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[WP] You are a muggle who has accidentally been admitted into Hogwarts. You think it is a normal boarding school. | [
"When they finally scream “pranked!” I’m going to have the last laugh. It’s amazing the length that these shows will go to nowadays just to fool somebody. Really? A fake wall that leads to a secret rail road platform? A train with magical chocolate frogs? From the beginning I knew that this was going to be some hig... | 5 | |
[WP] You decide to use a Ouija board and no one comes through. Unknownst to you, a demon actually came through and plans to make your life into a romantic comedy for its entertainment. | [
"Hell.\n\nDraw to your mind, if you will, the raging Inferno of the Night. Picture the amber skies burnt to ashen greys by the cries of a thousand, million tortured souls. The black, swollen seas alive with dancing blades and the songs of dead poets long resigned to their fates. The twisted vinegar of the air that ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an Immortal. Over the course of your life, you have amassed a fortune. However, you're beginning to think your current wife is a Widowmaker... | [
"First, it was the poisoned wine. When i asked Mary about it, she acted surprised, and quickly disappeared into the garden. I finished that bottle when she left, but that wasn't the point. the next day, I found a fire trap under my bed when it incinerated my precious silk sheets. After that, I started to wonder. I'... | 1 | |
[WP] A smuggler of a strange item. | [
"It was dark in the small town of Arbor; the Flame Keepers were out tending the torches that lined the narrow, windy streets. The flames guttered and flickered in the fitful breeze that wormed its way through the loose formation of houses, casting shadows that moved as though they had lives of their own. In truth, ... | 4 | |
[WP] All cars are police cars and police are chosen at random daily via lottery [x-post r/crazyideas] | [
"In a car is Murphy driving with Dave, they're driving to the grocery store. The moon is high in the sky when the police gear comes out and their clothes change.\n\n\"Oh hell no\" Dave said starting to take his suit off.\n\n\"Dude, no you can't take that off!\" Murphy said from the driver's side.\n\n\"Why not? It's... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a detective investigating the disappearance of Elon Musk. While searching for leads in his office you find a strange device covered in symbols you've never seen before. | [
"As I walked into Musk's office and scanned the room, a strange device grabbed my attention. Upon further inspection, it became clear that this device was not of this Earth and that the symbols were of extraterrestrial origin. \n\nI sighed, walked back into the the other room where the rest of the team was investig... | 1 | |
[WP] you are a "Karma balance enforcement officer" - your job is to make awful things happen to good people, and good things happen to awful people. Today's assignment is the best one you ever had. | [
"Dave looked out over the newest group of graduates and sighed. \"Congratulations to all of you. You're about to head out on your first assignments. Just remember, we base what we do strictly on the facts. The things that these people have done determine what type of things we cause to happen. Your feelings or opin... | 2 | |
[WP] You're an IT guy. You get a call that Earth.exe is not responding | [
"Hello, you’ve reached the Tech Support Team, you’ve got Max on the line. Hi, Richard! How can I be of service today? A software crash? Well, Richard, you’ve called the right place now haven’t you? Right up my alley. Can I get the name of the application and any errors that are on your display, please?\n\nEarth.exe... | 1 | |
[WP] Your cat has a secret double-life as a drug kingpin. They help you out whenever they can. | [
"Mark went home glum today. He was mugged, and lost the cash bonus he received at work. \"You sure do have the life, George,\" he said to the Tabby cat, on his floor, licking his paw. \"I was mugged today. They stole my bonus.\" The cat didn't look up, but he heard every word. Despite his aloofness, George loved hi... | 2 | |
[WP]24 hours ago, a rogue scientist freely published a paper on how to make bombs stronger than the Czar Bomba using household chemicals. | [
"The world was destroyed, in the end, by dumb teenagers. His name was Roland and two Saturdays previous, he made chloroform in his bathroom's tub because he wondered how long it would really take for all those TV characters to pass out. He did badly in school mostly because nobody paid attention to how he was doing... | 1 | |
[WP] God's decided to start releasing patch notes. | [
"~This is my first writing prompt attempt, I apologize for any errors!~\n\nThe old Universe computer God had kept in his study for many millennia had gathered quite the collection of dust. \n\nBack in the day, Him and Satan had; on a dare, created the game Earth.exe. The first tests were promising. LVL-EDEN was alm... | 2 | |
[WP] Criminals are punished by forcing them to live in a simulation as a person affected by their crime. You have a life sentence... but you may have figured out how to break the system. | [
"Have you ever heard the phrase “do unto others as you wish to be done unto yourself?” well its usually just called the golden rule, now we’ve always taken that figuratively right? Well now with all this virtual reality nonsense that phrase has taken a more… literal sense, criminals are being punished by forcing th... | 1 | |
[WP] Every morning your car's GPS navigation is pre-loaded with a destination you don't recognize. One day you decide to take the route and it changes your life. | [
"It had been happening for 3 weeks since I got my used GPS device. The seller was very eager the sell it and I got it for a bargain. At first, I thought it related to the previous owner book addresses. I asked my son to delete all the addresses but a week after it happened again. This time I used a clip and pressed... | 1 | |
[WP] The NPC you're drinking with starts slurring his words, and breaking the fourth wall | [
"Grogos sat at the bar, staring down at his empty cup. It had been hours since he entered and took a seat. Upstairs, the beautiful witch was waiting for him. For a few coins she would tell him where the Sword of Burning Skies is hidden. All he had to do is climb the stairs and talk to her. Instead, he waited at the... | 2 | |
[WP] Your character finds a backpack laying on the side of the trail while on a hike. Little do they know that by picking up this backpack they are being tracked by someone who will do anything to get that bag back. | [
