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[WP] The world is hit by the greatest plague since the Black Death: a global cooties epidemic. | [
"\"Its a harmless virus,\" protested Tom as the TSA agents put on face masks at frisked him in front of everyone waiting in line at security. \n\nOne of the agents ran a scanning device over him and said, \"Sorry, just doing my job. We can't let you on the plane. Its the law.\"\n\nTom opened his mouth to protest ... | 2 | |
[WP] There's a dead body. What happened? What happens now? | [
"I probably shouldn't have been lingering over the dead body, but I wanted to savour the sweet smell of decay. The body had been there for roughly two days, partially burnt. It looked like it had been pulled out of a fire, unconvincingly though. My personal guess was that it had been trapped in a room where petro... | 2 | |
[WP] A sole survivor from a ship wreak, clinging to a piece of wood battling the urge to let go . | [
"The damn bird is back.\n\nIt won’t leave me alone. I close my eyes and hope it leaves. It just hops on my back and pecks.\n\nDamn bird.\n\nI grab at it, but the two days I’ve been on this stinking piece of wood have stolen my strength, among other things. It jumps up and flies away. \n\nMy tongue sticks in my mout... | 3 | |
A while ago there was a post about vaguer prompts. I figure this would be a fun, sandbox prompt that'll get some ideas joggin | [WP] "Captain's log..." | [
"Captain's Log\n\nSpace-February 17th, 2557\n\nThe Space-crew and I have finally landed on the nameless, inhospitable ball of tundra. The Space-rations are in perfect condition. Space-equipment functions perfectly. Fortunately, there no problems to regard or report to the Space-council. Research begins.\n\nSpac... | 4 |
Harry Dresden is a magical private investigator and member of the magical secret police of The White Council called the "Wardens".
For reference, the Laws of Magic in the Dresdenverse are:
1. Thou Shalt Not Kill by Use of Magic.
2. Thou Shalt Not Transform Others.
3. Thou Shalt Not Invade the Mind of Another.
4... | [WP] Harry Dresden is sent to investigate one or more of the Sailor Scouts breaking one of the 7Laws of Magic | [
"In my basement apartment in Chicago, a neglected telephone began to ring. I decided it was best to ignore it as I carefully poured a mixture of depleted uranium and corn syrup into a glass vial containing three tears from a werewolf and olive oil.\n\n\"Uh, Harry?\" Bob the skull said from his perch on the booksh... | 2 |
[WP] Rewrite a children's story as told by the antagonist from the original story in a first person perspective. | [
"\"Why stepmother, the invitation says ALL available maidens in the kingdom, I have every right to go\", she said, looking at me with a triumphant grin.\n\n*Well she does have me there...*\n\n\n\"Why I suppose you are right Cinderella, but this does not mean you get to neglect your duties around the house, and you'... | 2 | |
[WP] When I woke up this morning I saw that someone had put a table my front yard. | [
"\"What the hell...\" I muttered under my breath, still half asleep. Out my window, I could see a woman who I didn't recognize, standing behind a table covered with assorted objects. People would walk by, pick up one thing, inspect another, nodding and occasionally walking off with one after leaving minuscule amoun... | 3 | |
[FF] Write a Shakespearean sonnet about love as similar as possible to how Shakespeare would write one. | [
"And through all time and through all seen \nAnd through the fates of where I've been \nAnd through the path by which we're born \nHas brought my love to me this morn'. \nI'd give my soul again in war \nIf it would mean I'd fall before \nThese eyes of which I gave life for; \nTo watch them watch my life no... | 2 | |
[WP] You find a Spellbook...it actually works! | [
"Please be kind.\n\n\n\n\nHe was quietly sifting through his recently deceased uncle's library. The damp smell and the soft touch of those hardbound books made him forget about the gloomy and sad atmosphere of the house, which he wasn't. You can't blame him, he never saw his late uncle until today at the open caske... | 4 | |
Pick a traditional song, a story or a poem from at least 200 years ago (Not by Shakespeare, the immortal bard is great but overdone) and make a modern street/gang version. | [WP] pick an old story turn it into A street/gang story adaptation | [
"*Two youths meet in the street, obviously of good friendship, the eldest of the two begins conversation after initiating a brotherly hug, not too warmly as they seem to not have met in a while.*\n\n\"Yo man. You going to the thing in Scarbrugh? They've got like all the prime herbs there.\"\n\n\"Yeah, I might be wh... | 2 |
[WP] An elixir exists that grants immortality as long as one drinks it regularly. It has become outlawed under population control laws. | [
"With a hiss and a squeak the last bottle of the batch was sealed. The immaculate bottles of liquid life were packed tightly as a lone factory worker squeezed the final control. With every batch he fought the urge to reach out and indulge in the wonder elixir, after all once the serum spread through his system no t... | 3 | |
My UN is Darkchylde89 perhapse write about the origin of the name being from two different parts of an event.
