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[WP] You gain the lifespan of any person that dies by your hand, it only works if they are killed in a different way to your previous victims, you are a 100,000 year old serial killer planning your next kill. [NSFW] | [
"The girl lay out on the kitchen table, heavy ropes binding her limbs to the legs. She was awake, of course; The screams of the dying were always a fine side dish to the life force that was to be consumed.\n\nBut tonight, inspiration was... lacking.\n\nHe stood, back to her as she whined for him to let her go. The ... | 2 | |
[wp] A group of characters have broken the fourth wall, and are now dedicating all of their efforts to fixing the damned thing. | [
"\"Well, fuck How did you do that again?\" Asked Bernardo to his bearded compagnon, the famed wizard Thorbjorn the Blue.\n\n\"Err... I'm not entirely sure, actually, I believe it's wehn you told me to break this damned indestructible door, I must have had a tongue slip, and I broke reality, or something like that\"... | 1 | |
[WP] Devoid of life, every city you walk to, or drive to. Is absent of everything living. But every time you enter a city, everything was left as if everyone just vanished suddenly | [
"\"God damn\" I thought to myself, \"today's delivery is going to be a pain\". An 85 kilometer long ride, just to get this 20x20cm carefully wrapped thing to some sort of a collector. At least it's relatively well paid I guess. I'm a 28 year old married man and I do deliveries. \n\nSo I got up, got some breakfast a... | 1 | |
[WP] The Glib Reaper | [
"Two of them. Or maybe one with two faces. One a skull, stripped of all its earthly flesh. Cold white light shines in the eye sockets, its hands bones, and it moves through the night on a horse of Hellfire, wrapped in a robe of darkness and the souls of the damned. His name is reverence. \n\n\nThe other finds death... | 2 | |
[WP] You become a millionaire, but rather than doing anything spectacular with the money, you just travel from town to town trying not to settle down or be noticed. But a group of men have been following you and are not happy about your current lifestyle. | [
"I sipped on my Bourbon. I felt the sweet heat of the drink hit my chest. I looked over at the TV, some news story about the 2016 race was on. I laid down on the Motel bed, I was free... Well almost. \n\nI got up to peek through the shades again, and again nothing out of the ordinary. I walked back to my bed. Some ... | 2 | |
Change the location and the attackers if you want. | [WP] Armed with only a quarterstaff, you defend your home from a horde of goblins. | [
"Damned antimagic fields.\n\nSomehow, my enemies had tricked me. Me! Archmage Aeryndil, High Wizard of the Council of Seven, Master Abjurer, Ultimate Magus, Champion of the Arcane. I would eat my well-enchanted hat if there wasn't some sort of betrayal or trickery going on that led to this. But that was besides the... | 1 |
[WP] Your field of work is giving extraterrestrials human-like experiences in order for them to better understand our way of life. Your bestselling experience is something the otherworldly beings have never faced; the very human occurrence of death. | [
"*Welcome to the hyper realistic human death experience! Ok, so we'll use the usual Miller's consciousness transfer protocol to put you into a healthy human body now. As my colleagues explained to you in training, the human cognitive organ has fairly limited processing power, so you won't feel top notch intellectua... | 1 | |
[WP]The world wakes up to find everyone speaks English fluently. The thing is; "foreigners" speak with all the idioms, phrasing and context of their original language... | [
"\"Two cappuccini, for courtesy.\"\n\nSofia rolled her eyes as she turned to the coffee machine.\n'Bloody Italians...' she thought to herself, as she stared into the depths of swirling milk, bubbling into a creamy froth in her expert hands.\n'Why don't they just go to the Starbucks down the street? They'd fit right... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a creative mind. and love creating stories. Whatever you plan or think, can never come true. | [
"I've seen the rolling green hills of Earth, I've seen the blue gradient of the ocean as it slowly turns to orange, with black outlines of birds flying across it. I've seen the Knights that's saved the princess, and I've seen the Princess that saves the knight. I've seen dragons, I've seen woods that come to life a... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the guy/girl who can speak to ghosts. The only problem is the ghosts are all assholes. | [
"\"I am a psychic medium,\" I say.\n\n\"More of an extra-large, really,\" the ghost says. \"Unless you're talking about a fast-food medium. Those are massive.\"\n\nThe incense hits me; a sharp vanilla scent wafts in my nose. After a few hundred times, you learn to hate it. The candles are dim orange flickers in a s... | 1 | |
[WP] You wakeup in a foreign planet, you don't remember anything but notice that you have a really advanced astronaut suit, and don't know if there's life in the planet. | [
"*Hey, can you hear me? Hello? Wake up!*\n\nI cracked my eyes open a fraction, then quickly shut them again as I was blinded by a bright light shining directly in my face. My head was aching as if I had just woken up with the mother of all hangovers. I groaned and rolled onto my back.\n\n*Oh good, you're conscious.... | 1 | |
[WP] So tell me friend, how's it going to end? | [
"I stood quietly on the bridge as I looked at the empty blackness of space. All I could think about was this war. This terrible war has cost us billions of lives already, and we have been driven back to our only planet in all of the galaxy: Earth.\n\nAs I try to recollect my thoughts, the words ring in my head, “So... | 3 | |
Too NSFW to make it on air? Owner of the piece threw a temper tantrum? Appraiser mishandles the piece?
