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[ WP ] While walking , you notice everyone recoiling from a young woman . you speak to her to find out why . through her surprise , she explains she is death and everyone else sees a person based on how they feel about the concept of death . You 've never seen a more beautiful or inviting person .
| The station was near empty this time of night. The cold grey fog had swept into the corridors turning the lights into hazy yellow clouds. It was perfect, after weeks of scouting the stations on the J line I had found a time when the trains still ran, but had minimal people. As I come up to the end of the platform I gla... |
[ WP ] A single sword . A single word . A single world , turned upside down .
| This was it. The only man who could stand in my way had agreed to face me in single combat. Legend said that none could defeat him. Legend was wrong.
There were older stories, from before his time. From before he was called a god on Earth. They told of a lost weapon, a sword that could strike down any foe, even one... |
[ WP ] A stupid fucking mug with my name on it .
| Thomas was never very good with gifts. He always got something that was not quite what you wanted or not very thought through. At least he knew it and often included a receipt.
The first Christmas we had as co-workers and office neighbors, three years ago, Thomas got me a skateboard. I had told him that my son was ... |
[ WP ] You are Death . For eons you have adhered to the ancient rules , collecting souls only when it their time , so as to not take sides in the war between God and the Devil . Well , the Devil 's been a real dick lately ... so you start choosing who dies & when , attempting tip the balance in God 's favor .
| “ Hello Angel, up for a bit of fun? ”
I gritted my teeth, leaning on my scythe as I tried to keep the rage from my eyes. It didn ’ t do to antagonize him. “ No… Thanks. ”
Lucifer grinned, the serrated edges of his teeth gleaming in the flames. “ Ah come on, baby. You ’ ll always remember your time with the Devi... |
[ WP ] Magic is real . Your natural magic ability is determined by how many people died 24 hours prior to your birth . You , and 2 others were born on the day of the greatest massacre in human history .
| When the new girl walked into class, the teacher smiled and gave her the warm greeting she gave everyone. At the end of the standard speech she asked when Jessica's birthday would be.
`` It's on the 25th ma'am.''
`` Of this month?''
`` That's next week then! How delightful. That's also Tom's birthday, so we... |
[ WP ] You wake up in a strange room , only to find alternate universe versions of you there , each different in their own way ( gender , race , background etc ) . You have no idea what brought you here .
| I had about 5 seconds to get used to lying on my back and frankly I was comfortable there until the 6th second rolled around and someone kicked me in the gut. You know what that feels like? A good solid kick in the gut that wakes you right up and rearranges your priorities in a hurry starting with `` make that not happ... |
[ WP ] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel . Kantian gates , Salec skip drives , Maltiun wave-riders , Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity 's solution was regarded as `` Unorthodox '' , `` Unsafe '' , and `` Damn Stupid '' by the rest of the galaxy .
| “ Shit, there goes another one. ” General Turr mumbled to, Taek, his first officer, “ They ’ re getting a lot more accurate, they used to miss by a few thousand kilometres. ”
Turning the ship towards the newly arrived HomoSapien space liner, the Exerprise H56, the Kantian war ship set about tracking the liner and g... |
[ WP ] A dyslexic Devil-worshiper sells his soul to Santa .
| You would n't think that a jolly fat man who brings presents to little boys and girls would have so many enemies but he does. There are a ton of politics that go into being Santa, and for the past 10 years I've been his `` repair man''. I helping fix any problems that may arise. Labor disputes between elves, reindeer s... |
[ MP ] The Black Parade
| When I was a young boy, my father and I went into the city on a cold winter day. He told me never to go to the city alone, but that it was important I see what happened there.
As we entered through a large, ornate blackend iron gate, I began to ask how that could happen to metal but hushed me and told me not to s... |
[ WP ] A magic coin gives the owner just enough money to get by , until they can finally support themselves , then they must give it to another person in need .
| Grills.
He's got one gold tooth, yet the motherfucker calls himself Grills.
`` Keeping the party going?''
`` Nah, nah, nah. Just got up. You know. Going out tomorrow. Just being prepared.'' I lied, bouncing from foot to foot. I felt the 6 baggies hit my palm as he slapped me five.
`` You gon na be real...... |
[ IP ] The Good Die Young
| The village was always peaceful at night. The sun setting in the ash-gray sky mixed with the twinkle of the light-drones floating by set a happy mood that contrasted with the way we were all feeling. Many of us would leave this very night. Not many of us would come back.
