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[WP] write what it would be like if the Roman Empire was still around with modern tech | [
"Going with a late Byzantine touch on this one.\n\nThe sunlight glinted off of the line of vehicles as it travelled endlessly throughout the desert. At the front was Strategos Konstantinos Argyrus, followed by the numerous 'Cataphract-82' tanks and various armored transport vehicles. \n\n\"We've been running aroun... | 3 | |
[WP] Unhappy smart people take classes in ignorance hoping to find bliss | [
"IGBL 1471 : Micro-economics\n\nA course on negligible details like where to store change and whether or not to use a wallet. In the big scheme of things, this course decides, those tiny transactions like bumming a cigarette do cost. Chosen from top-professors as #1 Ignorance/Bliss courses. 3 credit hours\n\nIGBL 2... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a Dementor, a guard of Azkaban. Describe the daily life of working at the prison. | [
"Why did I have to be a dementor?\n\nWhy not something nice, like an owl or a unicorn? Hell, at least even a dragon or a hippogriff...\n\nBut no, I *have* to be like this. I have to be a soul-sucking monstrosity.\n\nIt gets so lonely, these nights on the tower. The human guards stay away from me, the prisoners are ... | 2 | |
[WP] Every person reacts to one random object, which causes him/her to have extreme hallucinations, not unlike taking drugs. You discover yours in the worst possible situation. | [
"Professor Oliver Mulligan was an altogether unknown but still well respected member of faculty. He came in to work on time every day at 9:14, on time. He always took the front entrance, as he said it was shorter than the usual staff route by three meters. He said hello to Gregory Smithers the receptionist every da... | 4 | |
[WP] Instead of fighting a war, World Leaders solve their disputes through a round of Call of Duty. | [
"My hands shook uncontrollably as my aide brought me yet another case of Mountain Dew. \n\n\"Sir? It's time.\"\n\nI gulped heavily, and began making my way into the room. It was hopeless, of course - our tiny nation could barely afford an Xbox for me to practice on. There was no way we would stand a chance against ... | 2 | |
[WP] A person discovers that they are the protagonist of Earth, therefore they cannot die | [
"I run. I run as fast as I can from the bikers, making my way through the trees off-road, careful to not trip on anything. I have a good minute before they come up to the curve in the road, and see that I ran into the trees, away from the water. Why were they chasing me? And how did I even get here? I hear the soun... | 3 | |
IE. you have the "power" of being aware of your past life and make it into a book. Give us a sneak peek. | [WP] A fragment of your autobiography...Of your previous life. | [
"\"Marianne, HURRY!\" I heard the fear in my twins' voice, and struggled to limp just a lil faster. I cursed my luck for being accident prone and twisting my ankle a week previous while chasing after my son. \"Mama!\" he cried, and I knew I'd never make it, the distance was too far, I was too slow. This wasn't fair... | 2 |
For clarity, reality must always finds a way to make things as they really happened happen. Paradoxes cannot happen because of this. However, this isn't to say our understanding of history is always accurate. For example, we might think a dead person was killed in a car accident, and the obituary says this. An attempt ... | [WP] Time travel is invented, but it is discovered that absolutely nothing can change the timeline with it. How is it used? | [
"\"...Now that you have been acclimated with the rules you may board your cruiser, we hope you have a safe trip and as always: Have a Good Time.\" \n\nMaggie and Joe thanked their host and headed off towards their cruiser. \"She seemed really nice, huh Mags?\" Maggie gave Joe a fairly harsh look. \"Yeah and her leg... | 3 |
[WP] After decades of use, a scientist for Starfleet discovers undeniable proof that matter transporters painfully kills a person and then creates an unknowing replica on the other side. | [
"\"Commander? Thank you for coming. I didn't want to transmit my findings through the usual channels.\" Commander Grey frowned at the back of Dr. Adam Ashery, one of the Fleet's brightest minds in the field of particle physics and matter teleportation. When the doctor turned around, however, the Commander had r... | 2 | |
[WP] Ignoring the Star Wars prequel trilogy, how does Anakin Skywalker get seduced by the Dark Side and become Darth Vader? | [
"First Contact\n--\n\nOne must never be the aggressor. The force has a will, and it is the Jedi's job to follow it. One must surrender themselves to a higher power. Anakin Skywalker has been taught that from a preciously young age. One hundred yards. Fifteen enemies. One minute.\n\n\"Nuts to that.\" Anakin muttered... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an alien species assigned to go undercover and study the human race and determine if they pose a threat to your own kind. Upon determining that they are indeed a threat, you fall in love with one of them. What do you tell your superior? | [
"Is this why they destroy themselves? killing each other for what cannot be touched or known? Naturally, it seems foolish but, they have a drive or passion for more than what will suffice.\n\nThey claim to have souls. We haven't yet seen one. Our kind has not explored inwards as deeply or openly as this. Our reserv... | 2 | |
[WP] Its June 1960, Detroit. The you are wiping down the counter at a small coffee shop. In walks a being from another world, it orders a small coffee and a large vanilla ice cream and casually mentions a big tip. | [
"Royce hated the late shift, mostly because he was by himself. Two A.M. and the most exciting thing he got to do was to wipe down the table, and chairs, and anything else he could put his rag on. If he was really bored he would drop some nickels in the jukebox and let the blues roll out for hours on end. \n\nSometi... | 1 | |
[WP] Go to page 42 of a book that you are currently reading. Use the third sentence on that page as your sentence starter. Go! | [
"*Mephistopheles steps out from behind the stove as the mist clears, dressed as a traveling scholar.*\n\n\"Good morning, young lads. You called?\"\n\n\"WHAT THE ACTUAL F#&K!! WHO THE HECK ARE YOU?!\" Michael yelled, the idiot. It was clear from the start, and even if he didn't get the quote the horns and slight... | 3 | |
[FF] What is the strongest emotion you can evoke with 20 words or less? | [
"1. Baby born. Father dies. Mother dies. Baby to war. Man to home. Woman to man. Baby from them. Father dies. \n\n2. My stomach churned as the bells rang; it was time. My life lurched out of me, right till the end.\n\n3. Anything is a horcrux if you let it be."
