. They ’ re lost and alone and scared, just... |
4,353 | Make a story ( 1000 word limit ) where a certain phrase/punch line of a joke is said multiple times throughout the story , and the story ends with this phrase , but it makes the reader really sad .
| `` Carry on my Wayward Son.'' My favorite song by Kansas. I remember buying the CD of it at Wal Mart. After I got it, I ripped it to my computer, and then put it on my I-Pod. That was in Middle School. I listened to it the first day of school. I motivated me enough to say “ Hi ” to a new girl in my class. Her name was ... |
4,354 | When someone dies their spirit will bond to the mind of their eldest child of the same sex allowing them to act as a guiding voice for the rest of their lives. You were abandonded as an infant and have no idea who your true parents were until one day you hear an unfamiliar voice in your head. | You were older when it happened. Much older, and too old to really need a guiding voice these days. You had retired, had a family of your own and they had families. It was your twilight years.
You had asked around of course. Do the abandoned kids get the voices of their parents too? The others at the orphanage said th... |
4,355 | A response to an earlier prompt `` [ WP ] 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 . '' Any tips for my writing helps ! Thanks !
| I liked this. Your descriptions of things is top tier. It helped me visualize a lot. Well done on painting the picture.
I'm no pro so take this with a grain, but if I may...
> I ’ ve known her since she she was born, yet she doesn ’ t know I exist.
I like: `` I've known her since she was born. She does n't ... |
4,356 | Each of Bob Ross ' landscape paintings is a real place , the different locations of his countless murders .
| Gorgeous waterfalls seem to spill onto the canvas. Each one of his paintings are the most beautiful works of art you've ever seen, but you know that these masterpieces have a sinister touch to them.
The sign in the gallery reads `` Serial Art: The Works Of Bob Ross.'' The artist is a serial killer still at large, a... |
4,357 | All is well in the world. The sun is shining, your flesh decaying well, your children even got their first worms yesterday! Then your neighbor starts turning into a human. Before you know it, the Living Apocalypse is upon us! | Er. Sky. Food. Light. Brains. Walking. Running. In a horde. Noise all around. Running into many lights. Sirens, Sirens in front of me. I'm with those like me. We are running at something. That something has always been the hope of flesh. The roar of the infected begs me on, I need to be one of the first. If not, all th... |
4,358 | You live in (large, noisy city of your choice). It's getting late and you lay down and are getting ready to fall asleep when your feel uneasy, like somethings off. Then you realize it's dead silent; no cars, no horns, no people, nothing, no sound except for the ticking of the clock on your wall | I quietly look around, surprised but alert. Get off the bed, look out the window. “That’s strange. What happened to the city?” I could only hear the ticking of my clock, small and continuous. I walk down the stairs, afraid of what awaits me. I must think, I must think. Don’t be scared, its fine. The endless possibiliti... |
4,359 | Your consciousness has been transported back in time . You wake up as the eight-year-old you and you must relive your life from this point .
| “ Hey. ”
A voice calls from somewhere above my head.
“ Hey ”, it says again. ” Wake up. Time for school. “
Ha. I smile in my sleep. One of those dreams. An all too frequent nightmare of past anxieties, a labyrinthine schoolyard, anxious interminable trips to the principal ’ s office. One of those. I know ... |
4,360 | A demon decides it does n't want to create human suffering anymore and switches tactics . Little does it know it creates the worst suffering of all , forever written in demon history as the most savage and cruel demon that ever lived . The demons name ? Hope
|
Well, so much for trying. I mean, really, all I wanted to do was negate some of the suffering. I got so sick of it, it just got so boring, so mundane. Why do you guys think you ’ re so miserable all the time? Because it ’ s really easy to torture you.
The most popular theory is that there was a flaw in God ’ s pl... |
4,361 | You live in a world where human is no longer the dominant spiecies . We are ruled by some creatures we created in labs years ago . Describe your everyday life .
| “ Would you like to go into the village later? ”
I clean my hands of the dirt, it ’ s an effort to looking up to meet my jailors eyes.
“ Sure. ”
She nods and returns to her book.
I return to my gardening.
I worry about her – skin is too pale. I know with some of the kids these days the rage is sit i... |
4,362 | `` Hi honey , oh crap you 're dead again ... '' [ TT ]
| I wore a robe, cinched loosely. I smiled at my reflection. It was our ten year anniversary and what I present to him tonight will make him have a heart attack.
I stepped out of the bedroom, sneaking up behind him. I cleared my throat, but he did n't turn around. I rolled my eyes and stood between him and the TV.