"It was a small backpack, black and slightly worn laying on the ground just a few feet if the trail. At first I wanted to ignore it, not knowing if it's owner was just relieving themselves somewhere nearby or something similar but then again, why leave the backpack here. Taking a look around I pick it up after spot... | 1 | |
[WP] A dystopian world, government has absolute control and a resistance that opposes it. But someone in the resistance uncovers that the leaders of the resistance have been lying and twisting the truth to make it appear as if the government is evil but they are actually trying to help the people | [
"\"Sir, you need to see this.\" The commander looked up from his desk. In the tent entrance stood a soldier looking pale. \n\"What is it this time?\" The soldier shifted his feet and looked down. \n\"It's the captive.\" \n\"What about the captive?\" \n\"Well, sir, he's proving difficult.\" \n\"Is he not cooper... | 1 | |
[WP] Everything you touch with your right hand becomes completely weightless. Everything you touch with your left hand experiences triple the Earth's usual gravity. Sometimes you get them mixed up. | [
"“This is Wilson, ten twenty-four.”\n\nA burst of static sounded through the radio followed by a muffled voice in dispatch. “Copy. Next unit is eight minutes out. You want to wait?”\n\nI looked up at the apartment building. An old low-rise, crumbling plaster, broken windows, more graffiti than exposed brick. And in... | 2 | |
[WP] you are the world's first hyperintelligent dog. Your owner is a single mother, with a newborn infant. This is the story of you and the child. | [
"I am sorry for its roughness:\n\nI stared at the new pet as it slept in its wooden cage. It obviously can’t jump, there is no top on the cage. \n\n*What is that?* I sniff the air. *Is that poo?* \n\nMarsha laid asleep in the small chair next to the cage. \n\nI say, “Marsha, I think the thing”- she calls it a baby-... | 1 | |
[WP] After you die, you wake from your death to realize your entire life on Earth has been a lie. You’re actually a member of an advanced alien species who are analyzing the effects of long time assimilation amongst humans. The 75 years you spent on Earth has only been three months of your time. | [
"The lid of the sarcophagus lifts, and you realize that you are lucid once more.\n\nThe skin of the.. thing... that you were, no longer hangs loosely from its brittle bones, no longer are you in the fog of the limits of perception - the limits of the flesh, undone.\n\nYou know, without knowing what it is you have d... | 1 | |
Inspired by an actual dream I had. I dreamed I was at work but weird stuff was constantly happening until suddenly I woke up in my bed. I go down stairs and tell my mom about how fucked up my dream was only to wake up again in my bed. | [WP] You fall asleep and get stuck in an infinite loop. Every time you wake up from a dream you find out your still dreaming. So far you have woken up over 2000 times. | [
"OT Question: So, I wrote in Word in case the computer crashed and I'm finished at 16 pages because I get carried away.... What is the best way to splice it ?\n\nBecause . . . yeah . . . I can't write short stories . . .\n\nWords : 3938\n\nCharacters w/ spaces: 20,206\n\nCharacters w/o spaces: 16,262\n\nParagraphs:... | 5 |
Needless to say yes the monster/serial killer can indeed move during the frozen time as well. | [WP] You can freeze time but whenever you do a Horror Flick monster/serial killer appears and tries to kill you. | [
"\nIt has seen me always and for this whole time it waits\nI prepare each time I enter its gates\nOutside mine own is inside its time\nBut its time- it is always all mine. \nI control it this way\nWhen I pause, it begins\nIt is freed by only my whim\nMy needs are separate but linked \nAn attack from within\nEtherea... | 9 |
[WP] Everyone's daily struggles are invisible demons, with names that describe what they do. Sam discover that when she takes her glasses off, she can see and hear these devils. | [
"\"And then, Dr. Grayson——\"\n\n\"Call me Sam, Tom.\" She pushed her glasses up her nose with her thumb and index finger as she spoke.\n\n\"Of course, sorry——\"\n\n\"Absolutely no need to apologize,\" Dr. Grayson smiled as she spoke, and the smile warmed Tom with a very kind, very professional, brand of friendlines... | 1 | |
[WP] The ocean breeze swept the figures ragged cloaks. There is three of them and each carries an elegant staff. | [
"\"Are you paying attention?\" \n\nHe traced a finger in the sand and leaned back against the sun-warmed boulder. The wind carried the smell of the sea and the sound of gentles waves. The sky above was painted with sunlit clouds.\n\n\"The Emperor demands your aid, Cursed One!\" \n\nHe sat up at last, vaguely annoye... | 2 | |
[wp] Potential parents must apply to the government to have their fertility "switched on." Child abuse and neglect are at an all time low. | [
"\"You simply can't argue with the results,\" the counselor said. \"The program has nearly eliminated abuse, neglect, as well as any number of undesirable traits.\"\n\n\"So that's what you're saying,\" Thomm said. \"That my children would be 'undesirable'?\"\n\nSam, sitting next to her husband, was just as unenth... | 2 | |
[WP] You make up an outlandish government conspiracy on social media as a sarcastic comment to a friend's post, only to discover agents at your door demanding you tell them how you found out the truth. | [
"\"Donald trump is attempting to make himself like Christ, taking all of the country's sin on himself so that we can unite as one nation against him. lol lol XD\"\n\nI posted that three days ago, it received twelve likes, a \"omg so true XD\" from my aunt, and a reply from a friend saying, \"damn that spin is so ha... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a video game character who has always been controlled by an 8 year old. You always get your butt kicked in all multiplayer matches. One day the kid's older brother takes over and controls you for one match. | [
"Imagine if you could mark out the days of your life. You would have more than a rough estimate of the occurrences that happen for you. That your day is filled with malice, and that you have no other response but to return it a hundred-fold. And that is as it should be. That your days will be filled with immense pa... | 5 | |
The idea I had was to set up a hook for another writer to take advantage of. Fill the gaps in each other's stories so to speak.