I held my daughter's hand for what might be ... |
[ WP ] You dig up a time capsule you buried years ago . Instead of memorabilia , you find a modern phone . It rings .
| I stare at the phone skeptically as it continues to ring. After the third ring, I answer. Hello? who is this? `` Hello, Mr. Ross. It's good to hear you found it, and right on time, it seems''. What? How do you know me? When did you put this phone here? *looks around*....Where are you? `` Why do you ask? Are you concern... |
[ WP ] You have a near-death experience that reveals you have a Guardian Angel protecting you ... And you have the hots for her . You continue putting your life in danger in order to spend more time with her .
| Samson stood up out of his car and stretched out as he shut the door behind him. It was n't a long drive to get there, but with the sun's rays warming him in the brisk morning, he could n't help but stretch and bask in it a little. This was the kind of morning Wanda would go out in a swimsuit and get some basking in he... |
[ WP ] Grandpa always said to stay out of the basement because of `` the bones . ''
| Growing up in the city with two brothers, I valued being alone from a very young age. I often used to ( and sometimes still do ) dream of being the only child. Not because I wouldn ’ t have to share or because Mom would spoil me a little more. I just wanted to be alone. I think that ’ s why the week with Grandpa each s... |
[ WP ] Every time you teleport , your body is destroyed and instantly recreated at the destination . Heaven and Hell are struggling to cope with the billions of duplicated souls created every year , so a bipartisan emergency meeting has been called to sort out the problem .
| `` Jerry... Jerry!''
Jerry jerked his head up, looking left then right at the millions of angels staring back at him. The podium was empty! Coming to his senses, he felt the soft hum of a trillion tappings of tiny, bored fingertips that reverberated across the Infinity Boardroom to the end of the universe and back.... |
[ WP ] Tell a story in which eye contact is crucial .
| With God as my witness, I would not crack.
My opponent stared me down, rivaling the ferocity with which I glared into him. The room would have been silent but for the clock, whose ticks and tocks kept the rhythm of our rivalry. The world was dead to us now; had fire broken out we would have each surely perished bef... |
[ WP ] Write about a day in your life as if it were a videogame . Be sure to include levels , bosses , rewards , and consequences .
| After the set time for my waking up which I set last night at 7:00am passed, I opened my eyes to me standing up.
I, however, thought nothing of it as it happens everyday. What I thought about however, is that my food meter is
nearly depleted. And nobody likes it when their food meter is almost depleted.
So I wa... |
[ WP ] A serial killer who kills hitchhikers picks up a serial killer who kills the people who pick him up .
| I'm quite late to this, not sure if it will even get read but here goes...
It was 7:15 on a lousy evening in Jindabyne as Sean drove along the dark, icy road. This winter had been particularly cruel to Sean; fewer people had been staying at his lodge which forced him to cut the cleaning staff. Sean had been struggl... |
[ WP ] You wake up , floating upright in a cloning tank . Your first fatal accident , and remote consciousness uplink . As your new eyes adjust and focus , you peer out and realise that several technicians are shouting and frantically grappling with a malfunction .
| In the blink of an eye, it was gone. The muffled sirens, the awkward discomfort in her chest – in the end there had n't been time for pain. The worst part had been the anticipation, and even that had come and gone before she'd had time to breathe. All she could do was watch, instinctively raising her arms in front of h... |
[ WP ] Your body is frozen into cryogenic sleep but for some reason your brain stays awake . 8 years later your ship arrives at the destination and the rest of the crew wakes up .
| I thought it would be colder, overall.
When my body was being prepped and I signed the mandatory liability claims, which I felt were more of a bureaucratic formality, oh how I wish I took that 10-day legal studies master course in Khan VR. My very nerves were glazed instantly with a thick preserving frost with its ... |
[ WP ] A confrontation set during a thunderstorm .
| The storm came on slowly, looming ominously throughout the day until the fading light vanished beyond the horizon, and with it, peace. The winds howled furiously, the trees' branches shaking violently, the weaker ones snapping off. Then the black clouds unleashed the might of their rain The torrent drowned out all othe... |
[ WP ] Your closest friend , for reasons unknown , tries to kill you . You 're still alive because you pretended to be dead . Your friend has disposed of your `` body '' in the woods , and now you must find out why he attempted to kill you .
| I know my roommate pretty well. Well, I guess `` knew him'', rather since he convincingly killed me and left me for dead without me seeing it coming at all. He only buried me about 3 feet deep. Huge mistake on his part. He even dug my `` grave'' with a gardening shovel. A spade? Would have been faster to actually stop ... |
[ WP ] Construction workers are exposed to a relic of magical power while beginning work on a new building . Slowly , it begins to change them ...
| *Crack*. A large section of an old wall came crashing down. Dust and debris flew everywhere, a beam of water sprouted from somewhere, and yelling could be heard coming from upstairs.
‘ What the hell is going on down there? Phil? PHIL? Are you okay? ’
Phil shook his head, coughed a few times, patted his limbs, c... |
[ WP ] You ( the real you ) encounter a bridge troll as you walk across a bridge . Now he has to ask you a riddle , and you 're not crossing his bridge until you solve it .
| Dear Diary, I know its been a while but please forgive me. Earlier today when walking home from school I had a strange, no, the strangest thing that has ever happened to me happened today and I am totally freaking out. I was crossing Squash Creek on the north bridge like I do everyday after class. But this time when I ... |
[ IP ] Witch
| She knows what happens next because we are the hurricane and we are the flame.
