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[ WP ] A serial killer is called for jury duty . At the trial , he finds out that the person on trial has been falsely accused for the serial killer 's crimes .
| Jury duty, what kind of nonsense is this. How can they even put this man on trial for a crime where no body exists? I picked that meat to the bone and threw the bones to the pigs.
I really do n't know who enjoyed the meal more, the pigs and I probably equally squealed in delight. Regardless the most this man should... |
[ WP ] You find a watch that can control time . It 's now been two months since you found it , and the battery dies .
| I hate watches. I hate bracelets. I hate anything that hugs my skin tight and inhibits movement in that particular area. Starting from that rubber wristband that makes my wrist all clammy, to the cropped pants that end at my knee and restrict bending.
But I had to be generous to this old guy here. It was rusted, an... |
[ WP ] You 've always liked the smell of gasoline , and one day at the gas station you decide to drink it . You see words floating before you , `` All systems refuelled . Initializing Android Mainframe . ''
| A split second later though it turns out that you actually human after all and you begin to die. You be in android was just wishful thinking. You see a tall dark figure hovering in the corner of your eye
HELLO MY FRIEND, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
You manage a feeble smile and nod at the stranger.
ARE YOU READY? ... |
[ WP ] In an alternate universe of superheros , every child is born holding an object that corresponds to their power , i.e . a feather for super speed , a stone for strength . You are the first child in history who comes out of the womb clutching nothing .
| They said I had no power, that always made me smile.
It did nothing to argue for they never understood.
Eventually I came to never speak a word for I had been always told I was crazy.
They say you ca n't possibly believe that.
I had an answer for everything anyone ever said.
Devil's advoca... |
[ WP ] At the height of the cold-war , one side launched its entire arsenal . The leader of the opposing side , adamant not to let this mean the end , made the decision to not retaliate . This is the losing-side 's last message to the world .
| We stand at the brink of complete and total annihilation. In mere hours, we will see ICBMs cascade from the sky like fallen angels cast from Heaven; once our silent protectors in the form of mutually assured destruction, now our doomsday much like the betrayal of the rebel angel Lucifer.
Tonight, we will see explos... |
[ IP ] I Miss Something Special
| The fan working its hardest to keep us from the unbearable heat. Sadly, it can only do so much leaving us in tank tops and shorts. Having the windows open does n't help if there were no winds either, asides from that, the traffic jam is an annoying sound to hear now that the apartment has been more quiet then ever. Not... |
[ WP ] My sweet revenge
| What... just that? Three words? All right.
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Last week, he put me in my locker and closed the door; this week, I get him back. There he is drinking stupid fucking water from the stupid fucking water fountain with his stupid fucking head dropped low so that his stupid fucking bangs get a little bit wet. All I... |
[ WP ] Write a characters life , each decade a sentence .
| Crying.
Crawling, sleeping.
Baby steps, babbling.
Talking, discovering, lego bricks.
Remembering now, blurry shapes, mommy.
Friends to sing with, learning everyday.
Dancing, tickles, flowers and allergies, hot summer.
Friends to play with, growing tall, growing wider.
Football, carrousel... |
[ TT ] For the first time in a long time , the ash turned to snow .
| A scream, quickly followed by a giggle only ever heard from the mouth of a child. The sound of ice cubes *tip-tapping* on bleached porcelain, and a familiar flushing noise. `` Be sure to turn your PJ's inside out!'' `` Do you have a white crayon?'' `` Daddy, I ca n't reach the spoons!'' The twin brother and sister ran ... |
[ WP ] You live in a future where music in any form is considered repugnant . You find a old music box .
| John did n't need to hear music to know he would n't like it. Between parental warnings and ads on the holo-cube John had heard enough already. Looking down at the warped and off colored wood, labeled `` Piano Man'', John snickered at how old people entertained themselves.
His parent's stood at the front of the ant... |
[ WP ] An Evil Wizard has threatened to take over the world . His powers grow stronger the more people fear him . You , the Media , have to scientifically explain each of his feats to prevent him getting stronger .
| First time posting, may be a little one the nose but am working on that, enjoy!
It ’ s incredible yet entirely predictable how quickly a talking head panel can turn to clichés.
“ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, ” preached Joe Ward, a stern looking man, typically the one who would spout the left-l... |
[ WP ] You are in your last few days of the battle with Alzheimer 's .
| “ I DON ’ T KNOW! ” she yells it, and together they freeze, surprised by her audacity; she is rarely so loud. She has rounded on him and he can only stare, and when he raises his hands as if to calm her she flinches away like she ’ s been burned: she doesn ’ t want this. She doesn ’ t want to be the wounded animal. She... |
[ WP ] Every year , Valve attempts to publish Half-Life 3 , but incredible coincidences keep it from happening .
| We're trapped in these steamworks. The pumping iron, the cheap smell of the steam, the voices of millions mindlessly floating their way through this factory's pipes... we've become it. We are the steam, and we are going cold.
