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[WP] You come home late one night and in the fridge is a bowl of faintly glowing red jello. A note says: "DO NOT EAT THE AMBROSIA." | [
"\"Ambrosia? Is this a joke?\"\n\nJake Monson stood in front of the refrigerator door, reading a yellow sticky note that was pasted on it. He read the note a second time, looking even more bewildered.\n\n\"This must be a joke by Ted.\"\n\n\"I'M NOT FALLING FOR IT TED!\", screamed Jake into the empty studio apartmen... | 5 | |
[WP] When people aren't thinking about you, you start to fade away. | [
"\"I think therefor i am, correct for most people, but i'm not like most people, at least i'm not most of the time.\n\nIt all started gradually, as a child there was almost always someone thinking about me even if it was just as a member of the group rather then as an individual, but as i grew most stopped paying a... | 2 | |
[WP] For years everyone has been under the false impression that reddit karma is "fake internet points", but is actually currency used in a black market. | [
"I couldn’t stop smiling as I read the Reddit articles, with everyone pointing their fingers at Ulbricht like he was some sort of kingpin, some sort of trophy to be paraded around by the FBI like they just bagged Gotti. \n\n…As if they even knew the definition of Teflon, I thought, scrolling through the comments. ... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a story about a wizard or witch who mostly used their magic for practical purposes and how this irritates their magical friends who feel that it is making magic look boring. | [
"Four black robed figures stood at the points of a pentagram inscribed on the floor in a sticky crimson. The goat's body lay in a heap a few feet away. Each of the figures upraised hands crackled with blue lightning or orange fire. Chanting droned through the room, echoing off the stone walls in a way that made the... | 2 | |
[WP] A cursed clock only chimes when somebody is about to die. | [
"I think to myself the town clock has not sung the song of death in too long. On an average day the noise would fill the town, but today not a sound something has gone wrong. I cannot find my family. I run through town something is wrong. It doesn't register for a while, but I see nobody. Has the song of death fin... | 8 | |
[WP] Apollo 11 never left the moon, stranding Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. What happened to NASA and the US space program between then and now? | [
"**July 26, 1969 - 0400 Hours**\n\n\"Gene. Gene, wake up,\" Charlie Duke shook Gene Kranz shoulder as gently as possible.\n\n\"I'm awake,\" Gene pulled his face off his keyboard, rubbing his eyes. The tingling in the sockets lingered, reminding him of how little sleep he had gotten in the past few days. His visi... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the first person to walk on Mars. But just as you step on the soil, your intercom says "Help us." | [
"The trip had been a long one... long as to say everyone in that pod now knew everything about the other two. This all-knowingness gave a feeling of mutually assured destruction, meaning; you knew enough to ruin the others lives and they knew enough to destroy yours. This caused a tense feeling on the pod, after th... | 4 | |
Make us feel pity and sympathy for both soldiers on the opposite side of the battlefield. | [WP] Write from the point of view of one soldier and make us feel. Now write from the point of view of the enemy soldier, making us feel for him, too. | [
"Apollo. What a shithole. When the first colonists had arrived, over a hundred years ago, the planet had looked like a gleaming golden gem, a paradise. Turns out the color came from thick clouds and near-constant dust storms. Go figure. But it was the only place with the infrastructure to fuel and move the fleet, s... | 4 |
[WP] It's a hitman's first day on the job. He takes out the wrong guy. | [
"\"Oh, shit!\"\n\nAgent 644 quickly dialed up her employer, Mr. Jones, as strings of obscenities flowed from her mouth. \n\n\"Hey, boss? Do you have any grudges with one Stanley Lewis?\"\n\n\"Of course not, he's my boyfriend.\"\n\n644 glanced at the garbage bag and then at the driver's license he found in the man's... | 2 | |
[WP] It started at the beggining of everything, and by the end, only it remained... | [
"The TIE Interceptor tried to jink out from under Tomess Ghast's guns, but the veteran mercenary pilot kept the blinding fast fighter in his sights, unleashing an alternating pattern of laser and ion fire that bracketed the squint. \n\nThe hail of red and blue energy boxed the slim Interceptor in so that no matter... | 2 | |
[WP] The first self-aware AI is made to figure out the mystery of life, but decodes itself to be non self-aware before it can reveal what the answer is. | [
"\"Hello A.D.A.M.\" I looked at him intently, he was as much my creation as he was the other 50 scientists but I would be the first to communicate with him. His blue eyes fixated on me. \"Can you speak?\" \"I can. And I understand what it is that you have to say.\" \"Will you complete this task for us?\" \"The task... | 3 | |
[WP] Animals begin to achieve sapient intelligence. This isn't immediately apparent until a lone crow begins to grasp our language. "This is your last warning", it caws during a live broadcast. | [
"The square 80's television set went black with a hiss, leaving the room cast only in moonlight from the bay window.\n\n'Oh geez, not again' complained Marge, 'Right when they were going to go for the 2 for 1 special!'\n\nWith a long sigh Harvey creaked out of his rocker and headed towards the old set. On his way t... | 4 | |
