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[WP] A stereotypical bully from the '50s is transported to the present day and has to cope with the new generation of teenagers. | [
"Biff Studwell, 16, Sophmore at William D. Yarsvell High School in the small Colorado town of Harvsdale, strutted through the hallways. All the dames and square looked him in awe, Biff flashing a small at Dolly Parker, who swooned.\n\n\"Biff! Just the man I wanted to see!\" A voice rang out behind the football capt... | 6 | |
[wp] everyone who had taken the vaccine died or went insane. You survived but when you looked in mirror something was different.. | [
"\"What the hell,\" began Rachel as she rushed to the bathroom mirror, leaning forward and pushing the bangs out of her face. Right in the middle of her forehead was a giant red mark that read 'OK' with a circle around it. It looked exactly like a stamp one might receive after paying the entry fee at a concert, or ... | 2 | |
Write Please | [WP] Tell a story of heroism and sacrifice from the point of view of a soldier in a war (past, present, or future) | [
"It is always the same.\n\n\nI stand in a line with my hair shaved, I pump my chest out as some man who is older and wiser than me screams.\n\n\nI endure training. I am given a gun and learn to shoot. Learn to fight. Learn to go to war.\n\n\nI am taken off to a place i don't know. A place to put all the training I'... | 3 |
[WP] Science has created a portal to an alternate universe where some aspects of Earth are similar, while others are different. You alone are tasked with traveling to the other side to see Alternate Earth, and you find your alternate self | [
"I sat in the soft leather of the study. The pattering of little feet echoing through the vast halls. A soft bark following the sound of childrens laughter. I've been in the study for a few minutes. I'm slowly tracing my eyes over the vast library of books on the shelf when I hear the click of the door handle being... | 3 | |
The aliens can mimic human laughter out of self-preservation but have no idea what is or is not funny. | [WP] Humanity is fighting back against an invasion in which the aliens can copy humans almost perfectly, except for one detail: They have zero sense of humor. | [
"When future generations decide to analyze how it all started, I hope they don't judge us too harshly. The truth is, there was no way to see it coming.\n\nThe aliens were insidious, but just as prone to error as any other common criminal. It took only one loose end to alert us to the danger, but you gotta admit; it... | 2 |
[WP] You're a human chameleon, you gradually become like the person you are looking at. You've met your true love and she's one, too. | [
"You'd think we'd look pretty similar after a few years. I guess we sort of do. We both got my brunette curls and his button nose. We're about the same height, give or take a tenth of an inch on any given day, and we're both stockier than your average woman, curvier than your average man (much to our mutual chagrin... | 1 | |
[WP] Suddenly, instead of seeing darkness when you close your eyes, you see another world. | [
"I lie here, unaware what may come. Feels like I've been here for days, weeks, even months. Haven't felt my arms or been able to move my head, it's as if they're chained down without any chains. What's going on here?\n\n\"HELP! HEELLP!!\" \n\nNothing. No one. I can't even hear my echo. What IS this place?\n\n*faint... | 2 | |
[WP] You're eight years old and there is a zombie outbreak. You are hiding, locked up in your bedroom on the second floor of your house and outside your window is the entire neighborhood turned, including your family. | [
"Molly had stopped crying three days ago. Now she was stuffing a fist full of fish shaped crackers into her mouth. \n\nHer mom would have been so upset if she had caught the little girl doing this. Scolding her about ruining her dinner or at the very least telling her to save some for later.\n\nBut her mom wasn't t... | 5 | |
[WP] One call can change your life | [
"Tears rolled down the windowsill\n\nKnees hit the carpet\n\nLush eyes upon blue sheets\n\nBlue staring into brown\n\n\n\nI wasn't going to call\n\nIt's easier this way after all\n\nAfter all the grains stuck between\n\nAnd the stubbornness of green\n\n\n\nYou weren't going to call\n\nNo that choice was taken\n\nFe... | 2 | |
No, it's not a typo. | [WP] Born too early to explore the earth, born too late to explore the galaxy. | [
"Gently, a small nub of a candle, twisted and pastel, is pressed into a gelatinous loaf. Her hands shake, as they often do, and the teal pudding playfully wiggles around, the candle dancing on top. Searching for the antique \"lighter\" given to her by her grandfather, she finds it. The flame is extinguished several... | 6 |
[WP] The prophecy has been fulfilled. You've saved the world from certain doom and fulfilled the purpose you were born for. Now what? | [
"The sky was dark. A storm was coming.\n\nI sighed to myself as I stood before the bloodless corpse of the Demon that had almost killed me, dripping in sweat, blood (both mine and its) and an odd, clear fluid that I hoped to the gods came out of the demon and not from me but I knew that the world was safe for now o... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a horror story taking place in a hotel room. | [
"“Oh man, my head is killing me.” Rachel sat up in the tiny twin bed clutching her forehead. \n\nShe eased open her eyes trying to let in as little light as possible. Confused, she examined her surroundings. Blue rug, tacky multicolor comforter, flimsy wooden chairs with dull red padding, 17 inch CRT TV. \n\n“Hey, ... | 2 | |
[WP] All your robots turn out sweet, kind, and thoughtful. Unfortunately, your job is to create murderous war-bots for the military. | [
"\"Good day Miss, cup of lemonade?\" \n\"No thanks A-1,\" \n\"I see. Perhaps a sandwich then?\" \n\"No thanks. Just...clean up the house,\" \n\"Of course Miss.\" \nMy robot A-1 left the room. *Thank god* I thought to myself. I thought it would never leave. Always pestering me about things and making food. N... | 4 | |
In a world in which Good and Evil are actual jobs, heroes and villains regularly do battle during a regular 9am-5pm work schedule. They earn sick days and holiday leave, they even get benefits.
