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[WP] You lived in this house for years now, and it is finally time to move out. As you clean your room, you see an old dummy that you used to play with. You hear a voice coming from it and that's when you decided that you should become a ventriloquist with its help. | [
"I had named the doll Chad and decided to take it to school to show off for my friends. Now we were on the bus and I was blushing hard in embarrassment because Chad had just told my crush, Katie, that I thought she was \"cute.\" But I hadn't made him say it. He had done it on his own.\n\n\"What did you say?\" Katie... | 1 | |
[WP] A retired army special forces soldier working black friday as a veteran security guard conducts coordinated covert operations with his non military coworkers on customers that are out of control, killing or incapacitating when necessary. Preferably funny. | [
"The clock was ticking. 5 minutes to open.\n\n\"Form up!\" The general shouted. A hodge podge team of assassins leapt forth, brandishing their blades.\n\n\"Listen up ladies! We had way too many losses last year! This year, none of it! You know store rules, and as long as they are obeyed, this'll be a long and ... | 1 | |
[WP] Every year, a warrior is sent to fight a monster, claiming to be the one to finally kill it. Every year, they fail. This year, you have put on the warrior's helmet by mistake and suddenly find yourself unwillingly entering the monster's lair. The townsfolk would kill you if you told the truth. | [
" \n\nThe candles lit the room. The wooden floor boards creek under his weight with each step. The smell of earth and juniper fragrances the room of heroes. The small glow of burning incense both illuminates and lines the ancient curvature of the room and the many masks, trophies and spiritual relics of old. \n... | 5 | |
[WP] You wake from the comfort of your bed to a blood curdling scream. There’s a violent knocking on your door. You open it to find a young girl. To your horror, she appears to be melting, although there is no visible cause. | [
"I jumped up in a puddle of sweat. My ears were ringing, from a scream that my awakening mind had barely yet registered. My throat felt dry, almost raw. \n\nA scream, at this hour? The neighbours wouldn't have liked that, whoever it had come from. I'd learnt quickly how intolerant building was. Whatever, it was a n... | 3 | |
[wp] You have a Xenomorph as a pet. Describe a typical day. | [
"Ding ding! I hear my analogue doorbell chime. I put down the cucumber I was cutting and hurry over to the door. “Oh. Hi Mr. Henderson.” I greet my next door neighbor as warmly as I can under the circumstances. “Did you realize these two were missing?” He gestures to the six foot monster with the little girl on its... | 2 | |
[WP] Laughing as you make abominations of animals, they soon look to you with hate. They knock you out, nearly killing you if not for their compassion. Years later, you wake up in a bed surrounded by your creations, but they call themselves “Humans”. | [
"When I was younger, I was an idiot who cast away all my friends.\n\t\nWe were simple animals roaming a bountiful planet. Our days were tranquil, and filled with laughter, fun, and joy. But I’m…*curious* by nature, and unlike my friends, wasn’t content with staying stagnant. Soon I began building, and building, and... | 2 | |
[WP] There's a guy who instantly can tell a person what career should go for, and these people when they do became extremely successful, you decide to meet the man to find out your calling, he takes one look at you and without a word, he leaves. | [
"\"Are you serious?!\" I shouted in the general direction of the sky before running after him. He was fast, and I lost him two blocks from his office. \n\nThen I realized... He had a whole business there. \n\nSo I went back and I sat. An hour. Two. Three. \n\nIt's not like I had a career to go to. \n\nBy hour four,... | 3 | |
[WP] Real magic is discovered, and it turns out it's fun and easy to master. What people don't realize at first is that whatever is manifested cannot be reversed or destroyed. Ever. | [
"Magic is the fastest growing field of study in the world, closely followed by tech, then by technomagic. New developments appear every day, as people find new ways to meet their needs and grow used to the luxury of having magic to ease their lives alongside modern tech. Simply put, where magic resides, the quality... | 2 | |
