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[WP] "It's broken," he said, "and you're not going to be able to fix it. It's time to leave." | [
"\"It's broken,\" he said, \"and you're not going to be able to fix it. It's time to leave.\" Reggie was right about one thing, it was broken. However, Esme believed that anything that could be broken could be repaired. It was her eternal optimism that made people love and hate Esme. Esme looked at her father's... | 2 | |
[WP] As you sink further into the inky depths, water crushing you on all sides, you realize with horror...you're immortal. | [
"The darkness is the least of my worries. I'm freaking claustrophobic and all this water pressure is freaking me out. Get it I said freaking twice, well three times now. Anyways I should be dead and yet hear I am making absolutely horrid jokes while my ears start to pop and my fingers get all sorts of wrinkly.\n\... | 5 | |
[WP] While using the Self-Checkout at the store, you notice that the machine beeps when you pass your arm over it. You try it again, it beeps again. The screen reads: "Android - Human-Like - $47,599.99" | [
"\"They didn't android-proof this one...\" You muttered to yourself. \"That's quite rare.\"\n\nIt wasn't weird to see an android around and about in this day and age, afterall a lot of people wanted to have a child, partner, friend, parent without having to go out and find one.\n\nYou start swiping your arm on it o... | 4 | |
[WP] You can stop time as long as you hold your breath. You have trained yourself to hold your breath for a maximum of 3 minutes at a time & today is the day you break out of prison. | [
"Actually nice, I hadn't thought of that through. But that would only really last until they processed you. They still have to do mugshots, have you sign paper work, etc. So I could see the prompt working, but it limits the story to dystopian or escaping a drunk tank without a record, at least imo. I couldn't stay ... | 18 | |
[WP] Your family are devout worshippers of the Church. You've recently lost your faith and need to confront them. They belong to the Church of Kanye West. | [
"\"South-East, we have told you! You need to abide by the rules bestowed upon us by Yeezus! Now come here and have some Hennessy with us.\" mother said.\n\n\"But moooom! I want to go to my room and read a book!\" I moaned.\n\n\"Enough, South-East! My father and I have discussed, and if you won't conform to the rule... | 1 | |
[WP] "I'm only dating you ironically." | [
"\"I'm only dating you ironically.\"\n\nShe stared at him. He stared back.\n\n\"Good one,\" she said, and continued twirling her spaghetti around her fork. He'd always had a weird sense of humor, but it had gotten especially strange in the past few days.\n\nShe didn't look up for what felt like a few entire minutes... | 1 | |
All the exes were previous incarnations of you and the immortal's been dating all of them in the hopes of getting you to remember your first life when you two originally met. | [WP] Imagine you're dating an immortal and you find a photo album of their ex's who all sort of look like you, dating back a century | [
"Over 100 years of accumulated filth clung to the walls and floorboards of his stuffy-yet-spacious attic. Boxes were stacked upon boxes and mazes were formed from the carelessness of his storing system. \n\"Pictures and sentimental shit on the left, whatever else on the right.\" Because whatever else could have inc... | 2 |
[WP] All attempts to kill the demon lord have thus far failed. But in a small town, a random blacksmith accidentally forges the highest tier armor possible - plot armor. Hilarity ensues. | [
"Plep watched the figure stumble his way down the dusty path. He or she looked as if they were dodging attacks while dancing to an erractic two-step. Plep fought the urge to laugh, this must be one of the Rusty Mare's patrons wobbling home in the morning.\n\nAs the figure twirled madly, Plep guessed from the thick ... | 4 | |
Relevant Reddit thread [here](https://redd.it/5mwvwu). | [WP] You're out on a date at a bar when everyone - the bartender, the waitresses, the group at the booth next to you, the guys playing darts - say you should try the angel shot. But you're pretty happy with beer and have no idea what they're talking about. | [
"Nerves start setting in; I’ve realized this has been the most beautiful girl I’ve talked to and I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that I am about to take her out on a date. Breath smells good; Altoids always do the trick. Cologne smells good; I tried a new one, Angel Malt, thought I’d give it a shot. My o... | 3 |
Don't know how you're going to pull this off guys, so good luck. | [WP] Write a story without main characters. | [
"It was an idea, really. Not much of anything. \n\nWhat if IOUs were made fancier, and therefore more “official” so people would put stock in them? Soon the idea grew and people began to make fancier decorations on their paper until finally a government, tired of being left out of something that so closely resem... | 1 |
[WP] You wake up one morning. Your pet has transformed into a fully-grown human being. | [
"\"Woooww! Ouch!!\" \n\nI nearly tripped over a chair as I sleepily entered the kitchen and saw the young woman sitting on the kitchen table. \n\n\"Who are you? How the hell did you get in here?\", I bellowed. \n\nThen I noticed. She was naked. Her black hair flowed like a torrent over her backside and breasts. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a rich, kindhearted, well meaning philanthropist with grand plans that will genuinely improve the world. However, you have all the mannerisms of a super villain. The costume, the monologues, the henchmen, the lair, etc. | [
"ACT 1\n\n\nSuffering...\n\n\"....Papa, what ish a fewneral?\" \n\" huh...? what is this about Adolf, all of a sudden?\" \n\"I shaw it on TV, shomeone wash shleeping in a boxh!\" \n\"I see...\" \n\"Look Adolf, there comes a time in everybody's life, when people get very tired and go to sleep for a very long tim... | 3 | |
[WP] You set up your new wireless security cams and accidentally connect to your neighbor's cameras as well. | [
"“Honey? Where did I put the side cutters?” Finally finished setting up these fucking cameras. I wouldn’t have to if my car hadn’t had it’s windshield smashed when I woke up a couple days ago. The one time I park it on the street. Or if the neighbour’s hadn’t had a break in while they were away last month and then ... | 1 | |
I always found it difficult to write about a scene where two characters fight so I'd like to see how it can be done.
