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[WP]"God help us." "God will not help you, why would he? When he was the one who sent me." | [
"My job is a relatively simple one, but it's not really an easy one. There isn't a \"god(s)\" or \"God\" but there is me. I am death, destruction, hell, I don't really care what you call me, but you humans think just call me evil. Almost every massacre, serial killing, natural disaster, genocide, anything that invo... | 1 | |
The idea came to me from a sandbox video game I play (Mount and Blade warband) where you assume the role of a character thrown into the world of Calradia, where 6 factions constantly fight to rule. | [WP] You're a chaotic evil man in a medieval age-like setting with only one goal; causing as much chaos as you possibly can, brining the world to its knees. | [
"I've been alive a long time. The world was only becoming worse, as much as I tried to save it. Eventually I tired of being moral since I was persecuted, convicted, and crucified. \n\nI was hanging on my cross along with another man, a thief , and another guy that some called messiah, and some celled jew, and some ... | 1 |
[WP] "I'm telling you, there's something not quite right about that goat." | [
"\"I'm telling you, there's something not quite right about that goat\", Michael explained. Michael's been like this ever since I've known him; he is every kind of paranoid you can imagine. He's an obsessive-compulsive, agoraphobic hypochondriac with just over a dozen different disorders. He's had a hard time makin... | 2 | |
Or any other haunting conclusion | [WP] Centuries from now, someone discovers emojis were used – much like the Egyptian hieroglyphs – to communicate. Their interpretation of it leads them to the conclusion that the 21st century was a very, very odd period of time. | [
"In the past things had more intent. They had purpose. He wondered what that meant, if they were more artistic then, but he was an archaeologist, not a philosopher. But there was no denying the charm of the past.\n\n\nHolt was young and it was his first job. So much had changed from his forefathers’ time. Words wer... | 1 |
[WP] All of a person's memories are in a single book kept on their person. You wake up in a bed, and find a book with all but a single page torn out. | [
"It was a small book compared to most. But that was because I hadn't lived very much.\n\nSome pages contained lines upon lines of information given from study. The book would grow and more pages would appear when new experiences, memories or facts were remembered. Each page symbolised something different from the n... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an alchemist. Adventurers ask for some really stupid things. | [
"I always liked adventurers. Whether the naïve farm lad seeking fame and fortune, or the ominous lone figure shrouded in cloaks and mystery, or even sleazy Old Man Jenkins on his never-ending quest to get laid, I never judged. I barely make ends meet, as it is, being an odds and ends alchemist in the ho-dunk villag... | 6 | |
[WP] Aliens have arrived on Earth. However, negotiations reveal that they are fleeing an oppressive government and wish to "immigrate" to humanity. | [
"(Warning: I'm still learning to write in english, so this might not be as good as I want it to be)\n\nKutonk shivered. So many K'wer in such a tiny space, but no warmth between the cold metal walls. His mother gave him the last drop of water, even though her skin already dried out and left a fragile look on her fa... | 2 | |
[WP] Your feeling pretty good about your third wish, immortality, until later your friend points out that you'll eventually be alone forever. | [
"I sat back and undid my belt buckle. Dave laughed and reached for the fortune cookies resting atop our check. It was Christmas and we were at our favorite Chinese restaurant. Our tradition of Pu Pu Platters and beer made the pain of not having close families easier to bear. Dave tossed me one of the fortune cookie... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a serial killer. Each murder you commit adds a new voice to your head. | [
"Daring, dashing, and with a dash of cunning. That is how I operate. I like to indulge special hobbies at night... namely, murder. The face of utter despair, fear, and\ntorment is why I do what I do. The pure amusement of playing God. My victims are always full of hope because I pick them ripe and ready to face the... | 6 | |
[WP] You work for a company that allows its customers to time travel. Your job is to clean up the mess that the customers are making so that history remains the same. | [
"\"So you agree? Remember, there's no way to get out of a contract with Holiday Inc.\"\n\nThey were just rambling at that point. I almost felt bad that I wasn't making this more clear.\n\n\"And then, I'm going to kill Hitler when he was born so that WWII never happened.\"\n\n\"Mmmmkay.\"\n\nThey just needed to get ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are part of a superhero team known as the five senses. You are ridiculed for having an unrivalled sense of taste and have to prove yourself to the other heroes. | [
"'Yes that's definitely shit,' Roger said, licking his lips slightly. \n\n'You know you didn't have to do that right?' said Barnaby. \n\n'I mean we can see that it's shit, there was absolutely no need to do that.' chimed in Ronald. \n\n'We can even smell it' added Charles. \n\n'BUT WE COULDN'T HEAR IT COULD WE?' ro... | 1 | |
[WP] r/Writingprompts has deluded humanity into thinking itself as a special species - whether it being the worst, best etc. When aliens do make contact with us, they have to console the equivalent of an adorable temper tantrum. | [
"All right, let's start sorting some things out guys. We know the subconscious shortcuts you evolved back in the hunter-gathering days saved your lives, but they've given rise to a lot of recurring tropes and we're going to need to put the kibosh on that before we can move on.\n\nYes, that's the first one. We're ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a combat medic during WWI, separated from your squad and far behind enemy lines you steal the clothes and weapons off a German soldier and start your journey back to the ally front. | [