So cold, that one day, we'll liquidate. We'll just be the water that some live off despera... |
[ WP ] The initials `` J.B. '' are legendary in espionage - James Bond , Jason Bourne , Jack Bauer . When they 've all failed , you are sent to recruit the next candidate : Jack Black .
| The recruiter waited inside the small conference room for Security to escort Mister Black in. Fleetingly, he though to himself, *what if it was the real Jack Black? That'd be crazy! * As the doors open, and his head perked up. He could n't help but give into the sense of anticipation that had now been planted in his he... |
[ WP ] Hit me with your ultimate Anti-fairy tale
| I remember when Dr. Hadley first discovered the Aether. We all did. The broadcast interrupted all regularly-scheduled programming to present the groundbreaking announcement. Finally, proof that a second, parallel dimension existed right beside our own. Scientists flocked to the discovery, pouring endless hours into cre... |
[ RF ] A small town citizen sees their first automobile
| Jacob wandered down the street, hands buried in pockets. His eyes were drooping, clothes grimed with several layers of dirt and sweat from a hard day ’ s work. Lord knows his back was calling for a cushioned chair, and his stomach growled in eager anticipation of a meal he ’ d order at the saloon.
Turning the corne... |
[ WP ] Your job is to give a fledgling AI a sense of morality .
| `` How do you do?''
The face on the screen was a rudimentary sketch of a sexless face, bald and pre-adolescent. It spoke in a monotone.
`` I am well,'' I said, `` Thanks for asking.''
I grinned and made an effort to raise my eyebrows in a sincere expression. Three days in and my precious Charlie was already... |
[ WP ] You were waiting in line at the bank , but have accidently taken hostages .
| I'm already an hour late to the cosplay convention, my card is n't working again so I've got to stop by the bank to grab some cash. This costume is so bulky, I better at least place in the contest this year.
Walking into the bank during rush hour, I could n't have timed this any worse. `` Get in, get the money, get... |
[ EU ] The infamous `` DOOM : Repercussions of Evil '' re-written with quality writing .
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`` John.....John.'' A voice called out in the distance, rousing an injured Marine up from the floor. Staggering about slightly, overwhelmed with shellshock and a head injury, Sgt. John Stalvern braced himself against the wall with his shoulder with shotgun in hand, groggy eyes needing a moment to take in his surrou... |
[ WP ] Everyone has powers locked within them . Each power is different , and the longer it takes for a power to manifest , the greater it is . A 100 year old man is being hunted by the government for still being powerless .
| He had n't asked to be powerless, he had n't asked to be considered a weapon; a threat, he was 100, and even if he manifested he likely would n't live long enough to do anything noteworthy with it. He was already on life support and medicine, all courtesy of Jonathan Johnson, the alliterarily named richest man in North... |
[ EU ] A muggle genius successfully uses his advanced technology to fake magic and infiltrate the wizarding community to assess if they are a threat . Hogwarts has a new professor : Tony Stark
| Stark was late, as the headmaster had expected. The portraits were telling him to hurry along and he enjoyed tormenting them by spilling the tea, again and again. `` Oh no, I'll have to boil a new kettle,'' he sighed dramatically. `` Forget the tea, forget it! You ca n't be seen to be fumbling with the tea!'' He looked... |
[ WP ] The City speaker turns on , `` Attention , please ... ''
| It has come to our attention.
Well, to be clear -- several things have come to our attention. Several very, very important things warranting this automated announcement.
'But it seems longwinded!' You may whine. In fact you may *not* whine. Already the peace officers have been dispatched on their swift obedience... |
[ WP ] Scientists make a startling discovery about our origins as the human race , and confirm it is not a result of a god , evolutionary means , or an outside extra-terrestrial force . Describe their discovery .
| We were trying to plant the seeds for recreating the beginning of the universe with a mini big bang and we succeeded. Impressively enough, life began evolving in our little experiment and with time, we found that it was evolving. So today, we're going back to the lab to see what life is up to. So, here we are! Take a l... |
[ EU ] A Jedi and a Sith argue philosophy
| Norvaan was a strange world. It had long been covered in ocean, save for a small chain of islands deep in the southern hemisphere where its tallest mountains had once stood. All animal life was either aquatic or amphibious, as the plant life on the island was scarce. One of the mountains' tops had blown off a mere thre... |
[ WP ] For every day of the week , one of the Seven Sins takes a break .
| `` Sir, I do n't know what to make of these numbers'', Dr. Stoltz said to his superior. `` We've adjusted for all possible variables and sampling errors, and ever Tuesday, like clockwork, sales of fast food decline by 90 %. Same with Wednesday and stock prices. On Thursdays, the average American is down to 2 hours of s... |
[ WP ] You are a World of Warcraft character Hero . You wake up on Patch day to find you have been nerfed .
| I blinked, and the creature in front of me I was about to hurl a blast of fire at disappeared from my vision. I sighed and let the magic return to the twisting nether. The Gods that created this world instituted natural laws that cause the world around its people to return to a set state, and at times this can happen w... |
[ WP ] Valhalla is filled with the strongest warriors the world has ever known . Vikings , Spartans , Mongols , Romans , Samurai , Spetznaz , JSOC Operators . And in that corner over there ? That 's Ted , from accounting .
| **Awesome**
Adjective
extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension or fear.
