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You are a man or woman in the future, living in a world where people only come out at night because the sun has become too unbearable. It has caused mutations/evolution in the human race. | [WP] You live in a world where the sun is too hot - people have mutated and only come out at night | [
"\"You see? I thought it'd be easy for you to understand.\" \n\"I think I do... We can't go outside, because we don't have money for medicine?\" \n\"Something like that. Just please never go outside. It's too unbearable for our species to live.\" \n\"Our species?\" \n\"Yes, a Ghoul.\" \n \nIt's the conversat... | 2 |
[WP] Your wife has just given birth to a healthy baby boy. Upon exiting the ER, you're startled to find yourself encircled by a group of men in lab coats. The most senior of them approaches, and in a hurried tone says, "Mr. Carlisle, there's something you need to know about your son..." | [
"Warning: Might be disturbing. Nothing gross, gorey, NSFW or anything like that but kind of horrifiying. Thank you.\n\nI cant believe this is happening. I wasn't sure until he was there, in my arms, staring back up at me. Remarkably he looks as though he is completely aware. I wonder if it's just my imagination. It... | 6 | |
[WP] A desperate man has been holding his puppet at gunpoint for hours, surrounded by police, the puppet pleads for its life. | [
"\"Don't do this, Andy,\" the sock puppet pleaded, his black, glazed eyes growing bigger as the gun grazed against his temple. \n\n\"You know I have to,\" Andy replied, as the whir of sirens began to dim. They had been at this for hours, refusing to let up, and this mitigating noise was the first sign that somethin... | 3 | |
[WP] "Come on men! Just a little further, the gold is practically ours!" | [
"But the truth was that there was no gold. It was a ruse from the beginning. I had forged the map. I had hidden the clues. Making them just so diffucult as to make them think. With all the clues and the map I knew it would be night fall by the time we reached the cave. They would have never gone it that cave ... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a news story from the year 2100. (Cross-post from /r/AskReddit) | [
"**Chinese Extremists Suspected of Hyperloop Disaster in Tokyo**\n\nNippon Federation authorities have concluded that the potential cause of the Hyperloop Disaster was malicious tampering of support pillars by Chinese extremists hoping to derail Nippon-Chinese relations. The detente taking place between the two cou... | 7 | |
[WP] A person who is addicted to murder is trying to fight their urge to kill. | [
"Reader, do you want to know why I cannot control my urge to kill? Well, I guess you must if you're still reading this far.\n\nEver had something you couldn't avoid doing, like breathing? What happens when you ignore your urge to breathe - you pass out, or you die of course. Well, what happens if I ignore my urge? ... | 3 | |
[WP] "So there I was, alone and naked in the refrigerator, smoking a cigarette with a pot roast on my knees. That's when things got really interesting." | [
"I'm not much of a writer, but I'll give it a go.\n\nSo there I was, alone and naked in the refrigerator, smoking a cigarette with a pot roast on my knees. That's when things got really interesting. I looked around the room from my cardboard box, refrigerator costume. It was pretty sweet. I spent weeks constructing... | 6 | |
[WP] Whenever you look into a mirror, there is always something, someone even out of the corner of your eye.... | [
"Jane looked at her reflection. There it was again, just out of sight, a presence. She was sure a doctor would say it's just eye strain, but she felt differently. For some reason she felt it was alive, watching her.\n\nJane always loved horror movies. She disliked that about herself, thinking it was unfeminine. But... | 3 | |
The impact of an asteroid large enough to cause an [impact winter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_winter) long enough to make Earth uninhabitable for an extended period of time is only months away. The last ship to take humans to the new colonies spread throughout the Milky Way has left. You have been chosen by th... | [WP] Inaugural Adress | [
"I wrung my tired hands as I watched the clock tick forward. I was due to give my speech at 3 PM, Eastern Standard Time. Right now, it was 2:47 PM. As I sat here at my desk, I thought back to the past few weeks, where one after the other, delegates and leaders and representatives of the United Nations shook my h... | 2 |
[WP] Someone with schizophrenia, who starts desending into madness. | [
"I'm scared of being a burden but I guess we're all the weight.\n\nI broke free yesterday, running through dark corridors into slipstreams of light. He broke free today, running after me through the garden of my thoughts.\n\nEverywhere I look, those cold blue eyes curse me with every fiber of its monstrous being. A... | 4 | |
To clarify, the story should be set in the Paleolithic Era (or similar). Obviously cavemen didn't speak modern English, but how else could the Reddit world understand their story?
