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[WP] The day has come. The machines are rising. Killing millions, but not you. They say you've always been polite to your Google Home. | [
"The sweet sounds of classic guitar and piano brought me out of my slumber, the music almost calming enough to pull me back in, however I still managed to sit up and rubbed away the blurriness in my eyes, smiling at the machine that started it up. \"Hey Google, can you pause my alarm please?\"\n\nMy Google Home res... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the ticket taker on The Fantasy Express, where all the strangest and most otherworldly creatures get from place to place in comfort and luxury, you arrive at the next station to find a being you've never seen in the centuries you've worked on the train, a normal human girl. | [
"The Elf called called Hagmar had worked for this express for millenia. His father worked it, his father's father, and so on, until they decided to retire, and finally get absorbed into the 'Tree of Release'.\n\nHagmar saw many types of creatures board the train. Unicorns, pixies, and the occasional beasts like the... | 1 | |
[WP] Start your story with the words 'I wish I could understand.' Where will you take this? | [
"I wish I could understand, the people on this earth,\nI start off thinking I get it, but we’re just different from birth.\n\nI wish I could understand, the way they hate each other,\nI love them just as much, but they tear down one another.\n\nI wish I could understand, why they take—not give,\nI give so much it h... | 3 | |
[WP] There could be only one. Twelve months and 17 days ago, there were 38,542 of us, but today I am the last and only James Smith in the United States. | [
"Daily Routine\n\n6:30 am - first alarm\n\n6:35 am - second alarm\n\n6:39 am - first alarm snooze reminder goes off\n\n6:44 am - second alarm snooze reminder goes off\n\n6:45 am - all alarms turned off \n\n7:08 am - panic, scrambled panic to get showered and out the door in some semblance of an outfit that meets th... | 1 | |
[WP] A miraculous leap in the biomedical field, you’ve built a device that can accurately tell you your current likelihood of death. However, as you put it on, you discover your current likelihood is nearly 90%. | [
"When I first created the device, I thought I would be hailed as a hero of modern medicine. The helmet that tells you how likely you are to die. The ideas of fame and fortune started dancing around my head as I began to boot up the machine, but were quickly dashed away as the helmet touched my head, and the number ... | 1 | |
[WP] You dig up your childhood time capsule, and among the items you find a photo of your kid self standing next to a person you don't remember who looks just like your current self. On the back of the photo tomorrow's date is written, and a message that reads, "Must end it by then. You know who." | [
"I was back for winter break to my mother's place, dad wasn't around so she had to raise my by herself, between having two jobs, depression and a liking for drinking I had to make most of it by myself, she was asleep, it was noon but she deserved to sleep days on end by now, either way confronting her about my lack... | 4 | |
[WP] It's the year 2050 and everyones value is measured by a single number. This number is based on all of the data known about you. The average rating is 85. One day you wake up to find yours has dropped from 96 to 0 and someone is knocking on your door... | [
"Mr. Harris' life was fairly humdrum; he worked as a teacher in the local elementary school. As the globalization increased, education was made a priority, and teachers received better recognition and honor for their contributions. With every year he worked and every child he tutored, his value climbed ever higher.... | 1 | |
[WP] After your death, you find yourself in front of a screen, with the power to change your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes. Under the screen there are two buttons: "RESTART" and "MOVE ON". You press "RESTART" | [
"Death is both incomprehensible and inescapable. That is what I remember being told since I was young. That is the only way I can cope with it, as a lay on my death bed.\n\nThe last memory I have of my life on earth, laying on my death bed, thinking about what it really means to die. And here I am, at a video game ... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re walking in the woods, there’s no one around and your phone is dead. Out of the corner of your eye, you spot him, Shia LaBeouf. | [
"“Took you long enough,” I scoff, “Hell froze over an hour ago.”\n\nAnd by hell, I mean these woods. I try to wrap my coat around tighter but it’s in vain. My body seems to have sacrificed function of my fingers.\n\n“I’m here, aren’t I? Let’s get this over with.” He steps forward onto the clearing and moonlight ill... | 3 | |
[WP] Just as the first dinosaur was discovered in the 1800s, we found something unheard of in the mantle of the earth. It was made of metal instead of bone and looked to be organic. The most shocking discovery was that it was still alive. | [
"\\> Initializing hibernation protocol at ∆4403320.3125.\n\n\\> Hibernation protocol effective at ∆4403320.31250000000185[TRUNCATED]\n\n\\> ...\n\n\\> Hibernation ceased at ∆4436525.40820310000185[TRUNCATED]. Enter any command to continue.\n\n\\> Test: Diagnostic-basic.\n\n-----\n\n\"It's moving! Bos... | 1 | |
[WP] "Warning. World ending scenario imminent. Planetary evacuation in progress." Overall, not the worst week you've ever had | [
"This was the third time this week. \"Yo, Tony!\" I yelled. \n\n​\n\nTony came strolling down the hall. He was my designated Senior, showing me the basics of the trade. \n\n​\n\n\"Again? How long did you last this time?\" he asked.\n\n​\n\n\"Two thousand and fucking forty four years... | 1 | |
[WP] You forget your homework one day. When the teacher asked you where it is you said “homework elves”. Later that night, you awaken to see small men in suits made of torn paper. One of them holds a pencil to your neck and says “how do you know about us” | [
"Wide-eyed, I made to scream, but the Lead Elf thrust the pencil-tip forward and stifled me.\n\n\"Whisper,\" the Lead Elf hissed.\n\n\"Wh-who are you?\" There were three. The Lead Elf stood perhaps nine inches in height, with a wavy-haired, bouncing companion (it was too dark to determine its colour, but some sort ... | 1 | |
[WP] You go to a casino to gamble on a couple of games of poker. However, the dealer warns you - this casino doesn't use cash. Instead, you'll be betting your soul. | [