These definitions applied to the great hall of Valhalla perfectly. The grand pillers and tremendously long solid oak tables were beyond comprehension. The ceiling was covered with beautifully detailed scene... |
[ WP ] Plot Twist : You 're already dead . This is purgatory . You 're here based on the actions of a previous life you ca n't remember .
| White. That's all there is to be seen. Cold. That's all there is to be felt. Who am I? What am I? Is this life or is this death? I've been here a long time now, but time no longer exists. I feel as if I've been here for months, but in reality it may only be seconds. Is this real? For I can walk for miles and miles, but... |
[ WP ] `` The human body has an astounding capacity to heal . ''
| `` The human body has an astounding capacity to heal.''
The slide flips.
`` It can heal anything. The paper cut you got yesterday, a bone broken from a fall off a tree. It can simply heal, make it seem as though the blood never flowed. We can not recreate this process. It can recover from nearly any illness. Yo... |
[ CW ] Write a story with every line from a different character 's perspective .
| I almost gave up on the night, I usually hate bars. That's when I looked over and saw him. Tall, well-groomed, handsome. He was staring at me, and I could feel my cheeks flushing. His eyes are so beautiful.
I know it's stupid to go drinking when you're depressed, but when your girlfriend kicks you out and there's a... |
[ WP ] In Jurassic Park 3 , a suburban family is woken up by a Tyrannosaurus Rex . Finish that side story , using any perspective you wish .
| 'Man, it sure as hell been a long night. I remember the old days, when the days were shorter.' I thought as I stepped on another one of the weird shiny rocks.
I grudged on forwards, feeling slightly peckish and thirsty.
'Oh, look. A tiny lake, what a good way to clench my thirst.' I thought.
I hastily drank ... |
[ WP ] Capture what it 's like to be stuck in class/work
| 9:13.
You stare ahead. Everyone in the room does the same. You've only been seated in class for thirteen minutes, so the majority of the room has n't lost focus. Yet.
You hear a rustling of papers, and search for the source of the noise, though it does n't occur to you why such a trivial distraction is drawing ... |
[ WP ] There 's a dead pixel in the sky .
| `` Timothy, get your mother. Mayor Christin has something to fix again.''
He shuffled inside and hid in the basement. You could hear his incessant yelling across a field, but when something in the sky goes black, everything becomes silent.
No doubt Mayor Christin has received numerous calls and communicae's... |
[ WP ] An old man 's happiest memory comes back when he accidentally gets lost on the way home .
| `` Dad, are you sure you know where you're going?''
`` Yeah, boy.. ( *why ca n't I remember his name?!? he's my SON! * ). I'm just taking a back-road or two.''
`` Okay.''
Time to get down to business. Slow, tight uphill to the right, got ta get down in 2nd to get the power down coming out. Oh, that was good... |
[ WP ] To become immortal , one must merely kill an immortal .
| I am getting killed today. Bit of an odd thing to tell people but I have gotten fed up of people and of living. I am 1294 years old, I have lived through everything a human being could but the hardest thing to live through is the death of family and kids. To date I have given birth to 96 children. I loved them all watc... |
[ CW ] At least two characters interact without any dialogue .
| It was a fine Spring day when I first met her.
We crossed paths on a busy street, before a florist. She smiled at my smile; I was caught off guard when it lit up her face. My thoughts were unreadable to even me, until one thought rose over the static.
*All she needs is a flower for her hair*
Without really ... |
[ WP ] Make a coherent story out of one of your dreams , preferably a dream that you were convinced was real while dreaming it
| I was led to the entrance of the cave where the young couple lived, carved into a hillside near a river. They were two carefree young people—hippie types, perhaps in their early thirties. They were not much older than me, really!
The entrance passageway was constructed of natural orange-brown rock, sloping steeply ... |
[ WP ] As you puff out your last cigarette , your best friend , who is standing beside you admitted that he was diagnosed of lung cancer .
| I flicked the cigarette and watched the delicate embers swirl and fall to the ground. I released a plume of smoke, manifesting my silent, unconscious breaths. I brought my head up to her. She stared off into the distance.
`` It's funny how things turn out is n't it? Remember that night you gave me my first fag?''