No limits on the fight, it can be a fist fight, weapons, fantasy, monsters, whatever you can come up with. | [WP] Write a fight scene | [
"The day has finally come. My thoughts go to battle against themselves, a macabre metaphor for the task that awaits. Try as I might to shut out the clamor, I can still hear the roars of the crowd, the percussion of scaled feet drumming against stone. \n\nI draw a thumb over the gleaming emblem of my medallion. My p... | 1 |
[WP] A lazy young man has awoken to find that everyone in his town has been frozen solid overnight. He makes it his task to find out what happened and how to fix it. | [
"Day 1: In a bedroom filled with posters of half naked women and empty Gatorade bottles, James wakes up at his 12:15. He scratches his shorts and gingerly sidesteps the half-empty gatorades and and porno mags. \n\n\"Wasn't I supposed to mow the lawn today?\" He thinks to himself \"Well,too late now.\" He jogs down ... | 2 | |
[WP] The Magic Schoolbus malfunctions while shrunk down on a field trip inside Ralphie to investigate what's making him sick. Ms. Frizzle and the class have two choices: Remain stranded and condemn the class to death, or return the bus to normal size, killing Ralphie. | [
"Warning! DARKNESS AHEAD. OF JUNJI ITO PROPORTIONS.\n\n----////\n\n\"I'm the only one of us from Ms. Frizzle's class to make it out alive from our trip.\"\n\n\"Okay. Start from the beginning and write out each day exactly as it happened.\"\n\nI stared at the government official and shuddered. He pushed across a pen... | 1 | |
[WP] You took the villain's offer, and it paid off when they conquered the earth. The famous cliché has finally come true. Congratulations, you're the new dictator of Australia. | [
"\"Bow down before me, for I am your Dictator now!\"\n\nThe crowd murmered uncomfortably. They'd had a string of bad leaders, but this was new.\n\n\"Fuck off,\" spoke a voice in the crowd.\n\n\"What did you say?\"\n\n\"Fuck off. I ain't got time for this.\"\n\nAnother voice piped in. \"Yeah. We've got a barbie at f... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your childhood best friend meet one another again in the strangest of circumstances… | [
"\"Jerry?\"\n\n\"Cole?\"\n\n\"Holy shit it is you! How the hell have you been man?\"\n\n\"Well, I've been better.\"\n\n\"Fair enough.\" Cole shifted the gun to his other hand. \"While I've got you here, you gotta see this picture of my kids. Take a look. Now who does that little slugger on the left remind you of?\"... | 1 | |
[WP] The child was born without a heart... but somehow, he lived. The doctors have no clue why. | [
"After 10 long hours of labor Abigail was a nervous wreck. It has been a high-risk pregnancy and the new mother passed out after delivering her son.\n\nEver since she only had seen her baby once. And now there was yet a *third* doctor to see her in her room.\n\n\"Hi, good night\". The man in a white coat introduced... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity is an interstellar species and is well valued for their resilience and ingenuity, but there's a small problem. Humans are too friendly and curious and try to bond with the species of other planets for the fun of it. | [
"James sits in his small office buried in paperwork. when he left earth to work in the embassy this isn't what he thought he'd be doing, fixing humanity's mistakes. There's a knock on the door as it is pushed open by Angela his partner in this insanity. “Hey you busy right now?” silently James looks at the stacks o... | 1 | |
[WP]You've been isolated for your entire life, and have never met another person except for your parents. One day as you are talking to yourself, someone responds. | [
"Have you ever thought about being completely alone? How odd that must be, to have nobody, nothing. You could say that is what defines me. Alone.\n\nIf a tree falls over and nobody is there to hear it, did it make a noise? Is one question to pop into mind when pondering that concept. Of course, thinking about that ... | 2 | |
[WP] The sun doesn't rise one day - but we can't figure out why. By all measurements, it's still THERE, as a gravity well and source of warmth. But, there is no light. And the Night is going to be a long one. | [
"\"Bloody hell ...\" grunted Giles as he slammed his fist down on the bedside alarm.\n\n\"Broken again.\" he thought; this was the first time it had gone of in the middle of the night for a couple of weeks.\n\nJust as he tried to get back to sleep, there was a harsh banging at the flat door. \n\n\"For fuck's sake .... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a well-known author that has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease and Dementia. In an attempt to maintain your sanity, and retain some modicum of control over your life, you begin keeping a journal of your daily activities as your mental state starts to degrade. | [
"June 28, 2016 - Today my grandson came down from Omaha and he took me to lunch. We went to a burger join down town. Sadly I can't remember what the name was. I can recall eating there before and loving their food, but for the life of me I can't remember where I was at. Maybe if I start doing mental exercises I can... | 1 | |
I mean the state of the human race in general, but you can take the prompt in whatever way you like. | [WP] God usually does not interfere with human affairs, but with the way things are going, he decides to intervene. | [
"As i squeezed through the sea of people, the crowd that was forming in Times Square grew ever so larger.\n\nThere weren't any events, no occasions. it's just another day, June 14th. I was puzzled about why there would be such a large crowd today.\n\nAs i approach the centre of the crowd, i catch onto one of the ma... | 1 |
[WP] A sweet is created that temporarily enhances the IQ of infants. With their newfound intelligence, they take over. You have been tasked with bringing them down from power by quite literally stealing candy from a baby. | [