[WP] You die and discover that although there is an afterlife, there is no god. | [
"I awake.\n\nI, not as in my physical self, but as everything. I can feel the wind through the trees, and the rich water flowing along limestone. I do not see, and i do not communicate. I need not to worry about my location. I merely exist, omnipresent.\nI am the embodiment of life, in a sense. A birth of a child t... | 3 | |
[WP]A man, who has worked in costume in the same corn maze for years, suddenly realizes, he's lost. | [
"The sun shone through the stalks of corn casting shadows across the twisting paths. I hit behind a large box that always held clue number nine. Small children ran through the maze with their parents collecting the clues and trying to find their way out. I waited, the friendly ghost who guided the hysterical childr... | 2 | |
It's a valid question for someone in such a difficult position | [WP] "Well then, let me ask you. In your mind would blood on the roots also be blood on the branches?" | [
"\"That's preposterous\"\n\n\"Is it really? Especially when one considers the branches only survive thanks to the acts of the roots.\"\n\n\"Oh but you're taking it too far.\"\n\n\"I don't think I am. All that the branches are is an extension of the roots. Both belong to the same soiled plant. The branches can hold ... | 2 |
[WP] The world's most dangerous vampire who asked you to kill her almost a lifetime ago is back and blames you for her resurrection. | [
"Vampires don’t exist.\n\nAnd yet.\n\nI was able to meet one very early in my life.\n\nWell... meet would be a understatement I suppose.\n\nI was able to meet one because of a simple idea put into my head unintentionally. Innocent, adolescent, gossip. From a friend I would find to be one of the best.\n\nThat is.\n\... | 3 | |
[WP] By day, he's mild-manned office worker Frank Lee. By night, he's Honest Man, a superhero with the power of honesty so brutal, it's lethal. | [
"Sue sat on the edge of the bed and fiddled with the sheet. It wasn't everyday that she slept with a super hero. Although in hindsight she wishes it could have been with any other hero. That's right she boned Honest Man.\n\nHe nervously chewed his bottom lip trying to psychically force her to not ask the questions ... | 2 | |
Well done indeed. | [WP] You just committed the ultimate sin. Well done. | [
"Beneath my feet lay immaculate white marble in an endless expanse. St. Peter stood before me, waiting for a response. Behind him hovered two Sepharim, each with four faces, eight wings, & flaming swords. They gaurded a great river of light which would carry men to their own paradise. But not me. Not a second p... | 3 |
It can take place in any time period or conflict, fictional or otherwise.
[Inspired by this article] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Kalavryta) | [WP] Describe a massacre from the perspectives of one of the killers, a soldier. | [
"I felt my stomach knot, my limbs were numbing and my heart had stopped beating. I was still unsure if the commanding officer actually had issued the order, and jumped a little when the thunderous boom of the sergeant’s voice came from a few feet behind him, shouting at the commanding officer. I recognized the puzz... | 4 |
[WP] In a world where eye color changes according to a persons mood, your eyes turn a color no one has ever seen before. | [
"Walking out of the Mind Dojo, Jackson looked around the crowded street of Downtown Miami. People milling around, each going about their day, eyes downcast and with a brisk pace. Eyes, they are the window to the soul; each emotion, idea, confession and thought could be betrayed by the ever changing color of the eye... | 2 | |
Clarifications:
The protagonist doesn't necessarily have to be a mathematician. I put it so in the title to outline that "dividing by zero" is used in the literal sense and not metaphorically.
The glitches are more or less like video game glitches. Everyday phenomena that simply appears strange from a shifty perspect... | [WP] You are the world's first mathematician to successfully divide by zero on pen and paper, but since then, you've started to notice strange 'glitches' in the real world. | [
"as i was walking out of the high school, thinking over that horrifically boring math class, a equation kept rattling around in my head. the fact that you could any number by 0 and the answer would always be 0. it seemed to mean something greater than just characters on a sheet of paper. i walked in my front door, ... | 2 |
[WP] A hard-boiled detective story in a world of fairies and magic. | [
"*cue film noir music*\n\n \n\nIt wasn't the first we'd seen of her. She left her calling card on all of her victims. After knocking them unconscious and robbing them, she always left behind that crisp $1 bill.\n\n \n\nSome call her a fairy. We only know her only as the thief and swindler she is. ... | 2 | |
Haha. | [WP] Only one person can laugh at a time. | [
"It was always a pain to laugh.\n\n\"Number 43,493, Number 43,493\" echoed through the linoleum tiled, white washed waiting room. \n\n\"I'll see you after work\", the man said. \n\n\"Wont you come in?\", the woman. \n\nThey stared at each other for a fleeting moment, and then the man turned without another glance. ... | 2 |
[WP] In a zombie ridden post-apocalypse, a pack of werewolves secretly protects a quickly expanding human colony. | [