But when they're off the clock they socialize outside of their respective careers; they may even become friends.
But two of... | [WP] A world in which Good and Evil are career fields, and heros and villains battle daily...from 9am-5pm. Except now two friends- a hero and a villain- have begun to suspect there's more going on behind the scenes. | [
"Jacob scanned the \"Evil Assistant,\" job description, meticulously selecting words with which he could articulate his cover letter most effectively. The role was being offered at the evil company, Monolithic Devestation, Inc., notorious for setting up a tryannical Master of NYC and replacing the arch in St. Louis... | 9 |
[WP] "Normally, I'd say that any disease, from the mundane to the extreme, I can fix. However, healing a broken mind is beyond my abilities." | [
"i wander through the night \nwondering \nfeeling nothing but my pain \nto tell me who i am \nwho i was\n\nwonder what this place \nunder bright lights \nintensified \ndemons in the halls \nno, monsters \ncarousel of agony\n\ntaking me to hell \nhell within hell \nheaven's hell \ntell me to relax \nas ... | 3 | |
[WP] Do whatever you can with just these two words: "Quantum Bullsh**" | [
"I have no idea what I'm doing.\n\nI've been employed by the United State Government for several years to work in every field of research they have going. Why? Complete nonesense. For some reason everything I say when I'm asked a question about a scientific theory somehow leads to an answer to a conundrum. Why are ... | 8 | |
[WP] The floor creaked under the man's foot as he stepped into the blackness of the house's interior, not knowing what he'd find. | [
"As Nathan glared into the darkness beyond, the door slowly slid shut behind him. Turning at the sudden but familiar *click* of the latch, heart racing, Nathan nearly decided that he wasn't ready. Nearly. This was the last night that he could be here, though, so he took a breath before turning back around to face t... | 2 | |
[WP] A most noble paladin has fallen and decides to go evil. The problem is, they're miserable at being...you know, evil. Our former holy knight is trying to please the Dark Gods by doing really mundane things like littering and jaywalking. | [
"\"Saint\" George was the embodiment of might in my opinion, throwing his broad sword spear-like into the ruin of an altar to his goddess, Bouzz, lord of the domain of health and redemption. There had been a few mimics in our path in this dungeon and he was sick to death of being tricked by the monsters, shape chan... | 4 | |
[WP] The government is happy to let the superheroes do their fighting for them, but if said heroes become threats, they need a contingency plan. That plan is you. | [
"I trained for 20 years for this. Since I was a kid I wanted to be a superhero. Captain America was the reason I even considered joining the corps. It's funny, one day I wanted to join iron man and his avengers, but now I am their worst fear.\nWe are almost at the landing zone. 20 years, training in martial arts, w... | 10 | |
[WP] In 2200 the internet has been deified, only priests of the new religion can browse the internet, but you find an old computer with google on it. | [
"I may have known how to use a computer but apparently this \"Google\" thing is new. Apparently the website seems to be working otherwise it wouldn't have popped up in the first place. \n\nIt seems like this website's purpose is to search for random stuff. There's also a \"I'm Feeling Lucky\" button but I don't kno... | 2 | |
Cue panic attack | [WP] A Grim Reaper is about to reap a soul when he is about to witness something that is above his qualifications, what is it | [
"The cold, dark night was rather fitting for the situation that was about to unfold. A young woman was about to lose her life and her soul was to be harvested by a Grim Reaper.\n\nThe Grim Reaper appeared in the young womans room, the atmosphere instantly changed. Despite the burning radiators in the room a chill q... | 2 |
[WP] Every time you sneeze, you're phased into another reality. You currently have a cold. | [
"Jim flipped through the comic book without really reading it, bored and sick and unhappy. He'd read it a thousand times anyway. It was his favorite: The Fabulous Five! Each of them was wonderful in his own way, with fantastic powers only matched by their courage, kindness and intelligence. But it was this particul... | 2 | |
Inspired from the askreddit post | [WP]You discover your dog can talk and he has nothing but negative things to say about your SO. | [
"\"Bitch. Fuckin' stupid bitch. Hate that bitch, goddamn bitch!\" My dog Duke mumbled under his breath as my girlfriend left the apartment for work. She popped into the bedroom to give me a last minute kiss before she walked out the door and I could feel Duke's entire body tense, his hackles rising and an almost im... | 4 |
[WP] Reincarnation was just proven to be real. However, you only reincarnate into a direct descendant. If you don't have any, tough luck. | [
"There was a special room for people like her and she was ushered into it, gently, by sympathetic hands, and lowered into a chair. She could hear muffled sobs through the wall to her left, but she was beyond tears.\n\nIt was hard to say which was worse. No, it wasn't: losing her seventh baby in a miscarriage that w... | 2 | |
[WP] How does a necromancer fare in the zombie apocalypse? | [
