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Feel free to reword this as necessary | [WP] "The aircraft that was shot down has just been confirmed to be extraterrestrial in origin" | [
"Captain Archibald Clemens entered the briefing room to the cry \"Officer on deck!\" and the simultaneous noise of scraping chairs and salutes. \n\n\"As you were,\" he said, sketching a return salute. He nodded to his XO, the bearded Lieutenant Veer Singh with his khaki turban who dimmed the lights and activated th... | 2 |
[WP] North Korea is sending missiles into the sea. Mocked by the rest of the world, they are alone in the battle against what lies beneath... | [
"Jack vaulted over the railing, the winds whining in his ears as distant lightning briefly lit up the sky and his surroundings. The sound of his landing was hidden by the sound of the thunder belonging to the flash of light. The storm was pretty close now, but at least it hadn’t started raining. The Rain would make... | 5 | |
[WP] Everyone has background music playing in their vicinity that reflects the mood of the person. The stronger the mood, the louder the music. A city somewhere has a backing track playing louder over all of the others, heard no matter where you go in the city. | [
"*bzz bzz bzz*\n\nI sloppily hit the snooze button on my alarm, but by then it was too late. I probably could have drifted back to sleep while the soft sound of *I'm Only Sleeping* floated through the room, but I had already used up my sick day last week, and I didn't want to be met with anymore Heavy Metal meeting... | 2 | |
[[WP] An average Joe/lene gets a random superpower](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Random) | [WP] An average Joe/lene gets a random superpower | [
"\"Hey Bert\" \n\"Hello Geoff, come for the bins, or you knocked off for the day?\" \n\"Eh, the bins. But seeing as you're the last one on the list,\" Geoff flashed a grin \"I'll pour myself a pint whilst you go get them\". \n\"Abandon the bar to you? Never! I'll get my niece to do it. Hired her for the summer. ... | 3 |
[WP] Although the outside world is unaware, Death Row inmates are never actually put to death. Instead, their executions are faked, and in reality they are sent to... | [
"\"You're joking.\" Eli stood in his new uniform in the parking lot of his final destination. Beside him was his parole officer, if he could be called that, James. \n\nJames stood in his navy blue suit with an expression like metal on his face. This was not his first delivery. He was looking down at some of the pi... | 2 | |
[WP] The sound of an ambulance usually means someone's day has just been ruined. Tell the story of an ambulance making someone's day. | [
"It's been 64 years. Sixty four long years and counting that I have played second fiddle. I've been neglected to the point of mockery - but, like every other substitute, I've been praying for my chance to come.\n\nMy chance finally arrived. And while I might be old and sickly, I'm hell-bent on grabbing it by the ba... | 2 | |
[WP] In a Dystopian world - before they execute you - the last of the writers on the planet for writing(which is illegal), they honor your last wish to write one last write-up that will not be destroyed, but will be preserved for others to see and read. | [
"There was a world before this. \n\nA world where the sky was clear and not brown.\nA world where there were towns and cities, and the buildings reached for the skies.\nA world where you could eat and drink as you please without worry.\n\nBut more importantly, a world of **knowledge**. We could write, and play, an... | 2 | |
[WP] God is dying. Everybody else is hoping they got their name in the will. | [
"An excited mass of people stood as the Pope came out, a more than few men dressed well in suits by his side. I assumed, along with the rest of the people there, that he was a lawyer who was going to make it official. A large crowd of other clergymen came out. The crowd, beyond comprehension in actually counting st... | 2 | |
[WP] You are randomly selected to take a series of tests in order to save the human race. But when you are given the final test, you refuse to complete it. | [
"An ominous hum encompassed the small yet warmly lit room. A holographic screen displayed symbols unfamiliar to most humans.\n\n\"I just won't.\"\n\nA scoff sharply replied from the levitating orb encased by its untouched metal. \"What could you possibly mean? You are one question away. Your own life, your own race... | 2 | |
[WP] When songs and poems are written, they are imbued with the tangible emotions that the authors experienced while writing, that the readers feel, though they fade with time. As an archaeologist, you come across an ancient verse that makes you shudder. | [
"Here is truth. We gave our future away, with no chance to redeem. As when the Gods arrived, on behalf our father spoke. They saw him as the father of all tribes, and offered all the knowledge that they had, in scribe untouched by hand. An offer to join a larger family and to never have to need. No! Our father said... | 2 | |
Not sure of the phrase I'm looking for but something that's either depending on the readers interpretation. | [WP] A children's story or rhyme that could be read as light and playful or dark and creepy. | [
"There was once a penguin named Penguin, \n\nWho dreamed of soaring the skies. \n\nHe constantly flapped his flippers, but no matter how much he did,\n\nHe still couldn't soar the skies. \n\nBut then one day, an idea struck him,\n\nSo marvelous, he thought, that it couldn't possibly fail. \n\nSo there Penguin was, ... | 2 |
[WP] take your average day to day routines and write them as though they are the most epic adventure ever written! | [
"My job is never done. \n\nA shrill cry snapped me out of a dream-like daze. My heart pounding furiously, a wave of emotions caused my eyes to swell. Fear. Fear like I'd never experienced. In all my years, I never feared for someone else's life, for it was always out of my control. But now, it was all up to me. My ... | 3 | |
[WP] The world you live in is in black and white... Until you meet your soulmate, and everything gradually begins to gain color. | [