`... |
[ WP ] Aliens land on earth , but they do so in levitating castles and wizards towers . It turns out that most galactic civilizations rely on magic instead of technology .
| `` You mean you do n't use magic?'' The voice in my head asked quizzically. It was a telepathic contact with the alien.
I tried to reply telepathically too, in hopes that he could hear it, `` Magic? Magic is n't real!'' When there was no response, I said it out loud, knowing that this first broadcasted contact with... |
[ WP ] McDonald 's is about to close the last of its restaurants . What has happened in society that has led to this ?
| Michael sat down on the toilet in the small bathroom in the backroom of the McDonalds restaurant he owned, or soon to be used to own, he thought bitterly. His store would be closing tomorrow, the last one in the world.
It was n't really his fault though, corporate had stupidly followed the Blockbuster plan and had ... |
[ CW ] You have 100 words to describe why the classroom you ’ re sitting in has mint green painted walls .
| # # # # # # [ ] ( # dropcap )
Mine was a conscious choice to paint this classroom a pale hue of green. It was, after all, a place of learning and the board had granted me this concession. My intent was to calm the students. They had left for the day, still stressed over the rigors of education.
I set the cold s... |
[ OT ] A request to all prompt submitters .
| It would be nice. I tend to browse by new because there are a lot of interesting prompts that slip through the cracks. And yes, a lot of the same `` genre'' of prompts are consistently more active and upvoted to the front page ( to the point where we're getting more and more passive aggressive prompts telling us about ... |
[ WP ] Show Do n't Tell
| Two people, standing in the doorway. One has puffy, reddened cheeks, tiny droplets in the corner of their eyes, brows snarled into a a terrifying mask of anger, hurt and hate. The other one's shoulders are slumped together, pale fingers pleading for forgiveness, mercy, anything at all.
Words and shouts fly, crash a... |
[ WP ] The two shared an oddly bittersweet moment as they stopped to watch a beautiful sunset ... at noon .
| *Polar Research Station B7R*
*Conarky*
*Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey, Free Worlds League*
-- -
Captain Nathaniel Deshler grinned behind the heavy scarf wrapped tight round his face. A set of goggles hid his eyes from the harsh polar glare while the heavy thermal suit kept the worst of the howling winds at bay.... |
[ WP ] He kept flirting with her outside the bank , not knowing there was a semi-automatic rifle underneath her jacket .
| The young woman stood by the wall smoking a cigarette.
`` Hey sweetie, how about you help with a light?'' asked the young man, walking over to her.
`` Fuck off.'' Came a stern reply wrapped in a Irish accent.
`` Come on Darlin', It's just a cigarette. It ai n't anything more.'' The man tried to reason with ... |
[ WP ] It was 7am for the Third Time Today
| A young couple were sat by the riverbank idly discussing their lives and watching the ducks swim by; soft, indiscernible music playing as if from nowhere surrounded them, lights shone in the sky dancing along to the beat as they looked on in awe. A booming voice called for drums as ripples suddenly began to appear on t... |
[ TT ] People only have a finite amount of love they can give , so loving something new can reduce how much you love something else .
| `` We only have so much love and it deserves better.'' His words were cautious; each syllable hung in the air waiting for reply.
`` It.'' Her voice sharp. `` It. Is that all she is? You have so little love that you ca n't see her for what she is!''
His face reddened as he glared at his wife. `` That is unfair a... |
[ WP ] All humans go automatically to hell when they die . You can gain access to a heaven though , but only if the animals you interacted with while living vouch for you .
| He stood at the gates for hours. Trying to hear a word, a whisper, anything to give him some hope of his future. The jury was still out; 3 dogs, 3 cats, 12 chickens, 8 ducks, a couple of randomly selected horses, and a very large barred owl. The horses were annoyed that they were even called in. The subject in question... |
[ WP ] Following the nuclear war between USSR and USA each nation has left earth and colonised a different planet without the influence of the other nation . 1000 Years later they re-establish contact with each other .
| `` Greetings Comrades
We would like to discuss terms of our relationship, if you are interested please click the link below.''
The interplanetary mail system ( IMS ) chirped. Jerry Lee stopped sipping his morning coffee immediately. He rubbed his eyeballs a few times. He walked away, came back but the screen was st... |
[ WP ] Every morning you wake up and a small device sits on your nightstand with a green light . Today , that light is red .
| Green. The light was always green. So I blinked at it in disbelief and waited for my brain to decode what it was seeing. It would be green in just a moment, when the sleep fog had stopped muddling me. Green, as ever.
Red.
Red.
Red.
Maybe a second passed; maybe as many as three. Too many. In my mind I ro... |
[ CW ] Write a suicide note without the letter 'e '
| I'm so sorry. So, so, sorry. I just ca n't go on this way. I'm a hollow husk of who I was, a man that was lost long ago. And as I sit writing this, I know that you'll ask why. Why would I do it? I had all a man could ask for. A loving family, a job with good pay, any luxury I could want, so why?