"I awoke lying in a pool of mud and blood. Blood, that which I soon realized; belonged to my fallen comrades. Alexia, Vesimov, and Ilia's lifeless expressions, mere feet away, ensured this. My left arm pained me, but this was nothing new. \n\nMy first instinct was to grab my rifle and continue to push west into the... | 1 | |
[WP] While driving you got into the habit of talking back to your smartphone's GPS. Today when you thanked it for a safe trip, it spoke back. | [
"\"Turn left ahead\" or \"go right\" were the words \nmy GPS droned every day. \nWhen my dear wife left me, my only companion \nwas TomTom, who showed me the way.\n\n\"Thanks for the help.\" I said, dreading my work, \nan eight hour cycle anew. \nGrabbing my lunchbag, I put it in park, \n when I heard \"You'r... | 2 | |
[WP] Genies never grant wishes the way people want, as a result they now have a customer service department | [
"\"So what did you say?\"\n\n\"So I said to him that if he ever ate from my side of the fridge again I'd set his beard on fire\"\n\n\"Damn man, that's extreme\"\n\n\"Yeah well what does he expect? He pretty much lives on cheap noodles and Nutella sandwiches to save money for a car, yet helps himself to anything nic... | 1 | |
[WP]You dumped all of your stat points into charisma hoping everyone would like you. Well they do and have formed the newest cult around you and made you their leader. This was not what you were going for. | [
"\"Praise to the lord!\" I hear them say,\n\nAs they begin a brand-new day,\n\nI can not walk away from this,\n\nI see no exits in my way.\n\n \n\nI never meant for this to be,\n\nAt fault is my stupidity,\n\nI never should have rolled those dice,\n\nAnd ended with divinity.\n\n \n\nCharm was what... | 1 | |
[WP] You find out one day that whenever you sneeze, you turn into the opposite gender. | [
"Disclaimer: This is on mobile. \n\n\"Nooooooooo! No no no no no nooooooooooo! She's going to be here and I DON'T HAVE MY MANHOOD ANYMORE!?\" Max screams. He then quickly turns around. His thoughts are running rampant through his mind. \n\n\nWho said that? Oh wait, yeah, THAT WAS ME! It's kinda hard for me to liste... | 1 | |
[WP] Bear Grylls has just been teleported to a uknown planet. Now he has to survive. | [
"The first conscious thought that slipped into his mind was that it was hot. It was hot and there was a distinctive dull thumping against his left cortex. His eyes were sealed shut by some kind of crusty lining and the sound of his laboured breathing filled the silence. Grylls took a moment to pause, steadying his ... | 2 | |
[WP] It is the far future and technology has prospered. Nanobots have been released into the atmosphere and those who have the knowledge to control them have gained near god-like power. | [
"Kilgor's Respite had once been a thriving, though small community, until Deathseeker All-Consuming Entropy found and despoiled the town. A novice Deathseeker, All-Consuming Entropy was still several magnitudes of power above the local law enforcement, his mastery of the Winds of Magic making him a living engine of... | 1 | |
[WP] As a real sorcerer hiding among us, you make a good living being one of the best illusionists. Very seriously you keep every trick subtle and discreet, no one ever suspected a thing. Until now. | [
"I keep my tricks simple. I have always kept. Making small props disappear and reappear, using mind control to make a volunteer do what i want in order to make the trick work. Nobody has ever suspected anything and thought I was just a really talented magician.\n\nIt was a normal show in Vegas. A big audience clapp... | 1 | |
[WP]: Ten years after the collapse of a mine, an underground pocket of air is discovered at the site. Within are 15 miners who have miraculously survived being trapped for a decade. A contact is established. They do not want to be rescued. | [
"\"What in God's name happened down there...\"\n\nIt was a town tragedy, the mine. No one spoke about it. Too many spouses were lost. Too many children. My own husband never came back. So we all tried to forget about it, just move on and try to live life without thinking about the sour ending to an expedition that ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're sitting on the toilet. As you pull down the toilet paper, a secret trap door opens just in front of your legs. | [
"Jones had to go back to his office to get his phone. He only used it to listen music and as an alarm, but the simple man's holy chair was worth nothing without the almighty internet compressed into a small device. \"Smashed Obama and his whole family against the porcelain, after drinking coffee.\" He wrote to the ... | 1 | |
[WP] As the greatest knight of the kingdom, you have always dreamed of living a more peaceful life with no fighting. One day you wake up to some older woman yelling you're late for school. | [
"(Hope you don't mind if I reply with the second part to this)\n\nI entered my chambers in the King's palace. I looked around at the luxurious interior of my temporary living quarters and nodded in approval. Being the champion of the great kingdom of Norwaldia had its perks.\n\nYet, I felt myself slipping into thou... | 1 | |
[WP] A hardcore masochist dies and goes to Heaven. However, they really, really want to go to Hell.... | [
"Hamish took one look at the pearly gates and sighed. What had he done to deserve this?\n\nIt'd been a particularly dreary English afternoon when he'd finally gone the whole way. Sitting on his couch he had stared out his apartment window onto the bustling streets below. His eyes were unfocused as his mind wandered... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a tech support agent for a galactic services firm specializing on providing uplift to class one civilization services for low tech worlds. It's Friday at 3:45pm and you just answered a call from the little backwater world, earth. | [