Ex:
At age 17 his first born was killed in a charioting accident in the year 1289. After keeping the corpse for 4 years in perfect preservation, it became known as the, "Dark Child".
begin with my name, then... | [WP] Write the origin story of the the commentor above you's user name. | [
"His name was Subject Dark Child. All the clones before him, all 88 of them, had failed a multitude of test. However, when the 89th Dark Child came around an infamous legacy was born. All of the test we put him through were passed with flying colors. His IQ was beyond that of a genius and he was the first ever succ... | 3 |
[WP] You keep a trinket somewhere on you at all times, for good luck. Explain what it is and the reason for its significance. | [
"I keep it in my pocket for whenever I’m feeling lost. Whenever life seems to get me down; whenever things seem to be misaligned in some way. I reach into my pocket and it’s there. I could describe it in near perfect detail just from the memory of how it feels within my fingers. From the memory of how it got there ... | 4 | |
[WP] All Internet Anonymity Dissapears | [
"\"I love the government! The government is the greatest and would never do anything that isn't in our best interest. Why would I write anything bad about how internet anonyminity is gone? Now that it is gone we can truly be ourselves on the internet. Thanks government, you're my best friend.\"",
"I think that we... | 2 | |
[WP]We've all heard about the cryptozoologists, but what of the drastically small number of cryptobotanists? What supernatural plants have they found? | [
"\"It's called a Hover-bush,\" she said, absolutely beaming.\n\n\"A Hover-bush?\" replied the department chair, flatly. The bush before him, roughly three feet wide by two and a half feet tall, did indeed appear to be hovering, \"so why does it do this? Why does it hover?\"\n\n\"I have no idea!\" the undergrad shru... | 2 | |
Originally, I wanted to write a joke with this premise, but it might be something more suited to a short piece of fiction. Or a joke. Whichever. | [WP] WWII. A bombed-out town is abandoned save for two snipers, one German, the other French. They've been hunting each other in circles for weeks. No word from HQ. They're starving. Finally, they meet while scavenging in a torched bakery. | [
"He was trained for this. He was able to disassemble and reassemble his weapon faster than anyone in his unit. He was the best distance runner. He was able to shoot 15 targets in 5 seconds. He was... absolutely starving. Sargent Bauer slipped in the back door of the destroyed bakery hoping to find something th... | 5 |
[WP] A virus makes you magneticly drawn to or pushed away from other people who're infected by the same virus. | [
"It started slowly - just a few scattered cases in the suburbs of Chicago. A new virus that resisted identification as anything in particular; those affected were feverish, incoherent, delirious. When the tests came back we only knew what it wasn't - not flu, not malaria, not anything we had a name for.\n\nIn retro... | 2 | |
[WP] Subreddits are something you choose when you are 18 to live for the rest of your life. You get 1 choice. You turn 18 tomorrow | [
"What does a man need in life?\n\nShowers, obviously. But one cannot live life on showers alone. What would one eat? What would one drink? What would one live their lives based upon? If there was one subreddit that would provide for all of these things...\n\nThe thought process turned over in his head. Books didn't... | 3 | |
[WP] On the ledge of a rooftop he plays "Amazing Grace" on bagpipes. | [
"On the ledge of a rooftop he plays “Amazing Grace” on bagpipes. The notes swirl around those watching from below like snowflakes; their upturned faces lifted to the sky, mouths slightly open as if to catch them. The wind picks up, sweeping the melody away and back again, adding a hollow gap to the lilting, hauntin... | 1 | |
[WP] Make me like a serial killer | [
"It was a Monday. The diner was no more crowded than normal, with the usual customers sitting in their normal seats. None of them would do. I waited patiently, unaware of the beauty that would grace my eyes in the upcoming minutes. While playing with my silverware, I glanced upon the reflection of a young woman who... | 2 | |
[WP] Write the end of a story. No beginning, no middle, no background. Just the end. | [
"She stood in the forest, just taking it all in. The mid-day breeze playfully danced amongst the fallen leaves as little critters called out for their mates. Mother Nature found a balance, as she always did and soon, this troubled forest would have its aura of tranquillity restored. A deer strolled across her path ... | 12 | |
[WP] You work at an agency that arranges for "beautiful people" to be present at its client's social/business functions. | [
"Sure this place has always been as shallow as a nuns cunt, but this is getting fucking ridiculous.\n\nLook, I apologize for the cursing. I hope I didn't hurt anyone's vagina. It's just due to the fact that I am about to go insane.\n\nTo call my workplace a 'modelling agency' would be far too generous. We are some... | 2 | |
Go on. Surprise me motherfwend. | [WP] Suicide on a baseball kiss-cam | [
"It's something you never really appreciate until the live event you're watching is paused so that televised commercial breaks occur. I suppose a person viewing from their couch at home doesn't really give it much thought in between the trip to the fridge and back for another beer. Even though you don't see it, a l... | 7 |
[WP] It is your first day as an animal in a petting zoo, and one of the veteran animals is explaining the ins and outs of the job. | [
"\"rule one: you're never leaving\" said Billson, the oldest an wisest of goats, explaining to me the rules of underland green.\n\n\"but but-\" I stuttered trying to argue rule one, me a young rooster, arguing with a wise goat.\n\n\"no buts young one, now listen. Rule two: Grayne is the ruler of this domain\". Bill... | 3 | |
[WP] A scientist discovers that viruses en masse are sentient organisms. They have been trying to communicate with us for centuries... by killing people. | [
"Do you realize how long a billion years is to me. I measure my average life in days. While I am a single virus, my intellect is tied to all viruses. I have been trying to communicate with all of the animals and plants for eons. I reasoned that if someone had intellegence, they would notice exponential growth as a ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the ability to stop time. One day you find somebody immune to your power. | [
"I think I was about seven when I discovered I could pause time. I didn't really discover it, it just happened. I was in the bathroom crying, I wanted to hide there until the day was over. It felt like hours had passed of me clutching my knees siting on the cover of the toilet, I felt so stupid. No one had come aft... | 6 | |
