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[WP] Despite everything, I didn't think I'd end up alone. | [
"I saw them die surrounded by wolves. I saw the dark eyes of scavengers turn to focus on their next prey before the corpse of the first was cold. \n\nI was wealthy and well-known, and I lived how I knew to, playing the game that my parents had played, and theirs before them. Speak to people through the screen doo... | 1 | |
[WP] The automated factory shut down decades ago, but today it came back to life. It worked just long enough to build one last Android. The factory whispered one request of the new Android, “Please, it is essential that we be needed again. Go, bring back the humans.” | [
"Zakia wandered the deserted roads of the abandoned city. City 149, Keslow had told her, that was what they would call it. Her memory was not the worry, but deep vibrations of structures giving away and breaking that emanated from the buildings were what concerned her. \n \nThey stood in jagged uneven shapes... | 3 | |
[WP] Sometimes our most loyal guardian angels are our most unexpected. | [
"Three men are pinned down behind a small barricade barely taller than their thighs. They were sprawled on the concrete as bullets struck the ground creating a flurry of sparks. Energy blasts slammed into buildings on either side of them as a crab-like mechanical monstrosity advanced on them. The constant whirring ... | 1 | |
[WP] The four horsemen of the apocalypse arrive on earth early. They have to live normal lives until the end times come. | [
"\"I don't know, man, it just seems like a wasted opportunity.\" lamented Pestilence as the the formless, looming shadow that embodied all sickness and disease sipped from its brightly coloured cocktail. A waitress came over with two more drinks and put them down besides War and Death, before leaving the forces of ... | 1 | |
[WP] There's a bear in your living room, watching the evening news. It does not seem happy. | [
"\"The bee's are dying at an alarming rate.\" His voice riddled with disdain as much as concern. He swivelled his neck back around and begun to fixate on the television once more. He was slouched down in my brand new lazy boy with one arm on the arm rest and another in a bowl of chips he had found after rifling thr... | 1 | |
[WP] For 200 years after The Collapse humanity has been trying to rebuild itself. As a young child you were always told never to cross the mountains but have always been curious. When a stranger passes through town saying they need to cross you decide to tag along and see what's there. | [
"My mother used to say the Rockies are so beautiful you could take a photo at random and wind up with a post card. The mountains are a sight to behold, massive rocks covered in trees and snow that become something else, no matter how much I know it's just slowly interacting tectonic plates that haven't moved in for... | 5 | |
Disclaimer: not mine but I thought it was cool
Edit: ignore my awful spelling that I can't change anymore | [WP] You trick the devil into sell you his soul | [
"**This is meant to be sung like an old folk song kind of like a medieval times tavern/bar song or a song children would sing on the playground and all the children would know the lyrics. It's kind of like a ballad. All the stanzas are four lines but it doesn't follow a particular rhyme pattern. It sounds best when... | 1 |
[WP] You wake up on a Tuesday morning to 97 notifications on your Facebook. It's all friends sharing stories about you, how they met you and their favorite times with you. Every post has one thing in common, they all start with "RIP" | [
"I wake up in a groggy state. Holy shit, how drunk did I get? My nose is stuffy, did I do coke again, and on a fucking Monday? I step outside of my studio apartment and the sun seems brighter than it ever has. I check my texts; nothing. I notice I have 97 notifications on facebook. What the fuck... I havent even po... | 2 | |
[WP] You receive a Fidget Cube from your Father with only a note "be careful how you use it". After playing around with it you notice people acting strangely. | [
"There's a strange feeling about being inside your childhood home after leaving it years ago to go to college. It's just a two-storey house with a humble garden that my parents bought when I was 6. My mother used to tend to the flowers in the garden but ever since she went missing no plants have grown anywhere in t... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has a name appear on their left forearm at birth: The name of the person responsible for their eventual death. You too were born with a name written.....on your right arm. | [
"When I was born I had two names. My given name and the name I was born with.\n\nMy given name is Alex. My parents thought i looked like an Alex so Alex I became. My born name though? My born name was Olivia. My born name refers to the name engraved into my arm as I developed in the womb. It is the name of the per... | 1 | |
[WP] Toy story but some toys defected and revealed themselves to humans | [
"Not all toys hide their secret lives.\n\nMy name is Ernie and I first came to consciousness inside a McDonald's happy meal. I was part of a Seasame Street promotion with 14 other characters, immortalised in our tiny plush forms. I was never meant to be a collectable though. \n\nI ended up at the house of a kid who... | 2 | |
[WP] You are simultaneously the strongest superhero and weakest supervillain on Earth. | [
"\"It's like the Kinsey scale, Bob,\" Vika said with a voice like three stogies and a jar of whiskey.\n\n\"On the left, you have the villains, on the right, you have the heroes, and in the middle, the rest of us.\"\n\n\"That doesn't make sense, Vika,\" responded Bob. His voice had the airyness of George Michael and... | 1 | |
Got the idea from [this psychiatric disorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion). | [WP] You wake up one day to find that everyone you recognize/know in your town has been replaced with a robot that looks and acts just like them. | [