"\"Good afternoon, you've reached Intelligence Solutions, IT department. My name is EJ-90, how can I help you today?\n\n\"Hi, this is Ted... from Earth?\"\n\n\"Hi Ted, how can I help you today?\"\n\n\"So, the government gave us these IQ enhancers, like, these giant-ass machines? I'm ready to use mine, but I was req... | 1 | |
[WP] In the year 2187, scientists have found a way for people to transfer, or give others their fears if both people accept. You are paid to take other people's fears. | [
"She leans back in her chair, throwing her dirty combat boots up on the table. It’s not my table, and I know won’t be expected to clean it, but I still wince.\n\n“Alright, here’s what I *don’t* do.” She counts the items off on her black-tipped fingers. “One, heights. I live on the fifth floor, and I don’t need that... | 4 | |
[WP] A famous writer goes back to his gritty urban roots. | [
"\"George, can you tell me the thing again?\" asked Lennie.\n\n\"I told you it countless times you big oaf, how 'bout you start?\" said George.\n\nLennie begins reciting the dream he and George share, he has it memorized he just likes hearing George say it.\n\nGeorge breaks open his double-barreled shotgun and load... | 1 | |
[WP] 71 years after the end of the World War II, you are the pilot that drops the bombs that start the World War III. | [
"Life wasn't always like this. I didn't always have my finger on the button that could potentially wipe out the entire human race. Believe it or not, life used to be simple at one point or another. \n\nThe fate of humanity wasn't always at my fingertips. I used to be a chef. Different times, different place, di... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a dystopian story in which the hero is a college-age guy who has little to no motivation. | [
"The world’s ended, so why should I fucking bother?\n\nI mean, there’s a competitive job market, that’s one thing...there’s a lack of housing, that’s another...but now? \n\nNow there’s no fucking planet left to fight over! \n\nSo why bother getting out of bed in the morning? \n\nI say ‘bed’ but, of course, I mean ‘... | 2 | |
[WP] In a post apocalyptic world, toilet paper has become of great value. Lucky for you, you were a supervisor at a Charmin factory. | [
"He licked the water from within the small crevice where it had collected with night's storm. It collected in the extreme angle formed where the tip of the roots met rock. Only a mouthful. It was a lukewarm god awful godsend. A pitiful tongue scraped across his cracked lips, a dried up snake slithering across the c... | 1 | |
[WP] Let’s explore emotions! The thing that terrifies your character more than anything is happening. | [
"I've been afraid of this my whole life. More than I've feared anything. I would rather face death. \n\nIt won't be so bad, eventually, I know. It's one of those things you adapt to. Stop noticing. Stop caring about. \n\nBut I still care. I still notice. Yesterday, she came, and I didn't recognize her. Her face was... | 1 | |
[WP] In the format of a diary, write an explorers days on an undiscovered island that contains an intelligent native species and a hostile monster that terrorises them | [
"August 12, 1847 Capt. Samuel Foxe HMS Fenrir, Exploratory Expedition for the Northwest Passage\n74° 15′ 0″ N, 105° 0′ 0″ W\n\nPilot Gregory Statham was right. \n\nI owe him that announcement as my first log entry since the Fenrirs floundering. Greg is dead.\n18 officers and 84 men are also dead. Only two vessel... | 1 | |
[WP] Scientists discover what happens after you die and it's nothing like anyone expected. | [
"\"Sir,\" said Nakamura, \"If you'll take a look at the analysis on page 7 of the docum--\"\n\n\"Look, Taiyo, I don't have any kind of advanced degree. I'm an administrator. Now, I don't always need to have things explained to me in small words, but I'm afraid that this is one of those times. So pretty please, j... | 1 | |
[WP] The Supervillain's base was on fire, his minions fleeing or dead, his laser matrix dismantled, his hostages liberated, and he was laying on the floor, bleeding out. "Excellent. it is all going according to plan." | [
"The entire ship turned into one giant furnace. Most of my fleet was either destroyed or retreating. The hostages , who have been strapped with explosives, have been liberated and evacuated. My Flagship, the \"Massacre of Silverhaven\" would soon descend into the planets atmosphere and break apart. \n\nThe last con... | 2 | |
[WP] - Sick of sinking your time and fortune into fighting the criminal element of your beloved city, you decide to stop crime another way. | [
"\"If there's nothing to steal,\" I mused, \"then nothing will be stolen.\"\n\nI gazed through the glass bubble at the hooded, armored costume in which I had had so many adventures. I looked at the gigantic bulletin board, fully covered by irregularly-shaped layers of newspaper- cut out headlines documenting a dec... | 1 | |
[WP] Satan won't allow his son to attend Hogwarts. | [
"\"And what can I do for you house elf?\" Satan asked, his son in his right, working on making sparks appear out of his pitchfork. \n\n\"The Headmaster of Hogwarts kindly request that you reconsider-\"\n\nThe two of them groaned, and Satan put his arm out and snapped his fingers. In front of him appeared Albus Dumb... | 2 | |
[WP] After a terrible accident within the first mars colony, mankind restarts and life on earth becomes just a legend | [
"Markut looked North, and up at the star studded night sky enveloping the World. He traced the constellation his father showed him as a boy, the same way his father showed him and so on back to the Firstborn. His finger came to a halt, hovering over what appeared to be just another star, if just slightly bigger, an... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a story that starts out normally,but gets progressively more unsettling as it continues. | [