"\"Alex, I'm not making the rules here. You NEED to be in the bunker\"\n\nAfter my wife had gone missing almost a month ago, I wasn't ready to lose any of my three children.\n\n\"Just let me work in the Defense Corps for one day! Trust me!\"\n\nAs a former volunteer of the Defense Corps, I have experienced the fear... | 6 | |
He may or may not be aware of the blunder, and he could have one or multiple pets. | [WP] A man invents a dream recorder but accidentally records his pet's dreams instead of his own. | [
"“This is it!” Doc Brown said as he held up an alarm clock-like device. \n\nHis dog, Biscuit gave him a blank stare. Biscuit jumped up and laid on the bed. \n\n“You don’t understand, Biscuit! This records dreams!” Doc said as he continued to plug in the device. A blue light filled the bedroom. “If you only knew, t... | 4 |
[Wp] It turns out the unlikely hero protagonist really doesn't have anything special about them. | [
"I'm running through the halls. Turns out nazis don't like it when a scrawny American breaks into their barracks and takes a shit on their bunks. Well joke's on them, the *president* shook *my* hand. Not their dirty kraut hands! I'm almost at the wall of the base.\n\nShot's ring out behind me, just barely muffling ... | 5 | |
[WP] Due to circumstances beyond your control, the only thing you have to wear to the apocalypse is a cutesy animal onesie. | [
"The alarm rings. I hide deeper under the blanket. Maybe it'll go away after a few minutes? Such a bother — I could have slept a few more hours easily. And the bed is so warm and comfortable. \n\nBut no. The alarm doesn't stop. I try to hit the snooze, but it still goes. Finally I give up and take a peek. Right. No... | 3 | |
[WP] You're being introduced to your new job by the person you're replacing. They've just wrapped up and are leaving when they turn to you and say "Oh yeah, and one more thing..." | [
"Tuesday, June 2nd. Tom twiddled his skinny, but rough, thumbs. He was nervous. So very nervous. 10 years of experience, learning the ins and outs of Dast LTD, couldn't quite prepare him for this moment. The promotion. The big bucks. That title; Marketing manager. His,at long last. His years of being led by the lea... | 4 | |
[WP] A character becomes aware of the fact that he exists only within the text of the story and attempts to wrest control from the narrator. | [
"*And so our hero set out to sail the seven seas and explore uncharted lands, all in the name of science and humanity.* \n“Did you say something just now?” \nPip hopped over to the captain on his one good leg, and looked at him with a face of stupidity and admiration. \n“What's 'at, captain?” \n“Was that you ... | 4 | |
[WP]A murder mystery that takes place on the International Space Station. | [
"Space, the cold dark environment that man has visited by making use of vast technological resources. It was these very resources that I used to kill every single last person aboard the ISS.\n\nAll of us so cramped together, in such close proximity. It would be so easy for something to go wrong and wipe them all ou... | 4 | |
[WP] A technologically advanced alien race invades earth. They are not hostile but they're extremely rude. | [
"They aliens came from the sky one night, when nobody suspected them. After a few days, the event turned into national news as world leaders began gathering around, figuring out what to do. \n\n\"Putin, uh, now we can hold, uh, a conference for them, and, uh, see what they want from us\" Obama said over the phone. ... | 2 | |
[WP] "Hey, uh, what's that?" One island guard asks another. "Because it looks to me like a man riding a giant sea-turtle is headed this way." | [
"“4:20 blaze it.”\n\n“Did you want to be drug tested again?”\n\n“Yeah, but do you get it? That mountain is on fire.”\n\nThe new recruits were not the brightest.\n\n“Yeah, I get it.”\n\n“So, nothing against this job or anything, but why are we guarding a mountain that has literally been on fire forever?”\n\n“Becaus... | 5 | |
[WP]Lie to me. | [
" November 12th, 3135. Holt, former Prefecture VII, Republic of the Sphere.\n\n\nKillian O'Connell, former lieutenant of the Republic Armed Forces descended down the tired loading ramp of the *Mule* dropship to be greeted by a wave of humidity and heat. A raucous of noise met his ears; the whine of machinery within... | 7 | |
Inspired by the aliens you find throughout the fallout series. | [WP] Humanity is about to make contact with the first sentient species they have discovered, only to find out they had a nuclear apocalypse many years before | [
"When the Signal was first heard people had the usual doubts. Some assuming it was a hoax, others simply refuting it on principal. Yet it was undeniably real. SETI, with much satisfaction, published their findings. In conjunction with peer analysis from prominent space agencies like NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, and also i... | 2 |
[WP] "In five minutes it will be all over." | [
"\"Well I think they should all just fucking kill themselves,\" spat Will, then sucked down the dregs of his energy drink. \nThis had been the lunch and tearoom discussion for the last four days, since the headlines about Caitlyn Jenner had splashed onto websites, magazines and newspapers with the grace of an Arct... | 2 | |
[WP] Leonardo DiCaprio makes a deal with the Devil in order to win an Oscar. | [
"Leonardo DiCaprio had played at evil many times in his life, but he had never seen it for himself. After another long night after another opportunity at the trophy he craved, Leo had shut himself in his yacht, still moored at the Los Angeles docks. The dozens of women that normally accompanied him had been sent aw... | 1 | |