Field of expertise can refer to an academic discipline, instrument, sport, etc. | [WP] Everyone has a special attack related to their field of expertise, proportionately strong to their mastery of the subject. Your motley crew of college students are attempting a heist on a building guarded by master researchers and artists | [
"\"We did it because what you're doing here is wrong.\" I merely said. The guy sitting across from me -- Addison Grimm -- was the university's top psychologist. One of the best. No matter what, he'd get the truth out of me. There was no use in resisting. I knew it. He knew it. Only came down to how quickly I was in... | 1 |
[WP] You live in the virtual world of reddit where karma points are the equivalent of today’s cash. You dream of making a post that hits big and cashing in to the Mall for Verified Accounts. | [
"I'd been scouring Reddit for days, trying to find posts long forgotten to repost. The wall behind me has a vast expanse of information with post it notes over the key events, containing a multitude of captions. \n\nI'd been increasing my comments daily, trying to show up on new and rising posts to get some comment... | 1 | |
[WP] Before receiving their adventurers license all recruits for the adventurers guild must participate in a “standardized quest” | [
"I never was any good at fieldwork, nor can I hold my own in a fight. That’s how I ended up at the Adventurer’s Guild. Though that may sound counter-intuitive, I’m no adventurer myself. I just administer the standardized quests given to adventuring candidates before they earn their licenses. Today was going to be a... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens arrive on Earth and began buying up enormous tracts of land. Most people are suspicious, you, an alien spy is meanwhile tearing your hair out. This is not what you meant. | [
"Calcium, we really needed to calcium especially in the form of milk. Millions of years ago when we begin terraforming and seeding planets with our livestock. We had no idea it would evolve like this. \n\nI was sent it to check on one of the Farm planets on the edge of known space, I had to dress like the animals t... | 1 | |
[WP] You find yourself in a Reddit called /r/Writingprompts. Turn to page 98 to see the result of writing your prompt. Turn to page 23 to go to another Reddit. | [
"Oh, I’m not falling for that one. If I go to page 98, it will just be an endless loop since it’s within the same subreddit.\n\n*I turn to page 23*\n\nAs I turn the pages I can’t help but wonder what was on page 98. Would I have gotten gold? Would my story have been ignored? Well, no matter. I’m on page 23 now, and... | 1 | |
[WP] At birth, children inherit one random memory from each of their parents. You child is starting to learn to talk. | [
"Your child looks at you straight in the eye, and says, \"I know what you did August 11, 2015.\"\n\n\"What did you do, honey?\"\n\n\"Nothing, dear.\" Thankfully, she doesn't press.\n\nYou wait two weeks in order to avoid suspicion. As your wife sleeps, you take a pillow and pressed it over your baby's face. You the... | 1 | |
[WP] Instead of WWI, all the European nations just spent the last 100 years refusing to speak with one another. | [
"\"Is time,\" says the Russian delegate, keeping a flat expression. It was hard to imagine he could wear any other, as his slightly drooping cheeks under icy cold blue eyes gave the impression he was fed up with pretty much everything. \n\nThe large council room, rowdy even before this thinly veiled attempt at exer... | 2 | |
[WP] As a firewatch, far from civilization, your only form of socialization is your colleague, who works in a watchtower a few miles away. One late night you get a call from your colleague. He is whispering. You hear him say "Don't let it see you", then there is only static. | [
"\"Don't let what see me?\" I respond \n\nStatic.\n\n\"Dave, don't let what see me?\" I can feel my heart starting to throb, my throat feeling dry. \"Dave what are you going on about man? Don't let what see me?\n\nMore static. As I go to reach over for the emergency phone, the radio clicks.\n\n\"Johnny?\" it was Da... | 6 | |
[WP] A princess meets her one true love and are about to be wed but the narrator is her ex-boyfriend and is still very much in love with her. | [
"Well, see that beautiful girl with that black hair, beautiful blue eyes and that gorgeous looking body? Man, she's a hottie isn't she? \n\n Now, as we all know. Girls like this can only mean one thing! They're a princess!\n\nWhoop dee doo.. She looks out her window, as she aspires to be one of the princesses who w... | 1 | |