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[WP] "All is lost! The enemy is through the gate!" | [
"My blood is stained red against the onslaught of orcs. With a complexion of green splashed with dark red, and snarls that inspire fear they are truly His worst creation. My blade slides in and out of bodies, left and right. I swing in an arc, heads fall and blood spurts. The enemies keep coming.\n\nI look around m... | 8 | |
[WP] A man can remember his future, but not his past. | [
"The elderly man hobbled across the cobblestone floor, leaning on his cane for support. Panting, he paused by the door to the temple. He wasn't as young as he once was.\n\nHe stood, pushed his way through the crowd, and approached the massive oaken doors. Two monks bowed, gesturing and nodding their approval for hi... | 3 | |
[WP] In this world everybody is happy and content due to a ubiquitous drug that induces feelings of a wonderful and fulfilling life with no negative health implications. You are a marketer assigned to advertise a new drug that makes people miserable. | [
"\"I thank you all for coming today, you all look wonderful! But that in and of itself is the problem.\" I said as I lit up a cigarette and took a drag, the room at large was a bit confused but nevertheless looked as satisfied as before. I had my work cut out for me.\n\n\"As you all know, Euphoria has been on th... | 3 | |
[WP] the ambulance blared by, rushing to the hospital. "Okay, what do we got?" Asked the chief nurse. "He's an optimist, we're taking him to OR now, but things don't look good." | [
"\"What the fuck does that even mean?\"\n\nThe chief nurse ignored me as she hooked the patient up to an IV drip.\n\n\"'He's an *optimist*, we're taking him to *OR* now, but things don't look good?' Are you out of your mind?\"\n\nThe head nurse turned to look at me, a crazed look in her eyes. \"Electricity is super... | 2 | |
[WP] Craft an ending so fantastic and compelling I need to read the rest of the story. | [
"\"Incoming!\"\n\nThe shout went up among the defenders, the shrike of rockets and artillery filling the air in mournful keens. The low *hoons* of the roaring missiles flew overhead and exploded in the ruins behind the dug in lines, throwing up ton sized stones into the grey sky. This was the third time the enemy t... | 15 | |
[WP] We live in a world where no one is born with a disease or a health condition. We receive them at the age of 25 as a result of karma. Tomorrow is your 25th birthday. | [
"I've been tracking the cases for a while now and I think that the system is fucked. Seriously. Don't give me that look, I know you think I am mad but just shut up and listen, Give me 5 minutes - it could save your life someday.\n\nOk. first we need to track back 50 years, to that point when it all changed. I know... | 4 | |
[WP] - Write a story about a global disaster where the least qualified person saves the day. | [
"Nobody knew what they wanted. They came, they saw, they DESTROYED. Major cities were in ruin. The demons of the Rapture were insatiable. As they laid siege to Manhattan, a man broke through from underneath the feet of rubble, his dark skin glistening in the low sun. The demons descended upon him, probing him with ... | 2 | |
[WP] A musician falling in love with a deaf woman. | [
"Ah, open mic night once again. It was a casual activity that I'd take part in with a few of my friends. Sometimes we'd do duets with each other or dedicate songs to one another. Normally, I'd play my guitar and sing back up for whichever one of my friends wanted to sing lead that day. Tonight we decided to all do ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write the story of a fruit as it is about to get eaten. | [
"The sticker came free, exposing the flesh to the fresh air for the first time. Then came the water, cool and refreshing. As the water rolled off the skin, bits of dirt and dust came away, leaving a feeling of clean never before experienced. The apple was in peak condition. Not one time had the apple been more ... | 6 | |
[WP] In a world where the average IQ doubles over night, you are the only person whose IQ is left unchanged and you must start your Journey to cope with being stupider than the rest of the world. | [
"I'm still growing up, so even if everyone else has a free headstart on me, that won't matter. I'm a senior in high school, college will help get me back on par with the rest of these freeloaders of.. whatever the hell made them all so smart.\n\nBut the one thing I can't stand more than anything else is fucking Cha... | 3 | |
We do know..... But not really. Or...do we? | [WP] Write a story where we 'think' we know what you're talking about, but we don't. | [
"\"Everything has it's place\" my mother says, tidying up. She's the basic \"stay at home/50s mom\" mom. She's always cleaning. I barely have time to make a mess before she has it looking spotless again, let alone clean up after myself. \n\nShe's constantly dusting, vacuuming, sweeping, something. But, she's a good... | 2 |
[WP] Write a history textbook passage from 10,000 years in the future about our current time | [
"Earth they called it.\n\nLush green forests and seas of blue you couldn't see the end of. These were primitive times. Times of invention and wonder. Nothing would be the way it is today if they didn't push themselves for the stars and knowledge. In the greater scope 1 planet was well worth the cost. We don't know ... | 3 | |
EDIT: Meant to say, *"A world where everyone can see how long everyone else (but not ourselves) has left to live."*
Didn't meant to steal half the plot of In Time. Oh well, take it either way you want.