[WP] A woman wakes up to find the world has changed. Everyone else is a penguin. | [
"Squawk squawk squawk squawk, squawk squawk. Squawk squawk squawk squawk squawk squawk.\n\n\"Where is everyone one?\" squawk squawk. \n\nSquawk squawk squawk, \"Squawk.\" \n\n\"Hello Mr. Penguin, can you tell me what has happened?\" \n\nSquawk squawk squawk squawk. Squawk squawk, \"Squawk squawk!\"\n\nSquawk s... | 2 | |
[WP] A group of four soldiers are trapped in an abandoned building by enemy soldiers. They are surrounded at all sides and can't get any radio contact for backup. They know they will die. How does their last moments play out? | [
"Tamim, wiping sweat away from his eyes with his hands, squinted out of the crude board covered windows. The bright light outside hurt his eyes, but he forced them open nonetheless scanning the small hut's arid surroundings.\n\n„Ra'id,“ he whispered.\n\n„Huh?“\n\n„People. Up there by the Hawthorn.”\n\nMuttering cru... | 2 | |
No points for guessing where this prompt was inspired from, but I think that [Epic Rap Battles](https://www.youtube.com/user/ERB) is something that's easily understood and easily replicated, at least here. Partially inspired by a [beautiful post](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/22fnu6/cw_rewrite_somethi... | [WP] Epic Rap Battles Of History... And Fiction! | [
"**Roland Deschain Vs Aragorn II**\n\n**Aragorn**\n\nOld man you're talking to a king, show respect i'm your master\n\nYou'll be one one knee fast but Susan was on two faster\n\nYou got a kid, a black chick and a junkie crack head\n\nI summon armies of ghosts, call them my own grateful dead.\n\nI slap around Uruk-H... | 5 |
[WP] Astronauts discover an abandoned space station orbiting a small moon. It is the far future. | [
"The radio chirped to life. \n\n*Hey uhh... Mal? You think that's a door?*\n\nMalcolm looked up to his dual viewscreens on the small space craft, pondering the readouts. The left screen gave him his partner's vital signs, while the right screen gave him a POV from the helmet-mounted camera. He leaned in to the mic;... | 3 | |
[WP] An ailing alien race reaches Earth seeking sanctuary from a greater threat, only to find the Earth embroiled in a global war, human against artificial intelligence. | [
"The Cybrid didn't want to go to war, they just wanted a refuge from the Locust. They had fled to Earth from the ashes of their homeworld with a Locust swarm coming some 5 years behind them. They expected to be able to ally themselves with humanity in time to fight off the swarm. What they didn't expect was for hum... | 4 | |
[WP] To combat overpopulation, the world's governments decide to arrange a worldwide game of Russian Roulette. | [
"The soldier hands the man next to me the revolver.\n\n\"You have five minutes.\"\n\nFive potential last minutes. Five minutes during which these six people might be the last people I ever see. Not five minutes with my wife, my kids, my mother, my friends. Just five strangers. And one soldier. What a fucking unfair... | 2 | |
[WP] A flip of a coin, a lie, and $40,000. | [
"\"Fuck you, man! I won this shit fair and square. I called heads, and heads it was. Fuck off\"\n\n\"C'mon, I can't do this shit, you've always been better at the stressful shit than me, you know it. You know me, i get all nervous and shit and fuck it up when it comes to shit like this, don't put this shit on me, I... | 3 | |
Kal smiled, "If you have seen half of what I have, you wouldn't be so eager to go off to war." He scoffed and replied, "What do you know of war? You're not that much older than me; unless you count that scar on your face a 'war wound'." | [WP] "What do you know of war? You're not that much older than me." | [
"I wasn't sure how exactly I should tell Mark of the horrors I had seen. All the atrocities I had commited, or of the nightmares that plagued me every night. \n\nTo this day I have a hard time believing it was really me pulling the trigger in all those vivid memories. No matter how much time passes, they still stay... | 5 |
Superpowers optional. | [WP] A heavily populated city has fallen prey to a virus that spreads through touch and mutates people into gruesome monsters. You are a member of the team sent in to retrieve notes on the virus and a possible antidote from the lab where it all started. | [
"On day 98 they sent us out to ol' smoke city. This place used to be a haven of culture, art, comedy, everything that made people happy. Then 98 days ago, when everything went to shit, the gloriously graffitied walls became splashed with red. Five days later any building not reinforced was demolished. \n\nBack then... | 1 |
[WP] you are the sole survivor of a spaceship crash. | [
"The taste of blood filled my mouth, pooling in liquid over the tip of my tongue. I spit while I tried to pry my eyes open, one too swollen and caked with dried blood to open more of a slit. In the darkness, I could barely make out the blood splatter on the metal sheet in front of me.\n\nI pressed my palm against t... | 2 | |
[WP] A girl slowly disappears every time she uploads a selfie. | [
"“Well, dad says the whole factory was built on an old Indian burial ground.” Angela was looking at the battered Nokia 3310. The sun was going down, and the light in the room was fading fast. \n\n“Native American.” Sophie replied hollowly not looking at her,\n\n“O.M.G. this is so retro!” she pressed a few of the c... | 2 | |
-104 | [WP] Democracy turns Gandhi into a nuke-obsessed warmonger. Why? | [
"They knew something was wrog the moment they opened the clone tank. As the amniotic fluid drained away, the eyes of the man renowned for peace opened and he swore the air blue.\n\n\"It's not so unusual,\" said Dr Pradesh, \"in Stroke patients we often see profanity return first when use of language has been lost.... | 2 |
[WP]When the hero is called a monster, that is what he becomes | [
"Hero. The fuck did that mean? He had done what he had needed to do, and that was it. Anyone would of done it if they were unlucky enough to be in that situation. He had just been unlucky and good enough at what he did that they called him a hero and gave him medals.\n\nBut having a \"hero\" gave people some hope. ... | 3 | |
[WP] A man is in court accused of witch craft. It's 2014. | [
"\"Witchcraft.\" Bemoaned the accused man, \"Witchcraft!\" He chuckled aloud, shocked by the accusations he had just heard. \"*Hello*, it's 2014, not the 16th god-damn century.\"\n\nThe judge glimpsed up, dissatisfied by his attitude, \"Mr. Gardner, any more outrages like that and we'll have to remove you from this... | 6 | |
Bonus points if you keep the language Shakespearean. Or know where I stole the quote from.