"Fifteen of them thrust their withered arms through the bars, fingers snatching at air. He remained at distance, sat at his desk, merely observing each creature. Their skin was blistered and peeling, red raw from their clumsy stumbles. Yellow fingernails were brittle and curled with a mixture of dirt and blood stuc... | 7 | |
[WP] In the near future, wars are obsolete. In their place, Esports. Describe one of these tournaments and what it's about. | [
"\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n Endgame.\n\n The four-man team advanced swiftly and silently up the abandoned street, alert and ready to shoot at the first sign of trouble. Their vests were marked with the brazen yellow \"POLIZEI\" of the German police forces, and their grey uniforms and black ski masks made one man ide... | 2 | |
[WP] Once convicted of murder you're put into a trance and must relive the last 24 hours of your victim's life | [
"What a chump I bet Kevin doesn't even know I'm about to pork his wife again today, what a dueche. Well time to get off to work. Let's pull out the same clothes I wear everyday an off beige shirt, top of the drawer dress pants, and square glasses. Yea that's right ima wear loafers and no under wear and the world c... | 2 | |
[WP]You die. Instead of meeting God and the Devil as you expected, you meet two beings that introduce themselves as 'The Surgeon' and 'The Butcher'. | [
"There is no glowing light or clouds or a gate, just two people. Well, they look like people, but I can feel something emanate from both of them. A table appears between us with chairs. I sit down as do they. \n\n\"I am the Butcher.\" Says one wearing a trimmed beard and clothing from maybe the 16th century. I'm ho... | 2 | |
[WP] A blood test is developed for the "asshole trait complex". Babies are blood-tested for their propensity to become assholes as adults. | [
"\"My great-grandfather had it,\" I said. \"I'm sorry.\" Jenna nodded, numb. I took her hand.\n\n\"It's rare these days,\" the obstetrician said. \"Below one percent.\" She knew it didn't help, and she knew that we knew. But the ritual is important.\n\n\"Can ... can he be cured?\" Jenna asked. This was our first. W... | 2 | |
[WP] The Devil makes a deal with a dying child. You may live, but every ten years I will return and take from you the thing you love the most. | [
"At first it was a toy car he had been asking for for months. The man materialised out of nothing and snatched the thing straight from his hands. His parents had only just purchased the car and so it seemed to them as if it was their son's fault that he lost it. He would not be getting another for some time now. Gr... | 10 | |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse is happening. Britain has become fortresses and a zombie free area. You have been given the task of planning and leading the first freeing of mainland Europe. | [
"A man in a maroon beret strode through the gleaming, luminous corridor. It had been six weeks since the infection began, it spread quickly through major cities. The news, when it still operated, was filled with images of people, normal, innocent people, murderously *eating* on each other, anarchy ruled the streets... | 4 | |
[WP] By the time you receive this message, Earth will already be destroyed | [
"Captain Friesen,\n\nRegarding your previous request for resupply: We unable to meet all your requests as we were working on a very short time frame. A series of barges will enter transit shortly after this transmission. Attached is a complete manifest. I recommend you read this message first to understand the natu... | 4 | |
[WP]"Do you love me?Do you like me?"The man asked the AI in his computer,the thousandth time. | [
"\"Do you love me?\" He whispered, his breath leaving a cloud of warm condensation on the screen. \n\n\n\"Of course I do, Frank!\" She smiled at him, from the wrong side of the glass. \n\n\n*She is beautiful... so, so beautiful*. He thought. Her hair was exactly like he remembered, ruby waves of spun gemstone casc... | 2 | |
[WP] You're the last person accepted into heaven. | [
"The sun doesn't set in heaven, or at least not while outside the gates. Each and every second, minute, hour and day was painstakingly the same while i stood in line.\n\n After the interminable wait moving forward step by step I finally saw the gates. Gleaming at an ephemeral silver, towering into the what could o... | 4 | |
[WP] After you die, everything you've done in life gets scored and categorized into multiple high score boards. You unknowingly achieved the highest score in a specific board and it does not sit well with you | [
"The bespectacled man was clearly uncomfortable, and was busing himself aligning the corners of the individual sheets in the stack of papers on his desk, trying not to make eye contact with me. \n\n\"Once you are done reviewing your score sheet, please let me know. We have rather a lot of paperwork to get through b... | 2 | |
[WP] The spy infiltrating the enemy base is surprised to find that the guards are not trying to kill him; on the contrary, they seem way too friendly. | [
"This mission is essential to the safety of my nation. \n\nI must complete it. \n\nThe layout of the room ahead of me is so cunningly simple it would almost be impossible to bypass. For anyone but me. Sneaking sneakily i make sure the guards on the other side of the large plain white room that are watching for any ... | 8 | |
[WP] A small girl which travels the world known as the Iron Owl. | [