A month. That's how... |
[ WP ] You pick up a hitchhiker late at night .
| „Thanks for stopping, ” said the woman as she crawled inside the back of the car. “ Sorry about the mess. ”
“ No worries, ” said the driver calmly and pulled the car back on the road.
The woman was quite young looking but something about her felt odd. Maybe it was her clothing. It looked like it had gone out of... |
[ WP ] Teleportation has recently been invented , but it destroys the original and creates a copy . What 's happening in the afterlife ?
| `` You're going to make it, honey.'' I can barely hear her voice. She's been saying the same thing for fifteen minutes anyway, holding my hand. It's all starting to fade. Her voice, her hand on mine, her face framed by the flashing lights of oncoming emergency vehicles... all receding into a dark blur.
A car crash,... |
[ WP ] You are one of five mirrors in the women 's bathroom in a nightclub . When you are alone , you talk about the people you have seen . Describe to others one or more encounters you have witnessed last night .
| The others hate it here, but I actually don ’ t mind. I ’ m glad we were put in the woman ’ s bathroom though; the stalls have doors, although they don ’ t always get used. During those times, I sometimes just switch off. I don ’ t think they notice. Sometimes I wish I could switch off more often, but then people would... |
[ WP ] While randomly copypasting stuff from the internet to finish your essay , you have accidentally written the Necronomicon .
| I looked back from my paper to the screen and switched back to the document program. No, not the cat one. Not the other cat one, either. Awh, he's inside a little box. Wait, no. I really should close some of these tabs, I thought as I did n't close a single one. I returned to my somewhat-finished essay. Words stretched... |
[ WP ] Through an alliance against their common enemy , man and an alien race have finally achieved victory in a devastating war . A strong bond was formed between the peoples . You and your alien friend share tales of the war .
| “ Jonathan! ”
I started as the melodious tone chimed my name. *So tired*. The faint shimmer in the air betrayed the presence of the Thelonian, hovering in front of me. For a second I flashed back to the Fields of Zyria.
*Strong thoughts, humming at the edge of limbo – the unknown abyss that waits to take all hu... |
[ WP ] In life , you sold your soul to as many entities as possible so that when you died they would have to fight each other for it .
| When you tell someone you have no soul, they look at you like you are some kind of monster. Like they expect you to be some kind of cat killing, baby stealing psychopath. But the truth is, I do n't know what a soul changes. I still feel sympathy, I still love, hate and laugh like all normal people. I still show up in m... |
[ WP ] You 're going through your young son 's things while organizing his room , when you find two suicide notes - from you and your spouse .
| The smell was abrasive, but it took me back to the long lazy summers of my youth. Struggling to fill the seemingly endless space between noon and 2 am as a 14 year old in the summer, and then the chaos of trying to dress and get ready for school in 3 minutes after oversleeping. Zack's room had an aroma like pancakes le... |
[ CW ] Describe a setting , only a setting .
| A single strip of pavement cut through the brush, its surface cracked and broken, speckled with branches. The trees twisted their way overhead, dropping leaves unnoticed onto the forgotten road while the birds chirped overhead.
In the distance, the river rumbled, its course strong and powerful as it rushed onward, ... |
[ WP ] '' They want Mars to be a prison planet . ''
| `` Sir, you're saying they want Mars to be a prison planet?''
I smile at the crowd and hold out my hands to calm the media frenzy, we knew this would be the response. Fear, panic, confusion.
`` Ladies and gentlemen we have terraformed a planet, this is a step forward for humanity that we could not have imagined... |
[ WP ] Hell has some new technology .
| `` Mr. Lucifer... Satan... Devil...'' stuttered a weathered looking older man as he poked his head through a brimstone door frame.
`` Eh?'' The angelic looking head of the fallen one, himself, peered up from a desk stacked with papers, folders, a typewriter, and a rotary phone. `` What is it, who's there?''
`` ... |
[ WP ] The dashing prince and the evil wizard are both gay and totally in love . Meanwhile , the kidnapped fair maiden is kind of a third wheel ...
| Haughty and empowered by position, the Prince's scowl presented a fowl sense of disdain for his clean shaven mug and dazzling golden mane. The type of look that would drive a peasant woman insane by lust yet infuriate those, mostly jealous men, who simply could n't trust this absent Prince. Since his Childhood he was f... |
[ WP ] You are an `` escort '' , but not in the sexual sense , your job is to make sure you clients get home safely by any means necessary .
| This was my favourite type of contract. The one where the target is n't even aware of my presence. Ghost Contract, is what we call them.
