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[WP] A plain metal band (ring) lay on your finger. It's purpose and origins a mystery to all, except it's creator. | [
"I gazed deeply into the album. Inside was the man who had put this silvery bond upon my hand. Perhaps I could ask Her. \nEvery week she came to visit. Thursday at 6:00 every time, she arrived with her scrapbook. We would sit and look through the album and she would question me. It has been a month now and the bes... | 1 | |
[WP] When you cast your ballot, you get a one-minute glimpse of the future under the rule of your choice for president. | [
"\"Oh god,\" said Martin Copleston, one minute after casting his ballot. He stared miserably at the screen, at the words *Thank you for voting.* \"Oh god,\" he repeated. \"I've made a terrible mistake.\" \n\n\"Don't vote for-\" he started to say, exiting the voting booth, and was quickly pulled aside by a poll work... | 1 | |
[WP] Kill your protagonist right at the start. Make a new protagonist afterward, and continue. | [
"“samuel its time” 11:46pm\n\n“pls hurry. I need u” 11:47pm\n\nThe words stood bold against the blinding screen off his phone. The bustling cacophony of noise in the 24/7 Coffee-Stop fell silent, his ears stuffed with cotton. His phone began to quiver in his hands, his whole body shaking with the frantic bouncing o... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the protagonist of a videogame, lounging in your exotic beach house after completing the main quest line. The sun begins to set, but a new objective appears on your screen, "Objective: It's coming, survive the night". | [
"*I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long\nLike a worn-out recording, of a favorite song\nSo while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed\nAnd in the personals column, there was this letter I read\nIf you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain\nIf you're not into yoga, if you have ha... | 3 | |
[WP] You are clumsy in the kitchen. Today, you perform a satanic ritual entirely by accident. | [
"So there I was, cutting peppers in preparation for making a delicious curry. I was using my most expensive (and sharpest) ceramic knife for the arduous task, and all was going well until I sneezed and the knife slipped.\n\nIn a matter of seconds I had not only sprayed pepper juice into my eyes, but I had also slic... | 10 | |
[WP] Humans have genetically engineered plants to "self regulate" what they need to thrive. They can trigger farm systems to provide water, food and pesticides. Scientists don't realize the latest production crop has gained sentience. It's harvesting day. | [
"Adam hit the ringing alarm clock so hard it unplugged itself from the wall socket. It had been insisting that he wake up for some time now, not that it mattered too much. He had stopped caring about what time he woke up at after the first few months on the job. Groaning with early morning fatigue, he rolled to ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story about why the chicken crossed the road. | [
"\"How did I and up here\" said clucks. \"Laying here staring into the cloudy sky as cars pass over head pondering the choices that got me into mess. I had it all a hen a coup and some chicks on the way. You just could say no could you clucks you idiot, all you had to do was say no. You see there's a running joke a... | 2 | |
[WP] On a hunch, a group of deaf people are sent into space. As soon as they leave the Earth's gravitational pull, they all begin to hear the same thing. | [
"Tristan, Dan, Julie and Anna were making history. They were to be the first people with a significant disability sent into space.\n\n*Disabled...* Dan thought. *I always hated that term.*\n\nThe group often lamented the fact that merely speaking the word \"disabled\" predisposed others to certain presumptions abou... | 3 | |
[WP] Life as we know it is a video game for 6th-dimensional aliens and we're all NPCs. One day, the main character approaches you. | [
"\"Tell me about your family.\" John asked.\n\nNo. Demanded.\n\nOn board the HMS Godwinson, John was the soul of the submarine vessel. Our charter was to investigate the ruins of Japan after the Zero-Beta incident, that swept all but the mountainous regions of ol' Nippon.\n\nJohn was known for his tendency to pick ... | 3 | |
[WP] 95 year old man goes to the funeral of the man his deceased wife left him for decades ago. He didn't want to go but this man was the last person he had a tangible connection to. All of his other family, friends and acquaintances already died. | [
"The room was eerily quiet. There were a few rows of chairs laid out, and each row was flanked by the same generic flower bouquet. And in the middle row, in the middle chair, sat Chuck, who began to loudly blow his nose. \n\nHe didn't want to come. He often perused the obituaries to see if anyone else he knew in l... | 2 | |
[WP] You pry open the trunk of your mangled '74 Buick and root around for the small box inside. "I'm retired!" you mutter. "I swore I'd never get involved again!" Behind you, the city burns under the onslaught of alien death beams. | [
" As I grab my .44 magnum, my mind flashes back to 6-1/2 years ago, the day i was forced into retirment. \n \"Calm the f*** down\", Callahan screamed in my face. \"You know good and damn well what happens if we mess this up\".\n \"I can't help it sir I have a shity feeling about all this\" I yelled back, det... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the President of the United States. You have just been told that an alien gateway has appeared on US soil, and seems to be counting down to something. | [
"\"You know, I thought I saw this in a movie once. A bad movie\". \n\nThe Scientist in the Oval Office fingered nervously on his laptop, clearly showing a countdown. He had turned it towards the President in a dramatic gesture clearly hoping this would impress her. It did not. \n\n\"What do we know of this portal?\... | 1 | |
[WP] Suburban fantasy | [
"I am a powerful witch. At least that's what my grandma said after she divined my life's destiny at age 7. I'm sure I felt terrified then, when she laid out my possible glorious future; doing things like casting out demons with a snap of a finger, healing even the most grievous of wounds, and all the standard 'wow,... | 1 | |
[WP] That's when the dead guy opened his eyes, looked at me and said "you should see the other guy". | [