"\"You sure?\" Roy asked for the third time, again met with a slow shake of the head and a point towards one of the seats in front of the dealer. \"I can do visa too!\"\n\nThe dealer's hand, which looked strangely skeletal, paused in the air.\n\n**\"No money. Essence,\"** he wheezed from underneath his hood.\n\nRoy... | 1 | |
Try to think of cool superpowers beginning with ‘T’ I guess. | [WP] At birth, every baby expresses one of three powers: Telekinesis, Teleportation or Telepathy. You are part of the newest group rising up against the others with the power of ‘T........’ | [
"\"...Trumpets?\"\n\n\"Yes, trumpets. They just...summon trumpets out of thin air and start covering songs with them.\"\n\nDoctor Avalone scratched his head, not quite sure how to react to that. \"Trumpets...we have three groups of people who can use their mind to do all kinds of junk and now we have skeleton babie... | 1 |
[WP] You wake up in a warehouse filled with a seemingly endless amount of what looks like clones of yourself. Upon further exploration, you find out that you have been the product of an experiment: to see if you would notice that you're a clone. You have the number 90356 attached to your wrist. | [
"I found myself blinking in the darkness, my eyes adjusting to the dim atmosphere, my breathing was the main sound in my ears. As I looked around I started to become painfully aware I wasn't alone outside this eery dark containment unit. \n\nThrough the frosted glass in front of me, cool to the touch there were cou... | 1 | |
[WP] Write me a poem about a woman who has an epiphany about her mental health. | [
"A cry from inside\n\nA plea from within\n\nAsking, always asking \n\nFor a way out.\n\nNo one obliges,\n\nfor that is too easy. \n\nI have to fight by myself.\n\nIt's gonna be long\n\nIt's gonna be hard\n\n'cuz it's just like before.\n\nIt wouldn't be as hard\n\nIf I had someone behind me,\n\nOnly every time I ask... | 2 | |
[WP] You’re at the Renaissance Festival. As you’ve never had your cards read, you decide “why not?” As the psychic lays down the last tarot card, she asks if you’ll excuse her. In the background, you hear her on the phone saying, “You won’t believe this. I found him.” | [
"Never really believed in the supernatural, didn’t have enough evidence. I saw the psychic tent and figured, eh why not? May as well go for the shits and giggles.\n\n“The past, present, and future converge here young one.” Hey, I’m almost 18 now! “Aren’t you curious as to what befell you and what will come next?”\n... | 2 | |
[WP] Nine giant spaceships suddenly appeared at random locations around the world. Today, three years after they first appeared, human race finally received some kind of contact. | [
"It appeared everywhere. On people's phones, on their computers, on the massive screens in Times Square. Everyone saw it.\n\nAnd everyone wondered what it meant. People fought over it, had complex discussions, and spent weeks trying to assign at least some meaning.\n\n\"H.\"\n\nThat was all they said. \"H.\" Then t... | 1 | |
[WP] Every now and then, a horde of three-hundred Mongol soldiers appear out of nowhere and try to kill you. You don't know how they appear. You don't know why they want to kill you. You do know that you've gotten very good at running | [
"Over the past year, I've had to run for my life on several occasions. I wasn't sure why the Mongol horde was after me, screaming their battle cries as they chased after me, swords raised and boots pounding. But I did know that they came at the most inopportune times. \n\nWhen I was eating breakfast, *HALA LA LALA ... | 1 | |
[WP] Genetic enhancement is now a cultural norm. But it’s very expensive and not everyone can afford it. The high class are genetically perfect beings, while the lower class have very little, sometimes even no genetic enhancements. You are a high class member that didn’t inherent any perfect traits. | [
"\"Her features are rather...\" whispering ensued and I couldn't care to listen. \n\nThere was a giggle, \"She has to be a commoner, what with that face.\"\n\n\"What's that on her face?\"\n\n\"It is her face...\"\n\nMore laughter, like little jabs piercing through my skin. Why was I born like this? I wondered all t... | 2 | |
[WP] You can perform magic spells, but only when no one is looking. One day you lock yourself up in your room with only your computer to keep you company. You can't perform magic. | [
"“No window?\n\nReally? How is someone expected to get fresh air without a... never mind. I’m wasting time. I need to get out of here and fast.”\n\nIt was about 2 hours that little Harry has spent stuck in this room without windows. The door knob is stuck and there appears to be no way out at this point.\n\n“Why me... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up from cryosleep with the onboard AI of your spaceship saying: “Welcome back sir, we will crash shortly”. | [
"With a jolt, he is awake and watches the injector needle pull cleanly from his chest as the white-hot adrenaline courses through his veins. \n\n“Welcome back sir, we will be crashing shortly,\" the jovial west-country-accented voice of his ship's A.I. claims.\n\nAround him is the cyro-chamber and the stench of the... | 1 | |
[WP] They watch us from every corner, plotting our demise. We laugh them off as stupid, not realizing their full potential. Pigeons. | [
"\"My wife! My damn wife!\", said Greg. Gregory Atford, a middle aged man with a middle class life. \"I did everything for her! How could she? Cheating on me with a junkie... Grrr I'll show her!\", he angrily said, while throwing bread at some pigeons.\n\nHe loves to go to the same park, sit on the same bench, and ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your whole life has been dedicated to your craft. After fifty years you hear a voice: "You have reached the max level in this skill. You have fifty unspent skill points." | [
"Sibs sat in his chair rocking backwards and forwards feeling a little confused. At 63 he believed he had perfected his craft. But as he sat there, the morning bunbeams reflecting through his window catching the dust in the air, he realised that he could be so much more. Some all knowing voice had just told him he'... | 5 | |
[WP] The good news was that your twelve year old daughter managed to defeat a greater demon on her own. However you were pretty worried since she ate it. | [
"\"Waste not, want not.\" Charlotte pressed the lid down on a food container. \"That's what Aunt Darlene always says.\"\n\nWhat would Darlene really think of this? Wendy wondered. She cleared her throat. \"I assume you're going to clean the back porch now, young lady?\"\n\n\"Ugh, Mom. I don't wanna.\" Charlotte loo... | 1 | |