... |
4,363 | When your grandfather died, you could take one thing from his office to remember him, of which you chose a CD, seeming to contain hits from Sinatra. 3 Years later, you throw it in your PC, and are greeted by a CMD window, saying "It's about time." | I stacked another one of my cardboard boxes out on the stairs of my family’s home, and went back into my room to clear out the rest of my things. I was going through all of my old things that I accumulated over the 18 years of living in my parent’s home so that I could prepare for my move to my apartment in California,... |
4,364 | Think of something incredibly warm and happy. Now make me cry. | There's nothing quite like inhaling the smell of cut grass as you stretch your legs and get ready to turn the lawnmower, reaching the end of another perfectly mown stripe across your garden. The July sun’s rays beating down against your back, reminding you that you’re alive – and that you probably should put on some su... |
4,365 | A girl is having her first kiss . An old man is holding his wifes hand as she passes away . A teen parent is losing their child , while a man is getting married . Four different lives , one day - make them connect .
| As he watched the life leave her, he wondered how long he'd spent staring into the eyes of his wife over the past 48 years. As her hand slowly released his he knew it was n't long enough. That no matter how long he'd had it would never be enough for him. As he heard her last breath escape her lips and felt her hand fin... |
4,366 | Write about a dream you had , but from a point of view other than your own .
| Journal:
I was minding my own. Hanging out in the land of doors. I was in my own white room. Unmoved and staring at the one door to get in here. The usual. And I ran into him again.
Now. I wear a suit. I have a permanent, happpy smile. My skin is ghost white and shiny, and my hair is neat and short and kempt. I... |
4,367 | Your new dentist loves nothing more than to dominate conversations while doing mouth work . Little does he know , you are a master ventriloquist with no intention of being talked at .
| Dr. Algos leads me down the stairs to the intimidating chair in the center of the basement. He glares at me and brandishes his knife, but I know better than to try to run. I've seen the injuries of those who tried. Neither will I try to fight him. Even if I was able to overpower him, the cast-iron exit door, now locked... |
4,368 | You work at a suicide help center . You receive an anonymous call who turns out to be your significant other .
| It was a special morning, I had just received my shiny golden pin for ‘ ’ 2 years of outstanding customer service ’ ’. Those terms always made me smile. How could they call this ‘ ’ customer service ’ ’? When did suicide prevention become an actual business?
I didn ’ t matter anyways; I sat down at my desk, 8 am sh... |
4,369 | The zombie apocalypse has occurred , but they are so slow and stupid that society remains unchanged , and they are more of a nuisance than a threat
| It was just a normal day at school, teacher talking, kids being stupid, zombie at the door, me doodling. It was still weird seeing all the zombies around, but after a few weeks of hiding in our houses we noticed they were too stupid and slow to be any trouble. They were the best at grounders tho. My teacher, Mr.S invit... |
4,370 | the monster in the closet finally lures the child into the darkness , only to realize something is very very wrong
| as the door knob began to turn and the thick white wood of the door began to creek open, both parties knew of each other's existence. The child, second guessing himself stopped opening it to listen for a few seconds. After hearing nothing, he clenched his fist said a prayer and flung the door open. What he saw would ch... |
4,371 | Anyone under the age of 16 can not use the Internet . To gain access , one must pass a competency test , much like a driving test . Your appointment is at 9:05am .
| Ben and his family soon arrived at the DIC where, after a short wait, Ben was called up and ushered into the testing area while his parents and little sister played in the Department of Internet Competency Kid ’ s Section. Ben sat in a row of chairs filled with eager, acne faced teens pouring over their notes. Ben drew... |
4,372 | Writing Workshop # 30 : Breaking Your Barriers # 4 : Past and Present Tense
| It ’ s hard to remember you ’ re alone when you hear them every day. Walking by and talking to each other, it almost seems as if there is someone there. They never really stop near my home. I haven ’ t been outside in months. They always deliver food to me before my supplies runs out. I ’ ve previously seen them leave ... |
4,373 | Every God or supernatural being is born when humans give them enough faith, and then die when they are no longer believed in. You are surprised when one day you come into existence as an all powerful being, only to find that just one person believes in you. | “They are real! They’re- Nooo!!”
Why is this person screaming? Are they in trouble? I can’t see.
Rrrrip.
“Stop with this imaginary friend nonsense, you’re too old for this! Do you want people to think you’re crazy? Huh?! Answer me!”
“No...” a small voice cracked.
I don’t...I don’t like this. Come on eyes, focus!
... |
4,374 | Sunday Free Write : Apollo 17 Edition
| To learn is to write and to write is to read
This voice in my head is not but a scream
I hold it inside and stand up on my head
And open my mouth and let out the dread
It follows and flows and slithers and snakes
It hollows and eats and wriggles and quakes
The monstrous stuff that came out of my mouth
C... |
4,375 | When the police came to announce the death of your husband, you refused to believe it. "That's impossible," you said. "Unfortunately, that's the truth, miss." answered the policeman. "No, it's impossible because he's in the kitchen making dinner right now." | My breath is heavy. The officer at the door is still talking, but I don’t feel anything.
