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[WP] Write a good analogy. Continue elaborating on this analogy until it falls apart or becomes nonsensical | [
"Son, life is a lot like a long-distance race. You start the race like everyone else running at a slow, steady pace, learning how to put one foot in front of the other. Eventually you start growing confident with your speed, you find your rhythm and reason to run as your competitors do the same. Sometimes you push ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are Sureluck Holmes, the world's greatest detective. What everybody doesn't know, is that you solve crimes purely through random chance and good fortune. | [
"**Holmes: A Stroke of Luck**\n\n*by Wilverus Thorndike*\n\nMr Holmes walked up the hallway towards the board room. He pressed his body against the inside of the door as he opened it, allowing him to remain unseen while scouting the room before entering.\n\n\"Ah, Sureluck,\" a voice said, Holmes still hidden by the... | 3 | |
[WP] George R R Martin writes his first children's book. | [
"Once upon a time there lived a little girl called Moonshine. \n\nThey called her Moonshine because her hair glimmered and shone like a sword being swung in the moon light before slicing someone's skull in two.\n\nMoonshine lived with her Mother, Father and bastard Brother in a small holding in the woods.\n\nA bas... | 2 | |
[WP] Seven people are trapped a single location together. One of them is not a serial killer. | [
"\"Damn it Carol, turn the lights back on. We're in the middle of training here!\"\n\n\"I'm trying, I have nothing to do with this. The entire system has been hacked. Serikil inc. is officially off line.\" Her voice echoed through the air ducts where I lay hidden.\n\nDown below I could see the 6 of them fumbling ... | 4 | |
[WP] Make me uncomfortable in 100 words or less! | [
"When he came home, Papa was with a lot of people \n\nThey said they had believed I'd return \n\nThey want to eat my collapsed body until the end \n\nThat's what they said \n\nI'm sorry, I'm sorry, I must be a bad girl \n\nSo forgive me, forgive me, poor little me \n\nI'm sorry, is it tasty? That's the taste of a w... | 11 | |
[wp] Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide (from the perspective of the zombies) | [
"He sat down on the hard concrete and rested his head against the cool wall. There wasn't much time left, but Abraham von Brandt hadn't become the world's greatest hunter of the undead by rushing into situations without careful planning. \n\nHis new protege dropped to her knees beside him. Her face was covered in d... | 2 | |
[WP] Two people go on a first date... and they are totally honest with eachother | [
"They did the awkward dance at her doorway--neither one sure whether the other wanted to hug, shake hands, or avoid physical contact altogether; she wanted a hug close enough to brush the fronts of their bodies together, he wanted a polite handshake--before Anita invited him in. \n\n\"Anyone else here?\" Simon ask... | 7 | |
[WP] Writers who play Sid Meier's Civilization, write an excerpt from a history book from your latest game. | [
"I decided to write as if the history book was written under the regime of a German dictator shortly after he conquered the world.\n\nChapter 20: The Atomic Era & German Conquest of Spain\n\nAfter taking full control of the Australian continent with the conquest of the impious and hostile tribesmen of Cape Town... | 16 | |
[WP] An exorcism from the PoV of the demon. | [
"Ah, this fucker again. Guy comes like every three days to observe my host. \n\n\"*Who are you talking to now?*\"\n\nShut up you insipid cretin, this isn't about you. I command you to tell him to 'suck your 3 inch excuse of a pecker'.\n\n\"Suck my 3 inch excuse of a pecker, pastor. *Ah, come on, he is just doing hi... | 2 | |
[WP] Your favorite television drama is now your favorite sitcom, and vice versa. | [
"Morty Smith entered the garage to see his grandpa Rick laying face-down on the cement, a pool of vomit caked around his lips. \"Grandpa Rick.... a-a-a-are you okay?\"\n\nRick groans, unable to make a coherent sound. \"Uh... mom... mom! Something's wrong with Rick!\" Beth appeared in the doorway moments later and s... | 2 | |
[WP] Some time after First Contact, you receive a knock at your door. It is an alien missionary. | [
"\"So there I was, readin the newspaper and eatin some corn flakes when the doorbell rang! I was scarrrrrd. I walk up to the door and look through the keyhole, and there it was! Giant bugeyed grey! I swear he was tryin' to mind read me, but my mind cone kept him out. I heard it wrinklin'...\"\n\nHave you been conta... | 4 | |
[WP] Variety is the spice of death. | [
"I trip over another trash can as I make my way up some dimly lit alley. Behind some shitty bar no one's ever heard of. Swaying back and forth, crashing from one side of the narrow walk way to the other I catch myself on an old dumpster.\n\n\"This thing smells, but who am I to care? I should be on my way soon.\" My... | 5 | |
[WP] Daniel is slowly driven insane from the constant "DAMNNN DANIELLLL"'s he recieves. | [
"Daniel was watching TV one sunny afternoon. Troubled as he was with his new job, relationship, and life in general, he just wanted to relax. His past, so vivid like it was yesterday, brings up the old \"Damn Daniel\" joke. He decides that he wants nothing to do with it anymore. Inspired by his fervor, he decided t... | 3 | |
Take it anywhere you want. Show me how a true story should unfold! | [WP] The Forgotten Soldier | [
