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[WP] Military equipement (Tanks, planes and helicopter) become sentient. Tell the story of one of them trying to integrate society. | [
"\"Ugh, another one of these idiots\", Dave said under his breath. \"Hey Tim, we've got another job application with 'Apache Helicopter' written down as a gender\". \n\"Just throw it out with the other one\", Tim replied from the other room. Dave, glancing at the pile of applications from \"M46 Pattons\" and \"F-15... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a cosmic all-powerful being. You don't know who you are, or why you exist. You search for life and others like you. And then you come across Earth. | [
"I remember waking up at the dawn of time; light, gravity, magnetism and every force that exists in the universe. For Eons i phased trough endless galaxies as i saw them as they were created and also saw as they were destroyed. Over time i learned how to harness all of these forces and shaped endless worlds, someti... | 3 | |
A better explanation: I'm going to start the chain off with a superhero name, and then someone writes a story that explains his name and what his powers are, and then they make up a new name for the next person to write for, and they write a new name, and so on. Of course, more than one person can write for a name.
The first name to start the chain: Newt | [WP] Create a unique superhero name, and write a short story that explains the superpowers of the name before | [
"'I don't see why they couldn't call me King Neutron,\" the boy said in a whiney voice. He nervously tugged at his super-suit. It was well crafted, but that was like a week ago, and ten year old boys are constantly turning food into height.\n\n\"Newt, you're ten,\" Said his mother. \"The Meta-Human Security Coun... | 1 |
[WP] One day an angelic being appears and decrees that anyone preaching without faith will die. Suddenly a lot of religious leaders become very quiet. | [
"08/27/2145\n\nDear Journal,\n\nIt all started out okay, people kept on living their lives. Religions around the world started to see a smaller number of people coming to service. Collections at mass became smaller, churches started to merge. The Catholic Church was first to adopt the policy of having only one mass... | 1 | |
[WP] A man tries to check out of Hell, irreparably oblivious to the fact that it isn't just a really, really bad hotel. | [
"In hell, all damned souls are required to go through a mandatory orientation at the \"Welcome Mat Building\". Within the building there are infinite amounts of single rooms. Each single's interior was designed like a cheap hotel room to help transition the damned souls into their new reality. Once they had accepte... | 2 | |
I'd love to read some good horror/thrill stories | [WP] You are walking home from work down the same alley you have always gone when you hear footsteps... | [
"I hated walking home. I worked the night shift at a fast food restaurant, so you'd think I'd have gotten used to the long dark walk home. But I hadn't. I lived in a safe enough area, filled with nuclear families and old people, yet I always felt unsafe in the dark, always glancing over my shoulder. Tonight was no ... | 1 |
[WP] The crowd chants your name and stomps in unison. An entire stadium quakes with anticipation as they await your emergence upon the sands of the arena. Once again, you will bless Rome with sacred tears of blood. | [
"I live for the the crowd, I dream of the crowd. In the arenas absence I am but a man. Yet, place foot on sand and I become a god. \n\nThey cheer my name, \"Zagrues... Zagrues...\", I can feel the vibrations from thousands of bystanders stomping with each cheer, \"Zagrues...\". The sun glistens off my oiled skin as... | 1 | |
[WP] Standing at the pearly gates, you notice that St. Peter isn't at his post. The gate is unlocked, no angels are to be seen, and the only notable things are the Book of Life and a "lunch break" sign. | [
"\"You'll get about 15 minutes, if I timed this right,\" the sign read. The guardian to the gates of heaven was not stupid. But still, heaven's gates were open wide. I knew I wouldn't be allowed in otherwise. I ran, as fast as my new legs could carry me.\n\nThey always tell you on Earth that heaven would be beautif... | 1 | |
[WP] NASA sends a submarine into Kraken Mare- the largest ocean on Saturn’s moon Titan. The submarine sends back 47 seconds of footage that the public was never meant to see. | [
"00:00 - The footage starts recording as the first periscope goes down. The submarine dives deep underwater and submurges quickly.\n\n00:04 - The craft turns aft, steering under the water and activates its lights.\n\n00:09 - a Shadow appears, glancing off to the side, it is assumed to be just distortions in the sha... | 1 | |
[WP] Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it. Your job is to make sure that happens to the right people. | [
"\"He's got to learn somehow, Janet.\" I clicked my ballpoint pen against the desk and set it against the yellow, standard-issue legal pad. \"And let's face it, for some people, it's the only way *to* learn.\"\n\n\"But it's going to kill a child, and leave the mother in critical condition for *three years*.\" Janet... | 2 | |
Some say she don't exist, but I've seen her. | [WP]Listen up, kids, this is the story of a gal I know you've heard of: She's called Sledgehammer Jenny, The Girl Made of Lead, The Wicked Bitch of the Waste, Zombiestomper. | [
"Yeah, I've seen her. More than that, I owe her my life. \n\nIn this world, there are a lot of places to avoid. The Hot Zones. The places where the biters aren't the only issue, but the gangs. The worst of these places was Detroit. As the world died and the people kept on living (alongside the dead), life became re... | 1 |
[WP] The game you've created has become an overnight massive success. What the players don't know however, is it's not just a game... | [
"> **N-for-N_Hector:** In a few sentences, can you summarize *Asymmation* for the people who haven’t heard of it? \n\nMy fingers rested lightly on the keyboard after the question appeared on my screen. It was one of the many questions I’d anticipated when *News for Noobs* asked to interview me. I had an answe... | 1 | |
[WP] During the Great Depression, a little girl's best friend is her pet goat. | [
