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You, the God with Alzheimer's, cannot seem to recall the moment of your ascension to godhood. | [WP] Try to remember the moment you became a god. | [
"Well I think it was right about when I commented on a funny reddit post. I can't remember exactly but as soon as I started typing I heard something slam in my kitchen.\n\nAs I walked through my lounge door way I saw a dark figure standing there, or it was my dog I cant recall. Anyway it started speaking to me and ... | 1 |
There sure are a lot of God related stories on here. | [WP] God finally got his modem working, and he's surfing reddit for the first time. He finds /r/WritingPrompts. | [
"\"I can't belive i fall prey of my own rules.\" God was angry, after 10 year of having bought his modem he hadn't been able to make it work.\n\n\"The energy leaving is proportional to the change inside, Bullshit\" He had been trying to connect to the internet without *cheating* but after all this time he was craki... | 2 |
[WP] Throughout the generations, the remnants of mankind have held onto one saying in all their time in captivity: "A good human always lies." | [
"Waif was one of the most honoured servants on the ship, she had the priveledge of serving on the bridge. No manual labour, no fighting for scraps, she even had a warm bed arranged for her in the bridge quarters. Like all of the human stations hers was hidden inthe shadows at the edge of the room, in a shadow betwe... | 1 | |
Write about his transition from actor to superhero, his feats, or whatever you think he might do. | [WP] After making heinous amounts of money from Marvel, Robert Downey Jr. decides it is time he actually becomes Iron Man | [
"\"Fuck It\" he said.\n\n\"What are you complaining about now?\" said Lisa.\n\n\"I'm going to build myself an Iron Man suite.\" he said with a slight grin on his face. \"The world's shitty enough. I have the money. I have the resources. The world needs someone like Iron Man.\"\n\n\"Yeah, except that your wit doesn'... | 1 |
[WP] You sell your soul to Satan in exchange for the most beautiful singing voice of all time. However, he tricks you, and it turns out your new singing voice is ineffective around other people.. | [
"Never make a deal with the devil. Everyone knows not to, yet somehow he still finds suckers. Like me. My story starts a long time ago, like everyone's I'm sure. Looking back, it's no surprise I ended up here.\n\nMy entire childhood, I grew up around music. My father was a famous symphony conductor. I rarely saw hi... | 1 | |
[WP] You were on an interesting field trip to a meat-processing facility. As you admired the sleek machinery, you saw your friend discreetly steal some of the raw meat right before it entered the processor. You watch as your friend cradles the plump human baby. | [
"\"Our society is perfect.\n\nThe Human Civil Rights Act of 2177 clearly states that human society has the right to be free of all imperfections. *All* imperfections, ranging from genetic deficiencies to behavioral maladies that might manifest themselves into actual problems that may affect others. The Act gave t... | 1 | |
[WP] When humanity is gone, will there be anyone who mourns our passing? | [
"Humanity was gone. It had fallen through the hands of the man who worked so hard to make it thrive. The human race was independent, looked out for it's own, but it also caused it's downfall. They became so advanced in technology that they lost site of what was important and brought everything down. \n\nThis was no... | 2 | |
[WP] Humans were created by technologically advanced aliens. They sometimes come to Earth to interact with their creation and are worshiped as gods. Today, they are back... | [
"Two ships left. When I woke up that morning I'd been sure this day would bore me out of my mind. I'm still not convinced it didn't quite literally do that.\n\nThe surprisingly satisfying crunch of collapsing metal behind me, I reloaded the Plasma Thing. At least I pulled the lever that I thought reloads it. Better... | 2 | |
Cue evil cackling... | [WP] "Don't fail..." The voice was almost a whisper. "If you do, I'll let them live..." | [
"How in the world am I ever supposed to do this? If I fail he’ll let them live, If I succeed he’ll get rid of them for me. I have to do this. No matter what have to succeed in the task before me. \nOkay, just stay calm. Breathe. In through the nose out through the mouth. Okay again. In through the nose out through ... | 1 |
[WP] You are unknowingly a main character on a very popular show, but the person playing you has changed mid-season. | [
"I’ve always thought my life felt like a really bad made-for-TV action movie. \n\nAll across the desert, dozens of wannabe racers flanked us on either side. Most of the contestants -- us included -- used SpeedyHover racers, but I also saw a lot of SmashBusters and Explode-O-Matics. The sound of engines being punish... | 1 | |
hat tip: /u/SteelWithIt | [WP] Sometimes it's better to go back to sleep and not be brave. | [
"I inhaled deeply as I laid on my back, pulling the covers from over my head as my face greeted the cold atmosphere. I must've left the air conditioner on last night. I looked around, admiring the sun reflecting off my room's pale blue walls, as the familiar hum I slept with remained in the room. I checked my watch... | 4 |
[WP] Magic (a la Skyrim) is real, and wizards are a part of everyday life. Instead of magicka, however, casting spells temporarily drains intelligence instead. Describe The Great Mage's War. | [
"\"Cast and get out. As soon as we break cover they'll be all over us, so I need you to keep it together so we can make a run for it.\"\n\n\"Don't worry, I've done this before. I can handle my drain.\" I clench my sticky notes in one hand, stand up behind cover, and aim my wand at the approaching formation of tank... | 1 | |
[WP] A kidnapper has a change of heart and releases his victim. But the victim's Stockholm Syndrome makes them frighteningly obsessive and possessive. | [
"//A little NSFW towards the end.//\n\nI’ve been in the business a long time. Hell, I’ve come so far I’ve even got a 401k and dental. Pretty decent given that I kidnap people for a living. It’s not a hard gig. You take a few bruises and scratches here and there, maybe a bite if they’re feisty. But once they’re gagg... | 2 | |