| [WP] A world where everyone can see how long everyone else has left to live | [
"\"Sup Frank\"\n\n\"Bill? is that you?\"\n\nBill looked terrible, I've known him since High school, yet I've never seen him this bad, he looked like death warmed up.\n\n\"Yeah its me, not doin so well lately, been havin problems with the wife\"\n\n\"have you seen a doctor lately?\"\n\nBill looked at me suspiciously... | 2 |
[WP] In the near future, the Earth is overcrowded and it is decided that all prisoners will be killed. You have a final phone call with your brother who is inside. | [
"“It's no good. They've set up a perimeter 1km outside the prison walls, all the way around. Tomorrow they're going to gas us.”\n\nYou can hear the rioting in the background, it's a miracle your brother got a phone call out at all. It's only been a few hours since the announcement, and just as long since the prison... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a criminal lawyer and you've just defended a client accused of being a serial killer, . After the trial, you find your family dead. Your client is the prime suspect in their murder and asks for your services once more. | [
"John considered Fred's request for a moment, before turning back to him.\n\n\"Sorry, but representing you in this matter would be a massive conflict of interest, so I cannot continue as your attorney. You will have to find a new attorney.\"\n\nHe turned to the door and left. That was the last time John saw Fred in... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a Mongolian scientist studying the 200-year-old mummified monk who is 'still alive’ in meditative trance | [
"People are calling him the one true Bodhisatva. He who is on the path to becoming the Buddha. The truly enlightened one. \n\n\nThe mummy in the lotus position. At least two hundred years old. Found in the icy ruins near the Mongolian Russian border. A perfectly preserved body of a monk. Who just happens to be brea... | 1 | |
[WP] "The Villain is the hero of his own story." | [
"\"I was performing a selfless duty at the bank. Unhappy with the way these wall street fat cats were abusing their power and money over innocent people of the city. I decided to do something about it. So I grabbed my pistol, marched over to the nearest national bank, and demanded the peoples fair share of the mone... | 5 | |
Tell me a story that illustrates the sort of world/ecosystem/culture that you'd create if you had free reign. | [WP] Humans learn to hollow out asteroids, spin them to create gravity and terraform the inner surface | [
"This is recording 14 of the second week of May in Earth calender time from lab 763 in the rixen belt.\n\"Subjects 1 through 78 on Asteroid Station 319 seem to be taking the new testing regiments very well, they have been keeping a steady growth rate of 4 Kilograms in muscle per Earth week as projected from early p... | 2 |
[WP] A student's ridiculous excuse for not having their homework is actually true | [
"MIGRAINES. Part I/II\n\n*I will have the paper in, as well as the other homework today. thanks professor!*\n\n I sighed. I tossed the note into the trash can, then frowned and put it carefully in my pocket. It had his phone number on it. Something told me that might be useful later.\n\n I leaned against my d... | 4 | |
[WP] You sell your soul to the devil. Years later, you die and are surprised to find yourself in heaven. | [
"\"So... did I not sell my soul to Satan?\"\n\n\"No, you did.\"\n\n\"Then how am I here?\"\n\n\"Quite simple really, the whole Hell thing was just to help with our zoning.\"\n\nI looked at St.Paul, puzzled.\n\n\"We didn't have enough room in Heaven for all the new souls that would be coming in in the next couple hu... | 3 | |
[WP] Another murder. And again, the killer left his calling card: His actual calling card. | [
"\"If this aint a bird in the hand...\" \n\nOld Yuley was chattin' up a lady witness when I called over to him. He came stumbling over, the back leather in his dime store shoes floppin' like a song.\n\n\"Hank, when ya gonna get new shoes, for chrissakes. Like a mutt got to 'em\", I said to him.\n\n\"They work fine ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have just been selected for death, which is the highest honour where you live. | [
"\"You've been blessed with such an honor,\" The cooing maids tutted and fiddled with the laces and silks of Lia's skirt. Never before had she donned such delicate things, but her spectators proclaimed that it suited her pale skin and flashing blue eyes. It was always a girl with blue eyes. \n\nLia pondered on this... | 3 | |
[WP] Time traveler pretending to be an average person is mailed a box containing his own head. | [
"The doorbell rang.\n\n*About fucking time.* Robert thought. *What the fuck are these delivery guys doing all day? Jacking off in their vans?*\n\nAlmost immediately, he felt bad. They were only doing their jobs after all. But the *waiting* sure did piss him off.\n\nHe opened the door. There it was. The package.... | 6 | |
[WP] Whilst browsing some family photo albums you notice an individual is in a considerable number of personal photographs and you have no idea of who they are. | [
"The album was older than the others, that horrible shade of brown that permeated much of the 1970s. \nI hadn't seen it before; it looked like it had been thrown carelessly in the back of the cabinet where the family photo albums had been stored. As a project to surprise my mother for her birthday, I'd decided to ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your character is stuck in a playlist of songs. Every time a new song plays, a new world appears! | [
"I've been here before. Countless times, I've been here. I sit in a pile of tattered cloth, once passable as clothing. Cold, wrinkled flesh has become me, like I've been left out in the rain far too long. Used. I'm sitting in an alleyway. It's dark, and there's the sun, just setting, bidding me its farewell f... | 2 | |
[WP] A man is on a date that he feels is going disastrously. He ducks under the table to compose himself, when to his surprise, there's someone else already under there. | [
"It was less than ideal that her proclaimed “favorite restaurant since I was a little girl” happened to be named the Cheesecake Factory for one Waldo Templeton, a man who was known for only two things, as recorded in his high school’s yearbook: Waldo, King Quiet, will eventually suffer a silent battle against a sli... | 2 | |
[WP] You are being hunted. | [
"*Years Ago.*\n\n\nDieter Hagedorn's sight was obscured by a veil of blood.\n\nHis horse's flanks were lathered with foam, its chest heaving like bellows underneath him. Already four more of its brethren lay foundered miles back having died from exhaustion. He carried nothing, no pack or canteen or even a pistol. T... | 18 | |
Whenever I come across a poem or even a list of what someone believes in I always enjoy reading them. I've asked many people to write their own version for me. I have quite a growing collection. Maybe I will make a book out of them some day.
