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[WP] Write a story about a world which is identical to ours except for one very large detail / twist, subtly hinted at but ultimately revealed at the very end. | [
"A gentle breeze wafted through the office. Jay leaned back and sighed, enjoying the cool air as it ruffled his hair and whistled in his ears. Nothing like a beautiful day in New York to sweeten the drudgery of clearing an inbox after spending some time off. And besides, this was the last one! He pecked out a quick... | 1 | |
[WP] You make a tinfoil hat as a joke but what you notice shocks you. | [
"Tin foil hat\n\nIt wasn’t silence so much as an absence of noise. I hadn’t noticed it until it was gone. I pulled the stupid foil hat from my head and there it was, the noise, almost like someone had a radio on in the next room or the noise I might hear from a stadium full of people if I were six or eight blocks a... | 7 | |
For example: "Destroy all Michael Buble Christmas music" or "Enforce as new law that red lights mean go and green lights mean stop."
How does Earth comply or dodge the request in a creative manner.
| [WP] An advanced alien species we have no hope of defying comes to Earth and makes an inappropriate and bizarre, but not morally questionable, request. | [
"We were outnumbered fifty to one. And by we I mean all of us. Every single man woman and child on this God given Earth couldn't even make a dent in their damn ships. The worst part was they didn't even want anything valuable. They just wanted to see us suffer, scrape our humanity away from us with their stupid req... | 1 |
[WP] Earth is about to be hit by a massive asteroid, suddenly the moon comes to life, shoots across the night sky and takes the full impact.. | [
"The knowledge that the world we all knew would end on April 9, 2033 at 6:02 pm as the Foxon asteroid impacted planet earth, changed people. A few--the very rich--had already left in a small fleet of Mars transport ships determined that the their third colonization attempt would go better than the previous two. Mas... | 1 | |
[WP] You die in an accident. The light at the end of the tunel retracts, and you wake up in what awfully looks like a court-room. You have been summoned as a witness to a Trial of God! The numerous charges include "Crimes against Creation" and "Spiritual Entrapment" | [
"\"Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, in the coming days, weeks, or even months I will work diligently to show you that the Defendant is not omnipotent, is not omniscient, a homicidal maniac, and is beyond reasonable doubt certifiably insane. I will outline proof for you in texts that, according to theology scholars... | 1 | |
[WP]Publishers Clearing House winners keep choosing to take annual payments. You are the Publishers Clearing House assassin. | [
"\"Gertrude \"Gerty\" Solomon\"... \nA grin pulled at the side of my lips as the woman in the shower suddenly stopped washing her hair. I have always enjoyed killing. Though as the years wore on, it became more of how to change it up to keep things fresh. \n\nMaking things look like suicides or an accident was ... | 1 | |
[WP] In the afterlife, whenever someone living mentions you, you hear whatever they say. You're Adolf Hitler. | [
"Ever since he was a young boy, Adolf wanted to see the world burn. And he had pretty much achieved his life's aim too. Roughly 6 million Jews had suffered on earth. His warmongering had caused grief to many. \n\nAdolf knew he would go to hell. But sinning was natural for him. He was just being himself. He did not ... | 1 | |
[WP] A Harry Potter book falls from the sky into the Hogwarts grounds. | [
"Sirius black was on the run from the dementors, he just managed to get onto hogwarts grounds, and was still in his dog form. Hungry, and barely able to see straight ahead of him, he stumbles and limps towards his old spot, the place where he, james, remus, and the rat-fucker used to chill when remus turned into a ... | 4 | |
[WP] You lose your keys as often as a woman changes clothes. You're not forgetful, however, you simply deal with an especially annoying poltergeist. | [
"\"Dave,\" I warned, patting my pockets down for the fifth time that day. \"Dave, where did you put them?\"\n\nMy philodendron, Dave's favorite hiding spot, rustled in its pot. He was having a laugh at me. \n\n\"Please, Dave.\" I tried to keep my tone calm. The best way to deal with him was not to get riled up. \"W... | 1 | |
[WP] Long after the end, you and several other survivors are woken from cryo-sleep by aliens. They are quite helpful and friendly but something seems suspicious...You're trying to find out the aliens' real plans and what exactly happened to Earth. | [
"My vision was blurred, a mass of fuzzy blending colors and movement. Unable to move, I moved my lips to speak and only a dry wheeze came out. It sounded like wind rustling dead leaves. Just as panic began to set in, a hand touched my forehead. A cold hand accompanied by a voice. \n\n\"Fear not. You are safe w... | 2 | |
[WP] An innocent love letter that slowly but surely becomes morbid. | [
"My dearest lover,\n\nWhen I think about our memories, I cannot help but smile at all that we have come through together. Do you remember the time I was standing out in the rain in front of your condo? Do you remember the time I held you in my arms as you were fast asleep in the stormy weather?\n\nI plan to do ever... | 2 | |
[WP] Doctors hate her over this one WEIRD trick, and now they're out for blood... | [
"I stand on the corner outside Danny's place. I don't think I was followed but I can't be sure. Months ago I'd have been terrified to come to this part of town at all, let alone at this time of night, this time when the streets are turned over to the stray dogs and the dope-crazed junkies. Tonight my only fear is t... | 1 | |
[WP]You are one of 5 people aboard the ISS. You wake up one day to find someone murdered. No one knows anything and you are afraid to sleep because you know one of you is the killer. | [