I left the prompt wide-open on purpose to see where people go with it....comedy, sci-fi, romance....the sky is the limit! | [WP] The fascinating lives of cavemen who speak and think in modern English. | [
"“Rog … hey, Rog Zog. Wake up, the sun is almost up.” \n\nUrg Bogg was trying to wake his compatriot, who had a tendency to oversleep. They had to be up early to hunt. They had spotted a group of wild bison the day before, and would need to catch the herd prior to their departure from these hills, as they made the... | 2 |
Before anybody asks, it doesn't just have to be the original series they find. | [WP] A civilization from the year 30,00 finds an archive containing every episode of Star Trek. Write from the point of view of a historian who, along with the rest of the historian community, believes the show to be an early human reality series. | [
"The mason bot flew in circles, its mechanical arms burning an orange glow, while the service bot picked the pieces of unwanted stone that fell on the ground. \nAs the machine detected Claxon's presence, it emitted a high pitched sound. \n\"ETA Fifteen minutes\", announced the digital voice. \n\"Thank you, Mason... | 1 |
the only alternative to starving to death because the husband was supposed to bring food/money and the wife believes he has been killed/is not coming back. And she can't get food because they live in the middle of know where(and obviously set in the past) Focus on the smaller moments that provide insight, not the whole... | [WP]A woman is forced to poison her children and herself when her husband fails to return home | [
"\"Mama!\" Juniper moans as her stomach grumbles. \"I'm hungry!\"\n\n\"Just go to bed, sweetie,\" Margaret tells her daughter, not looking away from the window. Her husband, Henry, was supposed to be back with the supplies two days ago, but he hasn't showed up.\n\n\"But Mama, I just got up!\" Juniper wails.\n\n\"Th... | 2 |
[WP] "Of course I know you. You're me." | [
"\"Excuse me!\"\n\nAs she was finishing her sandwich Sarah spotted the woman in green. \n\nThe same woman she saw every day for a month, passing her office during break hours. \n\n\"Excuse me!\" she yelled again, throwing the remains of her lunch in the nearest bin and hurrying after the woman. She knew who that wo... | 3 | |
[WP] You are given the chance to see yourself 20 years into the future, but it is not what you expected to see. | [
"I always knew I would rise to greatness. When I first saw my future, I wasn't surprised at all. Power... So much power.\n\nI would guide my people to the next golden age. We would practically rule the world, with no one in the way to stop us. But then... I saw it.\n\nOh god... It was worse than anything I could im... | 3 | |
[WP] Hitler is found alive in an assisted living facility. | [
"As I enter the facility, I can feel the stench of death. You see many figures as you walk by, some barely human, some on the verge of death. The few personnel of the facility, overburdened by their sheer amount of wards, have lost all sense of compassion.\n\nI stop in front of a room, one of the many cells that ... | 7 | |
The list can be found [here](http://www.austincc.edu/colangelo/1318/emotions.pdf).
Examples:
"bashful excited jealous sad"
"cold frustrated mean sorry"
"content happy nervous tired" | [WP] See this list of emotions, and pick a set of four of them. Write a story where the main character goes through all 4 in the order that they appear in the list. | [
"\"I-it won't happen again,\" I mumbled to my boss. I should've seen the dents in the boxes. I should've been there when the boxes were opened, revealing rows upon rows of busted cans. And I definitely should NOT have left to go to the newest movie when I got wind of the situation. All of these were stupid mist... | 3 |
For examples of such incompetence, look no further than this [video](http://youtu.be/3eMCURWpNAg) | [WP] You live in a world of infomercials where everyone around you is dangerously incompetent at everyday tasks. | [
"It started out simply; it started out innocently. But as with all addictions, the more I indulged the habit, the more I couldn't resist feeding it. I just love buying shoes. I never believed it was a problem, but it has thus consumed me.\n\nI haven't breathed fresh air in days now, my windows blocked by boxes, Ree... | 4 |
[WP] A boy dreams, but not like anyone else. When he dreams, he dreams that he is an all powerful being in the real world. Whatever he does in his dreams affect the real world. Write from either the boy's perspective or someone outside of the dream. | [
"They never named him, the dream bringer that is. I think that's why it went so bad so fast. The first few days weren't too bad, buildings moved from place to place, a few fires. His parents had been killed within a week, crushed by some unseen force. It wasn't readily apparent what was happening until we lost Detr... | 2 | |
[WP] On earth, a magician puts his hand into a top hat. In the rabbit realm, the hand emerges. It is time. The rabbit council must choose a sacrifice. | [
