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900 | Darkness has Fallen
| The snow was thick. Too thick to run in, for sure. Just keep trudging, one foot in front of the other…
Get off the road.
The herald stopped in his tracks and looked up, an uneasy feeling settling over him.
What was it?
There- a dark figure on the white stretch of snow parting the gargantuan pines that r... |
901 | After a long struggle of trying to survive a zombie apocalypse , you find yourself trapped in a bathroom with no way out . You 've practically lost your mind and you make one more entry in your journal
| NuI write this knowing full well that I am probably the last of my kind. I have n't seen another living being in what I believe to be a decade, but to be honest I stopped counting the days long ago.
I also write this knowing that my time on this earth is coming to an end.
I ’ m not sure if I'm just tired, unlucky, ... |
902 | Evil monsters are real , everybody including kids walks around with fire arms at all times . Johnny gets attacked on his way home from school .
| Johnny trembles, the shiver shaking his small body. Each step feels as if he ’ s walking on pins and needles. The street ’ s already dark, dangerously so. Usually James walked along with him but the other boy had been sick today. There was rumor flying around the school that a curse had gotten to him, causing the illne... |
903 | Turns out, you're actually an animate skeleton inside of a limp soulless sack of meat. | I looked in front of my mirror, on my sudden realisation that I didn’t need the flesh on me at all. The first thing for me to take off was my skin. It was so damn heavy and kept everything unnecessary inside, so I clawed at it to take it off. The skin was followed by muscle and sinew, which, although I appreciated them... |
904 | At the age of 93, you can feel dementia setting in. Times, places, and faces get jumbled. What you didn't expect was the immense rush of power that comes with slipping beyond the fabric of this reality. | Ruth's knees wobbled like spaghetti as she crossed the river--no, it was a room, not a river. She steadied her fragile hands on whatever object she could grope. This was her ultimate quest, she had to make her way to the mouth of the river--no, to the kitchen, not the mouth of the river--so she could cook up something ... |
905 | Nobody knew the tickle monster was real or such a threat until the east coast went silent. | “Daddy, there’s a monster under my bed.” She said gripping her recently knitted safety blanket. I made sure that she could be look down and see me make the motion of lifting the bed skirts.
“Honey, there’s no monster.” As I picked her up in both my arms and kissed her on the head, and carried her out the door. I neede... |
906 | Write a horror story in the style of a childs first book
| Where's your mummy?
Where's your mummy, do you want to help me look?
I'm sure we'll find some pieces, somewhere in this book.
She had a head and body, arms and legs and feet.
She's was being naughty, she was being a cheat.
Is mummy in the bedroom?
Let's look in the bedroom; I think I see mummy on th... |
907 | A friend has an irrational potato phobia .
| He screamed for help. He could n't escape, it kept closing in on him. It came closer and closer until it reached his face. It was a french fry.
`` Help!'' he screamed
The people around us were laughing at him. They thought it was funny for someone to be scared of potatoes. I quickly ran up to him, snatched the fr... |
908 | You've been targeted by spirits who plan on possessing you and messing with your head, but when they realize what they got themselves into the tables turn. | It's been a few weeks since the first signs of their mischief, making most nights I'm unable to sleep. They've been persistent on really wanting my body as their own ever since the day I saw them. It was partly my fault really, I'm well aware spirits have always been attracted to physical beings who are able to see the... |
909 | The dead have come back to life across the world , but they 're not here to eat us . They 're all fleeing from something terrible in the afterlife .
| The apocalypse is here they say, well they scream. People are holed up in bunkers and barricading their doors. Civilisation is shutting down before our eyes; we've made frantic dashes to supermarkets and supply stores and we're cowering in our basement. The news reports our like movies, they might as well just play the... |
910 | You, a young child, decide to run away from home after an argument with your parents. You make it only a short distance before getting scared and going home. You arrive back at your house and the people that answer the door have no clue who you or your family are. | I slammed that door as hard as I could. Not that my little arms could make an impressive slam, but the slam wasn’t important, the act was. All the other kids hate the Christmas Program, and I wasn’t going. Mom and Dad wouldn’t listen to reason, so I took matters into my own hands. Making a run for it was really my only... |
911 | You got abducted by aliens. Turns out, this the alien equivalent to Steve Irwin, and you're the human he's momentarily picked up to talk to his audience about. | As I walk along the trail near my rural home that I’ve walked for years, a bright light appears and surrounds me. Panic fills me. I try to run to no avail. I’m caught in some sort of field, like the air around me has been turned to a liquid. I thrash about, realizing the air is no longer breathable for me.
Short of br... |
912 | When a crime is committed , the criminal becomes their own reflection and is forced to watch their life get played out by someone else who they 've been replaced by . Write from the POV of either the criminal or the replacement when they notice something is wrong with their reflection .