"My first year as a paramedic was rough. The next three were no less rough. I learned quickly that it was not going to be an easy job, but I had hoped it would get a bit more tolerable as time went on. I was wrong. I've been donkey punched by crack heads, threatened with dirty syringes, pissed on, bled on, ejac... | 1 | |
[WP] Your job is to be the Guardian, and everyone refers you you as the Guardian, but you don't know what you're guarding. | [
"**The Guardian of Mysteries**\n\nI was an exceptionally talented and effective guard. I stood watch at the castle gates for many years, ensuring that only those who were authorized entered the premises. Taller than average, and with an imposing posture and build, I was quite intimidating. A weathered face due to m... | 4 | |
[WP] There's a monster in the closet, both literally and figuratively. He wants to talk. | [
"\"From the box of dusty you found in your grandmother's attic last summer: *Beasts of Fright, Your Guide To Staying Safe At Night.* By Aldous Ruthberg.\n\n*Chapter III, Page 87. Lemon Rat.*\n\n*The Lemon Rat is a shy, but curious creature. Standing at half a meter tall, this peculiar little rat carries with it the... | 2 | |
[WP] You created a website for newly awakened coma patients to get full recaps of the time they lost while unconscious. You have also just woken up from a 5 year coma in the year 2021 and then check your website. | [
"After the basic rehabilitation had succeeded, I realized I was entering a world where I had been \"living under a rock\" as they say for the past five years. Luckily, one thing I did remember was the website I had created a few years prior for the small IT company that my friend Mark and I founded. I wonder how th... | 1 | |
[WP]You have the ability to telepathically hear the truth when people you speak to are lying. However you fear bringing up the truths that you hear, as you cannot explain where you sourced it from, without your mental state coming into question. | [
"(I went a bit differently in this aspect, with the assumption that \"I\" *did* tell the truth, and \"I\" *did* have my mental state put into question.) \n\n\nThe nurses wheeled me down the hallway, my straightjacket a hateful cocoon around my tired, decrepit body. \n\"PLEASE! YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME!\" I screamed... | 1 | |
[WP] You were once a ordinary man, but now you're a god. After the old universe ended, you created a new one. You made several dimensions, eldritch beings to occupy them, and made magic a reality. You've also recreated Earth and made lesser gods. After that, you slept, and you have now awoken. | [
"He woke up with that strange feeling again. You know when you feel you've slept on the wrong side of the bed?, or when you don't remember, for a split second, what galaxy you were sleeping on. It took him a moment (civilizations were born and destroyed quicker than that), but he finally came back to who he was. Wh... | 1 | |
But when you go online, people are online too (Tweeting, playing games. There's still online activity.)
I can only imagine all the plot twists! | [WP] You wake up and you're the only person on the planet. | [
"I wake up in bed. Dazed, drowsy, and if I ever drank alcohol probably a feeling of a hangover. I notice there is barely any noise, it is clearly past 10:00am and my family is up way before then. \n\nI go from room to room looking for anyone, but alas no one. I get worried and perplexed trying to figure out where e... | 2 |
[WP] You are living in a world where you gain 1 hour of life or "time" when you kill someone. You realize you have 10 minutes left. | [
"**Minute Zero**\n\n“Ten minutes remaining.” Great. That stupid life meter is teasing me now.\n\n**Minute One**\n\nThis was it. My entire life compressed down to these final ten minutes. I knew this day would come, but I never really thought much of it. I laughed it off when my parents told me what I was. They trie... | 6 | |
[WP] A Serial Killer is actually a Cereal killer, as in a cereal mascot. | [
"It's 2AM and the television screen in front of you is broadcasting the recent news. It's one of those unpleasant night owl channels that market to horror fanatics. You do not consider yourself to be them, but here you are in a bright blue nightie your aunt picked out two weeks before and despite your many protests... | 1 | |
[WP] The first 18 years of your life is a free demo, but for the next years you have to subscribe. You made the mistake of subscribing for 50 years in advance and you can't cancel it. You're far from finishing and you desperately want to die. | [
"I woke up to the screeching buzz of my alarm clock, wishing that I hadn't woken up at all. Every evening I went to sleep hoping death would take me but I could only dream of such sweet release. The screen on my wrist from whence the alarm buzzer wailed responded to my touch by cutting the alarm and notifying me w... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a dark and gritty remake of your favorite kids show. Wait as long as possible to reveal what show you're referencing. | [
"\"Cobraaaaaaaaaaaaa!\"\n\nGod damn it. I walked over to the Cobra Commander and asked him if he knows what time it is.\n\n\"It'ssss Secondsiessss thirtiesssss,\" he said from behind his cowardly mask.\n\n\"Oh wow, I just looked at the time and it, in factual writer to reader truth, is two thirty! Hahaha!\" I laug... | 11 | |
[WP] Build a fantasy world without using the generic races (human, elf, dwarf, orc), but instead make your own race. | [
"The town square was full of people all staring in awe at the man with the ripped armor.. He had the gut to say he's actually encountered the Faceless. Everyone in the town had heard the stories. The vendor, the knight, the maidens, all knew the tale. Some of the king’s men had seen them when visiting the Lofton Fi... | 4 | |
[WP] In the future atheism is the norm, so naturally edgy teenagers are becoming theists and pollute the Internet with very weak arguements for the existence of God | [
"In the darkness of her bedroom, a plump young woman hunches over a shining screen. Her fingers tap and stroke atop the light excitedly, tracing the Truth. The crook-toothed grin on her face is lit, she's at one with the glow - the collective, the internet - *Friends*. She is an digital Angel, a messenger! She spea... | 3 | |
[WP] 3 centuries have passed since the first nation approved the "Survival of the Fittest" law. Overpopulation is a long forgotten problem, but society have changed quite a bit ever since... | [
