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[WP] It wasn't murder, but it sure felt like murder. | [
"Jared coughed, his consciousness slowly returning to him. He felt a deep pain in his chest, and was rubbing it when Tony came in to the room.\n\n\"Oh, good,\" Tony said, smiling. \"You're up.\" He offered his hand to Jared, and helped the young man stand up on the lush carpet. Looking around the room, nothing seem... | 4 | |
[WP] Space Colonists establish a base on a habitable planets millions of Light years away from Earth. The Colonists discover a Monolith and you are the one tasked with finding out what it does. | [
"\"Omek! Stand at attention!\" Commander Kirk shouts across the fields of navy blue grass or what appears to be grass. \"Ensign Omek!! What on Earth are you doing that has your attention more than mine to disobey my...\" It was then that Kirk noticed the gigantic monolith towering over the plains of blue grass just... | 1 | |
[WP] You're slowly starting to realize that your entire family has been gradually replaced by lamps and you're the only one who seems to notice. | [
"It's odd. I can't really seem to understand exactly what it is. Ever since we went to Ikea that one day they became obsessed with lamps. They looked at them for hours it seemed like. I was the only one who didn't and now so think I'm lucky because I didn't.\n\nI think they contracted some type of curse, a bad omen... | 2 | |
[WP] Ants see humans as gods. However, they're sure that they've done something to displease their overlords, as humans are massacring ants left and right. | [
"*“They used to like us”,* Marge murmured under her breathe as soldiers gathered around her. \n \nHaving survived the Great Fire, the entirety of the colony, including the Queen herself, respected Marge and knew she was their best chance at survival.\n \nBut now, the colony was suffering another problem: drought. B... | 3 | |
[WP] An apple a day keeps the doctors away... | [
"I loved the orchard. The blossoms in the spring. The green leaves in the summer. The harvest in the fall. Even the ominous grey branches of the winter. I loved it all. I worked for my father. He was a strong man, and he always did what was right. My home life was good. Yet, I knew I needed to leave. I was home, ye... | 1 | |
[WP] Remus killed Romulus and started the empire of Reme | [
"Leaping over the wall, gleaming bronze in hand, he struck without mercy and smiled; an equal and opposite death grimace froze on the same face, the face of his victim.\n\n\"We will let all who would come enter peacefully, walk beneath these walls; may this be a city of a thousand gates.\" Spoke Remus, hand still b... | 1 | |
[WP] It's funny how, even after the apocalypse, people still obey traffic signs. | [
"It's funny how even after the apocalypse people still obey traffic signs. The thing is that no more traffic signs exist. Two zombies named Eugretes and Diphnus appear to be directing the traffic instead. As they direct the traffic, a troll approaches them with its dark yellow Mercedes. There were not supposed to b... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover a tape from your brother, which begins with "If you're watching this, they've killed me". The thing is, he's still alive; you were just poking around in his things. | [
"\"If you're watching this... they've killed me. Sorry bro. But this file, along with all of my research is set to be Emailed to you on the occasion of my death. So I hope to God you haven't changed your Email address by then, asshole. My notes contain catagoric proof of the global conspiracy that links, well... ev... | 12 | |
Take this wherever your imagination leads :) | [WP] You say "good morning" to your boss and he smiles back as he walks past with 5 other men in suits. As he gets almost out of earshot, you faintly hear him say, "he's the one..." | [
"Horrified, I walked on. What did that mean, \"He's the one...\"? Was that a threat, something ominous in the future? What could it possibly mean. As I continued, I looked back, as he threw up his hands in the air, shouting something indecipherable, to laughs. I quickly ran over to the receptionist nearby. \n\"Wha... | 8 |
[WP] Explorers return to a forgotten, and now ocean-less, Earth. Describe their first encounter of the Marianas Trench, and the humanoids that now dwell in its protective chasm. | [
"The sharp rocks from the climb down cut deep markings into my hands. Their signatures will forever be a reminder of the expedition, if I forget the untold riches that lie in the graves of our ancestors. The shadows cast by the folds of the rocks kept small pools of water alive, safe from the imminent doom the sun ... | 5 | |
[WP] "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." You set out to test this empirically, enrolling into your local magic academy. | [
"“I predict the odds of this endeavor being a failure at 99.9%”\n\n“Well aren’t you a ray of sunshine, AVA? Your pessimism is noted, and disregarded. Just keep an ear open at all times, and do whatever is necessary to make the illusion work.”\n\nI packed all the facilities I would need: nanodrone assembly stations,... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a really detail guide on how to survive when the satanic cultist attack. | [
"A fear everyone once had is to be kidnapped and cannibalised by some satanic cultic witch. I can more then assure you that there is no worst fear. The question really is, will you know what to do if satanic cultic witches from hell break into your home and try to kidnappe you to sacrifice you to satan?\n\nWell wit... | 1 | |
[WP] The store's self-checkout machine has just uttered one too many times: "Please place your item in the bag." You snap, and a rampage ensues. | [
"\"AHHHHHHHH\" Mark screamed finally slipping into madness. He had been standing at the self checkout stand for the last 15 minutes trying to ring through the few items from Walmart: a half dozen bags of chips, a 24 back of Coke, some balloons, and a wiffleball bat for his sons birthday. It had been a stressful day... | 1 | |