"My heart was pounding. It was only moments before I jumped from the plane into the heart of the infants base of operations. It has now been months since the war began and they were taking the lead. In one final desperate act to win the war I was sent on a covert mission to destroy the enemy from the inside. The br... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a different kind of hitman. Instead of killing, you're the one they call when they want someone humiliated. | [
"So, my field of work is... unique. My clients range from young to old, poor to rich, and include all races. No discrimination here, folks! See, when somebody dislikes somebody else, they usually tell their friends all about how awful they are; and if they hate them enough, sometimes they'll kill them. But what the... | 2 | |
[WP] The sea is your one true love. You have brought it as your +1 to an event. | [
" I stumbled into the wedding holding an enormous conch shell in my right hand like the skull of Horatio and an entirely empty bottle of rum in my left. The shell smelled like low tide and my armpits must have smelled worse from the incredible journey I endured on my way to the tropical island getaway. \n\nHere on ... | 1 | |
Edit: All of these stories are really good! This was inspired by a ln Askreddit post from a few days ago, so I'll post a link to it if I can find it. | [WP] You have broken into someone's house, and discover a shrine dedicated to you... | [
"Floating. That’s the best way to describe this feeling. As though elation is a fuel projecting me through the cosmos. Perfection.\n\nOccasionally, when my mind goes dark, I feel the pain - unfathomable pain - and I see myself face down in some strange back-alley. But that is not the truth. That is not how I’ve cho... | 7 |
[WP] It is the end of the world, and all hope was lost. But nothing could have prepared you for the emotions you were about to experience. | [
"\n \nTaste was the first thing that left me. I thought the years of drinking finally obliterated my taste buds, dooming me to an existence of bland consumption until death (which came all too soon).\n\nSimultaneously, the old man at the bar went blind and a server complained of numbness.\n\nOutside the sounds of c... | 1 | |
For example, letters M,A,L. Story could happen in Magically Altered Luxembourg, it could be about Morose Arisen Lennon and Merciful Adventurer Liam fighting Multicolored Austrian Leader using such magical artifacts as Monocle of Absolute Love and Mysterious Apple of Levitation.
The more absurd the better, but only if ... | [WP] Choose three random letters. Write a story that uses multiple objects(artifacts/places/creatures/events/macguffins/etc) with names starting with these three letters in same order | [
"\"So we break in...\"\n\n\"Yeah?\"\n\n\"And we grab the satchel...\"\n\n\"And then what?\"\n\n\"We steal the All-Seeing Xylophone! And we will rule the world with its powers!\"\n\n\"Um... Surely stealing the Alternative Survival Xanax and swallowing one would increase our chances of ruling the world?\"\n\n\"Oh rea... | 1 |
[WP] What was your reason? | [
"Because?\n\nBecause?\n\nReasons, excuses, and justifications,\n\nLong-winded stories with gross stipulations .\n\nNothing I say will ever convince you\n\nThat it had to be done- I promise it's true.\n\nNothing to do, nothing to say-\n\nNothing to take the pain away.\n\nNothing left but to carry the shame,\n\nSpare... | 1 | |
[WP] John Smith, E-squire. You work for a knight over the internet. | [
"It could be a lot worse. That's what I tell myself every morning before logging in the computer. For one, I do work from my house (or the conveniently close Starbucks), it pays somewhat well, and one time I was able to work and go to the gym at the same time, although the hours can be a little bit hectic. It sound... | 1 | |
[WP] A robber breaks into your house at the worst moment possible: while you have diarrhea. | [
"It is not often that Michael leaves the house for a night out with the lads. A devoted father of 5, he spends the majority of his weekends with his kids, however, tonight was different.\n\nBrent was getting hitched. It was a miracle. She had worn him down. He used to say he'd never marry. Now, the big day was fast... | 6 | |
[WP] Aliens have come to Earth but they feel sorry for how "backwards" and "underprivileged" we are. In order to help us, they have started a charity drive on their planet. | [
"**The Following Was Copied from an Alien Internet Forum**\n\n> User/Microbe927: 'So apparently Human Rights Activists *[alien equivalent of Animal Rights Activists]* now actually want us to spend our tax-payer's money on donating technology to apes.'\n\n>User/Catseye27: 'That's ridiculous.'\n\n>User/Pink:... | 4 | |
[WP] A demon lies dormant beneath a feverish city. Every attempt to study, move, or kill it has been fruitless; and all those who know of its existence live in fear of the day it wakes up. | [
"Perhaps there isn't anything to worry about aside from making your train so you can get to work on time to keep the job that keeps your family well fed, or remembering to floss, even on weekends when you've stayed up later than usual to watch a late night series premiere.\n\nIt could be that the only thing to fear... | 2 | |
[WP] As a child you figure out that your dreams take you to real places. One day, you stop dreaming entirely. | [
"The void is starting to get colder, my dream has become my nightmare. A few months ago I started to live the dream, my dreams, you see I taught myself how to lucid dream after overhearing a few classmates talking about how cool it was, they talked and talked about the many possibilities but I didn't want much, I s... | 1 | |
You find yourself transported to the universe of a television show you hate. | [WP] You find yourself transported to the universe of a television show you hate. | [
