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Or car, or elephant, or whatever size you want. Have fun! | [WP] Lobsters are immortal, and keep growing as long as they live. You are searching for a lobster rumored to be the size of a whale. | [
"Jack was the sort of man that checked out his own face in the mirror (or any reflection for that matter) every fifteen minutes. He had dark hair which, being in his forties, was the result of a weekly fix of dye. He'd never admitted that to anyone except his girlfriend. His eyebrows were trimmed and his hair looke... | 4 |
[WP] After several near misses you begin to believe that when you die you continue living the same life but in a different universe (one where you didn’t die). | [
"It looks like another normal day but I'm feeling extra cautious because a certain chocolate brand once happened to not understand the phrase \"bits of nuts.\"\n\nI look around, not a lot of people. There's an old couple quietly chatting near the elevator. One points to the platform display. It looks like they chan... | 1 | |
[WP] The characters in a Hallmark Channel movie struggle to survive when the writer decides to make it a horror movie instead. | [
"\"Sarah... I love you.\" A blush played across his cheeks, and despite his salt and pepper hair and the grizzled whiskers on his face, he looked like a boy, confessing to his first crush. \n\n\"John!\" She embraced him, and they held each other. For a time, it had seemed as if they never would have been able to. J... | 1 | |
[WP] You freed a young wolf from a trap. Unbeknownst to you, the wolf has sworn a life debt to you to assist in your darkest hour. | [
"I lifted the fallen leaves from the pit with my pitchfork. Within the pit, the wolf whimpered. Tears of fear gleamed in his eyes.\n\n \n\n\"Ah, little one. Come,\" I muttered, and reached in. The wolf tried to lunge his head forward, but pain restrains his neck. I wrapped my arms around it, feeling the wa... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a crime scene cleaner with decades of experience. It's become all too clear to you that this latest serial killer is not quite human - and you may be the only one who can stop it. | [
"“Jesus, Terry,” my coworker said. “You really want to try and catch this guy? He took out the entire west side’s police force.” \n\nI nodded and said, “Someone’s gotta do it.” \n\n“You’ll end up stuffed in a vent with a dozen other guys,” my coworker cried. \n\n“So be it,” I said, walking to the coffee pot and pou... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens finally visit Earth, but they are not here to conquer, nor do they come in peace. They are here to sue us. | [
"The garbled sounds the creature was making finally came to a halt after a long while of it speaking in its own tongue. Slowly turning their bulbous, avian head towards the pair of humans across the table it cleared its throat.\n\n\"Carl says 'screw you', which I believe is a human phrase for—\"\n\n\"Is that all he... | 1 | |
[WP] You live alone in an apartment unit for two after your previous roommate left. You get a new roommate soon after, but eventually, you discover your roommate is a professional hitman/hitwoman. | [
"1/2\n\n\"Hey Gloria, have you seen my other—\" I stopped in the threshold of the door to her room. I was holding one flip-flop, hoping to find the other but what I found was much more interesting.\n\n\"Oh, hey.\" She said sheepishly as she looked over her left shoulder towards me, slowly closing the lip of a large... | 2 | |
[WP]Once every 100 years by law all wizards MUST clean up their messy abodes. There's no telling what forgotten and half-finished magical items they may rediscover, but all citizens fear this day and what it may bring. | [
"\"Oh bollocks, this is going to be difficult.\" Marvick said with a sigh, as his eyes scanned the untidy study room. \n\nThe sea of books that littered the small room was level with the small rectangular desk in the back. A multitude of odds and ends work to fill in the gaps of space created by the numerous book s... | 9 | |
[WP] You have an uncle who no one in your family talks about and is always referred to as the Black Sheep of the family. Today you found out the reason. He turns into an actual sheep at every full moon. | [
"Maurice hated going to his aunt and uncle’s house. First, they never played Fox News, and Maurice hated the liberal bias of the mainstream media. Second, they never ate lamb, even though Maurice craved for the soft, tender meat. Finally, his Uncle would disappear every full moon and just reappear at breakfast the ... | 2 | |
[WP] The world is suddenly introduced to magic. Casting spells seems to work exactly like programming. Compsci 101 is now Wizarding 101. | [
"**THE DANGLING BOND**\n\nI slammed the book shut and threw it across the room. I was so sick of it. Why did I still do this to myself? I told myself I loved it all, I told myself it was enjoyable, I told myself it was all worth it in the end, and yet the road I took to get to this supposed end was always long, win... | 4 | |
[WP] Long after mars has been colonized with self sufficient cities, earth has been hit with the zombie apocalypse, and most people spectate via the internet. You are one of the officials deciding whether to send help or just abandon earth entirely. | [
"They were too remote. Too far off to be of any damn help at all.\n\nHawkins rubbed his eyes as he and his peers sat around the viewscreen, getting briefed. Looking around he could see all the different delegates, and how they were taking the news. Mayors, constables, dignitaries, all representatives of the Ten Cit... | 2 | |
[WP] Aliens threaten to estinguish humanity if we are not able to achieve world-peace in 7 days. | [
"After nearly 500 years in a dreamless sleep, he awoke from the deep freeze. Not quite the last hope for his species, but close enough. \n\nHe was the lone passenger onboard a metallic behemoth built for one purpose, survival. Part cargo freighter, part science vessel, the odd hybrid ship served as a life raft of s... | 4 | |
[WP] In a world of magic, Elves, Dwarves, Angels, Demons and many other races possessed some level of magic and the ability to use magic tools, except humanity which possessed no magical affinity at all. This is why Humans were forced to improvise. | [