Heres mine from 2012
I believe in great literature, in Hemingway and Bukow... | [WP] Write down everything you believe in | [
"'Believe' is a weird word. Most of the time it's used to reflect an unsupported opinion or thought; something that the person using it knows is unsupported but holds the opinion despite there being no reason to. The sample poem/writing doesn't quite use it like this, which influences my interpretation of the promp... | 1 |
[WP] You invent a machine that will instantly kill all the assholes in the world | [
" Waking up to at 5 in the morning to a bald Voldemort looking character was standing over me was not the ideal way to start my day. I naturally throw a punch, but it goes through him like trying to punch the wind. I stutter \"But how?\" and instead of killing me to my surprise, he gives me a simple option. He ... | 10 | |
[WP] How can you make someone feel bad for a deity? | [
"Vast empty space swallows light years of existence. Planet earth is nowhere to be found for multiple universes away. A lone giant sits in silence. Although it has a conscious, he hibernates deeply throughout centuries. It has no name. It has no origin of birth, just being. Eyes the size of super massive black hole... | 2 | |
[WP] Both boxers are being paid to throw the fight. | [
"**[Locker Room A]**\n\n\"Throw the fight?\" \n\n\"Yeah kid, toss it\" \n\nI rose through the amateur circuit like a maelsteom. Nothing, nobody, could stop me. Every opponent fell. \n\n\"Listen kid.\" Said the manager, \"Last three, maybe four rounds, give the crowd what they paid to see and then drop. Piece ... | 3 | |
[WP] A much beloved, almighty superhero decides he's just going to let the latest looming apocalypse happen. | [
"An alert blares from the television set located across the room, the aged hero stirs slightly, his ears perking to the distorted sounds. A single hand reaches behind, searching blindly across the tabletop for a pair of glasses he thought he had put there. The trembling hand returns empty as his eyes blink and squi... | 2 | |
[WP] A human only knows ONE fundamental truth about the universe from birth, everything else is a lie. Your truth is the knowledge of that fact. | [
"I'd always been good at puzzles. My favorites were always those that had to meticulously charted out.\n\n\n\"Bob's shirt is green. Katie is sitting next to someone whose name starts with an 'S'\n\n\n... \n\n\n... \n\n\nWhat color is Samatha's shirt?\"\n\n\nI continually attempted harder and harder ones. I was 6... | 2 | |
[WP] In 2015, Google starts being evil | [
"March 20th, 2015. No one will ever forget. The day everything changed, the day the internet died, the day Google turned evil. \n\nIt had obviously been a long time coming; the preparation for such an endeavor must've taken years, if not decades. Implementation was swift, however. It started with the phones, of cou... | 2 | |
[WP] An intelligent Robot which works in tech support for... sigh. Humans. | [
"This is about a cyborg instead of a robot; characters are taken from an earlier prompt I had done about a [Low Battery](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2u0ctv/wp_while_sitting_at_your_desk_your_arm_opens_up/co40pg3).\n*****\n\nFoxtrot sat at his desk and tried to ignore the chatter outside of the o... | 3 | |
[WP] Anyone who fails Grade 12 is executed. You are a struggling student and they are handing out the results of your final exams. | [
"Julian says if I don't pass my Grade 12, I'll be an executive. I'm not exactly sure what that means, but I sure like the sound of it. Me and Trinity studied all night for this final test. I was super stoned thru most of it, so I think I'm going to pass.\n\nBubbs says if I pass, I can apply for rocket appliances. I... | 13 | |
[WP] A group of 5 year olds are playing during recess. Recount their game as if it was a D&D campaign. | [
"The Dynamic Duo continued against the ongoing onslaught, Undead Mecha Hitler's bullets being brushed off due to magical rings. super nova explosions being blocked by sheer force of will, punches from robot supermen and cybernetic goku being dodged or blocked with incredible ease.\n\n\nUntil they met him\n\n\n\n*\"... | 3 | |
[WP] The Sun is inexplicably cooling and its flame is about to go out. But there's hope, there's a plan. | [
"The Earth is 1 astronomical unit (AU) from the sun. That means that it shines about 1kW/m^2 on the earth. Yet, this value changes on cloudy days and rainey days and tilty seasons. When the sun began stranging, nobody was really pay attention to it though. Everybody except the Muskins:\n\nOn Mars, a Muskin is 2AU a... | 2 | |
[WP] Time travel is a government sanctioned bureau. Write their motto and five rules for operation. | [
"**National Temporal Policy Act** is a United States temporal law that established the U.S policy of temporal enhancement. It was written during the Congress of 2045, the last time the Transdemocratic party held a supermajority.\n\nThe preamble reads, \"*To declare national policy which will encourage productive an... | 2 | |
[WP] Life and Death have been in love forever. But every gift Life sends to Death gets destroyed. Today, Life has found the perfect gift for Death. | [
"I've never laid eyes on her before. I've never been able to feel the texture of her skin. Never have I smelled the earth that surrounds her, whispered nothingness into her ear, taken pleasure in her company, for I am as bereft of one thing as another, with respect to her. Life had given me meaning, but I longed to... | 7 | |
[WP] A man realises he is able to fill anything. Empty wallet? Fill it. Guy annoying you? Fill his bladder. | [