"I had always pictured hell as being quite unpleasant, that was the point after all. But never in my wildest nightmares did I think it would be this bad. I had lived a selfish life, you could even call my suicide selfish, but I never went out of my way to hurt anyone else, guess that's not enough these days. \n\nHe... | 1 |
[WP] You're an immortal who falls in love with the reincarnation of the same person over and over. They never remember you, and always end up leaving you for someone else. You promise yourself that the next time will be different... | [
"Did Lord Tennyson lie when he spoke of love? Was it “better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? I’ve lost so many times, yet my old friend’s famous quote has stuck with me. Did he think of me when he wrote it? Did he imagine how I feel after all these years? Should I have moved on? I never real... | 1 | |
[WP] You arrive for your 9 AM appointment only to realize that the dentist treating you is Sasquatch. | [
"Jimmy sat and watched the trees go by. Through his window it appeared they were travelling faster than his mom was driving, but deep down he knew they weren’t. He glanced at the dashboard clock, 8:35, they would be early for sure.\n“Mom?”\n“What Jim?”\n“My teeth feel fine, really.”\n“I know they do, but we still n... | 1 | |
[WP] "Sorry I'm late to the weekly status meeting, boss, but in my defense, while escaping the burning hardware store, I happened to find this talking unicorn..." | [
"“Sorry I'm late to the weekly status meeting, boss, but in my defense, while escaping the burning hardware store, I happened to find this talking unicorn,” he said, setting a singed stuffed animal on the table. \n\n“John...” his boss started to say, but he was cut off.\n\n“For some reason he wasn't even trying to... | 1 | |
[WP] It was a stereotypical fantasy scenario - the evil necromancer killed the king and kidnapped the princess, and the hero embarks on a quest to defeat him. But when he arrives to the black castle to confront him, it turns out that the situation isn't nearly as simple as that. | [
"It was hard to believe the King had gone.\n\nA thousand years he had lasted, only to be killed by old age when the magic was taken from him by his trusted companion now turned evil.\n\nSome say that the companion was evil all along and just hid it very well, but history was history and evil was now at the front of... | 6 | |
[WP] "Just a warning - what you're about to expirience feels very much like being dead. But don't worry, you'll be perfectly fine once it's over." | [
"The old lady had a calm face as she explained the process to me. Even though her face was creased with wrinkles, her hair all but white, her words were sharp, focused and descriptive. They didn't called her the Medium for nothing.\n\nI nodded as I attempted to follow her train of thought, trying to not choke from ... | 1 | |
[WP] You successfully rescue the damsel in distress. You're both left alone, birds chirping, the sun setting in the distance. In old movies, the scene would end with a kiss and cut to credits. But in real life, it's all kind of awkward. | [
"Hey! I'm new, but this has already turned into a series. Check out the end for links to the rest!\n\n\n*******\n\n\nThe enormous mountain of debris behind us crackled and popped unsettlingly as destroyed components gave up their final moments, heating our backs as the pale warmth from the setting sun thinned to an... | 2 | |
[WP] 15 years ago someone mysteriously deposited $10 million into your bank account with the message, "Some day at that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me, until that day accept this money as a gift" You had completely forgotten about that message until today...... | [
"If I've learned anything in my years on earth, it's that charity is a myth and soul-eating, favour-hawking Devils are real. They take the names of those you love most. Caring parents seeking validation, kindly co-workers currying political favour at the office, adoring lovers seeking release. And when they realize... | 1 | |
[WP]You are a space wreck investigator. You have been asked to explore the remnants of a luxury space cruise ship, however you must not attempt to contact any of the survivors on board. | [
"**Wreckage Notes & Journal Log: Author - Tim Dunconer (Vessel Estimator and Wreckage Specialist WWC Certified Mechanic)**\n\n*Ministry of Sub-Lightspeed Travel and Transportation: Claims & Investigation Deparment*\n\n--Claims file 2078-119A was a space hulk that had been lost and discovered several years a... | 3 | |
[WP] Near Future. The latest technology enables your company to take eccentric billionaires into deep space to profit from relativity and so accomplish some sort of immortality. On your way back home you see a ship heading towards the moon, the apollo 11. | [
" Thinks to himself \"Is... that..... Apollo 11? the space-shuttle that I saw when I was 9? The one that motivated me to do impossible things? The one that was there in my room till college days(poster)?\"\n\n Surprised the time travel, wonders how the people were when I was actually 9. Will I be able to meet... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a great military strategist who basis all movements on a chess board. You've just been brought in under the charges of treason for sacrificing your strongest unit, the queen piece. | [
"\"In what is being called a Pyrrhic victory today, the President of the United States is being welcomed to thousands of angry protesters that demand the immediate prosecution of army General Furnle Middleford for his deliberate actions to sacrifice the President's wife to last week's hostage crisis.\"\n\n\nHe paus... | 3 | |
[WP] Farts are just as contagious as yawns. | [