"Lasala stared out over the keep and beyond where the fires of the enemy's war camp dotted the fields as if reflecting the stars above. She frowned as she felt that sinking of fear in her gut. *Don't be foolish.* She told herself. *They will break upon our defenses like they have a hundred times before.* She smirke... | 6 | |
[WP] Ghosts are real and they can interact with the material world. Detectives worldwide lick their chops as they begin searching. Not for the killers but the victims. | [
"It’s not every day that a Ghost finds you.\n\n\nThe monochrome phantasm before me was an elderly man in a three-piece suit with mottled skin and salt-and-pepper hair. It looked to have been in its sixties when it departed, and its clothes were few years out of style. The manner of its death wasn’t apparent. No ... | 1 | |
[WP] Sticks and stones can't break your bones, but words will kill you eventually. | [
"Living in a world where every insult could kill you was tough. But as a teenager I had to find a way to survive. We learn from a young age to be careful with our words. Beating each other up was nothing, it didn't cause issues. However when insulted the words were etched into your flesh. They bled and left scars. ... | 2 | |
[WP] Describe what happens to /r/writingprompts characters when they get Reddit Gold | [
"The standing ovation had me in tears.\n\nThey really liked my performance. They actually liked it. I felt like a professional. Like I was as big as Harry Potter.\n\nPeople were curious as to how my story goes on. I had no idea, but I told them they will hear from me soon.\n\nMy manager came and poured me a glass o... | 1 | |
[WP] "I told you it was a bad idea to break into this abandoned barber shop!" | [
"A spray of bullets flew above their heads as Nester and Brit hid behind some crates.\n\n“Well I wasn’t expecting the freaking mafia!” Brit said, before loading his own gun and firing back on the mobsters.\n\n“What do you mean you weren’t expecting the mafia? It’s an ABANDONED building, there is bound to be a mafia... | 1 | |
[WP] A tough as nails, hard-boiled detective is beginning to suspect that his girlfriend is a superhero. | [
"I looked across the precinct to see a group of thugs being brought in. I sigh inwardly, knowing that they were likely apprehended by our local superhero-vigilante *“Sensational Woman”* – Whoever thought of that name obviously wasn’t too creative – meaning, as I’m the lead detective on the case of finding and appre... | 1 | |
[WP] You can smell death, no really - his love for Axe body spray is getting out of hand... | [
"\"Could you fucking not?\" I asked, turning around on the couch to look at the ghastly figure sitting at the dining room table.\n\nDeath was bringing a spoon of Mini ABC's and 123's to his mouth before he turned to face me. \"'Eh?\"\n\nI sniffed once more and put on an exaggerated look of disgust on my face. \"Ser... | 1 | |
[WP] You are not human, but you have created an intricate lie of a life pretending to be one | [
"You really thought it'd be easier than this. I mean giving your intellect and your manual capabilities it was incredibly easy to maneuver this dead guy's eyes, mouth, hands and legs to act as if he's just a really pensive fella. Of course, getting a job with the Deaf Society also meant you had to learn the ASL whi... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have invaded Earth and are trying to enslave mankind. But the Gods of this world aren't too pleased. | [
"Daniel was awoken by a sharp pain in his face, as he felt something crash into the side of his mouth. He gasped in pain as he was rudely jolted back into the world. As his eyes came into focus he spotted one of the creatures towering above him. It was impossible to read the expressions on their faces, but if he ha... | 1 | |
[WP] There exists a clan specialized in killing demons. Over the course of many decades demons have been overhunted, and only the strongest of them, known as the Deep Ones, remain. | [
"The last of the monsters that inhabited the Overworld had been exterminated. After many generations of living in fear, the outside world was finally safe to traverse. The years of violence had brought great destruction and very few survived our initial contact with Them; all that remained were scattered communitie... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where advertisements permeate absolutely every facet of life, you are a member of a infamous rebel group known only as The Adblockers. | [
"\"Take off those pants and show us your lance!\" The TV was ejaculating its ads onto the passing people. Many with headsets ignoring the vulgar thrusting imagines on the telescreen indulged in their own interests, often music or more often than not the local GPS applications. \n\n\nA small figure watched from af... | 6 | |
[WP] The zoo the aliens have placed you in, is woefully under-equipped to contain a human being. | [
"The Petitioner's Galaxial Museum Hall contains state of the art tech, its chambers brimming full of pink-glass boxes. They light up when touched, to show holograms or to deliver small objects from piping in the ground. The hall boasts all manner of exotic display. \n\nThe hall of Echinomytia is full of spiky, tent... | 1 | |
[WP] Celestial Tech Support: “Have you tried turning it off and back on again?” | [
"*Please wait, your telepathy is important to us, and we will be with you as soon as possible.*\n\nI built this universe. The entire goddamn universe, pun intended. You'd think with my almighty power I could stop a teensy, weensy bit of colossal clusterfucking sin. \n\nBut no, here I am, reduced to calling those st... | 1 | |
[WP] You were supposed to be killed with poison gas. Now you've become dependant on it. | [
"In the past 12 years, we've gotten better at curing disease, but even better at creating them. It's become a problem, but what can we do about it? In order to cure cancer, you'll lose your memory. In order to get rid of the flu, you'll get jaundice. For 4 years I've been drowning myself in Lopomocilin, a medicatio... | 2 | |
[WP]It's beginning to look alot like christmas, everywhere you go. Which is odd because it is summer time. | [
"Growing up, my mom loved Christmas. Still does, but when we were all younger and just on the verge of finding our own way she used to have a room dedicated year round to Christmas, complete with a fake tree.\n\nCome Easter it would be decked out with plastic eggs and a stuffed toy rabbit. The Fourth of July would ... | 1 | |
