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[WP] Humanity encounters an alien species. Like us, they have always dreamed of finding alien life. Like us, this is their first time making first contact. Like us, they find it rather underwhelming. | [
"\"Sci fi\" Connor mused \"got this completely wrong.\"\n\nThe being across from him signaled agreement.\n\nIt was not huge. It was not tiny. It was shorter than Connor, but but by much. It had no extraordinary color or features. It was a mottled reddish brown, with two heavily lidded brown eyes, and what might be ... | 2 | |
[WP] Have you ever wondered why there's nothing stronger than God? That's because he killed all the others of his kind. | [
"Gather round children, and hear the tale of Tyranica, the Peacemaker.\n\nLong ago, before the founding of our great people, there where many gods. Gods of the skies, gods of commerce, gods of war. For every concept you could imagine, there was a god controlling it.\n\nThese gods weren't content with their own doma... | 1 | |
Taken from this [xkcd comic](https://xkcd.com/240/) | [WP] In a dream you meet the perfect girl, right before the dream ends she whispers a string of numbers in your ear. Those numbers were coordinates and a date. | [
"It's been a *LONG* time since I've written anything, but here's my shot at it:\n___________________\n\nYou know how sometimes when you wake up from a dream that’s extremely detailed that just feels… Real, and you think, “damn, I really need to write this down”?\n\nToday was one of those days, but instead of doing ... | 2 |
[WP] Scientists attempt to raise "super" kids using the utmost superior technology.. biologically engineered and trained to be the best of their kind. The one catch? No human interaction, no parents, no friends, up until young adulthood. | [
"(Inexperience with this subreddit. Been writing for a while but mostly fantasy. CC appreciated.)\n\nA.024 stared at the black screen. Not even slight blue reflected back at him. The green that backed the screen was dull and lifeless. He slowly counted down the seconds.\n\n6... 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…\n\nA loud and buzzing ... | 1 | |
[WP] The City's local Superhero suddenly dies of unknown causes and, for whatever reason, his will leaves all his possessions to you, his arch-enemy. | [
"The portly mayor, his jowls shaking in fear, finally left me to my final walkthrough. For years I had known of this place, invaded and even tried to blow up this place. Never had I simply walked through with enough time to appreciate the trophies my Arch-enemy had collected over the years.\n\nI let out a mirthf... | 1 | |
[WP] Call of Cthulhu: The Musical | [
"*Slumber watcher, 'til the spheres*\n\n*Six and twenty thousand years*\n\n*Have revolved, and I returned,*\n\n*To the spot where I now burn.*\n\n*Other stars anon shall rise*\n\n*To the axis of the skies.*\n\n*Stars that soothe and stars that bless,*\n\n*With a sweet forgetfulness.*\n\n*Only when thy 'round is o'e... | 1 | |
[WP] "You think this is funny?" asks the first guy, as he kicks the paper bag. "Look into the bag and be surprised." | [
"He came out of nowhere... Guy had the same hoodie as me. Red Adidas with white words. Nice taste. A reasonable man, yea? Wait until you hear this.\n\nHe just ran into me and asked me if I wanted free weed. \"It's all yours, man. I don't even want it!\" he shouted.\n\nI chuckled. \n\n\"You think this is funny?\" as... | 1 | |
[WP] You can see the time a person has left to live. You are able to give anyone as much from your remaining time as you want, without them knowing. You’ve been secretly donating to your wife since you met her. Now yours is running out. | [
"My empathy slowly ran out for other humans.\n\nWhen I first realized I could transfer my lifespan, not just see the lifespans of other people, I had to begin making very difficult decisions.\n\nThough potentially life threatening situations were very rare the more real looming fates of my parents and friends were ... | 1 | |
[WP] The lorry at the corner shop across the road has been unloading for ages. In fact, wasn't that lorry there yesterday? They haven't left at all, they're just unloading. The lorry can't be that big. Neither can the shop. | [
"You step up to the shop and see now that the shop's delivery door for its back room leads to a warehouse and tunnel below ground before you can get a closer look you see a man in a trench coat with a saftey vest underneath wearing an oddly wide brimmed hard hat watching you from across the street. You duck into th... | 1 | |
[WP] One morning out of boredom you begin making faces and posing in front of the mirror, suddenly your reflection stops and says "Are you trying to get me fired or something?!" | [
"\"You're a real arsehole, y'know that?\" said my face in the mirror, its voice was not mine, it sounded... Irish. My reflection turned around with his head in his hands. \"I'm so focken' fired!\". \n\nI stared without blinking, my mouth wide open. I was frozen on the spot, I just couldn't believe what I was seeing... | 1 | |
Of course the protagonist can also be female, the description just didn't allow for more characters. | [WP]Every story we create becomes a new universe in which the events of the respective story unfold as they are written down. The protagonist of a particularly cruel story starts to suspect that his suffering is destined to happen and caused by some nefarious entity he can only refer to as “writer”. | [
"He looks down on me, almost like I’m inferior to him.\n\nI know everything- how can I be inferior?\n\nThat’s a rhetorical question, of course.\nI do know everything, after all.\n\nStill he looks upon me as an inferior being, after I throw my greatest challenges his way. He thinks his lack of power means he is a gr... | 1 |
[WP] A tale of the bond between an immortal and a time traveler who can only travel forwards in time. | [
"I still remember the first time we met. It was a sunny afternoon, and we were sitting on the banks of the Nile River. The boat of some forgotten Pharaoh was lazily crawling down the river and men were harvesting wheat from a field. His mop of hair had been shorn off that morning, to prepare for the ritual. My head... | 2 | |
[WP] When you die, you see the white light, granting you passage to the life beyond death. Instead of walking into it, you run away. | [