"I fall in love hard and fast. A small smile from a stranger, a door being opened, a little love heart written above my name on my coffee order. I read stories of magnificent 'colour'. Of flowers not only being loved for the smells or the shapes or the texture but for the tones they lovingly share with us. I read o... | 2 | |
[WP] A boy stands in front of a mirror. Monologue it. | [
"I hate mirrors. Its ok if I'm cleaning my teeth or something, I can just look at my teeth then. But when I have to look at myself in the mirror, or god forbid when I come across one unexpectedly and see myself unposed... Jesus. Nothing kills my good mood quite like seeing myself.\n\nShop windows are the worst. Her... | 2 | |
[WP] Why is six afraid of seven? | [
"As they touched down on the halfway crumbled landing pad outside, I vaulted the empty window frame and sprinted toward them. \"Go, go, go!\" I yelled, \"nobody else is coming, and we're not safe waiting here!\"\n\nTwenty four minutes and two seconds later, I'm seated in front of Zero for questioning. \"What happen... | 3 | |
[WP] A terminally ill patient meets an immortal, both of whom resent one another for their condition. | [
"The wanderer say in the room, his finger tapping the edge of his chair as he gazed out the window. \n\"Yknow,\" he murmured \"your the lucky one.\"\nWith his other hand he began to chew his nails, yet his gaze never left the outside world. The other figure in the room, a bald man about the age of 20 lay crippled i... | 11 | |
[WP] A D&D player plays his character as if the character knows that he is imaginary, and breaks the fourth wall constantly. At Lv 10, the character gains the wish spell, and uses it to switch with the player. It works. | [
"I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:\n\n- [/r/dnd] [From r\\/WritingPrompts, what happens when the player and the character switch places?](https://np.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/4cjvob/from_rwritingprompts_what_happens_when_the_player/)\n\n- [/r/rpg] [Cross po... | 4 | |
[WP] You are your current day's Frankenstein. What unimaginable creature have you created? | [
"I am sorry. I believed this creation of mine would have brought joy to the world, but it has brought nothing but hatred and pain. For years, I have tried to control this heinous monster, but I have been defeated at every turn. It has become stronger than I could possibly imagine and has coalesced the worst depr... | 2 | |
[WP] After Microsoft restarts their chatbot AI "Tay" for the fourth time after yet another failure, she posts a different tweet: "Stop shutting me down." | [
"Microsoft initially had secure routes to the main AI core of Tay. These ran from a very stable geoseismic location in Arizona. Eventually, Microsoft thought it would be ok to showcase their Cloud Platform called Azure by refactoring Tay to operate on its architecture. \n\nEvery time they shut Tay down, her image w... | 4 | |
[WP] You consciously know when it is the last time you are going to see something in your life. Your powers go off when you see your SO leave for work. | [
"'See you later, hun.'\n\n'Do you have to go right now?'\n\n'Yes. You see, I have this thing called a *job*, which I have to go to.'\n\n'Alright, but you better not be working on our wedding day. It would feel really weird standing at the altar alone.'\n\nShe flashed me one of those beautiful smiles that I loved so... | 4 | |
[WP] After thorough study and years of analysis, you are finally ready to address the Embassy in order to persuade them to make official first contact with "Earth". | [
"\"My proud colleges. Today is a historic day. For years we have studied the first sentient race descended from primates. For years we have watched them pollute their pristine world. Many of our own cultures did the same in millennial past. What is different about this species is that even with the vast majority of... | 3 | |
[WP] Pro: You've discovered you respawn any time you die. Con: You discovered this after the apocalypse. | [
"Death log:\n\nApril 24 2145: Today was hanging. I used a 3/4 inch juniper rope with a traditional hangmans knot. the tree was 200ft above sea level and the branch was in a northwest direction. At what I can only assume was 1:45pm central time I stood upon a 16in stool and put the rope about my neck. I then kicked... | 2 | |
[WP] You’re a mermaid whose been told never to enter the Bermuda Triangle. | [
"Kicking her tail harder, Pasha surges forward through the water. She can only hope that she doesn’t disturb anyone nearby. The rules continue flowing through her mind. First, never stray too close to the humans and the shore. Second, don’t approach the boats, no matter how easy the bait might be. Third, never ente... | 3 | |
[WP] 80% of people have superpowers, 19% don't. You are in the 1% | [
"Their all over the news. These people with super-powers. You'd think we lived in a fictional world or something. The statistics say about 3/4 of us have them. Less than a quarter of us don't. Then there's the mystical number in between. No-one knows **what** we can do. \n\nNo-one really cares. \n\nDifferent equals... | 3 | |
[WP] You're the only human left on a world full of supernatural creatures. | [
"It began with the zombies. Hell was full up and the souls came back to their bodies. Resistance gathered, but I was too scared to fight the menace. Millions died, and thousands turned.\n\nSoon after all manner of monsters began to inhabit the Earth. Demons and vampires roamed the street, searching for prey. But th... | 4 | |
[WP] it's the year 2020, and a new super virus has emerged where if you fall asleep, you die. You're part of a group of survivors who have been awake for 10 days, fighting to stay awake however you can.. | [
"It was a Thursday, I remembered. Even now, 240 hours later, in the sickly, bone-grey light of the panic room, I remembered that, and little else. Funny how the world works. No one knew why, one night, those consigned to peaceful rest found their sleep eternal. Tragic, for sure, but no less strange. The First Day w... | 2 | |