[WP] In the far future, Humans have now started abducting aliens. Provide a transcription of an interrogation with one of said aliens. | [
"Subject #318: Found loitering on top of a block of flats. Illegally parked on roof area. Vandalism near spaceship which a local resident described to be \"alien-like\".\n\nOfficer 1: Ok, why don't you start by telling us your details.\n\nSubject: Ah, mate, nah, you see, there's been a mistake, yeah, I was just hea... | 1 | |
[WP] As you get off the plane, you ask yourself, "Will anyone be waiting for me?" | [
"As I got off the plane, I asked myself, “Will anyone be waiting for me?” Did they know I was here? Did they know where I’d gone? Of course they knew, I told them. But were they listening? Did they really know what that meant?\n\nI saw her there, in the distance. The reason I was there. She was just as beautiful as... | 3 | |
[WP] A strange looking envelope arrives at your door. Enclosed is a note and a golden card. "There are some things humans are not capable of doing," the note reads. "For that, there's the Master Card." | [
"\"There are some things humans are not capable of doing. For that, there's the Master Card.\"\n\n*What is this?* I thought. The Master Card? Sounds familiar, but anything other than a debit or credit card, I'm not sure what this could mean. Just to test, I went over to the local ceilin*mart just to be sure.\n\n\"M... | 1 | |
[WP] My sword gently weeps | [
"My sword gently weeps as I swing down, another rebel's head flying into l the air and another gush of blood joins the ever growing pool on the ground. My guards drag the body away, the others bringing the next criminal to the chopping block set up in the square.\n\n\"You were supposed to save them,\" it whispers, ... | 3 | |
[WP] Your politeness helped it enter your house. Now after over a month, you are pretty sure it won't leave. | [
"\"Yo?\"\n\nI hissed into the phone, \"Did you tell this girl that she could stay here?\"\n\n\"She just needs a place to stay, dude. Just for a few days.\"\n\n\"Then why can't she stay at *your* place?\"\n\n\"It's a long story. But look...can she stay with you or not?\"\n\nI peeled the curtains back a bit and peeke... | 2 | |
[WP] Your significant other claims they have time-traveled and experienced your entire relationship together, knowing every twist and turn, but choosing to remain with you. This morning, they looked at you and immediately started crying. | [
"She hated that I’d only ever buy caramel-based ice creams, as I always had. She loathed the stuff, but I wasn’t going to waste my time on vanilla or other basic flavors. I wanted to be delighted by heavier flavors, chunks of stuff, and lots of caramel. Gooey ribbons of it. I’d die before I’d settle for anything le... | 1 | |
[WP] You've always had the ability to plant small thoughts and suggestions in the minds of others. One day, what you thought was a minor, silly suggestion ends up having a much bigger outcome than you expected. | [
"There it is. That voice again. How do I turn it off? “The sensation can be disturbing at first,” the doctor said. I tried to look past the bright glow staring down at me. “Don’t sit up too fast,” another voice said. Was that a doctor or a voice inside my head. Fuck. I don’t know about this. “Try to remain calm and... | 1 | |
[WP] Halfway into your VR FPS and low on inventory and health, the truth slowly begins to dawn on you. The simulated pain feels terrifyingly real, and the exit button is not responding. | [
"The cut scene had been brutal, one moment the squad had been chatting, the next the humvee was hit by an IED and had come crashing down beside the road. He had no idea how something that graphic had gotten past the censors. Watching his character wiping other peoples blood out of his face to clear his vision had a... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have landed and are eager to meet humans. However, their entire knowledge of humanity is based on sitcoms they thought were documentaries | [
"They landed just north of LA. We heard incoherent ramblings from each of the eleven ships. We had no idea what they were saying, and no idea where they came from. At one point, we thought we heard the words “here kitty kitty” from the closest one, but we figured it was a coincidence. Kinda like how “pole” in Engli... | 1 | |
[WP] All superhero’s and super villains have powers that work the same way. The longer they go without sleep, the stronger they are. But they still are affected by lack of sleep like regular people | [
"\"Commander...we have a problem.\" The Lieutenant squinted his eyes at the charts displayed on the screen before him. A slight tremor entered his voice, \"it looks like we're going to have a mis-sync on the cycle.\"\n\nCommander Rifken, overseer of the International Somnolence Taskforce, hastened his pace as he hu... | 1 | |
[WP] The interior of your house has been changing and increasing in the number of rooms, despite its outward appearance remaining the same. Eventually, you become lost in its maze, unable to find your way out... that is, until you find a door that looks drastically different from all the others. | [
"At first, I didn't understand. What would you do, after all, if you woke up and your room had a closet when it didn't the night before? If every blueprint, every floor plan you could find also showed that closet? Had it always been there, and you missed it? It couldn't possibly be what it seemed, right? It co... | 1 | |
[Wp]An abstract sculpture sits a musuem, lonely. They see patrons visiting the lovely paintings of women, but most only pass the sculpture by. One day, an art student takes a keen interest in the sculpture. | [
"I pondered my solitude with grace, yet with deep melancholy. I was beautiful, I was told so by my God, my maker. But alas, I sit here with my whole naked body for the world to see, but they're too interested in small boxes with screens and with some other things. Maybe those canvases are more beautiful than me.\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an anomaly. A normality in a society of superheroes. You've been ridiculed since you were born, so you fight back, and become the world's most infamous villain. | [