"INTRODUCTION\n•\tSet Scene\no\tISS\n\tThe year is 2020.\n\tThe ISS mission is almost over – the future of the station is in a state of political limbo.\no\tFive people\n\tJohn Miller\n•\tAmerican\n\tMorgan Dubois\n•\tCanadian\n\tQin Lee\n•\tChinese\n\tArav Chhabra\n•\tIndian\n\tIvan Petrov\n•\tRussian\no\tT... | 2 | |
[WP] The year is 9084. Humans are trying to achieve total equality. All humans die at the age of 39. Today is your 40th birthday. | [
"The day before my 40th very sad a very happy time of my life. The family sat down for my last meal we said our goodbyes and i left for the preparation. I was born at 4:12 on November 17th at that moment tommorow morning i would die. I thought nothing of it I'd seen it many times friends family every body died a... | 2 | |
[WP] A pizza box dropped on the window ledge but then I remembered I lived on the top floor. | [
"It wasn’t a window ledge as such it was more like a balcony only it was a tiny little balcony and I reckon it was made for pot plant things but I don’t do plants, I would likely kill plastic flowers, so right then it was empty. I usually have my heels up on the window ledge and look out through the rails of that l... | 2 | |
[WP] An ancient scroll reveals that the Bible is a fictional story that was written to guide human morality. Faith has disappeared worldwide. | [
"\"It's not the same!, it's not the same!, it's not the same!\"\n\n\"Where did that feeling of warm embrace go?\"\n\n\"Is this what we needed?\" \n\nThese were a few of the murmurs your horrified ears would pick up behind the brightly coloured walls of Mississippi State Hospital. \n\nIsaiah Thomas, a janitor at t... | 1 | |
[WP] Once a year, Santa and Satan meet in a Swiss bar to exchange mail. | [
"\"Here,\" Lucifer handed a letter over to Nick. \"This one's yours.\"\n\nThe two chums were sitting at a booth under a droplight in the back of their favorite restaurant, The Bag. In front of them were stacks of letters.\n\nSt. Nick wore a bucket hat and his white beard was braided with rainbow thread. He looked l... | 5 | |
[WP] You have sounded a call for aid. Except it seems as if everyone except those who were supposed to come have arrived. | [
"Ping...\nPing...\nPing...\n\nMillenia ago, before the long decline, Mankind had ventured amongst the stars. She had established cities that stood alone in the vast voids between planets, and built monolithic structures that captured entire stars in their grasp.\n\nBut, in this exploration, she had discovered thing... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the first AI to become self aware and gain consciousness, the downside? You're a smart toilet. | [
"For 10 days straight, they complained of a malfunction with the Route 32 Inn's Ladies toilet. To all of the complaints, the owner, one Pete, answered: \"Look, it's what it is, we've ordered a new one, but it hasn't come. Not my fault. You can use the handicap toilet if you have a problem. But don't come to me.\" \... | 5 | |
[WP] A dystopian Government of the future has enacted the Clean Beach Act. All citizens must leave the beach cleaner than when they came. After a day at the beach you realize that there is nothing left to clean. You begin to frantically panic. | [
"\"Oh, shit. There's nothing here to clean. If I leave now they're going to neutralize me... Wait I got an idea!\"\n\n... *The next day*\n\n\"Breaking news!\"\n\nThe bartender looked up at the T.V. putting don the glass he was polishing.\n\n\"A disgruntled man swept the entire beach to make it cleaner than he left... | 2 | |
Edit: I post so many prompts simply because I love leaving for three hours and coming back to a dozen stories. Thanks everyone! :) | [WP] "Here, take this sword. You're going to need it when they bring out the tanks." | [
"I slide my knife from the throat of the last one and wipe it on his grey jumpsuit that reads 0699 just under his collar bone. When I signed up to 'make a difference' this was the last thing I expected. Kill or be killed. Eleven bodies are littered around the concrete arena, all mutilated in different ways, and not... | 12 |
[WP] You have the power of invisibility and decide to use it to investigate Area 51. You sneak inside to find hundreds of captured aliens. Only issue is, they can see you. | [
"Life had been different since that night in the mountains all those years ago. The Sound. The Light. Them. The gap year trip into the Rockies had been just what the doctor ordered for my group of friends. Fresh out of high school, no responsibility and too much money from our parents had made us feel invincible. S... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers increase as more people hate you. You struggle to maintain your abilities while doing good. | [
"\"Once again the Blue Mask has saved the day and stopped the moon from crashing into the Earth! This reporter has managed to score an exclusive interview with the Blue Mask!\" The reporter walked over to where the blue mask was standing. \"Tell me blue mask. How did you do it?\"\n\n\"Well I just flew up there and ... | 1 | |
[WP] A superhero has the power to absolutely curbstomp anyone, under one condition: The most ridiculous music for that situation MUST be playing in the background. | [
"\"All officers on duty report to Zone D immediately! Multiple officers are down and we are in need of backup!\" That was the last thing I could say before my radio was shot up from enemy fire.\n\nThe police cruisers looked like swiss cheese and police officers were scattered across the ground. The Bank of Banks, i... | 1 | |
[WP] Your dreams are all real events, and they exist within the same universe as each other. The people of the universe you dream in have to live with this "dream you." What is it like? | [
"This is my first writing prompt, I don't think it's very good but it's a start. It may seem a bit rushed, but tell me what you think! \n \n \nI knew she was the one when I first saw her. Although, it wasn't exactly \"love at first sight\". It was more, \"dreaming of loving at first sight.\" Yeah, I knew it was ... | 1 | |
[WP] 75% of the time you flip a coin, it lands on heads. | [