"Stillness. That was all she needed the rabbit to do before she released the arrow. She took deep slow monotonous breaths Breath out... Breath in... Hold it... Now. With her body tense and her arrow knocked she released the string. Time seemed to slow to a snails pace as it soared through the air splitting the spac... | 3 | |
Mainly inspired by some ["Serial killer hitchhiker meets serial killer who picks up hitchhikers"](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/3gdbtf/wp_a_serial_killer_who_kills_hitchhikers_picks_up/) prompts. | [WP] A pair of identical twins work as hitmen. Both of them have been hired by another pair of identical twins whom want their other twin dead. Chaos ensues. | [
"Hitmen should not live in the same city. Nor should they have regular contact with each other if their contracts are conflicting, related or share any space together. Any deadlines, tools, targets, prospects should stay as far away from each other as possible.\n\n\nDespite all of this, the Munton twins shared an a... | 3 |
[WP] You wake up in an alley with glowing marks on your arm. They glow brighter as you get closer to your destination. | [
"There was no denying it. I circled around the mini mall, constantly checking to see if the illuminated scripture on back of my right forearm was glowing brightly in response to, well, literally any other area. Even though I had no clue about the origins of how embedded, glowing text somehow got infused with my bod... | 1 | |
[WP] Pick a random object within eyesight of yourself right now... and go on the angriest rant that you possibly can about it. | [
" While anger is an emotion Narcissus preferred to avoid, for it was unworthy of his gaze, he found himself suddenly and violently enraged by the presence of a most obnoxious square of toilet paper that was about on the roll next to him. Now, this particular square of toilet paper may have seemed harmless, yet ... | 13 | |
[WP] The year is 2100. Technology exists that translates thoughts into visual and audio format. This results in everyone having the ability to direct a movie by thought alone. This year's Academy Awards are the most competitive in human history | [
"\"Don't be shy Sally, come down and get your award!\" \n\nA thousand smiling strangers looked at the little girl as she tentatively walked down the carpet clutching Mr Pickles, her rabbit. She could feel their eyes on her, watching her every move. She pulled her dressing gown close and forced a weak smile. Shieldi... | 1 | |
[WP] The wealthy can afford genetic modifications, and the gene for monogamy has been discovered. You're about to marry into a rich family, but having it implanted is part of your pre-nup… | [
"\"Don't think of it as manipulation,\" said the lawyer, his grey eyebrows raised to reassure me, \"Think of it more as insurance. It doesn't matter anyway. It's not like you were planning on having another partner anyway, correct?\" \n\n\"Oh, no. It's not that. It's just that I - \"\n\n\"Well then it's settled. Go... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a horror story about making a sandwich. | [
"I had just comeback from the super market, the whole drive back the only thing I could think about was making the most ridiculous fattening sandwich.\n\n I had it all, bacon, 3 types of cheeses, salami, bologna, turkey, chicken, roast beef, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, the list goes on.\n\nHell, I even crumbled up c... | 1 | |
[WP] mythical creatures are common and have been domesticated in modern day. You work at an animal shelter. | [
"Most of the animals at the shelter were relatively docile. Well, as far as docile could be. It was Sarah’s job to ensure they stayed docile. And apparently, it was her job today to show some new part-time employee the ropes. The student walked into the building with a sense of curiosity, as opposed to the regular ... | 1 | |
[WP]: There are three things whose power you should never underestimate: The hysteria of large crowds, the buildup of a thousand tiny changes, and an angry peacock cornered in the printer room | [
"There are three things whose power you should never underestimate: The hysteria of large crowds, the buildup of a thousand tiny changes, and an angry peacock cornered in the printer room.\n\nThat last one might need some explaining.\n\nSee... peacocks might look pretty, but they are vicious, evil little mofo's... ... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where coffee is perceived the same way marijuana is in real life. You've just been pulled over, and you've got an ounce of medium roast in the glovebox | [
"'STEP OUT THE MOTHERFUCKER NOW' yelled the policeman incoherently. \n\nJohn lowered his shades and looked at the raised firearm. \n\n'Lower your firearm officer before I get hurt.' he says calmly. \n\nThe officer looks at him, and when he does, realises that it is the face of his long lost son Albert. \n\n'Oh my g... | 2 | |
Surprise me, reddit ! | [WP] You die and your soul is taken to the afterlife by the Reaper. You discover that Heaven and Hell do exists. The trick ? You get to chose where you are going. | [
"Do you eat bacon?\n\nThis question haunts me to this day. \n \nI was just a normal teenager like you or anyone else. I was just going to one of those phases. You know, rebelling against mostly anything coming my way. This time it was the meat-industry.\nI had seen a truckload of pigs from the passenger-side of my... | 2 |
[WP] In the near future, in order to control population, we are installed with kill switches. Anyone over 18 is equipped with this switch. At random, your cell phone will alert you when it's your time to die, you will have 72 hours. You just received your alert, what do you do with your time? | [
"The last time that Mark saw Peter was in high school. He was even taller, bigger and his dark blond hair was a bright yellow now. They walked through a narrow hallway and two people passed them. One was bold and had a serious look. _I remember you from a few month ago_ Mark thought. _Yes it's me._ The bold guy ans... | 3 | |