"I almost catch my finger as the buckle of Winston's harness snaps together. I glance at the clock to see that it is nearly midnight. Last week I told myself no more late night walks with Winston but everything got delayed today. I got home late so Winston didn’t get his dinner until later than usual and then I gav... | 3 | |
[WP] The reason no one remembers their past lives is that what's in-between is so horrifying that everyone chooses to forget. | [
"\"You saw it didn't you? Out past the fog of time and through the passages of space\"\n\n\"Where am I? What was that? Who are you? Who am I?\"\n\n\"You're nobody just yet but before you came here you where a Human Male that lived to the age of forty five but was abruptly killed by a drunk driver during a walk home... | 3 | |
[wp] You are the main character of a nearly dead virtual mmo. As you wait for the servers to switch off and erase your existence.. You experience something strange. The next time you wake up, you are in a human shell. | [
"I've been depressed lately - sleeping for days at a time. Sometimes I wonder if He'll wake me up at all. My friends have all already succumbed to The Sleep. Our party, now non-existent save for myself, is now one of the only left in this desolate wasteland that used to once be so full of life.\n\nAfter one of the ... | 2 | |
[WP] The nanite injection 'all in one' healthcare option has proven to have some unexpected 'benefits'. | [
"Well, after years of machine learning, the nanite injection meant to fix the body to it's optimal status has been completed. Taking it means no more illness, no more bodily overexertion, and the shortest recovery processes. All in all, it fixes the body.\n\nHowever, we never expected the nanites would go to such l... | 1 | |
[WP] You: a working stiff in an ancient alien civilization, picks up the SETI signals from Earth. You don't bother alerting you supervisor. These types of communiques are common in the galaxy, and typically fade away entirely after a couple decades. | [
"As the hours dragged on and the light started to fade outside the communications control room, Suko wondered yet again which of the 4 great deities he’d offended in a past life to end in the lowly position of long range communications specialist. In the thousands of years the Klericos had inhabited the stars they ... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re a disgruntled NPC in a popular video game. Nobody ever seems to notice you despite being one of the most powerful characters in the game. Your job; kill what the protagonist leaves behind. | [
"Stumbling through the hay fields just outside Arbrestead, I spot several giant forest spiders that have been terrorizing the locals for the past couple of days. \n\nWhy do I have to be the one stuck with this shitty job? All I ever get to do is kill beasts the hero had no interest in slaying. His leftovers. It's ... | 2 | |
[WP]The shocking headline of the intergalactic news, "Humans long thought extinct found on Earth." | [
"The news was brought to the chancellor moments after it began being broadcast over the intergalactic communication lines. The council settled in for what could possibly be the most important meeting of their lifetimes. The council chair rang his bell to start the meeting.\n\n\"According to XC-73Δ9 scouts, humans h... | 1 | |
[WP] It seems like people are constantly coming out of the apartment across the hall, but you've never seen anyone go in. One day, you decide to check it out. | [
"######~ **Room 208**: Part I ~\n\nSince day one in his new apartment, Aaron knew something was off about his neighbors in room 208. First, he would hear strange noises from the other side of the door across the hall. Noises like that of wild animals being caught and desperately crying for help. The sounds came at ... | 1 | |
[WP] You work at a ‘Problem Solving Booth’ owned by the mafia. You do a double take as a chimpanzee in a suit comes in, deposits a slip of paper into the submission box, gives you a quick nod, and walks out. | [
"This was beyond me. Normally, a guy comes in, says he needs to see Slim about his old lady's laundry, drops off a receipt, and leaves. The guy wears anything; I only know his voice.\n\n\"Hey, is Slim in?\" He'll call, looking like a cop from a black and white film.\n\n\"Yeah! He's out back. What can I get ya?\" I ... | 1 | |
[WP] We share 50% of our DNA with a banana here on Earth. When mankind manages to explore distant worlds more effectively, we find a rogue planet which harbors life that shares 0% of any Earthly DNA, and it’s absolutely terrifying. | [
"Mirror it was named, not original, but very appropriate. The ground between the mountains was almost perfectly flat, reflecting the image of space above. The dull red glow from the planet's sun made the day side of the planet look like liquid fire. Sheer cliffs reflected, refracted and scattered the light in a hun... | 4 | |
[WP] You've spent an entire decade carefully crafting your request to avoid every conceivable loophole. This greatly annoys the demon that you're selling your soul to. | [
"Malbogath was summonned. He felt the pull of the circle long before it manifested, and he found himself, once again, in a small apartment complex in Oregon - the apartment of John Tristam, 86 year old divorcee and petty sorcerer who, for the past ten years, has been \"finalizing\" one of the standard \"Wealth, You... | 1 | |
[WP] Watching Paint Dry | [
"In the darkness there is but one long beam of light. I see it illuminates a puddle of white liquid. My hands over my ears, I just squat here watching the liquid. It ripples slightly and I lean back, something dark passes in front of my face briefly blocking the light, I duck down farther and can see it. The edges ... | 2 | |
[WP] There are people with supportive parents, but yours are a bit excessive. Like, 'would be your accomplice in murder' kinda excessive. | [
"\"Okay, Old Man Higgins lives up in that house, all alone, *and* he's sitting on fat stacks of cash. Some sort of inheritance, or lucked up in the stock market years ago. And... what's that smell?\" My crew blinked at the interruption and looked around.\n\nMom walked in with a steaming casserole dish and her ever ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been friends with the hero for years, and always played the damsel in distress when the villain "kidnaps" you, in reality it's an elaborate plan run by the hero's mother to make him feel validated. | [