" Since it's birth, humanity has been fascinated by two things, technology, and legends. These two things usually stay far apart from each other but sometimes rarely become one. Both have changed in appearance over time but have stayed the same at their core. The most recent time these two have become one was the ... | 2 |
[WP] Watching the house burn, you hear someone murmur "They had it coming" | [
"Upon hearing the sound, my head whipped over to gaze at this man standing a few feet from me in the front of the crowd.\n\n\"Bunch of lyin' sons of-\"\n\n\"What do you mean they had it coming?\"\n\nHe looked up, almost startled at my response. After a moment or two, his finger accusingly pointed towards the flames... | 3 | |
[WP] You have a device that lets you see the dates of people's deaths. One day you check it and everyone's date is set at tomorrow. | [
"\"March 2, 2016. 11:55 AM\n\nThe benign, dull grey numbers hovering over their heads which normally displayed a time and place far from now turned to a violent shade of red. \n\n\"030120161200\" the blinking clock read. And that was yesterday. \n\nThe barista at the coffee shop that I've made my morning stop. The ... | 5 | |
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P.S. If /u/psycho_alpaca is on, give this one a try! | [WP] Write about the last moments, millions of years ago, as Mars looses its atmosphere and its inhabitants die. | [
"\"You know this action is forbidden, my lord.\"\n\n\"Yes, that I do, but it must be done.\"\n\nI set my eyes upon the violent storm of lava and atmospheric horror that was to be the blue gem. Our kind had long thought of colonizing it, sensing the collapse long before it happened. Nothing came of those plans. J... | 3 |
[WP] Write a story with as many inconsistencies as possible while maintaining coherence. | [
"Cafe Rodan is a quaint little bistro on the corner of 6th and Pennsylvania. Inside, Matisse paintings hang in the haze of clove cigarettes and hookah; quiet murmurs mingle with the soft crunching of taco shells and cracking pistachios. A soon-to-be actress twirls between tables, sweeping up shells with a smirk and... | 5 | |
[WP] The only matches to fingerprint evidence recovered from a murder case? An imprint in clay pottery from an ancient civilization. | [
"######[](#dropcap)\n\n\"Ms. Goldschmidt? Thank you for taking the time to stop by.\"\n\n\"Detective, if there's one thing I have plenty of, it's time.\"\n\nHis eyes flickered up and down my figure, and I could tell he was going to say it.\n\n\"Don't,\" I said.\n\nHe cleared his throat hastily. \"Quite. Well, the r... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the oldest inhabitant of Hell. Even the Devil doesn't know how long you've been here. Denizens of Hell normally expect that the oldest sinner would be someone of pure evil, but in truth you're actually a pretty chill dude. | [
"Some people have called me bitter. That's kind of funny to me, honestly. I *know* bitter, and I ain't it. And even if I am, so what? I've got a right to be. I've been stuck down here God knows how long, and after a while it gets to you. Hell has a way of doing that.\n\nSome people expect me to be evil. After all, ... | 6 | |
[WP] You go for a drive to pick up a pizza. The next thing you know, it's 6 days later, and you're out of gas in the middle of Nebraska. | [
"Steve initiates the pizza pickup roll. The dice falls, it jumps, it spins, it lands on 1. This is most unfortunate for Steve, as the moment he gets out of his driveway, his mind goes blank, and the next thing he knew, he was out of gas in the middle of what he assumed to be Kansas.\n\nSteve stepped out of his car,... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a bandit in the dystopian future where the Aral Sea has dried-up, you scrap shipwrecks to get by. | [
"Sand was building on the horizon once more, a testament to the growing severity of our extreme seasons--winter leaves no longer blown away with the winds, but scorched with new heat.\n\nI slipped into the rusted doorway of a vessel perhaps once used to sail atop the vast Aral to catch its fish, a man standing on i... | 2 | |
[WP] "No god, nor foul necromancer brought me back. Just four words. 'I Am Not Done'." | [
"I am not a good man. But the choice was made for me before I was born. It was made for all of us. This is a hard world. And if you aren't the one who takes, it will punish you. You see it every day; the rich pulling strings and dodging blame, and look where it gets them. But the world is finally paying me back, fo... | 7 | |
So maybe like a Vampire in New Orleans who is not fast at all. But he may be stronger. | [WP] You are a recent vampire dependent for human blood to live. The problem is you don't have all the perks of being a vampire. | [
"This is bad. Really bad.\n\nIf life was the lottery, I've won two times - first, becoming the *only* victim of a vampire that died before me, and second, **I don't flipping have any perks to help me survive**.\n\nYep. No fangs, still afraid of sunlight, normal strength and speed (well, below average).\n\nOh yeah, ... | 2 |
[WP] A novice necromancer accidentally summons Death thanks to a typo in the incantation. | [
"...\n\nNah, don't worry 'bout it brah, happens like, all the time. Seriously. \n...\n\nYeah for serious, It's like really common. I feel like Bloody Mary sometimes, but like for real man if it weren't for the frightened cries of billions of wandering souls eager for rest or this sort of thing I'd never leave the h... | 6 | |
It would be cool if the character walks away from it with a ton of confidence like a badass.