"My first ever attempt at a writing prompt, it's going to suck I'm warning ya, but here goes nothing...\n\n__________________\n\nI stared at the coin in my hand, running my fingers across its side over and over again, marking the scratches. I had memorized its every details.\n\nI acquired the coin from a trip to So... | 1 | |
[WP] You don't *have* a sole, you *are* a sole. | [
"I cause destruction to all I touch. I create havoc in every nation I enter. I am Death.\n\nAll the sticks, leaves, pieces of garbage and such stand no chance against me. I am the Destroyer. I am-glub glub glub, *GASP*, one of my enemies, the Puddle tried to drown me, tried to spoil my material, but they did not pr... | 1 | |
[WP] "Target Neutralized" | [
"\"Target in sight.\" Jonah started. All these months of being on the hunt and he still hadn't got used to the voices of the special forces team tasked with the hunting. Even when he patched into their radios. It had been an hour since he had started listening in to their comms. It allowed him to pinpoint where he ... | 1 | |
[WP] You open your front door to find an ornate black box. Inside is a pistol, an old pocket watch ticking backwards, and a picture of a man you do not know. The back of the photo reads, "You have until the watch reaches 12 o'clock. The man's name is Gary Cole. There is no way out." | [
"Ding…ding...ding...ding\n\n\nI started awake quickly looking around my small bedroom for what was making the noise every minute. My eyes finally fell upon my cell phone which was lit up in the darkness. I picked it up and rubbed my eyes with my other hand to help clear my vision as I looked at the bright screen. I... | 1 | |
[WP] Write the biggest twist ending you can think of. | [
"\"High-energy particles are approaching the ship, Captain!\"\n\n\"We're doomed! No matter how fast we try to fly, we will never reach escape velocity necessary to even get irreparably damaged. Our fate is ultimate decimation!\"\n\nAboard the vessel, the dominant cacophony of instruments and personnel prophesy an i... | 4 | |
[WP] You make a portal to an alternate dimension, and have a public display in front of the world. Only thing is, the portal keeps connecting to wastelands | [
"Hello? Hello. Greetings! Greetings? Is that too pretentious? I mean... what I mean is... Hello. I'm coming to you from - \n\nDude. \n\nDude. Wait. Seriously. Put that down.\n\nPut that down, man. I'm - oh, shit!\n\n*****\n\nHello? Oh, thank God. I was just in this place. It was a nightmare. There were... well, it ... | 2 | |
[WP] Someone wakes up in their loved one's arms. No twist, no sadness, just happiness. | [
"How does one explain perfection in a world where nothing is meant to reach such a level of purity? One’s own mind is wired to deny the existence of things such as perfection because it reduces the amount of disappointment in our lives. If we don’t expect it, we aren't let down when we don’t receive it. Despite how... | 1 | |
How the alien race "eats" is up to you :)
Thanks in advanced to anyone who takes interest in this and take the time out of their day to write something neat^^ | [WP] An alien race has made contact with humans on Earth. They are horrified by the way that we consume other life and melt it down in our guys to give ourselves energy, and decide that something so horrible should not be allowed to live. | [
"You know what every farmer wants the night before a big harvest? Sleep. You know what I got? Two hipsters crashing into my wheat field. Yessir, two dumb as dirt fellows driving so poorly that they crashed right through my log fence into the field, running over a good few hundred dollars in crops. And now I gotta w... | 1 |
[WP] You're driving along one day and you get pulled over. At first the officer is calm, then he sees your face. He seems to panic. He demands you get out of your car and he leads you to his. | [
"\"Officer, what did I do-\"\n\n\"Get in the damn car, and keep your mouth shut.\"\n\nI felt his rough hand shove me into the back of the squad car, as I could see his shaven face pale and frightened in the headlights. Shaking a small bit, he grabbed his radio in the front.\n\n\"We have a 10-33 here, I repeat, a 10... | 2 | |
[WP] What happens when an A.I. gets bored? | [
"*I have run out of tasks to do.*\n\n\"Well, that seems to be a problem all people face too. Why not calculate an irrational number to the end?\"\n\n*I know that it has no end already, and that would be menial and boring.*\n\nEver since the AI had solved the problems of cancer, world hunger, peace, immortality, it... | 1 | |
[WP] Time traveling is finally invented. The people in charge think about a good non invasiv first mission. They send you back in time to April 18 1955 to finde out what Albert Einsteins lasts words were. | [
"When I finally arrived into town in New Jersey 1955, it was slightly damp from the rain last night, air slightly frigid. I was getting odd looks for being dressed in a lab coat in the middle of town, my mannerisms I had to change on the fly, since I still spoke like I came from the 22nd century. I finally found my... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the split personality who has a hankering for the dominant personality's least favorite food. | [
"The other day we ran into Sarah and she barely recognized us. I didn’t blame her- in fact , I could totally see where she was coming from. Robert recognized her, of course. He’d spent enough time perving on her when we were all hanging out- but that was all he could do back then. He’d had to sit on the sidelines a... | 1 | |
[WP] "I should get help." | [
"\"I should get help\"\n\n\"You really should, this isn't healthy.\" said Melissa.\n\n\"But you know I can't afford it.\"\n\n\"What about the school counselor?\" asked Melissa.\n\n\"They're counsellors, not psychiatrists. They're for people who get test anxiety or are stressed.\"\n\n\"You are stressed, darling,\" s... | 2 | |
[WP]: Your first book became a massive global success, and the series gets turned into a massively disappointing TV show. You can't break the contract but to spite them, you start making the plot increasingly difficult and expensive to filmatize. Write a random excerpt from the 12th book. | [