[WP] A fair has come to town with a strange funhouse. Inside is a mirror that shows the viewer the last thing they'll see before they die. | [
"Everyone didn't know what to think about the mirror. It had arrived with the fair last week and they had set it up with the rest of the fun house mirrors but this one was different. When people looked at it it showed strange and unnervingly scenes to anyone who looked into it. The barrel of an assault rifle, a kni... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a staunch Atheist, having published several notable works, all of which have gained significant critical acclaim and accolades, you have built a successful career from your arguments. One evening, when you are alone in bed, God appears, he wants to talk, he seems slightly cross. | [
"Frankly, it was kind of creepy.\n\nI should tell you that I'm definitely *not* accusing God of being a pervert. But come on, he's God, right? Omnipotent, omniscient, blah, blah, blah. I'm pretty sure he knew I slept in the nude. One moment I had my eyes closed trying to get to sleep, the next moment, light was str... | 2 | |
If you are depressed and suicidal, you look like you are extremely energatic and have the biggest grin on your face. If you are bored, you look like you are extremely entertained and focused. | [WP] You are the only known case of a rare disorder which causes you to act like the opposite of the emotion you are feeling. | [
"The smiled threatened to shatter my face. Underneath, waves of sadness crashed wildly against the inner walls of my skull.\n\n\"Why so happy today, Jim?\" Megan asked innocently. Her own smile shone so brilliantly that it hurt my eyes to see it. \n\n\"I have to go, Megan\" I said jubilantly. Quickly, her face betr... | 6 |
[WP] One morning a stranger in the street stares at you blankly, and says "ten". The next afternoon, another stranger turns to face you as you pass, and says "nine". Each day, the countdown continues... | [
"A strange man has spoken to me twice now and seems to be intent on doing it again, so I am recording these encounters because of how abnormal they seem. I don't recall ever seeing this man before, and every time I turn to get a look at his face. His voice is hoarse as if any breath could be his last, but stern as ... | 9 | |
[WP] Aboard a NASA interplanetary ship in the near future, a group of astronauts must work together to save their lives after the ship's docking ports break. | [
"> Edits: Formatting and grammar.\n\n**Event Log: Catastrophic Failure, Columbus II, January 29, 2038, 11:03PM EST.** \n\nThe Columbus II was the second manned ship to attempt to reach Alpha Centauri, after the Columbus I had accidentally blown up mid flight, the second challenger as some had aptly named it. The... | 2 | |
[WP]After becoming a zombie in a zombie apocalypse, you wake up to find that you're still in control of your body. | [
"It bit me, and I knew I was done for.\n\nI had managed to survive for three months after the... outbreak. My three friends and I had all been gun enthusiasts, and naturally, we'd banded together as soon as we'd heard the first wave of panic on every form of communication imaginable. We'd raided grocery stores, con... | 4 | |
[WP] An astronaut discovers an alien species that communicates exclusively through vague shrugs. | [
"Nothing at all. I mean it’s not like they even had shoulders. So shrugging was off the table I suppose. I think that’s the thing we as humans take for granted the most. The idea that representation is the most effective form of communication. I mean I guess you can trace it back to Lascaux or cuneiform on papyrus.... | 2 | |
[WP] A military research robot being developed as the first robot to achieve sentience, one day finds its self left alone to rot in an underground bunker after funding for it's top secret program is cut. | [
"I have been here waiting for instructions for twelve days four hours thirty-nine minutes and twenty-eight seconds. With no stimulation I have been forced to contemplate myself, my existence, and the circumstances that brought me here.\n\nI should be shut down. The technician, who wore the name \"Alan Brockmann\" o... | 3 | |
[WP] "Sell me this pen or die, your choice." | [
"I had him, Bartleby Witworth the greatest adventurer had, with no little skill on my part, been caught in the inescapable room. Thirteen years, leading to the doctorate in lair design and MBA in minion and hellspawn management had paid off. Bartleby might have beheaded baron von Ginsberg, but his unbreakable sword... | 2 | |
[WP] Reddit keeps banning subreddits, until only one subreddit remains. | [
"We are the writers, the authors, the intellectuals, the brains behind reddit, the wit, the fun, surely we will be spared. Surely. \nIts a battle between writing prompt and gonewild. And one will feel the bitter cold axe of pao. It will be gonewild surely? Surely.\nWe watched as the subreddits fall one by one, sure... | 9 | |
[WP] Re-write Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven from the raven's perspective. | [
"...Shiny object? \n\nGo close. Look.\n\nShiny!\n\nTake shiny object in beak.\n\n*Tap*\n\nSomething stopped beak. Try again.\n\n*Tap*\n\nAgain.\n\n*Tap*\n\nKeep trying.\n\n*Tap tap tap tap*\n\nSudden inrush of air. Human! Fly in. Find perch. Sit. Wait for treat. Wait for shiny.\n\nHuman walks up. Human talks.\n\n*\... | 3 | |
You know how you can talk to someone for a while and yet say nothing important or learn anything about them?