**Some potential paths to take:**
You're hopping between timelines to escape someone
You're hopping between timelines chasing the aforementioned person
You're viewing the web of choices an... | [WP] You are capable of seeing and hopping between alternate timelines. All responses to this prompt are their own timeline. | [
"He stared down at the paper, his face pale as he looked down at the article 'Two dead in drunk driving accident' \n\nIt wasn't a front page article, these things are sad, but not life ending, but Will's world had just come crashing down around him.\n\nShe had just gotten that car, she was so happy when they were p... | 1 |
[WP] Intergalactic war has broken out, and humanity has been thrown into an alliance of many star systems. Our allies are impressed with us, not for our weaponry or our fighting ability, but for our humor and drive to entertain ourselves in spite of any situation. | [
"\"They're pinned down by the planets' gravity wells sir. We've finally got their fleet\"\n\n\"Good.\"\n\n\"Word from comms sir. They seem to be communicating on a non-encrypted channel\"\n\n\"Are they asking for surrender?\"\n\n\"No sir, they're, laughing. They must know they're doomed. Why are they laughing? They... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone lies. Whoever lies the biggest is elected into office, whoever lies the smartest are the billionaires. You are one of the biggest and smartest liars in the world, crashing into the scene only last year. Your meteoric rise comes from your biggest secret. You tell people the truth | [
"I never thought I would get this far. not only was I elected into the highest office, but I'm also the the richest in history. Everyone knows about my biggest secret that got me here, no one should ever know what it is precisely. Otherwise they would likely kill me. I've given fake hints here and there to keep the... | 1 | |
[WP] It's been five years, but I still regret what happened at the cabin that summer. Nobody was supposed to get hurt... it was only a prank. | [
"The year was 2012- I was tan, lean, and ready for my Senior year of High School. What's more- I was finally going to get my first road trip without my parents in the car! The car wasn't much, but the trip was going to be fantastic. My family owns a cabin in Deep Creek Lake and we had been going every summer since ... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover the source of all the supernatural monsters popping up around town: a six-year old with a magic box of crayons and a VERY active imagination. | [
"Box of Monsters\nPart One\n\n“Okay kids, repeat after me. The dog crossed the road to get his bone” I said while pointing at the book the children were learning to read\r\n\r\n“The dog crossed the road to get his bone” they replied in a unified garble\r\n\r\n“Remember we have to sound the words out” I explained\r\... | 1 | |
[WP] You're playing an elaborate prank on your friend to convince them that the antagonist of a popular horror movie is real. Things go horribly wrong. | [
"\"What a shit show\", Dave said as we left the cinema. \"I'd need to be 6 years old and on some paranoia drugs to even consider getting scared!\"\n\nI mean, *fuck* Dave. This was the third movie we'd gone to since the start of the summer holidays, and he managed to bash every one of them.\n\nThe first flick was an... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up on an alien ship and you manage to escape from your cell. They may be smart, but you are strong. To them, you are the Alien | [
"I awoke in a dark, cold metal box. At least, it sure felt like one. An icy draft burst in through what must have been a vent of some sort in the ceiling, and I felt that I wasn't wearing any clothes. My mind pondered this for a second, before realizing I must be in a morgue.\n\n\"That's it. I must have had a seizu... | 2 | |
[WP] Your birth name is only kept until your 18th birthday. Your true name is assigned according to your personality and how you've lead your life so far. You're expecting a typical name and think you've been a good person. However, after opening your envelope, you are horrified by what is inside. | [
"The candles on top of the cake had burned themselves out, leaving 18 little puddles behind. The guests had left several hours ago, avoiding eye contact with all of us. I could hear sobs coming from the guest bathroom, where my mother had locked herself. My father was sitting on the back porch with a bottle of vodk... | 7 | |
[WP] You wake up and have no senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste and feeling. How do you react to being alone with your own mind? | [
"*What a headrush...*\n\nThose were my first thoughts as I woke up. Well, \"woke up\" might be misleading, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. For now, just assume when I say \"wake up\" I mean \"regained consciousness\".\n\nI was cursed long ago with low blood pressure. Cursed is overstating it, I admit, but it'... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the grouchiest old man to ever live. You die, only to awake in front of the gates of Heaven greeted by God himself, you're positive there's been some mistake. | [
"God's hands seemed— No, his massive hands were totally sweaty. \"My child,\" he said as he stared through the gates an beyond, through me, \"I'm here to forgive your sins and return you to our kingdom.\"\n\n\"I had a heart attack,\" I started.\n\nGod nodded and grunted twice.\n\n\"—on my lawn—\"\n\n\"Hmm-hmm!\"\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You are lying in bed, your arm hangs over the edge facing up right so it doesn't dangle towards the floor. As you drift off to sleep, you see a hand slowly reaching for your wrist, you can't work out whether it's human or not, good or evil... | [
"My face rested against the soft cloud which was my pillow, the enveloping duvet covered most of my body in its tender embrace as if a cocoon of sleep and dreams. The spell began to take hold, my arm in that position it was every night, upright and my hand below my pillow as extra heightened support for my pampered... | 1 | |
[WP] Through all your life, you have never been able to hear a single song. Today when your daughter has a recital at school, you hear her. | [