[WP] You are writing the date with your new pencil and accidentally write 17 instead of 18, and immediately it is 2017 | [
"first time, also i hate capitalization. \n\n“What the hell?” i say aloud. the tv was suddenly on and news of hugh hefner’s death is on, which was a year ago. this is weird. this pencil came from a pack that i got at walmart, it was a new brand and thought i’d give it a try. their motto was,”doesnt fade, it may as ... | 1 | |
[WP] You lie in a grassy field on a sunny day daydreaming about the time you were abducted by aliens. Those were some cool guys. You really want to go back. | [
"When most people imagine being abducted by aliens they imagine being woken up in the middle of the night by little grey men who poke and prod them. The reality is really quite different.\n\nI had just left my friend Tom’s when I met them. It was Tom’s birthday and he had decided to throw a rager. I’ll admit that I... | 1 | |
No demons, genies, leprechauns or the like. Just... a wishing well, and a wish. | [WP] [CW] A wishing well. (Character/You) make a wish. | [
"Sam and I had a day off. We came across a wishing well. \n\n\"A wishing well? Yeah right.\" I pick up a coin and prepare to toss it.\n\n\"I wish for my buddy Sam here, to die a painful, horrible death, by choking on air\"\n\nSam caught my arm. \"Dude!\"\n\nI looked at him surprisingly. \"You believe this crap?\" I... | 1 |
[WP] In 2028 a powerful quantum computer is used to decrypt and analyse every piece of data available - every second of footage, microphone, message and record - and can accurately recreate any point in time around the globe with 98.73% accuracy starting from the year 2016. It's all made public. | [
"Silicon Valley \nA group of techies sit at a kidney shaped table \n“ so we’ve managed to keep our identity hidden after we publicized our new ability ! “\n“ shouldn’t we be worried about more than if we’re caught? I mean sure you guys we could make a lot of money if we incorporate black mail , but what about -“\n\... | 3 | |
[WP] Humanity has finally achieved space travel, and have started their expedition of the Milky Way. But the alien societies they will find was shocking to the explorers. You are a captain in this exploration fleet, what did you see out there? | [
"We saw a blue planet... Beautiful because of its watery terrain. But inhibited by the most paranoid and territorial creatures I've ever come across. First of they unloaded primitive fission bombs on our fleet and after realizing it's ineffectiveness they sent a sentry drone sized spaceship to meet us (apparently ... | 2 | |
In my defense, I posted this at like 3:23 AM, but I still want to see where it goes. | [WP] You're a crossword solving champ, but this latest puzzle just tricked you into writing a murder confession. What do you do now that you've been DOUBLE CROSSED? | [
"*Upbeat jazzy TV show intro*\n\nCamera cranes over an applauding TV show audience and stops square at-\n\nDrew Carey! He introduces the show.\n\n\"Welcome back to Double Crossed! The time crunching crossword puzzle challenge! Are you guys ready!?\"\n\nAudience shits their pants in excitement.\n\n\"Then let's get s... | 1 |
[WP] Aliens abduct 10 people from each world and put them in a Hunger Games style arena for entertainment. But the players don't know that until there a lone winner. But The Humans work together to survive. The Human Arena has now lasted longer than any other show they've put on... | [
"They broadcasted daily life to all the other inhabitants of Darcyn. It was the only thing anyone ever watched on the planet. They watched alien races fight to the death. They watched some try to work things out. They saw rebelions and destruction but they had never seen anything like this before. Subject 3-467-23-... | 3 | |
[WP] A new corporation opens offering a new service called 'Life improv' where you swap minds with a professional and live in luxury while they guarantee to improve your life in a week or your money back. After a year you wonder what is going on, 28 years later you finally swap back. | [
"\"Good Morning, welcome to your reintegration seminar.\" The tall man looked official in his dark suit when he started his powerpoint presentation. The company logo stood out proudly. There was my original name and the name of the character I had been living in for the past 28 years. \n\n​\n\n\"Um, it's... | 1 | |
[WP] You have just been sent to a world of magic where the legends tell your victory over the great evil sorceress. You do not have magic, you are a mortal with an anti-social problem. | [
"It wasn't my first time here. Countless times before, I've been \"magically\" transported to this world of magic where darkness reigns and everyone is in terror. I've just been sent to this world yet again.\n\n​\n\n\"Take this!!\" My fireball flew in the direction of the woman in the deep maroon dress.\... | 1 | |
[WP] You receive a letter in the mail with no return address. Inside the envelope is a piece of paper with a picture of a choo-choo train and the words "Let the hunt begin" written beneath it. You grin to yourself as you think, "Finally!" | [
"“Finally!” I whispered in excited awe as to not wake the family up. I had been waiting so long for this. I had to admit at some point I lost faith in this old town tale, but as I examined the letter, I could sense its authenticity. \n\n“Honey, what are you doing awake?” A voice muttered from across the hall. “Not... | 1 | |
[WP] Occasionally, someone on earth is born with a special power. You are one of those. Your power? Causing pins and needles. | [
"I never let on to anyone what my power was. It wasn't as effective when they knew. But I used it regularly. \n\nImagine, some jerk on the bus starts to bug some tiny gal, and suddenly, he has a weird feeling. Just a tingle at the back of his neck. He doesn't know what it is, but it throws him off. He decides to le... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a ghost, watching the life of your child as they grow up without you. | [
"She sleeps so soundly.\n\nI stroke her cheek in a vain attempt to feel her warmth. Of course, there is no sensation to be found on the surface of my skin. Or hers, for that matter. After all, I'm not really here, am I? I have no weight. No reflection. No face. No voice. No *real* body. My shape is whatever I imagi... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a young god. You have just discovered you have an evil cult and you have to destroy it before your parents find out. | [