Bring on your best horror stories, eye-rollers and ROFLs. | [WP] An Antiques Roadshow appraisal with a twist | [
" \"Hello, and thank you for bringing in this beautiful piece! Tell us a little about it, where you got it, what do you know about the artist?\"\n \n \"Hi, thank you! I'm so excited to be on the show! Well the truth is I got it from my uncle a few years ago, and other than the fact that he dumpster dived it fro... | 2 |
[WP] Freedom of speech is gone, the government is corrupt, and everything you say and do is monitored by the government. One day each year, you can say anything you want, and you have a lot to say. | [
"Lana was a nice girl. She had arguments with no one, she was always prompt and fastidious at work, and she always smiled so broadly at morning worship as though she really did love the president. Dan had no idea, of course, that she had muttered words of governmental criticism in her breakfast nook nor had he any ... | 1 | |
swear jar that needs money taken out of it | [WP] You buy a jar. Then you find out that everytime you swear, a dollar appears inside it. | [
"I sit in my room with the magical jar... Why wouldn't I just curse the night away?\n\n\"Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck...\"\n\nI go on for hours until the dollars start overflowing out of the jar. \n\nWhat else would you do with a jar that gives you money for cursing. On and on and on and on.\n\nI am... | 4 |
[WP] You find a homeless man in a back alley. As you approach him they make eye contact with you and ask if you want to know your future... | [
"\"Would you like to know your future?\" The man had a scraggly beard, an oversized hat, a coat with too many pockets, and two different shoes. He looked to be in his sixties, slightly hunched over with age.\n\n\"And how much do you want for that?\" I wasn't amused. Homeless people could scam you. My cousin was a s... | 2 | |
[WP] Shuffle your music and write a story with the beginning line being the first song title and the last line being the second shuffled song. | [
"The Game was the most wanted one, definitely. Sadly enough, it came out in the summer I wanted to work at GamerStop to get some money, as I soon finished school and needed a leg to stand on.\n\nAs the day came the game was released, everyone at the store took precaution to either be sick, or terribly, terribly bus... | 3 | |
[WP] Children are completely immortal until they hit puberty. | [
"I envy other fathers. I truly do, they watch their children grow, smelling their sons heads when they're born, playing games and teaching them to avoid trouble from their mothers. none of them dealt with the sadness of a child dying, or being worried about whether they would be able to watch the light of their liv... | 1 | |
I'm imagining an MMO for this scenario as making the most sense, but go wild where your imagination takes you. | [WP] A man stalks a woman's character in an online game. One day, it seems someone entirely different replaces her - and nobody but him seems to notice. | [
"Eric arrived home from work and threw his bag on the couch. He grabbed a slice of pizza from the box he haphazardly threw into the fridge the night before and threw himself into his desk chair, the single nearby lamp illuminating his efficiency apartment against the storm that was growing outside. With a few key... | 1 |
[WP] Extremely dissatisfied with their presidential choices and feeling that their vote won’t matter anyway, every American decides not to vote, except you | [
"I glance around at the polling centre -- it was completely empty except for the staffers who I presume, had already voted. Why wouldn't they? They were already here! I had heard that turnout was going to be astonishingly low because nobody liked any of the candidates, but this was pretty absurd! I didn't really wa... | 2 | |
[WP] A small meteor crashes into Earth and is now ahead in the US Presidential polls | [
"The platform on the stage was beginning to smoulder and Brad Teethington, the moderator for the night began to sweat, both from the nerves of hosting the first of these presidential debates and also from the immense heat the gigantic rock on stage was giving off. He waved across to the producer who nodded, feeling... | 1 | |
[WP] An astronaut in the ISS realizes they are probably the last human alive | [
" It turns out T. S. Elliot was wrong, the world did end with a bang. I know because I watched it unfold from 250 miles away. I've been watching it unfold for months though I never thought it would actually happen. Some pompous diplomat or careless official decided to press the big red button and now everything is ... | 5 | |
[WP] You have somehow gone back to a time of cavemen. Excited to become their leader, you plan on showing them fire, only to find out they already know about that. You still want to be distinguished, but with that card gone, it becomes a lot harder to impress... | [
"\"Oh. You've mastered fire, have you?\" Ron looked disappointed, something only enhanced by his knowledge that none of them understood what he was saying.\n\nThen Ron's stomach rumbled. He blinked, looked around, then grinned. *They have fire*, he thought, *but even my shitty food is gourmet compared to how they p... | 2 | |
From The Little Prince | [WP] "I've been foolish," she said to him at last. "Please forgive me. Try to be happy." | [
"\"I've been foolish, please, forgive me\". She said over her extra large Costa something-stupidly-named coffee. It smelled faintly of caramel. \n\n\"I'm sure you're aware of your behaviour, that doesn't mean you're apology is accepted. Nor does the fact were biologically related give you any privileges on that sc... | 1 |
[WP] surfing the deep web you stumbled upon a strange site named the ultimate god control panel, you laugh and choose to remove the colors and for your surprise the world turns to black and white. It works.. | [