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The number eight bus was always late, so I left my house twenty minutes early to start the hour-long journey to my mother ’ s senior assisted living center in Burnaby. The bus stop was at the end of my road outside of a small tai chi school ’ s entrance. A long time ago, there used to be a homeless man who would sl... |
913 | Two men on death row try to creep each other out from adjoining cells .
| “ I ’ m not touching you. ”
“ I can tell. ”
“ No, really, I ’ m not touching you. ”
I don ’ t respond.
There ’ s a low, buzzing, whistling noise. The hairs in my ears, on the back of my neck, prickle and I know his finger, moistened by his lips, is one head-jerk away from being buried in my ear canal.
... |
914 | You are born with the ability to stop time , but one day you see something else is moving when you have already stopped time .
| ( NOTE: This feels really rough right now but I think it serves to get the idea I had across. First post, just feeling out the WP thing for funsies. = ) )
I learned the truth about why I was different eleven years ago. I ’ ve always been able to do it. I didn ’ t know how or why. No one else believed me either. It ... |
915 | You receive a note that reads `` They 're coming . You have to run . '' You decide to ignore it .
| I came out of the shower refreshed after a long, tiring day at work. I donned pajamas and blowdried my hair, thinking the whole time about an unopened bottle of red wine I had received for my birthday. I made my way to the living room, with the intention of starting up Netflix, but on top of the remote was a crumpled p... |
916 | You awake one morning to find that there isn't a single human being to be found in your apartment building, and all the windows are covered with paper from the outside. You go outside to investigate, and see that every building is covered all the way to the rooftops... in "missing" posters. | I woke up like every other normal day. I would say I'm an organized person, first thing I do every morning is cuddle my boyfriend, but when I rolled over in bed to cuddle him I noticed he wasn't there. I didn't think much of it considering he had a job and stuff but today was his off day, so I don't understand why he w... |
917 | In the canine world , humans are celestial beings who live for more than 500 years at a time . The caretaker of you and the past seven generations of your family will die soon .
| I watch as my owner smiles and climbs into the metal box that moves. I run up to the door, making sure he is secured to his seat. He smiles and pats me on the head, `` This wo n't take long bud''. I am guided to the metal box behind his and get in. I hear the strange devices that power these machines spin up. With a je... |
918 | A man drives in the middle of a foggy night and crashes into a car coming from the opposite direction. Bleeding but unhurt, he gets out to see if there are any survivors. A woman, breathing heavily, and a girl. The girl is dead. The man says “I am so sorry.” The woman says “No. Thank you.” | “Like a stream in the forest.” Mama would say, as my sister would run in the field, her hair flowing behind her in the wind. I couldn’t piece together what exactly happened, but I could hear someone calling out in the distance. “Hello, is anyone there? Is anyone hurt?! I called the police, they should be here any momen... |
919 | With his dying breath he said to her “No matter what, do not trust me when I walk through that door”. Her sobbing and confused thoughts were suddenly punctuated by the sound of the front door opening and the familiar voice of her dead father. “Honey I’m home!” | Copy to BlackBox
At the bed aside as my dying father held my hand with a firm grip and said “ no matter what, don’t trust me when I walk through that door”. ” what dose that mean?” I heard the front door open, and heard my dead's dad voice say “ Ivy, I’m home.“I looked down to were my dead father should have been layin... |
920 | You are snooping around your basement when you discover a box hidden in the corner . Inside the box lies hundreds of missing child posters printed with a picture of you as a two year old on them .
| It ’ s always just been me and my dad. I never knew my mom, and my dad didn ’ t ever talk about her. Things have worked out though. We told each other everything and he was always there for me, or so I thought. That was before I found the box.
I was cleaning the basement as a surprise to make my dad happy since he'... |
921 | You are the gravedigger 's dog
| Master walked ahead of me, his heavy paws stamping the earth into strange patterns. I stared up at him, willing him to stop and take a rest. But he was set to do the task, our task, the last one of the night. I was told, by the kindly doberman who lived down the street, that the tall ones lived incredibly long lives, a... |
922 | A children 's performer makes up a song and dance at a 5th birthday party for the kids to sing and dance along to , unwittingly replicating an ancient spell to raise demons .
| Cute little five year old girls. That ’ s the group I was performing for today. I smiled as they laughed and played in the decorated living room. They called me Princess Belle even though I was dressed up as just a generic princess but I was flattered regardless. I spent an hour or two playing games with them while the... |
923 | `` Blood poured from the stumps where his fingers used to be . ''
| “ I ’ ll ask you again. Where ’ s my fucking money? ” The threat was there, the voice laced with as much intent to harm as the blade in his hand did. “ Where ’ s. My. Fucking. Money!? ” The spittle hit his face, the veins in his neck protruded and his rage was building. Still, his question was not answered.
Thunk. ... |
924 | A person 's eye colour correlates to what superpower they have , activated at age 18 . You are the first person to be born with totally black eyes .
| In the time before, no one knew the significance of such things. Green, blue, hazel, brown… what did it matter? No one paid any mind, any attention whatsoever. That was before me.