Steve Jones, Lawyer, married, 2 kids, drives an Audi. 4 Bedroom house, small dog. Graduated from a decent university, enjoys hiking, recently witnessed a Guerro Cartel hit on a ke... |
[ WP ] A woman goes to pay respects and notices an unfamiliar person there visiting the same grave .
| She had long since abandoned the notion of the supernatural. Zombies were nothing more than fantasy; ghouls the work of the mind. However, whenever she set foot in a place such as this, all her childhood fears stirred. She'd never tell another soul it was because of such irrational fears that she did everything possibl... |
[ WP ] Take any prompt here and write about it in this post , with one twist - Your result should be very poorly written to the point of comedic absurdity .
| Don knew he did n't have much time. The timer on the bomb was ticking off time, too fast. `` No!'' He thought, thinking of how to stop the bombs timer. Don did n't know how much time he had, or who set the bomb, only that he must stop the timer. Heavy sweat beaded down his rugged yet refined chiseled face, his face exp... |
[ WP ] The first aliens arrive on Earth to scout out the life forms . Unfortunately , they land in Australia , and base the the species threat of the entire planet on the dangerous critters there .
| *Report! *
Fair enough. Overall, not too bad, ay. Straya's a pretty nice place.
*What are you talking about? *
Straya. Where I just went on mission.
*Do you mean `` Australia''? *
Yeah, that's what I said.
*Uh, well ok. So what did you find? *
Oh heaps of stuff. There's dirt and water and an... |
[ WP ] A man wanders across post apocalyptic America , he has an artifact that grants him a supernatural ability but also slowly makes him lose his mind .
| I do n't remember waking up this morning. All that I can remember is the shattered shell of the city that lies before me. As I walk through these ruins I can feel my small leather bag banging against my hip.
I stop for a moment and sit down on the ruined sidewalk, my eyes stinging from the dust that's blowing in th... |
Writing Prompt [ WP ] You have the ability to freeze time . When you do , everyone freezes as well . One day , you freeze time , and out the window , you see a girl moving around , astounded and confused . Then , she sees you..
| I dash out the front door. As outrageous as it may seem, i'm not surprised. And I tell her: `` Finally! I've been freezing time all my life and never met anyone who could skip right through it like you are. You must be special. Would you care to come inside for a cup of tea - and an explanation?''
She does n't know... |
[ EU ] Before Bruce Wayne 's death , he created an artificial intelligence in a robotic Bat-Suit to protect Gotham in his absence . Eighty years later , the AI has turned against Gotham . A team of gifted teenagers take on the robot while branding the costumes and themes of Batman 's former enemies .
| It started when I was 8. I had been staying over at my Aunt and Uncle's house, enjoying myself, while my parents were having a date night. Marijuana had just been legalized in Gotham.
The bastard bat-thing, which our law enforcement had been as incapable of stopping as the original, used an old comprehension engine... |
( WP ) Write a story so that the odd-number lines make one story , the even-number lines ( in bold ) make a second different story , and all lines together make a third .
| **I pulled out my rifle, pointing into the dark of the night**
In the distance I could just make out the outline of a beautiful deer.
**My finger went around the trigger, ready to fire. **
The deer did n't have a care in the world, it seemed to be enjoying its night.
**I would feel guilty for this kill, but I h... |
[ WP ] You are the last person on Earth and your birthday was the day before . Happy 10th birthday !
| Well I guess it's not my birthday anymore, still.
I got a lego tattoo on my face this morning when I woke up because I had a lego stuck in my face. And I had some chocolate on my face too.
I know I had another candy bar that I was saving for today but now I do n't know where it is so I'm going to the store to f... |
[ FF ] Write a speech in 100 words or less that encourages an army about to face certain death
| *Standing atop a lifted platform, he squares with the sprawling number of soldiers -- all standing in formation -- before him. He lifts his back straight, locks his hands by his tailbone, squints his eyes. And pauses for some time, letting the silence waft over them. He does not waver. *
*silence*
`` All our li... |
[ WP ] Write anything you think of . Right now . Do n't stop , do n't backspace . Just write whatever comes to mind .
| Frank knew at this moment that he was losing his mind. The nanites which had been touted as such an improvement for humanity was slowly stripping his sense of being away. The longer they stayed in his body and the more they multiplied, the more of them there were in his head, the less human he felt. Why was that? Did n... |
[ WP ] Personify an emotion that is very prevalent in your life right now .
| If she was anything she was red. From her shoes, her loud loud shoes, to her smirk she was red. Speaking of her shoes I hear them come now, the click clack is familiar but anything but comforting. Red nails on a fat hand taps on the door frame,
“ Oh Catherine… ” the smirk drives me mad as I look over my desk toward... |
[ WP ] On Halloween at exactly 11:15 , the dead try to call their loved ones .
| `` I'm sorry I was n't there to receive your call,'' Adam says, wiping away the dust and grim from his wife's headstone. `` I've been working late shifts to get us through... well, to get us through. And you know the kids. They do n't talk on their phones anymore. They like to'text.' Really, you ca n't spare your mothe... |
[ WP ] A plane lands at JFK airport with no flight plan . No records of its serial number exist , and no one on board seems to know where they came from .
| Frank has seen it coming in to land.