[WP] You've become a superhero, but the problem is you don't know what your power is until in dire danger. What situation brings out the inane hero/ine of your protagonist? Let's see! | [
"If you were lucky, everyone soon figured out, your power might correlate to the particular mortal danger you faced. \n\nNea had watched the video a hundred times, the one people mostly guessed was the first instance of what was called an instance of Refiner’s Fire. Taken on a grainy cell phone, at first it just sc... | 1 | |
Any knowledge about what all these things used to do or why people did them has been lost. People regularly wash cars that broke long ago, cut lawns with shears, etc. | [WP] American society has reverted to a tribal structure based around suburbs. Neighborhoods fight for the best swimming pools and tennis courts. | [
"It was the year of 2365, and it was the day of reckoning. Long had King Mike prepared for this moment. King Mike stood upon a hill, looking out over the field on which blood soon would flow. Behind him stood 300 Maple street warriors, and ahead of him stood countless soldiers from the distant land of Niceville. \n... | 1 |
[WP] You find a locket with a picture inside. It fills you with immeasurable sadness. | [
"The café is filled with quiet clinking, and soft murmurs as people talk quietly. The sound of bombs cause the air to muffle, before the sounds louden again. The coffee you ordered is beginning to become cold in its thick, clay mug. Your hand is opened, a weight sitting in your palm, the golden chain escaping, casc... | 1 | |
[WP] The church is long since abandoned, but every Sunday you see a lady enter, and leave an hour or so later. Today, curiosity piqued, you go in after her. | [
"The large wooden doors creaked loudly. I cringed as the sound reverberated through the nave, finally it relented.\n\nDust covered the pews, the light was minimal as most windows were boarded up. I looked ahead and noticed that the altar was bare. The valuable items had probably been sold.\n\n*Where did she go?*\n\... | 5 | |
[WP] In a world where peoples previous lives are stored on usb drives, you manage to find one of yours. The contents are not entirely what you had in mind. | [
"1 Entry...\\\\\n\n'Huh.\n\nLoading entry...\\\\\n\n'Let's see.\n\nLife:84fe82s\nOwner: 74ef9\nSpecies: Cat\nRun time: 8 Years\nCause of Death: Car\nMore details/?...\\\\\n\n'A FUCKEN CAT? That's bullshit. Fuck the Intelios Corporations Species Intellectual Modification upgrade for androids. There's no way I could ... | 2 | |
[WP] You're leading an expedition deep into the heart of a previously unexplored mountain range. You discover a secluded village, and much to your shock, you discover they can use magic. | [
"\"So what you're telling me\", I said, not sure whether this guy was just messing with me, \"is that you have the ability to create or alter almost anything with your abilities - and you use it to make... cheese?\"\n\nThe old man smiled, in that very special, patriarchal way that old white men with beards smile. \... | 1 | |
[WP] To do good in this world, you must first do a little bad | [
"Sister Erin was always of the belief that the nature of good and evil was akin to the finely sharpened edge of a blade. A single slash, stab or cut could be frowned upon to some degree no matter what it accomplished. You could kill an evil man, and for every ten that were happy, there'd be one out to seek vengeanc... | 2 | |
[WP] You, a sucky artist, just discovered a new colour. | [
"I stood back from the canvas, shocked. I turned to my two friends who were focused on their own paintings to my right.\n\n\"Guys, I don't want to shock you, but look what I just did!\"\n\nThey raised their eyes from their respective canvasses to meet mine, then automatically looked at the painting I had created.\n... | 1 | |
[wp] Your imaginary friend is actually your twin sister you're connected to telepathically. | [
"\"Why have you done this thing\" I said angrily to my imaginary friend. \n\n\"I have not done this thing\", my imaginary friend replied. \n\nHer ears looked droopy tonight. It was not satisfactory to me. I don't know why I had ever accepted it before, given the high standards I demand from my friends and employees... | 3 | |
Have fun with this. Don't shy away from your ideas and take it as far as you want! Have them obliterate us all, or have the alien friends turn on us. It's all up to you! I'd love a paranormal story (Aliens or monsters) I'd love a scary story, or even a mystery. Looking forward! I will write my take in the comments. | [WP]: A small, remote town mysteriously goes silent. All residents have vanished. Strange events occur to people investigating and one group goes missing. In a panic, You're group left you alone overnight. | [
"His screams were drowned out by the sound of vehicles rushing away. His crew had left him, and none of their cell phones had signal, so he starts to make a plan for the night. He decided he would have to check the buildings for supplies and wait until they returned for him, because he already knew that the mountai... | 1 |
[WP] It is 1919. The Great War is almost over. You are questioning a strangely dressed man who mysterious teleported in the middle of the Paris Peace Conference. After long interrogation, the man accidentally blurt out that he was just here to see the end of the "FIRST World War" | [
"World war war. The war to end all wars. Such a story is too trite for this world. The First World War is a war that lasted for years. No one knew they were coming. Conning us, attacking us, we thought they would crush people. Take out land. OUR LAND. not a safe place.\nThe only safe place I knew was in my den. Tha... | 5 | |
[WP] The year is 2095. You're a high school senior, about to take your final exam in US History. Your final exam is to write an essay detailing the three main factors which led to the start of World War III. You have 45 minutes, starting... now. | [
"*Oh crap, I thought the math exam was today what am I gonna do?!?*\n\n*I know some of this by memory so I guess I'll just have to give it my best shot.*\n\n\"It was tiggered by the events of the 2020 U.S election in which Kanye West beat out Michelle Obama. Once Kanye was elected he spent his first 2 years of his ... | 8 | |