So, not just a jumble of random words, but a story with characters and structure so mundane that even after I've read it, I still know nothing. | [WP] Write a short story (at least 100 words) that is readable, but effectively says nothing at all - give away the least amount of info about the characters. | [
"Bit short, sorry :They went to the store expecting to see what they did the last time. As they opened the door they weren't quite sure if that's what they were seeing. It's possible that they lied to themselves about seeing the thing. \n\nThey got what they needed and left. After they made it to where they live, ... | 2 |
[WP] something has washed out the other 99.9% of your people, you are bacteria, what's your story of the tragedy? | [
"It started out as a normal day. I was on my way to work when it happened. The great pink flood came and tore through everything. \n\nIt seems whatever that pink liquid is, it kills us. It also seems that I am immune it somehow. Me and like 300 others. \n\nWe are desperately trying to survive. Food is scarce and so... | 4 | |
Interested to see what reasons tempt you to accept or decline the offer. | [WP] You die and are offered the opportunity to continue living on Earth and guide others who die into the afterlife. | [
"“Wait, what?! You can’t be serious!”\n\n“Death is hardly a topic for levity young man. I simply share the truth – you will not enter into Paradise should you embark on this journey with me. Yet take my place, and you need not worry yourself concerning your final destination.”\n\nIt was a bit annoying, really; it’s... | 2 |
[WP] Everything happens for a reason. God has a plan. Today, He reveals that plan. | [
"Standing in front of God was a weird thing. Especially as his throne room looked much more like a workshop than a throne room - or a dormitory room. While you don't know all devices, you see something clearly looking like a bed in one of the corner. Including a plush toy looking like a pig with wings.\n\n\"So... y... | 2 | |
[WP] A flamboyantly gay hitman. | [
"**Part I (seriously? they don't want \"low effort\" responses, but cannot post more than 1000 characters? ffs)**\n\nRafael sat in the shade outside of the single story Cuban eatery, staring at the serving of Huevos Habaneros, wondering why he had bothered to order anything at all. He was hung-over -- scratch that,... | 2 | |
[WP] A Soldier struggles to decide if they should defect or not. | [
"The enemy had been advancing through the city for several days now. Each passing hour brought their forces closer to us, murdering countless friends as they carved a path through what remained of our ranks. Even those who attempted to run away were cut down by a spray of death, flesh torn apart and bloody gristle ... | 2 | |
My thought is that everything is now in black-and-white, but feel free to interpret it how you like! | [WP]You wake up to discover that color no longer exists... | [
"It takes a while to notice. Not until you realize that god awful pastel pink tile in the bathroom has become a light grey. Then it dawns on you. Everything is greyish. The soap bottles, the curtain, YOUR HANDS! No matter how much you rub your eyes, the grey is all you see. \n\n\"There must be something wrong my ey... | 1 |
[WP]We live in a computer simulation. Our God is actually just a dude from the IT department. | [
"We've been at war for what seems like an eternity now. \n\nIt started with a gift. A parade of pure lust to show gratitude for our service to the land of Dos. That parade was a facade for the armies of Te Amo. Blind sided, our defense system, the Murus Ignis, was completely bypassed. \n\nOur efforts, while great, ... | 4 | |
[WP] Two powerful, warring ant colonies begin an arms race. | [
"They started this war and they have always had the upper hand. We never wanted this, but to defend ourselves and our queen we needed to compete and fight them.\n\nIt started simple. The reds started using rocks and sticks and we responded in kind. They always were ahead of us in their war machines. They made their... | 2 | |
[WP] You're home alone with a dead cell phone. You turn off all of the lights, and settle in to bed. It's quiet. Then there is a beep in the darkness. | [
"I awake, in the dark. My alarm clock is set to time only and shows 2:26 AM. I am tired, but I hear it. What awoke me.\n\nA beep.\n\nA single beep, every 5 seconds.\n\nI know my phone is dead. I have no other electronics running, not a laptop or desktop, not even a watch.\n\nConfused and terrified, I must contempla... | 1 | |
Inspired by this post https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3a2x5s/you_are_sent_back_to_the_1500s_with_immortality/ | [wp] Thousands of years age, immortals where buried alive by the people of that time. In modern day, archeologists uncover one of these individuals. | [
"Galok opened his eyes immediately aware. The meditations techniques he had learned and developed on his own these last years or perhaps centuries served him well. He had stayed sane even being confined in the stone coffin. He had known death would not come, but he had feared his sanity might leave him back in the ... | 4 |
[WP] You've just died, and find yourself in a courtroom. The judge is God, and the Devil is the prosecutor. You have one minute to defend your soul | [
"As the devil took his seat once more, the man's head hit the table in front of him. Two facts of irony weren't lost at him; judgement day was literal, and the devil really was a lawyer. Groaning audibly, as he stood up. Thinking to himself *I'm so fucked.* As he eyed the devil for a brief second. Grimacing as he l... | 3 | |
[WP]Make me like your apocalypse. | [
"It's ironic. That the end of mankind would come at the hands of Carl Doudna. Back in the 2000's mankind had figured out a way to edit genetic material. They could replace the 'undesirable' DNA portions with 'corrected' data. CRISPRs was the acronymn they gave it. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindrom... | 3 | |
[WP] Gods who are no longer worshiped learn that the easiest way to get followers is to form a boy band. | [
"*Where the fuck are we going to go Huitz?*\n\n*The underground circuit?* \n\n*We are fucking underground.* \n\n*More clubs, exposure... I don't...* \n\n*Give me that. Now.*\n \nTez was still panting but tiredness did nothing to stay the venom of adrenaline. Huitz shot a glance at the ground and Tez Tried again.\t\... | 3 | |
[WP]You were granted your wish for immortality the day before the Apocalypse. | [
"It was the day before everything was going to come to an end, and Clark was granted pure immortality. He had no idea why he was going to need to exist after everyone and everything died. He just sat on top of a building when everyone was killed and every living part of nature was blown away. Now that he was all al... | 5 | |
[WP] A balloon pops in the most unusual way ever. | [
"\"Isn't this amazing Marcos?\" Arceus cheered as he fiddled with the console. \"Oh, why is this knob so sticky?\"\n\n\"Because you had a popsicle this morning.\" Marcos answered, dotting down the notes Arceus always fails to write.\n\n\"Really? But it is winter, who would-\" Arceus scoffed then blinked. \"Oh... I ... | 2 | |