"I still remember it, the day that all the governments of the worlds met. The earth was being destroyed, there were too many people. There was never enough food for everyone, famine and war, even in the first world countries. That was why they met. they passed a law, the \"Survival of the fittest\" law, each year,... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the commander of a regiment and you and your regiment are cut off from supplies, circled by enemies. You.. | [
"(? NSFW notice: a few F-words thrown in.)\n\nCombat Medic Gertrude drops her supply bag and raises her landmine-poking stick high in the air. \"Yahweh, protect us!\" Sudden wind blows from beneath her skirts, up her blouse, twisting and shredding her uniform to threads until she stands naked before all. All her fo... | 1 | |
[WP] You die and arrive at a queue for heaven's gate. You decide to wander off. | [
"The gate wasn't what I expected.\n\nA door stood in front of me, standing upright as one normally would, except I could walk around it. \n\nI scratched my head. Oh yeah, that was weird too. I still had my fucking body. Nothing's really changed about me at all since the oncoming bus. I guess the good part is that m... | 6 | |
[WP] A story where the protagonist is a pretty decent individual by most accounts, but is DESPISED by the narrator. | [
"This is the story of a man named Jacob. A decent man he is, in his early thirtys with a husband, two kids named Stacy, the older sister and John, the little brother. Jacob works a respectable job as an IT person where he sits at his desk each day fiddling around with the code for his company's website. A good man ... | 18 | |
[WP] turns out you're the long lost royal child of a secret penultimate royal family that controls all of earth... Except you're finding this out during your 3rd period English class in high school. | [
"“You have the rest of the period to finish – you may begin”\n\nThe dull headache that had been growing over the last month threated to put you on your back, but this midterm was worth nearly 20% of your final mark and you couldn't afford to slip. \n\nYou signed and rubbed your temples, leaning your head against yo... | 1 | |
[Wp] A pirate crew confronts their captain about his drinking problem | [
"\"Look, Captain, the first thing you need to know is we're all here because we care about you.\"\n\n\"Oh what the hell is this, Smee, I haven't got the time or inclination to hunt down ALL of your families so this had better not be another mutiny.\"\n\n\"Of course not, Captain, no, we're here because we're concern... | 1 | |
[wp] It's the year 3006. People are talking about 90's kidd in the same way that today's '90's' kids are. Describe what kind of culture they talk about and how they describe it. | [
"The year was 1994. Earth's superpowers, once feared to be preparing for war, were collapsing from within. The various states and provinces of North America were being carved into fiefs by petty warlords. The greatest and most terrible were the genetically-enhanced supermen led by Khan Nguyen-Sihng.\n\nVery little ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a weatherman who has the power to make whatever you say come true, but only in terms of weather. Today, you woke up in a bad mood. | [
"It's been raining heavily for 3 days now. \n\nIt's mid-August and the worst storms and rain showers in living memory are blanketing the British Isles in cold rain, harsh wind and relentless lightning. Floods plague coastal and riverside towns, landslides isolate rural and mountainous villages. The sewers began to ... | 2 | |
[WP] You receive a DVD in the mail one day with hours of you and your family enjoying life at your house. It was shot with a handheld camera from the woods beside your home. | [
"The police detectives were huddled around my wife and I in the kitchen. Two more were in the den, re-watching the tape slowly to scour for clues. Karen looked to me with tears in her eyes, she was scared. I was scared. \n\n Detective Blue was a hulking man, creeping near retirement. \"When was the last time he h... | 2 | |
[WP] You are blind. One day you suddenly see, but you wish you didn't. | [
"It had been about two weeks now, since that fateful morning when I looked out my window to see the sun rising. To most people, this occurrence would have been common place and not in any way seeming out of place. Most people, however, had spent their entire lives growing accustomed to waking up in this manner. Twe... | 2 | |
[WP] You're beginning to suspect that the new guy in the office is actually a grizzly bear in disguise, but no one believes you. | [
"It had been years since the last incident. This company belonged to my father; before that, it belonged to my great-grandmother. What would they think if they were alive and learnt of my latest mistake? There's a limit to these things. And I think I'm about at the end of my thread.\n\nHe seemed like a nice guy. Bu... | 2 | |
[WP] You're the Chosen One, destined to vanquish all evil. You'd love to save the world but some idiotic wizards and "oracles" constantly keep making easily understandable prophesies about you, leading the bad guys to you every time. | [
"\"LISTEN, ALL!\" cried the prophet. His white wispy beard, silky like the words being announced from his mouth.\n“Our great saviour has arrived upon our broken world, and he is destined to vanquish the evil that has plagued the innocent forever!\"\nWhilst the prophet uttered his golden words, two short dark hooded... | 1 | |
[WP] You are Death, and you can't figure out why everyone everywhere is scared of you. | [
"I waited patiently next to her as her shackles rusted away. Soon they would be so frail that my blade could sheer them, and she would be free. \n\nShe could see me now, a little, as her prison walls grew then. She recoiled from me in terror, but there was nowhere she could go. \n\nNot yet. \n\nI couldn't blame her... | 4 | |
[WP] There was a bomb in the train station, and you had the choice to save yourself or save everyone else. You chose yourself, and the world knows that you could have saved everyone else. | [
"\"Murderer!\"\n\nThe mob grew angrier and angrier as they dragged the man into the street. Teeth showing like viscous dogs while hoarse screams emitted from the pack. Hands raised in the air clenched in fists. Some holding rocks and bottles while others clutched home made signs displaying their displeasure. The cr... | 1 | |
*Women currently pregnant can all miscarry or they can be as successful as is realistic, or the unborn could all disappear like magic, whatever you prefer.