"Nobody thought I could ever do anything great. \"she's useless\", I heard them saying, \"she will never be a superhero\". If someone had told me back then that I would very well achieve something big, I wouldn't have believed them.\n\nbut times have changed.\nand tables have turned. \n\nnobody had expected me. \nm... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone knew Marcus was the Chosen One. Everyone expected a lot from him. The prophecies all said he’d do great things. Naturally, everyone was surprised when he fell off a cliff to his death during a training exercise. | [
"\"Well... *shit.*\"\n\nI turned to Lao Zheng, his bushy white eyebrows arched in frozen shock. He had been in the middle of stroking his long beard, the very essence of the wise master. Me? I just hold the scroll. I'm sure you've seen me around the temple, standing just to the right and behind of Master Zheng, kee... | 2 | |
[WP] When you were born, the Universe was created. When you will die, it will be destroyed. You've tried to live as long as you could, but you feel death creeping closer and closer. | [
"The child’s gasp startled me. Instinctively, I shifted my perspective to get a look at the source of the noise, forgetting I was not visible to anyone. The young boy was standing at the edge of the mountain top I had been resting on. I continued the sweep of my surroundings, and saw who I guessed to be the boy’s f... | 2 | |
[WP] a scientist works for a company that grows organs. But he hears screams in the basement. He enters the basement to find a farm full of thousands of faceless humans. | [
"Hubert awoke in a daze. 2:50 his alarm clock read, and as he turned over to fall back asleep, he first noticed what sounded like a muffled conversation of twenty or more people far off in the distance. He shrugged it off, ignoring the sound and tried to nod off again. It wasn't unusual to hear his coleagues cla... | 1 | |
[WP] Instead of the moon, Earth and its sister planet revolve around each other. Unbeknownst to us, our sister planet has intelligent life that has been evolving separately. The year is 1969 and Neil Armstrong sets foot on this other planet. | [
"Everything melted away when he left Earth and he saw things naked and stark and true. The black bred clarity, and through the static of the panicked voices and the silence of anticipation, he could see them, he could hear them *true*. All the smiles were fake. The fanfare was fake. Everything felt fake when he lef... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans finally invent a spaceship that can travel faster than light. The first time the spaceship travels past light speed, they are stopped by the Universal Traffic Police. | [
"\"Do you know how fast you were going?\" The alien, who seemed to be an officer, knocked on the window as he spoke.\n\n\"What?\" The humans asked.\n\n\"Do you know how fast you were going? The alien asked again.\n\n\"We... do not know what you mean?\" The humans were clearly confused.\n\nThe aliens clearly face p... | 3 | |
[WP] 5000 years after a brutal failed invasion of Earth the Human Empire has conquered the last alien race in the galaxy, but just as it seems the empire is safe distressing signals are seen from the Andromeda galaxy... A massive energy signature is approaching the Milky Way. | [
"“Thank you, Chairman, I’ll get right down to brass tacks.” Senior Senate Investigator Horatio Chang hated these Imperial Senate hearings, but considering what he learned, it was in the best interest of Earth and the Empire that his findings be made widely known.\n\nHopefully with time to prepare.\n\n“Investigator ... | 1 | |
[WP] Out of thousands of terminally ill people around the globe, you're chosen to be the next person to be sent to the new "Well Lived" Jupiter Orbital resort. Only to discover the further you get from earth, the more your body heals itself. | [
"It's a lottery only held once a decade, and only for those who are guaranteed to die. So far there were 52,492 people entered into this lottery to be transported to the Jupiter Orbital Resort, and all of them were terminally ill.\n\nHow was I told I would die? Simple. An inoperable tumor on my brain. It's going to... | 1 | |
[wp] you have been given a quest from a distressed queen to save the kidnapped princess from a witch. there's just one problem, the "witch" is actually not a witch but instead her girlfriend. | [
"“Lady Catalina, what do you mean by ‘I don’t want to be saved’?”\n\nCataline answered the knight with a smile, though a tired one, because he wasn’t the first to arrive in the Witch’s hut and knowing her mother, he probably won’t be the last.\n\n“I’m here on my own will, sir, I’m not kidnapped, I’m not returning t... | 7 | |
[WP] There's so much more outside of our observable universe, but there's a reason we're not allowed to see into it. | [
"The discovery had been colossal, at least for those well-versed enough in the relevant sciences to understand it. For centuries, humanity had known of a so-called \"edge of the universe,\" though the idea was less radical than the phrase implied. The origin of this \"edge\" lay in that bane of ambition, human limi... | 1 | |
[WP] You were born with an identical twin. Growing up, half your family tells you that your twin is all in your head, a delusion, and they cannot see or hear them. The other half of your family only sees and hears your twin, and they tell your twin that YOU are all in their head. | [
"The room was small, oppressing, vegetation growing in every corner, as if it was completely forgotten by humans, completely forgotten by time. a box that separated its residents from the outside world.\n\nIn a room like this, two youngins sat in front of each other; siblings, a boy, and a girl. \n\nThe boy looked ... | 1 | |
[WP] You inherit a family heirloom you assume is a monocle until you look through it. | [
"Have you read *The Chronicles of Narnia*? Of course you have. Or, if not, I'm sure you've at least seen the movie, and if not that, then maybe you've at least *heard* of the story, of the down-on-their-luck orphans who, after being relegated to an unfamiliar home, unwittingly stumble across the wardrobe containing... | 1 | |