My mom tells the story of the doctor who caught me as I slipped from between her legs. A normal birth, despite being breech—not a normal... |
925 | You are a monster whose taken up residence under a child's bed, but instead of the kid being scared of you the two of you became best of friends. Now the child is in danger, and you'll do anything to protect your only friend. | “I’m scarier than whatever is under there, I promise.” I looked at Anna with sad eyes and tried smile. It felt brittle. I knew what this nine year old girl was going through, and I wasn’t above crying if it got much more detailed or emotional than this.
“Please, don’t go home and make me sleep tonight… It’ll get me ag... |
926 | A man is infatuated with the woman of his dreams ... Literally . Just one problem , he can only see her in his nightmares .
| If you were to ask me what the difference is between dreams and reality I would have to say… definition. In either world our perception might be flawed but at least the flaws in reality are constant. Perhaps I won ’ t quite know where a penny is in a glass of water just by looking at it but I know the error in that jud... |
927 | A couple overhears a murder while preparing dinner ...
| Jay and Steph, known as Jason and Stephanie at classy affairs, were working in unison in the squat kitchen. It was light work, and it should be easy in the music of their shared stereo. But, they could barely hear the songs, because of the neighbours. Still, they shared cooking duties, as they shared most everything wi... |
928 | You 've narrowed down the list of possible murderers to three people - the son of the dead man , the wife of the dead man and the dead man 's pet rock . Something deep within you knows that the pet rock is the one who killed him .
| “ I ’ m glad the three of you joined me here tonight, ” I said, looking each and every one of them in their smug little faces. “ One of you… is the killer. ”
The wife and son shared incredulous looks, then both turned to face the pet rock.
“ Surely you do not believe I could have done it, ” blurted out the wido... |
929 | What sort of ghost would haunt a gas station? | That is a question that you hear from the local townsfolk of the village your truck broke down at. Apparently, something big happened at the small time gas station, but no one can tell you what. You don’t believe in ghosts, however, so you decide to investigate, as there is no one to stop you. You arrive at the station... |
930 | First line : `` They say that in the city you 're never more than six feet away from a rat . ''
| They say that in the city, you ’ re never more than six feet away from a rat.
I had heard the saying many times, but had dismissed it time and time again. It reminded me of the “ fact ” that had spread like wildfire about people consuming 8 spiders in their sleep per year. Of course, it had been nothing more than a... |
931 | The life of a serial killer , but during their childhood . We get to discover what happened to make them become a monster .
| The cries started up at their usual time: 9 o'clock at night, just after Haley was told to go to bed.
She'd learned early on in her life that it was best not to disturb Daddy after he'd had several cans of his `` grown-up juice'', and that it was best not to ask her mother, either. Every night her mother would get ... |
932 | A person with sleep paralysis befriends their demon .
| Three nights my girlfriend has been away already. Off doing some performances in New York. I decided to have a few drinks, I mean, what else was there to do. It ’ s 1 am so a few shots won ’ t hurt. I got sleepy really fast after that and forgot to sleep facing down. Every time I faced up it happened. “ Not this shit a... |
933 | Write a supernatural horror story set in broad daylight | I walk through the park near my house and see a swing. There are a lot of children running around and playing. I just sit on a bench, watching them, trying to remember what games I played as a child.
I stopped playing games when I was about 16 because that was when I was promoted to Grade 10 and the studies drasticall... |
934 | Now that you know about Them, They can see you. | I told myself not to look.
“Some things are better left hidden,” I said myself. I didn’t need to know what lay buried in those old, forgotten texts. But something just kept pulling me. My curiosity grew inside of me like an itch that I just couldn’t reach. I needed to know - so I caved. The pages were yellowed and bri... |
935 | You are an animal, and you are seeing the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. | Ralph always had fun playing with his best friend. Things always seemed like a new adventure such as playing in the park on sunny days or cozying up on the couch during a rainy night. His best friend never really told Ralph his name, so Ralph gave him a nickname, Violet. The name Violet because even though he always so... |
936 | You are granted each wish in the form of an enemy
| The man said I could wish for anything. Boy, was that something to try out and see work. I now had money, a great car, a house, and a beautiful wife who adores me, all of which I am now driving towards in the car of my dreams. No strings attached, nothing to take and nothing to give.
It was perfect. I probably robb... |
937 | When the dead came back to life last year, the walking dead were the easy ones: slow and weak. Now, most of the zombies are gone, however we still face those that are dust on the wind, getting in through cracks around your doors and windows. Now, we fight The Cremated. | It's easy enough to dispose of most of them. A leafblower or fan usually does the trick. But there are some who don't let up - who slowly inch their way into your house bit by bit.