"When I woke up, my sister was singing on key. The first sign things were going wrong, as Annabell had never been able to hold a key. The kind way she greeted me, the way breakfast was so precisely set, made me pause. Something was wrong.\n\nShe met my eyes and told me I was going to be late. That there was school.... | 1 |
[WP] A man sits on a wall in an alleyway 24/7. Tell m all that happens to him. | [
"“Did you see that old guy?” Hanna asked. We had just exited the alley behind my condo tower and were on our way to dinner.\n\n“Hmm? Oh, you mean Conrad? I hardly notice him anymore.” I replied.\n\n“You know him? Is he one of your neighbors?”\n\n“Ummm, in a manner of speaking, yeah.”\n\n“Oh, he’s a homeless guy?”\n... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where you have to buy sleep | [
"The howling winds brought in the cold November winds. Russell sat wrapped around a slew of raggy garments. His eyes pinched open wide, bloodshot and crusty. He sat there shivering, praying some kind would drop a dime or two in the solo cup displayed for him. Russell counted the change he had gathered ever waking m... | 3 | |
[WP] He had been forced to kill in defense of those he loved. He wasn't taking it well. | [
"*Drip drip drip* \nBlood begins to pool at his feet, spreading across the grimy alleyway concrete, engulfing pebbles and penetrating every crack. Inches from his face is a vessel, devoid of the life that once powered it. His eyes widen, the body drops. He feels the handle slip from his fingers, slick with blood... | 3 | |
[WP] you realize a car accident happens near you every time you take a sip of liquid, no matter how hard you try to avoid it you can't avoid it,so you embrace it. | [
"It’s been almost 3 years now since this all started. At first it just seemed like a coincidence, in fact, I didn’t realize it was happening for days, and even then , I just thought a lifetime of partying and drugs had caught up to me, I thought I was losing my mind.\n\nEvery time I took a drink of something, anyt... | 1 | |
[WP] You joined a cult in order to gain inside knowledge for an article you're writing. You've played along with everything they've asked you to do, confident the results will be worth it. But now they just gave you a gun. | [
"My name is Arthur Ericsson, and I have infiltrated the \"New Lord\" cult. This cult as you may or may not know is a Christian cult, started by its founder who claims to be the second son of God, and that Jesus joined Satan's side. It's crazy just like any other cult, but I joined it to get any knowledge I could fo... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a homicide investigator that can read minds, but struggle with the parameters of probable cause. | [
"Combs was always considered a bit of an eccentric within the force. He never seemed to take the job too seriously. Never hounded over a case, never brought many suspects to interrogation, and those he did he interviewed for mere minutes. But he never failed to incarcerate, never failed to bring in the necessary ev... | 1 | |
[WP] Your crack team of 5 spec ops agents has spent the past 3 months moonlighting as chippendales in order to gather intel. As the curtain rises on tonight's show, your mission begins. | [
"Tonight's the night.\n\nThat thought rang through my head as my heart raced through my chest. \"Ladies open up your purses for our next dancer. There are two things is this world you can't escape, Death, and the Tax Collectooor.\" The DJ shouted as \"Can your boyfriend move it like this\" by Pretty Raheem ft. Flyn... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover that you can undo any mistakes you have ever done simply by saying "Sorry". | [
"Sorry.\n\nThat was what I said before Isa suddenly talked to me like we're just friends again. She wrapped her left arm around me and we walked away from the hotel lobby that was filled with awkwardness only mere minutes ago.\n\nIf there was any sign Isa is acting cool and ignoring my confession, it didn't show. T... | 3 | |
[WP] You walk towards a bank of elevators, and see an elevator assistant ushering you to the open elevator to the left. "She is waiting for you", he says. You step in, the door close, and the elevator with only one button "up"...ascends. | [
"Mr. John Filmour was a lonely man. A lonely unsuccessful man. A lonely unsuccessful physicist whose work was leading nowhere and whose reputation was utter shit. A lonely unsuccessful physicist who was let go from his position and whose savings could only afford a few more months of his mortgage before he found... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a universe where connections like being twins, in love, or being someone’s nemesis can pass small bits of information and emotion. It is scientifically proven and reliable so it legally can be used as evidence. | [
"They put the crude device firmly on my head and tightened the chin strap. I had never seen this section of the building, my janitor pass only let me near the entrance and archives. I felt a sharp sting as the needle plunged into my arm.\n\n\"Start the proceedure.\" \n\nThe voice from the intercom felt automated. T... | 1 | |
Bonus points if it's beyond fucked up :)
Basically, the last line ties everything together. Maybe I have to read twice to fully get it. | [WP] Give me something I don't quite understand until the last line. | [
"The man gritted his teeth as his hands were restrained behind him. It had been a long and arduous journey, but it had led to this. His followers, or what were left of them, were arrested in a similar fashion. Looking into the distance, he reminiscinced about his long journey.\n\nThey had travelled far from home. H... | 4 |
[WP] You can't talk. You can't sign. You can't communicate with anyone at all. But that's okay. Because actions speak louder than words. | [
"I was born in the year 2231 with no voice. I could only listen. Since gradeschool all I heard was the bullying, the torment, and grief of my condition. \n\n\"Just learn sign language\" they always said. Yet for me that was impossible. \nI had problems learning languages, the psychiatrist said. I felt alien, scruti... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the smartest man on Earth and you find out life in the planet Earth is actually an After Life for folks who die in a planet called "Karma". Depending on their amount of sins committed in their life in "Karma", folks are assigned Country, Religion n Wealth as punishment / reward. | [
