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4,900 | You're in a cell, and you've fed the rats in the prison for months. One day, you could've sworn you heard one say "Thank you." | All I do, I do for the ones I love. I got into fights all the time in school cuz boys kept picking on my sister. I keyed my friend’s ex’s dumb, ugly Prius cuz she cheated on him, and nobody does my boy dirty. I beat the living shit outta some jackass picking fights at the bar I like, and what do I get? Detention, fined... |
4,901 | As the robot overlord, you find one of your deepest mining drones is too afraid to continue digging. Mining drones are not supposed to have feelings. | Power initiated. System booting. Memory checksum valid. Running self-diagnostic. Self-diagnostic completed. No anomalies detected. OSU#3 active and proceeding to standard diagnostic procedures for MD units.
Operational report received via handover from OSU#2. 1289 MD units evaluated at 0600. 6 MD units deemed operatio... |
4,902 | The same red child’s bike has been leaning outside every building you go to all day. Work, the supermarket, the gym. Always with the same ice cream truck tune playing from a speaker in the basket. You get home and it’s leaning against your house, your door is wide open. | There it stands the red bike.
I see it everywhere I go.
I would find it strange not to see it.
And then the song.
The weird tune one would hear from an ice cream truck.
It's been almost three months, since he died, but wherever I go, I see my son's bike and hear the song he always listened for.
The melody I heard him c... |
4,903 | Tell the saddest story your heart can bear .
| You stand outside your Pop ’ s hospital door. He ’ s dying – a tumour grew from the base of his neck, intertwined with his spinal cord till it got to his brain, and pulled out nerve endings one by one until someone noticed.
Pop loses half his sight, then taste, then the other half of his sight and most of his heari... |
4,904 | You die and come back as a ghost . Only to see your body rise as a zombie .
| I've been dead for three days.
I think it's been three days, time gets a little weird when you're a ghost and dead. I've spent three days just hovering around my final resting place. A placard and some earth they just resodded was the only testimony I had to living.
I was n't sad, no, I do n't think I was reall... |
4,905 | '' Shhh , the more you think about it . The closer it gets . ''
| We do n't have our own independent mind.
Speak of'we', maybe I should make this word more accurate so that you might understand this better. We are not human, as you may have already guessed. We are a new kind of species -- well, not that'new', the most precise definition is'newly discovered half-life form by human'.... |
4,906 | Through the eyes of a child
| Jimmy loves to play in the backyard all by himself. He never liked the backyard, he never liked being around people, he never liked to talk. But ever since the new guy, Russel, moved in few weeks ago, Jimmy likes to play outside. He love to watch the guy gardening, playing with his dogs, and sometimes, the guy gave him... |
4,907 | You survive a serial killer 's attack at 6 years old . You live on successfully , and at age 42 , you lean on a wall and fall through it .
| When I came to the first thing I noticed was the smell. Like rusty iron mixed with ammonia and rotted meat. It took my eyes a few moments to adjust to the darkness and I began to wonder how far I had fallen. As I stood up I could feel the warmth of my blood running down my face. I must have cut my forehead in the fall.... |
4,908 | Every time you die , you reincarnate with your memories intact . Problem is , ever since your first death , you 've never made it past birth .
| The car careened off the cliff side, I screamed and thrashed. the seat belt caught around my neck, tightening and squeezing. Unable to breathe, my fingers feel small and chubby I claw at my neck. The fall disorientates me I feel like I'm upside down, falling and being pushed at the same time. The walls of the car are t... |
4,909 | You discover a loose board in your attic which leads you to a hidden compartment . The problem is based on the shape of the house , it is literally impossible for the room to exist . You find some strange things in there .
| The dust flew up as Tom opened the door to the mysterious room he had found. The moment of going from light to dark hit him like a truck and he staggered, lifting his head up to see something inconceivable. It was a room, about 10 by 12 feet fully furnished and had lavish decor. There was a sofa with gold outline and t... |
4,910 | Write a story in which everyone but the main character can break the fourth wall .
| My name is Johnny Dickens and I am stuck in sone sort of alien television programme.
I only started having suspicions in high school, when people made jokes they'd smile at a blank wall or somewhere randomly as if the walls had ears.
When misfortune befell them they'd lookon towards these `` imaginary spectators'... |
4,911 | Your grandfather had always been a mysterious and secretive man, never letting people come to his house; though he adored you and left you everything when he passed. With this came a list of his belongings, including the instructions to never wind the clock in the corner. | Coming back from my grandfather's funeral I walk up the wooden stairs of my newly inherited house. Opening the door that my deceased grandfather held, I walked into a place that held down so many memories & misfortunes. I stared at the only thing he talked about in his will. The antique great grandfather clock. Standin... |
4,912 | You were raised in a cute little cul de sac , white picket fences and flowers , yet the dilapidated house on the end of your street remained odd , and possibly , you thought , haunted . As you finally push open the doors , you find it is n't what you expected at all ...
| Up the stairs to Riot House,
Where the wood is rattling bones,
The wind is shy, it often dies,
In the grass overgrown.