It was hard to sleep when I first heard about the Cremated. How would I know if they were or weren't in my living room, kitchen, or bedroo... |
938 | Every dream you have ever had has come true . You have just awoken from the worst nightmare you have ever had .
| A cold sweat settled onto my skin. I sat straight up in a mess of comforters and throw blankets. Oh, it was awful. The worst one yet. Sure, I've had the occasional'miss the bus and end up late to class in my pajamas', and of course the classic'oh my god that's a huge spider', but this was terrifying. And with my track ... |
939 | While going through family photos you notice that a person keeps appearing in the background of the photos . Once you notice this you look up and ...
| There he is, in the wedding photos as well. Always the same age even though some of these photos were from my grandmothers wedding and some from last week.
I noticed in the pictures he seemed to be smiling at someone. In my grandmothers wedding photo, he was smiling at my great Uncle Ernest. He passed away just a... |
940 | Make me feel the most intense sadness/non-physical pain you ever experienced .
| My boyfriend was worried. He did n't know why I started sobbing that night. I could n't explain why I felt my heart suddenly crumble inside my chest, but I did my best to sleep that night. The next day I went to work with swollen eyes and every breath I took made my chest ache. Two hours into my shift, I get a call fro... |
941 | A hyper advanced alien race decides to mimic Darwin's study of finches with humans. Several groups of Homo sapiens are placed on different planets and monitored over a long period of time for adaptations/evolution. You've just been abducted from planetA to be studied alongside the others. | “Homo-sapiens” the alien exclaimed, fluttering it’s wings for effect. “You are all descendants of Homo sapiens - a mammalian species form earth”
so the legends were true. I thought. the legends of our origin, passed down verbally for millennia. I always thought them a fairytale. Abducted from a planet 680,000 light ye... |
942 | Everyone is born with an item that houses their life , representative of their personality . When the object is destroyed , the person dies .
| Greg is only 5 years old.
While asleep he would dream of the tooth fairy coming at night, replacing a dollar for his tooth every single night. Three teeth have already dropped and he was very proud of his 3 dollars. One Night the tooth fairy did not come in his sleep. Instead, it was a three red eyed black snake the ... |
943 | Due to excessive use of antibiotics , the world is plagued with superbacteria . Narrate a person living in this world .
| Today marks the 10th anniversary since the super strain broke out or at least, 10 years since we were told publicly.
It started out innocently enough, with just chicken pox. Many people thought it was those anti-vaccination people at first, but we quickly realized that it was simply the fact that vaccinations stopp... |
944 | Since moving into the new place, the reflection in the bathroom mirror seems off. A missing mole here, a hair out of place there, usually small anomalies. Today, however, your reflection is wearing a different shirt. | This is my 1st writing, and I’m on my phone.
This was the last straw. The shirt was yellow. Not a soft, buttery yellow, but a bright, crayon yellow. The kind of yellow that you see in a child’s drawing. The kind of yellow I hate. I glanced down, the grey sweater looking like, well, a grey sweater. I looked back up and... |
945 | In the apocalypse, a small restaurant stays open serving anything or anyone with the simple rule of no violence while inside | I was fighting through the swarm, trying to get to the safe haven. The apocalypse had been happening for weeks, possibly a few months even? I was with my little sister at the time, we were walking from the park after school. I saw something in the shrubs and told her to run, after hearing the noise I ran too.. the zomb... |
946 | Write a story so bad it 's good .
| I couldnt sleep, this night so cold.
To check on the noises, I was n't so bold.
Did they come from outside? Or from in my head?
I laid there and listened alone in my bed.
And out through the darkness in vain I dismissed,
The noises turned voices that came from the abyss.
The voices grew closer from out of... |
947 | `` Are n't you a little young to be afraid of the dark ? ''
| He was tall and slender, rising out of the ground like a late-day shadow. The light from my flashlight seemed to slide off his features. It was hard to make out his face, but his eyes, his eyes glared out from under a pronounced brow. Impossibly large on his face, white, with a pinprick of black for the pupil. He stare... |
948 | It 's almost your 16th birthday , and your parents congratulate you . But they warn you that you may have inherited something from the family line that may appear the moment you turn 16 . If you do inherit , you have to continue a long family tradition .
| It was my 16th birthday, and the fucking worst one of my life. For the hundredth time, I stomped around the kitchen, and petulantly, almost lazily, shouted `` But _whyyyyyy_?'' at my mother. I have never hated her so much in my life; and I feel almost sorry thinking about it now. That, and so much more.
`` We have ... |
949 | Over night , 90 % of the world 's population has dropped dead . In the following weeks , the survivors , who come from diverse countries , ethnicities , religious beliefs and lifestyles realize that they all share a single , peculiar trait ...
| Franco's backed into a corner, his knees pulled up to his chin. He's a mess, a shaking, huddling, pathetic mess. I split the harpoon in two, over the knee to show him I mean business. Five seconds—that's all he has for explanation, maybe contrition, and then, he's gone.