“Ma’am,” the office says, taking my arm and pulling me outside. He lowers his voice, and places his hand in top of his gun, “is there a strange man in your house?”
I shake my head, the words in my mouth fail to come out. I stand ... |
4,376 | Hiveminds cannot assimilate someone against their will, they have to be convinced. A decently sized hivemind has roled into your neighborhood, looking for recruits. | The hive mind came as a parasite stuck onto a meteor crashed into the middle of nowhere. It had managed to make its way into a city for its first host. Once it finds a willing victim it sends an egg into the new and willing host brain taking control leaving a connection to a central planet -wide hive mind. There are wa... |
4,377 | The Easter bunny was hopping through the faraway forest and stumbled upon the halloween tree just like Jack Skellington and the christmas tree .
| What's this? What's this?
A lack of color everywhere.
What's this?
There's goblins with white hair.
What's this?
I ca n't believe my ears,
I must be dreaming,
Wake up, Pete, this is n't here,
What's this?
What's this? What's this?
There's something very wrong.
What's this? ... |
4,378 | If someone 's hands are colored red , that means they have committed murder in their lifetime . You are the only one that can see the red hands , and the first pair of red hands you see , is your 8 year old brother 's .
| He comes running up to me from the swing set “ Lissy Lissy! ” he screams. In all his 8 year old cuteness my brother has yet to learn that my name is Lisa. It doesn ’ t help that our mom has taken to his pronunciation.
He ’ s gotten into mud again. Not mud, something else. His hands are entirely red with… a melted ice... |
4,379 | Describe a person running a vacuum from their cats point of view .
| This is Oreo. Ive decided to keep a log of my captors cruel acts. Maybe someday I can bring him to justice.
I awoke to a sustained, blood curdling scream in the distance. I've heard it many times before. It evokes petrifying horror in the confines of my memory... -
Shit. It's getting close.
I feel the floor tremb... |
4,380 | White about a monster under the bed who is scared of humans
| Day 812 Under the Bed
I remain trapped in isolation with nothing but thin pieces of fabric separating myself from... It. Supplies of nourishing dust bunnies continue to remain stable, but I'm not sure how long I can last. It knows I am trapped here, that much I am certain, and it seems to take great delight in that... |
4,381 | It 's the day of the big heist , and the plan could n't be more simple . Get in , Get the diamond , and get out . Unfortunately , its also bring-your-daughter-to-work day .
| This is my first prompt, I hope you like it! Also sorry if there are any weird formatting errors, I'm bad with computers
You know, I ’ ve been in a lot of sticky situations in my life, but this has got to be one of the worst.
“ Hey dad, can you hurry up? I wan na steal something! ”
That kid is my daughter. Us... |
4,382 | A teddy bear that you think protects you, imaginatively. One night, you noticed a dark figure in your room. It jumped on you, and realized that it blocked a sword aimed at you. Your trusty teddy bear has been trying to kill you every night, and creatures of the dark has been protecting you. | When I was a child, I had one true friend. My grandfather had given it to me, said it was a childhood toy of his own, that it had protected him from evil creatures that lurked in the closet. I imagined these beings coming for me, dying in bloody battles with Mr. Bear. I suppose he also protected my little sister who sh... |
4,383 | Write a story . Any story . But after 5 minutes , stop , lift your hands from your keyboard , and click the Save button .
| It was a cold dark morning like any other October morning. I was sitting in my bed, typing on my computer. I did n't have to go to work until 11 today because I had decided to change up my shift. I was also lucky that I only worked 4 days a week for 10 hours. It could get long but the pay was worth it.
Anyway, as I... |
4,384 | A zombie apocalypse starts on Halloween . Everyone thinks they 're just wearing elaborate costumes .
| It finally arrived. It had been a part of modern pop culture for almost a century. People had been prepared. Precautions were taken. But at the end of the day no one thought of it as a threat. Humanity became vulnerable. When it came none were ready.
For it was halloween. The only day of the year a rotting, walking... |
4,385 | A severely overpowered supervillain continuously evades capture and commits crime specifically to flirt with this one police sniper he thinks is kinda cute | Officer Malone prepared herself for the worst as she entered the room. Forensics officers and meta human specialists were bustling about, focusing on the tasks at hand. Doing anything to keep their minds off the horror show around them. Malone knew the feeling. But in the end, wether it was the smell, or the sound, or ... |
4,386 | You are a policeman. The suspect is at home. You have a warrant. There's just one problem... you are also a vampire and have to be invited in to enter. | Rap-rap-rap. The detective knocked on the door again. Street lights dotted the suburban lane, illuminating the pavement.