Do people go on living the way they do? Does the inevitably impending end of humanity mean that most people will see their time as truly worthless? What will it be... | [WP] At midnight, every human on Earth becomes infertile/impotent. Everyone currently alive is part of the final generation of humanity. | [
"\"We don't know exactly when it happened. All we know for sure is that at some point humanity stopped being able to reproduce.\n\n\"We didn't panic at first. It seemed like just another odd trend; the news reported an unusual rise in miscarriages, but not every pregnancy failed. Looking back now, the warning signs... | 1 |
[WP] He is Beat-Up Man, terror of all wannabe vigilantes, criminals, and heroes alike. In reality, the urban legend just wants to pass on the mantle as soon as he can before retirement, but nobody fits the bill. | [
"They call me Beat-Up Man.\n\nI'd like to say that it started as a joke, but my alter-ego was actually coined by a Daily Mail journalist who was much less funny than he thought he was. One day I was living in relative obscurity; the next, a blurry photo of my left elbow was splashed across the front page under the ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the laughing stock of the super hero community, because you have a crappy almost entirely useless superpower. Then one day, a very specific situation arises where only you can save the day. | [
"I sighed, slumping in the corner of my room. I was useless. Everyone had awesome powers like super speed or invisibility or telekinesis. What did I have? I had the power to reverse the direction of any escalator in the world. That was literally it. I could make it mildly inconvenient for people at the mall.\n\n\"D... | 1 | |
[WP] We all now characters like the Joker, Sherlock Holmes, Deadpool and Vaas. All of them are popular psychotic heroes/villains. Create a new character and a new take on the whole "psychotic" part. | [
"Have you ever heard of the Joker? Red Skull? The Black Hand? They're dangerous, the lot of them. If you ever see one of them headed your way, you better hope they don't see you.\n\nBut do you know what they all have in common? They all have egos. People know who they are. They want power, or visibility. They want ... | 1 | |
[WP] It has become increasingly clear that you are being watched and helped by some type of Supernatural/Paranormal/Mythical being, however you wish it would just tell you what it wants and stop beating around the bush... | [
"I turn the page on the textbook I'm studying. I check the time. God, 7:30 already? I'm never gonna be ready for this test in time. I look back down at the book.\n\n**Watcha reading?**\n\nI sigh audibly. \"A chemistry textbook.\"\n\n**God, the real world is boring as holy hell.** Heat head sits on the table I'm usi... | 1 | |
[WP] You just landed an awesome new job. But instead of money, you get paid in unforgettable moments. | [
"Emily slammed the door behind her and ran towards the end of the corridor, trying to ignore the growling beast chasing her.\n\nShe passed in front of a door with a green sign she didn't have time to read, but noted that in her memory. She took a left turn and hid behind another door. \n\nPanting, her back against... | 1 | |
[WP] You arrive home to find your front door wide open. The place is trashed, but the TV and various valuables are all still here. You rush to your closet to make sure it's still there. It's gone. | [
"My phone slipped out of my hand and hit the floor. No longer was I worried about the work I had on my desk in front of me, nor did I care about hunger, thirst, or that everyone in the office was looking at me. All of that was pushed back into my head- not mattering in the peripheral vision of my mind's eye. In my ... | 2 | |
Alcoholics versus zombies. Go wild :) | [WP] Thanks to the germ killing property of alcohol, only alcoholics survived a global outbreak of brain eating bacteria. As the dead returns to hunt the living, it's up to the alcoholics to ensure the survival of the human race. | [
"Joe's Tavern. All the usual faces, the smell, the warmth. To me, it was like all the world balled up into a point of light. It was the breath of humanity, sonorous and sharpened by whiskey. Another Thursday night and Walter putting down drinks behind the bar. Outlaw country on the speakers and sawdust on the ... | 8 |
[WP]You're stuck in Groundhog Day, on the day you will be executed for the crimes you committed ten years ago. | [
"Diary of a madman, watch me die another day.\n\nI looked down at my Big Mac with disgust; even though each day was a separate universe or whatever, it didn't change the fact that I had eaten this sorry excuse for a hamburger every day for the past X days. Unfortunately, they make you request your last meal the day... | 1 | |
[WP] Dying is always a choice. When you die, Death agrees to make one concession for you when you die, whether it's for the pain to stop, or for you to see a loved one again. He always knows the perfect promise to make for people to agree to pass on. Except once... | [
"Death arrives in the back streets of a town filled with squalor and hopelessness. Andin is the unfortunate soul who is sought out now. Andin, who has struggled through life on the streets, without family or real friends to help him, relying on the kindness of others and the guidance of other children like him. Fol... | 1 | |
[WP] Write write a story/poem where you use an object as a euphemism for death, only don't tell us what it is. | [
"Jack held the dying flower in his hands. \n\nHeaving with choking sobs and croaks, he tried to keep it still, shaking the tears out of his eyes so he could focus on it. Just yesterday he had found it. It was so beautiful. So pure. A wonderful palette of reds and blues and greens. He set the flower back on the desk... | 3 | |
[WP] You accidentally find debug mode in real life, and can now activate cheat codes. | [
"\"Oh for fucks sake,\" were the words I repeated for the seventh time this day. No matter the amount of energy that I put into trying my best, my damned coffee always shatters with a silky smooth elegance about it. The creamy coloured brew always seeks out a new way to make me usher those few famous words. It's al... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the exact opposite of the Hulk. Your powers activate when you're calm, and you become normal when you're angry. | [