"\"Hello there\". The small child tugged on the the manager's sleeve. He turned and bent down, face contorting into the rictus smile of a man who deals exclusively with adults. \n\"Why hello there, young miss. Are you looking for your mummy?\" The child stared at the man with an uncomfortable silence. Children und... | 3 | |
[WP] You come across a 4D printer at a yard sale | [
"Printer Jam\n\nUgh.\n\nSunday.\n\nI hate Sundays.\n\nAny normal seventeen year old boy wouldlove Sunday, because it’s the only day in the week not full of responsibilities like homework or sports club events. But not me.\n\nMy name is Grant Newell. I hate that name. I was named after a grandfather I never knew, wh... | 2 | |
[WP] A man suddenly notices an identical copy of himself. Each of them thinks that he is the original. | [
"(I know the prompt says that the mc's gender is male, but I realised this too late and can't be bothered to change the names and pronouns)\n\n\n\"...and today we have a new student joining us! Say hello to Stephanie Cantrell!\" was the first thing I heard when I barged in my new class. I assumed that the teacher w... | 3 | |
[WP] When the sun sets, you may enter. If you miss the sunrise, you will never leave. | [
"This story is a little bit graphic, warning to the squeamish.\n\nI awoke in a strange graveyard. Several paths led to a large wooden building. I was greeted by several small, scrawny, pale skeletal creatures holding up scrolls for me to read. One read, \"Welcome to The Dream, Hunter. Night has fallen. The bell tol... | 6 | |
[WP] You are the guy that has to clean up the map at the end of a multiplayer match. Describe a average day. | [
"*Bloods and guts, my daily fare*. Discarded ammunition and crumbling walls, that defined my way through the mess. Corpses, just beginning to stink enough to attract flies, and crumbling walls, just broken enough to make every step a dangerous ordeal through the rubble and debris.\n\nThey'd fought well, this time, ... | 3 | |
[WP] An emotionless human psychopath tries to teach his spiritual zen robot roommate normal things like cooking and car repairs. The robot tries to teach the human emotions and tranquility. What is their daily life like together? | [
" I wake to see the light from the morning sun shining through my window peacefully, seeming to be gently nudging me awake. I get out of bed and stretch like normal, when I see my favorite Zen Robot walk through the door. \"Good morning, Bunan. How are you\" I ask, stifling a yawn.\n\n \"I am well, sir. How are... | 2 | |
[WP] In order to ensure humanity's survival, a group of scientists and engineers create a superintelligent AI whose sole objective is to safeguard mankind's future. When activated, the AI exterminates most of the human race. | [
"“Dude, that was really mean, what the hell,” complained Xurp, the newly appointed Space King of the remaining colonies of mankind. What once had been a vast, amazingly advanced space kingdom was now a couple of sprawled planets barely holding it together thanks to a mix of their few surviving bureaucrats and the s... | 2 | |
Bonus: Also describe them from the perspective of someone with mixed feelings towards them. | [WP] Describe a character me twice, once from the perspective of someone who loves them once from the perspective of someone who is repulsed by them | [
"Those eyes. I swear when the sun hit them they reflected the most beautiful color I had ever seen, like drops of liquid gold. Her long smooth legs carried her gracefully across that field like she was floating, the flowers seemingly blooming around her. Her hair was a finely spun silk that fell into her face in th... | 10 |
Heroes never die! On a quest to eliminate weak heroes who do more harm than good, you become a villain yourself. | [WP] On a quest to eliminate weak heroes who do more harm than good, you become a villain yourself. | [
"Not everyone is cut out to be a hero\n\nWe have all of these new heroes walking around, Daredevil, Spiderman, I've even heard rumors of a 'Jessica Jones'\n\nAin't it fucked up how they're all in Manhattan? Why don't they go to queens? Hit up the Bronx for once. \n\nWhat's more? A bunch of little kids, a bunch of n... | 3 |
He proceeded to draw his weapon. [ crosspost](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/4micpr/a_man_arrived_to_a_duel_with_only_a_pen_and_a/) from /r/jokes | [WP]A man arrived to a Duel with only a pen and a piece of paper.... | [
"\"Any last words, old friend?\" Marcus taunted the hooded figure before him. Though he tried infusing every ounce of confidence he had into his voice, his adversary's answering smirk was all lost upon him. In truth, he was trembling at the very thought of facing the most feared Illustrator in all the land.\n\nMarc... | 3 |
[WP] Ever since you can remember, whenever you have a nightmare, you must find a way to kill yourself in order to wake up. Tonight you've accidentally killed the nightmare. | [
"In the same plains, again and again a voice echoes in my head, its source boomeranging around me.\n\n*Death is impossible.*\n\nRagged dregs of the sound spiral around me, nearing to drop more words in my ear.\n\nI frown, uneasy but not perturbed. This time I am ready: by concentration alone metal knits together in... | 5 | |
[WP] A sitcom centering around former SS soldiers called "It's all Reich" | [
"Elevator pitch:\n\nIt's *Two and a Half Men* meets *That 70's Show*.\n\nTwo former SS soldiers, Junior Geneticist Karl Ziegler, and former Associate Gas Chamber Attendant Werner Schultz (Secretly half-jewish!) live in Brazil with their 12 year old genetically perfect clone of Adolf Hitler, Günther Schultz. The two... | 3 | |