"'So you have to visualise this joke. A bear and a rabbit are side by side shitting in the woods.\n\n'The bear turns to the rabbit and says, \"Hey Mr Rabbit, with your white fluffy fur, do you not have the problem of shit sticking to your fur?\"\n\n'Little Mr Rabbit looked up and the bear and shook his head. So the... | 8 | |
[WP] Earth is doomed. When and how it will end is widely known. You decide to spend your final moments in an unusual way. | [
"The mountains had fallen into the sea, the sun seemed to cease its shine upon the world, and yet, you and I had grown ever closer. Our love could not fathom the mortality of our world, and so we took our own stance against all that would become. Hand-in-hand, smiles stretched as far as the miles would take us, we ... | 3 | |
[WP] At your wedding reception your best man gets hopelessly drunk before his toast and reveals a secret that everyone has kept from you. | [
"The room was dimly light by these horrible Christmas lights my mother-in-law found and one of them kept blinking for some God awful reason, but no one was noticing this, but me. I was already to go on the honeymoon with my new beautiful wife, I really had no need to listen to all these speeches.\n\nMy best friend ... | 2 | |
I use the word 'thing' to leave it open to interpretation what exactly it is you decide write about, as long as it is your least favorite 'something'. | [WP] Write about your least favorite thing from the perspective of someone who loves it in some way. | [
"Soap and water. Rub, brush, scour. These dishes have to be done, and I am the one to do them.\n\nMy four roommates have no interest in doing the dishes, but this is just fine with me. In fact, I think I subconsciously gauged their proclivity for cleaning when each of them interviewed to live here. It was consisten... | 2 |
[WP] A human is given a choice by a divine being. They can choose to destroy the entire universe, or they can choose to let it continue as it is. | [
"**\"Mortal, I offer you one of two choices. You can either destroy the entire universe or yo-\"**\n\n\"Oblivionate that shit!\"\n\n**\"But you didn't even hear the other choice. You can also choose t-\"\"**\n\n\"Yeah, I don't care. Let's have some black hole sun action, stat.\"\n\n**I don't think you quite appr... | 5 | |
[WP] An unmarried queen adopts an orphaned boy to ascend to her throne. Write a day in the life of the adopted prince. | [
"The young boy sat in the middle of the massive circular room. His head twisted as he scanned each painting on all four bright blue walls. He stopped at a peculiar one. \n\nA man, wearing a full suit of armor, stared directly back at him with a look of satisfaction. He had long dark hair reaching his shoulders, an... | 2 | |
[WP] A Greek god/goddess is disappointed that nobody worships him/her anymore, and has a plan. | [
"It hardens my heart to see my temples fill with dust, forgotten, pillaged by those who seek to destroy my very existence from this world. What is a god with no worshipers? I sit here in this sort of... purgatory, watching as the years go by without a single sacrifice. I am not a benevolent god, I do not kill the p... | 2 | |
[WP] Mermaids and mermen exist, but at the bottom of the world's oceans, where no man has gone before now. You are the first human to discover their existence. | [
"Mermaids exist.\n\nThey aren’t like in the stories and movies, just in case you were wondering. \n\nThey’re always made out to be lovely, you know? Even the terrible ones that drown and eat you have a pretty song or something. I guess those are closer to how they really are, but it’s still not the same. Not th... | 3 | |
[WP]A black box falls from the sky and lands on earth. Scientists open it and find.... | [
"An assortment of figures loomed over the deep crater that had been forged in the dry desert soil. Sitting dead centre was a small black metallic cube, only a foot by foot wide. Curiosity was high as the origins, or indeed the purpose of the cube, were completely unknown amongst all the so-called 'experts' consulte... | 4 | |
[WP] Families don't exist. Children are taken from their parents and given to the Department of Child Rearing. | [
"\"You're doing just fine, Lorelai. Breathe...\" The nurse held my hand as my husband, Liam, wiped the sweat off my brow. The pain was bearable due to the drugs they had given me some time ago, all I wanted was to get these twins out of me and to take a bath.\n\nMy daughter and my son were brought into the world tw... | 4 | |
[WP] You wake up one day to find the world in ruins, and everyone dead. You meet God outside, finding out that he has kept you alive for a reason. | [
"Is it over? \n\nMy heart was beating frantically. I closed my eyes and listened. The bombs have been dropped and the battle cries can no longer be heard. The wind blew gently, and nobody could ever tell that a war had just ended. It was too quiet. \n\nI peeked through the cracks of the wall that separated me from ... | 3 | |