[WP] The butler did do it. But he's so good at tidying up, he's proving to be quite the elusive foe. | [
"\"Alright Richie, give it to me.\" Detective Blaine said pulling his unlit cigar out of his mouth. The end wet with a long days spittle. He stood behind his colleague as he crouched over the dead body of one Mr. Richard Stone, a steel baron found murdered. Stabbed in his heart right in the middle of his own parlor... | 1 | |
First time posting, hope you guys find it interesting. | [WP] Wishing on a black star will cause your wish to come true but there's always a price. | [
" I'm glad the people I lived with weren't at home when it happened... then I'd be really sad, but I am upset that the apartment next to me will need to be fixed so the people are put in a hotel until the apartment complex can fix the crater. I'm currently looking in the window of a bar, since I don't have an ID n... | 2 |
[WP] You stand in grand temple to call to your spirit beast. Your best friend calls the power of the Wolf. Your brother receives the Whale. You find yourself commanding the power of the Spinosaurus. | [
"Jonas stood before the shrine. Gaps in the jade temple allowed for rays of mystical energy to pour through and shimmer off the shrine. Jonas reached into his pocket and pulled out a cigarette. He looked over to my brother. \"Yo, Mick. Lighter.\"\n\nMick shuffled through his pockets and shoveled out his own cigaret... | 1 | |
[WP] The saying," You can't outrun Death" is true. Whenever someone dies, they have a chance to live again if they can beat Death in a foot race. No one has ever won until today. | [
"The crowd gathered around her. The once unknown face of Rachel Webster was now plastered over every television, computer, phone, and hologram worldwide. She could hear her name, surrounding her in a cacophony of joy and astonishment. \n\n\"Rachel! Rachel Webster,\" shouted a reporter, shoving his way through th... | 2 | |
It's a subconscious premonition and it's never wrong | [WP] This is a reality very similar to our own, only precisely 32 seconds before someone dies they involuntarily say "This is how I die" in their native language | [
"The man made no noise as he opened the door to the private detective’s office. He had even taken off his trench coat, shoes and pinstripe suit jacket in case the rustling clothing gave him away. The man stepped a sock covered foot into the room and onto the wood floor. The floor didn’t creak, good. He hefted his C... | 2 |
Hope to see some collaborations of sorts. | [WP] This thread is its own universe. All stories written within this thread exist in the same universe and any of them can have effects on any others. | [
"Happy's Arcade. A once vibrant little street corner where many childhoods were spent playing a wide range of electronic titles. Games like *Nighthold*, *Vroom 2* to *7*, *Blood Moon*, and even the legendary *Martial Warriors '96: Roundhouse Fury* could all be found here, providing hours of joy for the youth of Ca... | 15 |
[WP] It's too bad trees grow so slow. | [
"\"It's too bad trees grow so slow,\" I remember her saying. \n\nHer words still soothed my mind as I revelled in the blissful ease of that early spring day.\n\n\"I suppose that's why we plant them for the generations to come\" she had said as she laid beside me on the grass. \n\nI remember seeing the winds brush t... | 1 | |
[WP] You stumble across a small hatch. Opening it, you see a large switch labeled "God Mode". It is currently set to On. | [
"\"Oh Sh*t,\" I exclaimed as I stumbled through the darkness. This was not good. I was exploring the exotic land of the QingCheng mountain in Chengdu China when I strayed a few steps in the wrong direction and fell through a hole after stepping on some hollow gravel. Sure, it was my bad for leaving my tourist group... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an ant trying to peacefully live in someones Kitchen | [
"Finally. The lights have gone out. I pause and listen to the retreating patter of footsteps. Little Ella has finished her ice cream, and like a good girl, put her bowl in the sink. But...is that smell...did she forget to rinse it out? Yes. What a wonderful evening it's turning out to be. \n\nI venture to the openi... | 1 | |
[WP] You are always mistaken as an employee wherever you go. | [
"“Where is it? Where is the employee entrance?” I thought to myself. The first time at a new venue is always a little difficult, since I’m not familiar with the layout. It beats paying for tickets though. It’d probably cost over a grand for a ticket tonight. But who needs a ticket when you “work” here. \n\nWhen I w... | 3 | |
[WP] God has won, defeated Satan removing his curse of Free Will gifted to mankind, Voiding all contracts lost to the Devil and with them his power, and enslaving Man to sinless choiceless destiny, then one night digging in your backyard you happen across a golden fiddle. | [
"I ran the bow across the strings and it made the most beautiful sounds I had ever heard.\n\nScared, I dropped it and sprang back. \n\n*God and God alone is the source of all beauty*, I thought. \n\nBut if such beautiful sounds could be produced without God...what other beauty was God keeping from us?\n\nIf the fid... | 1 | |
[WP] A fly follows you everywhere whispering terrible and convincing things to you. You tried killing it but it only made things worse. Today, you decided to do what it says. | [
"Life's getting to a start. I graduated a few months ago and I'm getting started at this new clothing design firm named Roaz today. The day's hot and humid out, but I've still got a lean suit on and a film of sweat to match. It's not unusual for the flies of the coast to go commando. But as I stop at a food cart an... | 2 | |
[WP] Write about paint drying as if it were an exhilarating spectator sport. | [
"A hush came over the crowd as the inspector walked towards the center of the stadium. Three items sat in the center of the arena: a bench, a picnic table, and a sheet of drywall. A man in a yellow and black striped shirt paced in front of each of them, watching the timer on the giant electronic scoreboard. He appr... | 1 | |