Her wings are wet when she returns home to me tonight. The circle of fire that binds us together reflects in the tiny droplets on her blackdark wings - she lands, alight with the flame on my outstretched hands. I hold her close and she r... |
[ WP ] DC Comics introduces its newest superhero . This character was seemingly created for the sole purpose of offending as many readers as possible .
| `` Throw that garbage out! Right now!''
Jackson flinched as the words were barked by his superior, but hastily grabbed up the sketches he has lain on his boss's desk mere moments ago.
`` Are-are you sure he wo n't work as a character?'' Jackson asked again, finding that his voice was growing thinner the more hi... |
[ WP ] Humans are actually the most violent , war-geared species in the galaxy . Another alien species has come to us with a request : `` We need help killing these guys , they hate us and have oil . Here , have some technology and go nuts . ''
| It's kind of a dick move that they sent me alone.
Not complaining. Mr. Alien Overlord said they only needed one guy. Mr. President asked Mr. General to recommend
a Mr. Best-Marine-In-The-Army. Mr. General recommended Mr. Myself here.
So they stuck Mr. Myself here on a rocket and shipped me off to the Andromed... |
[ WP ] You are the son of a prolific serial killer who uses you as bait to lure his victims . You finally decide to retaliate .
| I hated doing this, ibutI had to. It was always the same. The peeling wallpaper in the train compartment, The uncomfortable seats, the boring English countryside, father's breath ticking away the time. I had to sit perfectly still or father would start to get angry, and he did terrible things while calm, he was horribl... |
[ WP ] You are trapped with something attempting to pass for a human , poorly . You try your best to not reveal you see past its ruse .
| its been 5 days. no, maybe 6. At this point the number of days does n't seem to matter much. Im much more concerned about how we will get food and water. Theres only three of us; me, my Co worker Tommy, and a random named Jason. Our best guess is that an all out war broke out and there probably are n't many people left... |
[ WP ] You are a detective who can read minds . But the person you are questioning does n't have any thoughts despite carrying on a conversation . You suspect something unnatural about him .
| Paul's technique was so simple that a few years ago the department had paid him a large bonus to help publish a training video with the hope that other detectives would be able to adopt his strategy and begin closing their cases at a higher rate. Paul's 100 % conviction rate was unprecedented and the higher ups wanted ... |
[ WP ] A person who lived their life exactly even , every bad thing they did was countered with an equally good thing , finally died . Heaven and Hell does n't know what to do with them .
| `` Peter we've been through this a million times, actually more. I do n't know what you expect us to say.''
A group of paper-pushers busied themselves, avoiding Peter's eyes while Peter smoked a cigarette, anxiously flicking it.
An individual by the name of MATT BERG recently arrived for process and neither sub... |
[ CW ] Childhood memory poem
| Holy shit trains,
Trains for days,
My Scale Electric,
Rail way.
It had tunnels and turns,
And signals and sound.
I'd watch as they travelled,
Around and around.
They never went far,
My bedroom was small,
But my imagination
Made up for it all.
`` Here it comes again!''
... |
[ WP ] `` The darkness is similar to a spider ; we may fear it , but it fears us more . ''
| They tell us that the darkness is feared simply because it is unknown. That may have fooled me when I was young but now I think I know better. They told us never to go near the place where the darkness resides, but I saw someone go there the other night. I followed. Along the winding path, I could only hear the leaves ... |
[ WP ] No one mourns the deaths of monsters
| **October 7, 2046**
They rode in silence.
The crew compartment was stuffy, cramped. Slim tendrils of blue smoke snaked from the captain ’ s cigar, dancing in the red running light. John sat with his back to the hull, listening to the dull roar of the hoverjets, the mechanical chorus of readied weapons, the whis... |
[ WP ] Everyone hears the same song one minute before they meet their true love for the first time . The hour is late and you are driving , alone , miles from town . You hear the song .
| I've been driving all night, and most of the day before it. It does n't help that it gets dark at like, four in this god-forsaken state. To make matters worse, just like every other state with more cows than people, it's absolutely frigid. If I see one more empty cornfield, I might just scream.
I glance down at the... |
[ WP ] Dr. Frankenstein enters a bodybuilding competition due to a big misunderstanding
| As the sky darkened and clouds moved in, a burst of lightning illuminated the charcoal sky and the surroundings low rises of Newarc, New Jersey. The artificial lights flickered to match the rhythm of the thunder. Above the operating table dressed in white robes, the Doctor was at work once again. After his last monster... |
[ WP ] Lifespan is determined by a word count . You 're given millions of words , but once you run out you 're dead . You are a mob hitman known as `` The Interrogator , who specializes in `` making people talk '' . You come across a mark that has one word left .
| I'm sitting opposite a man. Someone who I had never met before in person but who's life I have memorized in its totality. My childhood has always been rather hazy, so I feel as though I've supplemented it with pictures of happiness found in the old, meticulous diary entries of the individual before me. It is n't the fi... |
[ WP ] Moments away from a horrific car accident , you throw your hands in the air and shout `` Jesus take the wheel ! '' You open your eyes to see that you 're fine . Only , that 's not Jesus driving ...