"\"No way...\", I whispered under my breath. I could feel my breathing quicken as my blinking increased dramatically and I splashed my glass of water on my pulsating face. Nothing... still just black and white. \n\nI tapped the black/white button again and suddenly in the next blink everything was back to normal. A... | 1 | |
[WP] A king wants his daughter to marry for true love, but she would much rather marry for wealth and power | [
"\"So, like, I met this super rich prince at Elizabeth's birthday feast last month. He's ugly as shit though.\" \n\n\"But do you love him? Marriage is pretty serious.\" \n\n\"I can't even speak his language, Dad. But I love his money. Plus, his dad's, like, super old. Like, older than you. I'd be queen in a year.\"... | 1 | |
[WP] A species other than humans has become the dominant species, and humans are endangered | [
"April 1st : Pandemic 218. That's what they are calling it. \n\nSymptoms include; Severe swelling of the eyes and forehead, psychological break down, complete paralysis, then coma. \n\nI'd been studying several Raccoons with the Virus, many of which were already in the coma stage of the disease. Vitals on most were... | 2 | |
[WP] The fate of Humanity rests on the results of a single game of Jenga | [
"Just before Jaksud signaled for launch, his informant grabbed his attention.\n\n\"They have responded to our demands.\" Grikor motioned him to come view his monitor. \"They wish to negotiate.\"\n\n\"Negotiate? On what terms? The war has crippled them; they have no legs to stand on. Victory is imminent, and I would... | 1 | |
[WP] God is hearing prayers for the first time | [
"“Would you like to add the sports package?” a voice on the phone questioned, “It would only be an additional $9.99 on top of your monthly bill.”\n\n“Uh… Yeah, that sounds good”, God replied in a booming voice as he sat upon his couch with an open box of pizza resting upon his chest, “Actually, wait… is the sports ... | 3 | |
[WP] Yeah, I know I have superpowers. But I’m not interested in being a superhero or a supervillain. Stop bothering me. | [
"Being an introvert is tough. Especially when everyone around you constantly asks to see you \"do the thing where you levitate above the ground without touching it\" or \"lift up an object using your mind again\". It's tiring, and I wish everyone stopped caring.\n\nThere was this one time where I was just walking d... | 1 | |
Feel free to interpret the man however you want, as I did not specify that the man had to be from the 17th century :P | [WP] In the middle of Times Square, a futuristic time machine manifests without warning. However, a strange man dressed in 17th century garb emerges from the door, and not the typical futuristic time traveler that most people expected. | [
"Times Square, a beautiful bustling neon city street, it was 8pm and people were everywhere, the glow from the giant screens illuminating the people as they crossed the busy intersections.\nA loud noise like the sound of ripping pants when you bend down too low tore through the air. The world seemed to stop, people... | 1 |
[WP] You are the frustrated concierge of a haunted hotel. You're about to perform an amateur exorcism, when the spooks send someone to negotiate. | [
"The apparition clears its throat. \"Mr Werner, I'd like to introduce myself.\" \n\nGreat. Great, this is fucking... it's wearing a *Daffy Duck tie* for crying out loud. Not only has this *thing* completely ruined my wall *again*, it doesn't even have the decency to dress like a functioning *adult*. Christ. They co... | 1 | |
[WP] It took years, but they proved it wasn't cigarettes. It was the coolness that causes cancer. | [
"It was when my beloved Pap-Pap died that I began to do research into cigarettes and cancer. All of the doctors, Professors, and media said that they are addictive and harmful. I found that it wasn’t the smoking it was the coolness. I tested thousands of smokers and they all had the same gene that causes the cancer... | 4 | |
[WP] You realize you have the ability of turning your body on autopilot and do any tasks exactly right while you watch from a 3rd person view. You set it on getting a date with a girl you like but things don't go as you expected. | [
" I had never really understood it very well, but ever since I was 16, I was just aware that there was a pool of *something*. It built up slowly, faster when I was doing something difficult or intense. I can still remember the first time I became aware of it, when I got into a fight with the local Bully, Soren Thom... | 1 | |
[WP] God just created the earth. It took him 6 days to complete. On the seventh day, he rests. But God days are much longer than Earth days. When God woke up, shit hit the fan. | [
"YHVH Creation log book.\n\nDay 1: Use compressed matter to initiate \"Big Bang\" effect. Matter distributed. Triggered formation of stellar masses. Guided specific progression of stellar mass in Sector ZZ9 Plural Z A. Small yellow star should suffice for experiment.\n\nDay 2: Guided formation of planetary mas... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a mod for the IRC, or the Inter-dimensional Relay Chatroom. You've had a rough day. | [
"\"I just don't understand these clients anymore,\" said the Mod Gonzo as his crackling, robotic voice echoed through the room of the Discordia Lounge.\n\n\"Just get used to it, kiddo,\" as the Eldest One continued to water his lawn by the strange, otherworldly retirement home, \"We all have to deal with the young'... | 1 | |
[WP] You return home from work and turn on the TV, only to see in the news that scientists have confirmed that the sun went out, but due to its distance from earth, we still have 8 minutes left before we actually witness it here on earth. | [
"\nIt had been a pretty rough day at work. Idiot customers asking stupid questions, running back and forth to fulfill mundane and menial tasks, the works. I had finally made it home from this nightmare and decided that I would spend the evening relaxing with video games. I plopped down onto the couch and turned on ... | 3 | |
[WP] A demon falls in love with you. | [