"I've been experimenting with my powers for a while, by I think I've found the most practical application. Let's see here, bottle of vodka, shot glass, complete apathy for my well being, everything seems to be in order. Let's do this.\n\n*drink*\n\nAnd fill. Bam. I still love that feeling when you fill something up... | 2 | |
[WP] A man and woman go to sleep together one night both are deeply in love. The man awakes in the afterlife (heaven, hell, whatever) his love murdered him in his sleep and is consoled by the dead. | [
"\"Don't worry, my child. It's over, you're free now.\" Simon moaned, and opened his eyes.\n\nHis vision swam. Simon fought back unconsciousness as the dimness coalesced into something he couldn't comprehend. All he felt was a sensation of vastness, of overwhelming space. Muzzily, Simon tried to get back up on his ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are standing on the edge of a rooftop, trying to save someone's life. | [
"The wind whips through my hair as I open the door leading into the vast darkness of the night. From where I stand the horizon looks like a checkerboard of black and white. This is my favorite place to go when I need to be alone. I walk away from the safe haven that the door provides out into the cold darkness. As ... | 2 | |
I had a dream that this was a TV movie titled The Longest Walk | [WP] Two guys are following some train tracks to a city. One guy notices its really just a full circle but does not tell the other guy. | [
"John took a sip from the canteen and passed it to Brian.\n\n\"Thanks,\" he grunted.\n\n\"We've been walking for hours. How far did you say the city was?\" John asked.\n\n\"At least another hour or so. I'm telling you John, it's near. I recognise the area. I used to come here with my Dad all the time to hunt.\"\n\n... | 2 |
[WP] After hours of constant back and forth, negotiations grind to a halt, and the lives of 30 hostages hang in the balance. Exhausted, the police propose a danceoff. | [
"-Good morning gentlemen, I was caught up to speed on the way over, now someone show me the man in charge & some fresh coffee, looks like you boys have already had a cup or two. \n-And just who the fuck are you? \n-Special Agent Berkowitz, I was called over by the CNU- \n-I told you the higher ups were sendi... | 1 | |
[WP] High in the mountains there are ruins. These ruins are elaborate and well protected. In the middle lies a pit. In the pit is a man chained to the rocks. Still alive. | [
"It had been a long and terrible trek fraught with dangers. Around every corner lay a new and more elaborate trap or puzzle; the very walls of the ruins seemed even to work against me, changing their shape and structure. Never leaving my mind either were the thought of the creatures. Harrying me all the way, skirmi... | 5 | |
[WP] Science discovers how to bring people back to life, but for each person brought back, someone else has to die. | [
"“I finally did it!” Dr. Winston exclaims to a group of onlookers. “I have successfully transferred the life force, the true essence of existence itself, from this sickly dog to the now-alive-and-well canine using this aural transferal machine. It is only a matter of time before I will experiment on human specimens... | 2 | |
[WP] A girl finds a chicken in her garage. | [
"“Your name is Stickie. Hello Stickie, my name is Natalie. Do you want to be my pet?” The chicken stared blankly at Natalie. “Are you shy? I’m shy too some of the times. Don’t worry. I’m not gonna hurt you. You must be cold. The garage is really really cold but the house is nice and warm. Do you want to come to my ... | 2 | |
[WP] People actually never die. When someone we know dies in our life, we die in their life and the 2 stories keep going without each other. When a famous person dies, its the equivalent of a global disaster. | [
"It was when the stars began to die that I realized the reality of my situation.\n\n\nWhen I was around 20 years old, my family and I got into a car crash. I wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. I flew through the windshield and landed in a truck full of hay that just happened to be there. The car rolled down a hill, and the... | 2 | |
[WP] You sit down for lunch with the Devil. He gives you a choice... | [
"\"You take the blue pill; the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill; you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.\"\n\nI stare at him blankly for a few moments, then my face begins to reflect the thoughts running through my head... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a eulogy for a superhero's death, from the perspective of their arch nemesis | [
"Today, your last chance at justice died. Your last chance at a world with hope, with meaning. All light is gone, and with it the shadows of darkness. Goodness laid its hand, and with it evil lost its teeth. Now and only now, you are helpless as the world descends into the perfect chaos, as I am free to expose you ... | 4 | |
[WP] You work at a prison kitchen. Your job is to cook the last meal for people on death row. | [
"I work at a small prison kitchen in El Dorado, Kansas. Seeing as it's such a small place nothing really happens. I go to work, prepare some shitty, hastily made meal, go home, and sleep. Every occasion, we get a death row inmate, usually asking for an extensive menu of food to conserve what little time on this wor... | 6 | |
[WP] The worlds internet speed reverts back to dial up. Describe the chaos that ensues. | [