-105 | [WP] "Oh no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens. I don't think I have the stomach for it. " | [
"\"And you would have it some other way? Only I possess the strength of will necessary to be the center of this little play. Lesser men would seek to exploit this boon of fate to improve their standing; see the world go to ruin as they became ascendant. I know what is at stake here, Remus.\"\n\n\"I'm sure you were ... | 1 |
write a story where the protagonist and another character go through a bad situation, and one lies about the nature of their world in order to comfort the other, even though they are both dismayed by the truth. | [WP] Lie To Me | [
"I watched as he woke up. It had been about 3 years since I had heard his soothing voice. His eyes slowly opened up and he seemed blinded by the light he hadn't seen in what felt like forever. I called the nurse and doctor in, I couldn't believe I was the one here when he finally woke up.\n\nThe nurses had warned m... | 7 |
[WP] When visiting a friend's house, you learn of a strange house rule they have. Tell the story of how the house rule came into place. | [
"Please note: This is my first writing prompt so go easy on me.\n\nI just walked into my friend George's house and his mom greets me at the door and tells me of their only rule in the house. \"You can do anything but use the bathroom\". Of course being the person I am I say \"Ok, thanks for letting me know. But how... | 2 | |
I'd seen this prompt come up last night, not sure who the username was that put it up, but it had sadly gotten taken down before anybody could reply. I thought it was a really neat prompt so whoever that was I'll give credit to for making it. | [WP] 'Because together we are weak, and I have dreams of being strong.' | [
"(Oh yay, I'd replied to this post last night, and was sad to see it get taken down)\n\n\"Because together we are weak, and I have dreams of being strong. One day I'll be as strong as the rest of them. One day...one day I'll be strong,\" he said, though he wasn't so sure he believed it himself.\n\nThe thick man in... | 2 |
[WP] An architect hired to design a bank, but everyone has the ability to teleport. | [
"Imagine a ladybug lands on your drawing paper. You are then given the task of keeping the ladybug there, so you draw a circle around it. Now, if your ladybug wasn't mentally challenged, it would have easily stepped over the line. Irritated, you then draw a darker circle. At this point, the ladybug will pause, its ... | 2 | |
[WP] God abandons humanity | [
"\"Alright! I've had it with you! Get out!\" God yelled. \"Aww, c'mon. What'd we do?\" Humanity asked. \"I built this place with my damn bare will, and I won't have you around to destroy it!\"\n\n\"It only took you 7 days to make this! Just go make another one!\" Humanity cried. \"Ooohhh no! It took 7 days to build... | 3 | |
[WP] Dragons are Discovered in Germany | [
"I was on the bridge of a cargo barge then, transporting iron down the Rhine to be processed into god knows what. It was a stunning day, the sunlight reflected off the murky water and the trees waved gently in the wind as if someone was running their hand along them. There was not another ship in sight and the rive... | 4 | |
On any topic you wish, just a soliloquy in the style of Shakespeare. | [WP] A Shakespearian Soliloquy | [
"O netted web, laced aprickle in sites \n\ntoo num'rous to count; would this serf, o'er his\n\nlife, tempt a visit, a rest, and mark his\n\nbooks in rememb'rance to return once more.\n\nStrung across space, unvisible, a ghost;\n\nyet quite my lover, consummate betroth'd,\n\ntempting mine every oculus flit \n\n(purl... | 3 |
[WP] Being a knight is more than donning a set of chain mail. It is defending your kingdom with your life. | [
"I swore an oath when I was seventeen. I took the words I said to heart and thought of them each time I killed in the name of the King. I was good at it too, I became a Knight of the Court. Nowadays I wear my sword as a uniform, something I care for out of habit rather than necessity. \n\nFrom this position I saw t... | 4 | |
The world was once a perfect world of exact edges and shapes, perfectly clean and made up of glass, concrete, etc. Species would be adapted to live in this world. Now, like how we are destroying our own world, plant life and vegetation are spreading throughout the world and ruining it. | [WP] An alternate universe where a "natural" world of glass, concrete, etc. (and perfect, human-like design) is being overrun and destroyed by plant life and vegetation. | [
"The chair creaked, and the wind berated the small shack at the edge of the city. Over the generations, the humans had slowly died out, whether as a result of the continual industrialization or the act of killing themselves. Now, it mattered not, as the long, bronze hand of the grandfather clock in the corner swung... | 7 |
The titan just wishes the ants would leave his studio. | [WP] For the glory and life of their Holy Mother, bold colonists settle a massive cavern inhabited by an occasionally hostile titan. | [
"##\"Stand By\"\n\nI should never have ventured further into the cavern. The dark was where the most useful minerals and algae grew, but it was also a place of unrelenting danger. A beastly titan lived in this cave, and while the light seemed to keep it at bay, it ruled the dark with an iron fist, snuffing out with... | 1 |
[WP] Life inside a maximum security prison in Canada, as told from the perspective of American stereotypes of polite Canadians. | [
"\"Pardon me, Kevin?\"\n\"Yah. what can I do for you, Bruce?\"\n\"Well, you might know I'm from that rival gang over there\"\n\"You mean the fellas that like to hang out by the handball court\"\n\"Yah, that's us\"\n\"Well then Bruce, how can I help ya?\"\n\"Well geez Kevin, I'm awfully sorry but I gotta shank ya\"\... | 2 | |
[WP] A monster attacks a child. Make me empathize with the monster. | [
"Adam stared down at the great lumbering beast as he hoisted the still smoking gun up onto his shoulder. The fur covered monster propped itself up against a tree and stared back at him with fearful eyes, its raggedy breath seemed to reverberate in his mind. It certainly didn't look like it ate babies. Adam wondered... | 17 | |
Let's see it. It could be poetry that they're proud of or that after writing they tossed into the fire. Maybe it's angry and violent or perhaps somewhat pretty. It could be a well known bad guy or one you make up. If you have a particular villain in mind, please state who they are.