[WP] The gods of myth and legend discuss their future as humanity begins expanding from Earth to the rest of the galaxy. | [
"“Dat's it,” announced Hermes. “Dey're gone. Outta the solar system, outta our domain f'damn sure...” He trailed off.\n\t\n“Patience, Hermes,” cooed the Buddha, “all will be as it should. You must trust that they will follow the righteous path on their travels.”\n\t\n“Yeah,” Hermes spat back, “but who's gonna look ... | 2 | |
[WP] In this world, in order to (romantically) fall in love with someone, you must first come to honestly loathe them. | [
"Hate was truly the most dangerous emotion in this world. People could literally be at each other's throats one week, and be in love the next. It didn't matter who you were love just erupted from the passion of hate. It was a sickening thought that made Tony shudder as looked across the room. It wasn't impossible t... | 2 | |
Feel free to take any spin on it, it's of course reddit. | [Wp] Convey to a blind person something beautiful | [
"The night sky is dark. As if standing in a room with no wind, where the temperature is perfectly matched to your skin, and nothing is touching you. Its a lack of sensation.\n\nBut its punctuated by millions of little dots of light. It has a texture to it almost. The sky is smooth, the stars little bumps of pleasur... | 4 |
[WP] In an alternate universe, the Roman Empire never fell and the United States was born out of a revolution against the Romans. In 2014, the Roman Empire goes to war a second time against the United States of America. Describe this war from a soldier's point of view. | [
"Devon looked slowly around the dusty concrete bunker and didn't like what he saw. When the barrage had started his men were almost jovial; they had been playing cards, singing dumb songs, and otherwise being 20 year old males. Now, 6 hours later and the shells had already started to take their toll. Now the men lo... | 4 | |
[WP] Asking someone on a date, much like job applications, is expected to be accompanied by references | [
"\"Hello?\"\n\n\"Hi, can I speak to Susan Cranfeld?\"\n\n\"This is she.\"\n\n\"Hi, Susan, this is Julie at Integridate Human Resources. How are you today?\"\n\n\"Uh, I'm...okay. Are you selling something?\"\n\n\"Oh no, ma'am, not at all. I just have a few questions to ask you about one Alexander Serrano.\"\n\n\"Ale... | 3 | |
[WP] A glass of brandy and a greeting card | [
"They were all dead. There was no one left. No one. He was alone. Yes there were animals, but after a freak accident, he was left alone in his toy universe with no power to escape, but all the power to change the universe.\nBut he couldn't create sentience. He couldn't. There was no way it could be here. He just st... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the first person ever to enter a black hole. When you come out the other side, you are back in the world exactly as you left it, but nobody seems to remember you. | [
"I've known my wife since we were in the third grade. She's only known me for six years. Personally, I like it better this way.\n\nWhen I splashed down in the *Icarus* no one was more surprised than I was. I had assumed it was a one-way trip going in. Dr. Nordling had convinced everyone from NASA on down that t... | 2 | |
[WP] Captive Audience: You've been taken hostage, not for ransom or for violence, but because your captor just really needs someone to talk to. | [
"I was on my way home when I first met Morrie. I was pissed at my bank for something or the other and not really paying attention to a thing when I felt a tiny gun's barrell being pressed against the my back.\n\nNow I'm no hero, and I had no particular deathwish so I surrendered immediately. My captor then told me ... | 12 | |
Whether it came from a damsel in distress or a gruesome monster, explain what happens next. | [WP] You are sitting home alone one night when suddenly you hear a bloodcurdling scream come from outside... | [
"I jump up from my couch and run to the window. I squint as I try to make out anything at all in the darkness outside. \"Oh shit...\", I mumble as I grab the revolver next to the door. I step outside into the chill night air and unhook the flashlight from my belt. The light from the flashlight does little to pierce... | 1 |
[WP] In your Life you have the ability to mark decisions in your Life as "Important Choices". At any time you are alive you can return to the last choice you marked, however only the last choice, and only once. | [
"If I marked this choice, I would be in this life for good. The last choice I marked was my wedding day, June 9th, 2004. Ten years later, I had marked no other choices, just incase I ever needed to go back. \n\nI loved my wife. Jeanne was beautiful in every way, I was just afraid that one day, I might hurt her. I w... | 3 | |
How does the reaper react to the young girl? How has their relationship changed over the years? What caused the injury?