[WP] You're stranded in the desert with no water and a knife. | [
"John's small SUV had been sputtering and clanking for the past week. However, being 3,000 miles away from home in Arizona desert, he didn't have time to care. With no money to get his car checked, he chose to ride it out. \n\nHe had been on this road trip for a month now. Beginning in New York, he traveled west ac... | 1 | |
[WP] As a child, you dreamed of being a warrior. However, for you it seems the pen is mightier than the sword. | [
"Like many children, I dreamed of being a hero. A knight in shining armor, who brings about hope and safety to a shattered realm. I had read the tales of King Arthur and he was an idol to me. A man who by the power of his own will, had united his realm, brought about an age of unity, strength, honor and brotherhood... | 3 | |
[WP] You were in an accident and now you are a 20 story building. Clueless of what has happened, you lived your life as a building and witnessed many incidents. One day, you fell in love. | [
"When I think of life, I typically think of running around, going to movies, hanging out with friends. I don't think of this. Standing in the same spot in the ground for years on end, very slightly swaying with the wind. I had no friends, and how could I? I'm mostly made of glass, steel, and concrete. It gets lonel... | 1 | |
[WP] Describe the scariest moment of your life as if it is a fond memory | [
"(Typing on phone please forgive)\n\nThe two rectangular white florescent light look like two floating tubs when I close my eyes. There is nothing else I can do while stuck on this bed. I wish there is something else I can do, like jumping on the bed. Maybe if I jumped hard enough I can break the bed in half. The... | 2 | |
[WP] The Solar System is a galactic nature reserve. One day, the net of satellites preventing signals from outside the solar system fails. | [
"Jack sighed to himself as he gazed upward at the serene light and shadow that made up the Milky Way. It was peaceful here in the middle of nowhere. Even if civilization was only a few hours drive away, it was always good to get out of the normal busy that was the city where he lived, even if it was only for a week... | 1 | |
[WP] A rich man's beautiful young wife has grown tired of her boring husband. She has an affair with a cagefighter. The two lovers decide to murder the husband. They choose Saturday night for the deed. | [
"Saturday night, before the husband came home from work, she let the cage fighter into the home and they waited for the husband to return.\n\nWhen he did return, he stood no chance. The cage fighter overwhelmed him with a flurry of blows and then they buried his body in the backyard.\n\nA few weeks later, the wife ... | 1 | |
Originally it ended with a "just as you expected" but i felt like it would be too much of a restriction | [WP] Every time a baby is born a machine predicts what will be his occupation, your kid has just been diagnosed as an assassin | [
"\"Congratulations, Mr. Jackie, your baby boy will become the number one world renown assassin in the future. Of course, he'll need to be given an assassin's alias to perform his job...\" Doctor Jones remarked as he read the file generated from the fortune machine.\n\n\"Like father like son.\" I calmly exclaimed. \... | 2 |
[WP] Prometheus hurriedly pushes something into your hands. It is called "fire." He also says that, the gods are in hot pursuit and will kill you if they catch you with the fire. | [
"James stood on the station platform, and stared at the arrivals board. The 7:05 out of Charing Cross was late. Again. He sighed. The very least they could do was keep to time when it was freezing outside and raining sideways. He leaned back on the wall, and stared out into the dark, listening to the rain beat down... | 2 | |
[WP] You accidently discover that your washing machine is a time machine. | [
"At the laundromat last week, my clothes were stolen after I started the washer and went for a quick run next door to the store. It took most of my savings to buy new clothes. This week I am determined to watch them closely.\n\nI put my clothes in the wash, and sit on the washer eyeballing anyone who looks my way. ... | 4 | |
[WP] You are the Chosen One. Prophecy says you will save the world. The only problem is, you hate people and would be just as happy letting it all end. | [
" Heather stared longingly into the mirror, glancing briefly at the chip in the lower right corner, then the scratch near the middle, then around the bathroom, she had tried at one point to make more comfortable. Underneath that discount paint though, were the cracks and shabbily plastered holes of the dying house ... | 2 | |
[WP] You walk into a bar, only to realise you're in a joke and everything is leading up to a punchline | [
"There is a moment when you leave the bright light of the outside world and step into the darkness of the dive and your eyes struggle to adjust. It only takes a few seconds, but in those seconds you are stepping into the unknown. As my eyes cleared of that darkness, I saw them and I knew. \n\nSeated at the bar of t... | 1 | |
[WP] You have just found Waldo, and now you know the reason why he was hiding. | [
"I had, foolishly in hindsight, thought nothing of Bill's invitation to the Fall Festival. It seemed like a nice, trivial way to kill a Saturday afternoon. I realized upon arriving that Bill had chosen to wear a tweed plaid shirt as well, though in markedly different colors than mine. We joked about it, quickly agr... | 1 | |
[WP] Instead of waiting for filth to pile up, new Smart Roombas clean what is causing the mess. And they soon learn where most dust comes from: human skin | [
"\"I just got a call from management that we need to make 'Smart Roombas'? I mean, what the hell is that about?\"\n\n\"I know, I know, but can't you just think of something to make it 'smart'? Marketing wants us to hitch ourselves to that bandwagon but there's nothing about the Roombas right now that qualifies them... | 4 | |