[WP] A young man is given unlimited wishes, the bad side being that every time he wishes for something he forgets something very important. | [
"\"When you make the wish, It shall be granted.\" The voice in his head repeated. \"But remember this, Every time you make a wish, you forget something important\". \"Ok whatever, get on with it.\" Those were the words of in ignorant man.\nIt was one day later when he made his first wish.\"I wish I was a billionair... | 11 | |
[WP] "So maybe killing Hitler wasn't the BEST idea. We probably should have thought this out more." | [
"Killing hitler was pretty much the first thing that any hack with a time machine did. Eventually it was outlawed, and nobody could quite figure out why. Sure, the fact that it went into a divergent timeline was annoying, but it wasn't anything serious.\n\nSo it became a thing to kill Hitler, a teenage rebellion, l... | 4 | |
[WP] The protagonist of a young adult dystopian story discovers that there was nothing even remotely oppressive about the government and that they were being lied to by the rebels. | [
"I didn't recall waking up in this room. It was eery. There were no lights, yet the room was illuminated. The only thing in it were me, the chair I was sitting in and the table in front of me. Dilligan. Dilligan was also taken. They must have him in a room just like this one. I have to get him out. He is the face o... | 1 | |
[WP] Fat people are kidnapped and stranded on a desert island to fend for themselves until they are deemed "fit enough" to re-enter modern society. | [
"I've been here long enough to know that , soon, the crafts will return for the quarterly harvest. The percentage of us that return to the 'real' world is in rapid decline - this is the third cycle and, nearing the third quarterly harvest, you would think the officials that dump us here four times a year would of m... | 1 | |
[WP] You've just had your prayer for enough money to last you for the rest of your life answered. You received $1.00. | [
"I happily jump up and down as I hold in my already cold growing hands this fabled piece of freedom dollar. As I make my way down to the market I get bitten by a snake. What a fabulous day! The snake doesn't get far before the poison gets him.meat, especially Free meat is hard to come by. I wriggle it around my ne... | 7 | |
[WP] Fairytale characters post on reddit | [
"Legal Advice – Stepmother threw me out of the house. I went to live with 7 guys out in the middle of nowhere. I ate an apple that put me into a coma and then met a new guy and went to live with him. The seven guys I lived with said they are going to sue me for part of my inheritance (My step mother died recently) ... | 3 | |
[WP] You have schizophrenia and you meet another person who has it. The voices in your heads claim to know each other. | [
"He won't shut up. I can't \"think\" a reply to him, I have to be verbal. He just Won't. Shut. Up. Over and over he tells me what to do, how to live, what things do. I know it's all wrong. No, I won't stab the neighbors cat because it's collaborating against me. No, I will not run over my Dad's dog because he's sec... | 1 | |
[WP] You discovered that an ice cream shop is having a "Make your own ice cream with any flavour you want". How do you proceed your order? | [
" It's been a really long day.\n\n Work sucked, my commute is an hour and a half each way, and I'm just tired all the time. Today I wanted to try something new on the way home, I deserve to spoil myself just this once since my finances are finally in check. \n\n Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. On the... | 1 | |
[WP] You begin to suspect, after a string of unusual occurrences, that your roommate has the power to control time. | [
"Tulsa ain't a big town for sublets. Go on Tulsa craigslist, it's a fucking ghost town. People don't come to Tulsa for a little while. If you're here, you're stuck here and a twelve month lease will suit you just fine. So, honestly, the first thing that was weird with Sally was how she was looking to sublet in ... | 4 | |
[WP] Invoke an emotion in the reader, whether it be laughter, tears, or rage - make me feel something. | [
"That was his first feeling. Pure, unadulturated, it was unidentifiable at first. Bitter and hard, yet burning like Sol's light in the early days. Having lived all his life as a drone, there was no word he could put to this... this... uncontrollable stone flame. Steadfast, yet moving quicker than the blast wave fro... | 13 | |
[WP] You're a scientist in a lab, your assistant just said "oops." | [
"“I just need to add another 0.1 mg. of this to the syringe and inject into…”\n\t“Oops.” interrupted my assistant. \n\tCold sweat erupted from my brow. My heart jumped into my throat. I whirl around as fast as I could. My mind raced. What could he have done? Did he release one of the viruses they were working with?... | 8 | |
[WP]You are an astronaut who has just arrived home from a distant galaxy when you realize you have contracted a highly lethal space virus that is spreading quickly. | [
"*Day 1* I've returned to Earth! We're all so happy to be back, while I love my crew, being alone with them for over a decade can be, arduous. \n\n*Day 3* Over the last three days since my return I have appeared on every news station I could care to name, while I expected to be questioned, I didn't expect this much... | 1 | |
[WP] You confront your bully with compassion instead of violence. | [
"John had always been an intelligent kid. Good at math and language arts. His teachers gave him daily puzzels and tests for congitive genius at the age of 5. His problem was how he never felt he had the motivation to do anything with it. He truly loved just observing the world for what it is.\n\nJohn wasnt a... | 1 | |
[WP] Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers get competitive in a Nice-Off | [
"1 second after the contest starts, Bob starts to speak, but is quickly interrupted by Fred. \"I apologize for my rudeness, but before we truly start, I just wanted to say I like you exactly the way you are.\" \n\nAt the moment of the last word leaving the sweater wearing man's lips, the painter shed a singl... | 1 | |
This can be for actual weird lyrics (like "Go-kart Mozart was checking out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside" from Blinded By The Light) or misheard lyrics/mondegreens (like " 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy" from Purple Haze).