"Uncle Frank and Papa were arguing again.\n\n“He’s going to pay us for the horns…PAY US” yelled Frank. “She’ll still make that shit milk you make us drink”.\n\nPapa grumbled something, and our uncle continued loudly. Looking around the room my brothers were asleep. I wonder if they even care about Priscilla. Fist... | 3 | |
Chew ass, kick bubblegum...something something... | [WP] After hitting your head you've seen most people as these horrifying and ugly beings as if they had suddenly lost their masks. The crazy town-hobo notices you gawking one day and asks: "Wait, you can see them too?" | [
"“See what?” I feigned innocence, putting some distance between myself and the rather rough looking older man. After a moment, I realized his face was relatively normal beneath the dirt and scrappy beard. Relatively meaning that compared to the twisted creatures I had awoken to, he actually looked human. The rea... | 2 |
[WP] You are the last American President, give your speech detailing why and what happens next. | [
"**The Last American President. Part 1.** (Skip to part two for the speech)\n\nAmelia shifted about in the colder than usual leather seats of the stretch limousine, the president was to her left looking out at the sea of tents and shanty houses constructed on the great lawn. Sickly people with cardboard signs that ... | 4 | |
[WP]It's late at night. Thunderstorm. Two people drive on a long, straight road, their faces briefly illuminated now and then by oncoming cars, the headlights dancing through the raindrops on the windshield. | [
"It's late at night. Thunderstorm. Two people drive on a long, straight road, their faces briefly illuminated now and then by oncoming cars, the headlights dancing through the raindrops on the windshield.\n\nThe driver looks tired, worn, as though he's lived more than one life in the last 30 or so years. His flanne... | 1 | |
[WP] You work at a hospital in the year 2216, today is a typical day. | [
"Sometimes they cry. Sometimes they yell. Sometimes they try to run.\n\nSometimes they don't respond at all.\n\nThis Code 21 had grabbed my trainee by the shoulders with both hands and dragged her into a tight hug. My trainee; a young girl named Emma, patted him on the back lightly, as the small capsule she had pul... | 1 | |
[WP] The single saddest moment your life will ever have was the single happiest moment of someone else's. | [
"This was what everyone had been talking about. Since the beginning of the summer. So there I sat, refreshing the news, refreshing Facebook, with my eyes glued to the TV. \n \nI was SURE he'd make the right decision. Why would he not want to come to us. Why would he want to live anywhere else? But there was still... | 4 | |
[wp]An Intergalactic Hunger Games is ordered by the Higher Beings. Representatives from every species in the galaxy are forced onto a single planet to kill each other until there remains a single survivor. You and your friend have been chosen to represent Earth. | [
"Being selected for the Intergalactic Hunger Games was unpleasant enough. I didn't rate my chances too highly. But then I was introduced to my fellow competitor from Earth, whom I would have to kill in order to survive. \n \nIt was a miracle I didn't fly into a rage when I saw her. \n \nJessica Chalmers. Well, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are caught smuggling what you think is cocaine, but it turns out you were shipping bricks of flour. | [
"Jimmy was always the brave one. He wasn’t the least bit shy and was never afraid to talk to anyone.\n\nYou sit in the passenger seat of the rental, a dry desert breeze brushes your face through the rolled down windows. You can’t hear the words, but you know there’s trouble.\n\nDespite the atmosphere, your palms ar... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a superhero, destroyer of the good. | [
"Keit held back a sob as she looked at her bloodied hands, she'd done it again, as usual she just froze in place. She'd hoped that her mind would desensitise itself but it wasn't as if she was in charge, well it wasn't as if, she literally couldn't help herself. She'd black out and show up, body on the floor, not k... | 1 | |
[WP] During the great depression, the Midwest was called the Dust Bowl. Massive dust storms blew across the countryside. Describe the experiences of a child during one of these storms. | [
"*Note: I took this story in a slightly different direction*\n\n***\n\n**August 4, 2120; Hammaguir Crater, Mars**\n\n*“Round and round the colony ship, the robot chased the bilge rat. The bilge rat thought ‘twas all in good fun. Zap, goes the bilge rat!”*\n\nHer children’s voices crackled over the comm. From her ch... | 1 | |
[WP]A nurse in a remote mountain village does her best to help the wounded guerrilla soldiers that arrive from the front. As she tends the wounds, she sings, and discovers that her voice has a strange effect on the soldiers’ bodies… | [
"\"They say her voice can heal the wounded.\"\n\n\"How do you know? Have you seen it happen?\"\n\n\"That's just what they say.\"\n\nFerdinand and Michelangelo kept a steady pace up the mountain trail. Fall was just setting in and the crisp mountain air smelled pure and clean. They were carrying a man who was deathl... | 2 | |
[WP] Magic emerges, and soon, the idea of monetary currency becomes obsolete. The world now has mana running as the universal lifeblood, both for transactions, spellcasting, and a majority of life's basic utilities. | [
"Twenty-three years. That is how long ago mana awoke within the human body, in the air and granted us power. The year is now twenty-forty-nine. Getting dressed Lexi grabbed the bundle of clothes covering the floor, moving them to the bathroom. The automated washing machine would take care of them while she shopped.... | 1 | |
[WP] The offspring of two mad scientists, you are tryingr to pursue a career as a civil engineer. Still, because of your genes, you can't help but terorize the townfolks at least a little bit | [
"\"I'm real proud of you kid,\" Ethan's father says to him, strolling into the living room and taking the seat on the couch next to his son. \"This project is the most maniacal I've ever seen from you.\"\n\n\"It's not evil Dad, this is going to help people.\" Ethan set his mug on the coffee table before returning h... | 1 | |