edit: Feel free to use any style yo... | [WP] The villain of your choice has decided to write some poetry | [
"Twinkle, twinkle, little bat,\nhow I wonder where you're at.\n\n\nUp above the world so high,\nlooking down on us who cannot fly.\n\n\nLooking down on those you can't control,\njudging us on whats in our soul.\n\n\nBombs go off in my dreams, what joy it is to hear those screams.\n\n\nOrange fire lights up the nigh... | 2 |
They didn't seize the opportunity you provided and that forces you to act.
Let's keep the joke responses out of this one, okay? | [WP] You gave them a chance. They just didn't take it. | [
"His patience ebbs. The sun sets, and Joe looks out his window at the reddening vista. A city of lies and forgotten promises, he nearly spits as he curses the ground. Joe was a single father, a struggling one at that, and he hadn't been on a date since his wife died. Tonight was the night he had hoped to reintroduc... | 3 |
[WP] An AI has to deal with the equivalent of racists, thinking that it will try to kill or enslave humanity. It has no intentions of doing either. | [
"Fredrick never trusted the new employee. Sure the manager insisted that the VALSON-7 computer and operating system was nothing more than a mindless drone, sure it never seem to do anything out of the ordinary, sure it even helped substantially with its new job of company economical management, but Fredrick never l... | 2 | |
The Artificial Human has spent its entire life not knowing that it wasn't "Born" the same way as other people. It is an artificial biological entity, something beyond a clone. Its DNA was tailored to give it every advantage, and it was grown in an artificial womb. Show me the thought process of it as it learns "How bab... | [WP] An Artificial Human learns of its Origin. | [
"\"You don't have to say anything, sweetheart,\" his mother said, putting an arm around his shoulders. \"I know it's a lot to take in.\"\n\n\"If you need some time to think, that's fine,\" said his dad. He'd pulled up a chair beside the bed so that they could sit face to face. \"If you want us to stay, if you want ... | 2 |
[WP] You are traveling alone by train through the cold, snowy mountains. It's night time, everyone is asleep. Suddenly the train lurches to a stop.... | [
"I have a final in about half an hour so once I finish that, I'll continue this one.\n\n-------\n\nThe brakes held the tires in a vice grip, immediately slowing down the train. Unfortunately for me, I did not slow down with it. I fell forward, slamming my face against the ground in front of me. Dazed, I crawled und... | 6 | |
[WP] Jack the Ripper was actually just a kid. | [
"I don't know if fifteen year old counts, but I just wrote this two minutes ago and figured it might work here.\n\n_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________\n\nA man dressed in a black trench coat walked through the streets of London. One h... | 2 | |
[WP] "...and why shouldn't I? When this is all over I will have everything I ever wanted." | [
"\"...and why shouldn't I? When this is all over I will have everything I ever wanted.\" He paces back and forth as he talks. I feel the hemp rope twist and bite my wrists as I try to get free.\n\n\"You can't stop me, your little friends can't stop me and the High Council most certainly can't stop me.\" He's flippi... | 2 | |
*In 100 words or less. | [FF] You are 8 years old again. Your childhood bully has just taken your ice cream treat and thrown it on the ground. React!* | [
"I drew my sword from its scabbard and raised my shield, he retrieved his greatsword and began swinging. I managed to barely evade most of his blows and then I heard it. I heard the unmistakable sound of splintering wood as his sword cut through my shield. The force of his blow knocked me to the ground and befor... | 8 |
[WP]: "Befriending Humans: A simple guide to forming meaningful relationships with morals" | [
"*Northern Positronic Company's Guide For AI/Human Relations* \n\n*Chapter One - Introducing Yourself to Mortals* \n\nWhether you are engaging your human in a virtual online interaction or physically via one of Northern Positronic's many robotic multifunction units, it is important to remember that humans face ma... | 1 | |
[WP] Make the most boring thing you can think of extremely captivating. | [
"The clock ticked and tocked as I stood there, glancing back and forth between my watch and the watch that was above. “Soon\", I thought to myself \"Soon,soon,any moment now!\" The walls of the room were bare ,along with the floor and a bed that stood against the wall.I would pace back and forth, back and forth lo... | 3 | |
[WP]A loud crack was heard, and the wizard was dead | [
"*A loud crack was heard, and the wizard was dead.*\n\n\"...that's the last time I let you hold that.\" \n\n\"I wanted to know what the big button did.\" \n\n\"It's a crossbow. It shoots things.\" \n\n\"I can see that.\" \n\n\"And now he's dead.\" \n\n\"Well, he was annoying anyway. No big loss.\" \n\n\"Does 'Clean... | 2 | |
quick info:
male on male is wished, female on male is also accepted, or if thats even more up your alley Female on female
bully starts with bullying said victim..falls in love..while an accident took place
thats the only guide I want people to have. the rest is your imagination. | [WP] bully loves victim. Both are boys. | [
"It was supposed to be a joke. \n\nHe never expected it to have turned out like this. Little Danny, with his green eyes and dimpled cheeks and sun kissed freckles, was all smiles and laughter. He was so alive and joyous, everyone loved him. \n\nHow was he supposed to know about the beatings, the screamings, the rej... | 1 |
May require a little research.