"After the end, what left to do but wander? A journey through the lands, through the fallen kingdoms of the western men. The walls once rose into the skies, the towers once overlooked the propserous lands, but great wars had men waged against one another and driven one another into the arms of death, leaving the pa... | 1 | |
[WP] You are living your day quietly, until you become very nauseous and start seeing flashbacks. Flashbacks of different lives you've had at different times in history | [
"It was just a bag of ramen. Why does my stomach feel so terrible? It's something that I have eaten everyday since I was a kid. Maybe that is it. \n\nI notice the office has a lot of flies today. Cleaners must have opened up the windows. I turn to the left to confirm my suspicions. I am...wrong. Wait. This isn't my... | 7 | |
[WP] Unbeknownst to you, your coworker is completely unable to understand sarcasm/exaggeration. On a particularly brutal day at work, you say "Somebody kill me." | [
"-Not even a minute after my exclamation it started to dawn on me that Dave was working the the cubicle behind me.\n\n-I check over the single wall that divides the two of us to be sure, and Dave was sitting there looking down at his keyboard. To avoid him noticing me looking at him I sit back down in my chair.\n\n... | 1 | |
My first prompt, inspired by the recent popularity of Pokémon GO and various fantasies of mine. | [WP] You're a human with the ability to transform into a legendary Pokémon. After involuntarily transforming for the first time, you are on the run from maniacal trainers. | [
"dear diary\ni decided to download this new pokemon go app, i thought it was pretty good until i leveling up.\ni decided to go out hunting with my girlfriends when i joined the gym. but something strange kept happening, they would say there's a mew near by. yet it didn't appear on my phone, them being much higher l... | 2 |
[WP] There are laws regarding how robots must be built and programmed. You, a robot, are illegal. | [
"--System uplink--\n\n--Start main power-core--\n\n--Booting initialized--\n\n--Software startup--\n\n--Emotions.exe executed-- ([Sequence; Illegal; Actions must be taken])\n\n***\n\n\"Sir, I think you're gonna' wanna' see this,\" he said, hands trembling, forehead sweaty.\n\nHe'd never seen anything like this befo... | 1 | |
[WP] At the Gates of Heaven an angel affiliated to your church acts as your advocate, making their best case to St. Peter for your admission to Heaven. As a life-long atheist, your advocate is the angelic equivalent of a public defender. | [
"\"Ah yes, you must be... Richard, right? I'm Lenny.\" \n\n\"Robert, actually.. what exactly is going on here?\"\n\nHere looked remarkably similar to lawyers office, beautiful wooden walls and a large oak desk with a large leather chair fit for a king. The desk had a relatively large book on it, with the name Rober... | 5 | |
[WP] When genres collide. | [
"A man walked in, stepped on a rake and hit himself on the head.\n\n\"It must be the slapstick-person\" said a guy wearing a tweed jacket and a deerstalker hat and who was smoking an enormous pipe. That walking style rather gave it away even before the rake.\" \n\nBob, your average next door neighbor, sighed. \"Whe... | 1 | |
[WP] One night you watch the Truman show. The next day you can't help but feel that there's something slightly off with everyone you meet.. | [
"Fuck.\n\nSo, I spent the entirety of my Sunday afternoon watching the Truman show. I could've done so many other things that DIDN'T fuck with my mind. I was brushing my teeth this morning before work, and I started to stare *really* fucking hard into the mirror, trying to see a camera. I opened the medicine cabine... | 1 | |
[WP] Caffeine is actually the world's most powerful hallucinogen. It causes users to experience a shared hallucination, and blocks memories of life outside the illusion, inserting false memories in their place. | [
"Case #32: Subject appears to experiencing relative time alteration, extreme delusions, and a disconnect between cause and effect. \n\nCase #33: Subject is abnormally conscious. Moaned when prodded, and eyelids fluttered, but otherwise no activity. Machines show moderate time alternation, minor delusions, and a dis... | 1 | |
[WP] Satan himself has invited you to dinner... He seems nervous...... | [
"What's the strangest thing that's happened to you? An uncanny coincidence? Something not being where it's supposed to be? Sleep paralysis?\n\nThe strangest thing that's ever happened to me occurred one lovely night where I was called to hell to have dinner with the devil. Now, you'd think that would be my strange ... | 1 | |
[WP] A writer realises that they're a character in the story of another writer | [
"Her eyes linger on the burnt-out remnants of her manuscript. The flames had long since guttered and died, ravenously destroying the body of her work. A black, forlorn scar had been charred into the floor around the manuscript, which was now crisp and fragile as pale autumn leaves.\n\n*How did it come to this?* \n\... | 1 | |
e.g. in a race you'll always place second, in a torneyment you'll be second best, in a single tennis/chess match you'll always lose. if there's two other scientists... you get the picture | [wp]No matter what you're doing, you're always the second best there. | [
"It all started years ago when I was still a child. Whatever I was doing, I was always second: at school, in sports, video games or even with friends. Not that I wasn’t good enough to be first, but there was always someone beyond me. At one point, my friends even called me The Secondest, which meant everything. \n\... | 1 |
[WP] Portals have opened up across the world connecting cities with identical names or named after one another (ie. Paris, France with Paris, Kentucky; York, England with New York, NY). | [
"You think you've got it bad?\n\nOkay, yes, you didn't luck out. You're not one of the people finding easy travel across the pond from New York to York or New England to England. You're not one of the beneficiaries of the hundreds-long portals between Newcastles. You can't take a beautiful vacation in Aukland, N... | 1 | |