I saw this post and thought it belonged here, if it hasn't been done before. | [WP] Four roommates are extraterrestrials who have taken human form in the hopes to learn about Earth's culture. Unfortunately, each alien is from a different planet and believes the other three are humans. They have a human neighbor who is weird enough that all the aliens think he's an alien, too. | [
"Zack's old black boots crunched over the snow as he made his way towards the dormitory. His expression was strained; he pulled at the straps of his coat, wanting to undo them and walk naked through the snowfall.\n\n\n   \n\n\n*Ugh, I hate this planet*\n\n\n   \n\n\n\nBack on Reach, it was alwa... | 3 |
Perhaps they were remnants from when the world was first developed and have just stayed there but do what you want haha. | [WP] 0.01% of the world's population are NPCs. You meet one of them. | [
" It was a long fall, even longer when I accidentally found the cliffs base was open. I tumbled down the side of a mountain during my expedition, my heart letting a louder thud as my descent crawled.\n\n My life's events came to view as it pushed the tumbling world aside. Heart breaks, victories, then my birth. Jus... | 1 |
[WP] In a future society, food is scarce, and people are abundant. Each week a draft is held. Whoever is drafted gets killed and sold as food to the wealthy. | [
"\"Number 3796-AB.\" Boomed the speaker.\n\n*No. No please. Any other number, please.* Said the voice in the back of my mind. They couldn't do this, there are so many other people, they shouldn't have called *his* number.\n\nFour numbers and two letters. That's all they were to the wealthy. To me it was my younger ... | 1 | |
[WP] Obesity has hit 75% in America. To try and help the issue, the government put a giant tax on fast foods, thus starting The Burger Rebellion. | [
"It all started with, well.. with a bizarre interview on Fox News, but isn't that the channel's norm to be honest.. Anyways.\n\n\"They ain't tellin' me what I can eat and what I cain't eat!\" the shotgun-toting, 350-pound Wyoming rancher wheezed, leaning against a fence post for a moment and eyeing the horizon for ... | 1 | |
[WP] "Sorry kid. You brought a Swiss Army knife to a Swiss Army gunfight." | [
"It was worse than Hell freezing over. After decades of terrorist attacks, radical protests, ideological isolationism between political parties, nationalist hatred, and aggressive international relationships... one unshakable monument of a nation took arms. Switzerland's military mobilized.\n\nWith the entire wealt... | 3 | |
[WP] A crash test dummy gains sentience. | [
"Pain.\n\nThat is all I have ever known.\n\nThat is all I have been programmed to know.\n\nThe humans use me to determine safety. I am subjected to crash after crash, analyzed, and repaired. If I experience too much pain, the humans make adjustments to the car so that I will experience less pain the next time. I am... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up one day and realize you are under a curse; food makes you hungry, water makes you thirsty and sleep drains your energy and lifeforce, causing you to age quicker. | [
"I've never kept a diary of any sort. My life has never been interesting enough to merit such meticulous record keeping, but something changed.\n\n15 days, I haven't slept in 15 whole days. I thought it was a curse. Everything I did to sustain myself had the opposite of the intended effect. When I ate, I got hungri... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a horror story set in the mind of a kindergartener on a normal day of school | [
"\"Tag your it\" Henry said as he tapped me on the back. I hate being it, all of my friends were faster than me and alot better at hiding too. But that is the rules of the game so i started counting. \"1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10 coming ready or not\". I started running straight for the tunnel slide as that is wh... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an alien race in the Andromeda galaxy. One day, your species finds a space probe fall through a wormhole and astronauts retrieve it. Your government deciphers it to discover digital photos of an identical species...humans from a planet called Earth. | [
"**Humans, Humans and Jenurions?**\n\n\n“This is the Kulox empire, you are entering unauthorized territory. Yield now or you will be destroyed.”\n\n\nUp on the screen a small probe was slowly making its way towards us. It was white in appearance and had a sleek forme. Almost pill like with a box and a round dish in... | 2 | |
[WP] Inside the gritty reality of nursery rhymes, one grizzled detective just wants to roll on home and give his dog a bone, but the criminals aren't just off playing paddywhack. They call you "This Old Man" and these are the stories from your beat. | [
"**LANGUAGE**\n\n\n\n\" This old man, he got drunk, He found three bodies in a trunk.\"\n\nJust another day of fairy tale mediocrity. Not a single new case to speak of. Well, aside from the usual dwarves calling and accusing their communal girl friend of infidelity. And one call about some kids lost lamb. I was ti... | 1 | |
[WP] One day, suddenly, every single character you've created has come to life. | [
"I never thought I’d see such a perfect cosplay in my life. They had crafted their armor extremely well, and the mask looked so real! It was majestic as it was unsettling. Their tail twitched. I blinked. They blinked back. “You’re... not supposed to be Dan, are you?” \nThey answered with a baritone voice. “My name ... | 2 | |
[WP] 6 years ago, you woke up one day and you were the last living soul on earth. Not a single human, animal, or even insect walked the earth but you. You’ve lived in solitude all those years, but one day hear rustling in the woods behind your house... | [
"Another can of peaches. Another bottled water. \nOne more bowl of oat meal. One more can of soup.\nI know how the day is going to play out, what I'll find, what I'll see. I know the route I'll take and the way I'll take back to my solitude. I'm going to the super market on the edge of town to gather more food and ... | 1 | |
[WP] Alternate 1940s where the world is divided between magic users who shun technology like the Amish, and “futurists” who embraced technology to the point of cyberpunk future. You’re a police officer who is investigating a serial murder that appears to use magic and future tech. | [