`` Wait,'' he cries as I step forward, `` jus... |
950 | You walk into your bathroom late one night , and there is a random man sat on your toilet reading a paper .
| It's late. Three am and I'm awake yet again. I stumble out of my bed and down the hall – the floor creaking underneath my bare feet. It was a hot summer night, the windows barely cracked open and a gentle breeze fluttering in. With my eyes closed, as to not fully awaken, I open my bathroom door and shut it behind me in... |
951 | "Why won't you die?" "I have no idea!" | Tarun is hanging from a noose tied to the ceiling fan, he is covered in blood from head to toe and has cuts in every part of his body but he is still very much alive.
He has tried every possible way of committing suicide...
...hanging...
....slitting his wrists....
His friend, Aman then arrived after receiving a su... |
952 | After a person dies , they are brought to the moment they were born to become their own guardian angels and hopefully guide themselves towards a better life .
| So this is how I'm going out. White lights covering my sights.
What the hell? Wait, where am I? The room I ’ m in, it ’ s kind of dark. Actually, I don ’ t think it ’ s a room, it ’ s more like an empty space. I don ’ t see any light. There is nothing to be seen, yet I ’ m hearing something. What is it, exactly? It... |
953 | In an alternate world , a well-functioning society of zombies face an outbreak of humans .
| Richard ripped flesh from bone, blood dripping down his chin and onto his bare chest. Some of the sinewy ligaments got caught in his teeth, and upon yanking them out, his incisor came with it. Oh well. He didn ’ t feel pain anymore. It was only a mild inconvenience, as chewing was about to become slightly harder.
B... |
954 | revenge that hits your victim way worse than you thought it would, to the extent you questioned if you should’ve done that | I (30F) was probably around 11 - 12 years old and have a sister two years younger than myself. My mom told me to go take a shower and head to bed, unfortunately the bathroom door did not lock as the lock was broken years before. My sister decided it would be fun the barge into the bathroom and pull the shower curtain o... |
955 | In 200 words , describe a ghastly and very unpleasant body transformation . Can be mechanical , biological , magical or whatever you like . ( possibly NSFW )
| As I saw the mirror in front of me, I did n't know was I looking at myself or some horrid, hellish creature straight out of the deepest pits of hell. Skin was burning on my face, turning into deep holes that showed through to my gaping mouth and the small pieces of burned, dark, charcoal black skin around them. Eyes st... |
956 | You are the monster from your own nightmares ...
| Every time he screams, the monster grows.
I hold him, rock him. “ Hush, it ’ s ok. It ’ s ok. Daddy loves you. It ’ s ok. Don ’ t be scared ”
I need him to be quiet. The monster scares us both. Sometime late at night I hold him and we both weep with fear.
“ I love you Daddy. ”
I don ’ t sleep well anymo... |
957 | Almost every year , the house on the left gets new occupants . Today you find out why .
| It started two years ago, and no one seems to want to talk about it. I bring it up casually in conversation and everyone brushes it off, looks away, and/or changes the subject. A few times I confronted friends of mine about it and I was met with fear or hostility. “ Just drop it! Nothing is going on over there! ”
T... |
958 | You are a resident of a remote town with a population of around 1300 located in Russia , and have just been besieged by a large pack of 400 wolves . You must hold out until you can get assistance from the government . [ xpost from /r/todayilearned ]
| We were told to stay in our houses, turn the lights off and not make a sound. I still can ’ t believe it, to be honest, they tell us that just beyond the fog there are hundreds of blood thirsty wolves waiting to strike.
“ I don ’ t see a thing! ”, Said Ivan with his mouth more full of vodka than the bottle in his h... |
959 | You drop your phone and it cracks . Blood starts pouring out of it .
| I stare at the phone in shock. How could that be? I was just talking to my friend Lawrence and then... Lawrence...
I get in my car and rush over to Lawrence's house. I knock on the door. No answer. I knock again a minute later. Still no answer. I knock on the window. I ca n't get in. Then I see a gnome in the garde... |
960 | The last species aliens used to feed the creatures in their interstellar zoo has just gone extinct , and they are looking for a replacement . You are their human sample .
| As I open my eyes, I find myself lying on a concrete floor, in a large room lit by cold blue light. As my vision ajusts, I notice metal bars stretch across my field of view; I'm in a cage. I sit up. It is then that I realise that I'm not alone. In the cage with me are around 15 other people, all teenage men like me. I ... |
961 | There are no monsters under your bed. Your cat makes sure of it. | Every night, ever since I was little, my cat made sure there were no monsters under my bed. I brush my teeth, get dressed in my pyjamas and then climb into bed. My cat crawls under my bed, and after checking all four corners for monsters, she climbs into bed and sleeps at the corner of my bed all night.