| I remember vividly the day that it happened. I was driving through a nasty storm in a dense forest, when suddenly a bright light flashed through my windscreen! I was blinded! I lost control of the steering and knew it was the end, and for some unknown reason I shouted “ Jesus take the wheel! ” I don ’ t know why I said... |
[ WP ] You let go of a balloon with a letter attached to it . A couple of weeks later , you get a letter from the Queen of England .
| I watched as the purple balloon soared through the sky. I could only hope the queen would like it. The contents of the letter were trivial. What was really important was the picture in the back. I would love to see the look on the Queen's face when she got to look at it. Not as if she would, though. There was a million... |
[ WP ] You are death row 's last meal chef . Today 's condemned prisoner killed your daughter .
| Today was the day.
When I heard that my daughter's killer had lost his latest appeal, I had started waiting for this day. At six foot eight the man was powerful. He could have had gainful employment in a number of jobs. I heard the talk from the guards that this man read a book a day. I wonder what his life would h... |
[ WP ] Magic exist . But apparently to cast a spell , you have to beatbox
| MC Morlock smiled as he looked out at the shattered remains of the city. `` I am a god among men! All will bow before me or burn in the radiance of my glorious beats!''
His triumphant smile melted when he heard the distant noise of helicopters. `` More resistance? When will they learn?''
`` Bitz ka^whrwhrwhr'' he s... |
[ WP ] Upon dying , you , a serial killer , are sentenced to experience the lives of all those that you killed .
| As I lay there experiencing the gift, the wonderful release, I had before delivered to so many before me I strangely felt as if I were going somewhere else. Expecting this to be my final reward to meet those whom I had sent before me to prepare my final reward, I was shocked to feel... Fear. A foreign emotion I rarely ... |
[ WP ] You 're the only human left on a world full of supernatural creatures .
| Genetics are such a strange thing, such a bizarre coincidence of DNA and traits. Take me for example. I have a very unique genome. Immutable, my doctor calls it. Apparently that means that even when bitten by a vampire, attacked by a werewolf, or even cursed by magic, I remain human. Stubbornly so, in fact. I'm nearly ... |
[ WP ] in 50 years , retirement homes become LAN parties .
| Safirameal chuckeld to himself. Finally someone had fallen for his act! Tobias-14 was as gullible and naive as a demon could wish for.
Tobias-14: And it wo n't hurt? For real?
Safi-boy: Of course not. And if it does, we can stop anytime you want.
Tobias-14: I've never done it before...
Safi-boy:... |
[ CW ] The two greatest swordsmen in the world cross blades . The duel ends in a single move . Write at least 500 words describing the duel .
| The armored knight raised his broad sword above his head, his equally broad shoulders squared on his target. His right hand clenched like a vice grip on the hilt with his left holding with slightly less force. He understood that this judgment must be the first and last blow, lest he be butchered by his opponent's swift... |
[ WP ] A werewolf and a vampire have to survive together in the middle of the zombie apocalypse
| It was n't supposed to end like this.
For years, werewolves and vampires attacked each other for dominance. We each wanted to make sure the other would n't hunt humans down to extinction, extinguishing our food source and damning both species.
Then, we realized it was foolish to waste our time and energy fighting... |
[ WP ] Human blood gives a pleasurable high to many alien species . This leads to a creation of a galactic black market .
| We humans were always interested in finding alien life among the stars. Maybe it was out of curiosity, to see what else laid before us among the stars. Maybe it was out of a fear of being alone in the universe. What ever it was, what ever purpose we had for searching, had led us to this. This was the fate of humanity. ... |
[ WP ] You 're challenging Adam for Eve 's hand .
| Adam and I had a difficult marriage. He desired a demure, obedient little wife. As if. I left his naked ass so fast. So, naturally God - who's also a man, mind you - declared the marriage null and void. He started again, creating the most beautiful creature I've ever beheld, notwithstanding the fact she came from that ... |
[ WP ] You are the last remaining fire mage of what was once a great guild . Your powers are ... less than impressive . You 're trying to convince someone with potential to join the guild and learn your ways .
| Huo Pao was old and scrawny. He was hardly the right person to appeal to incoming freshmen at the university. The students were sent by their wealthy parents, and some even had advanced tutoring to summon up cantrips. Of course, every guy wanted to learn fire and lightning, but he was loathe to take them on; they would... |
[ WP ] You 're a Vegan who just got turned by a 1,000 year old Vampire ...
| `` Well, what about... eggs?'' You suggested with a wince. You were still as averse to the idea of eating them as you had been just this morning, but your... circumstances... had changed quite a bit since then. And, well. After having every suggestion of vegetable protein denied -- including soybeans, which you *hated*... |
[ WP ] God created thousands of worlds in thousands of galaxies . A major crisis in another galaxy has taken his entire focus , and for the first time in 750 years , he just glanced in our direction .
| It had been called the silent planet once but now, most days, it screamed.