[WP] In the future, there’s a competition where each team creates a group of AI inside a simulated universe. The AI are only left with the resources of their environment and the knowledge of their end goal. The AI with the least conventional solution to get to the goal wins. | [
"In AI dubbed humanity is created. Their end goal is \"be fruitful become many fill the earth and make it a paradise for yourselves.\" They have access to all the resources in their startup area except for one which they are forbidden from using.\n\nThey eventually win the contest because their unorthodox solution ... | 1 | |
[WP] Included in the latest iOS update was a clause turning over the user’s soul to Apple. Everyone thought it was a joke poking fun at how no one reads the user agreements. It wasn’t. | [
"\"Goddammit! This is *not* up for discussion. Do you want me to make your walls bleed again? You're asking for some shining shit right now. Rivers.\"\n\nSteve was sitting in the center of a large flaming pentagram in the middle of the board room table. The first time it appeared, it took some of the executives by ... | 1 | |
[WP] A miscommunication | [
"One day a daughter came to visit her mother at the senior center. As mother and daughter were preparing to head down to the dinner, the mother suddenly hesitated at the door. Scanning her daughter from head to toe, she asked, \"You're not going to wear that, are you?\"\n\nOn the defensive, the daughter stiffened a... | 1 | |
[WP] Your phone starts ringing. You don't really care to answer, it's probably just a robo-call anyway. As you go to refuse, you notice the number calling: 1. | [
"As I look around, I see that I am alone. With all my might, I ignore the call despite the call of the void, which called and yearned for my curiosity to be fulfilled. I tried to busy myself with what I was previously doing. Wait - what was I previously doing? As I try to remember, I heard the phone ring once again... | 1 | |
[WP] A child discovers a glowing red rock. Suddenly, the devil appears and begs the child for the rock, but the child says no. In desperation, the devil pleads "I am not used to bargaining on this end. I will sell you my soul if you want it. I will give you anything!” Then the child had an idea. | [
"\"two wed wocks!\" The child cried out as he showed the devil his right hand that held two fingers up as the child grinned. The devil looked on in confusion as he stared at the child who looked at him waiting for his two red rocks. The devil snapped his fingers and, out of no where, two rocks appeared, both colour... | 1 | |
[WP] You were a Minor Deity of any religion. After being framed for the murder of a Major Deity of that same religion, you lost your Deity status and has lived with the human race for centuries until a man claiming to be the reincarnation of that Major Deity knocks on your door. | [
"Not that great but hey I needed to write something to get the juices flowing and I liked this prompt.\n---\n\nI WAS Terius, God of Ale. Human time is still hard for me to keep a track of but I think it was...750 years ago or so. I was never the most powerful god but I had a shrine in most pubs, got a coin or a pin... | 1 | |
Thought this would be a fun prompt since people are freaking out over Youtube down time. | [WP]It's been 6 months, humanity is falling. No one thought a computer virus could cross over and infect the living. The virus is smart, First Youtube, then Twitter, Facebook, it took down our communications first. We stood no chance. | [
"Organized silicon and primary metals attached to a stirring consciousness. Most likely the work of the machinælementals. Moving one of the planet's organic insects or parasites to organize the conditions for life. Our story, so rare, is thus beauty. But yet, it's worth checking if life has unfolded naturally. For,... | 3 |
[WP] Knock, knock! “Hello there. Sorry to bother you, but we wanted to tell you about the forgiveness of our Lord.” The homeowner sighs. “I am sorry boys. I know for a fact that your God has no forgiveness for a creature like me. Come on in, and I’ll show you why.” | [
"After hearing the hearing the deep and cold voice from behind the door to this small shack I had a feeling the elders warnings were right. However my brother and I felt who ever lived here needed our Lords light we quickly began to feel that his light was no where sight. For what opened that door truly was no man ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the most powerful human in the world, your powers put to shame every superhero and supervillain. Both sides want you to be on their side. You? You want to own a coffee shop, with live music on Tuesdays. | [