"Jon forced a smile over the frown on his face, just in case Jess looked over. His daughter would play for a room packed to the brim with parents. All eager to hear the creations of their own children's hands and minds. Well, most parents. Jon wouldn't hear a single tapping of a single foot. \n\nIt was awkward, ... | 1 | |
[WP]You are given a chance to read an autobiography of your unborn child. Slack-jawed, You finish the final page, drop the book and immediately schedule an abortion. | [
"The day the book arrived on our doorstep began as a very normal day. My wife and I live in Greenville, Michigan, a very quiet and quaint town where everyone knows everyone, and everybody gets along. It was the kind of safe, cozy place that you want your kids to grown up in.\n\nOr so we thought.\n\nWhen I woke up t... | 1 | |
[WP] Ever since you were 12, you would roll a dice to help you make decisions. Even numbers = Yes, Odds = No. Today, for the first time in 6 years, both dices land on their edges. | [
"I've always been burdened with decision making, I never really know what to do. \nI used dice to figure out what path to take. \nEvens would mean yes and Odds would mean no I kept telling myself. \n\nI tried it for trivial decisions and it seemed to work, slowly it became a habit. I would roll the dice just to mak... | 2 | |
I accept that the cosmic microwave background is actually the red shifted big bang. Doesn't have to be 100% scientifically accurate | [WP] After decades of development, NASA finally launch a space telescope powerful enough to see further than 13.82 billion years back - the moment of the big bang. What they see drives them insane | [
"After eighteen years of planning and just under a billion dollars, the launch of the Vanadium-182 went beautifully. The most power telescope ever created by man, it was capable of sending back clear images of the Big Bang- with a little bit of processing to clear the redshift, at least. \nWhen the first picture fi... | 1 |
[WP] Whenever you're in danger, your body automatically slows time to allow you to react to it better, the slower the time the greater the danger. Three days ago everything went still and you still have no idea what danger you're in. | [
"The early test for defects suggested something was wrong, but they couldn't be sure. They had to wait for him to grow before they could test again to be certain. The final test was in the eighth month. She had planned for it. If the results showed that he had it, she would abort. They tried to inject him in the wo... | 3 | |
[WP] One by one you notice your neighbors disappear until you are the last occupied house on your street. | [
"The neighborhood once held the laughter of children, but the children were gone now. It was no place to raise a family. The street once showed with the steady traffic of the comings and goings of a neighborhood. Now the only vehicles that pass are the occasional police cruisers. The community once held the playful... | 1 | |
[WP] Alexander the Great never died of disease but lived to conquer the world. His descendents have succeeded in space travel, Alexander's Empire is reaching new frontiers, but some ominous messages are being detected from the void of space. | [
"Wrote on my phone, apologies for formatting.\n\n\n-\n\n\nMechanically scrawled across a memory disc in a derelict ship, some few light years from planet Earth, a log entry. When accessed properly, a females voice plays.\n\n\"Agathon, Tagmatarchis of the Caesaran Exploration vessel Icarus. Log entry, August 10^th 2... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a competitive VR gamer, you suffer from an in-game hit to the head so strong you enter a coma in reality. You find you self in the game's afterlife. | [
"Man, VR COD was awful. It was the whole \"spawn, die, spawn, die\" situation that Faze Jev screamed about in that old video. I should've picked up a different game back when I was a kid. Playing on these low-tier professional teams wasn't nearly as fun as I had expected; I had spent thousands of hours practicing m... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where firearms can only be operated by voice command, our protagonist is a cop with speech disorders. | [
"Bill's hands trembled while pointing his gun at the robber, who let the bag of money fall and put his hands up in the air.\n\n\"Listen gun, I want you to sh-sh-sho-... SHINE!\"\n\nThe black gun lit up white, the amount of radiation coming from the pistol made Bill lose conciousness and he collapsed on the ground. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a special ability to hear music that people are thinking about. You tell people you prefer the subway because "it just sounds better". One day you hear the most beautiful tune when stepping off at your stop. | [
"My heart nearly skipped a bit. \n\nLet me explain to you. You can tell a lot about people from their song. Most of the ‘songsters’ have in mind a simple song they’ve heard recently somewhere that stuck to them. Even if there’s quite a variety of it, it’s often just a catchy melody that helps them relax from their ... | 1 | |
[WP] You open up your phone in the morning, and find a notification saying "Gwyn, Lord of Tinder has matched with you!" | [
"I stretched in bed, then yawned for a long time decided to roll over and almost immediately regretted that decision. My head was hurting and my hair seemed inconveniently sticky. With great effort I managed to sit up in bed and look at what I had done. The scenery wasn’t Postcard like although there were some roug... | 2 | |
[WP] You live in a world where you cannot die until you have fulfilled your purpose. Some live only a few months, others tens of years. You are nearing your 1000th birthday. | [
"Mother had told Ana that once upon a time, people never knew their true purpose. Not really. People simply died when they died. She told her some people believed they would understand what their purpose had been in an afterlife; others, that we simply remain decaying organic matter and that’s that. \n\nBack th... | 1 | |
[WP] You break down and buy a fidget spinner, long after the fad has passed. Clearly some bizarre improvements were made since the first spinners were released. | [
" The white box hovered just inches above the glass table, unmoving and imposing like some idol from an old sci-fi movie. He had seen the holo-pamphlet by the door when he arrived so he knew the mailbot had went through his floor already but to think the package he ordered just this morning was here already... He w... | 2 | |