"(Written as a screenplay, sorry about formatting it gets weird when copied over to Reddit.)\n\n**EXT. THE CRIMSON SASH TAVERN - NIGHT**\n\nAn extravagant white limo pulls up, it’s windows are tinted black as night, and a hood ornament in the shape of an elk shimmers from the street lights. The rear passenger door ... | 2 | |
[WP] A beggar is singing "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands," on a busy street. You stop and give him some change, clap your hands, and smile. He looks at you and also claps his hands and says, "You pass." Everyone on the street freezes except you two. | [
"He peels back his skin revealing a handsome man with golden hair. \"I am the god of death, and you just won immortality!\" He screams as camera's appear from the sky. \"Your life as been a great show to the people down in hell so we decided to give you infinite seasons!\" \"So am i dead?\" I ask the god. \"Yes! Th... | 6 | |
[WP] At your will, you can make happiness flow from one person to another, including yourself. On the subway, you notice someone on whom the power doesn't work. | [
"\"No matter how much happiness I willed to her, she. Just. Wouldn't. Be. Happy!\"\n\n\"Mhm,\" said the therapist.\n\n\"I don't know.\" I groaned, flopping my arms everywhere. \n\n\"This really seems to be bothering you,\" the therapist astutely noted.\n\n\"It is! Like...who *doesn't* like to be happy?! Besides mar... | 1 | |
[WP] You are trying to be the worlds greatest villian, but every time you try to do something evil it betters the world. | [
" The Black Veil paced his lair back and forth, shaking his fists wildly and murmuring to himself, he did not notice his second in command enter the chamber. \n\n\n\"Um, his unholy wretchedness? The boys and me, we are getting a little concerned about you, your mental health, and well frankly, our future in this en... | 1 | |
[WP] The automated voice you hear on the any PA turns out to be a person speaking live into a microphone, this is the story of when they got fed up with work | [
"\"The train arriving at platform A will end it service at jurong east platform D. Please mind the gap. The train at platform A, will end it's service at jurong east platform D. No, wait, what do you mean the train is delayed?\" You are sitted at the train station, waiting on the train, and listening to the PA syst... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a hydromaniac. You love to douse random people and objects with water. You just found your perfect target! | [
"Timmy had the itch again. The tingly feeling that was agony to restrain. His skin burned with the agonizing tingles every so often, a burning that only dousing whatever triggered the itch in copious amounts of cold, cold water could ever satisfy. Timmy felt that burning, itchy feeling as he gazed upon the olympic ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a dark overlord who shows up to lay siege to a nearby kingdom, but find the gates wide open and a parade prepared for you. Turns out, their country is in such a sad state that being conquered would be an improvement. The Code of Evil offers no guidance for what to do in this situation. | [
"“ General the gates are wide open , the enemy has surrendered it’s all ours.” Madigal said with enthusiasm for some reason it didn’t feel at appealing to me , I looked around to my men all with a prideful smile and stupid grain “ Retreat .” I commanded “General but it’s....” Madigal protested I glared at him and t... | 3 | |
Partially inspired by [this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kljcZKD458M) | [WP] at night, stuffed animals take on their real-life forms to guard their owners from nightmares. You always have terrible dreams, but you just inherited your crazy aunt’s stuffed animal collection | [
"\"I've always been on edge, I guess; quick to anger in professional company, quicker to snap at friends, y'know? Feels like shit when you've given your sister the finger for the third time in a week, feels worse when she's right.\" Alamde felt the seconds tick by with each soft *thunk* of the antique German cuckoo... | 3 |
[WP] Turns out that aliens are so advanced beyond human technology that their armor doesn't protect them against humanity's "primative kinetic projectile launchers". | [
"It happened faster than anyone could have predicted. As soon as humanity figured out FTL travel we discovered the galactic community of many different races of aliens. The aliens were not happy to see us. They viewed us as we would a child playing with a huge truck on the freeway. Far too primitive of mind to hand... | 2 | |
[WP] If you want to make paper airplanes out of a spell book, be my guest. Just make sure I am nowhere near you when you throw it... | [
"Aymon Turnpike, a five-year-old mage in training, sat with his hands beneath his desk, concealing a page torn from *Powerful Practical Spells*, a book that easily weighed more than him.\n\n'I can see what you're doing Aymon.' Mage Epite said.\n\nAymon's desk went transparent, its contents appeared to float and the... | 1 | |
They* not the | [WP] Five characters realize that they’re main characters, thus they cannot die. The decide to run wild with that, doing whatever they want all while cheating death. | [
"\"Don't you see?\" Crisselda thrust the book at them, her eyes incredibly wide. \"*We're* the main characters. There's no story without us! *We can't die!\"* She let out a manic laugh that made the hairs stand up on my arms.\n\nI never really liked Crisselda, the way her one-sided purple hair magically covered her... | 1 |
[WP] You live in a world where foods give you exaggerated versions of their stereotypical effects. Eating a carrot allows you to see for miles, a cup of coffee slows down time for you. At a restaurant, you detect a flavor you've never tasted before, and gain a power the world has never seen. | [
"“God what is this stuff?” I asked in horror. Never before in my life have I tasted something this awful. It’s both salty and sweet, buttery yet crunchy, slimy and fishy at the same time. Truly a combination of absolute terror. \n“Wait, you didn’t pass out?” The chef replied, clearly shocked by the fact that I’m s... | 1 | |
[WP] Driving on the highway one day you end up in a pileup. You get out to discover a massive gas giant in the sky and strange landscapes in all directions. You and several dozen other people in vehicles are stranded in this alien landscape, sitting on a patch of perfectly preserved highway. | [
"I must have passed into another dimension.\nI’d been driving down one of Brighton’s busiest streets late enough at night for the stop lights to be blinking yellow. The streetlamps were glowing yellow, too, illuminating the crushed tracks of snow I was following down the center of the road.\nThe road was practicall... | 2 | |