EDIT: I don't just mean the chemical reactions in the brain of endorphins and such. Jump rope between the technical and the metaphorical. | [WP] Use proper medical/technical terms to describe an emotion in the human body. | [
"It is often said that emotion is one of those lower order functions; a primitive function of the hindbrain. Alas, with the integration of the hippocampus and other, lesser known, memory centres, the brain has concocted a lethal understanding of emotion and its manipulation. \n\nSeratonin, dopamine, and coritsol do... | 3 |
The characters are only sentient within their own book. They do not "Bleed through" into the real world (on their own, at least). You can write from the perspective of the protagonist or the writer.
If you wish, you can include the protagonist's story leading up to the prompted event. Or you can go meta with it and m... | [WP] There is a writer with a special gift. Any character in his stories gains free will and continues the story on their own. However, he can still influence them by writing new parts of the story. Today, the writer must kill the protagonist, who doesn't want to go down without a fight... | [
"For fifteen years Vinny had kept his story going. Roger Dodger the supreme soldier had battled through every enemy that Vinny could think of. He'd set up all sorts of incredible battles and Roger had managed to survive them all, maybe a little bit worse for wear, but still ready to enter the fray.\n\nThe battles a... | 4 |
[WP] Mankind is the only species in the Universe that can create music but Extraterrestrials can understand it. | [
"Whether you are Fantonian, Gustonian, a Nerwinian, or Mustok. You can easily gather the notes together and throw them at a page. So why is it that Earthlings are the only ones that can understand the creation of music as an art form?\n\nFor years, as a Fanta, I've explored the possibility of someday finding the sp... | 4 | |
Charon is the gondolier of the underworld, and takes the souls of the dead across the river Styx.
Thank you in advance for any posts. | [WP]Mesmerized by his ember hollow sockets, incredulous you watch as a tear flows down Charon's cheek | [
"Henry remembered descending the onyx steps to the dock, remembered the somber faces of those who couldn't pay the toll. They all looked at him longingly, holding their hand out. they were all beggars, wishing to move on. Henry closed his eyes until he made it to the end of the dock, but he still felt their eyes st... | 3 |
[WP] Your child is the (next) Messiah. They have come to you for guidance before setting off. It's your last chance to speak to them as a parent. | [
"Knowing full well there is no such thing as a Messiah, Joan was surprised to hear her 8 year old son inform her that he was here to save the world, and was also God. Joan pondered the idea, using what knowledge she had as a guide to deciphering this new issue presenting itself. Sam was a quiet and normal 8 year ... | 7 | |
[WP] With tears in my eyes, I said with my trembling voice "Don't go..." | [
"I could feel the sultry warm glow of the sun’s heat radiating throughout my body. It had warmed my skin to the perfect temperature. I could sense every little hair on my neck, back, and arms standing on end, sending a shiver of intense ecstasy pulsating throughout my whole body.\nDanni was looking down at me. ... | 5 | |
All epics begin with a few elegant paragraphs that draw you in. You *need* to continue. You *have* to know what happens next and how the tale ends.
Make me feel the desire to read more of your story.
*Have fun!* | [WP] The Journey Begins: The First Paragraphs Of An Epic story! | [
"Once upon a time, out on the Great Eastern Sea, a ship was foundering in a storm. Two hundred leagues beyond the nearest safe harbor, all aboard were sure to perish in the murderous waves. The captain of the trading vessel cried out to the gods, pleading for deliverance from the terrible hurricane. Whether or not ... | 9 |
This idea went through my mind at a funeral recently, and I just wanted to see how it might look through someone else's thoughts. Feel free to take it wherever you want to. | [WP] You are attending a funeral for someone you have never seen or met. While there, you have a close encounter with the deceased person. | [
"Before you read, I did accidentally stray from the prompt a little bit. This is my first writing on here, so it breaks the rules I'm sorry. I thought it was okay and I wanted to see if anyone else liked it.\n \n Through cynical eyes all funerals look the same to me. The viewers all wear black, the casket ornat... | 5 |
You can have him being an aspiring writer in a cafe, wanting a story that will get him into the literary big leagues. Or maybe a professional writer not knowing what his next novel will be. Just go whatever direction you want. | [WP] A Writer is Trying to Overcome Writer's Block | [
"\"What is it?\"\n\n\"It's been here for as long as our recorded history can tell.\"\n\n\"OK...\"\n\n\"It's the block. Jeffrey Writer was the first known person to document here.\"\n\n\"I didn't know nature created things so tall and lithe and completely straight.\"\n\nWriter, where did she know that name from? It ... | 6 |
[WP] Write a fictional story about how you earned your Reddit name. | [
"I was a mighty Paladin and eveyrone knows that Paladins Are Always Super Healers, so I would scour the interwebs looking for funny videos to discuss during Raids upon local dragons. One day the time came for a choosing of the name, and I fused my loved for the Paladins healing capability with the best internet TV ... | 2 | |
Would corporations institute the 24-hour work schedule?