"I hold onto the banister as a tremendous shake rattles my table, and a rumble shook my windows. *This is a bad one* I reflect as my mug bounces an inch off the vibrating table as the Fartquake reached its peak. I feel a contributing fart ripple my ass cheeks, adding to the millions around me. The shaking begins to... | 1 | |
Vague, ambiguous. I don't have any comments, just come at me. | [WP] Tell me about the war, Papa. | [
"I swirled the whiskey in my glass; the rocks tinkled against the crystal. \"What do you want to know?\" I hoped if I stalled long enough, or she gave me a sufficiently vapid answer, I could avoid the question.\n\n\"Tell me why there was a war.\"\n\nI grunted. \"Wars are all fought for the same reason, darlin': mon... | 1 |
[WP] The story of a leaf through the seasons. | [
"I was warm. My cocoon wrapped around my frame, hugging me tightly and keeping me safe. But I knew that I couldn't stay. I had to grow up, to break free and venture out into the world. And so the time came that a great crack rippled through my shell and the brightest light I had ever seen entered my home. It was so... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the power to make anyone fall in love with anyone else, like Cupid. However, "true love" gets boring after a while, especially when you can't find anyone for yourself... | [
"They look at one another with undying love as their eyes meet - smiling fondly, they approach each other.\n\n\"You wanna get some coffee with me?\" The woman spoke first while scraping the red nail polish off of her nails out of sheer nervousness.\n\nHe rubbed the back of his neck. They were both nervous wrecks to... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up with a golden string tied to your pinky. It winds around the hall, and out the front door. | [
"I looked down a long hallway that lead to the front door of my house, breathing in the damp, cold air pouring in from outside. The autumn leaves began to make their way through the door, I did not move to impede their entrance. I closed my eyes and let the leaf rustling wind occupy my mind. Thence I felt the small... | 6 | |
[WP] The conditions for entering heaven have changed. This change is now being applied retroactively. Those not meeting these conditions are being sent back to Earth. | [
"“The meek shall inherit the earth.” \n\nThe big guy nodded and grinned, the universes nestled in his beard jostled against each other. “That’s what it says.”\n\n“You sent your only begotten son to earth to tell them that the meek shall inherit the earth?”\n\n“Yup. I don’t want any of their wimpy asses up here. Thi... | 1 | |
[WP] Write in the POV of a crazy/psychotic ex. Do not end it with murder. | [
"I think the hardest part is nighttime.\n\nDuring the day I'm able to distract myself. There's school. Work. Friends to talk to. But then I come home and the noise of the day starts to wind down, leaving just deafening silence. The space where you used to be, now completely empty.\n\nThe first week after we broke u... | 5 | |
[WP] What do dead things do? | [
"He lies waiting in a cocoon of mud and broken wood. \n\nFirst, the worms come, gnawing at his skin. Mud seeps between the gaps of his eyelids and down into his throat. \n\nNext, the flesh bloats, expanding and deflating in a strange eruption of numerous, miniscule life. He is alive again, in a different sense- the... | 1 | |
[WP] You keep trying to get away from the advances of a friend who likes you and makes it pretty clear in front of everyone else. You decide to spend some time with them and to your surprise end up falling for them. When they find out they lose interest and abandon you. | [
"The fire was crackling by my feet when I heard the *buzz* from my phone in my pocket. I groaned as I put down my Seamus Heaney book of poems and took my phone out. It was her again. \n\"Hey just wondering if you were doing anything tonight, Jemma x.\" Third time this week she's text me asking if I was doing anythi... | 1 | |
[WP] A person's eye color directly reflects their personality. You have cool blue eyes, your S/O has dark green eyes, and you just gave birth to a baby with bright red eyes. | [
"\"Congratulations!\" the midwives squealed with delight as they tenderly pressed my daughter to my chest. I was exhausted and tears streamed down my cheeks, my baby was beautiful. It was as if everything in the world stopped when I stared at her and the way her eyes were peacefully closed. I looked up at my hus... | 2 | |
Based on a recurring dream of mine. | [WP] You can fly, but nobody cares. | [
"Standing upon the ledge, the grass beneath my feet crumpled as my body tightened, ready for the jump. Heart racing, palms sweaty, my brain raced with thoughts of my youth. I saw my mother, laying there unconscious, blue as the deep ocean. She was unresponsive, sounds of my cries filled the house as the sirens boom... | 2 |
(Of course, the character is not restricted to being male. I picked "He" as a pronoun because I had to choose one) | [WP] He lives at the edge of the bell curve. Estimates and probability laws falter before him. He is the Statistical Anomaly. | [
"At the age of seven, Palmer already knew he was a lucky kid.\n \nWhen the plane went down like a seagull shot out of the sky, somehow--by some act of God many had said--Palmer survived. They found him hiding amongst the wreckage drenched in blood (not his own), amidst a pile of metal and debris that littered the d... | 1 |
[WP] "A pretty mouse with a tail." Use this as the centerpiece of the plot in your story. | [
"I dressed up as usual , but with some special touches as I was going out with Drake for a movie . As I put my ponytail on , and started lining my eyebrows , my prepubescent brother comes in. \n\n\"You look nice . Do you know what girls who look nice are called ?\"\n\"I know it , Matt . And I am not one . You shoul... | 2 | |