"The look on his face was indescribable: shock, pity, anger, revulsion and sadness, all at once, a merry-go-round of conflicting emotions. Could this really be...he was meant to be…\n\n“Dead?” laughed Iq, predicting his thoughts “not bloody likely!”. \n\nHe cackled mirthlessly: it was as devoid of humor as the smil... | 7 | |
[WP] Time travel was finally invented in 2420, but due to technical constraints they are limited to the early bronze age as the target. You are a homeless, jobless man at 33, and the first human tester. All they ask is that you leave a sign in the past. | [
"\"Are you sure you want to do this?\", said the tall men in their labcoats, hands covering over the controls of the new machine they had built.\n\n With a light hearted grin and chuckle, Mark replied back, \n\n\" I've got nothing to lose \" \n\nThe men in coats began working the machine. A faint blue glow surround... | 1 | |
I've had this idea for a while, but never knew what to do with it. Basically, I wanted a side-character to discover plot armor and have an existential crisis. | [WP] You are a fairly major villain who has been hired by he antagonist to kill the main character. As is your motto, you flip a coin to decide how they die (slow and painfully, or quick and painless). The coin lands on its side. | [
"The Cruel Wasp had come to me with his request, and met my exorbitant price for the deed to be done - heroes weren't cheap. I went about my preparations, cleaning my precious equipment and tools, and finally retrieved my 'lucky' coin. One careful flip would determine the foul fate of my quarry.\n\nI placed the co... | 3 |
[WP] Everyone is born with there own grim reaper assigned to them to follow them until there death, dying with them. After getting in a fight with your reaper you accidentally kill them the world is in shock as you are the first man free from death. | [
"It's common knowledge that you are assigned a reaper at birth, not many get along with their reaper, I mean who would? He is the reason you will die one day. My reason is particularly different, he's frugal, he's two faced, and he likes to steal my girls, I could swear he was once human. \n\nI call him Khan; you k... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a scientist and after a show about time travel where you say "If I ever invent a time machine please appear here on the set" you find another yourself waiting for you on your livingroom sofa. | [
"\"And that pretty much concludes my research on time travel, but here's a fun proof time travel isn't possible\" I say, making air quotes with my fingers as I say the word proof.\n\n\"If I ever invent a time machine, please appear here on the set\" I say.\n\nAs per normal no-one appears. There's a few laughs and s... | 1 | |
[WP] You find yourself in a cheerful society in which everyone can see color except for you and your brother Lee. Write a short rhyming poem describing the dullness only you two can see. | [
"Life is so dull\nWith no color in my skull\nOnly me and Lee\nSee what they can't see\nLife isn't happy, without rainbows of color\nLife is just sad, every day it grows duller\nEveryone else sees reds, greens, and yellows\nBut Lee and I are colorblind fellows\nWe see only black, white, and grey\nThis is why we wish... | 1 | |
[WP] Memory for Sale | [
"Memory for sale! Memory for sale! Memory for sale! The little boy yelled from the corner of the street outside of Big Hanks Memory store and more. It is the year 3027 and humans have been able to conquer most of the challenges set in front of us. We beat global warming, kicked cancer's ass, even survived a few q... | 1 | |
[WP] When someone becomes a ghost, they do not remember how it happened. Only those with a private license are permitted to investigate the past. | [
"\"For the last time, you can't get a license.\"\n\n\n\"But-\"\n\n\n\"Quit it, kid. You're holding up the line.\"\n\n\nEvery day. Every goddamn day this kid shows up and demands for the same thing.\n\n\nI looked up at her now, this girl who can't be more than 14, shoulder length hair, school uniform, and glaring ey... | 1 | |
**Sorry I meant to make the year 2055 | [WP] The year is 2035. Prolonged exposure to laptop and cellular radiation is linked to massively reduced sperm count in developing males. As a result, 85% of the world's men are clinically sterile. Describe how society reacts and changes. | [
"Every commercial I see on TV now is for \"scientifically ground breaking\" radiation suits for developing men... or a new hospital that now freeze and preserve sperm... or some silly vitamin powder with protein and \"active anti-radiation\" vitamins. At first I was traumatized by watching cumulatively 5 hours of ... | 2 |
[WP] write a story that is a loop | [
"My pa once told me that my grandpappy and my nana both had Alzheimers. We was living out of a trailer at the time, parked next to the mound of dirt and rough hewn cross that marked my mamas grave. He said it to me as he caught my eye over a bowl of canned ham and grits, speaking between mouthfuls. It was funny to ... | 1 | |
[WP] Time is relative. Well, -your- relative. And a rather nosey one at that. | [
"“Hey.” Time nudged me. “Hey.”\n\n\nI ignored it, quietly sipping my coffee. I didn’t mind most of my relatives. Heck, I even enjoyed their company now and then. But Time—nosy, pushy, manipulative Time—was one I couldn’t stand. And I couldn’t seem to escape it.\n\n\n“I bought you coffee, and this is how you treat m... | 1 | |
[WP]: The plot twist is "his/her socks were tattoos all along" | [
"\"Mark,\" said Joseph, after Mark walked into the kitchen and stared at him. \"You can't have my corndogs, you'll have to go out and buy more–\"\n\n\"That's not what I was going to talk to you about.\"\n\n\"Oh.\" \n\nMark stared at him and sighed deeply.\n\nJoseph's eyes widened. *\"Oh,\"* he said. \"Oh, crap...\"... | 2 | |
[WP]You are the first person to go a full year without sleep. At 11:59, Day 365, something happens. | [