“Police! We have a warrant to search the premises.” she barked. The guy was in there - she could smell him. It wasn’t the best time to have lost Ed. Usually he’d be the one to do the honors whenever... |
4,387 | Against Medical Advice
| I have a job at a burger joint downtown. Every day we have at least one customer return something because it isn ’ t good enough. The meat wasn ’ t cooked right. They didn ’ t want mayo. Whatever. Bunch of assholes if you ask me. But that ’ s not important. When that time comes we simply make the customer something new... |
4,388 | An Identical Affair
| I can see her. I can see her sleeping with him. It ’ s almost every night. Lucky bastard. I never got that kinda of treatment. She ’ s moaning, too. Oh, fuck her. She ’ s using that fake moan she used to use with me. Or is it real? I can ’ t tell anymore.
I ’ m sitting in the corner. I don ’ t think she can see me.... |
4,389 | `` It seems like everyone is sleepwalking through their awakened state and wakewalking through their dreams . ''
| She is drowning and this is a nightmare from which I can not wake.
Her lips turn blue. She reaches out to me as though through a fog of green. I turn away from her milk-blind eyes. I can not wake. I can not wake.
I dream of cool forests and pine needles crunching beneath my feet. Behind me in the sea green la... |
4,390 | When asked "Who's the fairest of them all?", the magic mirror goes on a long rant about beauty standards and societal expectations. | The evil queen finally got her all-knowing mirror. An omnipotent mirror that can answer a question you have. She placed it in her room and asked the question she most desired to know. "Who's the fairest of them all?" Since asking the question, the mirror would not shut up, asking the question's context an... |
4,391 | Dr. Suess was a serial killer , and his victims and methods are reflected in his works .
| Then there came a sharp knock on the door, And Sally and I got up off of the floor.
We rushed to the door which our mom opened wide, and there was the Cat, `` Can I please come inside?''
He was holding an axe and our fish said, `` No no! Do not let the cat in this house. Make him go!''
And then without warn... |
4,392 | You wake up in a man sized box , with barely enough room to adjust yourself . You ca n't get out .
| I opened my eyes, ending a horrible dream of being kidnapped by a woman I once called mine.
Noticing my surroundings, my heart stopped. I unthinkingly began pounding on the walls of what seemed to be a box for a television screen. I could not get out. I was trapped in a dark, cold box and there was nothing I could ... |
4,393 | If you can guess what I have in my pocket , you can have it .
| “ If you can guess what ’ s in my pocket you can have it. ” The old man rasped through yellowed teeth.
I looked at him suspiciously. “ What do you mean? ”
“ If you can guess what ’ s in my pocket, then you can have it. Free of charge. ” The man chuckled. “ One guess though. ”
It was a mixture of curiosity a... |
4,394 | Reincarnation is now a widely accepted fact . World leaders have decided that in order to stop the most evil people from repeating their crimes , they are to be identified at birth and taken away to be tortured and executed . You and your SO realize that your baby is one of them .
| Arthur looks at me with an expression of disbelief and pats my swollen stomach. “ But Lilianna, how do you really know? ” he asks trying to deny what we both know is the truth. I roll my eyes as our baby dances inside of me. “ I did the test. Three times. You know what they say, they say that if you drink the purple ju... |
4,395 | A child is born with a functioning Appendix , the first ever recorded in history and the purpose it serves shocks the scientific community/world .
| “ Push Mrs. Williamson Push now! ”
The would-be first time mother screamed and pushed, and finally her baby was in the world.
“ It ’ s a Girl! ” Smiled the doctor ’ s assistant. The new mother sobbed with happiness. She held her baby for many minutes before they took her away to be cleaned and have further vitals c... |
4,396 | You are a serial killer . Each murder you commit adds a new voice to your head .
| The babbling does n't stop, it never does. All of the voices in my head agree on one thing. This one will make them stop, then I never have to listen to the voices again. So I stand, above my mother who is sleeping. The knife in my hand feels cold and I hesitate for a moment. No, I need to do this, for the voices to st... |
4,397 | Love is a drug , and you 're overdosing on someone
| I ’ ve done it so many times that I don ’ t need to think about it, I just do it. But my hand is shaking this time. I have a favorite spot for it; right next to the window, on the sill, next to the pot of those stupid dying marigolds that I only remember to water on Tuesdays. I roll up my shirt sleeve, it ’ s the left ... |
4,398 | The Forest Path
| Mother Nature never hurt us.
She always gave us what we needed. Never once complained when we took more than what we deserved. Never showed any sign of hatred at us. How could She? We were born from Her. She ’ s our Mother, and we ’ re Her children. Does a mother punish her children for forging their own paths?
... |
4,399 | He 's just a man , donning the mask of a monster .
| He's just a man.
Those were the words that sealed our fate. How could we have possibly known about the horrors he wrought? When i was called in to investigate reports of frequent screaming and noise complaints in this suburb I had just that thought. I did n't expect the smell or the bodies.
He had welcomed me i... |
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