"“Got any 8’s?”\n\n“Eat dirt, Cassius.”\n\nCassius groaned and lower his head, his elbows propped up on the wooden table. Sarai smirked and held her head high. When Cassius looked up her gazed out the window. No sound or sign of the “hero.”\n\n“He’s *still* not here?” Sarai asked, glancing out the window as well. “... | 1 | |
[WP] You heard a gunshot behind you. You turned around to see a bullet frozen right in front of your face. | [
"Well, you almost got yourself killed. Congratulations, Steve.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\nWhat? Do you want a medal? Really? Well, you're not getting one.\n\nWhy? Really, you're asking *why you're not getting an award for almost getting killed?*\n\nSteve, I know you're stupid. You know you're stupid. *We all know that you'r... | 5 | |
[WP] Gettysburg. Waterloo. Stalingrad. Every time a battle of great significance occurs a shining light appears atop its central location. You wake up one day to find it hovering above your house. | [
" I’ve read the books, I’ve watched the movies. This shit was going to suck a royal dick. So I got ready. I woke the family and showed them the star. \n It blazed brightly like no star in the nights sky. It wasn’t a glint, not was it a shimmer. It was a flaming ball in the sky so close that I feared my roof w... | 1 | |
[WP] A hired killer discovers that his target is the only real person in the Universe. Everything and everyone else are props. Completing the mission will end everything. | [
"Well how do you like that? Jerry though to himself. Why the hell would I waste the last human on earth? \n\nJerry had been a professional hitman for 20 years, come next weekend. He had plenty of experience in the field, which all started with his time in Vietnam. A while after the war he found out that the large ... | 1 | |
[WP] It all started when he brought a gun to a knife fight. It had seemed a good idea at the time until he learned why people always knives to a knife fight. The Escalation. | [
"I haven't written anything like this before and it's not my primary language so be nice :) It might not be completely in line with the prompt but it's what I came up with.\n\n--- \n\n\"A bloody *gun*?\"\n\nThe man who had just moments ago rampaged through the apartment, knife held high, came to a sudden stop and l... | 1 | |
[WP] An immortal human is floating through space. One day, the human lands into an alien planet. | [
"**Day 498,276,487,239**\n\nPassed a few asteroids. Star 230,989,874 -- Harry for short -- is a little brighter today.\n\n**Day 498,276,487,255**\n\nMore asteroids. Some of them are big enough now to be planetoids, orbiting my friend Harry. I called the closest one Phillipa.\n\n**Day 498,276,487,289**\n\nAm approac... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future every person can see the next year of his life as a movie. You just watched the trailer of your 2018. | [
"‘IN A WORLD-‘ \n\n*Oh man, 90’s throwback I like it.*\n\n‘WHERE THE EARTH IS POPULATED BY SHITHEADS’\n\nCrane shot of busy NYC streets. People stream in and out of subway entrances, stare at their phones, drink coffee out of impossibly tall cups. \n\n‘ONE MAN-‘\n\n*That’s me!*\n\n‘WILL MOSTLY HAVE TO GO TO WORK.’\... | 1 | |
[WP] All your life, you have had to deal with time traveling assassins from the future. You haven't found out what you're going to do yet. | [
"Most kids spend their days thinking they're invincible, spending all day at school, and playing with their friends. Not me, I spent most of my childhood living in the hospital, living in terror, afraid to trust strangers. I missed my first day of school because a women dressed as a crossing guard made me cross whi... | 1 | |
[WP] So, as it turns out, your guardian angel actually hates you. | [
"The angel spread her wings, and the corner of the room was filled with the spanning display. She looked down upon her charge, a young girl slumped over in her newly tattered clothes and stained sheets.\n\nThe young girl huffed and her hands shook, reaching for the syringe on the stand. \n\nThe lights flickered and... | 1 | |
[WP] A couple are on their last date, but only one of them knows it. | [
"I cant help but replay the general's message in my mind again and again. I try to listen to her talk about our children as they play before us, but the sight of the fear in his eyes still haunts me. As he warned me of the \"white devil's\" that arrived on our beach in huge constructions that traversed the ocean, h... | 2 | |
[WP] On the day of their death, everyone gets to relive one day of their past. Today is your turn... | [
"“You’re sure?” the angel asked with concern. “You can relive any day you wish.”\n\nDavid nodded, a smile hiding between his lips.\n\n“You know you’re not the first…” the heavenly messenger paused, considering exactly how much he was allowed to reveal to a mortal, even a recently deceased one. “It just sounds like ... | 2 | |
[WP] At birth, each child is randomly assigned a genre for their life | [
"TM9887 never had a family. One of the workers told him that he was \"birthed from a tank in a lab\". The life in his cell was all he'd ever known. Some of the workers took to calling him \"Tim.\" He lied awake, looking at the stars projected by his special industry issued night light. He wondered if he would ever ... | 1 | |
Some countries are reluctant to give it to you... | [WP] The North Pole was recently recognized as an independent nation by the international community. You are Santa’s ambassador to the UN, now in frantic negotiations to gain airspace access over every country. | [
"\"You understand this is a.. polarizing issue.\" The steely faced representative began. \"Airspace access over every country. To be frank, you'd have to sleigh several world leaders for that to work. Not that I'm recommending that.\"\n\nShe sighed.\n\n\"Overall, there's simply snow way for me to get that for you. ... | 1 |
[WP] Due to time and budget constraints, Santa only checks his list once. The results are disastrous. | [
"“Get your gun and go downstairs!” Brigadier Mikhailov shouted in my ear. “Santa Claus is here!”\n\n“Very funny, *avtoritet,*” I said, and I closed my eyes and tried to go back to sleep. I’d been the victim of some pretty dumb pranks since I started out as a *shestyorka* in the Bratva – or an associate in the Russi... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover a cave that seems to never end, glistening with a blue glow | [