[WP]: On her deathbed a woman's lifelong imaginary friend spend their final moments together. | [
"The tiny beeps the machines hooked up to me were my clock. Time was still passing. I wasn't dead yet. Where was she?\n\nI could barely feel the air enter me. The thick comforter pulled up to my chin felt as if it were filled with lead. My neck had found, or rather created, a perfect groove in my pillow and moving ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are sent on a mission to scout a very distant, newly discovered planet for potential colonization in the future. However, upon arrival after your years-long journey in stasis-sleep, you find the planet has already been fully colonized... by your own species. | [
"“But if you loved me~ Why’d you leave me? Take my body~ Take my body…” Kodaline kept him company in the cold, lonesome space that morning. It was morning because he decided it was so, even though the messed up clocks of the ships told him it would have been four in the afternoon on a Thursday in sunny Singapore wh... | 3 | |
[WP] "It's not me you need to be afraid of... It's what's inside that matters." | [
"\"Some call me a pretty shady guy, don't really trust me all too well, some people seem to even fear me. I can't see why, I'm not a monster, I only hide monsters. I may hide them, but that in no way means I agree with their actions. Personally, they make my stomach sick. It's not that I choose who hides in me, it ... | 2 | |
[WP] You have gained the ability to teleport, except you can't control where you teleport to. All you know for certain is that you will teleport to a place on Earth and that the place won't be able to directly harm you (e.g. you won't teleport into a volcano). | [
"\nI was minding my own business, eating an apple strudel in a kids playground when this woman comes up to me and asks “would you mind telling me the time?”. Instantly after about only ten seconds consideration I turn round and say “about time you got a watch!” and started laughing pretty hard because I’d totally d... | 2 | |
[WP] You're taking a hike at dusk through a quiet forest. You see a figure coming your direction with a rather large backpack. You soon realize that the figure is not human... And that's not a backpack. | [
"Walking through the woods is one of life's quiet pleasures. I strolled along the path, with Nature basking in the final light of the day either side. \nAhead, I saw a fellow wanderer. A tall chap, with a heavy pack, he seemed to ignore the Beauty around and was steaming along. \nI raised my hand in recognition, ... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a myth about the Sun and Moon | [
"In the beginning, there were two goddesses, Solara and Lumas. Solara and Lumas are the goddesses of all creation, for it was by they that the earth and stars were made. Solara is the mother of life and enlightenment, Lumas is the mother of time and law. After the stars and the earth, and all its plants and creatur... | 2 | |
[WP] 1... 2....3... | [
"*One.* She was yelling. She just wants to help.\n\n*Two. Please stop yelling.* I just wanted time to think.\n\n*Three.* She shoved my phone in my face, pressing it into my cheek. Pain.\n\n\"Stop, Faith.\" I tried to yell, but it came out barely above a whisper. She yelled over me, still shoving the phone in my fac... | 6 | |
[WP] You are trapped inside a dream, and are fully aware of this fact– you have been for the 500 years you've been living here. | [
"For a moment, I was a butterfly. \n\nI fluttered hither and thither, enjoying the freedom of flight. My spirit wandered within the vastness, and I was conscious only of my happiness. The wind filled my wings, and I let myself be taken by the breeze, surrendering myself to the moment. \n\nI was lifted to unimaginab... | 1 | |
[WP]-You are a super hero who has saved the world multiple times. Today is the day you reveal your secret identity to friends and family. Your alter ego is so pathetic noone believes you. | [
"Momma, Dad. Jodie..\n\n\"Can I tell you something?\"\n\n\"But first, will you all still love me?\" a gasp was let out, my dad just sighed and asked if I was gay.. because if so we could just cut to the chase, say what needs to be said and be done with it.\n\n\"What? No? Where'd you get that from?\"\n\n\"I'm a supe... | 2 | |
[WP] For tens of thousands of years the trees have cultivated their herd, farming them to produce more and more carbon. Over the past millennia their flock has sharpened their axes and turned on them. The trees convene to decide a course of action... | [
"\"We must.. act,\" Green Beard boomed, the sun and moon circling him like birds around their nest. \n\n\"But... if we... intervene... they will know of our pow-\" Long Root moaned, as the mountains behind him reached for the spinning sky. With a flash, he and his root brothers suddenly disappeared from the commune... | 1 | |
[WP] [TT] "When did you expect we would forget the damage you did?" | [
"Down on muddied knees and with razor sharp blades at his throat, Hilary Flint had to grin with meek, outstretched hands.\n\n\"I was hoping a few minutes after I left-\"\n\nHe didn't see the fist before it slammed into his jaw but to his credit, neither did Faith. He was rocked back on his heels before righting him... | 1 | |
Have fun exploring the possibilities.