"\"With Internet speeds this slow, the world has literally turned to shit.\"\n\n\"Aimee, please, increase your linguistic fidelity. You mean to say figuratively.\"\n\nAimee looked at Sarah and smiled. \"You are correct, but for a different reason than the one you specified. My verbiage is correct, but my scope i... | 1 | |
[WP] During a crisis, you pray to as many deities as possible to save your life. Excluding the Christian God, one of them actually appears before you and saves your life. | [
"I really shouldn't have been walking in the park at night. It was really, really, stupid, but it was either that, drive home drunk, or sleep in the gutter. So I chose park.\n\nWell, I'm sure my ambling gait said \"mug me\" as loud as anything could at that point. So a guy walked up and tried to mug me.\n\nHe had a... | 4 | |
...Researchers were tipped off when they discovered that two patients under examination, miles apart, reported the same visions simultaneously. The following studies of a much larger sample size indicated something alarming; Conclusively, The patients were reporting language patterns and visions of striking similarity.... | [WP] People are shocked when a new study reveals that the "voices" and "hallucinations" heard and seen by the worlds diagnosed schizophrenics may not be imaginary at all. But instead messages from a single, real source. | [
"The glare of the studio lights causes doctor V. Prasad to wipe the sweat from his forehead every few minutes. He is tall and slender, bespectacled and on request is wearing his white lab coat, creating a stark contrast between it and his brown complexion. \" So let me get this straight,\" asks the host in a deep,... | 6 |
Can be set in any environment.
Can involve the last remaining hunter to face the Alpha wolf | [WP] Some friends go off on a hunting trip when their car breaks down. They find themselves in the territory of a wolfpack that is picking them off one by one as they fight to survive. | [
"There was just myself and Kyle left. We were crammed in the back of my friend's stationwagon and both of us were wide-eyed full of terror. Kyle was hyper-ventilating. I didn't bother trying to snap out of it or to relax. Or to be CALM because what we needed right now was a plan. That kind of thinking encompassed A... | 1 |
[WP] The most unlikely object is found floating in deep space. | [
"'What on earth is that?\" shouted Jenkins excitedly, jumping up from his chair. The screen for the satellite sonar was picking up a reading. A very unusual reading. Usually, all they ever got was organic, but this was too regular. Far too regular for this not to be coming from an artificial source. He had seen it ... | 2 | |
[WP]: A new drug has hit the black market. 9 out of 10 of the users die a painful, horrifying death. The surviving 10% become immortal. | [
"This is it. This is what I need. This is what I deserve.\n\n\nI look down at the two white capsules sitting on my table. I spent the last of my money buying it, but that doesn't matter. News networks are blowing up everywhere about HWV-80, the new drug on the streets with a 90% mortality rate. Hurts too, apparentl... | 4 | |
[WP] All your life you have heard a woman's voice whisper advice to you, she also appears in your dreams. then it stops and years later you are pulled out a burning car. It's her. | [
"The pain had dulled my senses. As she pulled me from the wreckage I couldn't be sure whether she was real or not. \nHer voice drifted in and out with my consciousness. I recognized the voice, but I couldn't make any of the words out. \nThe paramedics grabbed me from her and lifted me onto the gurney. They lifted m... | 4 | |
[WP] You awaken to a woman straddling your body, knife in hands pointed at you. You've never laid eyes on this woman, but you know exactly who she is and where she came from. Her only question is "Why?" You *know* why. | [
"\"Easy there Alice. Lets not be hasty. Its....\"\n\n*looks at alarm clock on nightstand*\n\n\"...only 4:00am.\" Jesus, you would think an nigh-immortal necromancer would have better things to do then send sucubuses(?succubuss?, succubi? Stupid Latin pluralization) after me. I would never have stole his grimoire if... | 2 | |
[WP] Your two best friends have just gotten killed exactly how the psychic predicted. Your fortune was to die by animal bite. You've got to stay alive. | [
"Here goes nothing... \n\n“You killed them?” Bill asked intently as I slowly walked inside, the ax still dripping blood, leaving a crimson trail up the steps of the cabin. \n\n\n\t“It was the only way to be sure.” I replied as I slowly deposited the ax against the wall. “The others... they were not so lucky.” \n\n\... | 2 | |
All signs (dust, no footprints, etc.) indicate that it has been there for thousands of years. | [WP] A cell phone is found inside a sealed Egyptian tomb | [
"Steve stared at the wall of the freshly opened tomb, the light of the midday sun streaking in through stone entryway and spreading out across the dusted floor like spilled water. The massive, stone door stood a solid six feet off the ground, held in the air by a series of ropes and pulleys they’d fastened to gain ... | 1 |
Find the drama in three minutes of real life—mundane, but detailed and vivid. | [WP] Three minutes of real life | [
"I picked up my boots and set my work shoes aside. In the rolling chair I was accustomed to, this was it. I took my scarf and draped it around my neck, my beanie next, then finally my jacket. The precise order never changed.\n\n\nNext came the boots. It was winter, so the brisk wind cut through the scarf, and woul... | 4 |
[WP] The day of your first sexual experience written from the other person's perspective. | [