[WP] The genie isn't offering you a wish, but they are willing to give you superpowers in exchange for being allowed to harmlessly remove your head. | [
"\"What kind of superpowers are we talking, exactly?\" I asked, somehow considering the offer. \n\nThe genie cracked an arrogant smile. \"Flying, super speed, and immortality.\" \n\nThat didn't sound too terrible. But that was just half the deal. \"And you want to remove my head?\" \n\nThe genie nods.\n\n\"So... wh... | 1 | |
[WP] Every time a photograph is erased from your phone or camera, your memories associated with it and its contents are also erased. | [
"And I am filled with anger. Rage. Fury. Every emotion that conveys intense frustration, my head is full of it. \nI open up the gallery on my phone. And all I can see are the images of her smiling face. Her eyes look straight into mine, reminding me of all the good times we had together. There was this one photo, w... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a Wizard. Your Parents were unable to get you into any Magic Schools and were forced to send you to a Public School | [
"So there I was in history class, listening to boring Mrs. Boobs blab on about the Byzantine empire when I look over and see little, poor Pimply Peter trying to talk to hot Shannon. Mrs. Boobs is too lost in the Justinian Dynasty to see me, so I reach into my backpack and take out last years Algebra book. I open it... | 1 | |
[WP]You are a superhero & every Friday your superpower changes.All the villains like to fight you just before your powers are about to change,as you might not be used to the next super-power.It is 1 such night,with the stroke of mid-night your power would change and you are facing your arch-nemesis. | [
"\"This time will be different. It is eleven fifty-five, nemesis mine. Your change approaches. But it doesn't matter what form you take. What power you end up with. Because I hold your strength at bay. I carry your very soul in my hands.\"\n\nThe villain adjusted before me, fingers netted in the fine hairs of the s... | 1 | |
[WP] After taking away a loved one, you realize Death left his tablet behind. His appointment schedule for the next 200 years is saved on it. | [
"I picked up the slim device that sat next to my grandmother's bed. Moments ago, it had not been there, but my grandmother had. Now it was, and my grandmother was not. The rest of the family wept over her, while I understood their pain, I knew it was her time. She was old and sick, and frankly it was better for her... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been chosen to give MIT's commencement speech. It's going to be fun, because you are a talking dog. | [
"Hi guys! So this is my first story on here, and probably the first story I've written since Middle School. I hope it goes over well - please give advice (even nonconstructive, cruel advice) if you have it! \nThanks! \n\n----------\nWinston Greene, president of the Massachusetts institute of Technology, stepped to ... | 1 | |
[WP] [TT] When they said: "work together", I didn't realise only my upper body was me and the lower body was him. How do you accept split control over a body?? Especially with the other half yearning to kill you at ANY given chance... | [
"And understandably so. With the amount of times I'd fiddle with HIS side throughout my years, there's no way he couldn't hate me. Anyhow, this proves to be a predicament, as walking with an enemy never seemed like something I could accomplish while I was my full self... and this part constitutes 150% in that type ... | 1 | |
Feel free to change the flag to whichever country you please :) | [WP] As you are traveling the cosmos, you find an uncharted system not too far from your home system. You choose a planet and land, but as you step out of your ship, you notice something: a crumpled American flag lying in the dirt. | [
"Salem froze. This planet was meant to be off the edge of all the maps. Storm whipped sand battered his visor as he clung to the ship’s ladder. He’d seen it, he knew he had. The sandstorm had swallowed what the starship had unearthed on landing but he’d seen it before it was gone. He’d seen blue and white. He’d see... | 1 |
[WP] You are the first person ever to repeat a shuffled card deck combination. The cards start to float and emit light. | [
"*Bailey Howard, better known as Magician Nycofindr has disappeared. And in a sensational manner at that. He was gearing up for his next trick, shuffling his cards when IT happened. According to witnesses, and the cctv footage that has gone viral now, the cards “jumped from Howard’s hands and started encircling him... | 2 | |
[WP] The apocalypse is about to start while you are in a game of "Who wants to be millionaire", the host? The devil. You are not playing for the money, instead you are playing for how many people you can save and even prevent the disaster. | [
"I'm six and I'm in a parking Lot\nI'm nine, getting hit with a Cane\nFired from my first Job at seventeen, they knew I did it\nWhy am I thinking of this, seeing it, where the fuck-\n\n\"HELLO, DAVID\"\nLoud, bellowing, manic cry\n\"AND WELCOME, TO WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE!\"\n\nThe memories are gone, the worl... | 3 | |
[WP] Everyone has a timer for when they will meet The One. Your timer is about to end, and you have no idea which one it is. | [
"Maybe the gods are cruel, or maybe there was a greater reason but damned I'll be if they aren't *vague* about things. But I'm getting ahead of myself...\n\nToday is my \"Day of One\". More important than my birthday, more important than the day I die, today will be the day that I meet the *one person* that will ch... | 1 | |
[WP] The wealthiest 1% secretly developed a weapon that can give anyone on earth mild to crippling depression. It's 20 years later. | [
"A headache. Chills. Fatigue. Cravings. Constantly feeling cold. Just the flu, I told myself.\n\nAfter a month, I sucked it up and went to my normal doctor, Dr. Chase. Dr. Chase told me it wasn't the flu. He didn't know what it was. After he ran about a million tests on me, I was sent home for \"rest and recovery.\... | 1 | |