"Just a bit further--a few more steps--and--what? Where in the blasted hell was this stupid cave leading to? Rounding yet another corner, Ameryst could not, for the life her, find an end to the cave. It kept going and going and going. She had already gone, what, the length of an entire city deep into this cave? ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an astronaut, sent as a diplomat from Earth to forge new relationships with civilizations on other planets. It was an ordinary day on the job for you, until you realize the new planet you’ve been sent to was a Parallel Universe of Earth. | [
"I might make some mistake in english, not my first langage. please enjoy. \n\n\n”Captain! We found a planet with trace of intelligent life, but it’s quite strange, it is orbiting a pulsar!” Meredith our LDE (Life detection expert), did not use to joke about this kind of thing, but not only a planet orbiting a puls... | 1 | |
[WP]There has been a first murder in space, one of the crew members has been mysteriously killed, you are tasked to find out how. | [
"I gasp to the sudden news, \"Alex?! He was killed? What had a young soul like him ever done to deserve such an end to his life.\" The others in the room were just muttering to each other. I could not focus on what they said because i was handed the task of finding the killer.\n\nDavid, our youngest crew member st... | 1 | |
[WP] You just picked up a photograph from the table. Absentmindedly, you try to zoom in by pinching your fingers together. To your dawning shock, it works. | [
"Mark picked up the photograph from the table, tilting it left and right in an effort to make it clearer. The image remained as fuzzy as ever, however, and Mark yawned before he replaced it on the table. He picked up his phone and opened his browser, hoping to jump down a rabbithole of YouTube videos that would lea... | 1 | |
[WP] You are given some family heirlooms, they've been in your family for unknown number of generations, turns out, they are ancient alien artifacts. | [
"[Entering Grandmother’s house was rough from the get go. Years of neglect on the property had rendered the driveway impossible to cross quickly. The path towards the humble two story home felt a lot like trekking through a jungle. It was hard to tell where the asphalt, sidewalk, and grass were separated. At least ... | 1 | |
[WP] When we were little, we believed that there were monsters that existed under our beds and in our closet. As we become a parent, you now know what your duties are every night as your gear up to defend your child. | [
"\"No, Timothy,\" Edgar chuckled. \"There aren't any monsters under your bed tonight.\" \n\nAnd there weren't any- Edgar Thompson wasn't lying. The monster was in the living room, trying to bite chunks out of his wife. It had been dragged kicking and screeching out of his kid's room not five minutes beforehand. \n\... | 1 | |
[WP] When you sleep, your other vicious personality wakes up. And when that one sleeps, you wake up. Both of you don't know each others existence until... | [
"I wake up at 7am like i always do. I clean up, get dressed and grab a coffee on my way to work. I listen to the radio almost every morning in the car and hear at least one murder case happening in town, sometimes out of town. I never really bothered.\n\nI get to work a do everything as usual. Around the afternoon ... | 1 | |
[WP] Create your own version of a utopia, a perfect city, then burn it to the ground in a way you see fit. | [
"Why you ask? Through the flames and charcoal smell of corpses that’s all you can think to ask? The unquenchable fire that spreads through the disc’s fibers and licks at it’s metallic bones is of no interest? That crackling noise as the disc begins to hiss is of no concern? I’m curious, do you think your wife weath... | 10 | |
[WP] As a member of the GCED (Galactic Council for Exploration and Discovery) your colleagues criticize you for expanding your search for life to include markers for carbon based life, until you find a pale blue dot orbiting a small yellow star. | [
"\"Carbon based? Preposterous. Of course they could exist, hypothetically, but only as simple non-sentient lifeforms. What have you found, the galactic equivalent of a Klag-neethan barnacle?\"\n\n\"No sir, not only are they intelligent enough to create a language and culture, we have even begun to see them create c... | 1 | |
[WP] In that moment, they felt like gods. | [
"Kate and Jacob had never had much. They were the kind of people the world had a tendency to leave behind. They were 'artists', of a type. Though the art they produced was more in the way she walked and laughed, in his pondering, in their midnight kisses on the scum-scarred quayside. In the driftwood creations she ... | 4 | |
[WP] In a dystopian future being a serial killer is rewarded, And the award for best serial killer goes to... | [
"\"Hello there, humanity,\" the loud speakers boomed at the cheering crowd. \"Today, we're gathered here in the United Auditorium for the annual purging festival. I hope you all don't mind it being a little tight down there?\"\n\nThe crowd roared in answer.\n\nThe speaker chuckled, \"Now, there are a hundred killer... | 3 | |
[WP] The Grim Reaper carries a scythe, and the Devil has a pitchfork. When your parents say your dog "went away to a big farm", they're not being metaphorical. | [
"It had been a week since Roscoe went missing. A whole week without that dog trotting along right beside the back wheel of his bike. Rich was way past worried and straight into downright terrified. It was dangerous to go missing around here with Nine Circles just up the road. And he was more than scared enough to d... | 1 | |
[WP] The first order fleet is approaching Earth in the year 2022 but the Sith don’t know humans use a different type of weaponry which renders lightsabers useles | [
"I remember it like it was yesterday. In 2022 our foremost scientist developed new milestones in weapons technology by the day. Military leaders everywhere rubbed their hands as anti-matter made it into experimental weapons development. A bullet that could extinguish even the most armored plasma weapons seemed like... | 1 | |
P/s: good luck guys!