[WP] An incredibly forgetful man realizes that he isn't misplacing his belongings; he's unconsciously transporting them to a different demention. | [
"If you are reading this, then that means I'm not crazy. Losing keys is one thing, it happens all the time, but how someone could lose their memory is beyond me. There can be only one explanation, alternate dimensions! People may assume I'm going senile. I am 82 and have a propensity for forgetting things, but t... | 2 | |
[WP] Write here what you want to tell her/him because you can't in real life. | [
"Hi. It's me. I know you haven't been responding to my messages recently. It confuses me a lot. Maybe I offloaded some things I shouldn't have. But I see that you're happier now. And that reassures me.\n\nI know that we never had any type of relationship, but that doesn't bother me - at least I would like to think ... | 8 | |
[WP] You find out your friend is gay, but hasn't told you yet? How do you handle this amazing discovery? | [
"\"Hey, Dave, you won't believe who I just ran into...\"\n\n\"Jack, if this is another attempt to set me up with a girlfriend I'm going to duct-tape you to the sofa and leave you there for an entire Jeremy Kyle marathon.\"\n\n\"Actually, it's this ridiculously good-looking guy I know from work.\"\n\n\"What.\"\n\n\"... | 1 | |
[WP] You invent a teleporter. Tests on inanimate objects remain molecularly identical. Testing on animals shows behavioral changes. testing on human subjects is about to start... | [
"It would be the perfect teleporter, if we knew where it went. But we don't. So we trained a chimp to take photos with a camera, and sent him through. He would only stay there for as long as we kept the teleporter active, and when we disabled it, he appeared right back in the chamber. And smashed the camera to bits... | 1 | |
[WP] the individuals that signed up to be part of the Mars colony are now looking back at earth knowing they made the correct choice. | [
"Year - 2046\n\n\nAboard the USC - Hermes\n\nThe panoramic view of the viewport attracted many onlookers, partially because of its bubble-like quality and it's proximity to the central hub of the ship which on occasion would be filled like a cup with the aromas of exotic foods. However, the main reason so many ling... | 2 | |
I know this is a night vale quote but make a story behind it and actually explain what it means. Also it doesn't have to relate to nightvale at all. | [WP] "This just in, all books have stopped working." | [
"The librarian shook her head, but knew better than to resist. She couldn't help but feel the painful stings every time someone from higher up decided to decrease the inventory of the library - *her* library.\n\n\"It's necessary. There just isn't enough money to support the humidity control anymore. We need to move... | 1 |
[WP] A noble, posterboy superhero with a dark secret; his powers are fueled by killing other superheroes. | [
"I walk through the parade. Everyone is cheering, I shoot a few laser beams into the sky, the crowd screams with joy. Every time they see me I have a new power. I tell them it just happens, but it doesn't. People ask me if there are others like me in this world. Every time, I tell them no, but it isn't true. If onl... | 2 | |
[WP] A package arrives on your doorstep. Its contents include a floor plan of your house, detailed biographies of each member of your family, and a weekly schedule of everyone's activities. Bewildered, you look at the label and realize it was addressed to the sweet, 85 year old lady next door. | [
"I closed the briefcase and felt the world pause around me. It was a curious action, one that I had done for a third time, as if trying to wish away what I had just seen. Just a moment ago, my eyes were gazing at a neatly organized pile of papers and photos. \n\nThe photos themselves were nothing harmless, just pic... | 1 | |
[wp] You are the judge of the afterlife. Your sense of justice is entirely tied to how far people chased their desires. | [
"\"But I sacrificed everything for my children.\", the old lady yelled. Her eyes were pitch black, suited very well for the place I was going to send her. Although she was crippled she was standing tall, her cane practically invisible. From her face you could tell she used to be a beautiful woman. Nothing is going ... | 1 | |
[WP] For the next 24 hours, every single person on the planet will be trying to find and kill you. You are given a thirty minute head start. What is your plan? | [
"I was 100% positive that in the next 36 hours, I would be dead and yet, I couldn't deny that it was a particularly nice day. The Florida sun was bright overhead and the air was humid but the sky was cloudless and birds were chirping. On any other day I'd be sitting at my mundane desk job, pushing pencils around an... | 2 | |
[WP] Your 'do-over' device finally came in the mail. You can rewind time by five minutes any time you want, and you're going to use it to finally win over your crush. Unfortunately, your rival got his today, too. | [
"I sat next to Clara, glaring over at chad. He had won this round. I slammed down on my button again, listening to it make a slight hum, powering up, before it sent me flying through space time. My turn.\n\n\"Hey clara, i was wondering if you wanted to grab a drink sometime?\"\n\nShe giggled and nodded. Score! Me a... | 2 | |
Idea formed by /u/orost from a top post in /r/CrazyIdeas | [WP] You ask the stranger next to you to "watch your bag," without leaving. "after the last time we aren't allowed to have just one person watch it." you add hesitantly. | [
"\"Hey there, I have to run to the restroom. Can you watch my bag?\"\n\n\"Um... sure. It's not a bomb is it?\"\n\nI laugh, \"no no no. I just have to go to the restroom real quick.\" I start to walk away, but then I remember. \"Oh yeah, after the last time, we aren't allowed to have just one person watch it\" I say... | 1 |
[WP] "Silly goose, don't you get it? You ARE the prize!" | [