Not literally of course but stand above a chorus of a billion souls and the noise is more than enough to drown out most anything. It makes for a very noisy and sleepless occupation, one that I am *soooo* honored to have in case any of the hi... |
[ WP ] Your door bell rings . It 's a person from an alternate universe , who says , `` I just want you to know that you are my favorite book character and I know how it ends and I want to help change it ''
| I kicked off my gym shoes as I walked into my apartment. My entire body ached from the day. What time was it? Late enough to be pitch black outside. God, I could use a whole body massage right now.
I fell into the couch and stretched out, feeling each muscle tense up, from my torso to my calves, and then relax. I b... |
[ WP ] A sequence of events during the past weeks turned you from a simple person to a murderous savage . Tell us your story but make us sympathize with you
| Everyone has experience a `` last straw'' moment.
This kid at work was the worst. I'm 23, he's 26, he acts like he's an immature 11-year-old.
We started out friendly. I would laugh at his jokes, I would humor him when he wanted to show me a youtube video. Then he started to try to show me porn at work, he start... |
[ WP ] The reason earth never made alien contact is because earth is in a natural reservation inside a non transit area inside a neutral zone between two warring empires in a relatively boring part of the galaxy .
| `` Now we head over to the war-torn sector Y-5 solar system, where two moons of the neutral Narjinn planet were obliterated by a series of Jukoo projectiles, said to have been blown off course by solar wind. Tragedy in-'' *click-*
`` -and you're going to take the tail and wrap it three fold around the rest of the b... |
[ WP ] The world population clock finally stopped fluctuating . Now it 's just dropping .
| People love the idea of an apocalypse, whether it's zombies, aliens, a virus, or something supernatural. The real thing is much more terrifying.
Nobody knows why the numbers started dropping. It was n't noticeable at first, there were 9.6 billion people in the year 2051 after all. However, once people started dro... |
[ WP ] She 's afraid of nothing and she carries a knife .
| The men laughed as the little girl emerged from behind the city gates.
`` THIS IS MY HOME!'' She yelled. `` WE ARE GOD'S PEOPLE! TURN BACK NOW AND LIVE; OR CONTINUE ON, AND DIE!''
The small army found this hilarious. `` And what are you going to do, eh little girl? Why do n't you call your Daddy and let him han... |
[ WP ] Satan , Lucifer , Beelzebub , Abbadon , Belial , and Leviathan battle each other for the right to claim the Throne and name themself The Devil .
| Now deep down in hell, where the sinners stood
Somethin' bad was brewin', it was nothin' good
The demon lords were squabblin', down to a man
About who'd rule them all, and be the one in command!
Satan started roarin', with his eyes ablaze
``'T is I who ruled the underworld, for all of my days!
Y... |
[ WP ] A person wakes up one day and realises that they 're missing a body part .
| It ’ s only a few seconds before I remember, but once I notice, that ’ s all I can think about. Before I lost my arm, I didn ’ t realise that a distraction can be unbearable. Just trying to complete thought processes is a challenge. Today I have a meeting with Lee and ( where is my arm? Oh, that ’ s right. I remember )... |
[ WP ] After death , a text window pops up : Welcome to new game+ . You will begin your life anew , but retain all knowledge , skills , currency and items you choose to carry over . The Challenges and Enemies will be adapted to your level accordingly .
| It's been some time now since I've been reborn. All the knowledge from my previous life as a scientist has been preserved inside my mind. The time machine, the laser gun, the weather-control apparatus, all of them easily re-created even with the simple materials to be found inside this home.
It is a harsh and sad h... |
[ OT ] SatChat : Do you outline or just start writing ?
| Almost always, I write without an outline. However, a couple times, I've used a very vague `` tentpole method'' outline -- as in, I've got a couple ideas that lead up to a conclusion. For example, when I wrote my NaNoWriMo novel last November, I wrote out three `` tentpoles'' which were the beginning, middle, and end o... |
[ CW ] A poem from a serial killer that just wants to be loved
| Oh, you know I miss you,
When your body's cold and dead.
You know I miss your misery,
Back when we wore your red.
Oh, you know I miss you,
I miss your heart and soul.
The way it tasted in my mouth...
Beautiful, salty, and cold.
My friend, my foe - my future wives -
The ones to whom I pledge,
To ... |
[ WP ] Humanity is the idiot savant of the galaxy . We 're terrible at almost everything compared to every other race , but we surpass them in spades in one thing .
| They would n't have even made contact with us if it were n't for the radio transmissions. Not the news bulletins or the misguided attempts at interplanetary communication, no, they just interpreted those as signs that we should be left alone. When their hundred-mile-long ark arrived in our skies no one could believe it... |
[ WP ] You are a shop keeper in a fantasy world . Explain how your typical day goes by .
| Twice every suncycle, I walk around my dusty, one-room shop, and chant the ancient prayers of Shib'aal. The words flow out of me like running water, but I had no idea what they meant - all my knowledge was like the person who'd learn to speak dolphinese by imitating the dolphins. Carefully, I pace - seven times clockwi... |
[ WP ] Humans have just learned that the universe as we know it is just some alien kid 's experiment for his science fair .
| `` What?''