| [WP] You are a master of the art of lucid dreaming.You can do pretty much anything in your dreams.your boss is not a nice person so you often dream of your office and creative ways to take the rage out of your system.You just had such a dream and can't seem to wake up.You are not dreaming. | [
"I have a very boring life; I wake up, do my morning routine, go to work and sit at my cubicle from nine to five only to be bitched at by my boss every couple hours. Fuck that guy. You'd think the life of an architect would be fantastic, being that I get to create and express myself for a living. That's often not t... | 2 |
[WP] You're a fantasy hero who just saved the world from the Dark Lord. Unfortunately, being a long-lost king was not in the cards for you. What do you do with the rest of your life? | [
"I see him in my dreams. I know his voice well enough. Clamoring in my head. Reverberating through my body. I cannot shake it. I cannot relieve myself of his dark touch.\n\nAll goes well in the day. I have my pets, wild animals of a nearby forest that share in my feasts of scraps I manage to thrift from unattended ... | 7 | |
[WP] As part of earning your PHD you have to challenge a master in your field on the field of battle. Describe that fight. | [
"A feeling of unease ran through my body. Goosebumps began as a shivered. No one had ever beaten Michael in battle and I was the unlucky student who was chosen to face him. Trump unirversity had the highest rating when it came down to final exams showdowns because of the high mortality rate. The final exam proffes... | 5 | |
In any order | [wp] Describe a dead human in five paragraphs. One paragraph for each sense... And yes you have to use taste | [
"I remember the sound of her giggle when our puppy fell down the stairs. I remember her coo and whisper sweet nothings to it to make it feel better.\n\nI remember the smell of her hair first thing in the morning. It was light, sweet and overwhelmed everything because it covered my face.\n\nI remember the feel of he... | 3 |
[WP] "We used to look up to you," said the alien. "You were once the greatest civilization on the galaxy. But you destroyed yourselves, and nothing was reborn from the ashes. And now, we do not come in peace." | [
"“We used to look up to you!”\n\nThe alien bellowed into the vast chamber. Lights glowed from some far away source, obscured by a thick veil of mist. A man was there, too. He hovered in mid air, gripped by some unknown force. Wires trailed from his head, disappearing into the inky black that surrounded them.\n\... | 4 | |
[WP] You are laughed at in class again for believing in humans. | [
"You would go out each sunday with your family; Eating icecream, playing games joking around. You would forget all about the assignments and Thomas at school. You had fun. The smile on your sisters face was making you so happy. Finally you were reunited. \n\nYou began crying. Tears falling on your desk. You woke up... | 2 | |
[WP] A man has a peculiar problem. Everytime he wakes up, he is somewhere else. He doesn't sleep walk, he apparently teleports. He becomes known to the world, many billionaires have offered to help this man. | [
"\"Alright, Isaac, I can see the airport out the window. Will you *please* tell me what this is about?\"\n\nIsaac DuBarr sipped his cognac with bemusement, the corners of his lips turning up with each additional plea from his guest.\n\n\"Patrick.\" Isaac locked his glass into the special holder that was standard fo... | 2 | |
[WP] You are standing alone outside two giant wooden oak doors, giving yourself a pep talk before you walk through them. | [
"I'm not the kind of person who would call themselves superstitious, because that implies a fear of the other side. Ghosts to me are just aspects of people that have been left behind, memories that we see in other people's eyes, their smiles, the way they talk with their hands. Ghosts are friends, they help us not ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a God who has been watching over the world not intervening or viewing it for many centuries. You come back to see millions of people suffering, in pain and hopeless. How would you handle the world and bring it to peace once more without revealing your presence to mankind? | [
"God, every time he could muster enough strength to drag himself back here, it had gotten ten times worse. Why couldn't they behave, those lunatics? Every other planet had worked out just fine. It was just this one, this one little blemish, a giant taint on his reputation. He knew the others were laughing at him, t... | 3 | |
[WP] The government has built the ultimate interrogation tool - a "Truth Ray", that makes people speak their thoughts, rather than what they intend to say. There are unintended consequences. | [
"A group of men with yellow construction hard hats and bright neon yellow vests worked a series of ropes and pulleys, pulling up a statue of Mr. Clark in the middle of the of a drained fountainhead. The eyes of Mr. Clark were vacant and hollow but the smile warm and endearing. The copper statue seemed magnificent a... | 2 | |
[WP] You are walking with a co-worker on a busy city street and stop to bend down to re-tie your shoe while your co-worker walks on. You stand up only to someone assassinate your co-worker with a silenced pistol; then calls someone saying, "I thought you said there would be two." | [
"Another day at the office. We were getting closer, much closer, but there were still many issues to fix. As Leo and I walked side by side toward the bus stop, I felt a slight tap hit my right foot with each step. *Of course*, I thought, as I looked down and saw my loose shoe lace bouncing to and fro. I stopped and... | 3 | |
[WP] The military had no success with making robot soldiers, until they made the computers controlling the robots think they are teenagers playing video games. | [