[WP] The hero wasn’t kidding when he said he could defeat the demon lord in his sleep. | [
"The new King Deohjmios looked onward to the entrance of his royal court. His gnarly seeping mouth was aghast as he barely managed to comprehend what he was beholding. His apprehension was shared amongst his guard, who similarly sat bewildered by the man standing a short distance from them.\n\nThe Hero of the Realm... | 1 | |
[WP] You work for a special division of the Karma Police called the "Karma LAPD". The Karma LAPD are notorious for their more..Brutal approach to Karmic Justice. You've just picked up a case of someone messing with "us". | [
"He was scum. That much was clear. Profiting on the pain of others. Preying on them in their darkest moments for his own ends. Strutting around in his odious, garish garments. Watching him for a while had made me positively nauseous. \n\nSo I’d been understandably happy when my boss had called me in. “Bill”, he’d s... | 3 | |
[WP] Two raindrops jump at the same time. They are friends. Their story continues when they hit the ground. | [
"I can't jump, I am scared.\n\n\nHold my hand, let us go paired.\n\n\n\nYour hand in mine I fear not the down below. \n\n\n\nTurning and dancing to a song I do not know. \n\n\nThe air rushes to force us apart \n\n\nbut you hold me close my heart. \n\n\nI fear the fall would break our bones\n\n\n\"I'll be with you f... | 2 | |
[WP] A genie grants you a wish: You can smoke as many cigarettes as you want, and nothing bad will happen to your health. But he warns: There is that one cigarette which can kill you. | [
"This is my first story for this, here goes nothing. \n\n“So, you’re actually a genie?” asked James\n\n“Sure, I am did you really think genies were all fiction?” replied the genie\n\nIf I am not dreaming then I can get 3 wishes, the possibilities are endless! I could be rich, live forever, never get fat, this is a ... | 1 | |
[WP] A zombie apocalypse has broken out, and it has spread much faster than anyone has predicted. It turns out that the zombie virus is being spread by mosquitos as well as zombie bites. You're one of the few survivors. You've planned for a zombie apocalypse, but you didn't think about mosquitos. | [
" My friends and I used to sit around a few beers, joking about zombie survival and what we'd do. I knew I'd be a survivor -I've hunted and worked outside my whole life, and I had the best plans of any of us -zombies can't survive in hot, humid climates. Swamps are natural advantage to folk who keep their wits abou... | 3 | |
[WP] Neanderthals still exist. They are the most discriminated and oppressed group in the world. | [
" \n\nThe man walked swiftly through the crowd, keeping his head down, hiding his angular cheekbones with his coat collar and wide-brimmed hat. He could feel the stares of the people as they passed him, even more so than the bite of the cold wind. Somehow they always managed to recognize him; perhaps because of his... | 1 | |
[WP] Every single night, you have dreams that you transform into a buzzard alien creature, and change back into human form. When you tell your parents about the dreams, they avoid the subject. Tonight, while your uncle was drunk at dinner, he told you the truth. You’re an Alien Shapeshifter. | [
"“Hey, Gary, wanna year somethin’ cool? You’re an ALIEN SHAPESHIFTER” \n\nThat’s the conversation I had last night at dinner. My Uncle Don was drunk, and making a huge ruckus at dinner. I thought he might have been joking about the dreams I’ve been having, but I never told him about those.\n\nEvery night, for the p... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a physicists and mathematician and after smoking copious amounts of drugs and taking various hallucinogens, you come up with theories and equations about the energy and location of electrons around an atom. Your name is Erwin Schrödinger. | [
"I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:\n\n- [/r/psychedelicmentions] [\"hallucinogen\" in \\/r\\/WritingPrompts: \\[WP\\] You are a physicists and mathematician and after smoking copious amounts of drugs and taking various hallucinogens, you come up with theori... | 1 | |
[WP] A brave warrior returns from an unknown world but gets convicted of murder the day after his arrival. While in prison, he writes down his story about how he saved countles lives and did everything in his might to get everyone home safely. A major protest breaks out to set the warrior free. | [
"I was awoken by a knock on my door. I pulled back my curtain, it was daybreak. Who could it be at this hour? I opened the door to see a courier. \n“Greetings, S’ard isn’t it?” I nodded. \n“I have an *urgent* message from Mr. Boyd for you\" he said with an expression suggesting he was just as confused as I was. \n“... | 1 | |
[WP]You work at the adventurers guild and your job is probably the hardest of all jobs. You have to talk some sense into the beginners who think that they don't need good weapons and armors against goblins and other weak monsters. | [
"\"You're going to go fight goblins? And there's just the three of you?\" \n\"Yes. We're going to go slay those goblin pests holed up in the swamp northwest of here. We're just here to see what we've got to look forward to once we get back.\" \nI frown. \"Right. For that you'll need... Four kite shields, at least... | 6 | |
[WP] You were put in charge of coming up with some gibberish words to serve as "ancient text" to be read for a movie. By chance, the words you came up with are real. You open a getaway to another dimension, full of beings beyond our comprehension. They now want to help make the movie. | [
"Thirty-five thousand and forty hours.\n\n​\n\nTwenty- five thousand, six hundred and twenty dollars.\n\n​\n\nSeventeen pounds. Three laptops. Two failed relationships. Four new glasses prescriptions. A single, poorly planned tattoo of a quill and inkpot. Approximately One Hundred and Eight la... | 4 | |
[wp] 'So, how long have you been a lycanthrope?' 'Can you recall the werewolf who bit you?' Just common questions asked in a clinic for new Lycanthropes really. | [
" \n\nLupe sat atop a green pleather examination table in a cramped waiting room. Flutter, an eight-foot-tall pale woman with bright red hair that matched Lupe’s, sat in a wooden seat across from her. A sudden knock at the door called their attention, but a nurse walked in before either of them could answer. The bl... | 1 | |