*descendant ( typing problem:(( ) | [WP] You found out that your ancestor was Ares- God of War. After discovering that, you now have the power of your ancestor. But then a letter was sent to you. You are now dragged in a battle among the god’s descandant. In your first match, you have to fight with Shiva’s descendant. | [
"I should’ve realized sooner that I couldn’t just run away from this. Fate had dragged me by the throat to this one place at this one time and I’d been too stupid to realize it. When was the last time I’d even gone to my school, let alone the field? Honestly I couldn’t remember, and yet against all odds there I was... | 2 |
[WP] For every instance of luck in your life, you become more unlucky. You just won a multi-billon dollar lottery. | [
"50 billion? 50 billion?! I am one of the richest people in the world. 50 fucking billion. I can't help but dance, this is crazy. 50 billion?! \n\n\nI run up to the clerk, hugging him and laughing. He smiles and goes back to cleaning the desk. I take out my wallet, throw all the money at a man picking out a drink. ... | 2 | |
[WP] Based on a location you've lived at (Country, State, Providence, City, Town et cetera) - come up with an apocalyptic event and a story of its survivors in its aftermath. | [
"I remember every detail of that day. I relive it every night as I lay with my eyes closed, willing sleep to envelope me.\n\nI was having an afternoon nap when the earthquake struck, the tremors almost throwing me clear off the bed. I stumbled groggily to the front door, Luna whimpering and trying to climb up into ... | 1 | |
[WP] As a kid you've seen strange beings in the world randomly appearing for a moment then disappearing. One day you learn they are from an alternate universe that you are able to visit as well, but you only exist in their reality while your eyes are shut. | [
"Tall standing bunny, red eyes are all I see, besides the shadow of the bunnyman and its long ears. I don't know what reality I'm in. I could be sleeping or awake, I can't move, electric shocks are running through my body, are my arms touching the socket, does the electricity move through the isolated cable and int... | 1 | |
Inspired by [article](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/the-tragedy-of-google-books/523320/?utm_source=atlfb). | [WP] In the early 2000s, Google digitized 25 million of the world's books, forming a collection larger than the Library of Alexandria. In 2011, they were legally forbidden from sharing it with the world. Today, a librarian, a hacker, and a world-class burglar plan the greatest heist in history. | [
"\"You know this isn't right,\", the tall man exclaims, hands slamming against the table.\n\n\"Oh yeah?\", says the short man as he puts his glass back on the table.\n\n\"Of course it isn't right. There are more than 25 million books in there, that's more than the god damn Library of Alexandria for crying out loud.... | 1 |
[WP] You lay on your deathbed. Closing your eyes, you drift off into permanent sleep... Then you wake up. You pull the helmet off of your head and see a futuristic world beyond your wildest imagination. The stranger in the chair next to you turns and casually asks"Well, how was it?" | [
"\"Well, how was it?\" \n\nI fought through the confusion and tried to comprehend the words flowing over me like a thick fog.\n\nThe room wasn't at all how I remembered. The cryo storage tanks were gone. The monolithic control panel with all its gauges and status lights was gone. All that remained was the pod that... | 3 | |
[WP] You always thought you were human... Having received your first gash, you're beginning to doubt that notion. | [
"This is it. After months of practice, of scrapes and cuts, of failure after failure, I'm ready to nail this trick. 15 paces back. Ready. I make my start, skating towards the rail as fast as I can. Hit the crack, and jump! My board hits the rail with a clang as I begin to grind down the circular stairs. Twist one, ... | 3 | |
Inspired by a CYOA. | [WP] You died, congratulations. But as you await judgement something pulls you from the afterlife. You are reborn as a fantastical (dog sized) creature in a world full of magic! Just one problem though, you're now the familiar of whoever just summoned you. | [
"I groan as I turn on my side and blink. Sunlight is streaming in through the gaps in the closed curtains. I listen for a minute but the house is silent. Of course.\n\nI get up and quietly leave my padded basket, moving quickly over the hardwood floor on soft paws, before fluently moving up the stairs to the small ... | 1 |
[WP] You wake up one morning to find your toddler self, your pre-teen self, and your teenage self sitting at your dining table, waiting for you. | [
"As I look around the room at the other mes, I realize it's finally time to close the loop. Ages ago I had received invaluable advice from myself, but now I had to be the one giving it.\n\n\"First I want you all to know you'll be fine. In half an hour you'll snap back to your own times. Until then I have some words... | 1 | |