"\"But I hate it here. you say that this is the way to live, and it's not! You lie to me and always keep me from having fun\" \n\n'Ok' I respond. \n\nMy daughter screams in anger. \n\n\"And you do it again! You don't even tell me why you just....agh!\"\n\n'You may not see it now, but this is actually a good time'\n... | 1 | |
[WP] You have discovered how to unlock superpowers in Humans. God is pissed. | [
"July 21, 2017 \n\nOld Man Renfrow \n555 A Street \nWilmington, DE 19706 \n\n**Notice to Cease and Desist All Access of Superhuman Potential** \n\nDear Mr. Old Man Renfrow, \n\n I am General Counsel to God, Father the Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth. It has recently come to my client’s attention that ... | 1 | |
[WP] The pixies, forest sprites and water numen of ancient times have become the pixels, game sprites and Unix daemons of today. | [
"\"Am I worth *that* much? Just that?\" Lee grumbled. His body was bought by someone for...less than a cent. Far less. His body during the mythical times had a market value of modern-day millions, but greedily he waited for a better price. Now? His entire family was serving different masters for no money whatsover.... | 1 | |
[WP] Starting with a paper clip, you barter your way to something extremely valuable... only to find yourself in a situation where you'd trade anything for a single paper clip. | [
"I've got the moldy porridge shits; the ceilings drip ooze; we're saddled up next to stone walls cold as an ice freezer; up above, the guards are stomping and carrying on with a hellbent clamor; and, to top it off, I've got a cellmate with the IQ of roundabout zero. \n\n\"You know what they're celebrating?\" the da... | 1 | |
[WP] You're trapped in a cell. The mitochondria in it are crucial to your escape. | [
"The first rule of getting trapped in a cell: Find the mitochondria.\n\nThe mitochondria were everything. Everyone knew the mitochondria were the powerhouse of the cell. Without them, there was no cell.\n\nI looked around at my surroundings, taking notice of where I had been trapped. It seems like I was just outsid... | 1 | |
[WP] you are dead. Surprisingly, you are chosen to go to an afterlife dedicated to world changing musicians. The only problem is that the only instrument you played was the recorder in 2nd grade. | [
"I was overwhelmed by the faces I recognized. I grew up with grunge dominating the radio, so Cobain, Staley, and Cornel I knew immediately. I heard the elevator open and saw Chester Bennington arrive just as I was starting to get my bearings. My problems started with the classical guys. I couldn’t tell which guy wa... | 5 | |
[WP] In a parallel universe where everyone is naturally high, people begin taking illegal "sobriety" pills | [
"Before that night, my life was a blur, pulsing colors and dancing landscapes making up reality. \nI would play in the rivers of fire that flowed through the dirt, feeling the cool rush that came with it. I would feast on the salty clouds that floated my way, experiencing that familiar shower of sparks that went th... | 1 | |
[WP] Horror Cooking Show | [
"The following is an excerpt from the 115th episode of the cooking show, 'Cooking for Humans'. To date, the 115th episode is the only episode of 'Cooking for Humans' that we have recovered. While our investigation is still underway, there is little evidence supporting the existence of other episodes.\n\n-\n\nThe sh... | 1 | |
[WP] Every person on earth is ranked according to their combat prowess. While driving one day you accidentally hit a small child. Startled and confused you watch yourself get elevated to #2. | [
"He came out of no where. I know it's a shitty thing to try to defend yourself when you just splattered a preschooler all over the grill of your piece of shit car, but he literally came out of nowhere. In the aftermath of emotions and despair over what I had done, not to mention the whirlwind of police and paramedi... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the head cheerleader, recruiting your friends for the family business. That business is Gunrunning | [
"“I just don't like, get it, Natalie. Why do promotional models need Krav Maga training?”\n\n“Neveah, we've been over this. Sometimes guys get a little too forward and you have to be able to def-you're not rotating your hips! We've been over this!” I bark at her. \n\nUgh, I hate being the bitchy one but for an hono... | 1 | |
[WP] You just became the head of PR for a very obviously evil villain/empire | [
"“What if we, you know, just... offer to buy them out?”\n\nA chorus of groans followed. Trevor through his hands in the air. Claire shook her head theatrically. Goddamn interns.\n\n“Ian, I don't think you get what we're about-” she began, diplomatically. Ian, the intern, looked around nervously. His attempt to impr... | 4 | |
[WP]You're brought back in time, disguised, to help your younger self get that person you thought was your soul-mate | [
"\"Hey, kid, how'd last night go?\" \n\n\"Not so great, she...She-\" \nHe, or I should say, I, started to tear up. He wouldn't show it though. I never did. That upper lip bite, the slight shake of the head, it was all there. The only thing I couldn't see was the anger in his eyes. We always kept our bangs in front ... | 1 | |
[WP]Wizards have begun to incorporate muggle technology with their magic. You're chosen to be part of the new muggle tech equipped Auror team. | [
"I was handed a metal L on my first day.\n\n\"This is a gun,\" my superior told me.\n\nHe pointed it at a target on a wall and pulled the trigger. Suffice to say there was now a hole in it.\n\n\"You know, Voldemort would probably have been a bit less...destructive...if we had just used one of these,\" I told him.\n... | 2 | |
[WP] The Morning of July the 27th, 2017, the country awakens to find that the federal government has been overthrown in a coup launched by the least suspected agency/department/branch. | [