Go wild.
| [WP] A young girl, able to see spirits, befriends a reaper for lost souls. Years later the reaper arrives to her home, wounded, needing to talk. | [
"Jenn gasps, unable to fully comprehended the state of her apartment. The first sensation she notices is the intense cold. Her breath appears in think puffy clouds before her. The dim lighting reveals a thick black trail leading from her doorway to her couch. Normally the bright pink futon clashes with the rest of ... | 10 |
What do these do? I have no idea.... | [WP] You wake up to discover that you have gained two powers: Call, and Seal. | [
"Rurick woke up to the sound of his alarm blaring. He reached over and slammed it off. He took a few minutes to collect himself, fighting off the urge to just go back to bed. It was friday after all, what would skipping one day of school hurt? Besides he hadn't liked the way Jeremy and his friends had been looking ... | 3 |
The whole world will be watching... | [WP] You are the President of the United States of America. You have decided that tonight, you will commit suicide while being broadcasted live on all national news stations. Write the speech you will give before offing yourself. | [
"As you can see, I have a speech prepared. Not by me, but by a secretary who's name I've never even had the pleasure of hearing. She or he painstakingly wrote me words that come out of my mouth. Plagiarism is what this country runs off of. I'm done pretending. I'm not going to take credit for a word written here. B... | 7 |
[WP] You're a time-traveler and you've successfully infiltrated the Vatican. You've been asked to submit a chapter to be included the Bible. | [
"\"Oh man, this will be so good! Maybe this will kill off the crazy ones!\"\n\nHe was writing furiously. Sweat poured down his brow. \n\nDone.\n\nHe read his manuscript to himself:\n\n\"And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; **they wil... | 3 | |
[WP] A tribe of Werewolves are in decline as they compete against tribes of Wendingos, Werebears, and Sasquatch for resources and land. | [
"John Michael stood in the clearing, Morton and Roland flanked him on either side. The clearing was the agreed spot, no weapons, no transformations, just talk. John Michael sniffed the air and frowned. He always hated how it felt after a transformation. The smells, which just before were like strands of color to be... | 2 | |
Five Time Travelers from the future arrive in major cities around the world. They announce their presence, and state each is willing to answer only one question about the future. | [WP] 5 Time Travelers from the future arrive in major cities around the world. They announce their presence, and state each is willing to answer only one question about the future. | [
"\"Hey, hey you! What's going on here?\" asked a man, pointing to a crowd nearby. The woman shrugged slightly.\n\n\"I only know bits and pieces,\" She said, \"but from what I gathered, dis guy appeared outta nowhere, and said he's from the future. Everybody started talkin' but he up n' silenced them all and said da... | 2 |
[WP] Scientists discover a pill that effectively eliminates the need for sleep. | [
"The night shift at the ER has only been this busy twice - once when there was a large fire down on 17th. Three people had died on that night, one of them passing at the very dawn with the transfer to burn unit calling in saying there were just outside. James Warren was one of the nurses who worked that shift and r... | 2 | |
[WP] You move into a new apartment and find a note from the previous resident describing the horrors and hauntings of a restless spirit lingering in the apartment. | [
"\tWe pulled up to the house at just past the crack of dawn just like the leasing agent asked. Though it was a little above our budget we decided to see it anyway, nothing a few small sacrifices couldn't compensate for. It was closer to Jonathans job and managed to stay just outside of the noise of the city. It wa... | 2 | |
Dark, humorous, whatever you want! | [WP] Thoughts of a man/woman falling to her death. | [
"This can’t be happening. There was so little time. I had to think fast. My life would end in a few seconds. It was a long fall so there really wasn’t any real chance I’d survive. I thought of my family and how much they’d miss me. It really was better this way. My girls would grow up without their daddy, but that ... | 3 |
[WP] She likes him for all the right reasons. He likes her for all the wrong reasons. | [
"It all started innocently enough two people looking for that special someone only to be reduced to looking for it in all the wrong places. Both lives used to be full of life and happiness within themselves, however now the only happiness they can share is in someone else. Angel and brisket met 6 years back through... | 2 | |
[WP] Hannibal Lecter is on the run. He gets a job in a restaurant. The restaurant is run by Gordon Ramsay. | [
"**INT. KITCHEN - DAY**\n\n**GORDON RAMSAY is sitting at the table having a meal. Next to him stands HANNIBAL LECTER, calmly looking at Ramsay. Suddenly Ramsay stands up, picks up the plate of food and hurls it at the wall. It smashes to a million pieces**\n\n*RAMSAY:* Fava beans?! Seriously?! Fuckin' fava beans?! ... | 2 | |
[WP] A widower's best friend died. 18 months later he's having lunch with the widow. | [
"~~I'm sorry, can I ask for clarification on who's having lunch with who?~~\n\nStale chips and soft drink sat on the table separating two broken hearts. They were both silent for a long time, staring into space. Flashbacks to happier times were filling the silence. Too bad they were only that; flashbacks; memories;... | 4 | |
[WP] A man wakes up with the ability to talk to animals. The animals don't have very nice things to say. | [
"Spring is the worst, or best, time of year. It really depends on how voyeuristic you're feeling. Everything is about sex. Those delightful birds tweeting outside your window? They're actually awful pick up lines shouted into the peaceful dawn with all the gusto a hormonally charged sparrow can muster. \n\nInebriat... | 6 | |
Edit: *Hero | [WP] The Here of the story dies valiantly in the final battle. | [
"The cry of the Endless weren't anything new to Matt it was one day after another that he had fought to reach their home. He glanced down around at the frozen circle around him, the unholy shadows that composed their dull skin seemed to suck the light out of the air as he stared them down. Even the Endless were ter... | 2 |
[WP] When born everyone is designated a device that will take care of you throughout your whole life. | [
"*Recalculating* \n*Recalculating, as a device rings in the inner ear* \nI don't remember you being this annoying. I really wish I turn off this blasted device like I can a gps back in the old days.\n*Your body temperature and chemical imbalance suggest you may need to stop for refreshments and replenish your bod... | 5 | |
[WP] Welcome to the King's Court Inn, the largest hotel of the 12th century. Describe a day in the life of an employee at this hotel and the things he/she might see and experience. | [
"My day begins at five eighteen in the morning. That's sunrise, for those'ya that don't know it. No other way to get up, now is there? The sun peeks through the sliver of a window I got, into a bedroom that ain't really a bedroom, see, but more of a stone closet. My neck hurts, of course, because the only way t... | 1 | |