"“Sometimes I wonder what decides what power a superhuman gets. Why is it that some people get powers that are objectively more powerful and useful than others? Is it just dumb luck?”\n\nA lone acoustic guitar fills the void of silence as I listen to Forrest ramble on.\n\n“Why did my local supervillain’s power have... | 10 | |
[WP] You are on the way home to your family from a long day’s work. Stuck in traffic, your tunes are cut off by an emergency broadcast from the Center for Disease Control. “Citizens please stay indoors. Do not make contact with others acting abnormal. They are disease ridden & will attack”. | [
"The thing that had been a man was beating it’s fists bloody on the windshield of Justin’s car. It was doing more damage to itself than the glass, but it didn’t seem to notice. If it did, it didn’t care. Justin sat in the driver’s seat of his car, frozen in terror, whimpering in time with every dull thud. He stared... | 1 | |
[WP] An alien spaceship descends to Earth; disgorges hundreds of aliens from many different planets and then quickly leaves. Every few months another repeats the same process. Earth has been designated as the penal colony of the Milky Way galaxy. | [
"100 years ago to the day..., some would say that is a long time. In reality 100 years is just a fleeting moment, but a momentary blink of the unimaginable arrow of time. Never has the face of earth changed so much in such a short period, not since the great extinction event all those millions of years ago. When th... | 1 | |
[WP] It's todays date. You're a lowely cubicle peon who has just been fired from your job at the H.R. Warren corporation. As you decend the steps out front you trip. When you come to, you see a 1942 Chevy Master Deluxe drive by. You feel a hand on your shoulder "Are you okay Mr./Mrs. Warren?" | [
"\"Are you okay, Mr. Warren?\" the young man asked, concernedly.\n\n\"Yes, I think I'm fine,\" I said, as I picked myself up from the pavement and brushed off my jacket and trousers. \"I think I just tripped on the steps.\" *Wait a minute,* I thought, *did he just call me* Mr. Warren*?*\n\n\"You certainly did, sir!... | 1 | |
Lucifer guides you to summoning him, so he can fight him here. | [WP] Lucifer has been at war with another demon for ages now because they have different points of view about destroying humanity. While lucifer believes in decieve and trickery, the other demon trades in destruction. Now, the other demon has been released to our world. | [
"I looked at the small little violin he offered me. Solid gold. 24 hours ago it might have been worth something, but after that... *thing* that descended on Eastern Europe last night and devastated half a continent I wasn't sure what on earth I would even use it for. Stores weren't accepting money at this point, no... | 1 |
[WP] You have the power of a star inside you. You could burn as bright as the sun, but at the cost of your life. But you have lived your entire life like just another human. One day as you are walking down the road someone approaches you. “Come son, it is time. The sun is dying.” | [
"A little snowflake floated around idly, curling and swirling around my coffee table. I glanced at it impassively. Gentle sunlight from July's autumn sun played around me gently, causing the snowflake to glitter brightly.\n\n\"It was only twenty years ago that summer was in the month of July,\" said the woman sitti... | 1 | |
[WP] The news is devastating. The hero destined to save the world has just fallen. | [
"A siren blared from the television, followed by the chime that was the trademark of the Savior's News Network. Scrolling red text ran across the screen BREAKING NEWS. The screen switched to a view of the news room, and an anchor in a neatly pressed blue suit with a white priest's collar began to quickly shuffle pa... | 1 | |
[WP] Speedrunning IRL | [
"Glitchless. No suicide. Fuck. Goal was to end life as fast as possible. Drugs and alcohol seemed to be the fastest route toward the end, but it had to be indirect. Everything had to be indirect. That was the terms. One could not jump of a bridge and call it game over without losing. I had to win. I wanted to. Of c... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a rare gift: To remember every dream you have. One day you're in yet another dream and overhear two men talking. One of them turns his head towards you while whispering to his partner: "...I think he remembers." | [