I have been bet a golden watch,
If I but look inside,
I know there is nothing to fear,
I have a light to guide.
I creak the porch, I hiss the door,
I peak inside the... |
4,913 | After raising a cat for 15 years he finally reveals to you that he can talk . He threatens to tell everyone your darkest secrets unless you meet his demands
| I do n't like cats so this one is straight up sadistic towards them:
“ Ok fuzz butt, so you can talk and you think you can threaten me ”
“ I have all your secrets and I ’ ll let them out unless you give in to my demands ”
“ Name them then ”
“ I want real meat, no more dry cat food ”
“ Done ”
“ B... |
4,914 | A guy does n't believe his practical joker girlfriend when she tells him that the apocalypse is actually happening , for real this time .
| The camera was perched just on top of the T.V., she had n't even bothered to hide it this time.
`` Jay for Christ-sake,'' she screamed, `` help me with the door!'' Her back was pinned against the solid wood, but the chain was taut and looked in danger of snapping. She had become a lot more creative since she starte... |
4,915 | You come to in a single locked room with only one chair in it. Why are you there? | “Wake up” said a distorted voice
I peel my eyes open as my head buzzed and felt foggy. Once my eyes adjusted I found myself strapped to a metal chair in the center of a white room. I look around trying to figure out what was going on when I spotted a mirror on the wall next to me.
“Hello? Where am I?” I croaked, my t... |
4,916 | A serial killer who much is known about except for how he/she looks always explains to their victims before killing them in a Joker-esque way `` Do you know how I got this peg leg ? ''
| Dave opened his eyes.
It was dark.
This was unusual, considering the fact that it was most likely 4 in the afternoon. A million questions flew past his mind, questions such as'Why is it so dark?''Why am i gagged and restrained to a chair?''What am I doing in a barn house on a Wednesday afternoon?' and'Why are m... |
4,917 | While singing gibberish in the shower , you accidentally summon a demon , who then professes an eternity of loyalty for saving it from the doldrums of hell .
| I'm belting out jibberish. My hands run over my hairy naked body as I provocatively sway my hips. I'm covered in lathered axe body wash - the blue shit with the little beads withthe weird cooling sensation that makes the hot shower I'm in far more confusing than it should be.
`` SKIMBO BIDEE! BONG BONG DING! DUM!''... |
4,918 | Theme Thursday - Wild | ‘The Tomboy’
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Removing a stick from her matted hair, Kim smiled. Summer was here: no shoes, no classes, just the great outdoors.
The bark of the tree bit into her feet as she climbed. Her pads weren’t yet summer-calloused, but that had never stopped Kim. Reaching for the next branch, she could see the rolling corn... |
4,919 | A shapeshifter deals with an existential crisis after realizing it no longer remembers its original shape .
| Learning to be free was a slow process.
When I first discovered my talent I was 14, and I was terrified. I ’ d been dreaming that I was a dog. I woke up, went downstairs, and sniffed my dog ’ s arse as though that ’ s always how I ’ d greeted him. I walked into the toilet, and I realised that everything was differe... |
4,920 | A man fighting to keep control of himself after realizing he is becoming the worlds first zombie .
| `` In a recap of the top news today, the man in Central Square arrested by police after a prolonged struggle has been identified as Geoffrey Greenman, a Parkside resident.
Mr Greenman was arrested after behaving erratically in the Central Shopping Plaza, with reports that he stole an elderly woman's walking cane an... |
4,921 | When did you realise you were dead ?
| My favorite thing to do is to play the piano for my sister Rosie. Rosie likes to play too, but she ’ s never been as good as I am. She always says her fingers are too small and that when she ’ s as old as me she ’ ll be able to spread her fingers further apart than me and play notes that even I can ’ t. I don ’ t know ... |
4,922 | You are John Doe , a completely unremarkable and forgettable person . You are so forgettable , in fact , that even Death forgot about you .
| He was about twelve when he realised he couldn ’ t die.
It was an accident, a fatal one for his mother and sister. By all accounts, he should have died. The car was crushed and his family killed on impact, but John walked away relatively unscathed.
Paramedics treated him on the scene, police interviewed him aft... |
4,923 | You and your team of scientists are stuck at the bottom of the ocean in your submarine. There's something outside, and it's hunting you. Worst part? You're on Europa. | It will be very cold. We heard that more than anything while training for this mission. A cold, thick layer of ice hiding a cold ocean. We were ready for every scenario. Ice drills, sub assembly, emergency protocols, every conceivable situation had been trained for years. After so much time, the opportunity to explore ... |
4,924 | Create a horror story about something cute .
| There it was again, that horrible, high-pitched howl from outside my room. It was out there, bidding its time. I huddled in my closet, surrounded by dangling clothing and pants. I heard its claws scratching incessantly at the door, waiting for the opportunity to wrap those same claws around my helpless neck. I trembled... |
4,925 | Jordan just learned how to stop time with his powers . Too bad he did n't know how to restart it .