"I had feared the day when my enemies would learn my true ability.\n\nToday was that day.\n\n\"It's over, Steelskin,\" Voidpuller leered. \"You know it. I know it.\"\n\n\"GIVE HER BACK!\" I roared. \n\nMy nemesis laughed, the darkness around him pulsating. I knew that signified that he was contracting the darkspace... | 3 | |
Loyal following, cult figure. Most certainly evil. Queen of Dogs. *Reina de Perros*. | [WP] A young American girl becomes the most feared gangster in Central America. | [
"Her childhood consists of two events: A story that she can faintly remember whispered to her by her father and mother in the darkness of her bedroom. And the day that her mothers head became a watermelon, at least that's how she interpreted it when she was young.\n\nImagine only having two memories of your mother,... | 1 |
Seems to me that superhero fiction tends to do the 'the powers reflect their personality' shindig. So let's play with that by doing the reverse: powers that are opposite to the nature of the person who wields them. | [WP] Typically, superpowers map out to the superhuman's personality. Fire projectors tend to be hotheaded, inventors tend to be smart... So how about superhumans who are discordant with the nature of their powers? Idiot inventors, brilliant brutes, cold-hearted souls with a flame that engulfs all... | [
"As a teacher in a school for the \"gifted\" I've seen a lot of people pass through these corridors. You spot trends very easily from behind your desk. Pyromancers often need help to control their tempers, Cryomancers tend to shut people out or general act cold towards one another... Personality predicts power. Or ... | 2 |
Be creative and try different ideas. I didnt realise that someone had already done this one as i had heard of this idea in a conversation. Accidental repost | [WP] A serial killer who enjoys killing hitchhikers picks up another serial killer who poses as a hitchhiker to kill drivers | [
"The car slowed down to a stop, and Timothy smiled. He had a new victim for the night.\n\nThe window rolled down. \"Where are you headed, son?\"\n\nThe driver looked around 40, and seemed a kindly man. Timothy preferred women, but hitchers can't be choosers.\n\n\"Oh, nowhere in particular,\" he said, opening the ba... | 1 |
[WP] You are a librarian about to lose your job because all public libraries in your city are being turned into book-free study/work areas with free wifi. | [
"The time has come. My doom. My most feared ending. My devastation.\n\nWifi has finally taken over the world.\n\nOr mine, at least.\n\nI stared at the employment termination letter, and shed a quiet tear. It slid down my cheek, dripped on the paper. The ink from the laser printer didn't even blotch for the slightes... | 2 | |
[WP] On your thirtieth birthday, after years of loneliness and failed relationships you make a wish to be irresistible to the opposite sex. It works! A year later however, you realise it really sucks. | [
"I was never a popular kid at school, my parents constantly moving around from one job to the next, one town to the next, one country to the next. It's not that they wanted to live outside of the UK per se, but that with housing prices rising exponentially they'd rather live somewhere bigger than a shoebox. \n\nCon... | 5 | |
[WP] For an entire week, humanity witnesses a mass fleet of alien ships passing between Earth and the Moon. None land or attempt to make contact. We send out greetings on all possible frequencies but only get in reply what can be translated as, "RUN". | [
"\"What are they saying!\" The commanding officer demanded, rather than asking. He paced through the room with haste, staring at each and every one of our consoles. \"Someone find this out!\" \n\nThere were about two dozen of us spread out in a few rows. We watched as different signals danced across the monitors, o... | 4 | |
[WP] You work at a call center giving customer service to the magic community. | [
" “Morning Matilda,” I grumbled to the frumpy witch at the front desk as I walked in. Matilda was always in a good mood in an annoying kind of way.\n\n“Good morning Ebenezer!” she replied, a smile the size of a gnutlebeetle plastered on her face, “What a lovely Monday, can I bring you some coffee?” \n\nIt was simpl... | 7 | |
[WP] You invent long range teleportation. Your first test subject goes into the teleporter, only what comes out the other side is eerily different. | [
"There's this thing about me, I always saw myself as a messy builder, a brute-result-oriented person, since I was a kid, I was creating many different forms of childish art but all were sketches, at least in other people eyes. Deep-down I knew that was my goal from the beginning, and I was moving on to the next thi... | 2 | |
[WP] NASA re-establishes contact with a long-lost spacecraft and it won't stop screaming. | [
"\"Voyager 1, settle down there now-\"\n\n\"SETTLE DOWN?! BITCH , I\"VE BEEN STUCK IN THIS KUIPER BELT FOR GOING ON TEN YEARS NOW! ROCKS, MORE ROCKS, AND OOOOH! A DWARF PLANET ROCK! PARDON ME WHILE I SHRIEK IN EXCITEMENT!\"\n\nNobody was quite sure how the Voyager 1 became sentient for a while, until a Japanese res... | 2 | |
[WP] Recent information proves that being a lumberjack is a lot more dangerous than we previously thought. | [
"I remember the day too well.\n\nthis was the summer she awoke. I was hard at work felling pine. me and the crew were ahead of schedule when she appeared.\n\nthe goddess stood above us the same as she stood above every person on the planet that day. we heard her speak. she told all of human kind that she was gaea, ... | 1 | |
[WP] A word has been banned from every known language. The word cannot already be crude/derogatory, and no terms for a belief system, political/social ideology, or media subculture may be the banned word. Explain the circumstances for forbidding the word to ever be spoken again. | [