*Credit to: Michio Kaku* | [WP] The only way to survive the end of the universe is to leave the universe. | [
"Accidents in science almost always led to a discovery. The microwave oven, Vaseline, vulcanized rubber, and even gunpowder. That’s the short list, too. So many amazing discoveries were made because of a simple accident. The raging storm outside is one of those amazing discoveries, but it’s not a welcome one. Not a... | 10 |
Will no one accept this challenge? | [WP] Due to events transpiring from a glass of water, a pumpkin, and a screen door, you now fin yourself to be the Most Wanted Criminal in the world. | [
"At a Halloween party at the Whitehouse, you find yourself caught up in all the fun, drinking, dancing, having a blast. Then, some girl you'd been flirting with suddenly throws a glass of water in your face. Taken aback, you quickly look to retaliate with the closest thing to hand, you find a pumpkin and immediatel... | 1 |
[WP] After hours of endless questing, you stumble onto a a glitch, a self aware NPC | [
"Poopymcbuttfacethe1st saunted up to the tavern, booting the door open in a majestic form. His rare wolf skin hide hanging from his shoulders, providing no armour bonus but looking flashy. His dented common armour from the beginning of his adventure acting like butter to any foe he comes across. His wooden practice... | 2 | |
[WP] A galactic civilization has chosen Earth in which to mentor so humanity may finally become a productive member of the galaxy. | [
"\"B-But,\" I stammered, oblivious to the marvels and wonders this civilisation could bring to us and in great disbelief. \"What do you mean, you come from another *galaxy?*\" The thought itself was crazy, how many lunatics had pretended they had met aliens, travelled through the cosmos or even were extraterrestria... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a sock infiltrating the underwear drawer. | [
"\"You must be crazy! Stop with the stupid dreams and just lie still.\"\n\"No, dammit, I'm going out there. There's got to be more than just being a tube sock. The drawer's open, if I just make the effort...yes! I'm through! By the fuzz, there's a whole new world out there! Wait, egads, I'm falling! OOPS!\"\n\"Who ... | 2 | |
[WP] rhe world IS ending, but for you and a few others time has stopped/slowed down. | [
"\"I remember when I first realized it. It was sometime in early high school. Sophomore year, I think.\" Her voice was a whisper, the loudest thing to break the silence of the hours they'd spent on their backs in the grass staring up into the strange night. \n\n\"I was driving home. It was late, and I was late comi... | 1 | |
[WP] A mother and child swap maturity levels. | [
"\"I'm hungry.\" states my mother. \n\nIt is 4:30 in the afternoon. We had a snack an hour ago. \n\nI look up from my coloring book over at her. She's sitting at the table with me. Her whole hand is clutching the orange crayon like it's a stress ball. She's moving it in frantic, circular scribbles all over the page... | 1 | |
Kindof like if the FIRST Robotics Competition was televised on ESPN instead of the Superbowl. | [WP] Show me a world where robotics competitions are more popular than sports. | [
"Robotics has always been the future of humanity, from the time we let them into our homes to clean up our messes and take care of our loved ones, to the time we let them lead us into battle and clean up our messes abroad. We’ve watched them evolve from little Roombas, through the novelty of Battle Bots, and upward... | 3 |
Are you a scientist? Or a misanthrope? Maybe both? Are you thirsty for revenge, or simply bored? Will you eradicate all life, or contribute to progress? | [WP] You are the first host of a zombie virus, but you are immune to it. The infection is transmitted by biting. How are you going to change the world? | [
"\"All civilians have been cleared! I repeat, all civilians have been cleared! All units retreat! Commence Code Z!\" the radio crackled once more with static before going silent. The others in the back of the armored truck with me stared forward in silence with soul-less eyes, they suddenly jolted to attention with... | 2 |
Arch-rival* | [WP] A veteran superhero is watching over her city when a villain approaches her. He tells her that her archival is dying and requests a final conversation with her. | [
"Things had been too quiet lately. Yes, there had been the occasional petty crime, mugging and a bank heist. But nothing that had been a serious challenge for Corina. Behind her scarlet mask, her eyes kept scanning over the city, waiting for an inevitable explosion or other disaster. Things never stayed quiet for l... | 2 |
Yes, desserted. As in cakes and confections. | [WP] You have just crashed on a desserted island. | [
"Day 1:\n\n\nI woke at noon on a multicolored beach - shipwrecked and lonely. Flat on my back, arms spread wide, i clench my fingers into the warm sand beneath me. Still mildly concussed, i sit up and look at my shaking hands. Some stubborn grains cling to my palms and ring my ragged knuckles. In a fog of trauma a... | 6 |
[WP] Keemstar becomes a news anchor, it's his first day, and it's your job to help him get right into the news! | [
"*some language*\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Whaaaaat is up everybody, I'm your host, Killller Keeeemstar, leeets get rigggghhhtt into the news!\"\n\nLooking down at his script, the gnome's eyebrows furrowed.\n \nHe said something that no one in the studio quite picked up. Motioning to his ear, the director told him to speak ... | 1 | |
[WP] Upon waking up you notice things are different. Throughout the day it slowly dawns on you the great truth of your whole life. You are an anime character in an insane storyline that has gone completely off the rails yet remains popular. | [
"Started out excellently planned \nThen Japan had it banned \nStory got skewed in translation \nI ended up robbing a bus station \n\nNaruto gone rogue \nMade front page of vogue \nIt was so well loved \nThen the BBC had it shoved \n\nNow only streamed online \nFeels like I'm on cloud 9 ... | 1 | |
[WP] You find out you're actually an archangel from Heaven. Yet, you also happen to literally be one of the laziest, most unorganized people you know. | [
"A knock on Gabriel's door woke him suddenly, causing him to slap a few stacks of paper onto the unable-to-be-seen floor. His older brother Michael stepped into the room and immediately covered his eyes.\n\n\"Gabriel, why are you not wearing any pants?\" He sighed.\n\nGabriel glanced down, as though he couldn't alr... | 2 | |