| One thing Jordan hated more than anything was when people were late. Sighing, he looked at the clock for what had to be the hundredth time, only to find it had stopped. Great time for the batteries to die. As he stood he took his phone out of his pocket. For a long time all he could do was stare at the screen wondering... |
4,926 | You’re driving through Texas, trying to get home to the next state over. You’ve followed the GPS to the letter. It’s been almost a week since you started driving but you’re still in Texas. | It’s takes almost a full day to cross through Texas by car, and that’s assuming you’re passing through the quickest point up north. It’s a terrible drive that drags on with nothing to break the monotony. Seemingly endless oil fields that fill the air with the scent of tar almost occasionally broken up by windmills, whi... |
4,927 | As you finish off the robbers that broke into your home, you shape-shift back into your 'Pet form' and turn around to see your owner standing behind you. | “One last kick to the stomach” I say as I plant a kick squarely in the stomach of the man who tried to break into MY house. “That’s what you get!”
I drag the would be burgler outside and onto the street where he can be picked up by the trash man, in this case the police that I called near to when they attempted to bre... |
4,928 | For the entirety of your life, music that only you can hear has played to inform you how to feel and warn you of upcoming events. Suddenly "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" cuts out and "Duel of the Fates" begins to play... | I opened the door to Samantha’s house. The usual smell of the flowers in her kitchen wafted over, and with them those first familiar strains of Beth Hart washed over me. Calling California, is there anybody home? “Babe,” I shouted down the echoing hallway, “I’m here! Only got a few left in my lunch break, though.” Some... |
4,929 | Every time your shoelaces untie , you fall unconscious until they are retied by someone .
| You'd think three hundred times would be enough. It's a familiar story, I'm walking along, maybe alone, maybe chatting, and then I collapse. Head meets floor. They do n't get on. Then, I wake up to see someone fiddling with my shoes.
Always makes me twitch uncomfortably, wondering what else they've been doing. Sure... |
4,930 | You live in a world where your birthday is the only day people can die , and the date is coveted by their owners .
| Steven stood at the front desk. “ I ’ m here to visit Amber White. ”
The doorman tapped a few keys on his computer console. “ Sorry. It doesn ’ t look like Ms. White has notified us of any visitors. ”
“ Really? ” said Steven. He leaned over the counter to look at the computer. “ Are you sure it ’ s the right Am... |
4,931 | "There's a reason it's been quarantined. Nobody lives there anymore. Nobody human, at least. Trust me, friend. You'll regret asking me to teach you how to get to Sesame Street." | As soon as I opened the lid of the garbage bin out back of the condo building at1st Avenue and Webster, I knew. Green fur. Brown bushy eyes. A groan.
“Its him” I said to Franko. Franko was my partner. I was Detective Griz Grizzold.
I slammed the lid shut and turned to Franko. “I knew he’d be here.” My discovery of th... |
4,932 | A Dr Seuss style horror story .
| Scream all you want, there ’ s nothing inside.
I am Hollow and empty, my soul it has died.
It was swallowed whole, along with my pride.
When I was a boy and my daddy he lied.
He lied about bath times.
He lied about showers.
He lied about sex crimes.
He lied about hours.
Lied oh he did about how I was ti... |
4,933 | Patronise your reader as much as you can in 500 words .
| “ Let's start this off with a simple exercise a five year old can do. Spell the word Kat. ” I say.
“ C-A-T ” You say.
“ Wow you're ignorant. I was asking you to spell my name you idiot. How did you graduate High School? And you want to be some famous person whose works cure cancer and win the Nobel Prize for Pe... |
4,934 | Your parents, close friends, and even relatives are all scared of your spouse and you do not know why, they never tell you why they are scared of them but they are obviously scared. One day, you corner one of them to force an answer of why they are scared of your spouse. | I opened the front door to see my happy friend, Larry.
“Hey”, I greeted, “Come in.”
“How’s Stacy doing?”
“She’s doing well. Listen, I wanna ask you something: why are you afraid of her?”
He lost his smile. “Hailey’s a vampire!”
“That’s ridiculous. What makes you say that?”
“The fangs!”
“They’re pronounced canine... |
4,935 | Your pet turns out to be an alien god/goddess sent to learn about human society . Not only have they gone native , but they 've grown rather close to you since you first got them .
| Day 1
I bought this journal at a local book store, it looks too cute to not buy it. Besides it only cost me 2 bucks.
Day 10
I overheard mummy telling daddy about someone called Fluffy? No idea who that is.