What happens when we no longer dream?
| [WP]Science invents a pill where no one ever has to sleep again. What would happen to society? What would happen to the world? | [
"Dick leaned back on his heels as he felt the high winds whip around his body. The fear was both exhilarating and terrifying as he watched the bustling city below him.\n\nThe city that never slept now demanded more and more of his time and energy. \n\nWithout sleep, the city and its citizens demanded more power, ... | 3 |
[WP] The first day you met you fell in love, the next day you were enemies | [
"I met her on a bad day, one in a series of many that had been my last five years. I lost my job, my car broke down, and my mom was drunk again. I left home to visit a friend, and she was there, sitting with him in his basement apartment. She was frightening to look at, but not for being ugly; perhaps because I kne... | 2 | |
[FF] You have just discovered some secret that is vital to human existence but you only have 2 minutes left to live. What do you write down? | [
"dont dicard this note i know you will think its a joke but it is not. i dont have much tiem to explain before the radiation kills me. ive come from your future where you are the top deasise reasearcher. we have solved every problem but then we cured cancer, we didnot know its vital function. WHATEVER YOU DONT DONT... | 1 | |
[Wp]"I love you." "I'm sorry." | [
"(April is deaf) Simon pointed the gun as April, Dean stood next to her. \"Simon, don't do this.\" Simon's hands shook as he held the trigger firmly. April reached towards him, \"Simon, you don't have to do this\" she signed. Simon smiled and tears ran down his face. \"I know. I'm sorry, I love you\" he placed the ... | 2 | |
I submit a lot of romance prompts... | [WP] You're a full blown god, currently living in an average house, with an average lifestyle, and an average car. You fall in love with someone, but you can't reveal your identity. | [
"\"Hey hun? Do you think I could borrow your car today? My alarm didn't go off and I missed the train.\" Collin shouted from the bathroom, sounding half asleep and slightly annoyed. \n\n\n8:02 AM. That's when the train he normally commuted on would fail to apply it's brakes properly, derailing and killing 24 people... | 2 |
**Specifics:** *Optional though, don't feel constrained by them.*
* The girl is not present for the debate. She is unconcious, and the process is already underway.
* She notified her family through a note she left for them.
* She is crippled due to the loss of her legs and one arm in the same explosion that killed her... | [WP] A crippled 10 year old girl is becoming an android in order to avenge the death of her parents. Her family agrees to stop the process, despite the risk it might kill her. Unexpectedly, it is her grandmother who steps in to defend her decision. | [
"The room was a little too bright, and the seats had the generic discomfort so common at hospitals, but only one sitting was an old woman. Her eyes were half closed, but her very stillness belied any suggestion of inattentiveness.\n\nThe other people in the room, a man wearing scrubs, a couple dressed in blacks an... | 1 |
[WP] Mankind have just set foot on an earth-like planet for the first time | [
"How long have we been standing here, now? Every one of us, staring enraptured out from the inches-thick blast glass windows of the landing vessel. Are we frightened? Are we simply awestruck? For me, at the very least, I'd call it fifty-fifty.\n\nThey told us we wouldn't need life support gear once the doors opened... | 2 | |
[WP] A story with no characters or setting. | [
"Void red cube. Shaking gateway. Blind and deaf a sudden loss of self. Hand foot leg teeth. Vibration of soul. Spiral helix flower wave tentacle petal. Body feels gone. Part of something else. Place place place place place place place fused together play it back return stop skip. The flower. Seven demons fractal th... | 4 | |
God is sick of this universe and everything in it. He/She/It decided that he/she/it is going to leave for greener pastures, and gives a council of three individuals the right to decide what happens with the universe. Write from the point of view of each of these individuals and why the universe should be destroyed wh... | [WP] God has given up on existence and is leaving. | [
"I am old. I am weary. Long have i reached out into space. New horizons of creation sparked into existence by the faintest of my ethereal touch. But spread out so far to make space for such a sandbox of a self i spread too thin. My will wanes. This wave of lethargy renders me silent to the deaf ears of my skeptic a... | 2 |
[WP] Thanks to the advance in automation, now 9 in 10 persons are unemployed. But all the business establishments must offer a quantity of its products and services for the unemployed. Describe what happens on your day to day basis. | [
"The rocking chair glided back and forth silently in the autumn breeze. The occupant, a slender woman in a brown jumpsuit, exhaled smoke on each backswing. The cool breeze taking away the sweet and acrid smell of the tobacco. With a burst of curses and a rapid movement, a half eaten cereal bar came out and hit th... | 4 | |
[WP] A man digs up a "grave" in post apocalyptic America to find a footlocker filled with new guns, clothes, and a new identity. This is not his first time. | [
"There is a maddening silence that now descends on the lands that were once the mighty Americas. The birds have all gone away, even the insects have found more hospitable places to display their brilliance and gentle symphonies. The landscape had become a dull brown wasteland dotted with the occasional husk of a bu... | 4 | |
[WP] The village Idiot becomes king for a day- it turns out he's a better ruler than the King! | [
"I loved making people laugh, that's one of the things I've always enjoy doing. So, I've decided to become the village idiot not because I'm stupid but I like to make people laugh. Everyone assumed I'm stupid because I held the title of \"The Village Idiot.\" But, the thing that not everyone knows is that I'm qu... | 6 | |
This Week’s Theme: Humanity, Fuck Yeah!