What misconceptions would they draw about our civilization if they only had satirical articles, but knew that it was satire? | [WP] In the far future, historians come across a large archive of articles from The Onion. They're smart enough to figure out it's satirical, but they don't have any other records they can use. What conclusions do they draw about the early 21st century? | [
"The advent of the Internet had started the Age of Information. There existed numerous texts, videos and audio recordings from millions of contributors. If you could think you could contribute. This was until the beginning of the era known as the Bêtisme. \n\nUnder the guise of freedom and concern of individual's m... | 1 |
[WP] During an interstellar voyage to a distant star system, your ship's cryosleep systems fail, and the crew is awakened with 60 years left in the journey. | [
"We stare each other simultaneously, our bodies frozen still in the cyrosleep chambers we had latched ourselves in nearly 120 years ago. My heartbeat starts racing, nearly exploding in my chest as my eyes open. I can feel the tension through the thick palladium glass that encloses each of us. We were not suppose... | 1 | |
after your father dies you have to go through his things and start cleaning out his house. You find boxes filled thousands of pages of his writing. 30 years worth of projects of varying length and genre. curious you decide to start reading your late father's work. | [WP] While cleaning out you father's house after his death you discover he has spent the last 30 years writing thousands of pages of books and short stories. You pick up a random page and start reading. | [
"I look around at the plethora of dusty moleskines, binders, diaries and assorted letters. I haven't ever thought of my old man as an artist, but pops was always a surprise. He was the kind of the guy who would plan an entire party, manage to gather attendees all the way from hither to yon without a single one of h... | 1 |
[WP] After a failed missionary program 1,980 years ago, scientists shrouded your planet with thick clouds to avoid detection from the barbaric rocky planet. Now, the people look to you, the Head of State, as the probe 'Juno' orbits the planet and plans to crash land in less than 2 years’ time. | [
"\"The plan is to blast their device once it enters atmos 4\"\n\n\"But they won't get suspicious?\"\n\n\"They'll think it's an electrical storm. We've been simulating them for years for this exact moment. They'll curse their luck and hopefully it'll deter them from trying something so stupid in the future\".\n\n\"A... | 1 | |
A different take on a trope I like. | [WP] You can see numbers above a person's head, but it's not the time until their death. It's their experience points. Today you see an anomaly... | [
"I stretched in my office chair and let out a groan that turned into a sigh. It was late. Almost quitting time actually. I looked around the office and looked at everyones numbers. Some were rising slowly, like they were learning something while others were falling due to what I assumed was mind numbing boredom.\n\... | 1 |
[WP] your grandfather passed away and left you a trunk full of his old diaries, but when you try to read one it pulls you inside | [
"Ruby lay in bed tossing and turning unable to sleep. People always describe funerals with words of sadness, but no one ever mentions how tiring they can be Ruby thought to herself. She had spent the whole day taking care of the arrangements, hearing peoples condolences, feeling emotionally drained that the only th... | 2 | |
[WP] you are living in a post apocalyptic world after being blinded by the accident that caused it and have to rely on a stranger to be your eyes | [
"\"This way!\" her voice echoed hollow through the tunnel.\nWhen she is not holding my hand I am reduced to crawl with hands out before me, a lesson hard-learned through my near shattered shinbones. \n\"Come on!\" \nI am old. I am weak. I am blind. I am lost. \n\"We're almost there!\" \nShe found me, on the brink o... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up, only to find out you turned into a popstar over night. No matter how shitty you sing or what lyrics you choose, your producers always manage to turn it into something that sounds absolutely amazing. You choose this opportunity to sing some pretty outrageous things. | [
"\"Cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock cock. Rape everyone, fuck your daughters, kill your wives.\"\n\n\n\"Fantastic Mickey! I can see it now, we spruce it up a bit in post a... | 1 | |
[WP] Ever since that childhood accident you've always thought you had a guardian angel looking out for you. That is until you finally were diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. | [
"I woke up, sweat on my face. Knees weak, palms heavy. Mom's making spaghetti, I think. Shrek's on in the living room. Mom finds the meatballs. She calls out \"LOOKS LIKE MEATS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS!!!\" and I rush over to the kitchen. That's when I realized I had a dissociative identity disorder and Shrek was not ... | 1 | |
[WP] After the invention of expensive human gene modification the wealthy elite have become biologically superior to the rest of humanity | [
"They were dropping like flies: the CEOs, the managers, the politicians, the artists and the entertainers: the reason was a mysterious disease, which seemed to only affect the genetically modified. It's name: QUET, which despite its scientific abbreviation, actually had another origin: Quetelet, a Belgian sociologi... | 3 | |
[WP] You're allergic to water but, it's nothing that bad. It just make you see things differently than other people. | [
"I remember the first glance at Mr. Glass. I knew something was off simply by his speech. When we shook hands though, I knew what kind of man he was. The values of his life. I can sense guns, rapists, murders, intent that turns to action. The only problem is that I am as some would say allergic to water. Othe... | 1 | |
A space exploration company created a spaceship with the sole purpose of traveling deep into space without ever returning. You accepted the opportunity travel and explore more than anyone has ever seen before, knowing that food and supplies are limited. Your mission is to document the journey and send transmissions back to earth even after you lose all contact. | [WP] You have been selected to take a oneway journey as far as your spaceship will take you. Your mission is to transmit whatever you observe until you lose all contact. | [