[WP] The story's protagonist is the nicest person imaginable. The story's narrator hates him with a seething passion. | [
"James sang tunelessly on his way to work, a smile plastered to his face like a wet piece of trash blown into the clueless eyes of a stray dog. The traffic was awful, which was evidently and fundamentally irritating, but James barely seemed to notice, and was wrapped up in the vapid pleasure of the radio. As horns ... | 14 | |
[WP] Curiosity: "I've been a good rover... can I go home?" | [
"An alarm clock drones. \nA beep as its flicked off.\nShuffling of feet. \nA rush of water hisses from the shower head. \nA newly-wetted towel is dropped on the floor.\nMore water but running from the faucet.\nA toothbrush scraping against teeth. \nRinse.\nSpit. \nA shirt is dragged onto clean skin and hastily butt... | 3 | |
[WP] You have been given an antique pocket watch with the one promise that it can take you back in time to wherever you want and change history. However you were told never to go forward in time, you want to find out why. | [
"Ahh yes, time. This delicate thing, astonishing how it fleets and flows on paths and ways unbeknownst to us, the humans, ridiculously small in relation. Yet I, having lived a mostly meaningless life, have mastered its winding, twisting nature. I, who was overlooked his whole life, now have time itself in my iron g... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a story where the climax/most emotional part is the absolute corniest pickup line you know. | [
"Some time ago, here in texas, there was a guy named jim hanging out with his buddy's. They had no plans for the Friday night ahead of them But were determined to make something happen. They all start talking and come to the agreement of going to the bar. So that night they all go out and get drunk at the bar. Jim ... | 1 | |
[WP] "Blend in or they'll send you on a ship to Earth. That place is horrible." | [
"\"You the new grep?\"\n\nGary swallowed hard and clicked his translator in the intergalactic equivalent of a nod.\n\n\"You look soft and weak. What species are you?\" Gorblach sprayed a fine mucus all over Gary with his tirade. It smelled vaguely of peanut butter.\n\n\"Errr-\"\n\n\"NEVERMIND!\" Gorblach sprayed al... | 2 | |
[WP] Tell the story of what humans did to deserve dogs. | [
"\"Er, good morning.\" \n\"...\" \n\"I mean, sir, good morning, sir, good morning.\" \n\"Hrmmph. 'Morning.\" \n\"I wonder, I really wonder, if I could apply for a position here. Yes, here.\" \n\"We do not have a need...\" \n\"Well, I have skills, yes, lots of skills.\" \n\"Does not matter.\" \n\"See, I can ... | 2 | |
[WP] When you die, you awake in an empty purgatory handcuffed to another person from anywhere in the world who died at the same time as you. Write about your conversations. | [
"Movies never gave \"death\" the justice that it deserved. When you die, you aren't magically transformed into some arbitrary stage in your life that was deemed \"optimal.\" Angels aren't in their 20's, wounds don't disappear, life cannot be undone. Angels show their age, wounds are grotesque and painful, life can ... | 1 | |
[WP] It's been 45 years since man stood on the moon. The reason? They told us not to come back. | [
"\"One small step for man, one giant step for mankind\"\n\nAnd as it turns out, also a giant pain in the arse for the local inhabitants. \nReader, you have to realise that when Neil and co. were sent to the moon, it was for much more than collecting mere samples. They were sent in order to negotiate a treaty.\nTo s... | 2 | |
[WP]An innocent character gets punished for no reason due to a misunderstanding, lie, etc. | [
"The only light in the basement came from the ancient fireplace behind the dais. From the platform stretched three sharp shadows, pointing to the spot where Penelope stood. \n\n “Does this lowly sophomore know why she has been brought before the council today?”\n\nPenelope breathed hard, not daring to raise her ey... | 1 | |
[WP] While trying to rob a bank, your gang is interrupted by two men who abseil down from the roof - they also came to rob the bank. What ensues? | [
"There was going to be more to the story but that's all I've got in me tonight. It's getting late. Also \"Yellow\" still the show more than I meant him to but whatever. Might update it in the morning, we'll see :\\\n\n\n-------\n\n\"Not a one of you!” he said, haphazardly throwing the shotgun barrel from side to si... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a poem about the dirty spot on the wall that does not come off with any amount of scrubbing. | [
"You have seen me laugh,\n\nand seen me cry.\n\nWitnessed my welcomes,\n\nand my goodbyes.\n\n-\n\nI tried to scrub you,\n\nbut you didn't leave.\n\nUnlike my dad,\n\nthe one supposed to still be here.\n\n-\n\nYou outlived many of my own,\n\nbut still stood there when I was all alone.\n\nYou are still here,\n\nWhen... | 1 | |
[WP] You are trapped in a virtual reality video game with thousands of other players. If you die in the the game you die in real life. The only way out is to beat the game. Luckily for you, you are a speedrunner | [
"The chainmail rivets clinked noisily against the plating of the warrior’s armour. \nAmidst a dense forest, two adventurers faced off against a boar. \nAn nearby enchantress called out to the warrior, “Be careful, Danny.” she said with a look of concern set on her face. \nDanny grit his teeth, apparently she d... | 1 | |
[WP] The duel that ended the war. | [
"It was a civil time when the war ended. No fighting, famine, or sickness. It was a rather dull time for the war to end, because up until this moment, almost everyone had already been wiped out. Everyone except for...the two. The two somehow managed to avoid it all, the initial attacks, the blow back, radiation, de... | 1 | |
This was inspired by r/ukilla1093 's post on r/creepy, with the video game in progress that had hands coming out of a wall.