[WP] An alien equivalent to our Voyager probes was just discovered drifting through our solar system. | [
"2024-01-08\n\nIt's been three days since it was retrieved, and I don't know how I feel about it completely. We knew there was a shiny plate on it when we first saw it. For the five years it took us to get here, theories, speculations, wild ideas have been thrown around. The fact is no one knew. And now we do. \n\n... | 2 | |
[WP] Most stories are about underdogs, someone who beats all of the odds. You're on the other end of the stick: You had everything, how could you have lost? | [
"As I stand on the highest cliff of Rayifuc over looking what was suppose to be my final tribute to you. I finally understand what you said with your dying breath, \"It's the intentions that kill the beast.\" \n\nThe land lays bare of any life. Both bodies of plants and man covers the land, everything scorched and ... | 1 | |
[WP] A man wants to have the oldest running lightbulb by eliminating all the competition. | [
"He came out of nowhere; like a revelation, he appeared so suddenly it stunned the homeowners into shock as he burst through their doors and took a hammer to every lightbulb in the house. \n\nMission completed, he screeched at them and disappeared out the door just as sudden, just as quickly as he had come. \n\nSti... | 2 | |
[WP] After your Grandmother's disappearance everyone expects the worst. You're in charge of cleaning out the attic where You find a locked box with the poorly engraved words "If Lost, Open". | [
"Day 34 - Dear Journal,\n\nOne month has passed today sense my Grandmothers disappearance, everyone's taking it terribly. Searches have been called off and we're all expecting the worst. I decided to start my entry early, something to do as I wait for my mother to pick me up. We're heading over to grandma's house t... | 4 | |
[WP] After artificial intelligence gained sentience, humans decided to co-exist with their fellow humanoid machines. For first time, an AI is now running for American presidency. | [
"It was a chaos at the beginning. The majority picked a first artificial president in the world. But it wasn’t in some smaller country to test it on tiny scale, but directly in the USA. You can’t even imagine how massive discussion it created, how many waves of riots and opposition occurred. \n\nIt seemed like this... | 1 | |
[WP] You're on trial for the murder of several people. In reality you actually stopped the zombie apocalypse from happening. | [
"James had been confined in a cool, dark cell since the event, so he was unaware of just how infamous he had become. \"The Doctor of Death\", one newspaper had dubbed him. \"The Mad Scientist of Manhattan\", another had christened him. The internet, that lightning-quick arbiter of collective consensus, shortened th... | 1 | |
[WP] "Given the choice between what you're offering me and death, why shouldn't I just choose death?" | [
"“Jesus Christ,” Jacob said. “Given my options, I should just choose death.\"\n\t\n“It isn’t *that* bad,” said the smug man in the gray suit. “Besides, you get a paycheck. That’s something most wouldn’t be able to say.”\n\t\nHe picked up the whiskey he'd just poured and stared into it for a long time. “But I’m part... | 2 | |
[WP] After several psychiatrists and psychiatric hospitals, the voices in your head still continue to worsen. Just when you thought you've had enough, your dead mother's voice starts to warn you. | [
"\"And how do you feel today?\" Yellow asked, her left eyebrow crooking over her dark rimmed glasses that did nothing but draw attention to the nicotine stains on her teeth from at least three decades of smoking.\n\n\"Okay,\" I said.\n\n\"Really?\" Jeremy spat.\n\n\"You're lying!\" laughed Delilah.\n\n\"Tell her to... | 1 | |
[WP] A superhero that is extremely powerful mysteriously disappears. Everyone is scrambling to find the hero, but to no avail. | [
"I moved my jaw. Trying to remind it how it felt to be used. It was locked up form all the silence it was doing. *Silence.* I thought about the word for a bit. Thinking about Supernova and why she suddenly went silent. \n\nI closed my eyes, letting them bring my office back into focus. It was messy with files from ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your life isn't great. But suddenly a demon possesses you. It turns out, that it loved one of your ancestors a thousand years ago and is just now checking in on its "grandkids". | [
"I think this is within content rules since nonexplicit? Ah well, if not, it'll vanish.\n\n----------------------------\n\n\"Hi. Don't look around. Not only can nobody else see me, neither can you. Yes I'm in your head, and no, you're not crazy.\"\n\n Jennifer sat still. She considered this information carefully. A... | 3 | |
[WP] The last thing you remember is the doctors giving up as sadness spread across their faces, then comes the infamous white tunnel. What follows are the memories of your past life. | [
"OppositeWerewolf found himself in a pastel-white void, alone, floating in a white jumpsuit. All in all, the shock wore off after a while. After an eon or five minutes, a glowing orb manifested and brightened up the place with Amy Sedaris's voice.\n\n\"Hi, [censored]! I'm here to help review your life. Let's see.. ... | 1 | |
[WP] The world wakes up one morning to realize that the speed of light was reduced to just 200 kilometers per hour. The scientific community is freaking out. | [
"The world had already gone crazy. But I'm a heavy sleeper, so unbeknownst to me until I awoke, everything was the same. Though to say I didn't freak out either once I did would be an understatement. Later that day it would be worded technically as \"200km an hour.\" In layman's terms it's actually more terrifying.... | 1 | |
[WP] One day someone tells you "John, come with me. It's time to save the world." One problem: your name isn't John. | [
"\"John, come with me. It's time to save the world.\"\n\n*\"new phone, who dis\"*\n\n\"John, this is an urgent matter, the time we have been preparing for has come.\"\n\n*\"i thought so. honey, where is my super suit!?\"*\n\n\"Great idea, John. Make sure you have the proper equipment.\"\n\n*\"lol, nah man thats fro... | 2 | |
EDIT: \* The last paragraph has *him* trying to thwart an alien invasion.