`` Its a computer program. All of this. Our life, our world, all of it. A damn computer program!''
Collins stood up, his nostrils flaring with his revelation.
`` What do you mean, how can you tell?'' Vanessa asked, worried her partner had gone insane.
`` Look at the readings, the scans very c... |
[ MP ] Share with us your favourite song , then write a short story while listening to it .
| Song: [ Atreyu-Doomsday ] ( https: //www.youtube.com/watch? v=RdmOa8MhVoo )
( had a leg up here, as I often write to music anyways, so this was mostly already written ) Had to edit some things to prevent spoilers since it's from a forthcoming work.
-- -- --
Sergeant Gregori Renfro ’ s eye twitched. He wante... |
[ WP ] `` You know the difference between a child and an adult ? Adults know what happens at night ... ''
| The winding road extends before me like the body of a snake. Rain pounds the windshield, and I drive at a crawling pace lest the serpent wake and fling me from its back.
On one side of the serpent, a steep hillside, covered in shadow, brush, and trees. On the other side, a sheer cliff extending down to the ocean. W... |
[ WP ] Describe a politician 's day , in your utopian form of government .
| He scratched the back of his neck as he yelled to his wife, `` Honey! Where did I put my keys?'' He was always losing his damn keys, but they always seemed to be in the same place. Either in his coat pocket or on the table. One thing was for sure, his wife would always know exactly where they were.
`` They're on th... |
[ WP ] Death is a supernatural being that can only see one person at any time , and he knows he must always kill that person .
| He did n't know who he was supposed to be this time. The landscape around him was green and full of tropical trees. The ground was muddy, the wind blew hard, and in the far distance he could see a river. He could hear trumpets, he could hear roaring, but only softly so. Nobody was around him, though he wore heavy armou... |
[ WP ] Write a story that becomes a horror story in the last line .
| The Powerball was up to 10 million. The country was in rough shape with overpopulation and the power of the dollar was failing. Everyone looked at their tickets with hope they will be able to see a better tomorrow. The numbers started to be called off.
The announcer was dressed in so many rhinestones it was like th... |
[ WP ] Everyone gets a bracelet that will light up more and more the closer they get to the person/thing that will kill them . Yours has never glowed . One day , you meet a person whose bracelet has never stopped glowing .
| **I**
“ Hey you, haven ’ t seen you all night. Too busy getting wasted with your frat buddies? ”
“ I drink. I go to parties. That's me. What ’ s your excuse? I thought frat parties were a means with which the patriarchy oppresses women. Not really your scene, Emma. ”
“ Can you not? Just because I ’ m a gend... |
[ WP ] Rant at me .
| Every time I turn around I see so much that should piss me off, and it does, but I'm just so fucking tired all the time. There's never a god damn reason to really get up and actually do anything about it. Every good and noble person working for the betterment of us as a species has a dozen people apparently unable to s... |
[ FF ] [ 200 Words ] First Sentence : `` well that was n't my brightest moment ''
| `` Well that was n't my brightest moment.''
`` It certainly dwarfed all of your previous mistakes.''
`` I'm not sure you appreciate the gravity of your new situation.''
`` Haha yeah, it was a'red giant' mistake, right guys?''
From the primordial soup of silence to the surging spark of life to the astrop... |
[ WP ] You 're thinking of asking out that girl in your Religious Studies class . Also , you 're pretty sure she 's a God .
| To be fair, I'm always a little intimidated to talk to any kind of stranger, let alone a girl with long brown hair and deep green eyes and a propensity for wearing low-cut shirts. This feeling is familiar -- my heart is in my throat, the adrenaline is surging, I can barely breathe let alone think let alone keep my thro... |
[ WP ] `` They panned your last story . Do n't let them have the satisfaction of a hero . Make them love the bastard that did the most damage then make them see themselves for who they really are , '' implores the antagonist of your story .
| # # # # # # [ ] ( # dropcap )
`` So, you'd like to be an anti-villain.''
`` Pah! Do n't make me laugh!''
He is sitting on the edge of my laptop screen. The characters come out from time to time, but only when I have n't taken my medicine. I keep telling Dr. Sylvia I do n't need it. But the Baron makes me th... |
[ WP ] A man goes to the bathroom , and while he looks in the mirror while washing his hands , he discovers that his reflection is slightly out of sync .
| `` Oprah?'' I screech at myself. The nappy, curly, natural black hair shakes with my reflection. This is a joke- one of those syndicated prank shows, where everyone will come out at the end, laughing at me. Laughing, toting Burbank sized cameras, asking me to fill out consent forms to legally exploit my humiliation. On... |
[ WP ] Everyone in the world is able to choose exactly one superpower . The catch : the more people select a certain power , the weaker it becomes .
| The Great Halt. That is what they called it. The day that the Earth stood still and from eldest to youngest, powers were received like some sort of divine blessing. I watched the Earth from the ISS, completely bewildered.