"(May be in poor taste to respond to one's own prompt, but I got a brilliant idea while slogging through my shift.)\n\nThe first few times, it was minor, strange but dismissable. But, with how callously we used to use this world, it wasn't long before there would be repercussions.\n\nIt resulted in embarassing mome... | 2 | |
[WP] You're 1 of 20 people to win a lifetime supply from a rising company. Now 10 years later, the company is struggling and looking to end their lifetime supply promotions, to save money, by any means necessary. | [
"People usually hire me to kill one person.\nAn ex-husband, wife, boss etc. \nI've made a lot of money over the years. I got married, bought a house and put both my kids through college. I've killed hundreds of people, and I never really thought about it. Kill, collect, repeat. I have an agent of sorts, who scopes ... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans make first contact with aliens, and for the most part the aliens are unimpressed - until they see humanity's ingenious weapons. One hundred years later humans are the arms dealers of the galaxy. | [
"\"Poison gas?! Ingenious!\" The little squid-like alien floating in his mobile tank said. \"We would never consider turning an environmental hazard against our enemies!\" His translator trilled the equivalent of a laugh. \n\nTom Reiser grinned. \"Glad we could help. Now for aquatic battles, I would recommend our C... | 5 | |
[WP] A strange artifact is unearthed in a remote part of the world. That night, a strong wind blows across the entire planet and strange things begin happening worldwide. | [
"I didn’t get into archeology to be famous. I thought that if I was lucky, and I mean very lucky I would be able to find something that maybe mentions my name at a museum. Not even a good museum like the Louvre or Smithsonian, more like the Natural-ish History-ish Meusem-ish of Akron Ohio. Now I am famous to every... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone considers you the village idiot. In reality, you are the most intelligent person the world has seen for sometime. | [
"\"What'er you fuckin' *doin*' Jake?\" A man's voice shouted from afar distance. \"Swear to the Light, if Knights see you playin' like this, and you'll be on the stakes! The stakes I say!\" I heard the crusty yell wander over the hills that lined my thin edge of property by the forest. As always, Old Nan must have ... | 1 | |
[WP] In the near future a form of time travel has been discovered that allows you to observe the past but not interact with it in anyway. You are an accredited historian writing a paper on a well known piece of history that has been intentionally falsified to cover up a horrible truth. | [
"I sat at my desk staring at the screen. Being a historian was boring. But, it was an easy job. Archeology seemed much more interesting, but was considered primitive, unreliable, and inefficient thanks to the invention of the Time Spectre. Being able to watch the event happen was much easier, but probably not as ex... | 2 | |
[WP]Everyone can read minds, EXCEPT for you. | [
"As always, I was focusing very hard. Focusing very hard on absolutely nothing. With a mind as blank as a new canvas, I rushed to Calculus where I would concentrate so hard on the lesson that my mind would have no time to think of anything but math. Another walk through the hallway with a blank slate for a mind. Ri... | 1 | |
[WP] You, a demon, have been haunting your victim for 5 years now. However, they seem to think you're some kind of guardian angel | [
"The truck whizzed mere inches from him, just barely missing him. It swerved and swung uncontrollably for some distance, until finally coming to a halt. He stood rooted in the middle of the road, eyes wide with disbelief. The truck's driver disembarked and rushed to him, anxiously checking if he is fine. I could cl... | 5 | |
[WP] A super villain begins to question their judgement when it comes to recruiting henchmen. | [
"As a rule, I've been successful in side-stepping most of the more remarkable pitfalls of my fallen forebears. The annals of supervillain and evil overlord history are littered with poor choices, and I've made it a habit to study and avoid them. I've got to take the long view, as my nanny used to say. You can't con... | 1 | |
[WP] Thanks to science, humans can switch off their pain now. Instead, your HUD becomes red when you get hurt. One day you wake up, seeing red everywhere. | [
"\"Huh. Honey?\" I woke up laying on my back. I don't get a response right away, so I figure she's still making breakfast or coffee; she always wakes up an hour before me since she has to leave earlier. I close my eyes again and feel a little surprised when the red from my vision, sharp around the edges and dul... | 2 | |
[WP] In an alternate universe, there is a Dungeons&Dragons-like game called Offices&Co-workers. (A game about everyday menial office workers). Every day, a group of high school jocks spend their afternoon playing. | [
"The Office Master (OM) grimaced as he rolled the dice out of sight of the anxious looking players. A one from a twenty sided dice... it couldn't be any worse. The party had just spent a week plotting vengeance against a contractor who had screwed them. They had managed to produce an angry, blackmailing email conta... | 1 | |
[WP] The surgeon comes into the recovery room to tell you that although the surgery was a success, there was no blood to perform a transfusion, and instead they had to use Mountain Dew Code Red. You don't hear this because you've already snowboarded out the window. | [
"What I realize now as I sit atop Half-Dome snacking on a Sweet Onion Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich from Subway is that the secret to immortality has been among us the entire time, and we never even knew it. *I should probably backtrack a bit...*\n\nI am told I have been hit by a bus while crossing the street. After le... | 14 | |
[WP]Write a story from a seemingly third person view, then shock the reader | [
"Susan Hampton. My mother. She was kind, intelligent, endearing, and everything in between. She was honest, yet considerate. Lax, but efficient. She was destined to be a working mother: one of the toughest jobs in the world. She provided a loving home, and in turn, I gave her the only thing I could-- unconditional ... | 2 | |