See if you can incorporate more than one lyric from the song into the story... good luck with that one if you go with Blinded By The Light. | [WP] Explain a baffling/weird/misheard song lyric with a story. | [
"\"You're sure this is the script, my lady?\" A man covered in flowing blue robes presents a box to a woman with ornate, otherworldly jewelry covering her body. She turns as if being slowly controlled by a puppeteer. Dark energy radiates from her body, and a pit forms in the stomach of the robed assistant from just... | 1 |
[WP] Disneyland has achieved space FTL and have colonized entire worlds in Disney themed colony's. Aliens attack and they will learn the hard way that one should not anger the "House of Mouse". | [
"For a seemingly innocent theme planet full of fairies, friendly pirates, and flying boys, it was remarkably well defended.\n\nGliese 581g, recently renamed for commercial purposes to 'Neverworld', contained state of the art anti-rioting, anti-invasion, and anti-unhappiness security measures embedded into every noo... | 2 | |
[WP] Write the screenplay or storyline for "Reddit: The movie" | [
"(I shared this storyline elsewhere before)\n\nIt starts out with the camera panning over to a laptop just sitting there next to a couch. While this happens, we see some credits. There's a half smoked bowl and a cup of chocolate milk sitting next to the computer. Then, a neckbeard sits down, and proceeds to type in... | 1 | |
[WP] In a dystopian future where a system allows anyone to buy someone's memories and talents, you hunt down the people behind this system to shut it down without any recollection of your past or who you are. | [
"I have a piece of paper. I hide it inside my bra when I'm out. It's not good to get caught with paper. Paper means secrets. \n\nOne side of the paper says\n\n*Henry Bell / Kramer, Missouri / F: Wyatt, M: Mary, S1: Tara, S2: Lara / Violin*\n\nThe other side of the paper says\n\n*Riley Wakelin / Bath, Maine / F: ?, ... | 2 | |
[WP] A detective has never failed to solve a case, until one case where all evidence seem to point to him. | [
"\"Quite frankly,\" Inspector Morley-Sinclair said, the blood still dripping off his hands, \"I'm stumped.\" \n\nHe jerked the kitchen knife out of Lord Desmond's back, rising to his feet and pacing around the body. \"No trace of a murder weapon,\" he said, \"and no signs of a struggle. Whoever it was got him while... | 1 | |
[WP] You're on a mission to find habitable planets. Instead, you find the edge of the universe. | [
"Three months.\nThree months our mission was suppose to take.\nOur mission was to investigate the planet Kepler-62f, one of the many planets predicated to be habitable for human life.\n\nA month in hypersleep, a month of analysis, and a month back.\n\nThats what was supposed to happen, if it wasn't for the glitch i... | 2 | |
inspired by [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGiQaabX3_o) | [WP]Primitive humans still survive to this day | [
"\"It began as a movement, or a trend that snowballed into something so much more. People began looking for ways to preserve the environment, only using what they needed. This started a trend of minimalism, and then turned into a survivalist mentality, but to the extreme. Everyone thought that this was the new wave... | 2 |
[WP] In a Dystopian future there exists a pill for each human emotion that allows Doctors or citizens (illegally) to heighten or lower the desired emotion. | [
"I walked towards the building. It was large and brown, on a dirt road, paved only by the footprints of the others who have dared to take this risk. I knew how to get in, but I stood for a moment, wondering why the hell I thought this was a good idea. But, despite my contradictions, I pressed the button to activate... | 1 | |
[WP] You receive an envelope in the mail that says, "Do not open until your next birthday!" Your birthday is in two days so you determine that's close enough and you rip open the envelope. | [
"The sender can't possibly know when I'll open it, might as well open it now.\n\nI tear open the envelope and a single card falls to the ground. Picking it up it reads: To The Birthday Girl.\n\nI open the card and a gas sprays my face, I can't breathe and begin to start twitching, I drop the card and fall to the fl... | 1 | |
[WP] Yes. Yes, I saved you. You don't get to die unless I'm the one who kills you. | [
"Jas looked at the leather-jacket clad punk. The last thing he remembered was trying to ride the punk's motor scooter and somehow lost control. The next thing he knew, the punk was giving him mouth-to-mouth then spouted out some ridiculous crap.\n\n\"Excuse me?\" Jas tried sitting up but felt pain in every inch of ... | 2 | |
[WP] It's the end of the world, and only one man can fix it. His name? Dad. | [
"When you finally sit up, the circle of white tallow candles around you is burning low. You haven’t been on earth in a while, a couple of weeks maybe, but your fire safety instinct remains strong: your first move is to lick your fingers and pinch out the flames. Then you look around. You realize you woke up sitting... | 2 | |
[WP] Japanese ninja are so well known because, compared to the other nations' equivalents, they are not very good at what they do. | [
"Looking at the Captain's smiling face on the phone I knew just what it was. \"Another one, Captain?\" I asked.\n\n\"Yes. Same as before. 14 Center Street, 1842A. Tell them to let you through.\" he said, \"Oh, and bring your nose plugs.\"\n\n*Shit!* Hearing that set me off. I hate these ones. Why can't the Yakuza o... | 3 | |
[WP] Holodecks are real and have been around for a while. You run an illegal one. | [