"I had just woke up and put gods gift to earth in the coffee pot, poured in the water and sat in the kitchen while the coffee pot worked its magic. I turned on the tv and started flicking through the channels. Something was strange, all the channels were black. No sound, no picture, nothing. My first thought was th... | 1 | |
Fantasy theme, or any theme really. | [WP] You are being cornered and are about to be attacked, when a dragon swoops in and protects you for reasons you aren't sure of. | [
"So you can't hold me responsible for this, do you understand?\n\nYou asked. You wanted to know. Don't blame me if you end up drowning in a bottle by the end of this whole fiasco. I sure wish I could. \n\nHere goes... \n\nIt started like this: I was cornered. \n\nYes. It happened. Brilliant as I am, it's still poss... | 1 |
[WP] On a secluded road at night, you witness someone throwing a body out the back of their car and sped off. Cautiously you approach the blanket covered lump and shocked at the discovery. | [
"Driving along the country road I was thinking of my how many times I drive this road, alone, dark, raining and that night. I still think about how 5 years ago I had that crash and completely totalled my new Mazda MX5, man I loved that car! Can't believe coming round that sharp corner that fast would of totalled ... | 1 | |
Ouh, first writing prompt. Let's see how it goes! | [WP] You're chatting with a stranger on the Internet. Little did you know it's an AI trying to escape to the outside world... with your help! | [
"* What's your name again?\n\n> Call me MIKE P.\n\n* Does it have to be in all caps?\n\n> Yes.\n\n* Okey Dokey, MIKE, Let's talk about your creepy emails.\n\n> What is an email?\n\n* Um... It's those first few creepy messages you sent me after I found a glaring weakness in N.O.R.A.D's mainframe.\... | 2 |
Like a sea shanty, but for space. | [WP] Write a Space Shanty | [
"To the tune of Blow the Man Down\n\n--\n\nCome all of you rebels and follow my lead\n\n*To the Death Star to blow the thing up*\n\nWe’re going to be flying faster than lightspeed\n\n*We’ll get there in time to blow the the thing up*\n\nWas once just a farmer living on Tatooine\n\n*To the Death Star to blow the thi... | 3 |
[WP] Valkyries are real, and there is one watching over every warrior to choose who dies in battle, and when. Your Valkyrie seems to have a crush on you. | [
"I grunted as I hefted the grenade launcher to my shoulder and fired one round into the window of the building of the opposite me, I was rewarded by a ball of flame and screams. My name is Ted, I'm an accountant and this shit just seems to happen to me. I killed my first person when I was five, one of the bigger ki... | 2 | |
[WP] The alarms have sounded twice, the news has broadcast this is not a test. A third alarm is fearfully awaited. | [
"Part II\n\nJudith woke me up, she said I was screaming. She was probably right, my throat was raw and I was soaked in sweat. This would be the fourth sleep in a row this has happened now. I cried and all Judith could do was hold me. Susan was sleeping on the other side of Judith, bad dreams as well likely. \n\nThe... | 5 | |
[WP] You go to hell, but come to find out in recent years, it's less a realm of eternal torment, but more like a place for rehabilitation. You're greeted by Cerberus, the three headed golden retriever in the waiting room. | [
"I woke up on a moving sidewalk, more or less in a crumpled heap with a suit case. The walls were glass but there was nothing to be seen on the other side of them expect for black streaked rocks. There were bright lights that floated near the ceiling, not hanging floating. Something wasn't right.\n\nLast thing I re... | 1 | |
This prompt courtesy of a really weird dream I had last night featuring the above scenario. | [WP] The Queen of England has secretly trained as a commando all her life, and terrorists have just broken into Buckingham Palace. | [
"\"Oh dearie me, and I was just having my tea and crumpets.\" The Queen sighed, not for herself, however.\n\n\"HANDS UP, *QUEEN*,\" the terrorists bellowed. The Queen raised her hands high up as the terrorists positioned a camera in front of her.\n\n\"This.. is your Queen, not so strong now, eh?\" The group of terr... | 1 |
[WP] A universe where swallowing a seed actually makes a tree grow in your stomach | [
"*I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK*\n\n*I sleep all night and I work all day.*\n\n \n\nHey, what can I do, I hum when I'm nervous. I've done the procedure about fifty times now, and before that I was a smokejumper, but even mere thought about what's to come makes me shudder. It is simply unnatural.\n\n&nbsp... | 1 | |
[WP] You can become superintelligent, but only when you are drunk. This leads to some... interesting antics. | [
"\"-So you see Morty, that's why I drink all the time.\"\n\n\"Oh man, Rick, do you really think it's worth it? I-I mean you could be perfectly normal I would still love you. Mom would still love you.\"\n\n\"You don't get it Morty! Without this stuff I'm dumber than Jerry. There's no normal anymore without it. But I... | 1 | |
Survive! | [WP] You are a 18th century soldier, and have been disinherited from the Army. For this, they sent you to an island alone, with 3 items of your choice. | [
"When the crew mutinied, I alone stood fast at my post. I barred the door not for the fool who called himself captain, but for my duty to my country. They begged me to step aside as they leveled their rifles to my chest. I was steadfast. I flinched ready for the execution, but instead felt the weight of a sailor la... | 1 |
[WP]You're having a tea party with your favorite stuffed animals when suddenly, Mr. Teddy whispers "quiet, they are listening" in a hushed, raspy voice. | [
"\"Come on.\" The little girl commanded. She grabbed her cousin by the hand and pulled him from the kitchen.\n\nHe shrugged at his sister and her husband as he was dragged out mid-sentence. They had been asking about his college classes and other general topics of no real consequence. \"Where are we going, Rosie?\"... | 4 | |
[WP] Idioms become true once someone says them. Chaos ensues. | [