[wp] Your former high school bully that drove you to attempted suicide years ago turns out to be your soulmate later in life. | [
"\"So... remind me one more time. Remind me, after *everything* you did to me, what makes you think you have the right, or the nerve, or the... *anything* to be sitting in front of me and asking for help.\"\n\nHe looked over the table, sheepishly, like a child in a Year 7 class being called to the principle after s... | 3 | |
[WP]Update Poe's Telltale Heart, but instead of an offending blind eye it's a modern annoyance. | [
"\nNervous, how very woke I am. But why do you say I am mad? The blue light has sharpened my mind, not dulled it. Above all, my reasoning as acute. I have read all things liberal and conservative. I have heard many things. How, then, am I dull? Observe how smartly, how succinctly, I tell you the whole story. \n\nI... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the ability to experience the last moments of a person's death. | [
"\"Was it painful?\"\n\nThey ask me through tear filled eyes, holding my hand tightly. Underneath the emotional storm I can see that one emotion that overcomes all else in those darkest of moments.\n\nHope.\n\nEveryone hopes the same things. Hope that they died peacefully, that it didn't hurt, that there was meanin... | 1 | |
[WP] Contemplating existence, you come to the realisation that existence is contemplating you. | [
"Why do I live? Why do I love?\n\nWhy do you love? Why do you live?\n\nWith every question of existence, I realized that existence questioned back. It brought a bout of euphoria, it was an answer at last. But there was no answer, only the reflections of the questions asked.\n\nWhy do I live?\n\nWhy do you live?\n\n... | 1 | |
[WP] Hamlet consults the skull of Yorrick for advice | [
"\"Yorrick, what do you think I should do?\"\n\n\"Aahraah araahara.\"\n\n\"What?\"\n\n*\"Aahraah arahara!\"*\n\n\"I don't know what disturbs me more, the fact that I can hear a skull talking, or the fact that its lack of tongue and lips mean it can't make fricitive consonants, thus making it almost impossible to un... | 1 | |
[WP] John has suspicions that his secretary is actually senior United States senator John McCain. | [
"I stared at the prompt, feeling a vague sense of deja vu. I had seen this prompt before. But I had more pressing matters to see. \n\nThe man I was making love to seemed to be about to reach climax. But my mind was on the prompt still. \"AHHHHhhhhh!\" The man yelled, convulsing on the bed.\n\n\"That was nice,\" he ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're just been inducted into Overwatch. Problem is, you're an accountant. | [
"Snowflakes \n  \n\n\nHere's a special hell, \n\nOverwatch. No-one counts clips \n\nwhen ammo respawns. \n  \n \n\nThey say, \"Hey, Snowflakes, \n\nhire a blimp or fly a drone; \n\nclick for every kill.\" \n  \n \n\nIt's no wonder Mei \n\nis ill-equipped. The climate \n\ncha... | 4 | |
[WP] You are in a bar that has a list of rules on the wall. It starts off normal but becomes more and more ridiculous. Things like "no flying indoors", "no disintegrations," and "no magic in the bathrooms." You laugh it off but then start to notice things. | [
" HOUSE RULES:\n\n-No smoking.\n\n-No credit card.\n\n-No talking to the driver.\n\n-No flying indoors.\n\n-No disintegrations.\n\n-No magic in the bathroom.\n\n-No talking about the bar to people in the dark magic business.\n\n-No unauthorized use of the Crystal of Destiny.\n\n-No mundane in the bar.\n\n-No breaki... | 1 | |
[WP] The year is 5612 and Humans have now met millions of civilizations with their FTL technology. They all have one thing in common. Basketball. Scientist start to wonder if "Ball is life" actually means that basketball is somehow connected to all forms of intelligent life. | [
"Jim Wortzman of Earth rushed through the intergalactic academy, knocking over anyone who stood in his way. His running felt very unnatural; he wasn't used to the gravity on Mars yet. Despite being extremely out of breath, he started shouting. \n\n\"Professor! Professor!\"\n\nHis galactic history professor, Mr. Ode... | 1 | |
[wp] You have married 3 spouses all have died in one way, or another. Now you are about to marry your 4th. | [
" They say that the third time's the charm. In a way, I would agree. Ross was certainly charming. Roses, dancing, romantic walks along the beach under the moonlight. Oh yes, of my three previous husbands, Ross was definitely the charming one.\n I stand here once more, gazing at my reflection in my pretty whit... | 1 | |
Prompt idea inspired by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1RvO3XcGgA | [WP]What Reason Have They To Dance? | [
"They look upon the world with a grey tint in their eyes. They see the same old thing day in day out and they wonder, \"What's different about today?\" From the tubs and the beds, under the blankets and at the foot of the stairs. They wonder. \n\n\n\"I want this to be different. I want power. To get dressed. To wak... | 2 |
[WP] Virtual Reality has become so advanced, it can alter your perception of time. Your entire life has been a 5 minute simulation. You've just woken up. | [
"\"Now, are you going to give us another reason to bring you back here?\" \n\n I laid in a pool of my own sweat, cradling my feet in the fetal position. I had never felt so weak, or so broken. An entire lifetime in prison. An entire lifetime in five minutes. Years of solitary confinement, beatings, violations, cold... | 4 | |
[WP] During a war, an individual that has been arrested on suspicion of espionage has a unique explanation of why he or she is actually behind enemy lines. | [
"\"I want to see my wife\"\n\nThe words were spoken clearly, and in fluent French as well, despite the speaker's bloodied lips. He was a young German male, couldn't be older than 20. \n\n\"What?\", I asked of him.\n\n\"I told you, I want to see my wife\"\n\n\"Are you sure you aren't lost? You're a long way from Ger... | 4 | |