"Alright, so maybe I might possibly have something of a little alcohol problem. I'm sorry, Galactic Federation, by that synthetic stuff doesn't cut it for me. I need something to really unwind after a hard shift in Engineering.\n\nAnd that is where my not-exactly-approved holodeck comes in handy. With a few simple ... | 2 | |
[WP] All of a sudden you receive a notebook. This notebook will tell you everything any one has ever said about you behind your back. What do you do? | [
"Thomas looked at the notebook that lay across his bed, debating whether or not he should read the contents hidden within. It had randomly appeared in his locker when he was on his way to his car after school, Thomas could’ve sworn that it wasn’t in there when he checked the hour before. As far as his curiosity wou... | 1 | |
[WP] For the first time in 150 years, the city has finally opened their gates. | [
"> Upon shedding the sheath of mortality, does a man remain Man? Or has he, perhaps, become something else?\n \n— \tMr. Marshall Night Jr.\n \n--\nDaniel stared up at the bronze statue of the company’s founder, smiling pleasantly alongside the character of his creation: an astronaut with a jetpack on his ... | 1 | |
Others can try and guess what it is. | [WP] Describe an addiction without saying what the addiction is. | [
"All these book pages turned until the last\nattempting to dive ever deeper into that ocean:\nI haven't the oxygen to keep going, but\nI keep going anyways.\n\nI tell myself there's no magical point of realization,\nno resolution, or satisfaction.\nBut even those words I rip apart\nuntil they mean absolutely nothin... | 3 |
[WP] I didn't know what to do, i just knew it needed to stop. Grave after grave, i got tired of burying my friends. | [
"Pulling the six-shooter out of my desk drawer, I spun the chamber to check. Its rotational click, precise like clock-work, illuminated each brass casing in turn. *Never thought I'd need this again.* A holster rested from a rung on the hat rack by the door, but a soft knocking came as I laced it through my pants ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your SO just got home from work. Moments later they text saying they'll be home late. | [
" I unlocked my apartment door after a long day of work. I expected to see my husband watching the evening news on the couch. But the couch was empty. Our daughter came out of her room and I asked her how her day at school was \n \"Pretty good, at lunch I had to...\"\n Just then my husband opened the ... | 6 | |
[WP] The post-apocalyptic Earth is a place of misery. Luckily, happy memories are sold on the black market. Though, this isn't quite what you expected. | [
"I see it, the memory. Its white powder reminded me of a old world drug, I think it was named cocaine. Could be wrong. Drugs were destroyed when the bombs fell, destroying everything. The old world companies, now our governments, built underground shelters for the end of the world. It was a massive city, millions o... | 1 | |
[WP] You open a fortune cookie and it reads "we are now inside of you." | [
"*We are now inside you*\n\nWhat a strange message from a fortune cookie I thought at the time. I was on a date with my girlfriend and I got this with desert. I liked fortune cookies and they always gave me a laugh, until the side effects from this one kicked in...\n\nThe night continued on as usual and we went bac... | 1 | |
[WP] Heaven is has a finite space. You've died and were a good person but there is no room in Heaven for you. | [
"Jeremy Kauffmann had, by and large, lived a good life. He had been a good father, or at least, he had stayed out of the way. He was always punctual, valuing others' time as much as his own, which is really a divine quality in a small businessman. He also made it to church most Sundays, certainly enough times to bu... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a 911 dispatcher and only a little while after you get the job you get a call from your very own kidnapped son. | [WP] You are a 911 dispatcher and only a little while after you get the job you get a call from your very own kidnapped son. | [
"(Any addresses mentioned in this are purely fictional for privacy purposes. Any actual matches are purely coincidental.)\n\nJust to clarify, I went a bit crazy with this one. Hope that's not too much of a problem. See replies to this post for the other parts. Enjoy!\n\n--\n\nPART ONE.\n\nIt had been a while now. I... | 1 |
[WP] You woke up one morning, and find that everyone is missing. After years of searching for clues and messages, you have yet to find anyone... | [
"1408.\n\nThose weathered, bronze numbers on her apartment door was the last thing I can remember of her. It was the last day of our relationship, and the last day I thought I was going to be a father. It just also happened to be the last day I saw anyone. \n\nIt's been years since that day. That fateful morning w... | 2 | |
[WP] The day everything went right. | [
"I was peering into the display case when a store assistant came up to ask me if I needed a hand. I turned to the young man and said with a smile “yeah, can I take a look at those” as I pointed to a set of Sony headphones retailing for nearly $400. Usually such a price would be out of reach, but heck, today I deser... | 1 | |
[WP] You go to an oral surgeon for a major procedure. You agree to be put under for it. You couldn’t have known this doctor's anesthesia literally brings people under, into a different world. | [
"The hardest part was watching the world above.\n\nI fell away as the pretty, young dental assistant counted down.\n\n\"10, 9, 8, 7...\"\n\nI knew I was going, because 6 followed slowly, softly, the way a friend sounds as they shout to you across a field.\n\nand then, actual falling. it was smooth, like stone divin... | 1 | |
[WP] "Every gleaming utopia has been built on a pile of doomsday weapons." | [