Only this time... |
962 | You stare at the broken mirror , realizing that you can never go back .
| I look at the mirror and see my distorted face looking back. There ’ s a throbbing coming from my arm. What happened? Where is everyone? It ’ s silent here. I look around the room, and there I am laying on the floor a crimson puddle lays next to my arm. It ’ s getting colder now. Where ’ s the next mirror? Everyone is ... |
963 | `` It sounded like thunder outside . I did n't look out the window because I knew better ''
| Dear Diary,
It ’ s been three days since the thunder started and it ’ s only gotten louder and more frequent. It started with one of those things outside. I don ’ t think they can hear, but they can see and they see extremely well. Everyone who has even gotten near a window to look at them has been taken. All I ’ ve ... |
964 | Once a year one person wins the government lottery ticket. Granting them the priviledge of doing anything they want for 24 hours after claiming it. The very friendly neighbor just won and its total mayhem. | I always thought of Ned Flanders as someone who couldn’t even harm a fly. My family and I were nearly in tears laughing when we heard he had won the lottery, thinking he would probably spend it praying or something like that. Boy, were we wrong.
I was awoken by shrieks coming from the Simsons’ house, guttural noises t... |
965 | Zombie apocalypse has happened . The survivours have survived and are thriving , so much that people can go their entire lives with out seeing a zombie . You see one today .
| The walls have always given us protection. The ghouls pushed their limp corpses against it to no avail, and even the runners dared not test them. I've never seen a ghoul, only those who were here in the beginning, and those who leave the walls on runs have ever encountered the empty frames of people that stalk the wild... |
966 | Your life is an endless series of horror movies . You 're always at the wrong place at the wrong time . You 're stuck seeing all your friends die right after you make them . The reason you 're still alive ? You can hear the horror music .
| One day you just are unable to take it anymore. The screams of your past friends haunt your dreams to the point you can no longer sleep. The blood curdling screams remain fresh as day in your mind as if a horror movie is playing in your mind on an endless loop. Your nightmares slowly become reality, reliving the same e... |
967 | Nearly out of your mind with back pain, it barely registers to you that someone has broken into your apartment. "Breathe" the intruder says. "Your wings are coming in." | Sitting, staring out the window in the same position I have been in all night. The water from my eyes wetting my face, blurs the sunrise into a radiant glowing halo of light as I rock back and forth trying to bear the stabbing pain in my back. I try to overcome the sharp agony with alternate pain. My fingernails dig de... |
968 | You have the ability to restart a day you already lived. However, you will only remember that you did it, without any details about the reason. | As I lay facedown in a pool of my own blood, my life, my choices, my plans all flickering before my eyes. As the world begins to go cold I can’t help but think of how I could have done things better, differently, maybe it didn’t have to end this way. As my breath goes shallow and my vision dulls, I wish, I pray to anyo... |
969 | Invoke an emotion in the reader , whether it be laughter , tears , or rage - make me feel something .
| It was at 3.17am exactly when it happened. I remember because it woke me up. I was laying in an truly awkward position and was able to glance the time on the bedside clock. I tried to move but my entire body was just a dead weight. I only found this out when I tried to get myself into a more comfortable position, but I... |
970 | Write a story based off of your favorite song - see if we can guess right !
| ( Okay, just for fun, this one should be easy for you to identify )
We were living the life; it was the early seventies, sideburns and flares. Our gear owed much to the film Easy Rider although we ’ d have never admitted that was what had inspired us to take a road trip on our Harleys.
“ It looks like the Bates... |
971 | Aliens capture a human . The human breaks out and starts hunting them . Basicly `` Alien '' , but with a human
| It came to me in a flash of insight- literally. I ’ d been trapped in total darkness in a lab cage. I could talk to the woman imprisoned next to me. I could hear the aliens coming and going, and of course feel their cold claws and instruments when they pulled me from my cage and ran their brutal tests. But it was alway... |
972 | You were technically dead for 12 seconds, but the afterlife is not what anyone thought it'd be. | As it turns out the dinosaurs didn’t go extinct. Dinosaurs live where we go when we die. Since they can consume humans no one feels like this is heaven, but they’re not entirely sure it’s hell.
Dinosaurs never lived on earth. The reason fossils are rarely full specimens is because what we have was inadvertently brough... |
973 | You 've been living in a family 's house without their knowledge for some time now . One day , you notice the house is silent .
| My ears are good, like really good. Better than yours. They have to be, because if they weren ’ t, I ’ d be dead. Last night I went to bed in the basement, it ’ s cool and quiet down there, lots of places to hide, and the family members rarely venture down there unless they are fixing the furnace, or getting a can of f... |
974 | Instead of moving on to the afterlife , spirits of family members can linger for generation amongst their descendants . Familial dynamics are drastically different .
| “ It came! ” I hurriedly pulled the box away from the delivery guy. My father entered as I started pulling at the packaging.
“ Is that the goggles? ” He questioned while sipping slowly at his beer. Tape resisted my attempts, but I finally got to the headset of a lifetime.