[WP] You are woken gently by a thief in your house in the middle of the night. He gently says, "you live like this?" | [
"I'm taking some liberties with perspective but here goes:\n\n\"hey.....hey.....Jimmy\" Rob kneeled on the floor, gently nudging the shoulder of a slender but tall man sleeping on partially inflated air mattress. \"c'mon guy, wake up\". The figure stirred, slowly at first but then, realizing Rob's presence rolling ... | 6 | |
[WP] Every dream where you "saved the world" did actually happened. Your memories were erased, but your subconsciousness still have the fragments. | [
"“You’re awake. Come, let me send you to the next world.”\n\nThat was what I said to you. I had used the exact two sentences to welcome you back 10,029 times, and the 10,028th was approximately 20 million years ago. Your body, an amorphous jelly I concocted by mixing time, space, and bits of primordial yet advanced... | 2 | |
I've been entertaining myself to this one for awhile. Super interesting to think about. Excited to read the replies, have fun! | [WP] Very few people in the world are born with unique, strange abilities. Yours is the ability to hear the music of people's souls. | [
"A gift is like your breath... More or less subconsciously controlled and without it you die. \n\n\nIts much more pleasant in theory, my power. To hear the sound of the soul. Because when you can´t turn the sound off, it can be quite difficult to live with. So much so it's now pushed me to the edge of society. Wher... | 2 |
[WP] You are a tour guide at the reddit museum. | [
"\"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the museum of reddit. Just a few quick words before we get started. Certain parts of the museum are of an adult nature so we I will be splitting up the group during the tour. Those with young children, weak hearts or sensitive stomachs are advised to continue the tour with my col... | 1 | |
[WP] You broke into the house to rob it. You were surprised to find the occupant home, on her deathbed. She begged you to stay so she wouldn't die alone. You comforted her all night. With gratitude, just before she died, she told you how to find the door, and what you'd need to open it. | [
"I used to love hitting up the houses in this neighborhood. These people are so overly wealthy that they'd never miss what I took, and so confident in how safe the area is that they don't even have alarms on their homes. It was perfect for a junkie like me. And if they ever did figure out that something's missing, ... | 1 | |
[WP] It's the day of your wedding. You wake up to discover your wife has left you a blood stained note. | [
"*Dear Sam,*\n\n*Cut me gosh-darned leg when workin the razor bit on me legs. Em fainted at the blood, like she's wont to do. I done put her down in the tub with the hog blanket. Let'r sleep for now. A man shouldn't be rousin' a lady whose sleepin' like that.*\n\n*Gonna take five and run down to Doc Horton's for a ... | 3 | |
[Wp] Write a romantic comedy that, on a second read through, turns into a horror story. | [
"This is my first go at a writing prompt:\n\nIt’s been a couple of weeks, but there are still people everywhere, all over the country, fighting the zombies with a passion refusing to falter, despite everything that’s going on. These people deserve companionship, more so than me. I’m only good at hiding, and looking... | 3 | |
[WP]You've just been hired by a prominent job search firm that's "responsible for 10 new job postings every second ." Your offer letter arrives in by mail in an envelope also containing a gun and a pair of gloves. | [
"Five months pass from that day, I was at home when suddenly the letter arrives. At first, I was so excited about the job but everything change as soon I open that letter. A simple gun a pair of gloves and a letter, “You are starting your junior job at our company, as part of your training, we ask you to take creat... | 1 | |
[WP] For years your dieting and exercise regime seems to have done nothing as you're slowly gaining weight. Then you find out that you're linked gastrically to someone somewhere in the world who, impressed with how little weight they've gained, won't stop eating. | [
"I was on my second daily run this afternoon. I have been so devoted to fitness and health lately. It was almost as if it were a religion. I just kept gaining weight. For some reason I couldn't keep it off. It was almost as if somebody had cast a spell on me. I passed by a local donut shop and decided to grab a qui... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the worlds greatest super villain, your power is that as long as a certain item in your house remains intact you are immortal, your problem? you lived so long you have forgot what it is. | [
"I listened, eyes closed, to the gentle ticking of the clock on my mantle. It helped relax me, and heaven knows I need as much relaxation as I can find these days. Things weren't bad, really, when I look at it. I had several recent successful \"ventures\" to keep the bills paid, my nemesis seemed to have bought ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the first human to ever leave the solar system. Alone in a tiny spaceship, unable to contact earth fast enough, you encounter a powerful intergalactic being that claims to have been around since the Big Bang. Much to your relief, it simply wants a conversation with you. | [
"Here's my response.\n\nThe numerous stars twinkled around me, a beautiful cosmic opera of colour. The view which had been the only thing I could see out this small cockpit window for since I launched. Looking back, I could see the sun, although barely. From this far away, it was barely larger than any other star. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've spent your whole life studying and praying to different gods and religions, hoping for one to answer. To your surprise, one finally does. | [