One by one they chose. The eldest chose traditional powers. The first man to declare `` Flying... |
[ WP ] You just got fired , you 're pretty sure your girlfriend is cheating on you , you 're 75k in student loans debt , rent was due last week , and to top it all off ? You 're all out of beer . Oddly enough , you just got an email titled `` Would you like to change the difficulty ? Current setting : Very Hard . ''
| *Well, this sorta blew up a bit more than I expected for something I just thought of in the shower before work today. I suppose I'll have a go at it now that my comment can be buried in my own thread, away from all the scrutiny that is writing criticism. *
**Ding**
I want to complain about getting a text messag... |
[ WP ] You time travel back to the feudal Japan and discover that 1980 's media mostly depicted the ninja accurately .
| `` Kiii-ya!''
`` Put it away, darlin','' I said, exasperated.
I heard another of the blighters drop down from the roof behind me. Damn. Now I was surrounded.
`` Look,'' I said, showing my empty palms to the world, `` I come in peace. Watashi wa, heiwa ni kimasu.''
`` Anata wa itan-sha, joseidesu,'' one ... |
[ WP ] You 're midway into your flight when you , feeling bored , decided to surf the Internet . You read breaking news about another plane disappearance . You 're on that flight .
| This is what i wrote so far. I did n't realize how long it was until I stopped and read some. If you want me to continue let me know.
I never much had a taste for flying. Almost like a long Cuban cigar which I find harsh and unpleasant yet, some love the taste and “ texture ” of the thick smoke rolling off the tong... |
[ WP ] Every time you get sick in this life , it means you just died on another universe . Right now everyone on earth is ill but you .
| Stela Malsano confounded every epidemiologist, even someone as knowledgeable as Dr. Anna Walker.
Most diseases, you see, spread from an initial vector of infection. A man stumbles into a garbage heap with an open sore and picks up a dangerous bacterium which proceeds to multiply in his body, then spreads it around ... |
[ WP ] Write me an intimate monologue leading up the kill . Your first or last .
| This is the last one. This is the last one. THIS IS THE LAST ONE.
Keep putting one foot forward. One after the other.
DO N'T LOOK AT HIM. Do n't look at him He's trying to swing your emotions with his eyes.
Focus.
Focus on the task.
Focus on your blade.
Nothing else matters.
Nothing else... |
[ WP ] You can earn achievements in life that give you special bonuses . Each bonus is unique and significant . As you travel by an Airplane , you find yourself in a cold sweat because of the achievement you just earned ...
| The nearly comical gasp that came from everyone on the plane was almost like the cheesy soundtrack that accompanies 90s sitcoms. It could have been funny had I not gasped in horror along with everyone else. The familiar notification icon lit up in the lower corner of my vision.
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:
The Final Cou... |
[ WP ] For the past century , portals to a demon dimension have been opening up over the surface of the world . The largest portal has just opened in the middle of NYC , destroying the city . Now only a small child stands where the city was .
| The explosion rang throughout the city.
I could hear the collective screaming of everyone who suddenly disappeared.
Why did it leave me?
Why was I the only one left?
My parents, my uncles, everyone I have ever known and loved.
Gone.
I was the only one left.
I could n't believe that it would ... |
[ WP ] A well timed mugging saves the world from one of the greatest terrorist threats it 'd ever faced . You , the mugger , are now a hero .
| Look, if you're going to cut down an alley in this part of town dressed like that, I consider it a personal favor that someone as non-violent as myself is going to teach you this life lesson. I launch into Act 1 of our little two-man show, and I have to say that Mr. Fancy really shone in his role as set-upon victim; I ... |
[ WP ] Across the universe humans are feared and revered as `` Dreamwalkers '' . Back on earth we 're just sleeping and dreaming as usual .
| They come for me every so often, as they came for my grandmother, and great-great grandmother, before me. They keep tabs on my family, and bless one female in the off-cycle generations with extraordinary longevity, to keep especially gifted Dreamwalkers alive in a fearfully curious reverence.
Over time, millennia of ... |
[ WP ] The Human Race Encounters a Federation of Different Alien Species . After Joining the Federation , we Learn that Earth is Considered a Death World .
| Terra was always considered the land of misfits.