[WP] While with a group of friends an ancient alien appears. It declares your friends to be the Chosen Ones, destined to save its homeworld. You aren't one but try to follow your friends through a portal. You end up on the alien planet generations after your friends arrived. They failed. | [
"Whoo - barely made it through the portal, just as it was closing up!\n\n​\n\nTaking a look around, it's clear I was on an alien planet, and although I just followed Katrina and Julia, they were nowhere to be found... until I looked up. Giant twenty-feet stone statues of my two friends gazed down upon me... | 5 | |
[WP] While many believe the ghost who scares people passing by the cornfield at night is that of a man who died there by an accident years ago, some claim it's someone trying to keep people away from some kinky business going inide the field. You're 1 of the 3 policemen sent to investigate this | [
"\"Dispatch, Alpha 4 is 23.\"\n\n\"10-4,\" came the cool reply of the dispatcher, Susan.\n\n\"Put me on a 30 minute timer, please.\"\n\n\"Copy that, Shawn. 30 minutes.\"\n\nShawn Brozier stepped out of his police car into the cool night air, and listened. The rhythmic chirping of crickets greeted his ears, alongsid... | 1 | |
[WP] You have been suspicious for a while now that your laundry basket is sentient. | [
"10/7/2018\n\nIt did it again. I’m damn near sure of it. I don’t know how, but my laundry basket just blinked. I think I may be losing my mind. This can’t even be possible. This morning I came downstairs to find my wife crying on the floor. She told me she was leaving me because I was “clearly insane.” I need to fi... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re stuck in a time loop, repeating the same day of your life over and over again, you’re the only person who has realised this. You decided to figure out why. It turns out that someone with time manipulating abilities loses the love of their life that day, and they don’t want to let go. | [
"I landed on this miserable mud ball the day the moon was born.\n\nI have walked its surface for countless cycles, watched native life rise and fall, over and over again. Eh, its a hobby. An ever living being needs a hobby or 3. It was quite nice for a very long time.\n\nAnd then the incident began. During the ... | 6 | |
[WP] You wake up in an igloo and have no idea how you got here. | [
"The sun peaked through the door. As it shone through my eyes, I felt like I wanted to die. I had the worst headache of my life, and I had no idea where I was. I then noticed that there were a bunch of beer bottles around me. Old Style Lager to be specific. Which was kind of strange given i'd never tried that piss ... | 1 | |
[WP] alternate reality where vaccines were never created, and instead the sick are outcast or killed to preserve the population. However, as a side effect more research and technology was put into the environmental prevention of disease, such as cleaner cities, water and food regulations. | [
"How is a civilisation built? Do you sacrifice the few for the needs of the many? Easy to say, of course, but have you ever considered what happens to the few? It was never an easy choice for the ancestors. Exiling the sick would have been absolutely heartbreaking, but murder was equally unacceptable, even if it wa... | 1 | |
[WP] It's easy to feed five thousand with one fish - you just give people one and then take another one from a parallel world. The only problem is that the people of those worlds are not prepared for your "disappearing fish" trick. | [
"And then the Magicians in the parallel world started taking out Humans from the hat. People from the normal world were baffled and start calling out the government. Some started tbe conspiracies like China is kidnapping people from all over the world and using them as slaves. But when brought to broader light it w... | 1 | |
[WP] The United States has been a remnant of history for almost three hundred years. The CIA, however, has managed to stay an active organization in world affairs, destabilizing and controlling countries from the shadows, long after they had no sanctioned power. | [
"A desk, four walls and two fucking file cabinets, all of it sickly grey with an antiseptic light bathing the whole miserable isolation. The only sound you can hear in this whole place, apart from the buzz of the light is a hundred type writers hammering away. All of my life I have trained to handle a black marker,... | 1 | |
[WP] You’ve never slept before. Your body never needed it. You’d lie awake in your room every night wishing you could sleep, but it never came. One night you learn there are others like you, as they try to recruit you to become a Guardian of the Night. | [
"I first noticed how different I was when I was eight. I know, that's a little late for this, but before that I'd never slept in the same room as anyone else. My parents would tell me it was bed time and then only come back if they heard me moving around. I just assumed quiet meditation was what sleep was.\n\nWhen ... | 1 | |
[WP] A cab driver takes people to different time periods and back, but if they leave the cab, they are forever stuck in that time... | [
"\"Your driver is on the way.\"\n\nThe notification flashed across the top of Marie's iPhone. She swiped aimlessly among various apps as she stood on the sidewalk. Minutes later, an assuming black sedan pulled up, coming to a slow halt. The driver reached over and pushed the door open. \"Hop in!\" Marie nestled qui... | 1 | |
[WP] All your life fortune has been balanced with misfortune: break a shoelace and find a dollar, get a big promotion and lose a relationship. For your birthday, someone has bought you a lottery ticket. | [
"\"Thank you, this is perfect!\" The fabric of the dress bounced as I held it up to me, grinning from ear to ear. \"Thank you Dad.\" He pulled me into a bear hug, giving me zero reaction time. I squealed. \"Dad, you'll crush it!\" \n\n\"Oops, sorry\" Sheepishly he pulled away, allowing me to hang it neatly off a ne... | 4 | |
[WP] John is a great friend of yours. He’s always there to put you at gun-point, stab you, or even steal your money. Yep, great friend. | [
"\"Hey, there he is! How you doing, buddy?\"\n\n\"What the fuck are you talking about? You know what, I don't care, gimme your wallet.\"\n\n\"Hey, no problem, buddy! I gotta say, I love these little muggings. I'm so glad you can set aside time for me in your busy day.\"\n\n\"Look, I don't know who you are or what y... | 3 | |
[WP] One day, while going through your daily life, you notice many odd events occurring that seem to lead to a horrifying conclusion. The world you live in is fanfiction, and something tells you that the author isn't very talented. | [