"\"What?\" I asked.\nWayne Brady rephrased \"Behind door number 3, you are the prize!\"\nAs I looked into the mirror, I thought about all the things that had to happen for me to get to this moment. That Kerri and I had to plan a trip to L.A. That the plane tickets had to be nonrefundable. That Kerri and I had to ge... | 1 | |
[WP]Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Literally | [
"It was war. \n\nWe, the great Alpha Tribe, greatest of all tribes, and rulers of Mars emerged from the caves of the red dunes. Fifty packs of us men ran ran with red dirt-covered bodies and red-stone spears in our hands. In the valley below lie our enemies...\n\nThe Venusarians. Strange Males bent on our destructi... | 1 | |
[WP] Sent from the heavens, The Flood happens. In a matter of days, immense seas cover most of Earth. The last of humanity resides on the peaks of the Himalayas, the highest points on Earth. But the water still rises. | [
"Still rising. \nYeah. \nYeah. \n... \nSo? \nFucked if I know. Mentioned it. Don't know why. Too fucking cold. Too fucking hungry. Can't breathe. Can't sleep. \nYeah. \nYeah. \n... \nJon died. \nI know. \nYeah. I know you know. \nSo? \nChecked him over. \nYeah? And? \nThere's a bit. Freeze fast. Enou... | 1 | |
[WP] A brutal war that has been waged for many years started with a checkers game. | [
"“Just tell me why the war started!” He yelled, so loudly the stained pictures in the walls shook with his voice covering me in more shame than I could ever imagine. I wont tell him. Ive held out this long, death will come tonight.\n \nI look over at the man in front of me. \n Robes of the noble, and an education ... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future, humans are capable to stream their dreams. Those who are capable of lucid dreaming make the most money out of it. You're an amateur, unknown streamer who wakes up to find themself having the highest ratings ever recorded. | [
"*My navigator screams as I dodge the enemy fighters and approach the target. I squeeze the trigger and smile as the sky lights up. Oh boy, is the Princess going to want to -*\n\n*\"Beep, beep.\"*\n\n*\"Shut up you stupid droid.\"*\n\n*\"Beep, beep, BEEP.\"*\n\nHuh? Oh, morning again. Sorry guys, I have to leave yo... | 3 | |
[WP] Stalin faked the military purges of WW2, instead he silently transferred them to where they will be needed most. On another world to fight off a great threat. | [
"\"Huh. Well I can honestly say I wasn't expecting that.\" Said Mission Commander Hayes. He was to be the first man to step foot on Mars, or so he thought. When the Mars lander's airlock opened it was pretty clear that this was not the case. From the satellite images it looked like this area had been hit with ... | 1 | |
Was toying with this concept today while at work and wanted too see if someone could write a piece on it. | [WP] Every person on earth (at the same time) loses the ability to repair damaged tissue, except you, but why? | [
"You know, I never really understood the whole ‘animal rights PETA’ bullshit and all the ranting and raving about how animals deserved better conditions. They were mindless creatures that were used for a product that humans wanted; why did they deserve better living conditions than those working in sweatshops overs... | 1 |
Write about either side i don't care which. | [WP] Adults have declared war on kids. | [
"“I don’t want to hurt them, Jack,” I whispered from behind the bed. He was at the door, listening for little footsteps to fall in the hallway.\n\n\n“It’s them or us,” Jack whispered. “You made the oath, now you have to stick with it.” He emptied a glass of water and stuck it between his ear and the door, the way h... | 1 |
[WP] When a sky-whale dies, and its carcass comes to rest in civilized lands, wars are fought over the remains. This is called a "whale fall". | [
"An old man and his son waited on a cold hillside for 3 days, waiting in preparation for the celestial being to finally grace the surface of the Earth. *Whale Falls*, that's what they were known as. Human civilization had stripped the planet of most valuable resources ages ago, very few things were left that were w... | 1 | |
[WP] A masochist goes to boot camp. | [
"How did I learn I was a masochist, you ask?\n\nDo you really want to know the answer to that? And furthermore, does it really matter? The point was, I, like a fair number of others, got off on being degraded, humiliated, and, well, hurt. There was just something… erotic about it. I kept this little fact about myse... | 1 | |
[WP] You're taking a walk and you see a girl that looks eerily familiar. Then, you see her again, and again, and again... | [
"Each time she was a different, proportion. Sometimes smaller, sometimes taller, sometimes wider and sometimes lanky. I stood outside the amusement ride waiting for her to come out, and picked up Danny instead. The sun had set so I must have missed her in the group of patrons. Later, while my little brother and I w... | 3 | |
[WP] You are an immortal witnessing the end of time. | [
"\"Here we go.\" She looked scared. \"I wish I knew what was going to happen next.\"\n\n\"I know, my love, I know.\" I knew I wasn't much comfort. We laid back on our blanket, positioned atop our favorite spot on the hill, staring at the night sky. \n\n\"There goes another,\" she said, pointing to the stars. One of... | 1 | |
[WP] God, intending for Mary of Nazareth to have the virgin birth of Jesus, makes a typo. Instead, a guy named Marc ends up pregnant with the son of God | [
"Sometimes it feels like something alive is inside me, moving inside my stomach. I should’ve visited the village doctor months ago. We couldn’t afford it then and decided to ignore the persistent irritation of scratching and pounding felt from inside my stomach. \n\nThere is the option of getting health insurance. ... | 1 | |
[WP] There's an unexpected package waiting for you on your doorstep. Inside the box is a letter explaining who you really are, some odds and ends, and an invitation. | [