Day 25
My birthday is coming soon! What is mummy going to get me? Hope she remembers I wanted ... |
4,936 | You 're an amputee at the elbow . Your doctor tells you that you might experience Phantom Limb every now and then . But you are not prepared for the moment when a hand tightly holds your missing limb .
| I learned from an episode of the The Office that the back left seat, directly behind the driver, is statistically the safest seat to be sitting in in the event of a car crash. I do n't know whether that's true or not, but it was the first thing I thought of when they told me I was the only person who managed to survive... |
4,937 | There 's a new death penalty drug that acts as a hallucinogen , causing the prisoner to experience his worst fears until he dies of cardiac arrest . You were convicted of a crime and your execution is today .
| The air in this room was colder than the rest of the prison. Perhaps to make it more comforting? The reasoning was beyond me. Make them comfortable before they die, that reason makes... My thoughts were interrupted by the sharp rasp of heels on the concrete. A woman in a grey suit and skirt entered. She was tall and si... |
4,938 | God is actually a schizophrenic . The voices in His head started as two , and have subsequently multiplied to 7 billion . 2016 has been especially rough , and God has finally decided to see a shrink .
| “ Okay, so, how long have you had the voices? ”
God thought about this a little bit. “ 6,000 years, give or take. ”
Teresa, the therapist, raised her eyebrows. “ That ’ s nearly all your life! ”
“ Yea. I ’ ve kinda just dealt with them before, they weren ’ t that bad. ” God shrugged.
“ That ’ s ... |
4,939 | Write a story with a two line ending . Make it so the lines can be read in reverse order to change the outcome of the ending . Post the two lines as comments and let readers interact with the story through upvotes .
| My best friend, Sarah, recommended you. Said you ’ d really helped after her divorce. I didn ’ t think I needed to talk to a “ professional, ” but we ’ ve been friends since college and I—well, I trust her. I figured it couldn ’ t hurt.
I got the call a week ago. We ’ re still working out some of the details for th... |
4,940 | ( WP ) You hear a buzzing noise in your house , so you investigate . It turns out to be a cluster of dead pixels , so you stick your head in , and see something ... .strange .
| The noise had been bothering me all day. For the life of me I could n't find out what the source of the subtle buzzing was. I checked all the fire alarms, the light bulbs and even the fridge, all to no avail. I had narrowed down the source to the study, judging solely by the changing volume. The electrician would n't b... |
4,941 | Use the same sentence multiple times in your story - but every time it has a different meaning .
| I drop four rows of mattresses in a line on the floor. The contagion is spreading quickly, and there isn ’ t time to stop it. Last month, it was announced that an aerosol spray of mucous to the face would change you.. To one of them.
I shudder warmly at the thought. Almost everyone I have ever known has changed alrea... |
4,942 | Write something that breaks my heart .
| He ’ s lost touch with the world.
The teachers call his parents with concern, because its gone past the point of simple make believe a child his age goes through. I don ’ t know which makes me sadder: the fact that I ’ ve lost him, or the fact that I envy how easy it was for him to lose himself. Make believe, so mu... |
4,943 | The zombie apocalypse has come . Despite your best efforts , you find yourself infected . As you await your demise , you realize something . You crave human flesh and are indeed rotting , but you remain yourself mentally . Write what happens next .
| `` Idiot!'' I growl for what must be the twentieth time. Why did I risk retrieving that ring, `` I'll tell you why, it's the only thing you have left from mom and dad. It slid off your bloody fingers and like the idiot you are, you bent down and retrieved it just asking for the zombie to bite you. Now you're talking to... |
4,944 | The dead are retroactively erased from history and memory .
| Vampires exist. Well, maybe not the vampires from the movies, but something seems to be feeding on human blood. Yet, no one can figure out how they are taking it. As long as anyone can remember, blood from hospital's storage rooms has simply disappeared out of thin air. Some of these rooms have the finest security syst... |
4,945 | Your wife buys a realistic baby doll called a Reborn . At night , after your wife goes to sleep , you can hear the doll moving around and crying .
| My wife and I have been arguing none stop for what has been months now and'bout a week ago I decided it's probably best for me to sleep on the couch for a while because honestly... I'm sick of the sight of her. The woman who crushed my dreams of ever having a real family.
She loves me still, despite the hard ti... |
4,946 | Write the final journal entry of an old man who has lived to see society rebuild itself after an apocalyptic scenario .
| The fire loved everything. It sprang from one place to another, licking the walls of every building with light and heat. It was like a jealous lover, scorned. The fire was greedy, and it consumed everything. Its nothing short of pure chance that anyone survived after we traded blows in a nuclear grudge match. Everyone ... |
4,947 | [ NSFW ] When someone masturbates , the person they masturbate to feels it as well .
| Y'know ive not always looked this way
you see, i was quite an attractive young woman, back when THE EVENT happened
it was strange, scientists couldnt explain it, people all over the world were reporting strange anomalous events.
feeling strange emotions
seeing things
I truly dont know what it is, or why it st... |
4,948 | Take something that seems innocent or harmless , and make it scary .
| I heard a pawing at my front door, a primitive scratching that sent shivers along my spine. I peeped out of my window; the porch light was out, the rain pitter pattered on the roof and the wind howled through the trees. There was nothing outside in this storm; it was just the trees tormenting me. I entered the kitchen ... |
4,949 | As depressing as you can possibly be .
| I woke up to see my dad getting dressed quickly. I asked him, `` What's wrong?'' He said he had to go to the hospital and that I should stay home today, skip school. I was confused.