"General Olsen kicked his feet up onto the table of the situation room and puffed his cigar. Six months ago, he had been a week away from forced retirement. But now, he was a god damned hero, and the Secretary of Defense and President were coming to give their thanks and congratulations. General Olsen poured hi... | 2 | |
[WP] In the end I always feel nothing. | [
"\"Good morning sweety!\" Melanie said with her usual cheer, that's woman big joyous smile was full of life and joy. It was the kind of smile that could make the worst pain go away, the kind of smile that made someone feel at home.\n\n\"Good morning doll face,\" Said John, his smile was genuine, it didn't have the ... | 10 | |
[WP] You've discovered you can cast magic spells by speaking the right phrases, but you're not sure what phrases are magical. You decide to shout nonsense one afternoon, not realizing the hole you just dug for yourself. | [
"\"Schmagoiygle!\" A beer flys into my hand from the sky. \"Fucking awesome. It's cold too!\" \n\"Schlameel!\" Bam, fat doobies on command. Fuck Greg and his shitty ass ditch weed down the street, he always pinched a couple of buds too. What a dick. \n\nI thought that guy was just kidding when he said that this tie... | 2 | |
[WP] Slowly start to realize that you have a roommate. | [
"The skull's right where I left it, I think. I look at it again. Yes, it's still there. \n\nI go back to where the plant is. I investigate it carefully. Yes, it's a plant. Right where I left it, back when I went to see the skull. The skull! Is it still there?\n\nI go back to where the skull is. Ah yes, there it is.... | 9 | |
[WP] You suspect that everyone from your new job is plotting to kill you. | [
"\"What do you mean I've been elected to go on the Coffee Run?\" Eric, the Intern, puzzled to the open office. The cubicles yawped at him much like his coworkers, their sullen faces nothing but plain dumb edges and gaping maws. The dispatch had come down Via Zipline from The Directors office, that lofty perch that ... | 2 | |
[WP] Having finally launched one too many missles into the sea, Poseidon declares war on North Korea. | [
"I was sitting in my living room. \n\n\"Yo that's some wacko shit fam. Didn't even know Poseiden was a real guy\", said my doorknob roommate.\n\n\"Yeah well apparently so. We really should just wait this out.\" I mumbled.\n\nI didn't seem to have to wait anymore. As a resident of Bar Harbor, Maine, I expected any m... | 2 | |
[WP] We're going to build a Dyson Shell around the solar system to keep the extraterrestrials out. And we're going to make them give us the tech for it! We're gonna make the solar system great again! | [
"Gorgelak The Disintegrator stood on the Bridge of his Dreadnought and stared into the viewscreen with all 6 green raging eyes at the greatest enemy he'd ever encountered. Every threat, every proclomation of war and purging was being interrupted. He snarled and lashed out his tongue \"Mark my words, ngyah! We wi... | 2 | |
[WP] A generation ship was launched that was so big that generations later the inhabitants forget they are on a ship. | [
"The general put a small rod on his desk. With a small touch, it lit up, emitting a soft blue glow as parts retracted into itself, forming an opening. Inside, a small device popped out.\n\nThe man behind the desk readjusted himself in his seat. \"What? What is this?\"\n\n\"It's a controller, Mr. President. As Presi... | 3 | |
[WP] [CW] tell a story with no characters. | [
"A leaf falls. It’s autumn again. The rustling of leaves can be heard miles away, carried by the wind. It’s another one of those days where something special is going to happen. Something that happens often, too. \n\nThe grass is a dull green and it’s long. It hasn’t been groomed. It never gets groomed here. No man... | 3 | |
[WP]: Write the absolutely worst love poem imaginable | [
"In the crashing light of streetlamps I saw her sandwiched between the cracked black leather of my Mazda and the cracked black leathery skin of George. \nHer eyes were semi glazed over from the pills and her drool reminded me of her wet demanding hole. \nI lit a smoke and looked at my now flacci... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have invaded earth, only they are aquatic, and are only interested in colonizing our waters. | [
"The year was 2017, July and the date was 29. That was the day when one of humanities biggest question was answered - \"Are we alone in universe?\"\n\nThe answer - 'No'\n\nWe finally contacted a species that did not have its origins rooted in Earth. The Kiptch race was born on different planet billions of light-yea... | 2 | |
[WP] They say love finds you unexpectedly. Well, you most certainly didn't expect it to find you after you've died. | [
"Dying at the age of 21 is deemed unfortunate by many. Especially for a man like Dave. Pudgy with a pony tail and an extravagant neckbeard, he spent most of his life playing World of Warcraft and later on, League of Legends with his imaginary girlfriend, Stacy. As you can probably imagine, he had no lovers. In fact... | 3 | |
An SIS (suicide intervention specialist) goes up to a roof to talk someone about to jump down. He/She has seen every possible scenario and story but this time it is different. What's the reason the jumper has that throws him off? | [WP] A suicide intervention specialist goes up to a roof to talk someone down. He/She has seen every possible scenario but this time it is different. What throws him off? | [
"\"Frank, it's Detective Larry. We spoke from the intercom, can I come in?\" With little effort from Larry, the door croaked open. \"Frank, I'm entering your apartment. I'm unarmed, I'm alone, and I'm coming in slowly.\"\n\n\"I'm back here,\" yelled Frank from the door on the far left of the hallway.\n\n\"Okay,... | 3 |
[WP] Those with a terminal illness and over 6-months to live can donate their living body to 'The Facility' in exchange for their families receiving $1M. Nobody knows what goes on inside the facility, but the car's here to pick you up. | [