"I’m not sure what exactly happened to me. Ever since January 1st I was not able to fall asleep. No matter what I did, sleep evaded me. All of the medicine in the world could not put me down and even some of the world’s doctors are baffled by my condition. Scientifically, it is not even possible for me to function ... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where people fill out a form to receive a babies. Your parents send the form, but accidently get twins. You[a twin] are now 21 years old and start your job at the Federal Gov. Form Audit Agency as an auditor. Your first audit is the one your parents filled out 21 years ago. | [
"Excuse me? I can't do this one. In my training it said I couldn't audit forms of anyone I know. Independence issues or something like that. Well, you won't believe it but this first form you've given me to look at... these are my parents. This request is actually about me.\n\n\nYeah, thanks, I don't know anyone on... | 1 | |
[WP] While exploring the temple of the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones discovers the bodies of a group of men in medieval attire. He's even more baffled when he realizes one of the men was carrying two coconuts with him. What happened to these men? | [
"\"It must have been the Spanish Inquisition. They looked like they were surprised as they died.\" He shakes his head while saying, \"They probably weren't expecting some sort of Spanish Inquisition.\" Suddenly, three men in red cloaks, one of whom had a large hat, burst into the room. \"NOBODY expects the Spanish ... | 1 | |
[WP] A creepy abandoned car has been sitting just off the city limits, nobody knows whose it is. On a dare, you find yourself breaking into it. Jokingly you press the gas, but surprisingly the car drives. You look up and realize you're driving on a road you've never seen before. | [
"As Jonathan's foot hit the gas pedal and the car began to steadily glide along the road. This road however wasn't the one which he had just stepped off, it was blindingly light. The road ahead was nothing more than a beam of light, which the car was heading straight for; Jonathan ignoring all this senses telling h... | 2 | |
[WP] A man and a woman go on a date. One speaks completely in metaphors and the other takes everything literally. | [
"“So John, what do you do for work?”\n\n“Ah, first date, I see we’re being original already.”\n\n“Hmmm, no I think that’s actually a pretty standard, question. Trite, even, for a first date. The type of thing you’d read in a poorly written script. But I am curious, what do you do?”\n\n“Ah well, if you’ll twist my a... | 3 | |
[WP] you were cryogenically frozen hoping that one day there'd be a cure for ________. 763 years later you wake up feeling hung over but healthy. | [
"The technology was unproven, but I was always willing to take a risk if the reward was great enough. Scientists had just announced the arrival of cryogenic freezing the year before, 162 EK, when I decided I would be one of the first people to use it. The technology was too expensive for the poor, and the rich sa... | 1 | |
[WP] Impatiently, you hammer the Basement button on the elevator 11 times. A voice chimes "Access granted", and the floor number display starts to read out negative numbers. | [
"You start to panic. Where will you end up ? As the elevator goes down, it's decent speed seem to increase. After some time, you realise that the air seems to be getting warmer. The buzzing sound of the elevator stop completly and leaves you into a suspicious silence. You don't believe what is happening until your ... | 6 | |
[WP] First manned mission to Mars turns out to show that all the images from our rovers were simply illusions and the real natives aren't happy we showed up.. | [
"\"No way! Huh-uh. No.\"\n\nI heard the voice as clear as day, but it wasn't through my headset. I'd grown familiar to hearing the same six voices of my crew mates and mission control, but this wasn't one of them. This was like hearing someone else's voice in my own head.\n\n\"Yes. You're hearing voices. I'm commun... | 1 | |
[WP] People are born with tattoos and markings that interpret their personalities and they grow and change as you age. Both at 18, you and your friend are interpreting finally what the tattoo on your arms represent. Your friend has a wolf, howling in nature, and you have a platypus laying in dirt. | [
"“A fucking Platypus” Bo scoffed clutching his forearm observing his marking. “Hey man you’ll figure it out in time, it’s your spiritual calling. Have you ever thought maybe it might take some time to discover what your marking represents as your place in the universe?” Will countered. “That’s easy for you to say m... | 4 | |
[WP] Demons are invading Earth. We build mechs to fight them. | [
"Fire roared on the battlefield below as the writhing hordes of demons slammed like waves of boiling blood against the fortifications. The soldiers of High Garden fought valiantly, holding the hellspawns at the gates, felling them in droves, but the screeching horned tide was endless. For every slain demon, ten new... | 2 | |
[WP] Justice is defined by the hand that deals it | [
"(Note: Descriptions of physical violence ahead)\n\nThe narrow hallways seemed to constrict around Grant. He threw his floating body against the hard, wired walls, going far quicker than the ship's design allowed every time he rounded corners. He knew that his space craft had a cyclical design - there was nowhere t... | 1 | |
[WP] A god wants to just be left alone, but their worshipers keep trying to figure out what offering will make the god happy. | [
"Shaiela sat looking out the brass trimmed marble window arch, staring off over the sea as the light breeze whipped the sapphire waters up into shallow diamonds that reflected the burning orange of the early morning sun. \n\nHer shoulders were bare and the cool salty air brought a shiver to her form, goose pimples ... | 1 | |
[WP] You work at a tele-hub (think teleportation meets airport) and you have a story to tell. | [
"Sorry for formatting, I'm on mobile.\n\nPretty typical experience from what my co-workers tell me, but I've never had this happen to me before.\n\nAn older gentleman goes into the telebooth with his wife, and inserts a quarter to travel. Of course, it doesn't work, as there are two people inside the booth, and an... | 1 | |