[WP] scientists have finally found the perfect lab rat. A human whose body reconstructs itself to age 21 upon death | [
"My eyelids were heavy -- glued shut, and I could feel a hot orange light burning near my face. The room swarmed with buzzing electronics, frantic footsteps and the shouts of men. I was laying on top of a hard table, I was naked. The muscles of my arms were burning, my legs leaden. For what must have been several m... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a short story about a German soldier in the second world war, in the absolute middle of the battle, takes a moment to think about the morality of his countries and his actions. | [
"The man ducked as a few bullets zipped over his head and hit one of his comrades in the upper chest, who fell over and was dead within a few moments. Hanzel took his gun and fired it at the legs of the enemy soldier, jumped out, and fired another round into the male to finish him off.\n\nHanzel sighed and rumm... | 1 | |
[WP] You're one of Santa's elves on Christmas Eve. Santa's nowhere to be found, and someone's gotta take charge. | [
"Whispers flooded the halls of the Elven workshop. \n\n“Is he ever coming back?” \n\n“What will we do?”\n\n“The kids will never forgive us.” \n\nWork was supposed to begin several hours ago, but Santa is nowhere to be found, and the Elves haven’t a clue as to who’s naughty, nice, or Jewish. Suddenly the wooden doub... | 2 | |
[WP] Anansi, Loki, Coyote, and Hermes all get together to plan their next big prank. | [
"*2015, an unknown location. But they serve good pie, and decent coffee...*\n\n\"Okay, okay, okay, **alright!** Shut up, I got a plan.\" Coyote made sure he had the attention of all present. \"This one, guys, *this* one is going to be yuuuge...\"\n\n*2016, Early November. Say a Wednesday, perhaps the 9th? Yes, the ... | 1 | |
[WP] Evangelical Christians discover the number 666 on their 6 month old fetus, but refuse to have an abortion. They must wait it out to confront the antichrist...no matter how odd the mother's cravings | [
"\nThe nightmare began with the ultrasound. There he was, baby William, healthy and happy, except for a strange mark on his chest. As the weeks went by, and William grew bigger and bigger, the mark revealed itself to be a number: it was 666.\n\nThis terrified his parents. Abigail and Stuart were both members of the... | 4 | |
[WP] Write a two chapter story told by two diferent characters. The first chapter makes no sense until you read the second one. | [
"\"BANG BANG! Bullets! Shotgun! Enemies! War! Tanks! Sir Yes Sir! Explosions! Asia! Trenches! Parachutes! Bunkers! Japan! Bullets! Parachutes! Sir Yes Sir! Pow Pow! Explosions! Russia!\" The young boy howled energetically.\n\nHis mother apologised to me, \"Sorry! He's been playing video games again!\" She said tryi... | 1 | |
[WP] Write an Autobiography as person from an Alternate Universe. | [
"I could remember it like it happened last night. The night, we took back our nation. Summer of 31. I was a little kid then, maybe twelve. I could hear them yell and shout. The gunfire came down. My Mom told me to go to the basement downstairs. I remembered what she told me with the clarity of glass.\n\n\"Mommy?\" ... | 1 | |
[WP] Two people match on a dating website and meet for a date. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both serial killers who were using the website to find their next victim. | [
"*Oh good, a nice burly beard, plaid shirt, jeans, work boots, slicked long curly black hair. Probably got some sexism and preconceived notions that small equals weak. I wonder what his last words will be, haha. \"Please no\"?, \"Don't!\"..? Nah, probably along of lines of, \"you crazy bitch.\" Should be an easy ni... | 1 | |
[Wp] You meet a stranger and quickly realize you recognize their voice. It's the voice in your head. | [
"I heard it from across the room. Sweeter than a pomegranate, richer than Knox, holier than the stigmata bleeding from innocent hands. \n\nI froze and my skin crawled. I knew who it was, I just wasn't all that sure what to do about it. Every fiber in my skull desperately wanted to look - put a face to the voice... | 1 | |
[WP] Your 10 year old woke up last week with omnipotent powers. What misadventures have you had together since then? | [
"\"David, it's time for bed!\"\n\n\"But Daddy, I'm busy rearranging cells to cure cancer!\"\n\n\"You already solved world hunger yesterday, now it's time for bed!\"\n\nBeing a father was hard enough. Finding out that your son was the human host of some ancient god of wisdom did not at all ease the stress of being a... | 1 | |
[WP] In an office, there is a phone that is not connected to the network, yet it rings every day at 3pm. No one is allowed to answer it, but no one who still works for the company remembers why... | [
"\"Let me go,\" I gasped as the old woman held me against the wall by my throat. A bulb hanging from the ceiling illuminated a bright circle of large, whirring machinery that made my iPhone look like a thing of science-fiction and cast the woman's face in terrifying lights and darks. With her skirt, blouse, and p... | 2 | |
[WP] "I spent most of the morning coughing up blood. The trouble is I'm not sure whose blood it was." | [
"The morning sunlight shimmered brightly through the edges of the undersized curtains, I knew it was time to awake from my deep slumber. I reluctantly pulled my self upwards, it had been a heavy night before. I looked around the dimly lit room and thanked the lord that I'd woken up at my own flat for once. I slowly... | 1 | |
[WP] "Careful traveller, the world is big and the water is deep." | [
"\"Careful, Traveller. The world is big and the water is deep.\"\n\nFor the first time, the Traveller hesitates. Their face is concealed behind the opaque mask of their enviro-suit, so you can't see it in their face, only in the lines of their body, the way their stance shifts.\n\nYou've seen so many Travellers off... | 1 | |