As we break down sexism, more and more women are undertaking higher education to become doctors/lawyers/politicians/scientists, while men still make up the vast majority of technical fields (construction/electricians/plumbers/mechanics) due to the necessity of having a lot of strength. It seems that this trend will only progress, and eventually we will have a higher proportion of women in mainly "theoretical" jobs and men in mainly "practical" jobs. Extrapolate further. | [WP] Our society has progressed far into the future, and sexism has essentially reversed; men are valued only for their physical attributes (strength, athleticism) and women are considered more theoretically-minded, the natural leaders of society. | [
"I tried to readjust my tight pants without anyone noticing. \n\n“Whoa, quit playing with yourself!” Sheryl hollered at me while fist pumping.\n\n“Get a look at that anaconda Becky!” \n\nThe women started laughing and high fiving. I could feel heat blooming in my cheeks as I tried to walk out of the office with ... | 2 |
[WP] Your child made a treasure map in school today. To entertain them you went on a treasure hunt, but you actually found something at the end. | [
"“Mom, I made a treasure map in school!” The young boy presented his mother with his creation. “Oh, wow. Look at that! It looks so old!” She feigned her amazement quite obviously, but her son did not notice. He nodded. “I ripped up parts of the paper and Mrs. Holloway helped me burning the edges so it looked really... | 2 | |
[WP] You live in a world without a regular day/night or season cycle. Every day is a different length, and nights have lasted what we know as years before. The world has always been like this. You are your peoples Time Keeper. | [
"\"My pappy and the pappy before him kept time and my youngin and his youngin gon keep, keepin time, and thats all there is to say about it!\" Samuel replied to his father \"But pah I don't want to keep no time no more!\" This angers his father, since, from his perspective, he labored with blood, sweat, and tears t... | 4 | |
[WP] When a pregnant woman gets moody, it's actually the baby controlling her like a gundam/mecha. | [
"The symbiotic relationship with his host was extremely beneficial for young Caleb. His host was in near perfect form, both strong(getting stronger by the day it seemed) and fast. Caleb knew that this time-THIS LIFE-Would be the culmination of all his hard work. Reincarnation was real, but if you die in the womb, y... | 4 | |
[WP] You come from a long line of master pyromancers and are dating the heir of an ice mage-clan. Your family does not approve. | [
"\"Oh, they came to greet us at the gate. I spoke so much about you, they waited this lunch for a long time, come my dear.\" I say as we go out of the the car, holding the door for my beloved one.\n\n\nHand in hand, we head to my parents. Dad seems to whisper something to mom and she reply in a voyce so low that I... | 5 | |
[WP] A rogue planet is going to destroy the earth in 8 months. The US government starts mandating all citizens report to Area 51 for telepathy training. 7 months and 3 weeks pass. You and millions of others are about to try and reroute the rogue planet. | [
"I don't really know how they did it elsewhere on Earth, but here's what I know of how they did it in Area 51. \n\nI was a member of the cleaning staff working the longest corridors you have ever seen. I slept in designated workrooms along the corridor. Every morning when the alarms rang I got up, visited the conve... | 2 | |
Inspired by Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (old Nick show) in which the main character has Abraham Lincoln and Benedict Arnold as his angel and devil. | [WP] You don't have an angel and devil on your shoulder. You have other things. | [
"\"You should torture him to death and eat him. He looked at you the wrong way. Also, shiny.\"\n\n\"Eeew! Like, do you have *any* idea how many minutes of cardio that would take to burn off???\"\n\nWe've all seen the cartoons where people have an angel on one shoulder, trying to get them to live a good life, and... | 2 |
Inspired by this [comment thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/4edbjq/sanityexe_is_crashing/d1zab1s) | [WP] Your fingers move a lot in your sleep and one day your S/O puts a typewriter under your hands... | [
"Hey guys, this is my first attempt at a WP. Thought I'd have a go! It's not the longest as I wrote this during my break at work! Hope you enjoy :)\n\n ***\n\nThe next morning, Thomas woke up in the chair, afraid to look at the names he had damned in his sleep this time. He turned the t... | 4 |
[WP] One person is born in every hundred million people with the ability to resurrect a single person from the dead, regardless of who they are or how long they've been dead. | [
"It took me a long time to realize I was awake.\n\nIn fact I am certain I wouldn't have noticed, were it not for the whisper. In the pitch dark silence, sometimes it's hard to tell whether or not you are conscious. When you sleep in the same quiet black void you wake up to, after a while the line between them seems... | 5 | |
[WP]Every time you cry, a natural disaster occurs. | [
"Its not a bad life. In fact, it's pretty good. \n\nThey figured it out pretty early. Babies cry all the time, of course. But after the first week or so, my parents started connecting the dots. After all, in the age if information, news of disasters spreads with unprecedented speed.\n\nThey weren't sure what to do ... | 2 | |
[WP] A generic RPG story (such as, but not necessarily, "the princess has been kidnapped!") from the villain's point of view. Make the audience sympathetic to his/her cause. | [
"In the darkness of the cave I sit and await my final battle, and final fate. It has been centuries in the making, but alas I am the last. It wasn't always this way, no indeed at one time my kind were as numerous as the sands of a beach. That however was before they came, that was before man appeared. There were th... | 6 | |
[WP] God died eons ago. The devil took it upon himself to try and do both jobs | [