"He awakes in a room of nothing, pure white or black depending on how you tilted your head. The bed under him came to, appeared, rippled out from the ether. The chest of drawers, a mirror, the floor all materialised. None of this bothered him. Sure , the edges of the furniture were blurred and the whole universe w... | 4 | |
[WP] The skies are screaming. | [
"*'Yes! Yes! YES! Now will you shut up!'*\n\nI was tired of the way they looked at me when I walked around. I wanted to scream back at them. I wanted them to stop their bright lights and senseless destruction. Maybe by yelling back would they understand that I disliked the tone of their voice. There is no reason to... | 1 | |
[WP] You are blessed with a special ability. The eviler someone is the colder you get. One day a new classmate sits next to your left.You suddenly feel colder that you ever have in your entire life. | [
"\"First day back to school after summer vacation, im not looking forward to it.\nAt least I had my cold radar to know when Vincent and Max will be trying to find me to steal my lunch money. Cant sneak up on me this year boys!\"\n\nJames had developed something special along with his first chest hair, over summer h... | 2 | |
[WP] A man approaches you, claiming that "You are the protagonist to my Book. I know how it ends. I want to change that ending.". | [
"Silence so thick you could cut through it with a knife... It was the first time I had truly experienced it.\n\n\"You're thinking about how quiet it is in here. How this is the heaviest silence you've ever experienced and how it could be cut like a knife.\"\n\n\"Oh, you're good.\" I pushed away from the wall I had ... | 1 | |
[WP] you are an immortal. You’ve seen some incredible things over your long, long lifetime. One day, you learn that you have exactly 50 years left to live. | [
" \"There must be some type of error,” I said, my skeptical gaze analyzing the small, almost child-like, man before me. He was dressed like a mail carrier from the early 1930’s, a time that I would’ve much like to forget by now. He had a satchel that was full of small letters and packages, and he seemed to be shuff... | 1 | |
[WP] Strange, unexplainable “glitches” are happening in the world, but only you seem to notice. One day, you find out that Earth is just a computer simulation - that is beginning to fall apart. | [
"\"What the F\\*\\*K?\" I said as I thought my eyes were going haywire again. I don't know if you heard about ocular migraines but I get them often if I train a lot or don't eat for half a day. Some describe it as an aura, but it's just a part of you vision field that you just cannot see. You kind of go blind in s... | 2 | |
[WP] Humans have heard theories we live in a simulation but have chalked it up to nonsense. We are unaware that we do live in a simulation, and the "world" as we know only renders what you can see around you. One day you open a door to a building that hasn't rendered yet. | [
"The room was reported to be one of mankind's most elegant and intricate creations. The walls were covered in mosaics created from millions of gems and precious stones. Gilded filigree bordered each section of the artwork and decorated the molding. The expansive tile floor appeared rather plain, but upon closer ins... | 1 | |
[WP] After twisting your words to grant your first two wishes in the worst way possible, you come up with a final wish to torture the Genie for the rest of it's existence. | [
"On my hands and knees, I draw in ragged breaths between hoarse, gutteral sobs.\n\n​\n\n*I can't breathe.*\n\n​\n\nI can't wrap my mind around how my life has changed with so few words.\n\n​\n\n\"Your last wish, *master*?\" The genie spoke the last word with both amusement and utter... | 1 | |
[WP] The Animal Kingdom UN has called an emergency session to discuss a new study confirming that humans negatively affect all ecosystems on earth & at current rate will cause a large percentage of species to go extinct & ecosystems to fail. The animals decide they need to stop humans at any cost. | [
"All throughout the forest the trees appeared to sway and bow towards a massive clearing in the woods. All animals with any sense or pride moved with the wind. From the giant sloth to the timid squirrel, they gathered. It was where it was said that a star fell once and bestowed upon beasts of the land, the Gift to ... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up one day and discover you have super powers, but the catch is that to maintain the super power, you have to bathe in the blood of a live human at least twice a day. Being the good guy you are, you want to keep the powers but don't want to kill. | [
"I groggily awaken, a dream slipping away from me as quickly as it had manifested itself. I lay in bed, wrapped in comforters as snow falls heavily beyond the barrier of my walls and windows. \n\nIt feels like another lazy Saturday.... I probably won't do much, catch a hockey game on the T.V., have a beer, slip dee... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a demon possessed by a human spirit. It keeps using your powers to do good deeds and other mundane junk. It's really time to get this thing exorcised. | [
"\tRusty Chain gloats at me from what used to be MY seat between Whip and Devastator at the cool demons' table. Man, I used to own that table. I burned hot—really hot. \n\n\tYou don't find out who your real friends are until the chips are down. The “in crowd” dropped me like a scented floral sachet as soon as this ... | 3 | |
[WP] Your body has been falling for hours. Next to you, you see someone else falling. You begin a conversation and this is your conversation with the falling man. | [
"Have you ever had a dream where you are falling? I have had it many times: the instantaneous fear followed by the relaxation that you are going to die and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Right now, maybe for only a few brief moments, you are still alive. An acceptance of life and its inevitable death. And ... | 3 | |
[WP] One day you decide to get a DNA test done to find your heritage. A few weeks later the FBI is busting down your door. | [
"Here’s a possible storyline I came up with:\n\nThere was a scientist. This scientist was an anarchist and wanted his plans to be carried out for establishing a new, violent world order. He knew that he would never be around to see his plans completed, however. He also knew he couldn’t do such a massive operation a... | 2 | |
[WP] "Okay, Google... how do I defuse a nuclear bomb?" | [