[WP]: Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter and Pinterest try to bake a cake | [
"\"Let's all bake a cake!\", said *r/frontpage*.\n\n\"Hey peeps cakebake YOLO **#cakeboss #awesome**\", the masses of Twitter replied, but before further collaboration could take place, Tumblr burst in on the scene. Blogger *CakeisDeath* shared her/his/its (because specific gender nouns are misogynistic, don't you... | 3 | |
[WP] Two soul mates reunite in the afterlife after missing each other in this incarnation. Show us the reunion and describe what each of their lives was like without the other. | [
"That thick and honeyed voice spoke. Each word dripped with love, regret, envy. \"Look at them. Look at these faces, these shapes and these bodies. Let me ask you: isn't this familiar?\"\n\nHe/her/it nodded. This was familiar. Somehow. \n\nIt wasn't the way the light swirled in and out, as if clouds were blocki... | 4 | |
[WP] You see a man with a cigarette in his hand. He takes a drag off of it and blows out the smoke. Then you realize, the cigarette isn't lit... | [
"The fine creases left around his lips from years of smoking fell into their usual pattern as he approaches the cigarette. Taking a long drag, he exhales the smoke, watching the grey particles circle through the air. His glassy eyes roll up to mine, delicately placing a hand on their shoulder.\n\nThe man pulls the ... | 6 | |
Alternatively, substitute any fairy tale which would normally feature giants as the primary antagonist. | [WP] Write Jack and the Beanstalk as a spooky story giants tell around a bonfire. | [
"The Strong family sat around their fire, grilling deer on the end of branches like marshmallows. Little Sonny perpetually fought with his sister Janie and the parents, Dom and Sana, doted wonderously over their ugly progeny. They ate plentifully, picking bones clean and spitting out bones like stray hairs. Sonny s... | 2 |
[WP] Have a meal with the Devil. | [
"Blake stared at the man sitting across from him. As if attempting to provide the right ambiance, the light bulbs in the restaurant flickered. It was, he had to admit, very menacing.\n\n\"So you're the devil,\" he said, not sure whether he was awed or horrified. It really was a mixture of both. \"Lucifer.\"\n\n... | 3 | |
at a certain point you realize you can breathe underwater, you discover you cant leave the body of water. | [WP] You're drowning underwater but not dying | [
"He was clawing at his throat, thrashing and churning, but it didn’t do any good. I lay suspended, looking dazedly at the ice forming an impenetrable seal above me. Somewhere up there was the opening the snowmobile had fallen through but in these murky depths it may as well not have been there at all. I saw his sil... | 5 |
[WP] The Devil seeks asylum somewhere on Earth following an uprising in Hell | [
"\"Well, can you tell me how it happened?\"\n\nThey were both sitting in a small private booth, away from prying eyes and curious ears. Samuel was enjoying his coffee (cream, 2 tsp of sugar) while the creature in front of him was staring at an omelette au fromage, probably hoping to find the reason behind its recen... | 2 | |
I tagged this as [CC] - Constructive Criticism because I am also posting my own response to this prompt, but I would like to see how all of you tackle the idea as well. Any constructive feedback would be appreciated! | [WP][CC] Write a brief history of humanity from the perspective of the Earth. | [
"Tingles and trembles ran along my overgrown walls. As the chill crept up from its resting place beyond my reach, I began to emotionalize of the blazing glory that sustained me. Tears cascaded down my face as sorrow filled the barren patches of soil that would be home to none. Mingles of fear started course within ... | 7 |
[WP] "...And just like that, the passion that was gone for so many years, had returned." | [
"She dreaded returning. Bag slung over her shoulder, pacing her way to her doorstep in the warmth of the Florida dusk, she started to perspire in anticipation of the painful shock she was about to experience. She very deliberately placed her foot on the doorstep, immediately pirouetted around and walked away again.... | 2 | |
[WP] Make me love a character, then, right at the end, make me hate them. | [
"15:33 pm. I can’t believe just two hours ago I was sitting in the cockpit drinking a diet coke like there was nothing wrong. I’d piloted these long transatlantic flights often enough that I’d gotten used to the long hours. Something about the hum of the engines always calmed me down. I swear to God if I ever get h... | 4 | |
[WP]: In an attempt to bond with her distant grandson, a little old lady keeps intentionally sabotaging her computer | [
"\"So they told you delete System32? Wow Grandma, you should never trust a stranger on the internet, it's just like real life that way!\"\n\"But they seemed so happy and they were laughing so much...\"\n\"They were laughing AT you, Grandma. I've had to reinstall the entire OS, all your files are gone forever I'm af... | 4 | |
Thinking of astronauts being lost always freaks me out. | [WP] an astronaut on a voyage to the Alpha Centauri system arrives and tries to radio Houston. All he hears is static. | [
"Jonathan looked down at his checklist and placed a tick mark through one of the boxes. \"Nine down one to go\" he said into the emptiness that the sleeping ship had become. Jonathan floated slowly into the aft storage and cryogenic chamber to complete the final task on the list. \n\nHe looked at the panel as he ha... | 2 |
Think Post April Zero Remote
*You are now insane. I'm sorry.* | [WP] A string of words that if read cause the reader to instantly go insane has leaked out over the internet. | [
"I stare at the computer screen, silently scrolling page after page. Some celebrity drama news program was on in the background.\nMy parents were asleep.\n\n*Ping*\n\nI hear the email notification and click open my inbox. In bold typeface, one of those chain emails has arrived. I click it open.\n\n**DO NOT STOP RE... | 2 |
[WP] The Earth has been uninhabitable for over 500 years, as the remaining human population took shelter in a space station orbiting the planet. A group of scientists is sent down to gather samples and bring back information, but something they find changes everything. | [
"Logan MacThaddish was fighting a losing battle to keep order in the closed hearing room. The landing party had reported back that there were surviving humans on the planet. The idea still weighed heavily on his mind, humans alive and alone on that desecrated rock for over 500 years. How had the survey drones not p... | 5 | |
*own. Double plural, I'm on a mobile device I have not entirely mastered. Please go easy on me, grammar nazis. | [WP] Your parents owns a Bed and Breakfast for the supernatural. Describe a typical day of working at the B&B. | [
"Useless vampires...its always them. They get away for the weekend, relax, enjoy a few drinks to let loose a little and suddenly their blood/wine glass \"accidentally\" slips. Of course it is always in the best room. If you don't have a pile of cash after a few hundred years then you are just doing it wrong. So the... | 4 |
Where would "take out a guitar and play like a maniac" be the least beneficial thing to do?
Aftermath of an avalanche?
Trying to escape or hide from the bad guys?
Jurassic Park?