[WP] In the modern day, wolves were never domesticated into dogs. You become the first person in history to befriend a wolf. | [
"Marcus went alone to the surface. He knew that he was probably going to die, but he had to test his theory. Story tellers in Hunter's Corpse told legends of wolves being tamed a millennia ago. The tamed wolves would help their masters and care for them, but this art of taming was lost long ago. Thought about his l... | 1 | |
[WP] There he was, conducting an orchestra which could not be seen. | [
"A drunk, out on a breakwater where the sun had long since died on the horizon and the icy black waters crashed against the coast, waved his hands manically. There he was, conducting an orchestra which could not be seen. It was twenty out and the drunk was bundled up in this oversized purple parka. Every few minute... | 2 | |
[WP] When you die and before you enter Paradise, you have to relive your single greatest regret as punishment for your greatest sin. And depending on what sin it was, you may have to do this more than once. | [
"I keep reaching for it, and she's right before me. I'm caught in a loop, and I don't know how long will this take to sink in. I already hate every second of it, I've been trying to forget it for years now. I'm holding the box, I can feel it in my hand, she's right before me with that bright beautiful anticipating ... | 1 | |
[WP] I'm a dangerous man with some money in my pocket. | [
"(My first post here, so be gentle with me!)\n\n---\n\nIt’s amazing what a hundred and forty million Euros can buy you. Winning the Europe-wide lottery opens doors – friends, cars, women, houses, holidays, and even celebrity status if you want it.\n\nBut that was never my style. I’ve always preferred to stay off ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an immortal Welshman named Hugh Williams. In five days you have to sail just off the coast to face your only immortal enemy. | [
"\"Are you ready, my lord?\" Was I ready? How does one ready oneself for a battle they know will last eternity? I shook my head and raised my eyes. My gaze traveled over the dust covered tiles of the ancient Welsh castle that had been my home for a thousand years, over the inlaid designs, to the road weary boots of... | 2 | |
[WP] you are walking through a forest and feel a sudden pain in your chest. You collapse as your skin starts to darken, hardening and cracking, a scaly pattern forming along with a very leathery feel. Your bones are heard breaking and shifting in some sort of metamorphosis | [
"Danaë had tried to throw the hunters off her tracks. It was difficult. Thus far her aunt had predicted her every move. Like a giant chess game in which her aunt held all the power, she had cut of Danaë's attempts at retaliation before any had fruit. Now it was just Danaë. Alone. In the woods. Leading her aunt's hu... | 1 | |
[WP] You're 99.999% sure you have superpowers. Obviously, if you were 100% sure, your life would be completely different. | [
"\"So like, I'm 99.999% sure I have superpowers. I call it the *Schrobob's superpower*. So I learnt in class this schrodonger's cat theory today in class, about this donger guy putting a cat in a box and then it's alive and dead cos nobody knows, but if you open the box and you know then it is confirmed. Then I tho... | 5 | |
[WP] People have five luck points to spend during their whole life as they choose. You realize, after spending all five of yours on a drunk night on the town, that yours recharge. | [
"\"Holy hell. This is amazing!\"\n\n\"What is it Brett?\"\n\n\"I just found out that those luck stars recharge!\"\n\n\"You... didn't know that?\"\n\n\"No?\"\n\n\"It's like I've been telling you for years, man. You're life's just boring. You went 13 years without needing 5 luck stars in a day. Do you have any idea h... | 2 | |
I'd like to see what you guys make of this :)
EDIT: the one new post is on Reddit. Forgot to clarify. | [WP] You wake up one morning and find that everyone in your house is still asleep, and won't wake up. Only it's not just your house; it's the whole world. You decide to hop online and see if anyone else is awake. You find one new post, titled "Anyone else awake?" It has 3 comments. | [
"John was slicing open a body, preparing it to be eaten. He ripped out the bowels, and put aside the heart and liver. He then separated the skin from the meat sliced from the ribs and stomach area, his favorite. This wasn't to be eaten immediately, but for dinner, with his disemboweled family. \n\nJohn's sanity was... | 7 |
[WP] You finally agree to invite your daughter's boyfriend to your house for dinner. Soon you begin to suspect he's a vampire. | [
"Mother of God, is this kid polite. \nHe won't come in without an invite. \nHis hair's a mess as there was rain. \nWon't look at a mirror, so not too vain. \n\n\nI ask if he believes in God. \nA silence followed by a nod. \nI show him my crucifix collection. \nHe turns in the opposite direction. \n\n\nIt's ... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone remembers of Solders who fought and died in war, Few think about the animals who fought by their side. Write a eulogy for the animals who didn't have a choice in war. | [
"Today we commit Oliver (German Shepard, age 3) to the great beyond. He was shot and killed by an enemy sniper while on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. A war dog born and bred, he fought beside our soldiers until his death on the fourth of April, thousands of miles from home. He could not hold a rifle or t... | 1 | |
[WP] Your dog invites you to poker night at the dog park | [
"Its a chilly night, colder than normal. I've walked around this road so many times before, except it feels different this time around. The air is still and there isn't a car in sight. Not surprising considering the time of night. \n\nHe told me to meet him there this evening. \"Odd.\" I thought to myself. I've kno... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a serial killer without real motif. But one day, the police hypothesizes a very creative motif and you just go with it... | [