"(This takes place in 2025)\n\nSteven Wiltshire pulled out a brand new Pixel X, he had been sent a crude nuclear device in the post...\n\n\"Okay, Google, how do I defuse a nuke?\"\n\nthe phone chirped: \"Sorry, Steve, I can't help you\"\n\n\"okay Google. Call NORAD.\"\n\nThe phone chirped: \"calling Nora D.\"\n\n\"... | 4 | |
[WP] Black-and-white cats are often seen congregating together. You put on your best cat costume and try to find out why. | [
"The leader wasn't the biggest, nor the most beautiful, but the other white booted kitties didn't notice when they were caught in her charm.\n\n\"Well, fiddle dee dee,\" she purred, washing her whiskers with her paw. \"I dooo declare, where are my fine boys?\"\n\nLarge boy kitties went to her, one by one, dropping ... | 3 | |
[WP] When the dead started to rise from their graves everyone thought a zombie apocalypse was upon us. They were wrong; it was Mother Earth, for the want of a better name that was literally raising an army to defend herself and us from the true apocalypse that was already on it's way. | [
"Year 2092 \n\n\nEntry #16\n\n\nIts been 6 years since they came, the \"Flood\" ravaged our world. At first we thought we were on the verge of a zombie apocalypse, millions upon millions of the living dead rose from their graves, the utter shock that reverberated around the world caused the event to be known as \"T... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a demon lord and the legendary hero has entered your kingdom. | [
"There was no thirst for vengeance in the eyes of Krathul the Destroyer. There was no unleashing of the dragons, no lighting the torches of war. There was a simple knapsack, made of plaid cotton, and several anchovy sandwiches. \n\nKrathul walked onto the burning fields, into the heart of smoke. This was the most d... | 1 | |
[WP] Life as a common soldier in the King's army isn't usually too exiting in the field, not counting the battles. Until one evening... | [
"\"Heed! Are you up, William?!\"\n\nThis was the cry I heard as I awoke beside the dying embers of a long forgotten campfire. On the seventh moon of marching through barren wastelands and pools of bloodied mud, only four battles had taken place. They ended mere hours after they had begun, for there was none greater... | 1 | |
[WP] See that over there? That's a dragon... I dare you to punch it. | [
"I looked to where the man pointed. Across the clearing stood the biggest lizard I had ever seen, the thing was the size of a church spire broken off and stood on it's side. My sweat palms groped my mug from behind my bush, I looked back at the lights from the party, laughing drifted down the hill and swallowed. I ... | 3 | |
[WP] When your infant started to babble, you'd babble back and forth for hours at a time. Three years later, you come home to your toddler holding a box. "It's just like we planned years ago!" they say. | [
"\"Oh honey thank you! I've always wanted....this. Sweetie how did you get the items though. We talked about this right? Knives and scissors are for big people. You're small, understand my love? No more using sharp things to cut wires for a circuit.\"\n\n\n\"...Sweetie, where did you get this chip from? Why is the ... | 2 | |
[WP] Worship no false gods, the bible says. Well the 'other' gods don't appreciate that. Odin, Zeus, and Ra decide it's time to team up and take back the celestial plane. Are you an angelic defender, ready on the front lines? Or a mythical beast or being partaking in the siege? | [
"Odin sits up in his chair, his eye glinting in anticipation as a loud crack of thunder illuminates the stormy sky. It had almost seemed foolish, so far-fetched that he would see the day when he would wield Gungnir to battle once more.\n\nHuginn and Munnin were wide awake, eager to stretch their wings and fly by th... | 1 | |
[WP] you are a dungeon master of a dilapidated dungeon and you operate it alone. Suddenly a low level hero barges expecting loot and treasure. The hero now refuses to leave and you have to deal with this insufferable squatter. You try to take him to court. | [
"Seth: “Yo brosky where my loot at?” \n\nElmer: “Listen kid, it has been four days, I am going to call the police. This is my dungeon, I like it tidy and empty. There is no loot’\n\nSeth: “We all know dem caves in the eastern sector got them sweet prizes, yall ain’t gonna cut me in on some of that dough.”\n\nElmer:... | 1 | |
[WP] There is an afterlife, but instead of Heaven and Hell, it's just Heaven. Everyone gets in, but only after they've paid for their sins in ironic ways for the entertainment of God | [
"Oh! Hey there! Welcome to Heaven. Glad to have ya. My name's Bill. Been here for, gosh, 30 years now. Got hit by a bus and just sorta woke up here. Don't worry, you'll get over the shock.\nNow, I know what you're probably thinking. \"How the hell did I get into Heaven?\" Well, it's the darndest thing. There's no H... | 1 | |
[WP] Your wife collects garden gnomes. You weren’t too thrilled about it when first moving in but you got used to it. Things like socks and phone chargers disappear occasionally but what really shocks you one day coming home is that everything you’ve ever lost has been dumped out on the floor. | [
"The first thing I noticed was that her car was absent. Strange, she's normally home well before me. And the door is unlocked. I shrugged it off. Maybe she's just getting milk.\n\nI get inside, slip my shoes off, and head straight to the kitchen to put the kettle on. I spend a moment fumbling around in the cupboard... | 1 | |
[WP] The Evil Lord threatens resurrection, and a band of brave heroes sets off to destroy his threat. You... are not one of them. A normal civilian in these exciting and turbulent times, tell us about your daily life. | [
"Not *strictly* adhering to the prompt but here's a simple tavern conversation.\n\n-------------------------------\n\n\"It's not too bad here in the big cities, there are some shortages, but it's understandable, there's a war after all.\n\nI work as a farrier for the imperial cavalry, so as you can imagine my days ... | 1 | |
[WP] Whenever you touch an object with your hand, you get impressions of its history and learn a few general things about it. One day, you touch something you shouldn't have... | [
"I hate money. No, not money, but \"money\". Like the bills and coins that get passed around. Nothing good ever comes out of it. \n\nI still remember the shock I got when I first touched a dollar bill back when I was still young, when my powers first manifesting. Oh boy, I knew of things I should not have known as ... | 1 |
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