First WP Yay! This prompt came from an off-handed remark by a friend in English class. Feel free to add any country you like! Canada?, Ireland? Anyone? | [WP] Over Thousands Of Years, British, American, and Australian Eventually Become Their Own Dialects, With One Speaker Barely Able To Understand A Speaker From A Different Dialect. | [
"Its 6547, over 4000 years sense the collapse of the information age and the localization of life and language. Due to the collapse of the internet, the systems once used to connect people around the world were no longer sustainable. Cable news saw a huge resurgence but there was no way to keep up with there intern... | 1 |
[WP] War is hell. Your squad has come under heavy fire all around and your squad leader is ordering a fallback. One soldier is terrified and doesn't know what to do. Suddenly he hears his best friend cry out. | [
"Eddie Greenwood wasn’t sure what had happened in the dark forests between France and Germany; only that things had gone terribly wrong. He hated the biting cold, the way the blowing snow felt like pieces of glass shredding his exposed skin, and how he was never warm enough. When the snow eventually stopped falling... | 1 | |
[WP] An old man wakes up, face down in the snow, his nose bloody as the barrel of an old worn rifle is pressed to the back of his head. “Please, I don’t want to hurt you,” he says to the gunman. | [
"Light glittered across the freezing lake as it’s waves and ripples turned to ice. The sun pierced through the desolate treetops in the woods. But it brought only light the warmth seemed to be lost on the thick blanket of snow. The gunman was an ordinary drifter with a stolen gun and not much to lose. A man down on... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a Spirit, the embodiment of Wolves, and you just fell in love with the moon. | [
"I have lived for countless millennia, wandering the spirit realm. I have seen millions of spirits but none have captured my attention, until I looked upon her. She was the most beautiful thing I have ever beheld. She was a creature of grace and majesty. Her eyes like two infinite black pools in which one could swi... | 2 | |
[WP] We knew no fear, held no cowardice in our hearts. Our instruments doubled as weapons, and every battle was filled with the song of our victory. | [
"We were a peaceful people. Wars of conquest and expansion were not our ways for we had all that we needed in our forest, and even in our times of need the gods of the forest provided for us. The kingdoms of the fields did not bother us and neither did we them, our land was useless for their farming and we had no d... | 1 | |
[WP] When we die we are all faced with the same scenario, our reaction to which dictates whether we go to heaven or hell. | [
"As if transported through time, I land in an unfamiliar place. I look around and am surrounded by nothingness. In my right hand a gun. Christ, I had never held a gun before. This particular gun was unlike anything I had seen on Earth. It was weightless and had a blinding sheen to it. \n\n\"Please...\"\n\nI look do... | 3 | |
[WP] As a lawyer who specialises in sealing loopholes, you're not too afraid to make a deal with the devil. | [
"\"Look, let's go back to Clause 14, sub-clause 7 section 3 (d). It clearly states that, pursuant to Clause 19.3 (a), the Applicant shall be entitled to mandatory compensation of an amount not less than the value stipulated in Appendix B Section 4 in the event of a material breach of contract by the Supplier.\"\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] Death has decided he's had enough of reaping souls and moves to Hawaii where he meets you and your best friend. Neither of you can stop badgering him about his work. | [
"When I got back from the bar, Josh was laughing uncontrollably, nearly falling from his lounger. “What is going on?”, I asked our new acquaintance as I handed him his vodka. But before he could say anything, Josh had caught his breath. “This guy is hilarious!”, he giggled and lost it again. \n\n“I told him that I’... | 1 | |
[WP] "This is the worst fake painting I've ever seen." "How so?" "It's the original." | [
"I laugh.\n\n\"No, man, I got it in Vietnam. They offered to glue the canvas to cardboard and cut it into a puzzle. They've got this machine that does it. It's pretty cool, actually. You just put the painting in, select the size, this big stampy type thing swings down and there's a sound like, 'SHHHHooonk' and blam... | 1 | |
[WP] You have finally made up your mind that you are going to kill him. You get the tools ready, but when you get into his house you find him already dead. | [
"Three days the client’s money sat in my account. \nI signed up to kill nobodies and greedy figures for any amount. \nThis man I knew from years ago, \nWas not someone’s brains I wanted to blow. \n\n\nThe bag with my tools were ready by the door. \nBut I couldn’t even lift my feet off the floor. \nI had two hour... | 1 | |
I really loved the quote above found in the top comment of [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7of2h2/what_was_the_weirdest_rule_you_had_to_follow_in/) post. There's too much 'direction' in the post, but I couldn't help but yearn for the reason why those rocks were to remain untouched.