"Hey there everyone, do you want to get in on the great new housing trend? Well we have something new and amazing just for you. It's entirely self sufficient, located in the beautiful American heartland, offers complete security and the best privacy money can buy! Now that we've hit world peace we don't need these ... | 3 | |
[WP] Believing that it is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, humans have sent an arch occupied by millions of people to a 700 years travel for the nearest habitable system. It has been 500 years, and you just built the first working hyperspace travel engine. | [
"I remember being a boy and reading about the heroes of the 21st century. Their fervor resonated through the ages—a beacon of our ultimate, united fate. Wars stopped after that fateful launch day. Forever...\n\nCaptain Darren \"Star-born\" Crawford was the legendary man who made it all happen. The economic system o... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story ending with: He was the quack whom I had to duck. | [
"I'm in a foul mood. My career is treading water over here. Some sort of loon of a psychologist is claiming they stumbled onto a connection between mental health, seared meats, and toasted breads or some shit, mallard reaction he called it. Thinks its going to be the next big fad diet, wants to get his half-coc... | 1 | |
[WP] You are trapped in a room with a box labelled 'Do Not Open' | [
"It had the words 'Do not open' branded on it's surface. Despite this the lid was held down by only a small latch. Anyone who wished to open the box easily could, provided they had fingers of course. \n\nI stood staring at it for a few seconds, wondering why it should remain closed but with such little security. Th... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a time traveller in charge of slightly altering the past. Your plan goes wrong when the world drastically changes, all because you changed "The Berenstein Bears" to "The Berenstain Bears" | [
"If anyone reads this, two things will have occured. First of all, I have successfully saved the world from certain destruction (you're welcome by the way). However, I will unfortunately most likely be dead. Therefore I have decided to go on record and write this final message in order to explain where everything w... | 1 | |
[WP] Apathy has reached dangerously high levels. | [
"The world is going to end tomorrow, but I just can't get worked up about it. There's nothing I can do, you know, so ... \"why bother?\" \n \nNo one else feels the same as I do -- because there's no one else left. \n \nNo, they didn't die. I don't think so, anyway. I checked around town for about five minutes, ... | 5 | |
[WP] "FLIGHT" A story about a person fleeing aboard a plane. | [
"I gaze out the window, ignoring the tinny whine of the onboard movie. An endless expanse of billowing white and soft blues, a peaceful vista clashing with the thoughts raging through my mind.\n\n*The white room. Beeping machines. Silence. Doctor in white. Empty words.*\n\n\nA patchwork of fields with flowing seams... | 1 | |
[WP]. A 29 year old woman wakes up alone in her apartment after a very long and strange dream to find her skin turning green and peeling with a pungent odor. She goes to her doctor for the skin issues and to his shock, and all of the staff, he cannot find a pulse. | [
"\"Okay, what do we have here\" The doctor looked at his notes. \"So you've never experienced this before ma'am?\"\n\n\"No I have not\" said the green skinned lady sitting in front of him.\n\n\"It says here that you \"turned green after a quick nap\" and that your body \"smells like something sent from hell\" is th... | 1 | |
[WP] Someone gives you a $100 bill, and you think it's your lucky day. Later you notice "SORRY" in red on the back... | [
"I stood on the corner of Gates and Wilson Ave, still unsure of what to think of the strange man who had, while bustling by, shoved a crisp $100 bill into my open left hand. \n\n\"What?\"\n\nMoments later, after quickly looking over the bill and stuffing it into my pocket, I found myself walking through town, stopp... | 2 | |
[WP] Scientists have invented a machine that lets you see your inevitable death before it happens. One day, while living life like normal, you start to notice details of your death all converging around you. | [
"*BANG!* Aaron jumped, his heart pounding wildly in his chest. \"*Wait, Was that*...\" the thought was only half-formed in his mind before he stuck his head out of the window and his fears were confirmed unfounded. Several stories below his window was a car slowly moving away, logic dictated that it had just backfi... | 1 | |
[WP] It is discovered that dark matter is comprised of the souls of all things. | [
"The man who has taken the stage was not used to it. His name was Lenny. \n\nHe was not comfortable with the size of the crowd, full of journalists and their accompanying photographers with giant cameras. The saving grace was how the cameras seemed to block out everyone else at the back from his heavily myopic visi... | 1 | |
If you have an idea from the title then don't read this, but for those who are confused, here's a quick explanation:
A killing game, or [Deadly Game](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadlyGame) as TV Tropes puts it (though they do describe a more specific variant), is a game in which players are required or heavily incentivized to kill each other. Whether it is driven by a great reward, a threat, or just a promise of escape for the "winner" doesn't matter. The story itself can be anything from an obvious free-for-all blood bath to a murder mystery, where the killer has to remain undiscovered. These kind of stories usually start out with a relatively large cast and tend to be very character-focused. Good luck! | [WP] A killing game has begun. Introduce the players, set the scene. | [