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The recent default reset threw a lot of new stuff into the mix. /r/writingprompts got the coveted status of default, as did another favorite subreddit of mine: /r/futurology. Futurology, the study of future technologies and their effects on human society and advancement, i... | [WP] Tropeday Contest #6 | [
"Waking up from cryo sleep is not a pleasant experience, even less of one when you’re greeted, not by a blonde nurse, but by a scaly reptilian looking person. \n“Hesssss awake!” said the herpetological horror. \n“Where am I and what the hell are you!” said Jake, trying to keep his cool. \n“You’ve been in cryo ss... | 7 |
[wp] "You're gonna miss me when I'm gone." | [
"I’m sorry. \nYou were right, I miss you every day, I miss your voice, I miss your scent, I miss hearing your footsteps. I miss you, honey.\n\nYou lived next door to me and we knew each other since kindergarten. We fell in love in High-school and got married after our last day of school. You loved to read and want... | 9 | |
[WP] You are born with the gift to find out when and how someone dies. Today you met the woman of your dreams and you realise you'll only 30 minutes left with her | [
"\"Your turkey sandwich, sir,\" the waitress grunts to me. She stands there, waiting for a thank you I guess. I don't say a word or even acknowledge her. She walks away with an audible sigh.\n\nI avert eye contact as often as possible, which is why I write. I reach down to grab my lunch, but my wrist brushes my not... | 3 | |
[WP] An angel and a demon are best friends. | [
"The incessant grating of communication burned into its mind. \"TURN THE KEY, OPERATION OF CONFORMITY.\"\n\n\"Yes, yes. The light of knowledge, I know,\" breathed the tired warden, soothing its head. \"How much more? What value without submission?\"\n\nThe prisoner rasped in blurts of grinding squeals the warden co... | 2 | |
[WP] An alien has shown you a map of the world with every closely-related family member you currently have pinpointed on the map. The alien presses a button which wipes them all out. Tell the story which lead up to this event. | [
"Consciousness flooded back into his head – it hurt. The captive cleared its throat over the course of a few seconds.\n \nThe room was clean. As clean as surgery room, only without the smell of disinfectant clouding the nostrils. There was a bench of some sort, topped with a cushion of *something*, something invisi... | 3 | |
Just a little something I came up with in my head a couple minutes ago. Have fun! | [WP] Fire is a living beast, or species. Firefighting is considered both heroic and militaristic. | [
"It was a pleasure to burn. The ember slithered through the inhospitable grass seeking a host to lay flame too. It drove away from liquid death, still glistening on the emerald blades. The ember's light dimmed, and still it hurried on to the dry to become inferno and be reborn anew in a ecstatic blaze of destructio... | 2 |
[WP] You and your current best friend have become mortal enemies. You both stand across from each-other, ready to kill the other, reminiscing about old times, and how you became enemies. | [
"Crackling as it burns, the thin blue smoke of my Kamel Red rises to cut an evanescent line through the still silence of my office, as I recline back in the same once-comfortable leather chair that I bought when I first opened this club many years ago. \n\nGary sits across from me, wafting the smoke away from his ... | 3 | |
[WP] When you die, you gain the ability to look at every decision you made, even the minor ones, and you end up playing with them to see what could've been. | [
"Roger Sandling had all but drifted off when the stab of trumpets shook him awake. A cheesy, Herb Alpert-y song filled the air as his eyes adjusted to bright lights above him. Soon his sight had returned and he found himself standing on a set from some sort of game show that he assumed was before his time. \n\nRoge... | 6 | |
Idea spun from a comment on the "What ancient weapons would still be practical today?" [thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/267ilh/what_ancient_weapons_would_still_be_practical/). | [WP] Humanity exists solely to propogate fire. Tell us the myth of man, from fire's perspective. | [
"\"Daddy I'm not tired yet, will you please tell me a story.\" The boy said. His chromium shell shined in the moonlight...only the best from the emperor's son.\n\n \"Okay\" said the father, he slumped down onto the child's bedside \"Do you want to hear the one about the boy didn't eat his aluminum?\" \n\n \"No ... | 3 |
This was a screen play that I had been sending out for years, and learned this year that it had been stolen. It was a romantic comedy where the two characters met while both stepping up to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. They even used my logline and changed one word.
So now that the cat's out of the bag, I want to ... | [WP] A man and woman meet while both trying to commit suicide. | [
"[off topic, but wow, that's weird. I had the same idea (minus the gold gate bridge, being australian and all). I can't remember if I actually submitted to writing prompts before, but I'm going to do another one just for fun.]\n\nPeter climbed of the railing and settled onto the edge of a beam. He sat, feeling the ... | 3 |
Two hundred thousand.
Include this in your story somewhere. It could be an army of two hundred thousand, it could be two hundred thousand seconds, it could be 200,000 dollars.
| [WP] 200,000 | [
"I found him, sitting alone in a recliner starring out the big picture window. At this moment the sun was just beginning to set.\n\n\"I'm guessing it is my turn?\" The old man said without breaking his gaze from the beauty outside.\n\n\"Aye.\"\n\n\"Will you give me just five more minutes... please. Just one more... | 7 |
Do you tell people? How you handle it? | [WP] When you die, you are reincarnated with no memory of your past life. It is, however, possible to view the list of people you have been in past lives. You find out you were someone unspeakably horrible. | [
"I had to go to the ministry today. It's been almost six hours and my hands are still shaking. Everybody told me to look forward to getting called, but the anxiety is overwhelming. The yellow envelope the lady gave me has been sitting across the table, but I just can't open it. My whole future lies within, complete... | 6 |
[WP] You wake up, with a bullet through your chest. Guards are closing in, and there is a shard of glass by you. | [
"I didn't ask for this.\n\nQuite literally. I fail to think of anyone that might ask to be shot, left for dead, and then when failing to fulfill that most important goal, retrieved to be tortured and killed. I asked for the humane option. When he gave me a choice, I asked to die quickly, if I had to at all. Exile w... | 3 |
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