"Day 82:\nMore blackness. I’m not really sure what they expected me to find. Aliens? We’ve seen plenty of planets already, and plenty of stars. Life feels pretty pointless. What if they forget about me? I thought this would be a glamorous job; the way they advertised it in the news. I still have nothing to repo... | 4 |
[WP] North Korea invents time travel to spread the supreme leaders excellence across time and space. First stop, Ancient Rome. | [
"\"Who is this man and what is in the name of Judas is he wearing?\" a guard berated the small man who just appeared magically in the manor.\n\n\"He looks foreign... very forgein. Someone go get Caesar and ask him...\" \n\nBefore the guard could finish, the sound of a man coming down the stairs echoed through the h... | 1 | |
[WP] You're woken up by your room shaking. As you look outside the window, you see that your house is... on the move? | [
"Climbing out of bed in a hurry was a mistake. The room was violently shaking and all my belongings are all over the place. \n\nThis has been the second time its happened, so instead of panicking I grab my laptop on the bedside table before it falls and head to the lounge room. \n\nBefore i could even leave the bed... | 1 | |
[edit: Inspired by the film "Chappie"] | [WP] You transfer your consciousness into an advanced robot body. After humans go extinct, you build more robots with AI to live with you and maintain the planet. After millions of years, another intelligent life form has evolved to the point that the robots start to notice... | [
"The horde bangs furiously on the secured doors to the server room.\n\nThe last server room.\n\nOne by one they destroyed our bodies, my bodies.\n\nThey used lower animals who could sense are presense, and became the alpha predator of the planet, even with our advanced technologies.\n\nReinforced alamantium can onl... | 2 |
[WP] An abused child meets themselves as adults through some sort of time travel. | [
"There it stood before him, a shade of memories he had thought to have forgotten. Images, buried in the depths of his self for years, bursted free and carved his face. Looking at the child, which had just stepped out of the shadowy corner in his dust-shrouded livingroom, was like glancing at a mirror frozen in time... | 2 | |
[WP] When time travelers go through time, they often don't know the languages spoken by those they meet. You've just been hired as a time-traveling interpreter who translates dead languages for time travelers on their epic adventures. | [
"Looking around me as the scientific team was gearing up I felt a slight pang of guilt, but quickly shoved it down into that same dark place where I kept so many things from my past. I had worked tirelessly for years to get to this point, and it had cost so much from people who now depended on me. Turin clapped m... | 5 | |
Just something that I imagine everytime I wake up in the middle of the night and pass by a window, curious to see what others would do! | [WP] You wake up in the middle of the night to get a glass of water. From the hallway window you notice all of your neighbors standing outside your house watching you. | [
" Man, I have really got to stop drinking so much before bed. Stumbling half drunk down my hall way I try to make my feet take me to \n\t\tthe kitchen. Barely getting there with out a scratch I wrench open the fridge and chug the first liquid in sight. Eww, barbeque sauce \n\t\tis definitely not a good thirst quenc... | 6 |
[WP] Aliens overtake the Earth overnight, laying waste to all defenses. Before you can flee, a troop of them break into your house, pointing their guns at you and your golden retriever. The aliens stare at the two of you and freeze, then the leader says, “Master, we have done what you commanded.” | [
"Katolneph bent its six tentacle-like legs in order to descend towards the ground. Six fist-sized eyes were swiveling around in their sockets, embedded in the hairy car sized body that smelt like an old basement. The chrome weapons and gadgets hanging from the alien's body glistened in the moonlight, while civiliza... | 3 | |
[wp] In a. world obsessed with recycling and environmental impact throwing things away is forbidden unless it's completely worn out and irreparable. You just inherited your Grandads house. He was an extreme hoarder. | [
"\"Mornin' Bill.\" He nodded as I sipped my cup of coffee.\n\n\"Mornin' Frank.\" I smiled at him as I dug into my pocket for my cigarettes. \"What've ya got for me today?\"\n\n\"The City council held a special session last night. They've updated the community rules on yard sales.\"\n\nI took another sip. \"Oh? Do t... | 1 | |
[WP] Jimmy down the street says that his dad knows everything. Jimmy is right. | [
"\"Jimmy's da knows how many people are in the world,\" Stevie said, his mouth full of peas. \"And how many of them are men and how many of them are women.\"\n\n\"That's nice son,\" Stevie's dad said. He poked at his food with his fork, annoyed that he finished the sausages first. \"What else does Jimmy's da know?\... | 2 | |
To clarify the power, I was thinking something along the lines of "I have 100% chance to do *insert here*" (something like win the lottery). I won't limit you guys with this though, you're the writers here :^) | [WP] In a world of powers, you've developed the power to manipulate probability. Problem is, you're not a very bright person. | [
"The ball rolled along the trench. The angle was askew and the ball looked like it was about to bounce along the side of the track. Astoundingly it began to spin. It spun faster away from the trench and began angling back towards the centre. Hitting the back plate the ball flew high into the air before landing squa... | 3 |
(Bring on the feels.) | [WP] The love of your life is dying in your arms, you have but a brief moment before they're gone. | [
"\"Sara\" I say in a faint whisper almost whimpering as my eyes start to tear up. \"Please don't leave me. I need you...I love you\". Her head is in my lap. She looks up at me her eyes are just as beautiful as the first time I saw them. \"You can't leave me we were suppose to live together, have kids together, and ... | 5 |
[WP] The fountain of youth is a water fountain in an old abandoned high school building. | [