[WP] A mysterious file appears on your computer. It reads "Do not open" you being the rebellious person you are open it. | [
"Alex was sifting through his computer files out of pure, unadulterated boredom. It was a lazy afternoon, and he had just about nothing else to do. His eyes flitted to and fro as files flew past on his monitor.\n\nIt came to be, however, that he found one file he did not recognize.\n\nNormally, he would have been m... | 4 | |
All comments and views warmly accepted. | [WP]You finally land on HP67 , the closest habitable planet to Earth. The vegetation is pretty much the same. The only problem is that all "animals" have been slaughtered by something. You head back to your ship only to find it dragged away by the unnamed thing. | [
"I tracked the drag marks for miles across the extraterrestrial landscape, alone with my thoughts as the only human on the planet, and for lightyears in any direction. I knew I should be paying attention to my surroundings, but unless I found whatever had looted through my landing craft, I'd never make it back to ... | 1 |
Pretty much I imagined this as two brothers, talking about something random, maybe something specific, while eating dinner together. Something very nonchalant and relaxed, as if you where talking with your own sibling(s). | [WP] Two brothers talk about nothing over takeout. | [
"\"Do remember Delia? Delia with the tattoos of the gardenias that went from the nape of her neck to the crook of her knee, the one I met at the thing in Conroe?\" \n\n*\"Different from Amelia?\"* \"Amelia was black.\" *\"Right.\"* \n\n\"When we finished, she did this thing where she'd kind of play with my soft... | 2 |
[WP] A drone pilot convinces himself that it is all just a game so he can live with his choices. | [
"“Point. Click. Fire.”\n\n“Hah,” he laughed almost contemptuously. “You really think that’s what we do?”\n\n“Well.” I shrugged. “That’s what the people think of your job, but we’re here to change that.”\n\nHis hands fidgeted nervously, the only part of his body I could see as the rest was hidden in shadow.\n\n“What... | 1 | |
You live in the city and are waiting in the subway for your train to arrive. Time stands still, the world turns grey, the hum of the station fades and is replaced by the echoing of someone's footsteps. A looming figure strides towards you and gives you an envelope. As the stranger's steps begin to fade away, the world'... | [WP] Unexpected Inheritance | [
"\"The contents enclosed within the attached envelope are the items bequeathed to you in the will of the late Haldrege Ueftwhe Uefgard. The name may sound unfamiliar to you, but that is to be expected. Mr. Uefgard had no living relatives nor friends with which to share his fortune. But he did not want it simply goi... | 1 |
[WP] You, a princess locked in a tower. Him, an enamored Prince Charming. The issue: you don't want to be rescued. | [
"\"Go away!\" The voice came down from the highest window. \"I don't know you. I don't want to know you. And I am definitely not coming down.\"\n\n\"But, but, but. M'lady, thou must come down at once. I am your knight and am here to take my place by your side.\"\n\nThe full moon showed a figure on one knee, arms ou... | 1 | |
[WP] Hell freezes overnight, and Satan decides to stay with you until everything melts... | [
"\"So what is the wifi password?\"\n\n\"Look, I told you, my parent's don't let me hand it out to just anyone. It took my girlfriend 3 months to get the password. They check it every day to see who is logged on.\"\n\n\"Ok then, what about tv?\"\n\n\"I don't have one in my room.\"\n\n\"What do you have???\"\n\n\"I... | 1 | |
[WP] "Oh we never do full scale wars, no sir. Most of our 'military' issues are handled by the roaches." | [
"I sit in the office of Admiral Hal P. Richardson. It is a far cry from the decrepit abode of [my last interviewee](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/5006dn/wp_a_retired_worm_rat_talks_about_his_experiences/d70e40h). Between us sits a polished mahogany desk. A small library is shelved behind the admi... | 1 | |
[WP] The world was made by a bunch of deities sticking ideas together. You're the one who put "violence" in the mix. | [
"\"Are you Ares?\"\n\nI look up from my book to face whoever is speaking to me. Except no one is here... \nI look around the room for the source of the voice.\n\n\"Down here!\"\n\nI put down my book and lean forward. Sure enough, there is a mortal before my feet. A small little man, with skin almost as black as th... | 1 | |
[WP] After a successful attempt to break the speed of light, you hear a stern voice behind you: it seems the physics police have caught you speeding. | [
"Frank laughed aloud while talking to himself. “If this works I’ll either by fired or I’m going to get a huge raise.”\n\nWe was not a physicist or scientist. He really had no idea what he was doing or what would happen. But the curiosity had taken hold. \n\nFrank was a maintenance man. He had one really important... | 3 | |
[WP] You're the ruler of a kingdom in a fantasy world. After a long, stressful day, you decided to disguise yourself as a simple citizen to unwind. You didn't expect to fall in love. | [
"The tea shop was empty, except for the man at the counter, which was why Tae came in.\n\nWhen he pushed open the door, the bells on it tinkled, and the man looked up. There was a beat, and then the man smiled.\n\nAnd Tae knew he was damned.\n\n“Good evening,” the man said. “You came just in time. I was just about ... | 1 | |
[WP] High noon. A time for meetings. Duels. Clashes of will. Two figures meet in the blazing sunlight. | [
"High Noon. A time for meetings. Duels. Clashes of wills. Two figures meet in the blazing sunlight.\n\nThe bell tower struck, a long sonorous drone echoing through the windswept valley. Long blades of sun bleached grass bent by a never tiring wind. The earth cracked and broken. Brown leather boots dusted with the s... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a soldier in a firefight, you cross paths with an enemy soldier, who just happens to be an old friend. | [