"tl;dr: My school... | [WP] "Did you touch (the) rocks? Tell me the truth!" | [
"the town had a secret. \n\nFor more than a hundred years, they guarded it.\n\nThe town was prosperous, even in bad times. The worst storms would pass by or suddenly weaken over it. But this could not last.\n\n\nBobby leaped, screaming like a monkey from the tower of tires. He ran, panting, red faced to his group o... | 1 |
[WP] After you die, you are allowed to return to Earth once to give one unsolicited piece of advice to one person. | [
"\"Don't go. Just don't. He killed me. He'll kill you too.\"\n\nI didn't mean to scare her, but she screamed anyway. Her face went through several shades of color and settled on pale white. The first thing she did was bolt for the door. There are many perks of being what I am. The best one is that you can teleport ... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your friends decide to try to summon a demon. The ritual works, but your parents appear in the circle instead. | [
"“This can’t be right. . .”, I murmured aloud as I attempted to make sense of what just happened.\n\nI put a lot of work into the summoning circle. It took an ungodly amount of time to complete — everything comprising it had to be *just* right or else something would go horribly, horribly wrong. So, of course I mad... | 1 | |
[WP] There’s no such thing as light pollution. The real reason the stars fade when our cities are lit is because the Gods fear our power. | [
"The years is 2019. Everyone in the US is surprised that NASA is planning to send another space mission. Every American was watching the launch from Cape Canaveral. \n \nIt was uncommon for a rocket launch to happen during night. Conspiracy theorists had their own thoughts but NASA said it was due to the 'planetar... | 1 | |
What happens when two strangers whose dreams are entangled meet in real life? | [WP] You have mastered lucid dreaming. For years, however, in each lucid dream, you and a stranger have somehow crossed paths. Today, awake, you and that stranger have just locked eyes. | [
"They say that eyes are the window to the soul. That when you look deeply into someone’s eyes, you will always remember them, and you can never forget them. \n\nI wish I could.\n\nEvery night for the past decade, I have entered into a state of lucid dreaming. I have flown with the birds of morning and swam in the d... | 4 |
[WP] You pay $50 for a cup of coffee. Something makes it worth it. | [
"You pay $50 for a cup of coffee. Something makes it worth it. \n\nThe rain was falling in sheets on the night that I entered Cafe de Reves. As the streets began to flood and the wind continued to roar, I ducked into the corner cafe in the hopes of avoiding some of the storm and settling instead begin my novel here... | 3 | |
Correction: I meant to type solitude, not solidarity. | [WP] Two weeks into my solidarity, there was a knock on the door. The knocking has been consistent for three weeks, but I know I still shouldn't answer. | [
"I was sitting on the sofa in my cabin, drinking a hot cup of cocoa and enjoying a good book by the coziness of the fireplace when it started. There was a single knock on my door. I looked up at the door with dismay, as if my favorite ritual had just been disturbed and therefore ruined. I set the book down, then th... | 1 |
[WP] Please keep in touch. A note from you is like a hug from the past. | [
"You smelled like sage. It was always a silly thing, a hated quirk of writing when people would describe their characters as “always smelling of” whatever, but with you it was true. It was because of the smudging, that you brushed into the atmosphere of your house, your car, your closet. You smelled of sacred th... | 2 | |
[WP] It is 1995. You just won a price for an article you wrote about the murder of a woman. You murdered that woman. | [
"\"That peice was so *vivid*,\" she gushed. \"It was like...like I was *there*, you know?\" \n\n*You could be the target of my next piece* I thought, smiling at the young female reporter that had come over to let me know how much she enjoyed my piece.\n\nOf course, that wasn't all she wanted. I had seen the hunger ... | 1 | |
[WP] Centuries after perfecting safe, reliable technology for heating, man discovers fire again. | [
"Ayerton stopped his pacing. \"It's cold.\"\n\nThe reality of the words hung heavy in the air. Calder laid the back of his hand on the metal floor.\n\nIt was cold.\n\n*Systems are starting to fail*, he thought, levering himself to his feet with a grunt. He cast his flashlight along the walls of the opulent lounge, ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are just an ordinary chicken, but soon you will rule the world. | [
"I always looked up to my mother. Back in the days when my fur was soft yellow sunshine, she'd bring me and my siblings seeds from the compost bin. If we were especially lucky, we'd get a scrap orange to pick at. \n\nEven when I developed my dark feathers, I huddled next to her during the harsh winters. The shoddy ... | 1 | |
[WP] 99.9% of humans are born blind. You are the first person in a decade to be born with working eyesight. | [
"My parents all said it was a blessing. \nEverybody around me was envious.\nBut I only ever knew it as a curse.\n\nEver since I was born, I have been hounded like a stray dog. All anyone ever wants is an interview for the radio, or to star in their audiobooks. Me? I only ever wanted to be left alone.\n\nI am the on... | 1 | |
[WP] One day while on vacation, you stumble upon the secret history of the world. Everything that you've ever been taught, has all been a lie, and now you're one of the few people that are aware of the truth | [
"\"So,\" I said to my parents one day after vacation as I sat them both down. \"When were you going to tell me that I was adopted?\"\n\nThey looked at each other, not knowing what to say.\n\n\"Don't lie,\" I told them. \"I know it's true.\" \n\nFinally, Dad managed to croak out, \"H...how did you know?\"\n\n\"I jus... | 1 | |
[WP] As the hero sets out on their quest to slay the great evil, they find him waiting outside their house. | [
"For too long had the Great Evil cast it’s shadow over our lands. For too long had our people lived in fear, families scared to leave their homes, livestock fleeing, crops dying.\n\nWell, all of that was about to change.\n\nFor five painstaking, gruelling years I had been preparing myself to face Him. For five year... | 1 | |
[WP] A young man who can't be broken meets the girl who breaks everything she touches | [
"\"I love you.\"\n\n\"I love you, too.\"\n\nTime had, had to intervene in order for them to admit these feelings to themselves. Time, again, had, had to intervene in order to make them confess these feelings to each other.\n\nBut here they were. At long last.\n\nThey were supposed to meet in the middle. Both leaned... | 2 | |
[WP] You don't age with time, but with the distance you travel each day. The further you go, the sooner you die. | [