"My town was nothing special, built around an old steel factory from World War II. Full of veterans, single mothers, and social outcasts, the town's only two story building was the abandoned high school, right across from my house. Often I'd stare at the faded silver lettering at the top of the outer gym wall, read... | 1 | |
Name the hour anything. Maybe Dark Hour? | [wp] An extra hour occurs at midnight, but few actually know about it. | [
"I've got a little secret to share with you. It may not seem like this, but I imagine it'll blow your mind.\nNow, you know how I say I'm always most creative in the dark? I get my best work done around midnight? Well, there's a reason for that, and not just because I get all delirious and have my best ideas come th... | 2 |
[WP] Magic has been outlawed since science is discovered. You and a band of illegal magical rebels attempt to restore the world to a pre-science age, beliving that this will save the world. | [
"The outside is a harsh place. Nowhere to find shelter that isn't affected by the electrical storm. Pity that our blood must be tainted by the M word. Otherwise, we could just live happy lives as the humans do. Unknowingly thriving under the safe dome that is The Monarch's reign. Unaware to the blizzard of destruct... | 1 | |
[WP] There is a new app out which let's you know how many living things are in the room with you. Yours keeps showing an error message. | [
"\"Doggone it.\"\n\nI raised my eyes to my sister and glared. She ignored me, still sprawled in her baggy sweatpants and sweatshirt before the television. On my phone, the purple 404 flickered but did not disappear entirely.\n\n\"Lisa, it's time to talk.\"\n\n\"Can it wait?\" she grumbled, shifting with her eyes st... | 1 | |
[WP] You die, but instead of going to heaven you see the words "game over" and your score. | [
"Game Over. Final Score: 37,584 pts.\n\nHuh, that's odd, I thought as I looked into the darkness. I thought when people died, they were supposed to see a bright light. Well at least it wasn't completely dark, I thought as I stared again at the words in front of my face. Game Over, what the hell could it mean? And w... | 1 | |
[WP] A vaccine for mortality has been developed, but you will be the last person to die. | [
"*tick, tick, tick*\n\n The small pale-white clock hung above a deep-blue door. The door's center was accented with white ripples to as to resemble the reflection of the moon rising over an ocean. Apparently, some artist attempted to make it seem as if that clock were the moon, evident in the painted reflection... | 1 | |
[WP] Orcs are like tigers or lions- huge bundles of muscle that need an extraordinary amount of sleep and protein to function for short bursts of intense activity. You're a dark wizard trying to get his pet Orc to do something productive. | [
"\"Will you *please* get up?\" Merk groaned, rubbing her forehead in irritation. She'd been trying to rouse this behemoth from its lazy slumber for *hours* to no avail. Despite knowing how stubborn these special hunks of space were, she, for some reason she couldn't quite discern, insisted on trying to get it to *d... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the Hero that the prophecy fortold, destined to defeat an evil Villain in a battle that will last for years. You don't have years, however, you have terminal cancer and one month to live. | [
"Harold was an unassuming boy. Born to a peasant women that he has no recollection of, Harold has been making his way through life the best he can. Though low on luck, he has created a bit of reputation for himself as a kindhearted person who will go out of his way to help those in need. However, Harold has been fe... | 3 | |
[WP] You own and fly your own private plane. As you are taking off, a gun is held to your head. Its wielder tells you to change your destination: your hometown. | [
" \"Bro, we were just there.\" I replied to the perpetrator.\n\n \"I know, but I was payed to do this so can you just please turn back? I don't want to use this gun.\" The perpetrator replied to me.\n\n \"Nah, but you can put that gun down!\" I ordered him back.\n\n \"No, I must get that payment!\" The perpetra... | 1 | |
[WP] Frustrated at your inability to get a job interview, you start sending out applications to Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Death, etc. Eventually, you receive a response. | [
"\nThe envelope was thick, almost cardboard. The stiff edges scratched at his fingers as Will opened it carefully. He couldn't help but be excited; rejection letters were never this nice. He knew that all to well as there was a small mound of them in the bin under his desk. But even they were better than the sudden... | 4 | |
[WP] The Aliens have arrived a generational ship fleeing from the destruction of their homeworlds destruction. In return for land and citizenship they will share their technology with their host country. Earth reacts.. | [
"Questions that need to be address are\nWho has the authority to speak for the people of Earth? \nWould it be the UN? \nIf not would a new governing body be created?\nCan an individual country have its own contract with the aliens\nWhat would religious leader have to say?\nWhat effect would the knowledge that we a... | 3 | |
[WP] You've been searching for your absent biological parent most of your life and now you finally have an address. You knock on the door and the person who answers... is you. | [
"I stood for one second, then two. My jaw dropped, I gaped at the smirking figure who was leaning casually against the doorway, arms crossed, clearly amused by my disbelieving expression. I found myself gesticulating emptily in the air, my mouth moving up and down, but no words coming out.\n\n\"**No.**\"\n\n\"Yup... | 1 | |
[WP] You are James of Team Rocket. Team Rocket is finally successful in capturing Pikachu and killing the famed pokemon trio of heroes. What happens when you bring Pikachu in to Giovanni? | [
"Jesse stood before the Boss. Face ragged and aged, scraggly beard adorning his face. The rubber box in his hand shook occasionally, little arcs of electricity fizzling out along its surface. Jesse himself seemed unphazed by them, staring blankly ahead.\n\n\"James, it is about time you got back. Where is Jesse?... | 1 | |
[WP] The USA just lost a major war to aliens. | [