"Huh.\n\nThey were calling me the Snowflake Doily Killer.\n\nI.. hadn't noticed this. Very strange. I mean, to me, it's easy... I made a computer program that took all the known addresses in the County Assessment database, used a random number generator, based on the exact time of day that the Today Show's third ... | 1 | |
[WP] When I came home from the vacation I saw all the chairs in the living room were standing in circle like the group meetings. By the way, i live alone. | [
"It's been too long. Nearly 6 years...and I can't imagine changing any time soon. I'm used to it now. People will always disappoint...I've been hurt by everyone who has ever been close to me...it's just easier this way, no more pain.\n\nEvery day is the same; Monday-Friday I go to work and come home, Saturday I sta... | 1 | |
[WP] The world has 90% female inhabitants. You are a mildly attractive man, trying to survive. | [
"I remember when I was growing up, it was the year 2016 and it was just about when my first memories were beginning to form. It sure was an interesting time to be alive equality was spreading rapidly across the planet and even though people were worried that certain political events were going to turn the world bac... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have finally arrived but instead of bringing war or enlightenment, they are all refugees. | [
"Spring, 1985, Washington DC.\n\n\nI stood in front of the President with a thick Manilla Folder, waiting for Reagan to get off the phone. I was sweaty and trying really hard not to look nervous. All around him were people of some kind of importance or another as they waited for the phone call to end.\n\n\nFinally,... | 7 | |
[WP] Write an action packed story, ripe with drama and tension, only to have it finish in the most anti-climactic way possible | [
"\"We have to hurry!\" I shouted. Above us, the sky was painted red as a shadow began to cover the sun.\n\n\"The total eclipse will happen in less than three minutes! If we can't stop him...\"\n\n\"I know,\" said Lain, the rogue. \"You don't need to give me the inspiring speech, Abram. I'm with you all the way.... | 1 | |
[WP] When the greatest generals die they are placed in an eternal war against eachother, you are one such general | [
"\"Pleaaaaseeee, let me go to a different afterlife!\" I say, \"I've never done anything to deserve this! I don't belong here! I'm no warrior!\"\n\n\"Of course thou art,\" King Arthur says, \"Thou hast bested numerous foes from far and wide, of a greater breadth than even I could have achieved. Thou art undoubtedly... | 1 | |
[WP] Now, darkness is your only hope. | [
"The beings fed on light. No, more then that. It feasted on it, like a Thanksgiving turkey.\n\nDarkness was my only hope. It was humanity's hope.\n\nFor the beings never ventured in the darkness.\n\n***\n\nI smelled the air, picking up many senses. A faraway smell of gasoline trickling out of a old gas station pump... | 2 | |
[WP] Aliens have landed, but at comicon. You are a government agent trying to figure out who is a alien and who isn't and then eliminate them. | [
"######[](#dropcap)\n\nThe tagline for the text briefing was:\"Two highly complex lifeforms. Location: Comic-Con.\" My partner sniggered. I admitted that the situation did seem a bit unlikely, but took it seriously. First-contacts made with humans tend to involve a lot paperwork.\n\nI took the booths, my partner th... | 1 | |
[WP] Write about what happens the day a girl stops believing in fairy tales, and happily ever after... | [
"There was always something about a good book or movie that allowed Omani to get lost in a world without the everyday obstacles. She would escape to this new world with hope, and linger until as long as possible.\n\nYou either love or hate those of us who possess this 'child-like wonder' and 'naivety'. There are a ... | 2 | |
[WP] The year is 42069. A force is spreading across the universe and wiping out planet after planet. You alone are tasked with sending a message to the past to warn of the impending doom. | [
"Is this on? Oh, okay.\n\nH-hello. This is an urgent message sent via retrograde frequency. Depending on where you are... *when* you are, that might not mean much. If that's the case, let's just say this is a message from the \"future\".\n\nAssuming this reaches earth, the year over here is... 42069 I think, assumi... | 2 | |
[WP] A man with a trench coat on walks out of an ally and says to you " You either die tomorrow or live forever, the choice is yours." | [
"\"Oh yeah right and I guess that my choice will change the universe, right? \" I was walking home from a long day at work when Mr. Crazy stopped me and told me I either die tomorrow or live forever, what a load of bull. \n\nThe man in the trench coat gave me an angry glare and when he spoke, his voice was deeper w... | 7 | |
[WP] Your mental disorder has been personified, and you are waiting outside a room where you will be allowed to go in and have a conversation with him/her. The door is opened, and what do you see? | [
"I wake up to the sound of a deep hum. The complete darkness that had surrounded me is slowly being dispersed by a long, thin light all around me, shining through what looks like a crack. Suddenly, a flood of light temporarily blinds me as the top part of the pod I am in is opened. I slowly sit up as my eyes start ... | 10 | |
[WP] Kool-Aid Man was the greatest burglar the world has ever known, able to break into any mansion and out of any prison. Describe to me how you finally brought him to justice. | [
"Kool-aid man. A name engrained deep in my brain, as I have been chasing the son of a bitch for years. I was caught off guard at the first headline, \"Kool-Aid Man robs local bank,\" laughing it off without much thought. Surely this is just another satirical article, the thought of the bulging pitcher of crimson re... | 1 |
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