It wer'nt no insignia he had never saw before and he cusses hard under his breath, from his vantage point it looked like a slightly modified 747. Reaching into his shirt pocket he pops a cigarrette into his mouth, opened the window and lights it. He knows that once his walkie ta... |
[ WP ] A person is having a party for their death in a society where choosing to die is considered normal .
| I'll never find this normal.
I mean I can understand it, and sympathise ( hell would n't be working this job if I could n't ) but it still unnerves me.
The client is saying his last goodbyes, it's neen a good party - excellent send off, better than most clients I deal with. His kids are hurt, they've begged, th... |
[ WP ] The Earth really is flat . And you 're part of an exploration team to discover what lies beyond the edge .
| `` Get up and go, gentlemen. The last one of you up goes over the edge without a rope.''
They called us explorers, told us that we were the real scientists who were pushing the boundaries of what we knew of our earth. But the GPS trackers and armed guards surrounding us reminded us of our past. We were debtors, giv... |
[ WP ] A child has wandered out of the woods , with torn clothes and mud-stained clothes . When he 's asked if he knows what day it is , and where he 's from , he says `` July 1 , 2201 '' and `` The Moon . '' And he 's serious .
| It was almost exasperating for little Mikey Turner to have to repeat himself so much.
“ Be serious now. Where are your parents and how can we contact them? ”
The man must have been crazy. He was dressed in the most outlandish outfit Mikey had ever seen, wouldn ’ t respond to Mikey ’ s answer ( which he had give... |
[ WP ] `` Oh , but she does n't need a mask . '' Turning towards her , `` You 're already wearing one '' , he smiles .
| She stood there shocked, never in a million years had she imagined the interview going like this. The ad simply said `` Assistant needed,'' and paid a rather spectacular amount per hour. He had turned his back to me very early on in the interview. There was a glass of water on the table. This interview however seemed t... |
[ WP ] Death has been training his replacement . His training almost complete , the apprentice 's final task is to take his master .
| “ Excellent. ” Death purred as the apprentice once again sliced the head off the mannequin with meticulous perfection. He was sure at this point – it was time for the final test.
“ What shall I do next, sir? ” The apprentice wiped the sweaty strands of blond hair that stuck to his forehead.
Death had to admit, ... |
[ WP ] The post post-apocalyptic society believes the ruins are remnants of fallen gods .
| The great golden arches stood resplendent as ever in the middle of the crumbling ruins of the Gods. We had picked through the artifacts they had left behind and learned that the dwellings they built here that stretched on for miles was known collectively as New York.
Mass was beginning and I hurried inside, if I wa... |
[ WP ] You receive a call from the Devil , asking for help .
| *Please allow me to introduce myself*
*I'm a man of wealth and taste*
My cellphone rang. Two things occured to me. That is not my ringtone. And this is not my phone. I answered it anyway.
`` Hello? ``, I said to the phone.
`` I need you to look into something for me. ``, said the voice on the other end.
... |
( WP ) A drug addict meets him/herself when they were twelve .
| ( ( Apologies if this is a shitty representation. ) )
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
What is this place? The curtains, the carpet, this tv set, this coffee table, this couch...
Oh.
It ’ s my house. My old house, when I was a kid.
I go to step outside of the living room, but it... |
[ IP ] Last Station
| I ’ d chosen this stone as my home, so my scales could dance like stardust with the sun.
I also chose it because of the 4609, to remind myself of what I ’ d become. The train brought the wounds of my heart to life, you see. It was like pushing a searing knife to a scar. I could never grasp what I had done that day,... |
[ OT ] Sunday Free Write : Imagine Edition
| *This was a story from a [ prompt ] ( https: //www.reddit.com/r/promptoftheday/comments/1iddj3/tiger_tiger_burning_bright/ ) from promptoftheday, though it was pretty old so I could n't put the story on it. I might as well put it here though. CC is more than welcome! *
-- -
Tiger, tiger, burning bright,
In th... |
[ WP ] The forest is all you have ever known . Mapping your home is how you spend your days . Then one day , you reach its edge .
| Fifteen years piled upon another ten years...
My heart had been steadily beating ever since I began exploring where I lived with my family. None of us are related to one another and yet we've always been together, bound by a bond formed in the rustic wilderness. Sunlight would wake us up and we'd hunt and gather un... |
[ WP ] Dave is the first human convict to arrive in the intergalactic prison .
| `` Hello Dave - your dinner is ready.'' a cheerful automated voice said.
Dave grunted in response and opened his eyes. His gaze was met with a pixelated, smiling face. `` I told you, I'm not hungry.''