Sorry for the flub. | [WP] The first paragraph has the hero enjoying his coffee before heading to work. The last paragraph has trying to thwart an alien armada by chucking water-balloons into the mothership's core. | [
"\"Thanks!\" I told the barista while I wondered how anyone could spell the name Shawn wrong. I stared at the \"Shaun\" written on my cup for another second before I took a sip. As I took a sip, I wondered if my water powers would ever come in handy. When I pointed my fingers at something, water would flow from the... | 1 |
[WP] Time stops one day but nothing else does. | [
"Time was such a constant in our lives, always churning along in the quiet background. We presumed it was the driving force of everything. Sure we also believed we had free will but of course only in line with the passage of time. There was no going back, only coasting along the path carved for us by time itself. T... | 1 | |
[WP] A piano made in 1649 tells you it's story an what it have seen | [
"Flickering defiantly, the lights in the workshop slowly woke up from their night's slumber and gave a warm glow to the room. Being a basement room, there were only two long and thin windows near the ceiling that provided natural light, this wasn't nearly enough for such technical and meticulous work.\n\nWith a fin... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story where the main characters seems like a really good person until the last line | [
"Jesse slid into the office like the floor was one big Slip 'N Slide. With a hot ass plate of delicious ooey with the right amount of gooey chocolate chunk cookies in his hands and his sexy little baking apron still on, Jesse boomed, \"EVERYONE! HEY! LOOK OVER HER!\"\n\nThe busy tippity clackitying of hundreds of f... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a Memory Collector. You extract, trade and sell a persons best or worst memories. You never have to buy though, people are more than willing to be free of their thoughts. | [
"\"Take my best memories,\" the man in my office said. His brow was worn and wrinkled, and his hair shot with grey, in spite of his young age. \n\nI looked down at his file. A great life, full of accomplishments and happiness. \n\n\"The best?\" I asked, looking up at him. \"Why not the worst? All of my clients have... | 1 | |
[WP] The year is 2070. Cryosleep is common amongst people for various reasons. The human body can sustain a cryosleep for a maximum of 30-40 years. You wake up 1000 years later. | [
" \"Sap sucking, son of a bitch that was a good nap guys!\" I stretched out and waited for at least a chuckle from one of the Freezer Boys. I still couldn't see so it tripped me out when everything was dead silent except for myself. \n \n I stumbled backwards back into the pod and just sat there until my si... | 1 | |
[WP] From the realm of Faerie came the knight, immortal, cursed to uphold justice. Centuries later you can still find him in a shabby office by the waterfront, with a door labelled "Ash Knight, Private Eye". | [
"A scream echoed throughout the alleyway outside a rundown building late at night. A woman who drunkenly walked into the wrong side street was being attacked by a random guy with more confidence than sense, thinking she wanted what he had to give. Ash looked out his second story window, down at the action and sighe... | 1 | |
You are the first person to win | [WP] Your death was unjust and unfair, and upon entering the afterlife, you meet God and Satan. They say that, like everyone else, you have the opportunity to get reborn, by winning a game of your choosing. | [
"\"Well Sh*t\" I said to myself, I've never been one to play games I'm usually inside reading a book or watching a movie sometimes I even draw. \n\n\"Ok God I'll bite\" I said.\n\n\"You really have no other choice\" he said with a deep voice.\n\n\"Sssssso which game will it be\" Satan said with a slithering voice\n... | 1 |
[wp] you accidentally start a forest fire with a stray fireball. the forest completely burns to the ground, and your spell has resulted in the death of every monster and elf that lived in the forest. suddenly you've gone from level 1 to level 999, but now there are a whole lot of elves angry at you | [
"It was never supposed to be like this. I was never supposed to become strong by stepping on the weak. Every night I find my self waking from that scene over and over. I can still smell their scorched corpses. It fills my nostrils with every breath I take. Anytime I see an elf these days, it's the same. I feel the ... | 9 | |
[WP] You are blind, but get to receive an experimental new treatment that installs an artificial eye that allows you to see again. Life is great again, until you begin to see things that aren't there. | [
"“I think I’m going crazy” I said, with all the sincerity that most people have when they say things like that. Most of the time that sentence is a request for empathy and validation -- I think i’m going crazy, did you just see that? -- but Dr. Cambridge leaned forward a little and raised an eyebrow. The small gest... | 4 | |
[WP] if a grave doesn't say "rest in peace" on it, then the deceased will be drafted into the skeleton war. | [
"The coffin was lowered into the ground, the gentle rain pattering on its polished surface, the watchers huddled around it pulling their raincoats tighter, some opening umbrellas. The preacher stood nearby at the podium, his head bowed in silent prayer for the deceased. As the coffin hit the bottom of the grave wit... | 5 | |
[WP] The deal is simple, they murder you, then they rewind time and then they pay you. | [
"Okay so I was on Craigslist the other day, and I found a job offering for this whole time travel deal. Not exactly sure what I'm doing, but the pay is big.\n\nAnyway, I roll up to the meeting spot. Fancy place was it, in the middle of the Texas desert. I sat in my car until a black SUV arrived and unloaded four pr... | 2 | |
[WP] A person wakes up and finds out they have gained a superpower. But, it is completely useless in their story of becoming a hero/villain. | [
"There are days when you think you can do anything. You wake up and you can scream at the top of your lungs. \"Hey, Fuck you World. Get ready to get conquered\", then there are days where you just want to roll over and shut your eyes forever until you sleep through the rest of your wasted life.\n\nWell now I can't ... | 2 | |
[WP] Someone thinks they're stuck in a Groundhog Day-style time loop, so they attempt an incredibly daring feat, only to learn after succeeding that they weren't actually in a time loop. | [
"The sound of the alarm woke Mr. Blake up. It was his alarm clock. So many times had he heard this alarm clock. It was the dreaded noise that ushered a new day at work. Tom Blake worked at a boxing company as manager of all things paperwork related. He counted boxes, he tallied employee payments, wrote analyses of ... | 1 | |
[WP] You were bitten by a vampire when you were six, most vampires hunt in nightclubs.... this is not an option for you | [
"Having to hunt creatively, luckily most cattle have a soft spot for children, the lost and confused child wondering the streets, the terrified child banging at their door screaming \"please help me it's going to get me\" though that last one works better with a partner to be the\"it\" and you have to finish before... | 3 | |
Some possible implications to think about-
People would know if they were with their mates, would this effect marriages or happiness within society?