"\"Nice car.\"\n\nOf course that was sarcasm; the dilapidated Ford Pinto shouldn't have even been able to turn over, much less keep the minimum speed on the interstate. Sure, their checks never bounced, but apparently those millions were the only money that they had. Or I'd gotten into the wrong car.\n\nFace was up... | 7 | |
[WP] You live in an immaculate, militarized, Orwell-esque dystopia and... Things are actually pretty good. | [
"**[CLASSIFIED]**\n\n*United Nations - Department of Justice.*\n\n*UNSS Amaranthine Wake*\n\n*Debriefing Record*\n\nFile #: 237-5145-515-9\n\nDate of Record: 18:24 – 20:56 * 12.15.2237\n\nSubject: Joseph Hopstead\n\nInterviewer: Sgt. Ron Carro\n\nSummary: “Fall of Heaven” event survivor, potential provocateur\n\n**... | 2 | |
[WP] You have a strange and terrible gift. Whenever you are asked a question, you immediately know the correct answer beyond any doubt. Today, you were asked if God exists. | [
"It's funny, it really is. We live our lives chasing answers to questions we might ask, in pursuit of tomorrow. Thing is we take the daily routine for granted, we take the mysteries of life for granted. There's a certain beauty to not knowing, it frees the mind, and gives us imagination. It's not bad to thing to wo... | 3 | |
[WP] When a God(dess) is forgotten, s/he dies. For the longest time, only one follower has kept the old traditions and beliefs. Today, the follower will die, and so the dying God pays them a last visit, for together, they will go to the Afterlife. | [
"“It happens to all of us, you know.”\n\n“I know, but it doesn’t make it any easier.”\n\n“You should feel proud, none of my other children have lasted this long.”\n\n“Dad, I’m not really in the mood for a pep talk right now.”\n\n“Right, right. Well, I’ll let you be. See you soon, son.”\n\n“Thanks dad. See you soon.... | 2 | |
[WP] While on the ISS, the trajectory strays off course. As you look down to earth you see a land mass unlike any you've ever seen before. The radio chirps "You didn't see that! Understood?" | [
"We were passing over the Pacific Ocean when we felt the Space Station move off course. We got a message from Houston saying that the computer had a glitch and that the engineers were fixing it now. \n\nI looked out the small plasma window. Just a few inches separating me from the icy vacuum of space. Many people f... | 3 | |
[WP] You find a room with many screens, with a different version of you on each. Below each screen is a button that says "switch." | [
"Never written for this sub yet, go easy. \n\n“Why do I need to study our heritage dad?” I asked. \n“Address me as your ‘vater,’ a word our ancestors called their fathers, ” Siegfried Schultz, my crazy and cooky father, sternly stated. He typically wore a button-down shirt with a black or brown vest on top and a... | 2 | |
[WP] You don't believe in "love at first sight", but you just fell in love with someone at first sight. "There must be another explanation for this," you tell yourself. | [
"I'm in serious danger in being *that girl* who rechecks her phone every minute, stalks and follows any social media outlet hoping for a glimpse of life and response. The truth is, right now I'm a mess. It's been 7 days since we said goodbye on the steps. It feels like a lifetime. I think about you every day every... | 2 | |
[WP] Tell the story of a "burner"- a human bred specifically to cause chaos so news networks have more interesting stories. | [
"This tastes awful. This isn't dark roast this is dark burnt. What a blunder for an establishment like this. What do you fight for? Why bother with the rent and the insurance and all of it if you can't make a decent cup of coffee? Suppose it doesn't matter. You won't be making anymore anyway.\n\"Gracias. Oh! Por fa... | 8 | |
[WP] In 2016, a man claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus, and he can prove it. | [
"\"Cut me open,\" the man quips. A sense amusement is projected from the crowd in the form of murmurs and light chuckles. \n\n\"No really, cut me in half and read how many rings I have. I am easily 2000 years old, \" he continues. Again, the crowd laughs off the clear jest, but there is an unmistaken and unnerving ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a scientist who created an incredibly revolutionary invention that changed everything. This is your suicide note. | [
"*THE TELEPORTER'S MANIFESTO*\n\n\nI'm a meticulous, careful person who thinks before they act. \n\n\nI thought I'd be hailed as a modern Prometheus. \nI thought cracking the code for teleportation would make the world a better place. \nFirst off, you guys could easily solve world hunger. I mean, now you have... | 3 | |
[WP] A bank is being robbed. A sperm bank | [
"Another concussive blast shook the reinforced walls, shaking the steel bolts and rafters above her head. Dust motes from before the Barren Years floating slowly down to the floor like so many snowflakes.\n \n*It could have been nuclear winter, it could have been the blinding blizzards of the second ice age, but th... | 5 | |
[WP] You are awoken by the sound of roaring applause, and find yourself behind a glass enclosure with lights blaring down on you. As you struggle to take in your surroundings a voice booms above you: "Who's ready to play your favorite game in the Universe: Are You Smarter than an Earthling?!" | [
"Robert ripped a chunk of cold mutton off the bone and chewed slowly. \"Get to sleep, Sammie\" he mouthed between swallows. \"We've another long day tomorrow.\"\n\n\"Tell me the story of the Falling again, Uncle Robbie!\" Sammie sat up excitedly. They were one of the luckier creche divisions, having their own parit... | 3 | |
[WP] Are we alone in the galaxy? The question is finally answered, but the world is not going to like it | [
"\"We have associated the wrong meaning with the phrase *being alone in the galaxy* for too long.\" Professor Danjubi spoke to the crowd of over three thousand at the historical speech, finally answering one of mans' greatest questions: Are we alone in the galaxy?\n\n\"From my early career, I always knew there was ... | 2 | |