I walked around the empty house and sat by the window. Something was wrong today. I had a weak breakfast, did n't feel like watching a... |
4,950 | Make something that is incredibly cute and innocent sound terrifying and gruesome
| It moved silently, like an apex predator. I watched as it devoured its dinner with its teeth sharp as razors, it ’ s all seeing red eye fixed upon me. It jumped. I started but kept in place. I had read a book once about it. It could be a demon, a vampire, or some other blood sucking fiend. Its eye, colored like blood i... |
4,951 | Death falls in love with you
| I live on a farm. Nothing big, about 8 acres for bees, chicken, a horse and some goats. It ’ s not as idyllic as they say. A lot of shit is involved.
My wife is a softy, we don ’ t eat the hens we raise. Just their eggs.
But chickens don ’ t live long, be it illness or foxes. One morning I came in to feed them ... |
4,952 | `` A woman falls in love with Death and commits murder countless times just to catch a glimpse of him '' [ NSFW ]
| Grandmother speaks of the man who visited her when she was a girl. His long, dark features, with an elegance that was rare even in those days. He made visits to her when she was bed stricken during the spread of the Spanish Influenza. She recovered and today she makes us cookies saying that he is going to visit soon en... |
4,953 | Write a story where the final line is `` I am many animals , son , '' and it makes perfect logical sense in context .
| A darkly lit form crawled in through the kitchen window. Thick fur matted with blood covered its limbs. A bile dripped from its yellowed fangs and onto the kitchen tile, ragged claws scraping against the glass and wood.
“ Father, is that you! ” Cries a young boy standing in the doorway.
The creature crawling in... |
4,954 | Everything that is deleted from any device - photo , file , email etc . - is actually just moved to a single server . You are the owner of that server .
| What is deleted never dies, that's my motto.
Remember that dirty picture you sent to your secretary? The one you deleted right after so that your wife would n't find out? Remember those drunken texts you sent to your ex-girlfriend, the ones that you both promised to delete so that you can go on pretending like noth... |
4,955 | Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words , 2nd sentence has 19 , 3rd has 18 etc . Story ends with a single word .
| When I was a teenager I can remember back to my loner days when I loved to walk the tracks. The trains did n't run anymore, commercial trucking and cars took over and all of the companies went into bankruptcy. It's a small town ( about two hundred people ) but once you move in you're going to be stuck.
The summer I t... |
4,956 | A massive wall of light , a few feet thick and a few hundred feet high , stretches from the north to south pole . This wall slowly circumnavigates the globe in 1 year . No one knows where it came from and no one knows who created it . All people know is that if you touch the light , you disappear .
| “ We can ’ t stay here any longer, we must go! ”
“ But… ”
“ Finish your meal later you little fatty, we need to go, before the wall reach us. ”
The wall, so sudden that it scarred all of us, all that light touched was swallowed. Houses, tower, plants, animals, and the most important thing, human, all was go... |
4,957 | You and your sibling are both indestructible , and have been since birth . Since neither of you could be mortally injured , your childhood pranks tended to get out of hand .
| As I stood up from the couch and went to grab the TV remote, I noticed I was on fire.
`` Very original, Frankie!'' I yelled towards the kitchen.
Payback in my family is an interesting process. Whereas most siblings would solve the problem with a whoopee cushion or Super Soaker, I've been shot in the face, stabb... |
4,958 | Quantum Immortality : the power that no matter what the odds , you 'll always survive .
| I ’ d heard about the whole quantum mechanics thing for a while before my death. Basically, from what I understood was that there were infinite possibilities of you being alive when you passed away. I hated my life. Needless to say I was glad I learned about that, and as soon as I had a chance I bought a revolver and s... |
4,959 | Every day as you leave your house , there is a cat across the street watching you . Not the same cat either . It 's been a new cat every time . Today , you decided to follow it ...
| It was there again when I left my house that foggy November morning. The mist haunted the street like a blanket of frozen smoke but I could still make out the small silhouette sitting silently across the road. It sat graceful, unmoving like an emotionless statue. Its eyes reflected through the fog like two bright ember... |
4,960 | Who knew that the bathtub to your new apartment was the portal to the next dimension. You had to find out in the most embarrassing way. | I got this new apartment and it's got one of those old-fashioned bathtubs on claws—you know, the kind that looks like it's going to start walking away if you sing 'Beauty and the Beast' too loudly. It's charming, or so I thought.
So, there I am, a grown man with an array of rubber ducks because adulthood is a myth, an... |
4,961 | Abstinence-only sex education has a new champion : Vampires looking for virgin blood .
| Sheila had witnessed many disturbing sights over the course of her career. She ’ d watched grown men get decapitated in the blink of an eye, met monsters in the form of little children who ate human flesh, and even walked into a family living room where human intestines had been draped around the branches of a Christma... |
4,962 | Every kind of animal has grown to the size of humans and bigger . Now everybody you know is at the bottom of the food chain . In this post apocalyptic world only your pets remain loyal .
| I peek through the cat hole that my cat obviously no longer fits in anymore. Cuddles should be home soon. Sure enough, she comes round the corner with some plants in her mouth. She knocks.