"The sounds of water hitting the ground fill my head, it's warm and bright. A sweet aroma begins to fill my nose and gives me a nice feeling inside.\n\"Mar, can you hand me a towel?\" I hear as my vision goes bright a second. \n\"Hello, Marvin?\"\n\"Fuck, sorry\" I replied as I take a quick glance at my surrounding... | 1 | |
[Wood Wide Web](http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20141111-plants-have-a-hidden-internet) | [WP] You are a master hacker... on the Wood Wide Web. | [
"\"Take that!\" I childishly muttered. My axe fell in heavy swoops, crushing the wood to a pulp, the wood splintering to pieces. My hacking skills needed a better way to get through. But I focused nonetheless.\n\nThe white fungus stretched from the ground, coming to wrap all around the tree. This fungus was connect... | 1 |
[WP] You forgot to feed your dog today so it has sworn it will kill you. | [
"I come from a noble line, an ancient line. My ancestors fought beside Romans and woad- painted barbarians alike. They knew the joy of battle, the hot taste of blood and flesh. They knew what it was to feast on victory, to slake their hunger on the flesh of man. \n\nWe have been reduced. First to slaves, pulli... | 1 | |
[WP] You can hear people's thoughts. You're walking around when suddenly you hear "Shit, Satan is NOT going to be happy about this" | [
"I know what you're thinking, this guy is surely full of it and can't actually read my mind. Well guess what, I actually can. It sounds far fetched, it sounds paranormal, it even sounds stupid. For a while I tried to tell people about it and prove that I could really do it. The thing is, even when you confront som... | 1 | |
[WP] Death is resigning, and decides to take a trip to the human world to choose who will take up the reigns as the new Death. | [
"It came for me on a pale horse. It was tall and gaunt, its features hidden under a tattered black cloak. A weapon was in its hand, a scythe, so sharp its blade seemed to carve the very air. I knew its name but could not speak it. I knew its purpose, but could not stop it. I knew what lay ahead of me, and I was at ... | 2 | |
[WP] The old gods have returned from their vacation to find the world in its present state and don't like it. Curious, they decided to let humans continue their normal lives on the condition you explain to them them present day technology is worth keeping around and you teach them how to use it. | [
"The Dark Lord's tentacles curled around the desk. The smell of ozone and of sulfur and of something yet unknown choked the air. The foul miasma hung heavy in the chamber. \n\nGreg tried to stay low where the air seemed to be a little clearer. He kept his eyes on the task before him. He had already learned once tha... | 1 | |
[WP] You've finally worked up the nerve to ask out the cute girl who works at the coffee shop. Just when you're about to, Adam Conover, from "Adam Ruins Everything", appears to explain why this is a bad idea. | [
"\"She has cute little freckles, like I like.\" \n\nAdam rolled his eyes. \"Forget it, buster.\" \n\n\"But look at her hair!\" I motioned toward where she sat, a few tables over. \n\nShe had had a silky-smooth brunette ponytail. She was slender and wore glasses, and she always smiled at the customers. And she brush... | 5 | |
eg. A mage who wishes to summon water will hear the thoughts of a mage who wishes to make water disappear, and together they will cast their spell. | [WP] When a mage wishes to cast a spell, they will hear the thoughts of a mage who wishes to cast the opposite of their spell, and they must work together to make the spell work. You wish to bring someone back from the dead. | [
"*Well, my one's simple. I just need to kill someone. Let's work on yours first.*\n\nFine. I want to bring them back fully. I want their soul to be intact. Do you know whether that's difficult?\n\n*Hmm. It's been done before, but it takes up a lot of energy, and they rarely come back grateful. They may even be diff... | 1 |
[WP] In the remote reaches of the world, there exists a forest that is actually a single tree. And it does not like outsiders. | [
"I walk through the forest, wind through the leaves like breath, like whispers. \n\nI long to open my clear mask and breathe in the fresh air, but the memory of Frey's booming voice rings in my ears. \"Can't risk airborne pathogens, can we?\" he'd said as he zipped up my hazmat suit from the back. \"Nobody knows a ... | 1 | |
[WP] Hundreds of thousands of time travellers start showing up one day, and all they will say is that they are here to witness "The Event". | [
"Written with the hopes of helping me shake off writer's block for a 1 page essay for class.......3 pages later....\n\nThe day should not have been any different, but even as I hit snooze on my phone alarm, I felt it. The air carried a faint tension, just quiet enough that I was able to dismiss it’s presence. But, ... | 3 | |
[WP] The axis won WW2. In order to quell rebellion, they require the allied leaders to tell the populace that the allies won the war and then give control of all media to the axis powers. | [
"A country that believes it has won will never fight back. This was the solution to the rebellion Hitler worried about. After we had developed the atomic bomb the allies understood their inevitable doom. However, a grassroots allied resistance might bleed the Axis of power for generations. We had been tasked wit... | 1 | |
[WP] Due to the law conservation of mass Gods can't make their own universes out of nothing. You are a trader in matter, particularly exotic particles, and day in day out you have to deal with obscure deadbeat Gods begging for a deal. | [
"“Oh, sir, please… Just give me a break, man! I’ve been asking for days!” Said an amorphous ball of faded colors-- ones that were once marvelous and vibrant-- floating in front of me. There wasn’t much to say about it, besides the aura coming off of it weakly. It was a degenerate, a god that had failed and lost al... | 1 | |
[WP] "So you assume that just because we wear heavy black and red cloaks, chant in Latin, and have secret meetings in the catacombs that we're some demonic cult? UGH, You disgust me." | [
"\"Honestly, you cis-gender white males...\", said the lady as she strolled back over to the worship circle. I tried to get a word in, but as soon as I opened my mouth, she shushed me. \"Quiet! Go die in a furnace, you furry-phobic neo-nazi male SCUM! We will rule this world! You'll all know of our power!\", she sc... | 3 | |