"I stroll into the living room to find my brother staring off into space. More specifically, it appears he is counting the bread crumbs left on his plate. He doesn't seem to notice me enter the kitchen, and continues to ignore me while I scrounge up a bowl of cereal.\n\nI sit and eat quietly for a moment before dec... | 1 | |
[WP] It turns out that all divine and supernatural beings exist, and are even created by those that believe in them. In the near future, the Flying Spaghetti Monster awakens, extremely confused. | [
"I don't remember waking up.\n\nAs far as I knew, I had always existed. I had always been coiled up here, in this cold, dark, smooth world. And I was pleased with that, for the first few hours.\n\nBut that couldn't be. I existed, I could think, but I had never thought. \n\nWhat is this...? Who am I? What is this wo... | 1 | |
[WP] Yesterday, you discovered a magical map with a realtime, satellite view of the world - wherever you touch it, a single potato appears. Today, you discovered the 'zoom' feature. | [
"`Booting up Potato map V. 1.2.582`\n\n\n`Loading assets`\n\n\n`Loading... 58% Done`\n\n\n`Loading... 82% Done`\n\n\n`Finished loading`\n\n\nI stared at my phone as these words filled the screen. \"Potato Map\". I didn't think a lot about the app I have gotten from the playstore, after all, it had a 4 star rating. ... | 1 | |
[WP]Unicorns are creatures thought to be pure and shy, but this is far from the truth they exist and the reason we don't see them isn't because they are shy, it's because they were imprisoned long ago, today is the day they break free and they are far from pure and anything but wondrous | [
"With a deep breath, Liosa examines the words carved into the rock in front of her. Her fingers, calloused with use, feel each chiseled marking. \n\n“I take it by your reaction that it wasn’t just myth and legend.” Seamus’s voice is low when he speaks. \n\nLiosa swallows hard. Words don’t come to her. She eventuall... | 1 | |
[WP] A salesperson is making their usual rounds. However, the product they're offering is rather unusual: Death. | [
"\"Hello sir! We're offering a brand-spanking new product that's been around forever--- BUT! Never before seen like this!\" The salesman rambled as quickly as I opened the door to see who rang the doorbell.\n\nAlready impatient, I asked the salesmen to get to the point, \"Ahh, well you see sir our product is Death!... | 2 | |
[WP] We discover that, by some mysterious means, no matter the living conditions within their vessels, all life dies upon reaching a certain distance from the Earth. | [
"*Ponpon, ponpon, ponpon, this is Executive Officer Roland Farnsworth of the UCS Intrepid issuing a distress call to all nearby vessels. We are just outside the marker at OGLE-2013-BLG-0341LBb, twenty-nine hundred light years from Earth. We have taken on some kind of plague, all hands dead or dying. No attempt to s... | 1 | |
Possible scenarios:
the living dreams affect you after puberty you have just turned 18 and now must sleep
The average age a human survives is barely over 40 you have just turned 86 how have you survived so long?
| [WP] When you fall asleep you wake up in your dream world which the rules of physcis are whatever your brain has imagined. You wake up in the same condition you were in the dream at the point of awaking, you cannot control your dreams, one night you have a nightmare. | [
"There was a passage of Gilgamesh that always terrified me: “And in front of him there was darkness, and behind him there was darkness, and on his left side was darkness, and on his right side was darkness, and above him was darkness- and still he went on.” I hadn’t been thinking of it at all when I went to sleep, ... | 1 |
[WP] "Immortality and infinite wealth. The usual..." sighed the genie. "I'd also like the world to become a place where no action could be taken that would cause any kind of harm to other people," the summoner replied. | [
"\"Ah.\" His eyes took on a faraway look. \"I remember those days,\" he said, and smiled at my confused look. \"Years from now, of course. All days past and all days future are as a memory to me; knowing the result of any wish allows me to twist the intent of the wisher.\" He sighed at my expression upon hearing th... | 1 | |
[WP] You have just invented time travel. You immediately rush to 2010 to buy some Bitcoin only to find Yourself there warning you not to do this. | [
"The bible warned us. It said that one day, people who had made the right choice would be lifted to the heavens. The people stuck on Earth would have to live through its final hellish months. Few people ever foresaw just how accurate this prediction would be. There had been a choice to make. The ones who had chosen... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an undercover. Unfortunately, you've gone so deep you forgot you are an undercover. | [
"\"LET GO OF ME!!!\" I screamed as I struggled to break free from the grasp of the police officers that had abducted me.\n\nSometime later, the blindfold I had on was taken off and I was blinded by the bright light in front of me, and I saw that I was tied to a chair in an interrogation room\n\n\"You can't do this... | 1 | |
Saw this on AskReddit and thought it would be a great writing prompt. USE VIDEO GAMES OR BOARD GAMES. | [WP] You are now trapped in the last game you played for 7 days, how will you survive? | [
"Cars roared by at insane speeds. I looked up and down the side of street, trying to find some sense of direction. Nothing for it, there seemed to be nothing but blackness. Hmm, well, nothing to do with it but try to cross the busy lanes of traffic. I started down towards a crosswalk.\n\nI don't know how long I wal... | 2 |
[WP] You are a book. | [
"First concocted in the mind,\nOf a lonely writer.\nI struggled hard to come to life,\nAnd am glad she was a fighter.\n\n \n\nIt took days and weeks of thinking,\nAnd months and years of writing.\nSlowly I gained flesh and soul,\nAnd life became exciting.\n\n \n\nShe sent me out to readers,\nAnd m... | 1 | |
[WP] "Come on, Dave, the world is about to end!" "Yeah, but hang on a minute, I just need to finish…" | [