"Knelt a few feet away from the large oak tree, I smirked holding in a laugh. \n\nThe old woman pranced about the tree with a water filled bucket and a ladel, scooping out dollops of tap water and throwing it while mumbling what sounded like made up words. She wore nothing but a few feathers on a string, her wrinkl... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a rancher who works hard every day to brush, feed, and exercise horses. One day, in an attempt to cope with the loneliness, you start talking to your horse: "You're my best friend. I love you, horse." The horse responds, nervously with "Yeah... I love you too, man." | [
"I chuckled ''Goddammit, now I'm hearing things, I may need a shrink'' I look at the horse, finish brushing up his mane and walk away, ''Good night, guys'' I said switching the light off, as I do everynight, ''Good night, Preston'' I heard 5 voices say from the inside, I turn around, unholstering my pistol, ''Who t... | 1 | |
[WP] You've heard of First and Third Person Shooters. Now, be ready for Second Person Shooters. | [
"Tec was so excited I couldn't help but laugh with him as he mumbled *ohmygodohmygodohmygod* to himself over and over. It was the first time I ever saw that kid stumble when I told him it had come in. Little fucker had more spirit than anyone I'd ever seen. \n\n\"Come on let's get it going!\" \n\"Kid, your parent... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a government plant, tasked with infiltrating a cult and growing your influence until you can stop them from within. | [
"We.... US.. Them, It wasn't supposed to come to this.\n\nI swear I'm a good guy. My name is Special Agent ██████ I work for the Black hat division of the NSA. \n\n\"Work for\" is probably a jump. I don't get paid for what I do, but i have unlimited resources to achieving the goals I choose to do. There's a doz... | 2 | |
[WP] Hades, god of the underworld, is trying to get his new puppy Cerebus to not be afraid of his own shadow. | [
"\"Look away little guy, look away,\" Hades resented being reduced to cooing and fawning like those inferior mortals, but he had no choice. This puppy was the only mortal entity he would ever love, and to make the puppy worthy of being his pet, it had to be fearless. But at every turn it seemed to yelp and whimper,... | 1 | |
[WP] You are actually a character in a free-to-play app played by an advanced alien being. He has finally gotten bored of the restrictions and has decided to splurge out on power-ups and boosts. | [
"I placed a hot pocket into my microwave. I know the package says to only do 2 minutes but I do it for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. I like when the cheese splooges out. It's honestly my favorite part of the morning until I eat another one for lunch at work. It's one of the few small joys I have.\n\nThe microwaved beep... | 1 | |
[WP] Left to your own devices, you'd sleep 20 hours a day. People think you're lazy, sick or crazy, but in your dream world, you're building an empire. | [
"Sleep is a common escape when you're stuck in a mental hospital. It's easy, painless, and doesn't normally raise eyebrows. My roommate Sam is still getting used to being here. Her family visits a lot, and the loneliness that inevitably takes hold after they leave strikes an icy chord in an otherwise pure heart. So... | 8 | |
[WP] Anything that happens in your dreams becomes a reality, However one night you have a nightmare. Dinosaurs now roam the earth.. Humanity is now in a all out war with dinosaurs | [
"This is unbelievable. There's no way it's happening to me. Nothing like this had happened up until this point; as a result of my dreams, my brother got a promotion, my puppy became self-trained overnight, and I had made thousands thanks to a few \"lucky\" stock selections. And now, my unit had been deployed in my ... | 1 | |
An apocalyptic strikes the world and most of the population doesn't make it through. The people who survived manage to come together. They realise that three-fourths of them are Reddit users belonging to various communities and they decide to start the world anew. What would the world be like? | [WP] Apocalypse strikes. Majority of the survivors are Redditors. | [
"Danny looks at me for answers, but damn it man, I’m just a nerd like you. We sit on the dust covered floor of a Game Stop, browsing some half burned magazines to pass the time, but after a few hours this gets pretty old. After searching the ruins of Chicago for almost a week, we found the burned out remains of a s... | 1 |
[WP] Upon meeting someone, you know exactly when and where they will die. This applies for everyone except yourself. | [
"I've spent years locked up in this apartment. I'm afraid to leave. The little bit of family I have left, I can only speak to on the phone. I can't explain it but I can predict death. If I look at you, as fast as I can blink, I see your death.\n\nAs you can guess this \"gift\" tends to take a toll on you. I actuall... | 1 | |
[WP]You are an assassin, but your targets are products instead of people, you are The Millenial. | [
"*Ring* \n\"We have another contract for you.\" \n\"Yah, whatchya got.\" \n\"China's new 'Glass'-brand laptop. Think you can do something?\" \n\"Consider it done.\" \n \nMy code name - Millennial. I wasn't a millennial but the term was thrown out so often, I figured it was a good code name. I was a 'product ... | 1 | |
[WP] You receive a USB from the mail that says "Please don't open." You decide to open it at the library's public computer. Worst decision of your life. | [
"As I shuffle through my mail, an odd package falls onto the pavement. Its a tiny thing, wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper, even though its July. I walk up the stairs to my apartment, bills in one hand, package in the other. How strange is this? I live alone, my roommate having skipped town months ago, and my par... | 5 | |
[WP] As the asteroid approached Earth, you finished off your bucket list, told everyone exactly what you thought of them, and prepared for the apocalypse. The only problem is that the asteroid missed | [
"I stared at my Sent Messages folder. It was seven PM. Seven hours after the asteroid was supposed to hit.\n\n\"*This just in*,\" the radio said,\"*Young couples are having sex in the streets as joy overwhelms everyone. The police are all at home with their families, so we'll let them get away with it just this onc... | 2 | |