"It was just the two of us in this building, the silence growing more and more intense as we stared down eachother. I hadn't seen my friend since the last war, and I never thought I would ever see him again.\n\n\"I don't believe my eyes...\" I said, \"Is it really you? Are you really here?\"\n\nHe solemnly nodded a... | 6 | |
[WP] In order to win their long and bloody war, superheroes and supervillains are trying desperately to recruit the most powerful superhuman in existence. The only problem: he/she is only ten years old. | [
"The superhero and his arch nemesis each had grabbed hold of the boy's arms and were tugging on him like he was a lawnmower that wouldn't start. The boy let out a squeal of pain, and with an explosion of light both combatants were tossed high into the air and slammed through several buildings.\n\nWhen they emerged ... | 2 | |
[WP] Scientists successfully clone the first dinosaur from ancient DNA. They are surprised to find it intelligent, prone to breathing fire and having a curious fascination with gold. | [
"“I swear Robert.” The man in the white suit massaged his temples. “Sometimes, I just wonder why you’re still on my payroll.” In front of him, John Hubert—head of the board of directors of the Hubert foundation—was the head researcher for division two, portly and balding, and holding onto half an egg’s remains abou... | 3 | |
[WP] After getting an MRI on your brain, your doctor tells you that your brain is like that of a dolphin or a whale's - its halves take turns sleeping. Weird thing is, no one, not your parents, friends, or partners, have ever mentioned anything about your nocturnal activities. | [
"I've always been so nice.\n\nMy Mum always told me that - Gina, you are so lovely. She would say it with a soft smile many mornings, with her coffee in hand, sometimes shaking.\n\nMy mother's hands shook a lot. It was anxiety, she would tell me.\n\n\nToday's morning was very different. Mother seemed extra apprehen... | 1 | |
[WP] Due to the large number of sarcastic write-ins for the 2016 presidential election, by popular vote, Cthulu is elected as President of the United States. | [
"It was November of 2016 when the horror began. It had been a season of great fear and political drama, and voters were greatly anxious about the future of the country. We were greatly bewildered at the candidates for the presidency who we had to choose to lead us. On one hand, there was a woman involved in numerou... | 4 | |
Notice I've used "matter", instead of specifying something. It's up to you to decide what has been created, how big it is or how much of it. | [WP] The origin of the universe has been discovered: We are but a simulation in a computer-like machine. Now the code that controls our reality is secretly being researched and learned by us humans, and you, one of the lead scientists on the subject, for the first time creates matter out of nowhere. | [
"Sometimes, the biggest changes in human history start with the smallest events. A single gunshot in Concord. A failed assassin getting a sandwich in Sarajevo. Or a few wisps of hydrogen in a vacuum chamber. \n\nWe had known that this universe was a computer simulation for a few years by that point. There had been ... | 1 |
[WP]The worlds most renowned serial killer is now in your house. Oddly enough, his only 'weapon' seems to be a spoon. | [
"“Care for some pudding?”\n\nHis voice sounded thick and indistinct, like I had syrup in my ears. I looked up at Marcus and tried to focus on his face.\n\n“Didhuhfuhsleep?”\n\nHe angled his head and I’m pretty sure his eyebrows went up. This focusing thing was going to be hard. I tried to swallow the feeling of mol... | 2 | |
[WP] After centuries of study, palm reading is now the most accurate way to see your life story, from birth until death. The only problem is that you can't read palms, and whenever you show someone, looking for an answer, they drop your hand and back away with a look of horror. | [
"Part II\n\nThe man wore a black trench coat, black sunglasses, and a black hat. He didn’t lower his gun, but said in a dangerously calm voice. “you will speak to no one of this.” \n\nI nodded, but mostly because of the gun pointed at me. He began to lower the barrel, but something shifted in the air. I could almos... | 3 | |
[WP] Wizard Team Six tries to resolve a hostage situation involving a dark wizard and muggles while trying not to breach the statute of secrecy. | [
"Part One: (note, this is an edited version of a story I wrote around a Wizard SWAT team named \"Division Six.\" It fits with the WP exactly.)\n\n\nThings had gone decidedly pear shaped from the start. It was supposed to have been a simple snatch and grab, and then...well it hadn't turned out that way. \"It's neve... | 1 | |
[WP] Mental illness can be forced to manifest into a physical form. You are professional MMA champion hired to beat the depression out of people. | [
"\"I bring out the worst in people...\" Jason answered. \"Literally\"\n\n\"I know, but that's why you have to help me!\" the woman cried as she started to break down in tears \"I'm an inch away from killing myself already, so I don't care how much it hurts... please Jason just help me\" she said as her voice lost t... | 7 | |
Odin approves. Loki despises you for he wants Mjolnir. Sif grieves for Thor but shall fight by your side, because of this the others shall too.
Good luck Surrogate Odin Son. Oh yeah and Jormungandr taunts you for he does not fear you. | [WP] Ragnarok has begun, but Thor has died early. You have been chosen by Mjolnir to be his replacement. | [
"'I can watch Civil War a billion times and never get tired,' I stated, keeping aside the popcorn bowl.\n\nGeraldine got off the sofa and walked towards the television set, tinkering with the various remotes.\n\n'Seems like the storm has settled,' she said, eyeing the window behind me.\n\nI stood up to stretch and ... | 1 |
[WP] It's the last night on Earth. There is one thing you need to do before you go | [
"Ironworker-892 slipped out of bed an hour past the curfew bell, just as the moon peeked out from above the tenement block opposite his dormitory’s narrow window. He slipped into his only pair of stained gray pants and threw on the single coat hanging beside his bed. He picked at the rusting auto-lock on the door u... | 1 |
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