Or whatever type of animal. | [WP] Describe the life cycle of a human being as a 5th grader would describe the life cycle of a blue whale to their class. | [
"The human being or also known as Homo sapiens.\n\n–\t“Mrs. Taylor, are we all homo?”\n\n–\t“No, Jack. You are Neanderthal. Don’t interrupt your classmate.”\n\nThe human’s life begins as a single cell, no bigger than a booger. \n\n–\t“Gross!” Anna cried. \n\n–\t“Can we all just listen, guys?\n\nAfter a while, the c... | 2 |
[WP] The purpose of the appendix has been discovered, and the people who've had it removed are very, very angry | [
"I woke up to my cell ringing. Who could be calling on a this early Sunday? Everyone I knew was in church or getting ready for church. Since I had been sick the night before and it was too late to go anyways I sent the call to voicemail and went back to sleep.\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------... | 5 | |
I was thinking of a total mismatch like Wiley Coyote vs the Punisher. But feel free to take this in any direction you want. | [WP] A cartoon style Villain goes up against a ruthless Anti-Hero. How does it play out? | [
"“MUHAHA—”\n\nDevin jabbed Eugene, stunting his laugh and bursting a bubble of blood from his isosceles nose.\n\n“Dude! What are you doing?” said Eugene. He stumbled to the wall behind him. “You didn’t let me finish my laugh. What were you thinking? Stick to the script. This is all wrong.”\n\nDevin cocked his arm. ... | 3 |
[WP] People only age in their sleep. Describe the world of the caffeine-crazed, sleep deprived immortals. | [
"He didn't look like what I thought a Sandman should look like. He looked more like Bob From Accounting. He wore a short-sleeved polo, the color slightly yellowed from years of neck sweat, his bespectacled face a little pudgy from years of fast food and television. But the large silver briefcase in the corner was e... | 2 | |
[WP] You own a watch that would beep when a bad person is near you. | [
"\"Hello this is customer service how may I help you today?\" Said a very chipper customer service rep.\n\n\"Yeah hello, I've been trying to get through for hours, your team keeps hanging up on me.\" Growled a very angry man, tense from hours on the phone. \n\n\"I'm very sorry to hear that sir, I will do my best to... | 2 | |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/4dfstn/mind_transfer_to_a_computer_could_be_possible_by/) post from /r/futurology. | [WP] It's the year 2150, and minds can be transferred to computers at death. There's just one problem, you just accidentally deleted all your ancestors. | [
"There in the musty waiting room of an old and well established hospital sat Fred in his hospital gown. Most of the seats were empty except for a few other extremely wrinkly and old looking patients. All the seats faced forward to the receptionist.\n\n\"Fred\" in a high pitch voice said the receptionist.\n\nWhile... | 3 |
[WP] You're an Angel of Death, but you walk around casually, and whoever has the ability to see you is destined to have his life taken that day. Today, you come across a breathtakingly beautiful 25-year-old that recognizes you... | [
"She was beautiful, gorgeous. An irresistible light and I was the moth. I couldn't help but stare at her as I walked by. Then the worst thing happened. She looked right at me and smiled. Dammit. Instantly I knew everything about her. She was 23, no kids, studying to become a elementary school teacher, everything. E... | 2 | |
If it isn't obvious, each part of the story would feature a prominent use of each idea in the descriptions of events. You know, so like
'A' was happy to fall and land at partly accustomed areas. But just as 'A' began to overtake the space, he gasped as 'E' as well as 'U' and 'O' began attacking him from all angles.
Y... | [WP] A, E, I, O, and U are in a perpetual war. An outsider named Y comes along and begins doing surprisingly well in the battle, coming near to defeating them. A, E, I, O, and U realize that they have to band together to make an absolute power against Y. | [
"There was an air of uncertainty that filled the pathetic excuse of a meeting room, which at some point of it's lifetime must've been a classroom. Shards of glass littered the sides, and stains of dried blood were scattered across the carpet, which seemingly contrasted with the cheeriness of the decorations mounted... | 2 |
[WP] "Wait, you're not Greg?" | [
"I woke up not in my usual two sleeper but in a dark and damp cavern. Holding my hand out in front of me, I could barely see my fingers. I hated the dark, it was built for demon's and other dangerous things. Slowly, as my eyes adjusted to the light and the spiky forms of stalagmites became clearer around the cavern... | 2 | |
Though it's a quote, I thought it very intriguing and thought provoking. Quite a few of my works have been focused on surface beauty since this quote graced my ears. | [WP] "No matter how beautiful it is, a rabbit is still a hunk of meat once you skin it." | [
"\"No! Wait! Please\" the woman sobbed \"Please don't do this! I'll give you whatever you want just please, please do-\" her breath caught as the lithe man before her brought his knife to her throat. With a mad grin he laid the flat of the blade against her skin and lazily dragged the blade down to the hollow of he... | 4 |
[WP] A magician named Geppetto attempts to create a wooden golem. It goes horribly wrong. | [
"It was another lousy day in New Florence. The pitter patter of rain on my window might have made you think it was chilly out, but it wasn't. I can't say the sudden deluge during a heat wave wasn't welcome, but everything was wet, and if it wasn't wet it was sticky. The paper bills and late notices in my mail slot ... | 4 | |
[WP] Depict a scene during a war between a highly intelligent race, and a very unintelligent race that is capable of wielding powerful magic. | [
"\"Holy shit!\"\nThe Super Bowl was interrupted by a plethera of ships, which all seemed to aim at the stadium.\n\"Everybody evacuate the stadium,\" commanded the monotone voice, not fitting into the chaos happening.\nUnfortunately, Earth was faced with another troop of ships on the other side of the Earth, all the... | 5 | |