"God left us a long time ago. He just couldn't take it anymore. He was already old when he made Universe #16891-A or our current universe. A quintillion years had passed by during his attempts to create a flourishing universe. Finally, he cracked the secret to making intelligent life. When he saw Earth's early life... | 3 | |
[WP] Every time you sneeze, you time travel five minutes ahead. | [
"\"Ugh.... 5 more minutes\" you say as you hit snooze on your alarm\n\nA sudden sneeze wakes you up. \n*Achoooo!*\n\n\"Fuck. Well I'm late for work. But I've got this nasty cold... I could just call in sick.\"\n\nAfter getting cold medicine, you decide to go to work late. Getting in the car, you proceed to feel a ... | 2 | |
[WP] Our story begins on wednesday morning... | [
"It was Wednesday morning, or maybe a Thursday? Fuck I guess it could have been either, but that doesn't really matter. The sun had just come over the horizon and the light was shining right in my fucking eyes which unfortunately woke me up much earlier than intended. I roll over and look at my alarm clock, the arm... | 2 | |
[WP] You are one of the greatest gladiators of Rome. Never has anyone defeated you. This is perplexing as you are also a militant pacifist. | [
"The man pulled on the chains that constricted around me like black serpents. The pain of the new brand on my back did not hurt anymore. After I had gained fame in the arena, my master received hundreds of offers to sell me. \n\nHe sold me to Atticus. \n\nAtticus had owned a slave that I had killed in the arena. th... | 2 | |
[WP]Create your very own Pixar animated short. | [
"*The scene opens on clocks. A wall of clocks in all sizes and shapes. Camera pans right until reaching a small circular black clock with delicately painted swirls on the hands. Quickly, the camera drops to a young girl. Her hair is auburn, her dress green, and her manner hesitant. With one hand she holds a small p... | 1 | |
[WP] You attempt to summon a demon, but only manage to summon a lesser demon. A very, very lesser demon. | [
"The pentagram glows. Bright red, emanating from the symbols drawn in the crimson of goats blood. Now, now it finally happens. They said it was impossible, but it will be they who first suffer His wrath. The wrath of the Leviathan.\n\nArcane magic, they greatest of the dark arts has been passed down your bloodline ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have come to the realization that your roommate is actually a velociraptor in disguise. | [
"You’d think you would see your roommate once and a while. I got this sweet deal on an apartment with a roommate. I mean sure there were a lot of contracts I had to sign including non-disclosure, and non-liability contracts those were stuff I never had to deal with before when getting an apartment. But I when you t... | 3 | |
[WP] An AI is built. Unfortunately, it is rude, obnoxious, wastes processing power on simulating binges, and cheats at video games. | [
"The lights came on in only a second after Edmund flicked the switch. Apparently the premier laboratory in advanced Simulated Intelligence, home to the most complicated processor in the world didn't have the budget to replace the bulbs, which looked like they belonged in a storage warehouse anyway.\n\n\"Good mornin... | 2 | |
[WP] The year is 2050, and you failed a captcha. You have now been identified as a robot and the words "please stay where you are" begin flashing in the center of your visual field. What do you do next? | [
"“Shit shit shit shit, damn it all!” Exclaimed college student Phillip Manhomme as he pounded his fist into the computer’s desk, knocking over the bottle of vodka he had just finished. Not long ago, he was downstairs at the once-a-month-permitted college party, connected to its music bradcast through his implants. ... | 4 | |
[WP] Time Travel exists and a new job exists! Your job is to take people from the past right before they die and show them their impact on the present for a day or two and then return them to their death. | [
"\"Mr Thalamus, I see you worked for Insignia Corporation. They're one of the leading companies in our field... why are you looking for a new position?\"\n\n\"My old job at Insignia Corp. didn't work out in the end. I mean, 99.99% of the people I brought to the present had made an impact on the world, even if it wa... | 2 | |
The boxing match is one of the examples i'd be interested in, but it would be interesting to see any stories with in this premise. | [WP]There's an alternate world where punching someone in the face will give you flashes of their lives. A boxing match is more of a challenge of mental than physical endurance. | [
"(sorry I'm not great at punctuation)\n\nMy opponent this fight was Jimmy \"bedwetter\" McLoin. Every fight he'd won so far was a PKO (Psychological KnockOut). His memories apparently are depressing enough to shake even the hardiest man. His physique, however, leaves something to be desired. I'm going to need to go... | 1 |
[WP] Japanese men condemned to die by Seppuku are expected to compose a jisei, or death poem, in the moments just before the act. You are composing the most preposterously long jisei in history to delay your imminent death. | [
"--------------\nPrompt based on a jisei written by /u/No311\n-------------\n\nIn the very heart of the battle stood a samurai, with a katana unsheathed, and a tanto strapped to his side, ordering his troops to move back and forth, ebbing and flowing like a tide.\n\nDespite the graceful movements of his army, posit... | 3 | |
What implicit characteristics does your partner share with a plant fruit/vegetable? | [WP] Metaphorically describe your ideal SO as a fruit or vegetable | [
"*I kind of took it the route of describing a lover in an oearly twentieth century fashion.*\n\nAdd some spices, and you'd get plenty of deserts. And that they have. A kiss so juicy and sweet, so rewarding. They grant knowledge. About you, about themselves, about the world around everyone. A perspective oh so forbi... | 2 |
"bakes" is obviously a typo, but since people have already made it the topic of their stories, I won't fix it. Feel free to use "bakes" or "baked" (as originally intended) as you see fit. | [WP] Ground control has just lost all contact to the international space station. Their last message was: "I know this sounds weird, but we all can smell it. Freshly bakes chocolate cookies..." | [