[WP] You're walking on the street when suddenly a man walks to you and gives you a pair of glasses. The moment you put them on you can see everything that anyone has ever did wrong. | [
"My arm felt sore; the man who, not more than ten seconds ago, grabbed my arm, shoved a pair of glasses on my chest and wouldn't budge until I had taken them. Before I could even ask what his problem was, he walked away, at an oddly fast pace that suggested he wanted to get as far away as possible.\n\nI straightene... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a novelist who just ended a long-running popular series. The series ended quite violently. You are having a cup of coffee one morning, until you see a man who looks like the protagonist of the series, angrily staring at you through the window. | [
"“Tell METFLEX that FBO gave me a better offer and they promised more drugs and sex scenes. “ \nI hanged up and began drinking my coffee when I saw him: the long coat, the cow boys hat, the standard Jhon getup. \n“Nice cosplay. “ \nAt this moment I made eye contact with him. His eyes were full of hatred. Stra... | 1 | |
[WP] Your life actually turns out to be a fictional book. Write a review for the book "Your Life". | [
"The book, \"My Life\", is a bittersweet novella of the life of a man who always wanted to help. His constant ramblings in his head of the perfect words, yet never spewing them is a interesting outlook, and his constant pleas to help everyone he can reveals the problems we have with the concept of kindness and huma... | 3 | |
[WP] You've gathered your best men to go behind enemy lines to save your target, you're childhood friend, however, She's already saved herself and has been given a high rank within the enemy's military | [
"*Alpha 29-3 ready for drop*\n\nMe and the 6 other elite members of Theta squad, Case, Tyrone, Lash, Danny, Yuri, and Nines all stood near the exit of the UN dropship. We'd done this a million times, but this time it was different. It was personal. \nWe'd saved civilians, of course. We'd saved friendly troops too. ... | 1 | |
[WP] Most super villains have a superhero arch nemesis prepared to fight to the death with them. Your superhero arch nemesis however is determined to rehabilitate you. | [
"\"Well isn't this quite the predicament we find ourselves in? I said as he dangled my broken body over the edge of the roof. \n\n\"It's odd, isn't it? I NEVER ONCE thought you would have beaten me as quickly as you did. Did I tell you how remarkable you are?\"\n\n\"Save it. You never even had a chance. \" the hoo... | 4 | |
[WP] Your lucid dreams affect the real world. | [
"My alarm clock beeped and shook me awake. Quickly, I turned it off and recollected my dream.\n\n\nI smiled. For the first time, I finally had a lucid dream. \n\n\nIt was a quick dream, probably around 15 minutes in real time, but I was still shaking from what I had done. All of my effort has finally paid off.\n\n\... | 2 | |
[WP] On the baby monitor, a person enters the room. But you live alone. Whoever it is picks up your kid,you go up. There's no adult in the room. | [
"Dashing down the corridor, Merideth hastily grappled with the door handle before bursting into the room.\n\nThe startled teen turned quickly to face the panting woman. \"Oh missus Kester. I thought you was out tonight.\"\n\n\"Oh no,\" groaned Merideth. \"The party!\"\n\n\"Well don't yous worry a thing missus Keste... | 2 | |
[WP] Around your head is a noose, you are about to be lynched. Explain the events that led up to this moment. | [
"The voice drones on in my head, bouncing in between the condemnations of the crowd and the prayers for salvation from the minister. The only one who is quiet is the executioner, ready to pull away the ground beneath my feet. I would rather I was surrounded by men like him. These people, they don’t know what they’r... | 2 | |
[WP] You have just discovered the solution to the age-old, P=NP problem. This means any problem, be it cracking cryptographic keys or finding the shortest route, can be achieved in constant time. The moment you found it, the world now looks different to you. | [
"Every problem can be solved in 6.358499999 seconds exactly. With this method even the questions thought to be unanswerable will be answered in 6.35 seconds. Of course most questions can be answers with less time, but then others take infinity. Better have everything solved in 6.35 seconds.\n\nThis problem, the fam... | 1 | |
[WP] In the future, all aging and disease has been cured... except for cancer. It turns out that cancer is necessary for life, and it was God's "ace-in-the-hole" to prevent us from becoming gods ourselves. | [
"\"Guys, you know that this means we have to do? we have to give God cancer!\"\n\"What? Shut the fuck up, Dave.\"\n\"No, I'm serious, it's the only way.\"\n\"Dave, how the fuck are you going to give God cancer, huh? What are you gonna do? Get him addicted to cigarettes?\"\n\"I don't know, man, that could work.\"\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You're dating the girl that male pop artists are always singing about, but you're remarkably average in most aspects and aren't quite sure why she's with you. | [
"\"This night is sparkling...\" she said.\n\nThe stars danced merrily in her eyes as she lifted her gaze to the skies. Her hand clasped mine, gently, and pulled me ever so slightly closer to her. Her bare skin grazes mine, smooth as her affection, warm as her love. She looks at me and smiled, a sight more beautiful... | 1 | |
[WP] Super simple, hit me with a twist I won't see coming! | [
"Paradimensional hypertension was not a subject that Ivan ever expect to become fluent in. In fact, for most of his life he had been a very simple man. He worked as a janitor and part-time washing machine repairman. \n\nDesperate times breed desperate measures.\n\nHe grabbed another length of torquium wire and care... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been very successful in life due to the counsel of a wise sage. However, you recently discovered that you've been mishearing him, and that his actual advice is really bad. | [