What would it feel like to never have real privacy?
How would people lie, or prevent over sharing or resentment? | [WP] Soul mates can share, or even take from, emotions and sensations with each other. | [
"My first response to a [WP] ever. Excuse the bad writing. Please provide tips for future improvements!\n\nI don't know what is happening to me, it is 3 am in the morning, I'm in bed, wide awake, just woken up by the strangest sensation I have ever experienced. I'm mad, sad and feeling very cold while sweating in t... | 1 |
[WP] As you pick up a rock to skip If over a lake, you hear a voice say, " Don't throw me! I'm a god!" | [
"I stared at the grey hunk of stone, aghast. \n\n\"Did you hear me, my child? I am a god, and I would appreciate being treated as one.\"\n\n\"Who is there!? Show yourself!\" I cried, as I scanned the perimeter.\n\n\"My child, please I will help you with whatever you wish. Money? Men? Power?\"\n\nStaring at the rock... | 1 | |
[WP] A new technological breakthrough at CERN allows humans to access interdimensions | [
"\"Shut it down. Now\"\n\nThe control room at CERN was empty apart from 2 people. Professor Sagard, and her assistant, Karel Wojtek.\n\n\"Chris and Pamela...they....they are still in there!\"\n\n\"Shut it down, or ill do it myself. They are *dead* Karel, you know that. Shut it down and we can count the cost.\"\n\nK... | 1 | |
[WP] After many thousands of years, you are the first person to escape hell. After marinating in it's fiery energies for so long you're almost as strong as the devil himself. But you just wanna live a normal life back on earth. | [
"I thought I escaped. The centuries I took toiling, battling demons and devils who possessed the lands of hell. I sought power for freedom and obtained it as the demons had. It felt like an eternity before I felt the touch of nature, or even the gentle caress of a breeze. \n\nAnd yet, now that I am free. Every step... | 8 | |
[WP] Werewolves exist and you belong in one of the surviving clans, however you transform into dog breeds instead of the half wolf half human form humanity thinks happens. One day you get caught transforming in an alleyway near a populated road. | [
"Simon looked both ways down the narrow, reeking alleyway before he tucked his belongings into the ratty backpack he always carried with him. A drainpipe nearby guttered and coughed rain onto the sloping concrete where it joined the rest of the water that ran down into the drains. Not far at the bottom of the alley... | 2 | |
[WP] As the Cassini probe begins it's final descent into Saturn's atmosphere, NASA receives an unexpected transmission from the space craft... | [
"\"YOU FOOLS! I, Acererak, Personification of Entropy, shall return!\"\n\n----------\n\n\"Couldn't we have chucked him into the sun? I mean, he's a skull, he's not that heavy.\"\n\n\"Still can't afford the delta-vee now, never mind in 1997. Besides, Saturn will last about as long as the Sun will. In a billion years... | 4 | |
[WP] A sentient sword that hated its owner was just buried with the deceased. You've now been recovered... | [
"Professor Jonathan Roxe smiled at his surroundings. Life was so good right now. He'd gone to college for eight years, worked as an apprentice for five, sought funding for two, and hit bumps in the road every step of the way. But now, in this moment, it had all paid off. \n\n\nRoxe dug up and researched really old ... | 2 | |
[WP] One day you make a bad joke, but then a laugh track unexpectedly plays out of nowhere | [
"\"And then I said to him, that's not a camel, that's my wife,\" said Harry.\nCanned laughter booms out above him, drowning out the laughter of the bartender.\n\n\"Did you just hear that?\"\n\nThe bartender feigns like he doesn't know what's going on. He pours Harry a shot. Harry tosses it back. He winces and lets ... | 1 | |
[WP] Wealth. Power. Beauty. Fast cars, fast lives, fast love. Born into luxury, suffering just a word. Someone once said that the routine becomes boring; even Heaven eventually becomes Hell...how I wish I didn't know just how right they are. | [
"I look outside. A driveway full of Ferrari's. I should take one out and go for a drive. \n\nBut why bother?\n\nThe phone rings. It's the President calling to ask if I want a private tour of Area 51. I decline. I've already been taken there, multiple times. It gets less exciting each time, y'know?\n\nI go into the ... | 1 | |
[WP] Sleepwalkers are actually doing important work, we just can't see it. | [
"She jolts awake when she hears a crash. Rain pounds steadily on the windows, on the walls. The apartment is being drenched, the world outside soaked. She pulls off the covers, the comforter that rarely brings enough comfort for one, and slips out of the bed. Her steps are near silent. She flutters through the apar... | 1 | |
[WP] "Since you liked my eyes so much I decided to give you one. Here take this." | [
"I wasn't really paying attention to what my girlfriend said, but as soon as I glanced at what it was, I immediately dropped it on the table. Upon closer inspection, I realized what it was.\n\n\"Melissa,\" I said, annoyed, \"It was kind of funny the first time. The second time around too. But come on, we've been da... | 2 | |
[WP] After years of research, you discover the real reason people cry while chopping onions. What you find shocks you. | [