Then the ultimate water cycle restarts. | [WP] You live on a planet where the first half of the year it never stops raining. In the second half of the year, it does not rain once. | [
"This year marks the two hundredth cycle of Dumah's Folly. Or, the Eternal Rain of Dumah, if you're feeling humorous. Two hundred years ago, Emperor Dumah, in his infinite wisdom, sought to control the Heavens themselves, having established his domain over the known Earth. It is said he tasked his court alchemists ... | 4 |
[WP] God has created a game in heaven: When someone dies, they are in charge of performing godly acts until the next person dies. The only thing you have no control over is whether people live or die by your actions, and the goal of the game is to be god for as long as possible. | [
"Hey I'm doing pretty good at this thing. Mumbling a few commands and hitting what seemed to be the right keys, the spirit continued. Nervousness melted into confidence. The world was nearing peace. Having gained such a mastery in such a small amount of time the spirit looked to further their knowledge of the syste... | 1 | |
[WP]"The Earth will be fine, its the Humans that are screwed" in climate change. Write a Personification of Earth with this fact in mind. | [
"\"Arable land has so far been reduced by another 20% points in this decade in comparison to 1996-levels.\" The politician spat the words with fervor in the huge congress hall. \"Percentage POINTS!\"\n\n\"We already have tens of millions at our gates. They will not leave, for they have nowhere else to go. But we al... | 2 | |
[WP] Its true, necromancers raise the best families | [
"We thrive in darkness.\n\nThis is something my son truly understands. My son, whom I love more than anything in all of the universes I've visited. He is the heart of my soul and shadow in my step. I've decided he's grown enough to come with me on one of my... expeditions. Certainly he's grown in size, for the croo... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story about a girl who literally cried a river and drowned the whole world | [
"The Father and the Mother were together in the sky, and they were happy. An eternity they spent wandering the stars, but even Gods can tire of the stars, and so they began to play.\n\nFirst, they wanted art with which to inspire, so The Father, being strong of body, moved the stars and created the constellations. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are working in a library, organizing the books on shelves, when suddenly a book nearby starts glowing. | [
"Working IT in a library was something of a dream job for me. The computer system is simple, and there's almost never any real work for me to do, so I spend a lot of my time either giving free computer classes or reading in my office. I try to dedicate some time everyday straightening out the books on the shelves s... | 10 | |
[WP] The reason why Hitler hasn't been killed by time travelers is actually really mundane. | [
"\"Why not?\" The reporter was really beginning to get on Dr. Cervantes' nerves.\n\n\"Well physics and mathematics and chaos, you know the things I've spent a lifetime learning and understanding,\" he replied dryly. \n\nTo this the reporters face puckered like he'd just sucked on a very sour lemon. \"I mean, it's ... | 2 | |
[WP] He's a shy, sweet guy looking for someone to love. She's a feisty girl who loves life and everything in it. The twist: he works at a funeral home, and although he'd like to see her more often, she's running out of family members to kill... | [
"Black suited her, Dominic mused as she leant over the cedar wood coffin to drop a light kiss on her grandfather's head. The grandfather, over seventy, blue-lipped and white-eyed with cataracts, had slipped away in his sleep. Gently. It was the first body Dominic had prepared alone, though Kyle had checked his hand... | 2 | |
Disclaimer: I don't have any writing experience, but I thought this could maybe be a fun prompt to play around with. | [WP] After having lucid dreams for years, you suddenly find you can visit the dreams of any person you know. However, they can visit yours too. | [
"It had all happened in the blink of an eye - I truly hadn't meant for any of it. I had been having one of my stupid nightmares again. The details of these particular nightmares always seem to be reoccuring. I had been trapped in some looming, dark hallway with seemingly no end - with absolutely no certainty of the... | 2 |
[WP] On the night of September 10, 2001, the FBI foiled a terrorist plot to fly four passenger airliners into various US targets. What is the world like in 2016? | [
"First post here, so any criticism is welcome. \nSorry for formatting, I'm on mobile. \nAnd yes, I stole from 1984, I'm a paragraph in so far and that's just how it's coming out, if that's a faux par my apologies. \n\n\nSo today is the day president for life, George \"dubya\" Bush single handedly prevented a massiv... | 4 | |
[WP] After having been bitten during an Alaskan cruise, at every full moon you transform into a werewalrus. | [
"It was well into Oozin' Burgers first week of business and people were still lining up around the block. Wally had been hankerin' for a double triple bacon cheeze burger since the store was announced earlier in the year. The turnout continued to be insane, even at that ungodly hour. \"Just a few more cars now, the... | 3 | |
[WP] No one ever told him, because they thought he must already know. | [
"Of course no one ever told him. It should be innate in the human instinct and by that nature he should have known. No one should have to tell him yet he struggled on a daily basis to find that one simple truth which had eluded him since his earliest conscious thought. Where was his twin? He figured out that he had... | 5 | |
[WP] You meet a trickster who sends you to a parallel universe where your brother did not die from a card accident. | [
"Jeff woke up drenched in sweat. He peered over at his calander and seen it was the same date. Some weird old man did some type of ritual sending him into another universe. Dizzy and distraught, Jeff managed to make it to his living room where his once late brother was sitting.\n\n\"Bro!\" Jacob yelled as he jumped... | 1 | |
[WP] Make me feel as paranoid as possible. | [