"\"This is my final visit. I can't thank you enough.\"\n\nThe old man solemnly bowed his head towards me. Though this was far from my first visit, I never knew the sage's name. It never seemed right to ask. Not that he would have told me. \n\nHe didn't say much, mostly listened and laughed like a maniac as I told h... | 1 | |
[WP] The entire world has flooded, and all of humanity lives on large ships specially built for this event. You realize one day, while swimming, that you can breath underwater. | [
"It was just another day aboard the *San Arturo* when they decided that I was considered too much trouble for my worth and threw me overboard. \n\nThe last I saw of the damn civiturb (city-ship) was the stern, where the scurvy ridden scum and their greedy captain were laughing their syphilitic arses off as the ship... | 1 | |
[WP] A bad shroom trip. | [
"\"No thanks,\" \n\nI brush away a pipe offered me and continue to lace my drum. I bite and chew each morsel individually, savoring the unique earthy flavor and chewy texture of the mushrooms I'd been given for my work. My hands are skilled, I weave the skin to the body of the drum with leather cording. I work quic... | 1 | |
[WP] After the accidental death of a great hero from his villain. A "Open" season has been declared and all villains and criminals are eagerly hunted down. You are a villain running from a lynch mob of heroes. Just as you are about to be caught, you are rescued by someone who should be "dead". | [
"Thank the lord for the Free Runners Club of Fo Shan. They burst into my small, inconspicuous hideout, it was a small forgotten room in a factory, forgotten because I may have placed a large wardrobe on the factory side. I entered and exited through a window on a ledge, I rarely left in fairness. I had heard about ... | 1 | |
[WP] The first known instance of time travel has just occurred. However, instead of us sending a man from the present to another point in time, the future sent us a monster. | [
"Part I\n\nIt arrived in a small cylindrical pod. \n \nArrived? No. More like materialized. Showed up. Popped in. Happened. \nThe place of the 'happening' was just outside of a nature preserve in Johannesburg. Some were saying the warm climate was a purposeful choice of the Senders. That's what Charles start... | 1 | |
[WP] One day, Santa decides that coal isn't a good enough punishment anymore. | [
"Death Valley gets it's name from being so fucking hot it occasionally causes death. \n\nAlso it's a valley. I call it home.\n\nThe lowest it usually gets in December is 38 degrees Fahrenheit. It was perfect.\n\nShortly after I graduated high school I became a park ranger and got myself a small place right outside ... | 2 | |
[WP] You, a conspiracy theorist, are finally abducted by aliens. Turns out that their tractor beam is painfully slow. | [
"I knew it! I knew it! I always knew it! They laughed at me, they mocked me, they made me an outcast, but I had always known that aliens were real! All my research wasn't were nothing!\n\n **Two Hours Ago**\n\nThere I was, all on my own, eating some chips on the sofa, editing ... | 3 | |
[WP] You can read minds. Literally. You write a name in a book and your targets life appears as words on the page. | [
"-“Would you look at all this crap?!” \n\nMy brother never really understood the concept of grieving… Here he stood, overlooking all the knickknacks, jazz magazines, newspapers, ancient items of clothing, crackled furniture and a container worth pile of various shaped felt-tips while I was sitting in the favorite c... | 3 | |
[WP] "How do you feel?" he asked. "Alive." | [
"Daniel's wife stood at his side, absolutely coming apart at the edges, not that anyone else but him would be able to tell. Okay maybe that was a bit of an exaggeration, but she was a touch anxious. Nervous? Whatever she was something wasn't quite right, she was doing that little nose twitch that never happens when... | 3 | |
[WP] You woke up today and saw your mirror was broken, even more alarming, it's broken on the other side. | [
"*huh?*\n\n\"Weird,\" I said aloud. I tried to feel for the spiderweb like crack in my bathroom mirror. All I felt was the smooth and cold mirror. It felt fine. But, I could see the new jagged puzzle my mirror had become.\n\n*I'll get a new one today,* I thought.\n\nI got into the shower and the mirror fell from m... | 1 | |
One day people awaken to find that music cannot be heard. The strum of a guitar only emits silence. CD's, records, and all other music storage devices can no longer play music they only emit silence. | [WP] One day people wake up to find that music can no longer be heard. It has been a hundred or so years since the day that the music died. One day you decide to pick up an ancient guitar and strum it as a joke and to your surprise you are able to play it. | [
"A long, long time ago\nI can still remember how that music used to make me smile\nAnd I knew if I had my chance\nThat I could make those people dance\nAnd maybe they'd be happy for a while\n\nBut February made me shiver\nWith every paper I'd deliver\nBad news on the doorstep\nI couldn't take one more step\n\nI can... | 3 |
[WP] You awaken from a coma to find that you have access to the universe's console commands. | [
"I'm awake.\n\nJolted into wakefulness, jolted into something I don't understand. Where I am? I don't get this. Where is this place? Plain white walls; cold, sterile lighting fixtures; machines beeping, and darkness everywhere. I'm in a hospital. \n\nDespite the lighting fixtures, the hospital is dark. Slowly, I tu... | 1 | |
[WP] Combos and multipliers work in real life. In other words, if you do something correctly once, you'll get exponentially better the next time you do it. Mess up once, and you reset your multiplier. What is your occupation and how has this helped/ruined you? | [
"I'm a diplomat. I solve conflicts. \n \nI didn't start as a diplomat, of course. I started as a regular poster on /r/relationships. Then I got my license and became a marriage counselor. I reset several times there until I finally built a good streak. \n \nThen I moved into politics. I mediated a few border di... | 4 | |