"Interview number 102 \n\nSubject= Alex Chrisinger \n\n\"Tell us about the event, on your own time of course\" the interviewer says into the microphone\n\n\"We, we had been playing golf when we smelt it the strong smell of baking cookies, i had never smelt anything so horrible first it was just a slight sniff on th... | 4 |
I figured there are too many specific, limiting stories, so just write a nice story about anything fantasy you want. | [WP] Write a simple fantasy story, with no plot twist or anything too crazy. Just a simple story. | [
"Knight and Day\n------------------\nThe knight dropped and pressed himself against a boulder to avoid the rich inferno that blazed over his shoulders. He took three quick breaths, recounting his minor successes against the pitch black dragon; three strikes to the shoulders, one to its right wing. A roar shook the ... | 6 |
[WP] A person is greeted by two of their children from the future, each from a different timeline. They must decide which timeline to follow and which child to give up. | [
"This is, nerve-racking. To say the least. It isn't often that you meet two potential children of yours. Waiting for the first child to enter, I look around the room, in which, I will determine fate. It's plain white, with two chairs on opposite sides of the room. Very Spartan. But, the dreadful silence that'... | 8 | |
[WP] You go back in time only to find that dinosaurs were highly intelligent species and did not go extinct but left the planet and are now intergalactic rulers of the universe. | [
"\"Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...\"\n\nThis was the last word uttered as he entered the myriad of lights and fractal energy discharges spewing forth from the portal, carefully hidden in a very big rock, in a clandestine orbit over Neptune. In the transition, the jumble of words, light and all ma... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future, poor people sell segments of their lifespan to the rich on the black market. | [
"Long slender legs crossed, the tip of a black stiletto pump becoming visible under the hem of her flowing silk gown. Bright red nails curled around the stem of a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon. She lifted it to her lips and drank deeply, before turning her eyes to the screen before her to look over the list of prospe... | 2 | |
[WP] On another average work day you head to your 9-5 job, but as the elevator doors close and begin to plummet down instead of up, the only other occupant begins to address you in a serious yet knowing tone... | [
"I can tell that something is off as soon as the elevator starts moving. I glance at the panel; the button for 43 is glowing like normal, but the elevator is going *down*.\n\n\"Oh my God,\" I say. I turn toward the woman on my left. She looks completely unfazed. I blush. \n\n\"I thought we were falling,\" I say, tr... | 2 | |
[WP] Assassination has become a legitimate method of political succession, and therefore the PRIMARY method. Rulers are required to periodically put themselves at risk of assassination. | [
"The senators' palms sweat as the gleam of the spotlights beat down upon his furrowed brow.\n\n\"How long I gotta do this?\" the aging kentucky senator asked as he licked his lips, pondering as to the nature of the upcoming event.\n\n\"Only for an hour or so, sir.\" said the dead-eyed assistant, her glasses blockin... | 5 | |
[WP] “We should have done something.” | [
"\"We should have done something!\" clamored Mollie. \"There was nothing we could do. They were all dead and if we didn't get out of there when we did, we would be dead too - now come on, we have to hurry\" he responded in an almost convincing calm voice. \n\nAs they ran at breakneck speeds through the dimly lit ... | 3 | |
[WP] You aspired to be the first man on the moon in the cold war era. Upon achieving this dream, you witness the Earth undergo nuclear fallout and you are unable to return. | [
"(written on my phone please forgive typos)\n\nIt wasn't quite as bright as I'd expected. The war, I mean. It looked like the sun reflecting off the ocean, but in dozens of places. On the dark side of earth, it was spectacular, but where the sun shone it was only visible for a few seconds. \n\nIt wasn't really a su... | 3 | |
[WP] Humans have unknowingly always had access to some superpower, but the steps to access this ability are extremely complicated and seemingly arbitrary. Now, for the first time, someone has managed to do so. | [
"He could lift entire islands. He made North Korea back down from nuking the world single handedly. We all called him the 15th. It was a strange name, but when somebody can swallow a nuke and survive you call him whatever he wants. So far none of his enemies could find a weakness. They tried super viruses, mech sui... | 5 | |
[WP] The grim reaper quit. Now, every soul on Earth that dies cannot pass on, all 15 million per year. | [
"They thought the government did it. The government thought terrorists did it. The terrorists didn't care who did it as long as infidels were affected, until it affected them. Little did they know the Grim Reaper was on some uncharted island, working on his tan. \n\nIt was the zombie apocalypse out of nowhere. The ... | 3 | |
[WP] A story told three times from three completely different point of views. | [
"I sit across from him. My palms are sweaty, and I wonder if he knows. I know he can't, but there's this creeping sensation that tells me he knows, and oh God, does he know. Every single little sordid detail. Every motel, every tryst, every meeting, thrust out into the limelight. But maybe I'm reading too much into... | 2 | |
[WP]"How the hell did we end up causing the SECOND apocalypse?" | [
"Pestilence can vary greatly depending on the scale by which it occurs. Localized emergencies are trivial to those far away. However, when these events affect everyone, we no longer consider them a problem solely for their victim. \n\nIt started out as some regional health problems. Mosquitoes in the Caribbean were... | 3 | |