Huge letters on my new toy ’ s packagin... |
975 | You awake in the middle of the night to your phone loudly playing a message , `` This is the emergency Broadcast channel , This is not a test . Please seek shelter immediately . Do not look outside , do not make noise , do not- '' , the transmission ends .
| The screaming tone I woke up to is the most horrifying sound a man could hear. I was hearing a singularity, a point of no return. My government was unequivocally telling me that I was in danger, that my life was on the line. It was communicated through a primitive, screaming, deadly tone. There was no other way to desc... |
976 | The called it the Murderstorm. A stormcloud would roll in and people saturated with its rain would become psychotic and homicidal. Once the cloud passed or they became dry enough they would become lucid but still remember what they did. Some leave to follow the cloud and become stormriders. | I plunged the knife up to the hilt into his chest. The sticky warmth of blood immediately coated my palm. I gazed deep into his eyes. Even through pain, a searing hatred shined through back into mine. My heart quickened and I pressed my lips hard against his. Almost as hard as the knife in his chest. He bit me with sur... |
977 | You have been infested by nanomachines . Describe a normal day in your life .
| Technically, the nanobugs are proof of advanced civilizations existing, or having existed, in space. In truth, the nanobugs are a marvel and a wonder to behold. They work with such efficiency and with such speed, even able to reproduce and heal; all working toward their own goal. It ’ s hard to remember that side of th... |
978 | You’re the priest assigned to Death Row, and as the convict finishes their confession, you cross yourself and motion hastily for the guard before signing off for the night. Their words still haunt you as you leave. | I know what you’ve done.
The words played on repeat in my head, the tone of her voice almost… amused.
She had gazed at me intently, leaning forward as far as her shackles would allow.
I had expected to see dark, hollow eyes – a look I had seen in countless other killers. Instead, I was greeted with a burning fervour... |
979 | Write about a character that changes physically/personality wise over time and how it affects the the people around them
| The garbage men were coming around the block while my son and I played checkers. “ King me daddy! ”, my son said as he skipped over my piece. “ dad, if I was king I would make them go away ”. The trucks wheels screeched like stuck pigs as it's breaks squealed to a halt.
“ They have one more house to go. We can play... |
980 | You and your crush are abducted by a mad scientist that switches your brains out . You wake up the next day in their body .
| I hate sleepovers; your nose feels out the room before you open your eyes. You get that whiff of unfamiliarity. It isn ’ t comforting, in fact its vexing. And then you realize that that you ’ re not in your bedroom. While squinting my closed eyes to block out the uninvited rays of light I struggled to associate the pai... |
981 | You wake up one morning and open up Reddit . Stickied at the top of the front page with 35 thousand upvotes is an AskReddit : `` Did you all just feel that ? ''
| It was 8:24 A.M. on a snowy Tuesday morning in December. I had just woken up, on the side of the road that is. I felt terrible, my head was halfway in a mixture of water and some vile purplish substance. I felt for my phone, my muscles were stiff. I pulled out my phone and called the first number I saw, Tom, my roommat... |
982 | A serial killer loses his memory and wakes up in what is clearly a serial killer 's house .
| The alarm goes off. I open my eyes and take a deep breath. I can ’ t seem to remember why the alarm was set for eight in the morning. I can ’ t remember lying down on this bed the night before. More disturbingly, I can ’ t remember who I am. A shudder creeps down my spine. I remain on the bed, lying on my back. I move ... |
983 | In the future , humanity has developed personal technology which enables any implantee to seemingly act magic . Machines take care of everything , and everyone has forgotten all about science and has no concept of it .
| In the year 3021, wraps and burritos had become the lunch of choice for many Americans. Sandwiches were passe now; their crumbs made too much of a mess, and this posed a problem when the standard human body had more crevices to infiltrate than ever before. If the thought of injecting bread into your bloodstream sounds ... |
984 | On a fine Friday afternoon , you find yourself eating at the dinner table with your family , eager to eat , you spill the salt shaker over and it spills onto your dad 's arm , he recoils as you hear a burning sizzle , you are an avid horror story reader but your family does n't know that ...
| I looked at my dad in horror and he glared back at me.
`` Son, you know I'm allergic to salt'' He scolded.
`` Sorry Dad,'' I apologized, `` I forgot.''
I did n't let him in on what I knew for sure, my Dad was not allergic to salt, and this man.....was not my father. He looked like him, sounded like him, and... |
985 | A group of alien children are having a slumber party and decide to tell horror stories about humans .
| “ I heard, ” Timothy began “ they crawl out of their birth mothers, and they ’ re covered in blood and guts when it happens. ”
Suzie, Robert, and Megan all let out a chorus of ‘ Ews ’ and ‘ That ’ s gross! ’ ” The four of them sat in a circle on top of their neon-bright sleeping bags. It was Suzie ’ s birthday, and... |
986 | Two working adults talking in a park about their life. The story’s narrator is a six-year old. | Mommy and I went to the park. She said she wanted me to play on the playground while she talked to a friend. I didn’t want to go, but she said I was too young to be home alone, and dad wouldn’t be home until late. I asked if I could bring Randal with me. Randal’s my droid. Daddy and I made him in Disneyworld. Mommy sai... |
987 | The train you 're on does n't seem to stop ever again .