[WP] In a world where the longer you are a virgin the luckier you are, but whoever takes it gets that luck instead. You're turning a hundred soon and people really want that luck. | [
"Come see the summers hot centenarian romp! Starring Estelle Getty and Freddie Prinze Jr. This summer, love is spelled with two 00's... Join the summers hot centenarian romp! Chad Bentwick thinks that he's the luckiest guy around, Agnes Luke knows she is... But Chad about to learn a bit about love instead. Join us... | 3 | |
[WP] you are a government employee who has been chosen as the first time traveler. Your mission is to travel forward in time in 2 year increments, spending a week in each time period. Things change slowly and gradually between each period. However, on your 20th time jump, the world appears empty. | [
"Most residents would describe Lincoln as a quiet town, but today, it was more than just quiet—it was dead silent. Jim glanced back and forth down Main: there was nothing but storefront and street stretching into the distance. It was a scene of desolation, the type a tumbleweed tended to punctuate, except there was... | 3 | |
[WP] You die and find that the afterlife has a couple interesting tid-bits. First, heaven looks like your happy place. Second, all the angels manifest as your greatest fear. | [
"Heaven is beautiful. It is a gigantic library, full of books that I haven't read, as well as books I have read and loved. You can also actually step into the books, to live in them for their duration. The bookshelves are dark teak wood, from the floor to the ceiling. It also has four levels: children's books on th... | 1 | |
[WP] You scroll past a "like if u love god ignore if u love the devil" post. You then get a call from Satan, explaining how no one's ever said that to him before. | [
"\"So, hey,\" a rather gravelly voice comes from the receiver, in a completely non-intimidating way, \"I heard about what you said.\"\n\nAbsolutely uncertain who was calling him, the twenty-one year old drifter was more so inclined to believe this was a prank, and to sate some form of sick sense of humour, he playe... | 3 | |
Think the title says it all! | [WP] While walking home, you decide to call your daughter. She doesn't answer, but you can hear her ringtone coming from the person walking towards you. | [
"Listen. I've already told you plenty of times. The story ain't changing. But if you want it on tape, fine. I'll tell you again. Then I want my lawyer. \n\nSo I was heading home from the corner mart. Some knockoff of 7/11 called Jeeve's Gas and Go. They've got great sandwiches. Well, as great as gas station sandwic... | 2 |
[WP] You hack into an online government database entitled "The Exit Experiment." What you find is extremely disturbing. | [
"**admin@db-4h5yt7: $ cd trials**\n\n**admin@db-4h5yt7: $ ls**\n\nerrors.txt\n\nNOTICE.txt\n\ntrial1.txt\n\n**admin@db-4h5yt7: $ cat errors.txt**\n\nERRORS IN THE EXPERIMENT:\n\n- A staircase unexpectedly collapsed and rendered data from 5 of the subjects unusable.\n\n- Due to a scheduling error, a second plane cra... | 1 | |
[WP] You suddenly realize one day that you live in a telepathic society. Everyone has hid this from you out of pity for your disability. | [
"I was about fourteen, going on fifteen, when I finally got wind of it. From the time of my parents' death and my brother losing contact with me, I never caught on to anything, because that had been my life for ages. Exclusion was the shell I lived in for a long time. \n\nHe was a student in the same high school I ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're at a speed date night when you find yourself face-to-face with yourself | [
"8:24 pm, the past seven unsuccessful attempts to find a mate have worn down Franklin to a point of uncertainty behind his wall of false confidence. He goes to the water cooler for a spell to get a drink and returns to his table only to be matched up with a hussy he once knew from the bar three blocks down, this be... | 2 | |
[WP] You and a few others are the first time travellers. You travel back in time, with the intent of studying primitive humans. However, upon arriving, no trace of humans whatsoever can be found. | [
"**Day 1**: Something has gone wrong. Humans should exist by now. I mean, sure, we wouldn't have Lascaux or Willendorf for another 10,000 years, but we had solid proof of tool-use, \"tribal\" warfare, even some signs of early seasonal \"settlements\". We seem stuck here for a few days, regardless; Davis says he... | 1 | |
[WP] The door will close. It's the only way in... and the only way out. | [
"We finally did it. The first fleet of hyperspace crafts hanged through various orbits, waiting for the passengers to board it. But the reason for it wasn't exactly peaceful.\n\nTo put it simply, humanity was fucked.\n\nTo give you more lengthy information, a weapon had wiped out 70% of humanity, consuming majority... | 6 | |
[WP] You swerve to avoid a squirrel. Unknown to you the squirrel pledges a life debt to you. In your darkest hour the squirrel arrives. | [
"I am going to die here in the darkness, my only company; rats and creaking pipes.\nHow and why I don't know, the last thing I remember was walking through town when I felt a strange sensation in my spine and then I was here.\n\nIt's felt like eternity but I have no real way to know without windows you soon lose yo... | 1 | |
Or maybe just a hidden fourth evolution. | [WP] Humans don't grow gradually. We change in stages, or 'evolve' like Pokemon, from child to teen to adult. You just discovered a human Mega Stone. | [
"It wasn't my choice to bring it here. \n\nIf I had known better, I probably wouldn't have. But this was the first Human Mega Stone the world would ever see. And I was going to be famous!\n\n\"Blimey, Joe. It is what you said it is,\" Donnie said, patting me on the back. \n\nThe stone matched the picture on the hun... | 2 |
[WP] In a world where medicine is forbidden as "interfering with fate", a serial HEALER is on the loose. | [
"\"Look, seriously I can't- I have to go!\" he said but all she could watch was his scraggly beard, her eyes were too blurry from his pills but she felt better. Her body had stopped aching and the heat had dissipated, only minutes after swallowing whatever medicine he'd stuffed into her drooling mouth. His face haz... | 5 | |