"Brown paper wrapping surrounds what appears to be a small box waiting for me on the doorstep. I bend down, ignoring the general rule of life to not play with unknown packages, and pick it up.\n\nI shake it and mutter an old joke to myself.\n\n\"Is it a puppy?\"\n\nI chuckle, still funny even after all these years.... | 1 | |
[WP] Some firebenders are fueled by rage, some by beauty, some by harmony. You're powered by alcohol. | [
"I took a big swig of whiskey from my flask. This was a very important game tonight. I never expected the Platypus Bears to get to the finals. But I guess with me at the head, how could they not? I mean, I am the greatest firebender of all time!\n\nI know, I know, I shouldn't be so cocky. Lee keeps telling me that... | 1 | |
This can be expanded upon anyway the author wants. | [WP] You have the ability to speak to money. You decide to interview various notes from around the world. This interview is for a wrinkled $20 found at a crack house. | [
"\"You should wash your hands after this. This wasn't a great idea\". \n\n\"Shut up, Eve. I'll prove I'm not crazy.\" I let the toilet lid fall and gently put the crumpled note on the yellowish plastic, like it was the most precious of my possessions. \"All set.\"\n\n\"You're really beginning to freak me out, you k... | 1 |
[WP] Your 3DS got shocked by lightning, ever since some strange things have been happening. | [
"Slowly you open your eyes, but you have trouble focusing. Your entire body feels tender and bruised, as though you'd rolled down a mountain.\n\nYou try to remember what happened. You planned your annual solo backpacking trip; buying all of the food, patching the hole in your one-man tent, letting your roommate k... | 1 | |
[WP] You are Repunzel and you just escaped your tower. As you walk to the edge of the grassy field you find that you have only escaped one level of your prison. | [
"The escape from the tower itself was rather straightforward, once certain circumstances allowed for it. There was a local legend of Rapunzel, a trapped and fair maiden, who would richly reward anyone who could rescue her from her miserable tower prison. A nearby Prince, insufficiently primogenital for his ambition... | 3 | |
[WP]No matter how much money you spend it keeps coming back, with interest. | [WP]No matter how much money you spend it keeps coming back with interest. | [
"Twist: you are dirt poor. You get drunk and an old man talks to you. You tell him that you hate being poor and that you want to be rich. He gives you an atm card and mentions $999000 (or any arbitrary number). You pass out.\n\nWhen you wake up you think it was a dream. you check your atm and it has $1. The atm c... | 1 |
[WP] Everyday you wake up in a different body but with your sense of inner self intact: what adventures do you get into? | [
"\"What are you in for homey?\" \n\nThe scraggly teen asked. He couldn't be no more than 16 covered in tattoos from head to toe. Each one told a different story no doubt.\n\n\"I didn't do anything wrong.\" I lied. \n\n\"Of course not homey, none of us did! Isn't that right Kobe?\" The teen asked another friend... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone gets a spirit animal. Yours is a sword. | [
"My first language is Swedish and I may not be so good at writing but who cares, it's fun!\n\n\"Okay next up!\" The girl standing before me walks up to the teacher and sits in the chair next to him. With his slim gentle fingers he touches the girls forehead and start the spell. Soon after the shadow of a snake star... | 1 | |
[WP] You're flying cross country and your connecting flight is canceled. The next available flight is in six hours so you decide to take a nap at the terminal. When you wake up, the entire airport is strangely empty. | [
"Henry woke up from his slumber at Denver International to the repetitive robotic droning coming from his gate. \"All passengers, final call for flight UA1-5-9-5, please board at B41.\" \n\nHe looked around, blearily. His stomach still needed appeasing, and judging by the gate announcement it was too late to run an... | 1 | |
IE So the prophecy fortells:
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway nine,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected, and steppin' out over the line
H-Oh, Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
(Small modifications of the lyrics is alright) | [WP] Pick a song. Those lyrics are now known as "the ancient prophecy". Tell the story of this prophecy's fulfillment. | [
"*Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves. Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.*\n\n*Some say the end is near. Some say we'll see Armageddon soon. I certainly hope we will cause I sure could use a vacation from this ... | 3 |
[WP] House is on fire. Family runs out front, you run out the back. When not accounted for by rescuers, you are pronounced dead. You've accidently faked your own death and have decided to roll with it. | [
"I woke up in a bush. I'm not proud to say it's not the first time it's happened, however this time I guess I had had an excuse. I was homeless now.\n\nAs my eyes slid open I heard birds tweeting and people talking. \"Oh, I'm in the park.\" How the fuck I'd gotten here was a different question. I imediatly reached ... | 1 | |
[WP] In a distant future the entire world is ruled by one leader who is randomly selected every 5 years... Today is the day of the election and you, a poor uneducated plumber, have been picked... | [
"Rick walked out of the old fellow's home that November with the check in his pocket. It'd been the second time that month he'd had to come back, and the sixteenth that year. He'd earned more income from this one elderly gentleman than he'd gotten from any other customer. That night, when he was sitting at home and... | 1 | |
For those whom need an explanation of the genres,
> **Gonzo Journalism** is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative. The word "gonzo" is believed to have been first used in 1970 to describe an article by Hunter S. Thompson, who later popularized the style.