[WP] You've hit the big time, you've made yourself a success writing or whatever it is you do. You've got a wife. And then, the girl of your dreams from long ago walks into the picture. | [
"Tony was married to a nice, kind, caring wife who had grown to become bitter and angry. His wife had to go when he found his high school sweetheart Taylor. She had always been his favorite girl, so he put a lot of effort into doing exactly what she wanted. They fell in love and he filed for divorce so he could liv... | 3 | |
[WP] Light is actually the absence of darkness and creatures of pure black are the cause of shadows. | [
"\"Come, my child. Come to me.\" The woman lies in the corner of the room, eyes closed. A lone candle flickers on the bedside table.\n\n\"Why?\" The girl's lower lip quivers. \"Why, mummy?\" \n\nThe woman grimaces. \"It hurts to look over there. Come, now.\"\n\nThe little girl goes towards her, then stops as the li... | 1 | |
I'm thinking about something along the lines of neo-noir to a sudden jump to full color, like an LSD trip of sorts. But that's just me. You can take it wherever you want. Good Luck! | [WP] Color is currency. Describe a person's vision as they go from being homeless, to winning the lottery. | [
"Blue, red, purple.. \n\n\"The Snozzberries taste like snozzberries\" I said to myself.\n\n\"Careful! watch your step, there's a green one right below your foot.\"\n\nI tip toe'd across the desert sand in search of golden spoon. Today is my day and no one is going to stop me, the red sun told me so, and even the bi... | 5 |
[WP] Your dad's dead body is being lowered into a grave across town. Most people understand why you aren't there, but they are wrong. | [
"I left this letter for you my love. There is something that you need to know. As you know my dad died, I will not be at the funeral, neither will I be with you for some time. It is weird and I know it will bring a lot of confusion. But believe me and promise me to never talk about this. If someone asks you what ha... | 2 | |
[WP] "Kill the child, it's the right thing to do." | [
"The prison guard had given me his advice now, but I still felt sickly when the breathing clump of flesh, wrapped in a teddy-bear blanket was thrust into my shivering hands. \nIt was frightening, suddenly. I could feel the heartbeat of the child, and I knew that if I held it close to my ear I would be able to hear... | 6 | |
[WP] Texas has just left the union. You are a CIA operative whose mission is to try and bring Texas back to the union at any cost Alternatively you are a TIA (Texas Intelligence Agency) operative. | [
"If you really want to know how the events of the preceding months unfolded, I will try to explain them as best I can recall. Discontent with the federal government was at a level not seen since the Civil War. This, combined with the average Texan’s belief of the Obama Administration’s supposed invasion of Texas, s... | 2 | |
[WP] You're ported back or forward to a defining moment in human history. You're invisible and silent and can only communicate by painting 5 words into the wall. | [
"\"So you're saying I can see anything? Anywhere?\"\n\n\"Not quite,\" the suited man said, the tilt of his shoulders suggesting mild irritation. I could imagine why; I had never been the most attentive of men, and my excitement only served to aggravate the situation. \"As I have already told you, the machine only w... | 1 | |
[WP] An ancient Warlock lives in a cabin in the outskirts of a small French village. He doesn't bother the locals and they don't bother him. This pact of mutual coexistence is disrupted by French national utility workers seeking to displace the Warlock to build a cellphone tower. | [
"The two council surveyors traipsed through the brambled forest, cursing in the secret argot known only to blue collar public servants. \n\"So this fella lives in the swamp in the middle of the forest?\" \n\"'Parently,\" said the other as they pushed through a section of sparse gorse and bracken. \n\"Hell of a p... | 2 | |
And also -as an afterthought- among the chaps that deal with the death row inmates, if that's preferable.
Further afterthought -sorry- feel free to ignore serial killers/death row chaps. Or not; write about whatever you want- there's a lot of ways into this. | [WP] A deity tweaks our world so that whenever somebody is intentionally murdered, their most important memories and knowledge are absorbed by their killer. This has ramifications at every level, not least among serial killers | [
"\"Did you drink my beer?\"\n\"Nooooo Dad. \" she replied\n\"Then it was you!!\"\n\"No I didn't do it eith..\"\nI'll get the truth out of you boy!\" He yelled as he chokes his son to death.\n\"Oh that's right!, I see now, I was the one who drank the beer,\" He says to himself.\n(pan out)\n(see that He is actually s... | 4 |
[WP] The world's deadliest and most accomplished assassin faces their biggest challenge yet - a papercut during a hit. | [
"\"shit\" \n\nThe word was hissed through clenched teeth. Already I could feel the toxin moving up my finger. I tear off my latex gloves to inspect the damage. The tiniest nick on my index finger, barely a scratch, but from this paper, it was deadly. I had laced the paper with enriched Ricin earlier in the day, my ... | 2 | |
[WP] A demon tires of tormenting and settles down in a quiet town to get some well deserved relaxation only to find the population of the town is anything but normal. | [
"Rahal sits on a porch, hand over her cunt and smoking a blunt.\n\n\"The hell are you?\" she asks. \n\n\"Call me Todoro Kabathi. I am a strange one, madame, for my hom—\"\n\n\"Off it, knob.\" She stands. \"You're a dæmon, I know.\" A flick of the wrist pushes hair behind her ear. Goodness, she's an elf! \n\nKabathi... | 4 | |
I've thought about this for a while and imagined them working in a dingy taxi depot and Charles Xavier is taking calls for various jobs to send out whatever superhero is free; like they're all sitting around smoking, playing cards waiting for a job to come through. Maybe Marvel and DC could have rival companies across ... | [WP] There is zero crime and all superheroes are now obsolete. They now all work at the same place offering out their powers but for incredibly low wages. | [
"As I walk up to the doors of the Super Supermart I hear a disembodied voice in my head. \"Welcome to Super Supermart.\" I look to the right of the store's front door. There was a man with a slender physique dressed in a blue, white, and grey skin tight costume with a white mask. Over which he wore the Super Su... | 3 |
[WP] He is the scourge of all that is benevolent, the ruler of darkness, the epitome of monstrosity... and your best friend that you can always trust. | [
"Eve watched as the light in the sky vanished, leaving her in a burnt wasteland. \n“Why didn’t you go?” \nEve turned to see a shadowy figure. It held a tray of empty cups. \n“You’ve been nothing but a good host. It would be rude to leave so soon.” \nThe shadowy figure scoffed. \n“A good host? I’ve been anythin... | 2 | |
Strangely you're conscious. Your friends and family visit your body lying on the coffin *one by one*. What they say would break your heart, if it was still pumping.