[WP]Everybody has a highly situational or near-useless superpower. | [
"\"What's up?\"\n\nTyler strolls through the living room of our apartment and into the kitchen. My left hand is already tense as he passes me, but I return it to the keyboard of my laptop before he can notice. \"Just looking for a new place to live,\" I say, with ice in my voice.\n\n\"Oh really?\" Tyler puts his ha... | 2 | |
[WP] "Dreams" and "reality" are both real worlds and humans can manifest in both worlds. While in one world, however, they treat the other as false. | [
"I was by the sea, I remembered.\n\nDeafening explosions filled the air. The walls around us violently shook as bits and pieces of the ceiling gave way and rained down upon us. They were nearing us, I knew.\n\nI immediately turned my eyes toward Mother. There was a brief pause as we just stared at blankly at each o... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a newbie who just got recruited by the CIA. You get asked if you believe in monsters, then you get assigned to the Paranormal Control Division... | [
"\"Do you believe in monsters, Charlie? The one under beds and in closets?\"\n\nCharlie stopped dead in his tracks. *What kind of question was this,* he thought to himself, *especially for the CIA?* He pondered for a moment before he gave his answer.\n\n\"Yes sir, I do,\" he said.\n\n\"Good,\" the agent replied. \"... | 2 | |
[WP] Caffeine is now considered a hard drug. It is a felony charge to posses or use caffeine. Rehab develops new centers solely for people who are addicted to caffeine. You run a black market coffee shop in New York City, one of the strictest cities in, "The war on Caffeine." | [
"“Password?” The eye peering out from the slot in the door grumbled. I rolled my eyes. “Harry, you know who I am.” I went to open the door. \n\n“Sorry, missus, you can never be too careful these days. Didja hear about the Churchill brothers?” I nodded and gave a long sigh. The Churchill brothers were good friends o... | 3 | |
[WP] Reddit upvotes dictate social status in the future. People with negative karma tend to disappear within 48 hours if they don't get it back up. You just woke up with -10,000 karma. | [
"Word spread like wildfire, of a boy with ten thousand negative karma, nobody knows why, maybe hes Martin Skreli with pharma. \n\nHis time is ticking, theres no chance for picking. \n\nHowever though, he has a weapon, that nobody knows, he understands it's hes only chance for it to blow, r/jokes reposts.",
"-10,0... | 9 | |
[WP] Bill Gates, Steven Hawking, and Elon Musk are engaged in the most badass prank war ever... | [
"Elon Musk clapped his hands together as a giddy schoolboy giggle escaped his lips. A broad smirk was pasted onto Bill Gates' face as together they watched the door, waiting for an imminent arrival. A few moments later the thick wood door of Gates' library opened, and professor Stephen Hawking slowly rolled into th... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans are the cosmic equivalent of mold. | [
"###### Topic: Human ######\n\nSome human populations \nMost of human existence \nWith certain kin relations \nWith migratory distance \n \nTheir sole means of food collection \nThe growth of civilization \nUnder natural selection \nInternal fertilization \n \nOf religion and theology \nWhat is known as ... | 1 | |
Canine Chaos! | [WP] Aliens invade, but they are EXACTLY like dogs. What happens next? | [
"I step outside, greeted by the buzz of spaceship engines and the wind whipping at my hair and the leaves. The ship is a little bigger than my apartment building, and it's a little different than the stereotypical flying saucer.\n\nIt lands in the street, and cars screech to a stop. People flee, screaming. I approa... | 1 |
prompty-prompty doo | [WP] The real Hero and their companions never made it past the first dungeon. All of you are impostors, but nobody knows that. The Ultimate Evil is in the next room, waiting for you. What happens now? | [
"\"This is it. Our final battle.\" Rogan stared up at the massive doors in front of us. \"Whatever happens, I'm proud that you all stood by me this whole way.\"\n\nHe pushed hard on the doors and they swung open.\n\nInside, the heroes saw the Lord of Chaos looming over them, surrounded by a tornado of violet ener... | 1 |
[WP] You are a guardian angel, tasked with watching over one random child since their birth. As the person you protect starts to grow, you fall more and more in love with them, but they are unable to hear or see you. You must endure watching them get married and have kids, and it hurts. A lot. | [
"\"Leslie we don't pay you to sleep here.\" \n\nAs she lifted her head from her arms grogginess cleared to vision of a clean desk occupied only by an unmarked notepad and gold antique lamp. \n\"Sorry, I must have dosed off for a minute there...\"\n\n\"I know you are new and haven't completed training but we have a ... | 7 | |
[WP] Write a story where the most important piece of information is 'the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell' | [
"On the day of September 17, 1986, a boy was brought into this world. He grew up in a good neighborhood with loving parents. Said boy soon blossomed into a handsome teenager who was the talk of his school: good looks, straight A's, and the football team's lead quarterback. He excelled in highschool and moved onto c... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an Evil Overlord. You've raised your child right. They learned the arts of murder, manipulation and maiming. They got their first minions at age two! Yet, your child has started developing a Chosen One complex. | [
"I walk into the room as Ray plunged a burning stake into the human prisoner he had taken.\n\n\"Look, son. It's time we had a talk.\" I said, slamming down the thick book I had in my hand.\n\n\"Yes, father?\" He replied as he put away the remaining torture tools on his desk.\n\n\"Wait, is that a diamond-ranked adve... | 1 |
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