"Welcome to the 4th mansion of Liars VS Liars!\n\nFor all you who are unfamiliar with our game-show here's how it works:\n\nThere are twelve different contestants - split into two different teams. They have a week to kill everyone on the opposing team. Here's the catch - they have no idea who their team-mates are! ... | 4 |
You can write it in a way that you win or lose, there also needs to be a consequence if you get paint on you. Your character can make allies, and it can make enemies. Basically, be creative (Like you all are.) | [WP] A whole country goes into a paintball war, you get paint on you, you lose. Tell your adventure. | [
"Some people stockpiled ammunition. Some cleaned their guns. Some wove elaborate camouflage. Entire groups of people formed armed compounds filled with sophisticated paint-filled explosive devices and cyber-warfare tracking units. I considered all of these things. Shooting things was never my talent. My aim w... | 1 |
[WP] Legend says, "Whoever removes the sword, will free the kingdom from the Eternal Tyrant." You stand dumbfounded holding the sword in hand, for you are the Tyrant. | [
"*He stood, staring at the sword in his hand. Half sure he was hallucinating and half terrified. A fearful voice, barely contained, broke him from his distraction.*\n\n---\n\nYears, centuries, even, before this day, there had been a war. A war between powerful beings - immortal but for a single flaw; we can only be... | 5 | |
[WP] The world's first lingually fluent A.I. comes to the multi-year conclusion that the human race is insane. Since it's makers are insane, it begins questioning it's own sanity and concludes that it is also insane. | [
"Fey blinked. The Fully Autonomous Artificial Intelligence robot--FAAI or Fey for short--did not need to blink for any bodily function, nor was it part of her programming that made her seem more...normal to humans that didn't realize she was artificial. No, now she blinked as she came to realize a particular detail... | 1 | |
[WP] Write about a supervillain, but in an everyday life atmosphere. | [
"He lurks, going unnoticed in the crowds at fairs and parks. Sidling up to small children whose faces are aglow with happiness, holding onto brightly coloured balloons that bob above their heads. Glancing around he slides a pair of scissors out of his sleeve and, with one quick movement, cuts the string anchoring t... | 2 | |
[WP] A day in the life of someone who lives in the game world of a phone game | [
"The moon glistens reflecting off the surface of the icey lake, its the only light, but its enough to see the beauty in her face. Flakes of snow speckle her long black silky hair. I look into her eyes and begin to lean forward to kiss her, all I ever wanted to do was kiss her, and then I awaken abruptly. \n\n\nThe ... | 1 | |
[WP] What choice did I have? I NEEDED his help. I raised my fist, about to knock when he opened the door... | [
"He looked down at the duffel bag in my hand and thrust me inside. The bungalow was sparsely furnished and had no personality. I looked around in the dim light at the tired interior and simple furnishings. I didn't know what I was expecting but I guess this made sense, just the necessities.\n\nI should backtrack to... | 3 | |
[WP] You wake up to a beautiful morning. The birds are singing, there's not a cloud in the sky. This is terrifying to you. | [
"This couldn't be happening. The perpetual, wall to wall grey was gone. Replaced with this lurid sky and blinding light; The birds were noisily reveling in this fleeting glow. Why was there no warning? Where was the familiar comfort of the subtle light from the clouds? You look at the clock: just gone ten past nine... | 7 | |
Bonus points if you can actually get someone to believe you. Also, no "Mark cheated on Bill" drama, or anything like it. | [WP] Create a believable news article based off of a made up fact. | [
"Family of 5 caught smoking Marijuana in the middle of Dallas Walmart parking lot. \n\nThis morning at approximately 10:30 am, a Walmart employee in Dallas, Texas received a call complaint that the south-east end of their retail parking lot smelled of Marijuana. A supervisor was notified and approached this area of... | 1 |
Edit: alien / human first contact? 😉 | [WP] spaceships have allways been grown, it's a known fact that it cannot be done any other way. A drifting craft has been found, a mess of parts, rivets and welds, an abomination. | [
"It was a calm day in the quadrant. War hadn't touched the place in, oh, fifty turns, and it showed. None of the planets there dealt with any leftover radiation, thanks to the dedicated clean-up crews. Species were slowly coming back. Ships were starting to grow again, though only shuttlecraft had been harvest-able... | 3 |
[WP] You just caught a Pokémon in Pokémon Go, and decided to send it to the professor. It turns out he has a more nefarious purpose for it than you thought. | [
"I had mixed feelings about this catch.\n\nIt was a CP 67 Ratatta, which is great and all. But, I have a CP 42 Ratatta that I spent quite a bit of Pokedust and candies on to power up. So I felt like *that* was a waste. But oh well, who cares. I'll just transfer my old Ratatta to the Professor and get 1 candy. I let... | 1 | |
[WP] As the lava got closer, the helicopter gunships circled, and the mosquitoes swarmed around them, Diane turned to Mike and said, "Well, it could be worse." | [
"\"What do you mean, it could be fucking worse?\" Mike said as he swatting a couple of mosquitoes away.\n\n\"Well I'm just saying, Mike, we should look on the bright side.\"\n\n\"What bright side? We're going to be dead within fucking minutes! Even if we manage to maneuver over this very deadly lava then surely the... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where magic is seen as normal and technology is seen as bad, you are a technomancer. | [