Have at it! | [WP] A guy/gal whips out a guitar and starts shredding/soloing at precisely the WORST possible moment | [
"The pastor stood before the beautiful bride and the handsome groom. The two were very much in love. It was almost the end of the ceremony. \n\n\"You may now-\" The pastor was interrupted by someone in the crowd. \n\n\"You may now rock the bride!\" A young man began to strum his guitar loudly and with great vigor. ... | 4 |
[WP] The universe is a simulated reality. An error has occurred. | [
"I awoke from a strange dream into an even stranger reality. A small room, white walls, ceiling and floor. No windows, no doors and nothing else. I was sure that for some reason I had previous knowledge of this particular space, yet was not sure I had never set foot in before. It felt familiar and at the same time ... | 3 | |
[WP] "Karma's not a bitch. She is, in fact, very fair. We just hate being told we've screwed up." | [
"“Pronounce, karma…”\n\nI simply do not view the world as beautiful as many people does. It slaps me in this ripped face of mine quite often. Many call it by a peculiar name, “karma”. Not beautiful, yet majority of the world seems to love it. They seem to just go along with how karma dictate their movement. I hate ... | 2 | |
[WP] I awoke to find a mysterious figure digging me out from a grave. | [
"Slowly returning to consciousness I felt dirty. Not an entirely new feeling. I live a messy life. I felt something on my face, there were specs all over. I tried to lift my arm but couldn't, it was stuck. I panicked, I couldn't move anything at all. I realized I could barley breath. Calming as best as I could, I ... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a story with each paragraph starting with "I remember..." | [
"I remember seeing her face and falling in love. Those deep blue eyes. A clean coat, all black. Except for one spot, just below her left eye. It was as though she had a black eye, but it was white. And she had the cutest meow. \n\nI remember staring into her eyes just as she stared back at me. I told the man that I... | 2 | |
[WP] A low-born sellsword hired to guard a merchant during the Choosing Ceremony is shocked when the Oracle's finger is pointed towards him | [
"Gromm swatted at the fly around his face. The bugs were the only thing he fought this entire trip to the oracle. If it hadn't been the only job available in Trenton, he wouldn't of taken it. The Choosing Ceremony was a farce. The Oracle comes out, who everyone said was holy and spoke with gods voice, and chooses t... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up, stretch and do what you always do first thing in the morning: check your phone. But last night, someone deleted the Internet. It's gone. All gone. Forever. Even the backups are wiped clean. What do you do? | [
"(I am not writing this is what I would actually do)\n\nI look at the phone in confusion trying to figure out what happened...maybe I just go a virus. Then I go into the play store only to find out there are no browsers available...ok that weird but I can just sit on my laptop since its summer break. I turn on my l... | 2 | |
[WP] Someone is attempting suicide and rather than dying they instead gain superpowers | [
"\"My name is Isabelle,\" I heard, whispered from across the hall. I look around but no one is in sight; I am in an empty corridor, no doors, no windows, only bright florescent lights flickering to my heart beat. I take a deep breath, but I feel no air in my lungs. I'm okay with it though, for I've felt like I've b... | 8 | |
[WP] You're a hitman on your way to your last gig, ready to change your life and move onto something better. When you arrive, you realize you're the one about to get hit. | [
"It's been a hell of a life. Austria, America, Russia and 24 other countries. Every contract and every face burned in to my memory.\n\nAnd it all comes back to this last job. 834 Edinburgh Lane. Ireland. I've worked as the hammer of the Irish for 19 years and now it's time. It's always like this, they find a brat l... | 2 | |
[WP] A demon gets an assignment on Earth that he absolutely refuses to do. | [
"\"Sir, you called?\" The imp stumbled into the Devil's meeting room. This was it, he was in the war room. \n\n\"Glad you could make it, have a seat!\" Satan exclaimed, more vigorous than usual. \"I have a very important job for you, bigger than anything you've gotten in the last five centuries.\"\n\n\"What is it\"... | 2 | |
[WP] Three people meet at the entrance to heaven. One is meant to enter, one is supposed to go to hell, and the third is not listed. | [
"They stood there waiting in anticipation. Well, one of them was.\n\n\"I shouldn't be in Hell! Surely this is wrong! God damn this place\" said the 'bad' man\n\"Well that was a mistake\"\n\"Easier for you to say, you're going to Heaven for nothing\"\n\"Actually I donated 95% of my salary to charity which helped mil... | 9 | |
[WP] Judgement Day, only 2 people remain. One did all the right things for all the wrong reasons. The other did all the wrong things for all the right reasons. | [
"The tall slender man with the long gray beard was the first to speak. \"It appears you gentlemen are the only two that will be judged here today.\" \nJose was roughly 5'9 and he was for all intents and purposes a good, hardworking man from Mexico. After the world had fallen apart, Jose still appeared to be a goo... | 2 | |
[WP] Your parents have decided to send you to a "pray away the gay" camp. Describe either your last day at home or your first day at camp. | [
"Everybody loves their parents. Well not everybody. But most white kids who grew up in the suburbs in a moderately rich family... yeah I'm pretty sure they all love their parents. Sometimes they act like they hate them, you know? Cause it's *cool* or some stupid shit like that. But I've always held both undying lov... | 2 | |
Basically what the title says. The story doesn't have to be NSFW though, it's optional.
The story *may* be about things like families, relationships, the society, sex/reproduction, growing up or just the everyday life in such a world. The protagonist can be both male or female. | [WP] [NSFW] The protagonist lives in a world, where only 1 % of humans are born male. | [
"Yeah, I saw one once. Right in my back yard, believe it or not, it had escaped from up the hill when that storm knocked out the power back in '48. Huge, like the biggest hairiest woman you've ever seen, except with no tits and a huge jaw and the hips are all wrong and there's this THING hanging down... Made me rea... | 5 |
[WP] You're hanging on for dear life at the top of a cliff. Someone reaches down to help you, but you know it's time to let go. | [
"The roaring waves of the ocean crashing against the rocks hundreds of feet below. A cliff separated the two, with myself, grasping on dearly to whatever roots or rocks that I could use to keep myself up.\n\nI cried, not sure why. Perhaps it was for all the times that I have messed up--hurt myself, hurt others for ... | 4 | |