"Good lord. Finally. I got him on my bed. This gorgeous, 6'5 athletic intelligent man. I wish to make love to him like never before. I wish to intertwine our bodies in the most beautiful fashion to form a single unit of universal connection.\n\nWe're both naked and lying in bed. But... he's just lying there. Does h... | 2 | |
[WP] You are on court trial and must be the prosecution against yourself. The judge wants no nonsense. | [
"It was already warm in the court house even before I was on the stand. The afternoon sunlight treated the small wooden building like a coal loaded furnace, inducing me to sweat under the intense pressure. It’s not as easy as it was, taking the stand. Like a desert watchguard, I told myself it would feel like; “you... | 1 | |
[WP] One day you wake up with the ability to control one of the four elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Air). What do you do? | [
"It started with a cigarette. It was a hot day, I was sitting alone in my back yard under a nice tree holding it between my fingers, staring at the exposed end. I didn't want to go back inside to get my lighter, and so I sort of just stared at it for a moment, half-wishing it would just light itself. And just then,... | 5 | |
[WP] Write a story in which the main antagonist is someone or something called "The Swollen". | [
"It lies in wait, lurking behind every corner, ready to attack. Weeks go by, sometimes even months as its silence lulls me into a false sense of security. \n\nOne afternoon during a particularly long reprieve, I turn the corner without my usual precautions. In a second, a monstrish apparition emerges and lexpands f... | 2 | |
[WP] Daft Punk are actually aliens sent to mind control Earth's Population with their catchy electronic beats. You are a suspicious fan who catches onto their plan after witnessing something odd. | [
"this is an old post but im replying haha \nno. they were abducted by elites/dark lords from another system (or maybe planet) to make money off of their music talent here in on earth. the 5555 interstellar videos were the story of both of them. as you can tell, they always were helmets to not reveal their faces. o... | 2 | |
[WP] CSI in Medieval Times | [
"With a great fanfare from a trailing retinue of minstrels in gaudy costumes, the coach pulled up to the hovel. It was painted black, with the words “Ye Wilde-Arse-Guessers of Things” emblazoned on the side in chipping gold paint.\n\nFrom out of the hansom stepped a positively *ancient* man, who had to be at least ... | 4 | |
[WP] Once a year, every human on Earth blacks out at the same time for an hour, with no memory of what happened. You are the first and only person to remember your blackout. | [
"What follows are the reports of Jeremy Rodgers, who claimed to have been awake during the \"skip\"\n\n\n\n\"The party was off the hook, it had to be the top ten craziest parties of my life. At least that's what was happening, I do not know if it was the crazy amount of alcohol that I was drinking or the second han... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a conceptuary. An obituary, except written at the time of conception, not death. | [
"\"On February 15th, 1951, Jane Waldman was born into the open ended arms of a faceless entity. She, after being scrubbed of placenta and blood, was proved to be a beautiful child. Weighing in at 6lbs 4oz, Jane did not prove to be a big child. She was brought to us with shocking gray hair and dull white eyes. The s... | 3 | |
http://36.media.tumblr.com/e879efe48c5bc567b3b7cf3554e81bfc/tumblr_nkakjaxRAw1qhttpto1_1280.jpg | [WP] A young boy gazes onwards at the towering Sentinel, a testament to the power of mankind, and a reminder of the hardship that humanity faced. Picture that inspired the WP is linked in post. | [
"They said it happened all at once, that they suddenly came down from the stars and started to exterminate us. No warning, no chance at negotiation, just the want of eliminating us. But they did not know what they where up against, my History Teacher told us a man named Danial Garzel is who made the Sentinel. Other... | 2 |
[WP] You are a clinical therapist, and ever since you treated a patient who claimed to be able to speak with the dead, actual spirits have been trying to make appointments with you. | [
"\"So where would you like to start the recording?\" Asked the interviewer, a little cautiously. He seemed to be aware of the fact that the story I was about to tell him didn't seem real. I couldn't blame him, I mean, ghosts, spirits and the like. I wouldn't believe me either. But here we were, me a trained clinica... | 3 | |
This is **you**. Not an alternate reality you. This world. What you know, how you are...you. | [WP] You (exactly as you are now) have just accidentally cast your first spell. | [
">This is my first time writing something here, but it was actually really off topic from the prompt. I just got on this nice flow and had to finish it. Hope you like it. For what it's worth, this is me exactly how I am \nIt gets pretty rough on the basketball courts in Brooklyn, but I've always welcomed the cha... | 8 |
I couldn't shake my head at this. If you like to write, and find this interesting; please do respond! | [WP] You are God, overseeing your many experiments. Almost all of them have succeeded. Yet one has failed, miserably so. The humans have done one thing that the rest of them haven't; discovered true intelligence to match yours. They're on their way to destroy you. | [