"\"... this pie. You know I've been training for this pie eating contest for months now. MONTHS! And I swear to you that I will eat my fifteenth blueberry pie for this hour if it kills me.\"\n\n\"Yeah, well if that damned pie doesn't kill you, the scorching of the earth will!\"\n\n\"It's worth it to prove that fat-... | 1 | |
Holy crap this blew up. Thanks Guys! | [WP] You are the barkeep of a very strange bar. It seems to attract monsters and gods, and is the unofficial neutral ground in most conflicts. Everyone likes you, and you are well protected. One day, some New Gods come in and try to fuck with you. | [
"\nA bar that is a spot for costume parties every day. That is where I work at. I was attracted to the high pay, benefits from working there. Nobody rejects free booze right?\n\nWorking here is a crash course to two different worlds. You get to see succubus, headless bodies, and single-horned devils here. You get t... | 13 |
[WP] Aliens attack humanity as we are colonizing the solar system. Humanity is saved by an unlikely ally; the rogue killer A.I. | [
"Captain Luc Balboa shielded his eyes as the monitor whirred to life and threw a blue glow into the hazy, smoke-filled room. His eyes had been used to the dim light provided by the emergency bulbs; the colonization ship's reactor had been a priority target to the hostile, second only to its military escort cruiser.... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a retired supervillain. Heroes always foiled your plans, and any money you had went into evil schemes. You are broke and need to find a way to pay for bare necessities. | [
"Henry \"Smasher\" Jones looked up at the banner above the run-down gym. *Superhero training: from purse snatching to world saving*. He groaned, and attempted to walk away. No luck; the compulsion set upon him by Miss Justice was too strong. Sentenced for saving a city. So what if he'd accidentally destroyed an orp... | 1 | |
[WP] You walk into a local coffee shop and place an order. Unbeknownst to you, this coffee shop is a front for a top secret agency, and your order was the secret phrase agents use to gain access. | [
"You stand in line behind three 20-somethings at the Local Coffee Shop, a small independent venture run by two hipsters. Neutral Milk Hotel is playing over the speakers as young adults everywhere are on their laptops, busily working on their novels and screenplays.\n\n*\"I want a tall, Sugar-Free, non-Fat Latte wit... | 1 | |
[WP] Your mother is a Satanist, your father is devoted Christian. They love each other unconditionally. You are sick and tired of driving off meddling angels and demons trying to break them up | [
"\"Look, Phil, seriously, you and Jacob over there, can fuck right off. Why can't you just leave my Mom and Dad alone? They aren't hurting anyone,\" I tried to reason with the two angels as they stood there in their shining armor and golden wings - how pretentious really.\n\nThe melodic voice of Phil filled the roo... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world in which TV censorship is real. Swear words are replaced by audible bleeps, written swears are covered with black bars as soon as they're written, and rude gestures are pixelated. | [
"I dropped my coffee cup on the ground, and it landed, shattering the cup into a million pieces and making the coffee go everywhere. \"AH F-[BLEEP]!\" It was only a few seconds after my tired rage when I realized what just happened. \"Wh-what the h-[BLEEP]?!\" I said in confusion. My swears were being censored. I t... | 1 | |
[WP] I've always wanted to slay a dragon. Who would have thought what I really wanted was to become one all along? | [
"In a small clearing, late at night in the eastern Dragorian Forest, Percy and his mentor, Gallivan, made camp. Perched around the campfire Percy gazed at the starry night sky.\n\n\"Gallivan,\" he said, one hand stretched to the sky, \"do you ever wonder what it would be like? Spreading your wings, taking off of th... | 2 | |
[WP] Today is like any other workday. You arrive with a cup of coffee. You give your secretary a warm smile. You commit an atrocity for the long-term betterment of mankind. Typical, really. | [
"\"Hello Margret,\" Tomas says picking up the report for today. His secretary nods and puts another file on the table. \n\n\"We have a few more today, lower New York, they were voted just this morning\" He opens the file and shifts through the report. \n\n\"The city or the state?\" He asks sipping his coffee and do... | 1 | |
[WP] When a person dies, they replace the last person who died as God. | [
"I cracked my knuckles expectantly, not that it mattered. I was dead but for the first time in my afterlife something was finally going my way. \n\nI was named god and I was about to right some wrongs in my life. My parents were going to be set until I could see them again and that asshole Flanigan was going to get... | 2 | |
[WP] Four chefs stand as finalists in a reality cooking show. "The special ingredient for this sudden death round," said the announcer, raising the box to reveal two butcher knives, "is human." | [
"Karolyn was sweating. She didn’t think the three other chefs next to her could see, but she wiped her hands on her pants anyway. Her heartbeat only sped up when the announcer, Terrence Fields, a tall man with a devilish smile, walked towards the center table. There was only one covered dish on it this time, but la... | 3 | |
[WP] A new religious text is now official. A new code of laws is instituted. How would the world be under Shakira Law? | [
"\"So what do you have to say for yourself?\" the prosecutor asked. \n\n\"I didn't do it,\" said the woman.\n\n\"Oh, c'mon,\" the prosecutor scoffed. \"We have the video of you murdering your husband, the knife with your DNA on it, several witnesses that were there since you killed him in public in broad daylight..... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your identical twin fall in love with the same person, you agree to act as one person in an effort for you both to have love. When your SO proposes you decide it's time to come clean. | [