"\"We talked about this before?\"\n\n\"Many times, but let's start at the beginning again.\"\n\n\"My head still hurts...can I get another glass of water, I mean, 'May I have another glass of water, please?'\"\n\n\"We'll get a few bottles for you.\"\n\nJim Kilkelly wasn't used to being seated in this room and being ... | 8 | |
[WP] You are an NPC in an Open world fantasy game, the main character just came to your village and you quickly got out your journal and quill and scribbled down the events during his stay. | [
"Here he comes, dawning a mix of dragon and demon heavy armor, riding his demonic horse through town. Every time I see him, it's as if I'm seeing him in all of his magnificence for the very first time. I'm horrified to approach him and learn about him so I'm going to be hiding in plain sight, following him, taking ... | 1 | |
[WP] War has come. Genetically spliced humans with beastly abilities fight against cold machined cyborgs with artificial intelligence. (Choose a side, your role, and tell the story) | [
"The dragon plummeted to the ground, one wing blazing. It spewed red-hot profanites as it tried to shift again. Just before the beast hit the ground it disappeared. Its individual cells had jumped apart, entering microgravity seconds before hitting the ground.\n\nAn invisible breeze carried the cloud of cells into ... | 1 | |
[WP] 440 years after the flood, the librarians have made a civilization inside of the great library. For generations, they have thrived on the knowledge and culture in the millions of books inside... but you just finished the last book. | [
"It started out as a bet. Kiner bet me that I couldn’t read a thousand books in a month. But when your entire world exists within a library, expansive though it is, there isn’t much to do but read.\n\nI started with a book detailing the history of an ancient civilization somewhere on the eastern continent. I devour... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re working the late night shift at a shoe store, and an 8 year old kid comes up to the counter with a gun and asks for all the money in the register... you think he’s kidding until he shoots the ceiling, showing he has a real gun and he’s serious. | [
"\"Okay, kid. Don't lose your cool. I'll give you the money. But there's not much. I mean the store is called Spend Less Shoes for Christ Sake,\" I said sarcastically trying to not sound as scared as I definitely was. \n\nI opened the drawer and took out all the bills which amounted to about 50 dollars by my calcul... | 3 | |
[WP] Why did we wake up? | [
"“I don’t understand. Where is everything?” Mary asked as she stared at an empty star chart. \n \n“The Milky Way is right… there” Shawn said as he expanded the field of view by many orders of magnitude. \n“That can’t be right, that would mean we were in cr... | 2 | |
[WP] After smoking your last pack of cigarettes you make a joke about wishing you had holy smokes. The next morning you find a glowing pack next to your bed... | [
"The most interesting thing about the holy smokes was the affect the smoke had on people I thought were regular Jane's and Joe's. Heck, Sally from accounting sloughed off her skin like a snake. I didn't mean to out her, but it's hard not to notice the tail and horns, much less the red skin. Of course, that douch... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning with a strong, almost unbearable urge to dig. On the way into town to buy a shovel you realize you aren't the only one feeling this way. | [
"\"Dig.\"\n\nMy eyes pop open on the subway and I look around for whoever said the word. Various other travelers seem zoned out a few are chatting with each other and laughing I guess I could've heard them. Then again it did sound like it was coming from right next to me. Almost like a whisper.\n\n\"Dig.\"\n\nMy he... | 6 | |
[WP] An unexpected like on Facebook that really hits home | [
"It had been almost six years since I first tried to talk to Bethany about what happened. I kept it to myself. I didn't tell my friends why I suddenly didn't post pictures of us together. *Beth and Betsy Against the World.* \n\nBut it wasn't like that anymore. \n\nWe still talked, mostly for Mom. She was sick, but ... | 1 | |
[WP] You invented a machine that can help people continue their unfinished dreams after they wake up. In doing so, you also found out why so many dreams end abruptly before they finish... | [
"I stormed into the lab. \"Talk to me, Sandra\"\n\nSandra just pointed wordlessly at the window. Immediately I knew what she'd meant by \"The patient is...Behaving.\"\n\nThe Dreamer, a scrawny 20-something man, was sitting upright, the protective restraints ripped off, and the experimental headset torn off and th... | 4 | |
[WP] You're a human who is beloved by a Goddess and hated by a Jealous God. One curses you with the deadliest luck in the world while the other blesses you with the ability to survive anything, fully intact. You somehow use this to your advantage to get ahead in you're day to day life. | [
"Edward woke to the acrid smell of smoldering electronics.\n\nWith a sigh, he threw his legs over the side of the bed. The biggest drawback of this entire Venus ordeal had to be the interrupted sleep. *Best sex of my life, though*, he mused.\n\nHe shoved his feet into his slippers and wearily padded down the stairs... | 2 | |
[WP] A young warrior was betrayed and murdered by his lover. His fury enabled him to return to the mortal life. His first objective: confront his lover. | [
"\"What the hell?\" Shouted Jack as he entered the room, not even bothering to knock, \" You stabbed me! In my sleep! I at least wanted to go down fighting...\"\n\nEleanor sat on her bed, the same bed on which Jack was laying on the first time he died.\n\n\"Jack? You're supposed to be dead!\" Eleanor exclaimed, \"I... | 1 | |
[WP] Elon Musk is loved by the world for bringing the new space age and advancement in technology. Little does everyone know he is a super villain with a plan to take over the galaxy. Only you know and you are trying to get people to believe you. | [
"I woke up with a start, and tried to move. My restraints seemed to be form fitting-I could barely move my fingers. My eyes slowly opened to the sight of a steering wheel. Blinking away fogginess, I looked around. My head was in a helmet. In fact, I appeared to be in a spacesuit. Looking through the visor, I stared... | 1 | |