https://www.reddit.com/r/creepy/comments/5r9dyw/a_friend_of_mine_is_working_on_a_game_and_send_me/ | [WP]Since Charlie and his family's disappearance, Wonka's chocolate factory has been closed and abandoned for years. Lately rumors start spreading around town of distant sounds and candle light coming from.the factory grounds, one local kid decides he must investigate... | [
"Tommy ran up the hill towards the old factory. Dark clouds hung close to its towering smoke stacks. I put a hand out to stop him but thought, why not? It's not like anyone would actually stay in there after all these years. I chased after him until we reached the golden front gates. \n\n\"You sure you wanna do thi... | 2 |
[WP] You are a crotchety old man who was born with the first generation of humans, and has lived through all of human history. | [
"\"Goddamnit\", he cursed, ignoring the faces that turned round to stare at him with visible curiosity. He wouldn't watch this nonsense any longer. It wasn't going to happen. \n\"Why so grumpy, Harry?\" A man in his forties detached from the crowd. He laughed loud but gentle, and put his arm around Harry's shoulder... | 3 | |
[WP] In A post apocalyptic Australia where Battle Cars are the way of Life, One Man will attempt to establish Communism, This is.....Mad Marx | [
"The lone figure stumbled through the clouds of dust. His ragged clothes and backpack clung to him, flapping as though the next gust might blow them away, like how his family, home, and even his name had been lost to the sand. But still, he journeyed on alone. Occasionally, he might see the telltale burst of fire o... | 5 | |
[WP] your at church and it's your turn to do confession. Once in the booth, the priest turns to you and says "I have done something very bad" | [
"--Absolutely new here. Created an account specifically for this prompt :) (and a couple of others)--\n\n\nWanderer. Drifter. Here, I was nameless. Another face drifting in the clamoring sea that was Los Angeles. I made it cross country to fall flat on my ass, with no one to turn to, too many bridges burnt, too man... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone has superpowers based on the thing they don't want the most. You're the guy who can't die. | [
"My whole life I have wanted to die. But then one day I met her.\nShe makes me not want to die. She makes me want to live.\nWhen I realized this, I laid down happy and ready to wake up in the morning and be with her again. I went to bed with a smile on my face, I never woke up. \n\n\n\nI never got to tell her how m... | 1 | |
[WP]WW3 has passed, the US, China and Europe lie in irradiated ruins. Australia, with her trade deals to everyone, survives unscathed, Australia, the new superpower. The only superpower. | [
"I am not certain who was the first to launch the offensive but that doesn't matter anymore. The world is now a wasteland. A husk. The survivors from these these once great nations which numbered in the billions are now reduced to pockets of settlements. There is a legend, however, that is spoken in hushed tones fo... | 4 | |
[WP] When you were 5 you saw death.He went to school with you,grew up with you did everything with you.You asked him a few times why is he actually here but he always shrugs off the question | [
"The black cloak swayed in the gentle wind as he stood expectantly over me, hands crossed behind his back and the ever present smile upon his fleshless face. \"Well?\" His jaw clacked as the single word echoed between us.\n\n\"Well what?\" I replied, my voice breaking as my frustration grew. He stepped back and fol... | 2 | |
[WP] you are stuck in a groundhogs day loop until one day you accidentally kill someone allowing you to advance to the next day. Until you kill someone, you will keep reliving the same day | [
"The first one was an accident. He ran right in front of me, that idiot. I ran him over while trying to crash my car into a brick wall. I had figured out the week prior that killing myself doesn't work to kick me out of this miserable day by day cycle. So I gave up and started killing myself in every possible way. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You live on a long road in house 666. That's okay with you; after all, it's just a number. Today though, a thick black envelope slides through your letterbox. It's an invite to the annual Demon's Ball. | [
"I had just finished moving my things in when something fell through the mail slot. It was a black envelope that made me instantly uneasy when I picked it up. I opened the letter, it read:\n\n\n'Dear Damien Lightbringer or Current Resident,\n\n\nWe cordially invite you to the 12,583rd Demon's Charity Ball in suppor... | 1 | |
[WP]China decides to recall all of their debt, crushing the economies of many Western nations. | [
"**Proverbs 22:7**\n\nJeremy remembered when he was younger. School in the mid twenty-first century had been an experience he loathed. None of the information had ever felt useful, not when it was mostly irrelevant to what he wanted to do when he grew up. \n\n*\"What do you want to be when you grow up?\"*\n\nHe had... | 1 | |
[WP] Heroes have natural abilities like strength, speed, etc. but you have a genuinely 'unique' ability that you have always used to take out the head bodyguards and left the true villains to more well known heroes. One villain has taken out all the heroes except you. | [
"I knew that something had gone awry. There was no way that they could have taken this long just to take out some schmuck. At the time I thought that they had stiffed me. Payed some lackey to take out the guards before they showed up, and then just left without even paying him. No way I was going to let that stand.... | 3 | |
[WP] In the near future, parents are able to genetically modify babies to boost their cognitive abilities. 20 years later, as the first cohort of "super genius" babies reaches adulthood, we realize we made a big mistake. | [
"The geniuses became too innovative and eradicated virtually anything their previous generation deemed as a drag. Life had become way too awesome and exhilarating. The adage, too much of anything is poison, started to apply in creatively horrific ways. It turns out human misery, starvation, war and terrorists were... | 5 | |
[WP] Although the internet was invented, it was never released outside of the government and military in the 1980s. You, an ordinary citizen in the 21st century, accidentally discover its existence. | [
"My friend John works as a typist at the Navy Department.\n\nOne day I was in the neighbourhood and he asked if I wanted to grab lunch. He said the department cafeteria had lasagna as the special of the day. Obviously I was like *helllzz yeah*, so that's where we went.\n\nWhile we were eating there was a lull in ou... | 1 | |