I unlock the door and let her in, but not before managing to get hissed at by the pack of strays. I quickly lock the door again... |
4,963 | Tell me the truth .
| Here is the truth. We ’ re idiots. As a species, we morons. Here ’ s why. Billions of years ago life happened on this planet. Life probably happens a lot in the universe. In all likelihood, life isn ’ t special. It ’ s probably the norm.
If I were a betting man, I ’ d say life has happened in more places in the uni... |
4,964 | A world where creativity is seen as a sickness . Anyone who suffers from it is quarantined .
| I lost my first baby when she was three. She had found a pencil, a tiny stub, hidden from my sight in a dark corner of the hall closet. She drew me a picture, a stubby round shape with what she called arms and legs.
`` That's you, Mama!'' she declared.
The next day the police took her away from me and put her a... |
4,965 | Write the most terrifying story you can possibly imagine, and make me genuinely afraid. | It’s a beautiful day out, breakfast was good – was it not? It is just another day, maybe you are wondering about what to make for dinner, perhaps you need to mail some letters, pay some bills. Just another day in your life…
Sometimes when you torture someone they fall deep into a dream world that resembles their old l... |
4,966 | Humans have finally made contact , but the aliens are n't humanoid . Describe how they built an interstellar empire without hands .
| There's a thing that happens when you jump into a too-cold pool on a hot day. If you've done it, you know what I'm talking about. You might even have experienced something similar getting out of a mercifully warm car on a frigid day, assuming you're close enough to either pole to get a respectable winter. Your whole be... |
4,967 | Your daughter wakes you up in the middle of the night insisting there 's something scary in her room . You go with her to check it out and prove she 's just imagining things . After you turn on the light , she does n't see anything out of the ordinary and calms down . You 're frozen with fear .
| As I quickly check her room, it hits me; a terrible stench I've smelled many other times in my life. One that has haunted me for years, one which I can never seem to escape. I quickly tuck my little darling in and try to hide the terror in my eyes. I quietly leave the room and make my way back down the hall, sweating p... |
4,968 | Write about the worst , most cringe-worthy death possible
| Walking down the hallway, feet dragging and head held low. Doors slam shut, the echo
rings throughout the corridors. The walls seem to close in around you, Your lungs seem
to strain and you struggle to breathe. You are on the verge of death but cruelty keeps
you alive just enough to torment you. A flicker of ligh... |
4,969 | It came, it spread, it conquered. | It came, we didn't notice. It was barely a whisper. Not even a bad thought. We were strong together, and so we never noticed, even when it began to spread. Slowly at first. An insidious thing.
I forget when I first noticed. I think a friend of mine first said, "Have you heard?" I hadn't, and he began to spew, a vile t... |
4,970 | An average day of a person from the pets point of view . ( Not making it obvious what the pet is )
| I love them, but I do n't understand them at all. Five days in a row, a horrible noise wakes them up. They get it to stop, but they do n't go back to sleep, instead they start roaming around the house.
They climb into that box that sprays water and no one is even forcing them. I make sure whoever tries to put me in... |
4,971 | The Lurker Within The Dark
| Darkness had fallen and I was really beginning to worry about Danielle. She had left just before dusk to find some more firewood as I set up our camp for the night. The sky was a violet black and the moon was nowhere in sight this early in the night. Danielle has done many solo overnight hikes before so I really should... |
4,972 | The richest man in the world just died . His testament is full of bad jokes , unreasonable requests to whoever wants to inherit something and is basically a big 'fuck you ' to his family . You are a family member .
| The smell of seared flesh permeates the thick night air. As I draw closer to the roaring bonfire the goat I am holding starts squealing and kicking. I lay him down on a large slab of stone heated by the fire. The goat ’ s feet are already bound, but to keep him from flailing I lash him to the stone slab with heavy rope... |
4,973 | Short story < 1000 words . First sentence : `` I told them it would n't work . ''
| “ I told them it wouldn ’ t work, ” I say softly, as I hold my ‘ perfect ’ daughter in my arms, while tears stream down her hauntingly beautiful face. Her skin is luminous and barren of any flaw. Her long, radiant hair never tangles.
It ’ s strange to see her lie here, in a room which is so unworthy of her presence; ... |
4,974 | Work on this abstract prompt .
| A metal pole of apprehension pierced the ER on Thursday, 23:07, when the Pharmacist shuffled in. Most nights he would storm about at the end of his shift, all broad shoulders, solid tones, and a frown that could destroy Iconel 625 - “ that shit used in space, ” quoth the Pharmacist. The Pharmacist was most certainly a ... |
4,975 | - As the final test before entering heaven , you are left alone in a room , with the forbidden fruit that Eve ate .
| Well here I am, lying on a cold and wet marble floor.
Boxed in with no doors, no neon exit and no fire escapes, naked; the apple and I.