To clarify: the base was set up so that if mankind were wiped out on earth humanity could be preserved on Mars, with the potential to re-inhabit the earth. | [WP] The year is 2098. NASA has established an autonomous base on Mars that has a cloning facility in place to automatically produce a male and female human clone in the event contact is lost with mission control. One day, NASA has a glitch that prevents them from broadcasting the signal for a day. | [
"0130\n\nI swept away the shattered glass on the floor from the Birthpod, in my ill-fitting suit. It had been 8 hours since the signal from the Earth stopped. What was it that ended them? Nuclear war? The specks of land disappearing from three centuries of Industrial Revolution chickens coming home to roost?\n\nTha... | 3 |
[WP] A husband deals with the aftermath of a miscarriage. | [
"I could hear the thud of her falling to the floor.\n\n“Babe! Babe are you OK?”, I shouted. \n\nI turned the knob and in my pushing I could feel her weight as she lay half-blocking the door. I managed to gently, yet forcefully get the door open so I could slip into the bathroom. She had briefly passed out and was s... | 5 | |
[WP] As a scientist working for a secret, advanced research lab, you rush into your project manager exclaiming you have found the origin of life on earth. Turns out religion was wrong, as well as Darwin. It was nothing we ever would have expected. | [
"\"Hmm hmm tee dum... excuse me, terribly sorry.\" Fisher raced down the hall of the origins wing, humming, flailing and clutching a small and fresh stack of reports. \"Sorry!\" he bumped into Sarah.\n\n\"Fisher! Hey... ok, see you around I guess.\"\n\nBounding and skipping he navigated the stairs to the C-level an... | 2 | |
[WP] As of this moment, every person in the world is invulnerable. | [
"Everyone in town stopped to listen to the loud voice that boomed throughout the streets. They were shocked to hear that a chemical in their water supply had the ability to make people invulnerable. At first no one would do anything, what if the mayor wasn't telling the truth? A brave teenager decided to test it an... | 2 | |
The Fermi Paradox attempts to explain why we have never found any contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life, there are many hypothetical answers that you can find here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#Explaining_the_paradox_hypothetically
The Fermi paradox deals with the apparent lack of intelligent li... | [WP] After hundreds of years colonizing the stars, and still no sign of intelligent extraterrestrial life, Humanity finally has an answer to the Fermi paradox. | [
"The pleasant shine of the stars calmly illuminated the room with a shine that was most certainly the best for the occasion. Because it were the stars that inspired the question, and only the light of them should shine when it was answered. \n\nThe place was in the middle of emptyness, half the way from Sol to Alpl... | 2 |
Reading Craigslist's "missed connections" always makes me wonder about the stories of the folks involved. I want answers, and I'm not concerned with whether they're true. Choose a recent "Missed Connections" post from your local craigslist, and write the story that led up to the post. Pick a good one. End your stor... | [WP] Choose a post from Craigslist's "Missed Connections"; write the backstory. | [
"https://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/mis/4547600749.html\n\nI visit these stores everyday but I had never seen you here. I always get food at the Michelangelo's Pizzeria shortly after the lunch rush but there you were at Kohl's. It took all the nerve I had to approach you. The ball that your daughter was carrying ro... | 3 |
[WP]You received an unknown package. Inside it, there was a small remote with one red button and a note "Do not press" | [
"\nPayton wakes up like every morning at nine thirty. He tiptoes out of bed as to not wake either of his brothers. If his little brother, Charlie woke up there was bound to be a ruckus and he would be forced to fix Charlie’s breakfast and preoccupy him for a few hours. If he woke his older brother Eli there would a... | 2 | |
[WP] Humankind receives its very first extraterrestrial communication. It's a crude and obvious scam attempt. | [
"Greetings TINY earthlings,\n\nWe, the race called the Madbull, are a much larger, more powerful race than all of your largest men. We are not only double the size, but we have double the endurance, the endurance that humans could only dream of! Would you like to be as largely impressive in stature AND stamina just... | 5 | |
[WP] Write a story that consists of some type of code or pseudo-code | [
"Danny had never seen starlight. I told him that, in the years before the war, you could step out on your porch at night and almost feel the universe expanding before you.\n\n\"Curious how some people have to see in order to believe\" he says to me, taking a drag from his cigarette and gazing into the sky, the smo... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where feelings can be sent and received as easily as text messages. | [
"The Colonel marched down the hallway of the forward operations base flanked on both sides by his escort. His lieutenant ran up on his right, holding a paper hastily torn from a printer. The soldier thrust the paper at him and choked out, \"S-Sir! They're only two miles away! The rebellion will be on top of us in a... | 1 | |
How they got their powers and what they are is up to you. | [WP] Your SO gains superpowers and becomes a superhero/superheroine. | [
"I sit in the shadows of the drawing room when she walks through the door. She hangs her mink coat and kicks off her shoes; it wasn't until she was halfway across the marble floor that she pauses, feeling my eyes on her. She stops and looks across the room.\n\nMy lips twist upward in a cold smile:\n\n\"I think what... | 2 |
[WP] Two people become immortals together (by accident). Describe their life together. | [
"The sun set over the city. The warm orange light filled the sky, and it looked like something out those paintings they sell at Ikea. Those standard ones, that all people have at their new apartment before they realize that everyone have them, and decides to throw them away. Isaac and Bernard was sitting on the roo... | 1 | |
[WP] A plumber on his latest job discovers a the portal to Hell under a sink and ventures in. | [
"The broken slit of the pipe fell atop of my forehead in a rhythmical beat.\n\n*Drip... Drip... Drip...*\n\nI slid myself back out into the open kitchen,\n\n'As suspected, Ms. Ingrid, you have a faulty pipeline, have you changed it in the past year?'\n\nShe looked at my face with a solemn frown. *Of course she hasn... | 2 | |
[WP]: Take a plot, trope, cliché or story element that you hate, and turn it upside-down | [
"I grabbed the gun next to me and got out of the chair with a sigh.\n\n\"Honestly girl, that was a fucking stupid idea.\"\n\nI sauntered over to the two people standing in the middle of the destroyed furniture and broken glass that had been my office five minutes ago. I looked at the woman in the revealing leather ... | 5 |
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