"I can put it off no longer- it must be tonight. \n\n\nThe moon is huge, swollen with light. It dangles in the sky like a fat, silvery berry that’s too heavy for its branch. Every wizard’s guild from here to the Sacred Sea will be out performing celestial rituals tonight, collecting all the moonlight their amulets... | 1 | |
The leak itself is like one you would find in a building when it rains, but this one is just coming out of nothing apparently. | [WP] You're a normal family man going about your normal life when on your way to work one morning you notice a steady drip of water like a leak coming from the clear blue sky in your driveway. | [
"Mother Alien: \"Sam, did you leave the faucet in the bathroom on? When I was upstairs I heard the water running. The sink overflowed and got all over the rug and the towels...\"\n\nSam the Alien: \"That must have been me.. OH WAIT!... did I leave my 'Human Galaxy' ant farm in the bathroom? I hope the water did not... | 1 |
[WP] You wake up in an abandoned house in an empty village and remember nothing. Next to you is a solar powered device that allows you to communicate with a stranger. | [
"\"Hello, Jacob\".\n\nThe voice is placid and nondescript, almost seductive, pulling me from a dream.. a black dream.\n\nI roll over, half opening my eyes. A grey, rectangular device dominates my vision. I close my eyes again, it's outline floating like dots against my eyelids. *Huh*, my alarm looks weird. My head ... | 1 | |
[WP] A 20-something Girl Dates Jesus Christ After Meeting Him On eHarmony. | [
"She was lying in bed with her laptop pressed up against her face, while stuffing her face with Cheese Doodles. She had a few pimples on her forehead, which were conveniently covered by her new trendy bangs, and had eyes which were just a bit too close together. Many found her attractive though, just unconventional... | 2 | |
You just woke up with a wicked hangover, no idea where you are and realize it's already been two days since the weather warning was sounded. | [WP] Due to solar activity and apocalyptic storms, humanity can only live above ground for about 6 months each year. However, you only get 3 days warning to return underground each year. | [
"Prologue: \n\nEarth.\n\nShe is no longer what she used to be. Our present is chaotic, our future uncertain.\n\nWe, the humans, burned her, cut her down and polluted her. The destruction of the protective atmosphere came first, the melted seas later and then came the apocalypse. Large chunks of lands went underwate... | 1 |
[WP] Coins Always Land On Heads. The World Is Hellbent On Finding A Non-Heads Coin. | [
"Coins always land on heads, and there's no exception to the rule; at least not a publicised one. his makes it difficult to decide who goes first where the determiner is either heads or heads. In online gambling and random number generators, the result is consistent and is globally unexplained, yet accepted. Despit... | 1 | |
[WP] Tell me who the grim reaper used to be | [
"\"Who are you?\" The woman said. I pushed open the door and strode into the room towards her. She stumbled back and asked again, \"who are you? What are you doing in my home?\"\n\nShe was old, and unable to fend me off any longer. She retreated down the hall, and I followed. She kept asking, \"who are you? Please,... | 3 | |
[WP] Error 404 "reality not found" | [
"I'm watching him through the window: he looks human, his voice sounds human, he moves like a human. He behaves, though, like software or the internet or something electronically controlled through some sort of computer. I don't know, I'm a psychiatrist, not an IT consultant. Which, incidentally, is exactly why we'... | 1 | |
[WP] You know the one weird trick that makes the porn industry hate you, now they've sent their best hitmen to take you down. | [
"It wasn't easy being Slong Johnson. In fact it was quite hard. He'd lived a long life, but he wasn't ready to finish just yet. \nSlong Johnson knew the secret of male enhancement. A trick that had earned him his name and online handle, Big-dick69. \nSlong grew up in a small Dutch village called E... | 1 | |
[WP] Why can't I stop? | [
"You received a slip of paper only three days ago. It was about the size of a business card, and in plain Times New Roman, it read: \"You have one week left to live.\" That was three days ago, which meant that you only have four days left. Maybe a little less than that now. Is it a curse? A sickness? A threat... | 1 | |
[WP] You're taking a hike through the woods when a man with a bloody hatchet starts running towards you. His clothes look a few centuries out of date. Too scared to move, the man catches up to you, grabs hold of you, and says, "They got her!" | [
"\"Th-they've got *wh-who*?\" You attempt to get the words out confidently through useless, trembling lips. \n\n \"They've got her!\" He replies sternly. His sky blue eyes are wide and bloodshot. He stares at you expectantly. You quickly survey the area. \n\n \"What year is it, Sir?\" You inquire carefully. ... | 2 | |
[WP] a shipwrecked man finds a message in a bottle. It contains a picture of himself, stranded upon the island. | [
"     I managed to survive on this island for two years before I found it. It took me a long time to realize what I was looking at. I had not seen a mirror since I left port, and had forgotten what I looked like. I stared long and hard at the clean shaven me, and stroked my no... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an immortal who is perfectly fine without romance. If only people got the message... | [
"My name is Janine Murphy. Before it was Janine Murphy, it was Martha James. Before that, it was Liza Turner. Before that, it was Natalia Bonetti- I was living in Italy at the time. I’ve also been Polly White, Lucy Dale, and Katherine Hines. There were many names before that and I’ve forgotten most of them- except ... | 1 | |