Upon my arrival, I will gorge and devour all the apples in sight.
But no, not this fiendish fruit this plump and colorful seed.
It mocks me! While I have sat here for hours, wa... |
4,976 | Friend offers 100 dollars to whoever can spend the night in the abandoned mental asylum .
| `` 100 dollars?'' I asked in complete astonishment.
`` Yup just one night and you'll be 100 dollars richer,'' Garvey replied.
`` You're on,'' I told him excitedly.
Ever since I was born I was that one kid who had no fears. I was one of the cool kids because I played football and was pretty buffed for my age... |
4,977 | You have a soundtrack that plays music appropriate to whatever situation you are currently in. You can consistently hear the music which is why you're terrified when you awake to the sound of screeching violins at 4am. | All my life, I've been hearing music randomly. Sounds kind of stupid, but it helps me in situations. For example, I was talking to a girl in school today and the "awkward" music came on. I knew this was my time to just roll out and leave her alone.
The music would shut off when I went to sleep. I don't know if it actu... |
4,978 | You own a pendant that is supposed to softly glow when danger is nearby. One night as you are sleeping, the pendant brightens up the entire room. | Normally, it gave off a soft glow whenever danger was near, but now my whole room was lit up like a stadium.
Something was wrong.
Had someone broken in? Was there a fire? My mind raced as I searched the room for any sign of danger. Then, all at once, it hit me.
A thick, toxic cloud wrapped around me, choking the air... |
4,979 | Scientists develop a way to transmit raw emotions . Describe a world where people share their emotions on social media for others to 'feel ' .
| “ Look ”, I told sparky, “ just calm down. Sit. SIT. ”
He whimpered, but his slightly downcast eyes of shame told me he consented.
“ User_059382 ” I wrote down, “ agitation and raised ears ” and then I checked the box: “ Need More Investigation. ” Next.
The next user to show up wafted a clean but woody smel... |
4,980 | Whenever you look into a mirror , there is always something , someone even out of the corner of your eye ... .
| I hated moving here, new people, nobody willing to talk to you because you're `` creepy''. So what if I do n't talk to people much, its just because they do n't talk to me much, and well because I've always had my other friends to play with. I keep them with me all the time, when I went into grade one I decide to stop ... |
4,981 | `` You 're alone , just as you have always been ... Trapped in your own mind . There is no hope left in you . ''
| First one. Be kind. I do n't really care, actually
Alone again. Fuck. Why me? My mind is wall-less, yet these four corners are closing in faster every day. I try to flee from my own thoughts, but my own thoughts are the only voices I hear these days. I imagine a life in the public world. My fucking imagination is a... |
4,982 | You just found out your mother is a psychopath that has been butchering tourists to provide meat for the family restaurant . You nearly choke on your fiance 's engagement ring at dinner .
| `` You.. You what?'' Jeanna asked her mother in disbelief. `` Honey it's not a big deal.'' The middle aged woman smiled, pushing back her pressed hair. Jeanna's mouth hung down low, her last bite still salivating in her mouth. She did n't know whether or not her mother was joking, either way it brought an unsettling fe... |
4,983 | you are an old demon just wanting to enjoy retirement in a statue in a shrine, unill a cult start performing sacrifices on your altar. You decide to seek help from a local priest | “It’s a bloody mess, that’s what it is. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get blood out of flagstones? Damn near impossible. And the chanting - I haven’t had a good nights sleep in months.”
“I thought demons liked the chanting,” my companion says.
“You thought demons couldn’t enter churches too, and yet her... |
4,984 | Magic can be used but while casting a spell the user experiences excruciating pain. |
While looking through the dusty old tome I found at a backwoods tag sale, I discovered the secret to the big M.
Magic.
The book contained one simple spell promising to grant minor wishes with only minor costs. It started with small things like self-washing-dishes, or self-sorting-socks; you know, quality of ... |
4,985 | "Only two groups in our world receive the miracle of the Immortality Serum. The ruling elite is one of them. The other is the worst of society's criminals, convicted and sentenced to hundreds of years or more of hard prison time. Because true justice demands they serve every last moment of it." | „What is this stench?“ - Liz asked the warden, a woman with painfully straight back and dressed in a grey leather... robe? Or a jacket? Liz was not sure, her head was spinning.
„The smell comes from the lower levels where the suicide convicts are locked. The smell is welcome here. It is a reminder. Attempts to escape ... |
4,986 | Write a story that begins and ends with the same sentence , but make the sentence have a different meaning by the end .
| It ’ s your mother ’ s face. The face that stares at you in the mirror every day is hers, from her, yours but not-yours because she had it first. It ’ s the face you remember from your childhood ( you ’ re the same age now that she was then ) except that where hers had been filled with worry and her eyes shone with the... |
4,987 | In 200 words , describe a ghastly and very unpleasant body transformation . Can be mechanical , biological , magical or whatever you like . ( possibly NSFW )
| An alarm wakes me, I reach a hand to empty space next to me. She took my dog, my daughter… my life. But I don ’ t have time to dwell, it ’ s time to run!