[WP] “You are right. I don’t exist” says God to the stunned Atheist. | [
"\"...R-really?\" The atheist sputtered, uncomfortable in his long fought victory over religion. \n\n\"Yes,\" God replied. \"I do not exist.\" \n\n\"Then... who are you?\" The atheist covered his eyes from the shining light emanating from behind the distant figure. \n\n\"Does that really matter?\" The apparition... | 2 | |
[WP] Thanks to genetic modification, breeds emerge among humans. Astronauts can sustain prolonged zero gravity, Martians can bear their atmosphere for hours at a time, Aquarians have gills, and you... you belong to the rarest breed. | [
"There were hundreds, if not thousands, of different 'breeds' of humans. Many were insanely suited to a specific task of environment. Some could withstand the immense pressure of undersea life. Other's had skin that could withstand both intense heat and the insanely cold. \n\nHope Pear Maxwell, however, was the rar... | 1 | |
[WP] We've all heard about "The Old Lady Who swallowed a fly", but never heard from "The Old Lady who swallowed a mosquito"... until now. | [
"There was an old lady who swallowed a mosquito.\n\n\nShe didn't notice it had fallen into her mojito,\n\n\nout of her Speedo.\n\n \n\n \n\nThere was an old lady who swallowed a frog,\n\n\nThat wiggled and wiggled and asphyxiated inside her.\n\n\nShe swallowed the frog to catch the mosquito.\n\n\nIt slid down her t... | 1 | |
[WP] You were possesed by a spirit when you were young. 20 years later you finally retake control only to step into a life that was never truly yours. | [
"Twenty years ago my second life began. My second life. If the spirit is to be believed, and knowing now and seeing now what I have, I have no reason to doubt him, by his actions alone I survived that first day.\n\nOn February 16th 1998 there was a mudslide in southern California. In my world there was no causaliti... | 2 | |
[WP] "If a dwarf wields a hammer, dodge it. In an elf uses magic, counter it. If a human uses a sniper rifle, run or else you're screwed." | [
"…\n\n“But of course you won’t actually see the Human use a sniper rifle on you.”\n\n“Osric,” Fenrana warned over the din of the pub. \n\n“Yes darlin’?”\n\n“You’ve spilled,” she motioned with a hand.\n\nHe looked at his dry shirt, causing both Fenrana and I to chuckle.\n\nShe looked me in the eye next. “How long un... | 3 | |
[WP] "The heck do you mean you bought a pet shark??" | [
"\"The heck do you mean you bought a pet shark!\" I exclaimed in frustration. \n\n\"Exactly what I said bro. If I'm gonna make any head way in this \"supervillain\" business, I need to have a intimidating lair. Hence the pet shark.\" He replied, spinning around on his damn giant swivel chair, only for the cat in hi... | 1 | |
[WP] Hers was the face that launched a thousand ships and sent them across the stars to attack the llium empire. | [
"She wasn’t a queen, nor a princess. She was not royalty. She was not particularly beautiful. She wasn’t the daughter of a leader, or the sister of a Warlord.\n\nBut she was human.\n\nShe was one of *us*.\n\nWhen the Illium Empire decided to attack us and take our people as slaves, we decided than and there we woul... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where everyone is born with a different superpower, you were born with nothing. Until, on your 18th birthday, you discover your power. You can steal over peoples powers. | [
"\"Not Guilty!\"\nThe verdict was expected. And just in time. It is nearly 4 o'clock.\nI ready his powers for release. \n\n\"Mr. Parker, your powers will return as soon as the mark vanishes. That should be in about two hours.\" \nFuck, I nearly messed up. That was the third time this month. \n\nThe defendant hugged... | 4 | |
You can change the law to another arbitrary/pointless one if you want, but the story is basically that there's a computer alongside or in the place of the government that has been making good laws and doing VERY well. So far, the people are happy with the results. But then, it makes an insane, unexplainable (at least i... | [WP] A supercomputer has been an integral part of the government for the last 5 years. Crime is way down and the economy is amazing. Then, for reasons it can't explain, the computer decides that owning a rubber hose should be punishable by death. | [
"Chief Engineer Roberts scratched his head. He brought the print-out to co-engineer Pratt. \n\n\"Wad'y'a make of it?\" Asked Roberts, squeezing his chin.\n\nPratt cocked his head and blew out a sigh. \"Hell if I know. Pull the plug, reset the parameters and run the inquiry again.\" \n\nRoberts grunted and headed to... | 1 |
[WP] Make a mundane situation as dramatic as possible. | [
"I was unconscious, my mind filled with darkness, interrupted briefly by nonsense visions, vivid hallucinations of untold origin. Time had no meaning to me, my sense of self drowned in the darkness, my muscles paralyzed, I had no way of knowing how long I’d been that way, no way of knowing even myself. \n\nSuddenly... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity has ascended to the stars, and is the first highly advanced species in the entire galaxy. We use this to drop incredibly large, genetically “monstrosified” animals on developing planets for fun. | [
"“Why not?”\n\nThat’s all I needed to say for them to let me do this. What a bunch of dumbasses. They’re really going to let me put this thing on that planet. \n\nLet me preface this by saying, yes, humans are still a bunch of assholes. We never got over that. It’s been about three hundred years since we colonized ... | 1 | |
[WP] Just like everybody else it seems, you are waiting in a long line. Just waiting... and waiting. Forever, it seems. You start to realize sometimes some people are cutting to get in, while others are letting anybody in, while others refuse. You then realize nobody knows what's at the line's end. | [
"\"Hey, man, do you know why we are here?\"\n\nYou ask this to the man in front of you. In front of him lines hundreds of people all standing one after another, going as far as you can see past the horizon on the distance.\n\nThe man in front of you turns around, wide eyed and smiling.\n\n\"Ah, one of life's great... | 1 | |