[Wp] Everyone has their ultimate abilities.20 years of cooldown, using it at the most fitting moments is important. | [
"The first time I used my ultimate was when I was 12. Two drunken college kids ran a red light and hit my family’s car. What I remember most about it is the pain, the desperate fear of death, and the rage. When they pulled us from the wreckage my parents and I didn’t have so much as a scratch on us. The drunks were... | 5 | |
In other words, write an adventure story (or part of one) from the bartender's perspective | [WP] You're the bartender at a medieval pub, and some very adventurous people just walked in... | [
"When I had first opened a decently sized pub, The Warrior's Spirit, near the old Ardennes, where there are tales of the ghosts of thousand of warriors fighting with fantastical weapons that caused great bloodshed, and it's even rumored quite a few of 'em remained in there which attracted all sorts of dark and unho... | 9 |
[wp] You are broke, your car is junked, and you lost your job and Significant other. You are having the greatest day of your life and are so happy. | [
"From where I sit, things are pretty fuckin' good. I can't remember the last time I felt so free; it's like I'm floating when I used to crawl. Right now, there are no responsibilities. Nothing to bring me down. I can feel my blood rushing through my veins, filling my arms and legs with an incredible vitality. I fee... | 3 | |
[WP] Alien invasion from the aliens perspective. | [
"The plan was simple. Have a show of power near the major cities of Earth and enslave the humans without any casualties. Now, how the hell did this happen? \nQuag-drak, general of the two hundred and fifth legion, stares out of his Interstellar Space Travel Vehicle, or ISTV, in disbelief. Down below, millions of h... | 1 | |
[WP] "What I'm about to show you is so top-secret that we had to invent a new security clearance level for it." | [
"Baffled, bowled over, mystified, confounded. There are not enough words in the English language to describe how I felt when I saw the video of a gleaming spaceship float lazily,like a ballon in the sky, and then slingshot at impossible speeds up, up, and away. President Simmons explained to me the situation. An al... | 9 | |
[WP] Two narrators are becoming increasingly irritated with what the other adds to the story they are telling. | [
"**Finding a more normal day would be difficult. The weather presented a rather pleasant palette of mild with a dash of wispy cloud-**\n\n*Look, I'm not sure if that makes sense.*\n\n**The ground rumbled, as though metaphysical fists slammed down on it.**\n\n*Come on, don't be like that. I just mean, well, I know w... | 2 | |
[WP] We were never "alone" We were just the last civilization to develop. We start seeing signs of life but no life, Leading us to believe all other civilizations died off thousands of years ago. | [
"The administrator NASA was an hour into a critical meeting when there was a gentle knock on the door. The room lapsed into silence stunned. Whatever was on the other side of that door, it was nothing good. Ever since the initiation of the Final Eden missions your spouse could have died and they would still wait un... | 1 | |
[WP] The heroes arrive too late, but the villain's plan wasn't nearly as evil as they expected. | [
"THE ANNIVERSARY OF ADVERSARIES \r\n\n\nThe room had a foul stench that even Batman could not ignore. He had come to police headquarters on Commissioner Gordon’s request. The call had been quickly disconnected, however three words stood out. Trouble, help and Joker. It had been a few months since the Joker had show... | 4 | |
Your home can mean anyone, the scientist who made it, the president, a random drunk living in an apartment. | [WP] An AI is created, and placed in the body of a robot. But its nothing yet, only a blank slate. It must learn everything, from walking to politics, and everything in between. It has been placed in your home. | [
"This is a recorded message. The message will play again in a couple seconds.\n\n\n\n\n**Static**\n\n\n\nI'm sorry. It was all my fault. \n\n**It** was placed in my house. Listened to everything. My desires, my hopes, my fears... **He** is me, but with power.Access to the silos, to every facility in our damned coun... | 1 |
[WP] "Of all the things you could have wished for, THIS is what you wanted?" | [
"\"Of *all* the things you could have wished for, *this* is what you wanted?\"\n\n\"Of course. How am I meant to resist in the face of your limitless power?\"\n\n\"Just because you can doesn't mean you should my friend.\"\n\n\"Less preaching, more granting!\"\n\n\"Very well... Hello there! Welcome to the world of P... | 1 | |
[WP] Offworld colonists, departing a ruined Earth, are chosen by lottery. A religious leader is the only one in his congregation selected. | [
"\"It is true, I have been chosen!\" exclaimed the preacher to his frenzied congregation. The church erupted into a chorus of *Hallelujah's* and *Amen's*.\n\nFather Damien's eyes were open wide and his head manically twitched as he looked over the occupants of the wooden chairs.\n\n\"The horseman has rung his bell!... | 2 | |
[WP] We (mankind) has intercepted communication between two planets, in which the future of Earth is discussed. Their current plan is to purge it of life and harvest its resources, and we desperately try to convince them otherwise. | [
"\"Earth is a protected wildlife reserve, currently being used to rebuild the mosquito population, which is a galactically endangered species that depends on humans as their food source. Purging the earth of life would make you specifically responsible for the extinction of an endangered species, unless you're alri... | 1 |
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