[WP] In the future world peace has finally been declared. You were a soldier. | [
"This is an interview with a soldier from the last battle, about his experiences after. \n“Yeah I was there, at the last battle. I was one of the first to go in, and I kept fighting till every last one of them was dead. Not a single one of them even attempted to surrender, without the ulterior motive, to blow them... | 2 | |
[WP] You are pretty sure your best friend is actually a sixty foot tall lizard. | [
"Alec, can I have a word?\n\nJust quickly. It won't take a moment. \n\nIn my office, if you don't mind - watch the doorway!\n\nDid that hurt? It looked painful. \n\nLet me just open a window. It's very warm in here for some reason.\n\nLook, what I wanted to talk to you about was - well...\n\nHow are you settling in... | 2 | |
[WP] The apocalypse is happening, but nothing can stop the mail. | [
"It starts with a promise, A promise we make and keep every day.\n\nNothing will stop the Mail.\n\n \n\nYou always know when we are coming. You can hear the scream of the Train long before it is in view, sweeping the monsters off the tracks and firing on the ones that try to jump on it\n\nIt's a welcome re... | 2 | |
Have to have sex to be able to die. Do with it as you wish | [WP] People cannot die a virgin | [
"I thought it was simple enough at first. After all, nobody knew the secret to immortality… nobody except for me. When I was 10 I tried to kill myself. I found my father’s gun, aimed it at my head, and pulled the trigger. The bullet simply bounced off. I was astounded, after all, this appeared to be impossible. \n\... | 3 |
[WP] It turns out that this life is just a test to weed out the souls capable of becoming gods. After dying, you find yourself being welcomed into the club as a new deity. | [
"\"And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.\"\nEXODUS 3:14 KJV\n\nI\n\nWho am I? I am. You are you. Who says so? I do. Who am I? I am.\n\nI am here and you are there. I will inevitably take you to me, and you will never return... | 2 | |
[WP] "I fell in love with you again today, but I know better than to try and change your mind." | [
"It is quiet for now with only the two of us in the room. I have to catch my breath so I went to sit down on the bed and tried to stop shaking. He started turning the room upside down and moving furniture around. I want him to look at me and tell me everything was going to be alright but his attention and mind is e... | 16 | |
Alternatively, he/she could have very few minor scars, or possibly a large scar he/she keeps covered because it reminds him/her of their biggest regret. | [WP] All wounds, no matter how minor, leave permanent scars. One day you meet someone with no scars. | [
"\"Look at This one here!\" Boasted James, as he scrunched the back of his shirt up to his neck, showing a long and bumpy reddish brown scar running from the lower back corner of his spine up to his right shoulder blade. \"Got this one when I was 12, tried to save a cat in the middle of the road.\" A small voice in... | 3 |
[WP] You live in a world where Superheros are hardly seen and hunted for their power. Once defeated, their Powers are given to the killer. Today, you carry out your plan. | [
"I turned off the microphone and smiled. Soon, all superpowered beings in the world would be dead and the world would fear the freaks no more. No more buildings coming down because of some jackass finding out he could quake the earth, no more millions of windows broken because some superidiots decided to have a sup... | 2 | |
[WP] The 5 most notorious procrastinators in the world come together. This is what they accomplish... | [
"“But why should we do it now?” I heard Tom say just as I opened my eyes sitting in these terrible seats.\n\n“I agree with Tom” I say “the plane ride here was quite the long one. Maybe we can do it the day after tomorrow. Then we can explore the city a bit tomorrow, and maybe even get some good solid sleep in the h... | 2 | |
It can be Monopoly, Pictionary, Scrabble or any other board game! | [WP] Wars are settled through board games. | [
"\"War still has rules, Kim!\" Obama yelled at the translator, \"You owe me two hundred dollars.\" His finger hovered over the button hidden underneath the table. His sleeves were rolled and sweat pooled underneath his arms. Both men had been locked in the heat of battle for hours. \n\nThe feeble translator pushed ... | 3 |
[WP] You live in an unstable society in which the law requires you to have saved the life of at least one other person by your 30th birthday. Those who fail are executed. You are sat in your room, staring at the clock, with 24 hours to left to save somebody's life. | [
"There was no point. I was 29 and my birthday was in 24 hours, I didn't have the time. I sat there, on the park bench. A green bench, close to the ground, something most people wouldn't use. But what was the point if I didn't save someone within 24 hours, the pain of the virus they sent would be unbearable, it didn... | 8 | |
Think of being able to interact with your ancient Roman ancestor, or your Victorian predecessor, how that would impact your life and your family. | [WP] Instead of moving on to the afterlife, spirits of family members can linger for generation amongst their descendants. Familial dynamics are drastically different. | [
"\"Have you tried giving her an azalea flower?\" He asked Jimmy intently, pacing next to his bed. \n\n\"No...\" Jimmy started, unsure of how to explain that flowers were an usual gift between two single 10th graders. \n\n\"Well it symbolizes first love. Any young lady would be overjoyed to receive such a statement,... | 2 |
[WP] In an effort to limit bias in voting, voters can only know a candidate's policies. All personal information is hidden, and will be throughout their presidency and afterwards. This creates distrust in the system. | [