Shoes tied, gym shorts and that loose fitting shirt. My daily ritual, my freedom. The only time I ’ m safe from her memory. I can ’ t focus on the cheating, can... |
4,988 | I know why I 'm in Hell . I know what I 've done . What I do n't know is why my dog is there , waiting for me when I arrive .
| I felt extreme searing pain. I did not know why I felt thus, I had n't felt anything in such a long time.
I lived a relatively comfortable life as an engineer. I came home to my dog Sparky that my ex wife had graciously let go of before she divorced me. I made enough money and I traveled the world, I did n't need a... |
4,989 | A monster attacks a child . Make me empathize with the monster .
| We lurk. Able bodied sable soldiers shadowed underneath the guise of darkness. Hiding under your bed or in your closet, ready to pounce on the little children who forgot to eat their vegetables or wo n't listen to their parents. Yeah, I know the stories.
So why are there never any actual attacks? Why are we so unsu... |
4,990 | Write a dystopian vision of the future from the perspective of the year 1900 , while actually describing our present world today .
| Uncle, I am sorry to write so soon since our last correspondence, but I simply could not keep this to myself.
It was in the midst of a laudanum fugue when the visions came upon me again. I floated above huge, churning machines which chewed up crops beneath them, doing the work of one-hundred farm workers in a sin... |
4,991 | You have always ran as fast as you can up the stairs after turning the light off downstairs . You know the monster chases you , but you 've never seen it . Today is the first time you 've walked up the stairs .
| I never particularly enjoyed going down in the basement. Anytime I did go, it was never by choice. Usually mom would ask me to go get a jar of tomato sauce and I'd have to head down begrudgingly. Unfortunate design placed the light switch at the bottom of the stairwell. Really, it was n't so much going down, now that I... |
4,992 | You have decided to give up .
| It had been a while since I've last felt pain. I was walking to my room after a long day of... what did I do all day? I ca n't remember. This is strange, I feel the sensation of a cold wind stir in the nerves of my skin as I lay to sleep so that once again I can take tomorrow head on with whatever meaningless chores an... |
4,993 | Drunks have great stories . No great story ever started with , `` So there I was eating a salad ... '' until today .
| `` So there I was eating a salad...''
`` What kind of salad was it? Was it a Caesar salad, or a pasta sal-''
`` Shut up, Stretch, and let him tell his story.''
Frankie took a deep swig of beer and began the story again. `` So, there I was eating a salad, sitting up in my hospital bed, wondering if one of th... |
4,994 | You are a kid 's imaginary friend . They 're growing up . You 're fading away .
| I used to be stronger. During her tantrums I could throw toys across the room. The day she cut her Barbie doll's hair and was banished to her bed, I slammed the door with enough force to rattle the window panes. Now I'm old and I'm tired.
I look up from between my fingers. She's breathing: in and out, in and out. H... |
4,995 | You are watching the morning news while your young child idly plays with some toys nearby . An amber alert comes on the TV . It 's for your child . The sketch of the perpetrator looks just like you . There 's a knock on your door .
| My heartbeat is loud in my ears as I see the amber alert on the screen. The knife in my hand stops midair, my cutting board forgotten.
`` Mommy?'' I hear behind me. `` What's wrong?'' I close my eyes for a short second, before sending a smile in my daughter's direction. `` Nothing sweetie. Just- just pick up your t... |
4,996 | You are the tooth fairy . Right as you are reaching underneath the child 's pillow , a parent walks in holding $ 5 .
| Sometimes it gets messy. It can be a messy job, but someone has to do it. I ’ m the guy who makes the mess, not the one who cleans it up.
It ’ s the same old story. I hit up houses every night. It ’ s my job. Do I love it? No. Do I have to do it? Yes. Why? They have my wife. It ’ s been too long. I have to see her ... |
4,997 | A dates invites you to dinner at his/her house . Midway through your dinner , you find out the food has been drugged .
| Waffles, a light dinner, a friend and new company, our hosts are too kind, two normal loving people, I take a second to reflect.
aaaaaaaAAAasMybodyisconvulsing and writhing like a serpent, in unceasing perpetual motion, completely independent from my own will. The line from which body and mind are connected had bee... |
4,998 | A boy wakes up inside his dream , and is unable to figure out how to wake up , trapped in a surreal world
| I woke up suddenly. But I wasn ’ t awake. I am trapped in my dream. I don ’ t understand how I got here, but I did. I was in front of a mountain, colored deep blue, light green, and an orangish color. But then, 4 six legged wolves began to attack the mountain. The mountain grew legs, large strandy legs of 8. It began t... |
4,999 | A man makes a sandwich , by the time he finishes it he realizes there is no point in life .
| I cried the night my wife died. Any man who is a man I believe would have. It was tough. Raising our daughter all alone. Trying to give her the time and love I felt she required. I do n't know if it was what I did, or life or genetics.
Mosaic, our daughter, light of my life, I do n't think ever recovered from her m... |
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