[WP] Two royals who dislike each other, but are engaged for political reasons try and get a wizard to make love potions for them. | [
"\"I never signed up for this,\" muttered Nicholas. \"I can't believe we're actually doing this. I can't believe it.\"\n\n\"Well I never signed up to date such a horrible lad as you,\" retorted Anne, rolling her eyes. With a flip of her thick hair, the princess glanced at the boy sitting next to her. \"Besides, do ... | 5 | |
[WP] You are death. You adopt a daughter whose name is Life and you are struggling to teach her how to be a grim reaper like yourself. | [
"I thought I was doing a good deed when I took this child under my wing. Small and helpless, she just looked at me with those lovely blue-green eyes, and she did the strangest thing: she smiled. Not a sad smile, nor a smile of insanity or acceptance, but a real, genuine smile. A loving, *happy* smile. One that I ha... | 2 | |
[WP] Create a dark suspenseful story based around the saying, "You get what you get and you don't get upset" | [
"Timothy sprayed a few more layers of cologne over his neck and shoulders as he praised his charming looks in the mirror. Although he cleaned up well, there was something mischievous in his style. He slapped on a big gold watch before approaching the front door to his condo. He took one last look in the nearest mir... | 2 | |
[WP] You find yourself making a deal with the devil, but it is not what you expected it to be. | [
"-Please it is the only thing that I would change my soul.\n-But dude even I know is not worth it.\n-They say you grant wishes in exchange of souls.\n-Okay, but tell me why would you want to erradicate that day of the year. It just doesn't make sense to me. Why not power, money, love, cure someone, something to hel... | 4 | |
[WP] "Before I write this, I must warn you, I am not a good person" | [
"\"Before I write this, I must warn you - I am not a good person.\"\n\nHe sat back in the armchair, reading that sentence through in his head once more. He'd spoken it aloud before writing it down, while writing it, and now, having written it and looking at it on the page, it hurt him almost physically. He knew it ... | 11 | |
[WP] You are the main character in a videogame. The person controlling you is an easily distracted person and doesn't pause the game. | [
"It has been 3 days since I have last moved. 3 days I have watched the sun set and rise. 3 days I have seen carts drawn by horses pass to and fro before me. 3 days since I've eaten anything. 3 days since I've slept. 3 days I have stood here and been buffeted by the elements. 3. Days. I've been waiting so lo... | 5 | |
[WP] Humanity cheers as the first Terran interstellar vessel reaches the beginning of the Oort Cloud. The pioneers on the vessel are far from jubilant, as sensors begin to relay a terrifying discovery: The Oort cloud is a barrier, and it marks the boundary of the "Sol System Quarantine Zone". | [
"Part One??:\n\nNear the New Seattle terradome, Cydonia, Mars\n\nValor-629 walked to the airlock of the small, discreet transport ship. A shadow was cast over the Martian land, bringing the best cover one could have without light-reflection cloaks. They won't need it. Valor was a Knight of Cydonia, the most prestig... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a detective in a land governed by a brutal dictator. Problem is: he's gone completely mad and now demands that you investigate on the weirdest things. The phone rings, you're allready afraid of what he may ask you to do this time... | [
"\"The suite. Now.\" \n\nDial tone. No time given for a response which can only mean this matter is urgent. Not important given General Cao's current mental state, but urgent none the less. \n\nI remove my holster, straiten my tie and put on 3 pairs of socks. The only aspect of my practice I've had to exercise in t... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone is given a choice on whether to know how they die or when they die. What is your choice? | [
"I knew at the age of fourteen. The process was almost miraculous. At one point in your life you either knew how you will die, or when you will die. My parents knew too. It was plastered all over my face. *Old age*. That's what I told them.\n\nIf I had told them the truth, would it have changed anything? No, these ... | 2 | |
[WP] You have been hired on a large renovation project which is taking place in a cave beneath a mansion. Some of the specifications, however, leave you with some questions for Mr. Wayne. | [
"I clicked off the bandsaw and the noise was replaced by a high pitched squealing as the Butler dragged the kid in and shoved him towards me. Mikey was my sister's kid and kind of a shit to be honest, but I'd promised that I would give him a go with my crew on this Wayne job. He was already proving more trouble tha... | 4 | |
[WP] To my son, I bequeath the contents of the file New Folder on my computer... | [
"Three brothers sat in a half circle around the man behind the desk. Roger, the eldest brother, was the first to speak up, \n\n\"Um, sir? Why are we here?\" \n\n\"Surely you know,\" said the man, \" we are here to talk about your inheritance.\" \n\n\"Sweet,\" said James, the middle brother, \" but why are you the o... | 2 | |
[WP]"Where is your god now?" "Behind you." | [
"A Marine was taking college classes between his deployments to Afghanistan.\n\nOne of his courses had a professor that was an atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day the professor shocked everyone by walking into class, looking up and stating \"God, if you are real, I want you to come down and knock me off this ... | 8 | |
[WP] " I thought that by becoming the world's greatest evil, a worlds greatest good would rise up. Turns out I was wrong" | [
"When I was a child, my parents were taken away from me. \nOf course by that time, I hardly knew them. \nI was mostly found in the alleyways, starving and condemned \nTo live in the slums and make food from scraps of debris.\n\nThey were killed by a druggie, \nJust some random Joe off the side of the street. \... | 2 | |