| I wake up and we ’ re moving so quickly that all I can see out of the windows are blurs of green, gray, brown, black and green again. They wisp into indistinct shapes and if I look for too long, sitting in my decidedly orange economy class seat, I stop being sure of what color they are altogether. Is this the color of ... |
988 | You awaken in a room with no doors , windows , or any passages to the outside whatsoever . You look behind you , and written in blood on a wall are six words - `` THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY OUT ''
| My back aches, my head is buzzing as if my brain was taken out, put on a string and thrown around for several hours. I stretch out my hand, trying to reach for my phone to look at the time. Nothing but cold stone. I open my eyes while trying to stand up, slowly, as I feel an invisible force pushing me against the groun... |
989 | Were-humans ...
| NSFW
Octavia crawled slowly along her web. She moved gingerly into the moonlight. “ What is happening? ” She asked herself. She felt her eyes slowly merging together into two separate globs. “ It hurts! ” She screamed. Then she could only see out of the two globs instead of her usual eight. Next her legs started me... |
990 | Write a Choose Your Own Adventure story that goes in an infinite loop .
| I was sitting at home and looked myself in the mirror. I said to myself: I wish I were n't so alone.
After a while it felt like the mirror was calling me. I walked trough.
I found myself in a castle of mirrors. I got really scared so I started running. All I could see was the reflection of me in all those mirrors... |
991 | A horror story from the perspective of a blind individual , using only the sense of smell
| It comes right before I close my eyes to sleep. I ca n't hear it at all but the smell of rotten meat is always overpowering when it is in the room. I do n't know what it wants from me, and I have been trying to avoid it by sleeping in other parts of the house. It does n't matter where I go. It finds me. Sometimes it's ... |
992 | One morning, at 7AM sharp in each time zone, a quarter of the population randomly changes into some kind of mythical creature, meaning most wake up that way. You get to 7 am and realize you definitely have a problem. | 6:20AM
“Patient unconscious! Patient unconscious!”
“We have to do a C-section! Shit shit shit shit! Get me surgeon Dan in here NOW!”
The delivery ward filled with panicked voices, as I grew more and more anxious. I could see a man quickly putting on his scrubs and running towards me. He runs towards my wife and hast... |
993 | The Final Hours of Judas Iscariot
| “ Everybody hurts, Judas- walk towards me ”, I whispered to him.
“ Taste it ”, Satan hissed.
In a miserable stupor the drunken man walked towards his fate, oblivious. I ’ ve seen so many crumble under the weight of their battles. These poor souls can taste defeat and sadness in the marrow of their bones. They a... |
994 | You enter the computer room . There 's one dusty console . In green letters , it says `` Is anyone there ? '' There is a space to reply . What do you say ?
| I pulled my sleeve over my hand and wiped it over the keyboard. Tentatively fingered the keys.
- Who is this?
The response was immediate.
-- I don ’ t know. Help me.
Okay. Creepy. The machine whirred, and I watched the blinking green line, wondering if it was wise to reply. This could get weird fast. I chewed a... |
995 | The dead do not die, they simply rest. They awaken again once a threat is near to help combat it. One day, they begin wandering seemingly without cause. | “I thought they only come back when there was a threat they could help with?” Jess said looking out at the huge crowd of corpses trying to break through the security parameter of the compound.
“They are,” Mustafa looked up from his screen, eyes red from long nights trawling through datasets, “The fact that every dead ... |
996 | A new anti-graffiti method is put into spray paint . It now screams when it is sprayed .
| It was that time of year, and it seemed I was more excited than my son was. During the Cub Scout meeting that week each boy received his package for the Pinewood Derby. I remembered racing when I was a kid. Everyone would carve, paint, and decorate the small wooden block inside the package. When derby day came, we see ... |
997 | You find an old object of yours in the back of the closet. Tell us about a single memory that slams into your brain when you see the object. | The temperature in the room dropped from July sun to January snow as I pulled the box out of the closet and saw the object behind it. Chills ran down my spine and across every inch of skin. I dropped the box to the floor and I wrapped my arms around my body, shivering in spite of the 106 degree weather. A thousand feel... |
998 | [ wp ] Years ago , you made a deal with the Devil to be granted a single wish . All your memories of the deal were then wiped . Years later , your wish is fulfilled and you are about to find out what price your younger self was willing to pay to make it come true .
| I was lucky, or so they told me. To still have intelligent conversations with either of my parents, when they were both over ninety years old, it was almost unheard of. Neither of them had gone through so much as a small skip in their heart beats or an irregular shadow on a PET scan, or at least they had n't since my d... |
999 | People have the ability to shed damaged fingers/limbs when damaged and grow new ones . One day , a mental patient sheds their head .
| I was about to drive this day ’ s last load of arms and legs back to the disposal zone – the Meat Grinder as I liked to call it. Mr Schultz ’ s limp walk back to his door from the driveway after filling out his limb disposal form meant I ’ ve had only one home left to clear for the day.
‘ If this one ’ s quick I ’ ... |
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