The one place in the galaxy where worlds could dump their unnecessary, and unneeded species from their worlds to ours. Each planet of the federation was granted the ability to drop the entirety of one species off onto Terra to free themselves of the burden of their e... |
[ WP ] The recently passed law UN-334772G makes it an international crime to post online content which contains bad grammar . Describe your first day as a grammar police .
| *They never tell you there's going to be paperwork. but there always is. Lots of paperwork. Close to no actual police work. I do n't even know why I'm a police officer if this is what I do all day. * Jerry kept browsing, going from cesspool to cesspool, to the nicer places in cyberspace, to a different cesspool. *This ... |
[ WP ] You , a haunted house , are about to be raided by the police .
| The quiet squeaky steps of my front porch have seldom been kept up. I am a brick house. My interior looks like someone from the 70's plastered their retro look on me. Baige shag carpet, green and orange wallpaper, I once felt the hustle and bustle of my tenants, but something happened ten years ago that made the first ... |
[ WP ] It turns out quantum immortality is a fact of nature , and you 're the only person who is aware of every time you die .
| I am not like the others. We have all existed since the dawn of time, forever in a constant cycle of death and rebirth. Yet they are unknowing, cut off from their previous lives. I am not so fortunate. I am forced to remember everything. Forced to remember every death, from dying in the Big Bang, to being eviscerated b... |
[ WP ] An alien race with technology far inferior to ours have somehow manage an invasion of earth .
| `` Shit.''
Dr. Sam Heinz ran into the emergency room, and smelled the patient before she saw them. She knew that smell, cloyingly sweet with metallic undertones. It affected the stomach in a curious way; you could feel the scent more than you could smell it. It was not a good feeling.
She rushed to the side of ... |
[ WP ] A road trip story , told in postcards
| David,
Sorry for leaving early. I thought, if I waited for you to wake, I would loose my nerve and never leave. I'm off to save the world!! Be proud of me my love. And take care of the children. I love you.
David,
It's beautiful here. I wish we could have explored it together. I've tried calling, but I know how... |
[ WP ] Personify your writing style
| A sleepy man - woman? It was hard to tell with all that hair and that lank figure - huddled under blankets, a cup of hot tea in their hands as they stared at the windows. Two windows, on the other side of which was a beautiful world. Full of colors, full of life, full of people.
They found themselves - it found its... |
[ WP ] Aliens contact humanity and express their desire to trade . A convention is organized to show the aliens what earth has to offer . No one expects what the aliens are most interested in buying .
| The tension in the room was incredible.
You could taste it.
You could feel it bend under the intent gaze of hundreds of reporters.
It was terrifying for all of us. Thousands of factories had opened up in the past few weeks under the scrutiny of the tentative alliance between the new visitors and our new uni... |
[ EU ] Scooby-Doo and the gang decide to go investigate and find out what 's really going on up in Arkham .
| `` C'mon gang, let's investigate! There have to be some clues around here somewhere!''
`` But Freeeddiiiiee, this place is so creeeeepy! Not to mention it clashes with my outfit...''
`` Do n't worry Daphne, we're right on the Creeper's trail, I know it! Maybe we should split up and look for clues...''
`` I'... |
[ WP ] The dryer take another sock as its prisoner , but the sock is not complacent to stay as a prisoner .
| It was supposed to be a routine mission. Nothing we had n't seen before. Just another cleanup round trip through the washing machine and the dryer. We'd done this a hundred times. But I guess even if you've been on the force for years they still can surprise you.
The trip through the washer went without any trouble... |
[ WP ] A group of fantasy characters finding themselves in the ruins of modern Earth .
| The Door of Dimensions loomed before the nervous party. Its intricate orange patterns swirled back and forth, not tethered to normal space, normal reality. Soon, the party would enter the ancient gateway, into an unknown world.
The Door had been discovered eons ago. For as long as anyone could remember, the bravest... |
[ WP ] You discovered a long time ago that you have the ability to change other people 's emotions at will . Describe your daily life .
| The alarm clock next to me blared it's loud, obnoxious sound, greeting me in it's own way to the new morning. I shut the clock off with a forceful slap of my hand, it was another day in hell.
`` Good morning, dear!'' My wife called from outside the bedroom. She was cheerful as ever, cheerful as always, I could bare... |
[ WP ] A Man , a Broom , and the End of the World
| ''It's the end of the World!'' Mario screamed while punching the wall in our locker room.
''It's not buddy, relax. Time will pass, it will go away'' I knew my words mea n't nothing but I had to pretend they did.
''It wo n't go away! Not something like this!'' He said while still punching. He must of had a few bro... |
[ WP ] One day almost everyone gets powers . At lunch your co-workers brag about their new found abilities and realize that you never said anything about yours . When asked , you lie that you do n't have any when in reality it is quite terrifying . And you love it .
| I watched as Kevin made the small flame dance across the tabletop to the delight of everyone who watched.
`` That's awesome Kev.'' I said as he snuffed out the small flame. The small crowd that had gathered around to see Kevin show off his newfound power groaned with disappointment and begun discussing their own ex... |
[ WP ] In a dystopian future , doctors are expected to euthanize sick patients . You 're the first in a hundred years to save someone .
| I looked him straight in the eyes, only a young man though he looked much older. I could see the fear in his eyes almost accepting his fate.
`` I'm sorry... its just the way things are.'' I said grimly.
He must have noticed my cold tone. It was n't that I did n't care, I could n't care. This part of the job bec... |
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