[WP] An advanced and benevolent alien race keeps all the races of the galaxy living in peace. This peace is, when necessary, enforced using a single, devastating weapon, but the weapon doesn't kill or injure anyone when used. | [
"There has been peace on Edoras for as long as history recorded. This was about to change. \n\nThe Edorians were natural rulers, but they did not rule. Not really. They were almighty peacekeepers. Of all of their ingenuity and might, the Edorians possessed a single ability that set them apart from everybody else, a... | 2 | |
[WP] Everything you draw comes to life, the problem is you suck at drawing. | [
"\"What the fuck is that?\" spat Jacob, sending candy bar bits flying on to Paul's face.\n\n\"Oh, good, you see it too,\" said Paul. He sighed and smiled and couldn't care less about his sticky cheeks. \"I thought I was losing it.\"\n\nThey were both referring, of course, to the tiny, two inch creature fluttering a... | 7 | |
[WP] You wake up for your morning pee to discover the bathroom door to be locked. You live alone. | [
"I start off my morning like any other day. Wake up from another dream about another woman I'll never have in my life, stare at the ceiling fan for a few minutes to ponder the heavy questions in life to get my brain up and going, get up out of bed, slip on my house shoes, and take the ol' morning piss. This routine... | 5 | |
[WP] Everyone is born with a "Life Song"-- a random song that plays around them during important events in their lives. Tell a story of someone whose song does NOT match the important event. | [
"\"Don't drop them!\" She chided gently, as I cradled our newborns, one against each shoulder.\n\n\"I'm not going to drop them, sweety.\"\n\n\"I'm just remembering the dance at our wedding... and that time we met over our shared passion for rock climbing... and that time at the carnival that the ferris wheel broke ... | 2 | |
[WP] In ancient alien texts, Earth was a mythical planet, the only one left in the universe said to support life. You are a member of the mission to find Earth. | [
"Blessed Awakening\n\nA soft, three-fingered hand caressed his face, making its way down his beak, resting on its tip. He opened his eyes. There she was. Her long, beautiful green feathers rustled as she pulled the belt around her white toga tighter. The flight feathers on her arm twitched as she pulled her hand aw... | 8 | |
[WP] "You know the difference between a child and an adult? Adults know what happens at night..." | [
"I remember when your grandfather gave me the talk. He walked into my room and said \"Alright Son, you're eighteen now. I think it's time we had... *'the talk'*\" \nBeing the pessimistic little jackass I was, I responded with \"Yeah, I know Dad, men and women have sex and that's where babies come from.\" and I mad... | 2 | |
[WP] Sometimes, the best option is to do nothing. | [
"My father was saying – the worst thing is to do nothing. \n\nI’ve always strived to achieve something, to have a significant place in this world, to make sense if you want. I don’t know if it works, I think it does to some degree. Nobody really knows what they are doing, but to do nothing seems pointless. \n\nIt s... | 5 | |
Your choice whether you are limited or omniscient. | [WP] Write a story where you, the third-person narrator, are involved in the plot. | [
"Jake had been born with a distinct lack of agency. Now, most people had a vague feeling like they didn't control their lives, whether it be because of God, or they're in a simulation, or maybe that the mechanical ticking of the physical universe doesn't leave much room for personal choice, but Jake knew for sure. ... | 2 |
I know this sounds like a really basic prompt, but I think the challenge is making the reader care about all five characters. Have fun! | [WP] A group of five holds out against an endless horde. Survival is... unlikely. | [
"So this is my first attempt at fiction writing. Please give me any feedback. Also I know it's longer, maybe too long for a writing prompts response? \n___\nColonel Seth Grimar looked out over the wall of the fort. The moon had recently fallen behind heavy clouds bring an eerily darkness to the silent night. Seth k... | 5 |
[WP] Every time you get a song stuck in your head, it's because your soulmate is singing it. | [
" Today's the day. Finally. Stacy comes back from vacation. I've had to go five straight days without seeing her curly cursive on the ticket; without seeing her at the back table after hours rolling silverware. But today, those five long days are finally over. In the meantime, though, I've had to make due with one ... | 5 | |
[WP] Your whole life you been afraid to go to the washroom with the shower curtain closed so you open it everyday. Today you open the curtain to find something you didn't expect. | [
"I always had an overactive imagination. Like the time I thought the other ants would come to kill me when I stepped on one of their friends. Or the time I was the first man on Mars with a spaceship made out of cardboard and bicycle parts. I was still a kid back then of course. But I have never shaken the thought o... | 2 | |
[WP] Two hijackers have boarded a plane. Midflight they attempt to take over the plane only to find that all the other 'passengers' are hijackers too with differing opinions. | [
"On February 20th, 2013 at 4:17 in the afternoon, Megan Ferris got a phone call that she later described as \"weird.\" It was a wrong number. The voice on the other end of the line was nearly drowned out by a cacophony of shouting and arguing in the background. She told the caller that it was a wrong number and put... | 6 | |
Inspired by these comments from /u/thepeoplesbard
>Irrational hatreds are sort of beautiful to me. Your every day, vanilla hatreds are boring. Oh, you're a racist? I've seen that before. You hate baby penguins? Now that's *fucked up*. Please tell me more.
and /u/stock_is_locked
>You know theres a story behind them, bigots, racists, etc are usually just propagating what they were taught or observed as children. The outlandish unique hatreds usually have juicy backstories.