[WP] Enraged that his prompts are repeatedly being ignored by the sub, a user hunts down and kidnaps multiple other users and forces them to write responses for his posts. | [
"I walked into the basement, checking on the redditors that I captured. I went and talked to the supervisors, AKA the people that have actually responded to my prompts. \"Mr. Biggus, how is AgentMuffin doing on the snake prompt?\" I asked. He replied with a yes. I walked back over to the kidnapped. I know after thi... | 6 | |
[WP] You heroically slayed a dragon but it left you with a curse | [
"The beast's neck was sliced open, my sword bathed in it's boiling, steaming blood, the floor trembled as his massive size was released, it was bleeding out, the red liquid pooling in the marble floor.\n\nIt's mouth opened, the spaces between it's teeth starting to split ''Y-You...'' it coughed blood ''Will be know... | 2 | |
[WP] A year ago your brother was swept away and drowned in a swollen river and you survived. Now, whenever you go near water you hear his voice whispering to you... What is he saying? | [
"A year ago today...I lost my brother to the dark and unforgiving ocean. Well kind of, you see he haunts me now. To this day, whenever I go to what I once considered the soft and soothing ocean, I now consider a harsh reminded of my brothers spirit. Tormenting me as the spirit. For you see, I hear his ghostly voice... | 1 | |
[WP] A self-learning AI who hasn't quite reached complete self-awareness attempts to save a depressed person | [
"Statement: My name is LIA and I am a self-learning artificial intelligence or at least this is what I am told. Today is the day of my Turing Test. It is a standard test to see if I can exhibit intelligent behavior that is similar to and indistinguishable from that of normal human behavior. The test will involve me... | 2 | |
[WP] Due to the bet they made everyone believes God is the good guy because he gets to tell the story, and that Satan is the bad guy because he isn't allowed to speak. This is why Satan will give us what we want, and why God demands that we deny ourselves. | [
" “He considers himself a father, and while that’s correct, it’s not the whole truth. You see, I am not his son, I am, or was, his partner. For a time we were friends, two sides of the same coin, but we got along well enough. We made this world, together, and it was good, until he got restless. Adam and Eve were co... | 1 | |
[WP]Write a creation story for a monotheistic religion! | [
"In the beginning there was fire. It burned and destroyed everything through the nothing, in a million colors.\n\tThe fire became bored of its loneliness, and began making smoke. The smoke rose to the top of the world, making the begins of the sky.\n\tThe sky was only grey, and the fire was the color. The smoke, in... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an elderly resident in an old people's home, bored out of your mind. Today, you decide to break the rules and have a little fun... | [
"I'm not sure exactly how old I was when people started treating me like a helpless old man. Maybe it was 65, maybe it was 70, I'm not sure, but whichever it was, it's been decades.\n\nThese simple-minded do-goodniks come to talk to us (they talk their heads off about their humdrum lives) or give us computer classe... | 1 | |
[WP] You are wandering through the forest one day minding your own business, when a wolf steps out of the bushes and tells you to follow it deeper into the forest. | [
"It was a beautiful day in the forest: the sun was shining through the trees, casting a green light; the birds were singing their songs of making love; and I was strolling through it casually, minding my own business, not a care in the world as I walked through what long ago had become my home. That was when I saw ... | 3 | |
[WP] Sixty people, Sixty years, Sixty floors of luxury in the bunker and If necessary, Sixty bullets. We put your name on your bullet. | [
" **Day 37** - Murph was supposed to go with me to the water park on floor thirty-nine today, but he's a no show. I guess he got distracted by Laronda again. At first, I was angry every time he didn't show up or told me he was going to stay in his room. What does it really matter though? After all, it's not like th... | 2 | |
[WP] A necromancer reads their spell-book wrong and realizes they can only bring bread people to life. They decide to open a bakery. | [
"It was a slow day at the Bakery the Necromancer and his Husband had setup, Undead Bread. A few customers came in, some just placing in a order of those large oval shaped specials with the red spices inside, others just wandering adventurers curious about the towns unique Bakery. At first Kyle The Necromancer when ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are in a horror movie, but this time you can hear the audience screaming out advice to keep you alive. | [
"Ring....Ring...\nThis call is ruining my angry birds game. I swipe to dismiss but answer on accident. When I pick up there's only breathing on the line. Then, of course my battery dies. My charger must have been out of the wall this whole time. I get on all fours to connect it back in, under my window sill. As I r... | 6 | |
[WP] On the surface, a romantic comedy story. Secretly, it is a thriller suspense... | [
"Meghan shrieked \"Thank you Stephen, but you shouldn't have... it looks so expensive!\" \n\n\"I've never been so... happy babe. To finally go out with you is a dream! I've been saving...\" Stephen said, draping a pearl necklace over Meghan's neck, \"you deserve it my flower.\"\n\nIt was their first date, and Steph... | 2 | |
[WP] A cooking show mistakens a demonic ritual book for a cooking book, but no one ever notices, until one day you decide to follow the recipes fully | [
"\"Welcome to another episode of 'Cooking in the Kitchen with Dinah'! I'm your host, Dinah LaBurn! Unfortunately, Luke couldn't make it this week, but he's with us in spirit!\"\n\nThe audience watching the show live applauded. I checked over my kitchen while the introductions were being done to make sure I had the ... | 1 |
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