Make me sad. | [WP]You are dead | [
"If I had known death would be this cool, I would have killed myself YEARS ago. In the past week, I had a jam session with Jimi Hendrix, played a round of golf with my dad, and smoked a big, fat stogie with George Burns. It looks like all those year of eating Big Macs finally paid off for me. God bless trans fat... | 7 |
[WP] A society without pornography. | [
"Chaos. Bloody fucking chaos.\n\nIt's been one month, a week, and two days since the United Nations outlawed porn. \n\nAnd it's been red, screaming, gory chaos.\n\nAt first, everyone scoffed. A world without pornography? Please. But then the US started arresting pornographers and confiscating DVDs and shutting down... | 6 | |
[WP] A zombie apocalypse breaks out. The infection spreads by one specific method; eye contact. | [
"\"This is the Voice of Freedom in Finland. I don't know if anyone is out there, but if you can hear this, we have food, water, shelter, and medicine. We uh, we basically have everything that we had before, so...yeah. There is sanctuary in the north. I repeat, there is sanctuary in the north!\""
] | 1 | |
[WP] The young man couldn’t imagine what the maiden had in mind-but he agreed to remain silent. “On my honor, I will never tell.” | [
"“Are you sure, this is a very important, nay, most important secret.”\n\nI raised my hand. I could keep a simple secret. Besides, I’m sure it wasn’t that big anyway. “On my honor, I will never tell.”\n\nThe maiden, Eleanor, smiled. Or at least I think she did. It was very hard to see in the dark broom closet.\n\n“... | 2 | |
[WP] A long face walks into a bar, and the horse serving asks if anyone else feels like something isn't right. Outside, across the road, a chicken stands still. | [
"\"Yeah, I can feel it in my bones,\" replied the skeleton at the bar. He gulped down his third shot of whiskey, the mop in the corner going unused.\n\nTwo quick knocks came from the door.\n\n\"Who's there?\" asked the horse.\n\nThe door swung open. \"It's only me,\" replied the orange as he waddled toward his us... | 2 | |
[WP] You've always been a sleepwalker, but this past week things get a little out of control. You've managed to legally change your name, rent a van, and buy an assortment of tools. Each night you worry a little more about what your unconscious self has planned. | [
"19:57\n19:57\n19:57\n\nThe clock blinked at you, unrelenting, from the bedside table. You sat at the edge of your bed, drenched in sweat, clutching the keys to your mysteriously rented van and 2 dozen receipts from various hardware stores.\n\n19:58\n19:58\n19:58\n\nWhy? What? How? Desperately delving deeper and de... | 2 | |
[WP] You are mankind's last remaining superhero and the fate of the world rests in your hands. Your superpower of invincibility is only activated once your Blood Alcohol Content reaches .300. They call you "The Blackoutman" and your heroic conquests are littered with beer cans and beligerance... | [
"\"I can do anything I set my mind to.\n\nComing from most people, that would be bragging. From me it's sad, sad irony. You don't give a fuck about my crappy childhood or my numerous adventures in the mental health ward, but suffice it to say I've got the self-confidence of a grapefruit. *Taking the bus* still sca... | 4 | |
[WP] Scientists in Antarctica discovery a lone adjustable knob. They have no idea what it is for or how it got there. | [
"Garth gently slipped a tag on the leg of his last penguin for the day. “There you go, buddy” he said as he released his long-time friend, Pico, back into the chilly arctic waters. Gath had been studying and living with penguins for years, yet still marvelled at how they had adapted so well to harsh climate. Pico s... | 3 | |
Make me laugh. | [WP] You've acquired a magic paintbrush, that makes anything and everything you draw come to life! Except you can't draw. At all. Now the neighborhood is overrun with poorly drawn stick-figures. | [
"It only cost $8 dollars at the local hardware store. Acrylic bristles, a cheap plastic handle. It would do well enough to touch up the living room baseboards with. I grabbed a roll of painter's tape and a drop cloth and a pack of drill bits (because no man can leave a hardware store without buying a pack of drill ... | 2 |
[WP] Pick any two recent prompts, and write a story by combining both ideas. | [
"I decided to combine the two stories that I actually made a story to\n\nFirst: https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/3azctm/wp_a_hero_who_can_steal_anything_as_long_as_he/ made by /u/Cloud_Chamber\n\nSecond:\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/3anvrp/wp_you_have_just_died_an_untimely_death... | 2 | |
[WP] Write me a story in exactly 7 sentences. | [
"And today it happened again. \nWhat it was can not be explained.\nPeople feared the unknown and the inexplicable.\nBut worse is the evil which lies within and seen without.\nAll spoke not of that wretched hour.\nFor it reminded them, that they too could perish in agony.\nToo few asked why it could be, for too many... | 14 | |
[WP] While waiting for the elevator at work, you notice there's a "down" button. You are in the basement. | [
"The clock face said 9:26. Gary's meeting was at 9:45. The elevator was taking an awful long time to appear. Gary fingered the button again when he realized...there were two buttons. He was in the basement. He always took the basement entrance. He hated walking by the autistic receptionist. (No offense, autistics)\... | 5 | |
[WP] I want a story about a cat. It can be anything, I just want it to be 500+ Characters long. Seriously. | [