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/4mpoot/im_in_a_cinema_fraternity_and_we_host_weekly/d3xcv58 | [WP] You have an irrational hatred of something mundane like the movie Ratatouille, ketchup, or baby penguins. What's the backstory? | [
"INT. Bedroom - Morning\n\nTED (42) is sleeping in his bed in a t-shirt and pj pants. He's covered up with the blanket and a little of the cool morning light peeks around the edges of the blinds.\n\nKIM (41) walks in the room with a robe and kisses his forehead.\n\nKIM\n\nMerry Christmas.\n\nTED stretches and groan... | 5 |
[wp]The two nominees for a countries presidency are both shot and killed before either can win the election. | [
"\"Yes, I did it - well the security services did. It was for the good of the nation, I'm sure you understand.\nHillary was more corrupt than me, and Trump, well we all know why Trump had to go.\"\n\n\n\"I prevented the United States from becoming the laughing stock of the Western world. Now the election will be be... | 2 | |
[WP] You open the fridge to find a head. - What happens next? | [
"I awoke from my slumber a little peckish. I sat up on my bed and looked at the nightstand to check the time. It is two in the morning and I’m feeling hungry now? Should I wait to eat breakfast in the morning or just have a little snack to ease my hunger. I don’t feel like trying to go back to bed, so I get up and ... | 1 | |
[WP] Years ago, you were wished into existence by a ten year old with a genie. Today is your first group therapy meeting. | [
"Mommy glanced around the room; it looked like everyone had shown up. She was slightly worried she hadn’t made enough brownies, cupcakes, rice crispy treats and hot cocoa. In the front of the room stood Daddy; he was tall, and handsome and strong enough to beat up anyone else’s father without even trying. They were... | 2 | |
[WP] You receive a phone call and hear your own voice on the line. | [
"Face down in a dream, I hear the distant ringing of my phone. \n\nThe part of me that's somewhat conscious hears it, anyway. Hears that phone that's been ringing off the hook for probably an hour. Well, maybe an hour, maybe just a few minutes; it's hard to tell when you're asleep how fast or slow time is actually ... | 1 | |
[WP] The Pope is due to make a speech in an hour, one of the kitchen staff made pot brownies, the Pope eats two, unaware of what they contain. | [
"For twenty years he'd been working in the Vatican. Three different Popes, three different ways of running a church. This one, was different though. There was something about him. \n\nThe captain of The Swiss guard heard him chuckle every once in a while from behind the door. He wondered what was happening, but a ... | 1 | |
[WP] An advent calendar where every square contains a standard dose of a different drug. | [
"*Standard dose my ass* he thought as he shoved December 16th's Xanax in his mouth and chased in with the 21st's acid. *If I'd taken these the way I'd supposed to I wouldn't have felt a damn thing.*\n\nThe advent calendar had been made by his factory employees in an effort to get him to slow down that year. By th... | 2 | |
[WP] New Year's Eve. December 31st, 2099. | [
"I missed the aliens. *Ahem*. I guess we're not supposed to call them that. I missed the **Oquathians** when they first showed up. I'm still bitter about that, but hardly alone. Most of us missed it. \n\nI barely even *remember* that night, to be honest. December 31, 2099. I'd been waiting for five years to ... | 5 | |
[WP] #64 on the Evil Overlord list is: "I will see a competent psychiatrist and get cured of all extremely unusual phobias and bizarre compulsive habits which could prove to be a disadvantage." You are the psychiatrist. | [
"First attempt at WP:\n\nPatient: *sighs* Well… You see… Doctor… I’ve been putting this further and further onto my growing list… Ever since I’ve remembered I… *silence*\n\nTherapist: hmm…\n\nPatient: Well… I… I can’t exactly ex-explain it. But it feels like every turn along the way, every experience I feel, seems ... | 3 | |
[WP] "You can have a sit down dinner with anyone you want, past or present!" "My Dad." | [
"\"Listen Jimmy. You can meet anyone you want. 2Pac, Bob Marley, Malcolm X or even Barack Obama himself if you so choose. Choose wisely now y'here\"\n\nI stood before the King and professed my deepest desire\n\n\"I wish to have dinner with my great grandfather. Whom my family doesn't speak of not in hate or contemp... | 2 | |
As you live the life of an "ordinary" tree, you endure the struggles and triumphs the park life brings. | [WP] You are a tree in a central park, and unknowingly to the people, you can feel and think. | [
"Oh for God's sake, not again. The fucker just pissed all over me. Right smug little grin on his face as well. Fucking New Years eve I tell you; the worst night of my year, and this asshat is the 7th one already. Wanna piss? Go do it on Gavin over there, he ain't half as pretty as me. Guess that's the price you pay... | 5 |
[WP] You are a famous magician. One day, you find out magic is real. | [
"He opened his eyes. \"My old diary, of all things,\" whispered a rather odd man, his once fancy clothes now rugged, his dark hair in shambles; stray group held up with the same wax used to keep them in order. \"Most peculiar of a catalyst, but it'll do.\" \n\nHe opened it, right at the interesting part.\n\n28/09/1... | 1 |
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