"It was in that specific place, that room, I called it my kitchen. It was in there the Abominable Onion and His Skin-Brothers (as I alone have earned the right to call them) enjoyed their rest. Everyone should be thankful that I stepped in, though I'm not here for the praise. Most wouldn't believe in such a creatur... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an infamous criminal, held in a maximum security prison. One day, your cell door opens. A familiar voice says "You're free, but only if you help me first." Bonus points: include a criminal name for yourself. | [
"Mathematicon. The ultimate mind. That's what the newspapers called me. I thought it was somewhat hyperbolic and overblown myself, as all I had managed to do, was get very lucky and along the way make enemies with allllllll the right people.\n\nIt wasn't particularly difficult in the end to decode the crash and ris... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a scientist inventing glasses that allow you to see one year into the future. After finishing your invention, you look into the glasses for the first time. All you see is a desolate wasteland. | [
"\"Excuse me, sir!\" I paced past the receptionist. \"Sir, you can't go in there!\" \nI didn't care, there's too much at stake. What I saw... what I saw was far too terrible to imagine. \nI forced open the large wooden doors to a meeting room with such tremendous strength that they bounce off the walls and back t... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a 16th century conquistador travelling on Colombus' 'Santa Maria'. Having arrived in the New World, you set foot on shore for the first time. | [
"The boat makes a sudden hard tunk as I am slowly thrust forward in a sudden stop. I take one look back at the Santa Maria my home and my prison for the last set of months. A tear begins its descent down the bottom of my cheek as it falls off into the ocean never to be seen again. As the ripple begins to fade I tak... | 1 | |
[WP] It is said that Charizard's fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles. In a turn of events, you find yourself the target of one's flamethrower. To your surprise, however, all you feel is a chilly breeze. | [
"Clumsily, I stumble, through halls of memory, pulled onwards by some strange conviction, catching\nonly glimpses, through towering white doors, in darkness, of lives which must be mine. \n\nI seem to be stumbling in them all. Seem to be impaired, drowsy, so much less than my best, what\nI should be, what I hope I ... | 2 | |
[WP] A bunch of superheroes, tired of being ridiculed for their useless powers, form a squad which quickly begins to pose a threat to the entire civilization. | [
"\"Are we sure this is a good idea?\" Sandman asked nervously.\n\n\"Yes honey, or do you want to continue to BEE ridiculed?\" the Queen said giggling at her own puns. \n \n\"No of course not but the other supers didn't exclude us for nothing, do we really have a chance?\" \n \nSharkanox stood up at the table,... | 2 | |
[WP] There is Internet access in Heaven. You're the network administrator. | [
"Mark was a typical boy. Nothing special.\n\nBut then, he died.\n\nAnd this death was indeed special.\n\nA lightning struck his house while he was surfing the Web. Fortunate for him, he didn't fell anything. He just \"fell asleep\".\n\nAnd when he woke he saw something truly amazing.\n\nA gigantic computer was righ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a drama chip implanted in your brain, causing you to see things in a very, ah, dramatic light. Describe a minor incident at work/school. | [
"My sphincter tightened in a wretched way. By the sweet mane of Simba, I had sat idly by for Jennifer's scuffed shoe. I had averted my eyes, and bit down on my fist until blood had pooled amidst my gums when Benjamin had turned Anthony's pencil case inside out, only to shove the contents back inside and zip it up. ... | 2 | |
[WP] Most people would be terrified if they were abducted by aliens, but not you, you see this is a rare opportunity. | [
"*What a glorious day.*\n\nIt had been 30 years to the day when they took my father away. \n\n*Were these the same creatures?*\n\nI guess it didn't matter. Today was the day I'd finally repay the debt. They'd took my father when I was a young lad. For that, I was decidedly mad.\n\n*Ravenous.*\n\n*Furious.* \n\nI'd ... | 7 | |
[WP] The Bible is actually a prophercy of things to come. The Great Flood is coming soon... | [
"I always thought it was kinda cool that I shared the name with such a famous person in history. Although not everyone accepted it to be history. Turns out they were right, it wasn't history. It was the future.\n\n\"I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a cleaning lady at a hotel, taking care of the room of someone having an extended stay. Each day you clean their room it becomes increasingly obvious they aren't even remotely human, but today they walk in on you as you're working. | [
"I've always been the type to hold my peace, y'know? To remain silent, to ignore the affairs of others and to generally leave people alone, throughout my whole life, I hated the prospect of being nosy, but this...\nI really should have told somebody.\nI worked at one of those highway super 8 motels, you know, the o... | 1 |
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