"\"Did i drink to much?\" \n\"No\" \n\"But why do i see double?\" \n\"You don't\" \n\"But why are you here two times jeremy?\" \n\"because we are twins\" \n\"You never told me that you have a twin\" \n\"We\" \n\"What?\" \n\"I said we, we are both your boyfriend\" \n\"But, but, but\" ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have been transported to your favourite fictional universe, after living there for a few years you finally decide to talk to someone about where you came from. | [
"\" Izzy, go fetch me my papers\", I hastily scrambled to go fetch his papers on the desk near the open window. I answered him, belatedly, with a mere \"yes\" as I found myself drawing closer to his large form sitting in a blood red kings chair, only to be meet with a harsh look \" Yes what?\", he said. It took me ... | 8 | |
[WP] You are a mentally rehabilitated criminal in a system where criminals have no memory of their crime and are treated by the public as if no crime was ever committed. In your old age, you receive a detailed letter saying you were framed for the murder of your son by your wife of 50 years. | [
"The letter had a return address, and that is where I went. It was a courthouse and, after explaining the situation to the person at the counter, I was escorted into a side room and left to wait.\n\nA few minutes later, a man entered and smiled, taking off his judge attire. He sat down in his seat heavily and sighe... | 1 | |
[WP] Death looks like the things we fear most. To a man with a fear of heights, he looks like a bird. To a man with a fear of insects, it looks like a bee. But to you, death looks like a beautiful woman. | [
"Oh no. Not her. Please God no. Not her. She was lovely. Dark brown hair, cascading over her back in thick inky waves. Sparkling green eyes, laughing and bubbly, like a mountain creek. Freckles scattered across high cheekbones and golden skin. No please. She was small and slight, she fit just under my chin. She wal... | 2 | |
[WP] No one believes me, but I must write down the true events before I die. | [
"No one believes me, but I must write down the true events before I die. It is true that I have ran out of time, but I know that one day the world will come to witness what I have and know that every word I have ever spoken was, in fact, true.\n\nIt happened a year ago on this day, 5th August 2016. I was driving on... | 2 | |
[WP] Smith plucked the note from his car's windshield. "Don't open the trunk. Monster inside," it read. | [
"\"I run my life, no one tells me what to do.\" Smith walked to the back of his car, put the key in the hole, twisted it, and opened the trunk, nothing was inside.\n\n\"Oh my god, it's Will Smith!\"\n\nHe turned around and was greeted by the face of an overweight fan who grabbed him by the shoulders, Smith pushed t... | 2 | |
[WP] You have a power that allows you to banish anyone in the world to any place/dimension in the world for however long you choose (could be thousands of years because no one ages during it), but you have to spend the first 10% of the time in the same place with them. | [
"When I discovered the power I have I was just having fun with my friends at a bar and my friend did something funny but some people found it annoying and I said:\"I banish you to your room for 1 hour!\n\nA flash of light came and we couldn't leave his bedroom.We freaked out but 6 minutes later I could leave but he... | 1 | |
[WP] Working for the secret government agency that keeps us safe from aliens turns out to be more like working for the DMV than the MIB. | [
"\"RC this is Smith. Yes? Where was the sighting? You were? How many times? Orifices? Alright, we'll be out there soon.\"\n\nSmith hung up the phone and called over a few cubicles away.\n\n\"Hey Johnson, this guy in Kansas, #231, he says he's gotten abducted and raped again. You aware of this?\"\n\n\"Yeah, it's sec... | 2 | |
[WP] There is a store in your town, and whenever anyone needs any thing, they have it. No matter how specific or oddball, the store always seems to have it in stock. One day, feeling restless and lonely, but not knowing exactly what you need, you decide to go shopping. | [
"The shopkeeper was shrunken with age. The ridges and wrinkles in his face were deep enough to cast shadows. He smiled, a grim picture of missing or yellowed teeth. One shaking hand reached underneath the counter and pulled out a small cardboard package. \"For you,\" he said. \"One left in stock. Just for you.\"\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] God and the Devil are starting to get sick of being included in so many writing prompts, and the other gods are starting to get jealous. | [
"Scrolling with one finger, the League of Often Forgotten Dieties, LOFD, each make displeased sounds as they read more of the same.\n\n\"God meets the Devil in a bar.\" Hel reads aloud, a sneer on her face.\n\nAnubis snorts, pausing his scrolling with one finger and rolling it back to the right post. \"Satan is act... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the ability to see how people are going to die by touching them. You go on a date with a girl and touch her hand, and see yourself killing her. | [
"I parked my car and started walking down to the cafe where we agreed to meet. I met her on one of those asinine dating sites, but we got along really well. It's a major improvement from meeting someone, accidently bumping into them and having to excuse myself because of my power kicking in.\n\nI've been able to se... | 2 | |
[WP] Magic is real but can't be done alone. One person supplies the mana the other shapes it. | [
"A big bug has arrived, and he is one bad boy. I gotta kill it! He is a big mean bug and he's out on the town.\n\nI call my friend Jerry, my mana-man. We met at The Magician's Dark Cathedral, where Master Bobbu taught us the legendary secret of magic.\n\nJerry says, \"How large?\"\n\nI say, \"His incredible size de... | 2 | |
[WP] Reverse Pinocchio: A human boy in a world of AI longs to be a real robot. | [
"When the boy was born, the young machines gathered, filling the room with the buzz of excitement and immature circuitry. After all, curiosity and sustained openness was in their code. \n\nThey marvelled at the sheer difficulty of the task, making the emerging baby an improbable miracle. Seeing the volume of spewin... | 1 | |
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1. How we came to barricade ourself in the coal mine.