"Nancy stayed in her mansion watching television. She nervously messed around with her hair, watching the thirtieth episode of, \"Treehouse Masters\" that day. \n*I want to go outside and make the kids lunch but I just can't. I'd lose a whole day of my life that way. I am staying glued to this recliner.* \nNancy wa... | 3 | |
[WP] Two men who fell in love with the same woman go to a field to duel for the right to marry her. They take ten paces, turn, and shoot... and both shots hit the woman, who had jumped between them. | [
"The two men stared at the beautiful, lifeless body between them. Her blonde hair draped across the dirty weeds, growing dark red by the moment, as it soaked in the blood pouring from the two gunshot wounds in her chest. Their eyes met and one sighed to the other. \n\n\"Well, that was.... foolish. I suppose we both... | 1 | |
[WP] You can hear the voices of your ancestors as they sit together and advise you from the afterlife. Unfortunately, they aren't much help when you're working on spreadsheets or asking out that pretty girl. | [
"*This is stupid. Burn the place down! Steal their horses, and their women! Mount them, in what ever order you wish! This is how you create a lasting empire!*\n\nI knew I had other ancestors in the mix, but when you are that one our of two hundred who is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, well he tends to overwhe... | 1 | |
[WP] About 40% of the population have superpowers, but they are still slaves to the laws of physics. This means the more powerful they are, the more fatally flawed. | [
"Doctor Salstra was running slightly behind schedule—some jackass had tried to levitate his dingy over the Southside Bridge and the road flooded from all the water he had grabbed along with it. The whole mess seriously threw off her morning commute. \n\nAs she hurried down the hall, heels clacking smartly on the li... | 1 | |
[WP] After going back to the same time too many times, continuity issues begin to pile up. As you go back in time once more to fix your mistakes, you start getting creative to avoid alerting any of your past selves. | [
"\"...but, that's the part I don't get.\" My sister's words dashed away my concentration as the mirror I held over my head slammed into the wall behind me.\n\n\"What?! What don't you get about it? It's exactly as I said: The last time went perfectly, but your boyfriend had a red hair this time. Last time that happe... | 1 | |
[WP] You're facing the apocalypse as a part of a post apocalyptic survivalist team, where each member possesses a bizarre, but useful, skill. Introduce us to your team. | [
"So yes guys, this is the end of the world. Or so, we thought.\n\nWell, it was for the most of them. The ones who were weak, the ones who could not withstand the oncoming disaster. As Darwin says, 'survival of the fittest' or something like that...\n\nYes, the few of us made it, to the other side, where the grass i... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a couch. The humans you live with think that they lose they're possessions in you when in reality you're stealing them for something fantastic. | [
"When I was younger, I was gorgeous, blue pin stripe chaise lounge, top of the line. People would be drawn to me in the showroom, wanting me. \n\nNeeding me. \n\nNot being able to afford me.\n\nI was made for a rich family. I exuded luxury and comfort, my sisters were seen in houses of the wealthy and the famous fr... | 1 | |
Good luck and have fun.
>"THIS PROMPT IS SO RAW IT STAYS IN THE NEW SECTION FOR A WHOLE WEEK!"
-RAMSAY, GORDON | [WP] A really bad chef enters the Cook-Off competition. Because he is the show director's child, the judges desperately tried their best to let him/her win to get a promotion. | [
"“*What the hell is he doing*,” Chef Albert questioned his fellow competitor once they were in the pantry, out of range of the others. \n\n“Undercooking the chicken,” Chef Liang answered with a shake of her head. She briefly adjusted her cap before grabbing some rosemary for her own chicken. \n\n“He’s going to get ... | 1 |
[WP] You put your hand under a barcode scanner. And it rings up a price. | [
"*Beep*\n\n\"Why am I ringing up? And why am I only $19.99?\"\n\nThe cashier is acting like this is normal. \"Plenty of hands ring up. If you would care to look at the screen,\" we turn to look at the screen, and someone else walks up, \"it is for one hour of labour, provided by the store.\"\n\n\"... But why scan h... | 1 | |
Go wild. Add any bit of fantasy possible if you'd like :) | [WP] As a knight on the way to save a royal through endless amounts of traps and dungeons, you finally make it through to learn that the royal sabotaged all other entries but yours. | [
"Bob leant on his sword, gulping air down. That had been hell. Literally. You would think that an evil sorcerer would keep a princess in a tower, wouldn't you? Or an island, hidden from every map. Or, at worst, a cave. \nBut no, *obviously* Geoff the Sorcerer had to go one better and rent a room in Hell. And he ju... | 1 |
[WP] Your body adapts to any fatal threat, when something kills you you return to life now better protected against it, and with a counter telling you how many times it killed you. Setting aside a gun with the number 3, you pick up your baby numbered 643. | [
"Personal theory here:\n\nIf you have a gun that has killed you 3 times, and 65% of gun deaths are suicides, odds are that at least 2 of those times were suicides. So we can assume you'd want to die, likely because this is a common theme in stories of immortal human beings. That said, babies are people capable of c... | 1 | |
[WP] There are two narrators, who hate each other, and try to mess up their story. The protagonist is confused, and the antagonist tries using it to his advantage. | [
"*Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess who loved in a tower far, far away. One day, as the princess was minding her own business-*\n\n*-A giant robo-mech breaks through the roof of the tower, cause a HUGE mess! The princess gave a smirk, and decided to jump in. She knew what was up. She had done this ... | 2 | |
[WP] His AI girlfriend broke up with him, and now he wants a refund. | [
"\"How could you let this happen? What kind of bullshit are you trying to sell here?\"\n\n\"Well, sir, the AI is designed to learn, so results vary sometimes. They're designed to be just like a real person so--\"\n\n\"Are you fucking saying it doesn't like me? First you sell me trash and now you insult me? What the... | 1 | |
Basically a crossover episode | [WP] Dunder Mifflin is branching out so they sent their two best salesmen to Pawnee Indiana to meet with the local Parks and Recreation Department to discuss all their paper supply needs and get a tour of the town. | [
"\t\n\t*slam* The car doors close as two Dunder Mifflin sales representatives exit the company leased PT Cruiser. They are parked in a parking lot next to a large building. The building has Greek columns on the front, and “Pawnee City Hall” engraved in white granite.\t\n\n“Pawnee, Indiana; got kinda a nice ring to ... | 1 |
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