`` I apologize, Dave. But as your personal cell companion, I have to make sure you are well fed.'' The robot's ... |
[ WP ] You are a lonely vampire . The thousands of years of immortality has left you lonely . The cycle of meeting people and watching those people slowly die is becoming increasingly painful for you to watch . Until one day you find an immortal pet rock to keep you company till the end of time .
| Ulysses Durant had never been a reverent man, but he always bowed his head in respect before the red root chakra painted on the door of a small shop in a narrow back ally.
A small bell above announced his arrival as he pushed open the door. A fragrant waft of myrrh and cinnamon washed over him.
`` Bonsoir, Uly.... |
[ WP ] Write about something incredibly mundane , but write it as though you were writing a horror story .
| It seemed like I had been there for an eternity and yet barely five minutes had passed. The cool air sent shivers down my spine as I waited for the inevitable to happen.
A small crowd had already gathered there and was divided into groups, talking to each other calmly as if nothing was going to happen. It seemed li... |
[ WP ] Not a single person noticed that the protagonsit has amnesia , he 's just too good with faking recognition .
| In the tidy, quiet room, she sat at the table, staring out the window. Her eyes stared off into the distance, looking at nothing. She could have been there for hours, unmoving, like a statue. Her expression betrayed no indication of what she was thinking.
`` Hello?'' the man said to her, waking her from whatever sh... |
[ WP ] Your partner is waking up from a sixty year long cryogenic sleep . The reason ? After sixty years , a cure has been found .
| The day began like any other. I was awake before my six o'clock alarm, staring at the ceiling, lying in my bed alone. I crawled out of bed, and headed downstairs to read the paper and have my first cup of coffee, black. I had just made it through the sports section when the phone rang. My heart leapt in my chest, beati... |
( WP ) Santa is tired of punishing naughty children with coal . Instead , he decides to resort to vigilante justice .
| The house was quiet, but for the soft snores of an 8 year old boy sitting up on the couch, waiting for Santa to bring him his presents.
Santa swore under his breath as the bell on his hat softly jingled. The noose was almost low enough... a little further...
The soft leather slipped gently beneath the boy's chi... |
[ WP ] The day after Halloween , everyone has magically turned into what they dressed up as .
| `` Wow... That's a lot of paperwork.'' said James, dumbfounded.
`` Yes it is, Mrs. Clinton. What did you expect? It's like this every day.'' responded the advisor, `` Get to work, you have a meeting at 8, and I need you to revise those policy suggestions we've been asking for.''
James was n't even out of bed ye... |
[ WP ] In a world dominated by machine , the AI are beginning to worry about humans gaining sentience .
| The door opened and Caretaker 13J entered its home.
`` Arrival logged.'' The house said. `` Are there any new developments I should be aware of?''
`` Energy consumption at work has increased once again.'' 13J said as it removed the non-essential parts of its body. `` And it seems progress on the gene therapy ha... |
[ WP ] You live in a world where magic exists , however , you must sacrifice a memory in order to cast a spell . The more memories , or the more precious a memory , the more powerful the magic . You just woke up with no memory save a name .
| Achim. Achim. Achim. Over and over this word replays in his mind. He does n't know what it means, in fact he ca n't even think about how weird it is that that's the only word he knows, it's just a feeling of a void; a void that encompasses his whole being, something that should be there but is n't. Eventually a feeling... |
[ WP ] North Korea 's dictatorship has toppled and you are required to house and look after a North Korean person .
| To live in fear of death is human. But to live as Jae-Hwon did, or “ Jae ” as he liked me to call him, is to live in the imminence of death, another thing entirely.
I took him in during the early days of killing, when it was seemingly random, barely a blip on the nightly news. At first it was only a tabloid story, ... |
[ WP ] Aliens have EMP 'd Earth . Our defenses are wiped out . One man stands in their way , Mordecai , Amish Engineer .
| Mordecai sat in his workshop, idly bending and unbending a small hinge. The rustling of the grass and the lowing of the cows outside accompanied the squeaking of the hinge to a faint melody. Mordecai smiled, his oval glasses seeming to shine along with the eyes behind them. As he gazed at a wall of fair ribbons for his... |
[ WP ] A character attempts to solve a riddle
| Billy had never been any good at solving riddles. He; d never been any good at using his head. His brother, Bobby, could sit there for hours riddling Billy, and laughing at the stupid answers Billy would say.
`` What has teeth but no mouth?''
`` A Badger''
Billy still was n't any good at solving riddles.
Ye... |
[ WP ] A man claims to be from the future . You ask for proof , and what he shows you removes all doubt .
| Just another day, another morning jog through Valmoor Park. It was one of the safer places in the big city to jog. Muggers very honorably stuck to only robbing people at night, and left when the sun came up. The kind of place where city workers picked up the empty beer cans, used condoms, and broken glass pipes every d... |
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