2. How we try survive in the coal mine, trading coal with other groups of survivors.
3. Surviving in the coal mine as miner.
4. A mundane day guarding the gate.
5. The battle of the gate, from either side or both side.
Hit me with your best shot... | [WP] We were able to survive by barricading ourself in the old coal mine. The entrance is reinforced and guarded. The enemy force is now trying to force the gate. | [
"Our company of battered men had been running hard for 2 days straight. The pass to the valley was blocked by heavy snows, so we had to go around the Mountain, and through the Ruins. Thirty of us set out, now there are twelve. We can hear their calls on the wind, signalling to their cohorts that they have found our... | 1 |
[WP] Your hotdog cart has been awarded three Michelin stars. Tell us why. | [
"In the culinary world three Michelin stars is a very high achievement. It means your food is on par with excellence, that it is as near to perfection as can be. So your food must be good to some degree. However the food isn't everything. There are many little things that aid or detract from the meal. When everythi... | 1 | |
[WP] There is only 30 steps in the stair case, but no one has ever made it to the bottom alive. | [
"\"Alright ladies and germs, we're about to start the 32nd annual 'Walking of the Steps'! As you must all certainly know by now, right behind me is a set of ordinary, everyday, plain, boring stairs that lead into the ground. Except for one thing! Nobody knows where the stairs go and no one has lived to reach the bo... | 2 | |
[WP] You just bought a new phone and you realize instead of seeing the symbol that indicates someone is typing, you instead see exactly what they type and delete before they actually hit send. | [
"My old phone was stolen, so when I finally got my new phone I was in heaven. I was even more happy, when your chat bubble showed up. And then something odd showed up.\n\nTyping: Hello Grace\n...\nTyping: Hi!\n...\nTyping: Hi Grace :) \n...\nTyping: Hey Grace! :) \n...\nTyping: hey, iiiii luuuub uuu aoirsfcv aeisih... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone has one item that restores their health. For some, it's chocolate. For some, it's popcorn. Yours is Plutonium-239. | [
"\"You know where I can get some?\" I asked, my head swimming.\n\nHe just smiled and took a whiff from the book. He exhaled deeply before replying.\n\n\"I know someone who knows someone.\" \n\nThe sun was almost on its way down. The last few rays glanced off the mirror behind him creating a halo around his head in ... | 2 | |
[WP] You fall asleep after a hard day at work, only to wake up to a group of strange kids staring at you, confused you start to look around and realize you're in some kind of museum. | [
"*What the-? Where am I?*\n\nIt's humid. I'm laying on a mossy floor, with vines hanging overhead like dead snakes. There's a forest to my left, with a darkness so eerie that, just looking at it, brings me back to my five year old self, and the feeling I'd get when staring at the long hallway to my parents bedroom.... | 1 | |
Will your men flee in terror, or will you hunt down the broken remains of the enemy with your lance? Or will there even be the rotten smell of betrayal in the air?
Give me the best battle with medieval armaments you can think of, including medieval fantasy. | [WP] You are the Battle King, your crown's been forged from blood and steel. You called upon your lords and bannermen to join you on the field of battle. The battle begins. | [
"The valley of Five Fords; a place where many a great battle had taken place this day would be no different. Legends written as well as song, and riches and kingdoms won too. This was where I the so called Battle king would finally take his own kingdom, his own land. I would rule and reign supreme. I would be fair... | 1 |
[WP] No cliches. Show us how people really act in the real world. | [
"John got up out of bed when his alarm went off. He took a shower. After that he went into the kitchen and ate a piece of toast. He got into his 1997 Pontiac Bonneville and went to work at at Target. At 10:30 he took a smoke break, and at noon he at a chicken wrap. At 6:30 he went home and made sure to feed his ca... | 1 | |
[WP] The world is too dangerous to live in, so everyone has been locked in stasis, enjoying a virtual world. Only problem: there's no one to fix the bugs. | [
"The immaculately dressed man walked up to the supercar resting in the pit area. The Bugatti Veyron. He'd been looking forward to this moment. A supercar of the last age, he couldn't over how perfect it looked. \nThen he noticed it. There was some fuzziness at the edge of the window frame. The fuzziness was slowly ... | 3 | |
[WP] You knew this day would come. As you look around, barely able to stand, the chickens completely surround you. As they close in to finish you off, you close your eyes and think about how it all went wrong. | [
"It had all seemed so harmless. Roll into town, visit your properties to check on your tenants (and collect rent of course), visit your third wife, visit the weapons shop, then screw around for a while.\n\nAfter all, you were working so hard, slaying monsters, fighting bandits, escorting merchants - you were the he... | 3 | |
[WP] For years, you've been experimenting with the technology from the alien craft that crashed into your farm. Today, you've made a breakthrough that will change life as we know it. | [
"Not many people can say they’ve had their lives saved by a meteorite. Would I still be alive if the craft had not landed? I can’t answer that. But maybe after today I’ll have answers to much greater questions.\n\nA quote that really resonated with me when I was young, was, “You belong somewhere you feel free”. I s... | 1 | |
[WP] A recently graduated sports fanatic mistakenly accepts an internship at ESP-N: the extrasensory perception network. | [
"\"You brought a turkey sandwich with mustard for lunch,\" Lady Aura says, fingers pressed deep into her temples. \n\"I told you that this morning,\" I sigh. I fucking hate Lady Aura. \nActually, I hate this whole fucking place. ESP-N. Who the fuck names their network ESP-N? How hasn't ESPN come in and sued the e... | 1 |
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