[WP] You are incredibly good at social situations... thanks to the ever-changing background music that only you seem to be able to hear. | [
"I sat at the coffee shop with my fiancé Brooke. We had been engaged for about 6 months and were aggressively planning our wedding. Sure, it was stressful, but worth every second. The smooth jazz constantly empowering my internal presence assured me that every small argument we had over this matter was completely h... | 1 | |
If you don't understand what i mean think of Digimon Our war game by what i mean | [WP] Years ago a group of heroes banded together to defeat a great evil. Now many years later a new evil has emerged and plans world domination. its up to the heroes to stop them once more. But because of the passing time and history between then and now the heroes are weary to work together again | [
"The knight stood ready, his armor gleaming as ever. The mage walked up, wizened in his own age as he leaned on his staff. He pushes his hand up with his thumb, examining the young knight. He wheezed,\"Hello, Percival. Has anyone else come yet?\" Percival pushed his visor up, his gauntlets squeaking. Henrik, the ma... | 1 |
Bonus points if it's funny. | [WP] Write the first hand account of a traumatized skeleton or human during the skeleton wars. | [
"The humans were entrenched across the field, poised to fire their muskets at us the moment we came out of cover. Our force was five hundred strong, theirs a measly three hundred. I had my musket loaded and was in line for the initial charge towards the enemy, I glanced at my weapon which had my name engraved in th... | 2 |
[WP] The best part of your day is using virtual reality to play as Janova White surviving a zombie apocalypse. The best part of Janova White's day are those few hours getting to live as Kevin Peters, a normal guy who likes VR. | [
"Janova sipped her coffee, smile tearing at her lips and the hot drink threatened to burn her. \n\nHer favorite shop took nearly her entire session to get to, but the place was worth it. A heavy brick wall was at her back, a deadend alley and a long high-vis street was all that was around. Few cars, and fewer pedes... | 1 | |
[WP] It is the year 43,002. You are the pilot of the spaceship Millennium Pigeon. Wherever you fly the ship, a terrible disaster happens. | [
"Ah yes, I guess you could call me a master of this vacuum we call Space. I've covered Joflienus to Iupra to Triea 717J. When I say cover, I don't mean like a blanket. No, I know this galaxy like a goddamn Encyclopedia. Yet, whenever I fly this damn ship, I always find disaster. I've fought Qleisteds in the Goz sec... | 1 | |
[WP] The Rapture has already happened. God and the good people left a long time ago. You, and the world, just found out. | [
"**WELL OF COURSE I ALREADY RAPTURED EVERYONE** God said.\n\n\"But,\" Maria said, \"I've been a devout Christian all my life!\"\n\n\"Hey,\" Abdul said, \"I've been a devout Muslim!\"\n\n\"And I,\" Chester McThirdPerson said, \"have been Agnostic, but have done many good deeds with my life.\"\n\n**WELL SORRY BUT NON... | 1 | |
[WP] It happens a few times before you realize what's going on. Everyone you sleep with dies within a year. | [
"\"Hi, I had a 9 o'clock appointment.\" I put on my most charming smile for the cute receptionist, casually leaning forward placing my arms in front of me in a state of plausibly deniable flexion. I try not to blush as she cutely pulls aside a small lock of blonde hair that fell in her face when she looked up at me... | 1 | |
[WP] God is upgrading the universe to a new and improved operating system | [
" def POST_newPost(sr, user, title, content):\n if sr.name.lower() == 'writingprompts':\n if 'god' in title.lower():\n return Error(403, \"Not another god prompt!\")\n\n\"There,\" said God, \"that ought to make it so I can actually get some rest, finally.\"\n\n\"The universe's op... | 3 | |
[WP] Like evolution, your sentences evolve from previous ones. | [
"I'm a Bsc candidate, and I warn you, evolution is a tricky process.\n\nI'm a Bsc, and I warn, evolution is a tricksy process.\n\nI'm a Bsc, and I warn, evolution can be a tricksy process.\n\nI'm a Bsc, and I, ev0luti0n can be a sp0ntane0us pr0cess.\n\nI'm a Bsc, and evolution can be a spontaneous process.\n\nI'm a... | 1 | |
[WP] The villain, it turns out, was just selflessly helping you become the hero. | [
"I must do this for my brethren.\n\nFor millennia we have fought the cruellest of villains, only to be defeated time and time again.\n\nYears of torture and punishment weighing us down, burdening us with the shackles of failure.\n\nThe giant mocks us every day with his presence. Commanding his beast to swoop down u... | 1 | |
Inspired by this post: https://m.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/54wqy4/if_hermoine_granger_and_sherlock_holmes_had_a/ | [WP] Hermoine Granger and Sherlock Holmes have a child. Describe the child's adventures with his friend Watson at Hogwarts. | [
"\"Haha, look at our little scamp,\" Sherlock said. He wrapped an arm around his wife while they watched their son play.\n\nHermoine smiled as she wiped dry the dish in her hand. \"He's marvelous, isn't he? I'm so proud of him.\" Sherlock leaned down to kiss her on her head. They were truly in love, and enjoyed the... | 1 |
[WP] A little red LED light blinks on your phone, you don't know why... | [
"Drinking comes easy to me. At first it was hard, but life has a way of making things easier. Now I drink and drink like it's the only thing I can do. It probably is the only thing I can do anymore. That's how life is sometimes. \n\n\nHer name was Diana and she worked across the street, near the park. We used to me... | 1 | |
[WP] Your murder is about to happen. Unfortunately the murderer is extremely clumsy and can't hide properly. After several attempts you start taking pity on him/her/it. | [
"I felt my heart pound as I pressed my back against the grimy brick wall of the alleyway. Tears threatened to fall as the hot, metallic breath of the pale, hulking creature, washed over me. It's bulging figure loomed over me with its razor sharp claws and jagged, broken teeth. I could not indulge in sobs now, howev... | 1 |
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