"Major Sanders was a grim faced man who looked like he had recently locked eyes with the devil. His Mark VII was charred and the ambient temperature was a balmy 236 degrees Fahrenheit, but inside the suit he felt perfectly comfortable at a cool 72. The machine was working overtime to keep its occupant cool and in c... | 2 |
[WP] The Anarchist's Cookbook: Kitchen Edition | [
"Now listen here, Thomas. Don't put that in your mouth! Don't you want to learn what it is to destroy the stomach of a fellow human being? To ruin them so terribly that they have no other option but to live in their bathroom for two miserable weeks? I know you said that that kid Joe Metty picks on you sometimes. Th... | 1 | |
[WP] The year: 1099. After years on the march and endless fighting, Christians have finally taken the Holy Land. However, they must hold it. Against those they have already slain. | [
"When the first men clambered up the mighty walls of Jerusalem, they slayed every infidel Saracen they saw, before opening the mighty gates to allow our forces to pass. What followed was a scene of unprecedented brutality; women were raped and thousands of Saracen peasants were laid to waste by the sword. By the ... | 6 | |
[FF] Write about how two people fell in love in 100 words or less. | [
"He kicked the seat of her desk. She slammed his locker shut while he was using it. He stuck his tongue out at her; she laughed at him. \n\nThree years in. He smiled slightly at her in math class. She waved as they passed in the hallway. He chuckled when he thought of her; she nodded when someone asked if they were... | 1 | |
[WP] You saved the world, and you'll never forgive yourself | [
"They volunteered, but the guilt is still there. The aliens attacked and we had to adapt, didn't we? They had volunteered, but I can still hear the screams. We used the alien's own technology against them. Modified and change our soldiers the same way they did. It was victory or death. And yet, the guilt remains. T... | 3 | |
This could be deep if you really think about it! | [WP] A lone survivor in a deserted, post-apocalyptic future ponders the reasons why he still carries his smartphone | [
"Still clenching his cellphone in one hand while dragging an axe behind him with the other, Jack marched forward through the rubble that was once his quiet neighborhood. This was where he grew up as a kid. He could still picture his sister Sally's smiling face moving in conjunction with the sway of the tire swing a... | 5 |
Literal or metaphorical parachute? | [WP] Your parachute didn't open. | [
"\"Well, this is unfortunate. I bet Alanis Morissette would call this *ironic*. Ok, focus on the task at hand. I remember reading that thing about how to survive this exact situation. The Czechslovakian stewardess....no, she had fuselage to hang on to. The WW II pilot who got up and smoked a cigarette. He was ... | 3 |
For clarification: Knowledge can only be bought at memory banks and it is illegal to share it. Thanks to high prices poor people are left with the only freeware which is reading, writing, and basic math. Now you know absolutely everything a human can know (every kind of skill)
If there is still something unclear just ... | [WP] Knowledge is saved as memories and can be bought to be saved to the brain. You just completed the first memory heist and are the first human to know everything. | [
"I never wanted to be a thief.\n\nI never wanted to hurt people.\n\nBut here I was, planning the greatest heist against the most fortified structure in the world. I signaled for Mandler, my right-hand man to start the distraction. \n\n\nStanding outside MemBank, carrying a AR-15, I got into position with the rest o... | 3 |
[WP] Three silver coins and a smoldering, hand-carved tobacco pipe rest in the center of a mahogany table. The rest of the house is completely empty. | [
"“What have we got Jim?”\n “Hard to say Bob; there isn’t a whole lot here.”\n Officer Jim Jeffries and Detective Bob Fitzpatrick looked around the small suburban home. The living room was empty, save for a small mahogany coffee table. The sweet smell of tobacco wafted in to the air from a pipe that rested o... | 3 | |
[WP] Describe a good cop's view of an unnecessary police killing. | [
"\"John I asked if you understood you are being recorded?\"\n\n\"What? Yes of course. I'm sorry go ahead.\"\n\n\"You said you needed a minute. We gave you twenty. We need your statement now, in your own words.\"\n\n\"In my own words... You ever see the people we deal with? That kid-\"\n\n\"The victim?\"\n\n\"Yes th... | 3 | |
Best decision for the country as in you randomly declare war on an allied country, only to find out they were going to do a surprise attack on you in the near future. | [WP] You're elected president, but you don't want to be president anymore, so you do ridiculous things to get impeached, but they all turn out to be the best decision for the country, making you more popular. | [
"An Atlantic Exclusive\n\nAn excerpt from\nFalling Forward: The Memoirs of President Mike Paulatowski. \n\nLet's be honest, I had no business being elected president. You know it and I know it. Pundits may refer to me as the Social Media President or the first populist president of the 21st century but in truth I w... | 4 |
[WP] Try writing a short story in your choice video game universe. | [
"S.T.A.L.K.E.R fan fiction I worked on as part of a project in relation to the Misery Mod:\n\nI dipped my fingers in the pool of blood, bringing it up to my nose to sniff. “It’s close”, I muttered to myself. I stood and checked Eugene was loaded. He was. Pretty little thing… A customized camo painted M1911 named af... | 3 |
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