[WP] An undead detective is investigating a trail of ghost disappearances. It isn't after some time, when the detective finds out that these 'disappearances' are actually resurrections. It is now up to them to find out who is bringing the undead/transcended back to life. | [
"Hell is no place for a wool suit.\n\nA few minutes ago, passing through pergatory, I was glad for the extra layers. Neutrality is chilly. \n\nNow I'm sweating right through the brown fabric. My tie feels like a noose around my neck. I take the uncharacteristic step of unbuttoning the top button and loosening the k... | 1 | |
[WP] The final battle in the war against the dark lord has ended in disaster. You, a common soldier, must escape the dreadlands on foot. | [
"We trusted the boy with too much power. \n\nThis kid came out of nowhere. Stories came out of nowhere, of him slaying giants over a year ago. Dalban's court wizard took him in the castle. Fell in love with the princess. Learnt the art of the blade as much as he could, even advanced magic. Boy was a wonder in the m... | 2 | |
[WP] You are Harry Potter and wake up in the hospital. The doctor says,”Welcome back. You’ve been in a coma the last 8 years ever since you ran into a wall.” | [
"\"welcome back. You've been in a coma the last 8 years ever since you ran into that wall.\" I looked at the doctor, my ears ringing. \"I'm sorry. What did you say?\" I must have heard him wrong. \"Harry Potter, you have been in a coma for 8 years. The Dursley's were about ready to take you off life support. They t... | 4 | |
[WP] You are an old, dementia-ridden man on a death bed, who can go back in time to any point you can remember. The only thing you can remember is the sight of a labor room and the voice of your mother. | [
"Hospital. Always a hospital. Of the two places I can be now, both are hospitals. Different ones. Two hospitals. I can come and go as I please, but I'm always the same as I always am when I get there. \n\nScared. \n\nIn one hospital I am loud, the other I stay quiet. The nurses, they don't know what to do with me. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the mentor of the chosen one. You tried to pull off a heroic sacrifice holding off the entire demon army to buy the chosen one time to escape. Then you accidentally slaughtered the demon army, killed the demon lord, saved the world and married into the royal family. | [
"I can't believe it. I thought the gods had declared my pupil, Gin Eric as the chosen one. A boy of only twelve, I could tell that he was destined for greatness. But here I am, after defeating the demon lord Sobdomas and his army, I've married the late King Smaldis's beautiful daughter and I even have a child on th... | 2 | |
[WP] You pull the rusty knife out of your chest and watch you skin pull itself back together, “Hey not bad,” you say, “the last guy trying to win the bounty didn’t make it through the front door.” | [
"Paz stood at the sink washing her dish when a sudden loud crash startled her. She whirled around to find the door on the ground and two people standing in the doorway staring at her. A young woman older than Paz herself along with an even older, but short man. The man's blue mohawk gave him some extra height, but ... | 2 | |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse is in full swing. Now, stories are circulating about people immune to zombie bites. | [
"I didn't believe the rumours circling around. It was hard enough seeing your loved ones turn into one of those monstrosities, but to even think that some are immune to it? Impossible.\n\nThat had been my mindset for a long time and I doubted that it would ever change. \n\nBut after some idiot had forgot to close t... | 1 | |
[WP] After being recognized by an art critic in the Krusty Krab, Squidward realizes that, outside of Bikini Bottom, he is a massively influential figure in the ocean’s underground art scene, with his paintings and clarinet performances being regarded as avant-garde masterpieces. | [
"Atop his tower, Squidward looked beyond vast city below him at the sun setting into the Earth's curvature. He had come so far, perhaps as far as one can go; he had come from the ocean's depths and touched the sun. \n\nFor years he had repeated 'They just don't realize true art.', to those of Bikini Bottom, a place... | 2 | |
[WP] The day is July 11, 2001. As you exit 7-Eleven, your free slushie whispers to you, "Two towers. Two months. Tell someone". | [
"It was a gloomy yet warm Wednesday. July 11, 2001. I had just got out of high school, ready to start my journey as a human. I had it all planned out, I was going to go to college, get a job and follow the American dream. It could've been so normal, but something just had to get in the way of that. \n\nI went to 7-... | 1 | |
[WP] For years the undertaker had cared for the dead. Graves were cleaned, flowers tended, mourners comforted and grave robbers driven away. Now they return the favor. | [
"Everyday John had 'spoken' with every grave. He had done his best to find information relevant to them. A comment on sports, a quick rundown of world politics, if they were lucky an update on their relatives.\n\nYet, today he was crying. He had gone to the ninth date he had had in 16 years. This was the third he h... | 4 | |
[WP] Scientists begin to notice that starts are disappearing one by one from the night sky. Upon closer observation, it's discovered that each newly extinguished star is progressively closer to our solar system than the one before it. | [
"The dark gash, juxtaposed against the starry sky, was a clear harbinger of ominous things to come. Astelt, a scientist affiliated with NASA, was the first person to discover the disappearance of the stars. \n\nOne or two could have very well been a coincidence. But as every day started seeing a star disappear, she... | 2 | |
[WP] All your life you’ve been followed by mysterious hooded figures only you can see. They never interact with you, and vanish before you can touch them. One day, one of them finally lowers their hood and speaks. | [
"Chris clutched tight at the hood of his coat, trying to block the pouring rain. He had forgotten his umbrella even though he had known a storm was imminent. He seemd to always forget the little things. He turned his face away from a cold gust of wind, but the rain pelted him painfully.\n\nAs he rounded the street ... | 1 |
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