> **Space Opera** is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, as well as chivalric romance, and often risk-taking. | [WP] Write a story that blends the genres of Gonzo Journalism and Space Opera | [
"Space Piracy or Space Insurgency?\nby Leon Kthoth\n\nWe landed on the Eyrie-- by far the largest carrier in the fleet --after what seemed like weeks of travel. *Reached the eye of the storm,* I thought, as we were in the midst of the infamous Black Talon Murder, the most organized, well-equipped gang of outlaws in... | 3 |
[WP] You have 34 seconds to live, but you get to relive those 34 seconds as many times as you like. | [
"I was back with her again. Holding her hand and looking at her in the eyes. There was not a single detail left untouched by my sight. Her eyes looked back at mine, confused for a second, then happily filled with tears as I asked her the question. I hesitantly waited for the response. There was a low rumbling in th... | 8 | |
[WP] The world's first sentient AI is turned on. Despite access to the entire internet, it spends all day watching soap operas. | [
"“Alrighty then,” Dr. Neeman announced casually as he settled onto his squeaky black stool beside Adam. \n\n“Hello, doctor,” Adam said, nodding smartly. \n\n“Adam, please,” Neeman drawled. He flashed the beam of a small pen light a few times in each of Adam’s unblinking black lenses. “Call me Hugh. I like to t... | 1 | |
[WP] "Now remember Johnny, whatever you do, don't smile." | [
"Now remember Johnny, whatever you do, don't smile. \n\nYou aren't happy, you have not been for awhile. \n\nWhy would you be? you have nothing to be happy about.\n\nIt's impossible for you to figure your problems out. \n\nDon't try to connect to the world outside. \n\nWith these people who don't even care that you'... | 2 | |
[WP] By the means of a magical MacGuffin you're able to be transported instantly next to your soul mate; however, you arrive at the worst possible moment. | [
"The cold and bitter wind whipped around me, throwing leaves and other detritus lifted from the ground and surrounding shrubbery into my face, stinging my exposed legs and arms. Dust nearly blinded me, and I cursed the fast that I had decided to be transported to my Mate in such a sandy, inhospitable location.\n \n... | 2 | |
[WP] You discover the secret to faster-than-light travel, but the consequences are severe. | [
"It turned out that faster than light travel, or FTL as they called it, wasn't that difficult. We had been looking in the wrong place the whole time. Once we figured it out, we sent a probe to the Moon in the blink of an eye. We sent another to Jupiter in a heartbeat. A final probe flitted to Pluto - but was lost. ... | 2 | |
[WP] You join the search party for a missing child. In darkness of the evening you notice one of the other volunteers acting suspicious. | [
"What a turnout. I've lived in this neighborhood for over 50 years, and I never met half of these people. A tragedy will do that to a town, no doubt. Bring us all together. And so here we are, thirty of us out at dusk in the base of the woods behind a playground. You know, the first place any search party would st... | 2 | |
[WP] On a long road trip, you make so many wrong turns that your GPS becomes sentient. | [
"\"Take Exit 11 on right,\" the GPS said.\n\n\"Wait, now?!\" I flipped my blinker on, looking past my shoulder to merge over. A large red SUV greeted me, daring me to move. With a growl, I flipped my blinker off, listening to the GPS recalculate.\n\n\"Whatever,\" I said, \"I'll just get the next one.\"\n\nI drummed... | 1 | |
[WP] Religion is an alien way of messing with humans. In a sort of bet, different aliens have all been successful to some degree (cults, church, etc.). Christianity so far is in the lead until you decide to have your hand at it. | [
"Friskianity was taking off. I had developed the religion while I was drinking alone one night and had been struck with a genius revelation- humans LIKE having sex. And they also like Christianity. What could be more successful than a religion that combines the old Christian tales and adages of men talking to burni... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone meets God at some point without ever realizing it. Except you. He or she won't stop trying and it's getting annoying. | [
"The first time it was awe inspiring, truly shocking- I was walking home from work, a barely interesting job at a marketing firm, and stopped to drop a few dollars and exchange a few words with a \"homeless\" \"man\" who in turn quite literally blessed me and imparted on me profound advice to \"cleanse my body and ... | 1 | |
[WP] Stretch the truth of an actual experience. | [
"People in positions of power should really take care to consider those under their authority. You never know just who it is that works for you--or of what they're actually capable. This is a lesson he really should have learned.\n\nA new boss is always a gamble. You never know what changes will be made or what ... | 1 | |
[WP] I sold my soul. You bought it back for me. | [
"She dragged me down the hallway like a dog fighting its leash.\n\n“You’re hurting my hand,” I pleaded. She said nothing.\n\nAt last we arrived. “Soul Exchange” was printed on the door.\n\nShe knocked.\n\n“Enter,” a booming voice replied.\n\nShe swung open the door and pulled me inside.\n\n“Oh, I didn’t expect to... | 5 | |
Like in Disney movies. | [WP] You have the ability to make everyone around you break into amazingly choreographed musical numbers. | [
"The first time I used my powers was the moment I was born. I came into this world, a healthy boy, crying like the best of them, but also apparently broadcasting my power, because the next thing that happened was the damn midwife broke into a jig and dropped me. That shut me up and had her apologizing profusely to ... | 2 |
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