[WP]You are a normal person. No legendary prophecies, royal bloodlines, or inherited objects of power to make your name in history. But despite all that you have become the worlds most legendary evil's most hated opponent. | [
"I laughed and smirked, approaching the towering figure. Normally I would be terrified right now, but. . .\n\n\"Do you know what your problem is? Why we're here now? You didn't anticipate me. You couldn't predict who I was, what I would try. You didn't even know what I looked like until you realized what I was doin... | 1 | |
[WP] You're surprised to see the tax collector in your lair. You didn't dragons could be taxed. | [
"\"... I'm afraid I still don't understand,\" Ylleri huffed, glaring down at his elderly visitor.\n\nMylor gave a wheezing sigh before adjusting his glasses. \"It's very simple, sir; since your attack on Milfordshir, your net worth has tripled. This means you've been bumped from a C-class dragon to an A-class, ma... | 5 | |
[WP] A tree's perspective as a city is built up around it | [
"On the initial day of my sprouting, I was happy to see that I was in a park. I had been scared from all the ruckus I could hear under the ground that I was in some sort of city on the side of a highway, or perhaps in a cemetery. When my roots spread I could feel the vibrations of the land, the gentle stomps of sma... | 1 | |
[WP] You're not blind, you just can see air. | [
"He couldn't remember the day his eyes were lost. \n\nIt was probably the stress of the whole experience. He'd been nothing but a weak child when his father had taken a blade towards him. Not that it had helped the aged hero very much. The curses that he held in his blood were enough to eliminate that temporary dan... | 1 | |
[WP] "So I'm thinking you don't want to shoot me, and I really don't want to get shot." | [
"'So I'm thinking you don't want to shoot me, and I really don't want to get shot.'\n\n'I do want to shoot you.'\n\n'You don't want to. You will miss.'\n\n'Why would I miss?'\n\nThe crowd has been loud all the time but it feels like they are getting louder.\n\n'You don't have the energy left. Just look at yourself.... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story of the Four Horsemen of the Post-Apocalypse. | [
"\"So what now?\" asked War.\n\n“I don't know...”replied Death, “I guess I will be waiting.”\n\nThe apocalypse was over. Humanity lost, burned off the planet they called Earth. The angels and demons flew to another planet, as a world without any humans to fawn over good and evil was not a world worth fighting far. ... | 2 | |
A little more inspiration:
"Your soul is now legal tender for all debts, public and private." | [WP] With all the souls being sold to him, Satan has decided to build his own soul banking system, and he wants to open a new branch on Earth. | [
"The view was breathtaking. A slight morning mist wafted its way seamlessly around the hills with a fresh breeze accompanying it. I took a greedy whiff of it and closed my eyes to savor the crisp purity. What a far cry from the city's suffocating smog!\n\nI was on the third day of a two week vacation and had decide... | 3 |
[WP] Humans are the strongest and deadliest creatures in the cosmos and you are an astronaut from another planet that's crash landed on Earth. | [
"Oh god! Oh god! Oh god!\n\nI thought as the smoke rose from the crashed pod. There was nothing that would burn in the ship, if the container for the fuel would have burst I wouldn't be in need of any help right about now.\n\nBut alas.\n\nAll I could see around me was a vastness of dry dirt and random patches of ve... | 5 | |
[WP] The year is 2117 and Queen Elizabeth II is still alive and celebrating her 165th year on the throne. You only just realised there's something odd about the queen being 190. | [
"The Queen waved from the balcony, grinning down at the rippling crowd draped in Union flags on the Mall. She wore a flowery yellow dress, and thick-rimmed spectacles. Her back was curled into a hunch, her face liver-spotted, her hands gnarly and wizened. \n\nI swiped at the air, zooming as close to her wrinkled ol... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity discovered the secret to immortality 50 years ago. Earth is now being overpopulated. The government performs routine killings to balance the population. You are in the next batch of killings, but you have no intentions of letting them succeed. | [
"They gathered all of us at the park at dawn. I believe there were 75 of us in total. Perhaps more. Perhaps less. Our hands cuffed. Our ankles chained. Today was judgement day.\nIt started 50 years ago. The cure for death had been discovered. It was mass marketed throughout the world and mankind was elated at the... | 4 | |
Inspired by an actual sound and thought | [WP]"Who uses a chainsaw at 10 at night?" | [
"\"God damn it, Jean,\" Larry uttered with vigor.\n\"Just let it go,\" Jean responded. \"There's no sense in getting worked up and raising your pressure. You remember what happened last time.\"\nLarry's face grew crimson as the anger inside him reached a boiling point. It was the fourth time this week his neighbor ... | 1 |
EDIT: mounted in fully enclosed vehicles | [WP] An international treaty is signed where the only legal combatants in war are those mounted in fully vehicles. | [
"~ First Speaker Weldon Steiger of the Democratic Consensus of Titan before the Geneva Peace Accords\n\nThe devastation wrought by the Jovian wars cannot be understated and cannot truly be understood in simple numbers. On all sides over five hundred and sixty million combatants are dead and civilian casualties stan... | 1 |
[WP] You wake up at 3 AM and see your dog staring into your open closet. He begins to growl. | [
"It was my favorite kind of dream, flying through the air with my arms out stretched and skimming the surface of a lake. It was the kind of dream that made me want to sleep forever... But instead I found myself struggling towards wakefullness in the dark.\n\nI wasn't sure at first what had drawn me out of slumber. ... | 2 | |
[WP] You find a puppy in an abandoned pet shop. You decide to adopt him, but you find out he grows by a centimetre every day. After a year, you decide to enter him into a horse race, but something goes wrong. | [
"\"I knew I shouldn't have dropped out of school\" Bubba thought to himself. Sure the old lady back home told him their new puppy was growing a centimeter a day, and he believed her too because gosh darn it he loved her. But the thing is, having both spent the entirety of their lives in the Florida Everglades, neit... | 1 |
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