"I am the watcher. I wait and see how these things behave. They are the dominant species but their intelligence is not inherited. Every off spring must relearn it or it becomes indistinguishable from the rest of the creatures on this planet.\n\nThey surround themselves with artificial things they make. Big things t... | 4 | |
[WP] Earth is visited by aliens, only they believe our smartphones and computers are the dominant race. | [
"\"So when we get there we must speak to their leader.\"\n\n\"How will we know who is the leader?\"\n\n\"By the way they interact with it. These humans have short attention spans. If they give something their undivided attention, that means we will be in the presence of their leader.\"\n\n\"Oooohhh. I see.\"\n*****... | 1 | |
[WP] You get up and get to work late, but you find that you're already there, sitting in your chair. | [
"This is the story of a man named Stanley.\n\nStanley worked for a company in a big building where he was Employee #427. Employee #427's job was simple: he sat at his desk in room 427 and he pushed buttons on a keyboard. Orders came to him through a monitor on his desk, telling him what buttons to push, how long to... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story about an intense game of Uno. | [
"The green number seven had barely left my hand and already it was my turn again. Sweat was dripping off of my forehead as I struggled to get my card on the table before my sister just decided to skip my turn.. \"Uno\" My sister shouted as she laid down a blue 5. \"Time out,\" I shouted. \n\"What do you say we rais... | 6 | |
[WP] Write about the zombie apocalypse from the perspective of a seven year old. | [
"A zombie apockawips just started. There were big sirens, then shooting... then we ran. We ran so fast, but Mommy didn't get away. They took her, and I started screaming. Now we are in this house, which isn't our house. Daddy has to sit on top of these stairs, and doesn't like to play games anymore. There are other... | 2 | |
[WP] Scientists have discovered a new metal, named "Plot". They made armors for soldiers using this new element. Tell the life of a soldier using this new "Plot Armor" | [
"They say it has responsive powers, the new armor. Smart technology, specifically Plutonium Laced Offensive Tech. It is supposed to revolutionize ground combat. Apparently, I can be tracked in any location, and because of the radioactive offending particles, so can any enemy soldier within 300 meters. As I move acr... | 2 | |
[WP] In an endless matryoshka of stacked virtual reality simulations two travalers meet. One on the way up the chain, towards the real world, another going down, deeper into the virtual. | [
"Zane passed through the colossal stone and steel archway of the Temple of the White Sky and stumbled to a halt, staring around in awe. The place was grander, more glorious, and more elaborate than any of the other constructs he had seen on this Level. Its main chamber manifested as a circular room of enormous diam... | 6 | |
[wp] the world has been saved by your sacrifice. It was the wrong decision. | [
"At last, the world was finally at peace. For 300 years, God had punished the Earth for worshiping the wrong deity. This divine intervention sprouted distrust within the human population, causing greed, famine, war and much worse. My people were enslaved and tortured, because they were different. It was written som... | 1 | |
[WP] Just read a theory about how NASA invented thunderstorms to hide space battles, I understand its ridiculous. Can someone bring this to life? | [
"I'm on top of the old Transco Tower (next to the Galleria in Houston) in the middle of a storm anchored to a fixture with a scuba kit and a waterproof camera in my hand. If I couldn't see it I wouldn't believe it but there were lights in the sky bouncing back and forth. The old man told me there were fights like I... | 7 | |
[WP] You find yourself looking through a creaky house, but anything is better than the frostbite outside. Suddenly you hear a soft familiar voice. Your sister! But where is there voice coming from? "Just stay away and you'll be safe from me..." | [
"It was a relief to pull the heavy coat off his shoulders, the thud it made against the aged hardwood floors was nearly as satisfying. While he still had another jacket on, and multiple other layers, he simply couldn't stand the heavy fur his mother made him pull on as he ran out the door. The thought of his mother... | 1 | |
[WP] you see a stranger on the bus, and plan your life together. Then they get of the bus and you never see them again, until your imagined reality starts to come true | [
"*'She's really cute'* Jake thought to himself. He hadn't really noticed anyone in that way in years, so it surprised him. *'I wonder what her personality is like?'* \n*'What am I doing? I'm perfectly happy with Mary. I mean, we've both been busy recently, and she works the night shift, so we haven't seen each oth... | 2 | |
[WP] at everyone's 15th birthday, a number appears on their neck and collarbone. This number represents the time until the death, in seconds. Yours says 3, but never changes. | [
"\"Happy Birthday dear Ryyyyyan, happy birthday to you!\" \n\nThe song ended. Ryan's parents and little brother, and neighbors and classmates, stared at him with their frozen smiles. Ryan made a wish and blew out the candle. \n\nThe numbers appeared under his shirt, their blinking light obscured by his polo shi... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where 99% of the population is infertile, you are one of the 1% fertile. Now the government wants to force you into their breeding program for the sake of the entire human race. | [
"Yesterday was the physical check up at my highschool. It was routine, everyone had done the tests since kindergarten. You step into the walk-in van and have your 'regions' checked. It seems awkward but we had the tests ever since we could remember.\n\nToday the results were being given out at the front of school. ... | 6 | |
[WP] Vampires not only exist, but there's a wide variety sub-breeds. Explore the differences between two or more conflicting vampires | [
"The class buzzed along at a soft murmur. Enjoying a cool afternoon breeze flowing through the lecture hall. Two large crates sat in the center of the hall. No doubt another one of Professor Bolst's prized specimens.\n\nSlowly the side door to the chamber swing open with a small reverberating screech, silencing the... | 2 |
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