"\"Gentlemen, Ladies..welcome. Before we begin I must, by law, reiterate the terms of the agreement we will set forth here tonight.\" \n\nPaul McKinley, Chairman of the Council for Governance Anonymity, peered over his black, horn rimmed glasses and surveyed the room. He was a stately fellow, clean shaven with gaun... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a detailed death | [
"The battle had raged for hours, as they often did. Axes had cleaved skulls and spears had skewered limbs. Swords had spilt guts and maces had caved in chests. Fires had been set to blazes, on siege machine and soldiers alike, now the remains of both burned or smoulder here and there around the field of battle. It ... | 2 | |
[WP]The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door...you are that knock. | [
"I looked at the verdure about me, in all honesty a relatively thin layer creeping tirelessly across the dry, red earth. We'd only recently begun to seed the land outside the Dome, and to do anything else outside it, really. It only recently occurred to the Council that there might be people out there to make conta... | 3 | |
[WP] You're a Grim Reaper and you show up to collect some poor guy's soul but at the same time his wife goes on labour with no one else around to help but you. | [
"I had to help the woman, or so claimed the last human part of my conscience. Her husband was dead, his soul fluttering around my waist like a delicate piece of gossamer, and all she had left was her child. Crossing the floor swiftly, I laid a hand on her stomach, causing her to groan even louder.\n\nOh dear. This ... | 5 | |
[WP] Take one of your older stories and rewrite it. | [
"He walked quietly towards a brown, old oak bookshelf, retrieving another chapter of his life. At the instance he held it, the cover page started to crack, and the pages started to crumble.\n\nA strong breeze blew, and the already worn-out book disintegrated into dust and fell through his hands.\n\nAt that moment h... | 2 | |
[WP] You discover you're just an NPC in a game with extremely advanced AI. You encounter the main character. | [
"The only times I existed were with you. You were my everything. \n\n\nThe first time I told you I loved you, you rejected me. Then you reset about 20 minutes later.\n\n\nThe second time I told you I loved you, you were hesitant. But you accepted. You played for a few more days and then it was suddenly 3 month late... | 3 | |
[WP] You live in a world where, once you leave your house, a timer appears showing how long until you return home (usually 8-12 hours, a full work day). Today, that timer reads 2 years. | [
"*8:52*\n\nIt was pretty much always the same number that popped up when I opened the garage door to ride my bike to work. An eight hour shift and some time in between for my commute. At first it had been maddening, “**I AM the master of my fate**,” I used to shout at the sky upon seeing my hours pop up. Then it be... | 10 | |
I will update if it worked tommorow.
This is gonna be hard
Good luck. | [wp] Challenge to all writers, make a story so scary that it creeps me out/prevents my sleep tonight. | [
"\"Tonight's the night. And its going to happen, again and again. It has to happen.\" I think of these famous words as I begin my task. Last night I graduated, so tonight my job begins. My target has finally turned 15 years of age so now there are no restrictions on my task.\n\n\nThe night is relatively calm. A sof... | 2 |
[WP] the hero's mentor is not all that he seems. | [
"James was my master, the one who taught me the sword. He was, in many ways, the embodiment of the pinnacle, the wall that could not be scaled or conquered. He was handsome, with no real physical flaws or blemishes, and women flocked to him in a manner that could only be envied. He wore a casually proud half smile,... | 6 | |
[WP]You have the ability to see ghosts. One day, one of them decided to tell you about their life. | [
"I need more hours in the day. I've got licensing exams in two weeks, ten straight days of mandatory overtime at work, and I'm supposed to be at Brian's wedding after that. I'll be lucky if I can do the laundry. \n\nI am in the midst of studying when a phone rings. It's an old-school ring, the kind of clanging ... | 4 | |
[WP] You’re a small time pilot flying your usual flight over a body of water. Partway out you look down and see an island you’ve never seen before. | [
"*Transcript 11541027-a02: Time Pilot Ruby Sapphire*\n\n**TPRS:** Base Era, I am on track in CE 1910 on assigned flight path. \n**Cronographer a65:** Acknowledged. \n**TPRS:** Base Era, I have a visual on an anomaly at planetary coordinates 28.2101° N, 177.3761° W. \n**Cronographer a65:** Provide description on ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have 12 apples. How will you take over the town with them? | [
"I walked to the town square with my apples in my bag. I entered the town square and took the apples out of my bag. I simply threw them in the air and started to juggle them. People stared in amazement as a threw them gracefully. They started to put money in my hat. I already have $30 in my hat so I just continued.... | 12 | |
[WP] Growing up, your father always kept a loaded .44 hidden in every room of your house. Now you understand why. | [
"On the best days we would forget about them altogether. \n\nForget about the black and the silver that shone like trapped fishes. The smooth grips that always felt warm to the touch, like the soft humming of oak trees. The open mouths that gaped with a darkness we could not fathom despite our childhood fears. The ... | 2 | |
[WP] Necromancers make better healers and doctors due to their knowledge of souls, blood and flesh. | [
"**Necromantic Healing: A Guidebook, by the Eternal Sovereign**\n\n*Introduction.*\n\nIt was a cruel joke, to many, that to ensure a long life, people resorted more with those dabble in the arts macabre more than they did with conventional physicians.\n\nHowever, it was a matter of practicality. A trained necromanc... | 2 |
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