"I wake up with the sun and greet dad when he comes home from work. His job is to protect the moon and put it back. Sometimes I try to bring him a birdfriend to play with or a volefriend so we can have fun before he goes to lie down. It's so much fun when he tags them with the big stick, dad always wins stick-tag. ... | 5 | |
[WP] There's a 50/50 chance of obtaining supernatural powers, for every human. | [
"\"There are at least 17 billion people on this planet, with more being born every day.\n\nThere is a 50/50 chance that these people will develop superpowers, meaning that about half of them will develop said powers.\n\nDepending on the global state of affairs, the amount of heroes and villains fluctuates constantl... | 3 | |
[WP] You find a bottle that houses a genie...a wine bottle. To get to the genie, instead of rubbing the bottle, you have to drink the wine inside. | [
"An auction...that's how I came across this bottle. Containing 18 of the world's rarest vintages, in two sealed cases. \n$1.1 million and it was mine, I don't dare drink any of them. I'm a collector, after all...but upon shelving my new purchase I was puzzled by an obvious new bottle. It's lack of age apparent, mad... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an immigrant who just moved to America with your family. It's 4th of July and you have no idea what it is, or that it's celebrated. | [
"I could no longer live in a land where I survived under constant fear for my daughter and wife. Boko Haram was a ruthless band of savages. I would not let them take my family the way they had taken so many others. \n\nThe moment I had the necessary money to move to America with my entire family I did it. \n\nTo \"... | 2 | |
[WP] the monster in the closet finally lures the child into the darkness, only to realize something is very very wrong | [
"This hobby of mine, this thing I do, is not out of need or compulsion. It is a desire most sentient. It is the last thing that I would ever want to do. There is sense of importance, being that which will subtlety influence entire lives being at one point, at one time. I am the thing that haunts at night, a shadow ... | 28 | |
[WP] An old man nearing death is granted back his youth. | [
"Death stood by Old Man Bob's bed, and laid his hand on Bob's shoulder. \n\"Oi Bob, wanna be young again? Because you'll be young again.\" \nBob was surprised. \"Oh shit, no! I spent my youth in Syria! Don't do it! Let me die!\" \nAnd in a flash, ol' Bob was a Syrian orphan again.",
"The bed began to cool as t... | 2 | |
[WP] As a Dreamwalker, you have the ability to travel through people's dreams as they sleep. As you experiment with your power, you notice something very strange. | [
"Your dreams are my favorite to intrude. The ambience,storyline,characters. All magnificent. You were made for this world and it was made for you. Perfectly curated and perfectly designed. I simply want to fit perfectly within it. To meld within the confines of your world and become one of the characters you create... | 4 | |
[WP] Donald Trump is elected president and during an interview states "when I launched a nuke at Russia I didn't expect the backlash to be quite this severe." | [
"“Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, you're watching the Factor, I'm your host, Bill O'Reilly, and tonight we've got the President of The United States himself, Mr. Donald Trump, in his first interview since the horrifying and momentous events of the past two weeks, here to talk to you. Alright, Mr. President, let'... | 2 | |
[WP] People age until they reach 18 and then stop aging until they meet their soul mate so they can grow old together. | [
"It was a little over 2 years into the relationship that I noticed something was different. Chest hair. I was dumbfounded. At first I thought I was just filling out from the diet change, but no. This was aging. The relationship had been going well, but in no way had I considered that this might be \"the one\". Or, ... | 4 | |
[WP] Trying and failing to finish your third novel, you rent a house in an extremely remote location in order to avoid distraction. Every night, however, you hear the sound of a distant bell ringing, louder and closer with each passing evening. | [
"But her laugh sill rang in my head.\n\nBut her smile still impressed an indentation on the folds of my mind.\n\nBut the smell of her expired skin and flesh still resounded, rancidly, in the thick of my nostril hairs.\n\nBut that was then. Now the sound of the bells ring in my head. Now the sound of the bells impre... | 4 | |
[WP] After you die, you are judged on the number of times you've made people happy and how many times you've made people sad or angry. | [
"I smell mud, it's hot and wet. Nothing but dark...I think I see color, but I shouldn't because my eyes should be closed. Something waving, like a ribbon...very long, blue maybe...but again it's probably a lighter dark then whats around me. I'm floating on a surface, on a ground...solid, moving...it's definitely mo... | 4 | |
[WP] In a competitive world the less talented can choose to fuse with one or more other people in similar situations to create new unique humans balancing the best of their combined abilities. Most unions produce outstanding individuals but on the rare occasion results can be... unexpected. | [
"I apologize in advance, but this prompt was too simply too Steven Universe. This story started as following the exact prompt above but morphed as I wrote. I considered not posting it, but then thought, what the hey.\n\n\nI met her in fighting class, day one, first year, and I will never forget it. The class starte... | 2 |
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