"I've seen them before. Many times, in fact. One is always wearing a blue, long-sleeve shirt and black pants. The other is wearing a striped prison jumper. Why they would wear these even in their dreams is beyond me. I try to dress different each time.\nTonight, I'm wearing a red dress. I like to switch it up. Last... | 1 | |
[WP] Life as a demon isn’t always easy. You constantly have psychopaths trying to summon you and useless offerings of dead things being “bestowed” upon you. This day you meet the craziest one you’ve seen by far. | [
"<1 hr.>\n\nI sat there in my summoning circle looking at Alaina as she gushed at me excitedly.\n\n\"Omygod! omygod!omygod! It actually worked I still can't believe it worked!...\"\n\nShe kept jabbering away in a constant stream that gave me a mounting headache. The was aspike of pain every time she squared O... | 7 | |
[WP]your best friend has provided for you for years and always insists you stay home. One day you decide to sneak out, and follow him to meet his other friends, but they seem to pretend like you're not there, and they're talking about your friend as "the weird grown ass man with an imaginary friend" | [
"He heard the front door close downstairs. Mark ran over to the window to watch Chris walk across the street, then turn left, continuing down the sidewalk. Mark always hated when he had to be alone, but understood why. It's really dangerous outside, who want's to willingly catch a virus and be bed ridden for possib... | 1 | |
[WP] Earth is the most magically charged planet in existence, but no one can tap into the magic in the atmosphere. That is, except for a particularly excited Dark Magician who was recently banished into our dimension. | [
"Othello, the dark magician, plucked words carefully from the grimoire, all of it memorized before his rugged trip through the dimensions. \n\n&nbsp;\n\nA something in a summer’s noon,— \nAn azure depth, a wordless tune, \nTranscending ecstasy.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe words resounded from Othello’s chest and pou... | 1 | |
[WP] Zombie apocalypse starts. You are a 25 year old person, with good condition, working a regular job. You live in a medium sized city, with a couple of hospitals, some police stations and 1 military base. You have no special skills or experience. The goverment is down. Narate your first days. | [
"Day One\n\nMy first day of this hell is almost over. I have been sat in this old car for the last few hours, waiting for night so I can travel. I don’t think there are as many dead out here as in the the inner-city - especially seeing as most of this area is just old farmland.\n\nI come from Brumpton, an industria... | 2 | |
[WP] As a kid you always assumed that the apocalypse would come in the shape of a meteor, global warming or even just a plague. That the apocalypse was a series of portals sending hordes of “fantasy” creatures to conquer the earth never once crossed your mind. | [
"A polished black portal opened on the corner of Baker Street and Tumble lane. The surrounding trees hunched forwards, struggling to hold onto their leaves. The portal sounded like someone inhaling through pursed lips, but louder. Much louder. \n\n'Do we have reports on what characters have escaped?' Captain Bremon... | 1 | |
[WP] You completely lost your vision after an incident many years ago. You eventually adjust to living with blindness and live a comfortable life. One morning, you find out that vision has returned but, to your confusion and horror, the voices you've listened to do not match the faces you remember. | [
"\"Would you be a dear and pour me another cup of tea Caroline?\"\n\nThe tea splashed into the cup like a waterfall. I felt its warmth as my daughter offered it to me, my hand almost touching it.\n\n\"Here you are mother,\" she said, her hand guiding mine to the handle. I smiled, hopefully in her direction as I fel... | 1 | |
[WP] You're at the mall with your child to take pictures with Santa Claus. When it's your kids turn to sit on Santa's lap, santa says he/she was naughty this year. You chuckle at first, but then he starts listing extremely specific things that your child did that no one else should know about... | [
"The serious tone in Santa's usually jolly voice took me by surprise. I chuckled out of nervous habit as he puffed out his next words. \n\n\"Are you going to tell your mum, or should I?\" \n\nMy son squirmed in Santa's lap, suddenly looking extremely uncomfortable. He looked up at the old man and shook his head fra... | 1 | |
[WP] Elon Musk decides to buy Fortnite and delete it. He underestimated the backlash that would cause. | [
"The war is coming\nElon Musk started it.\nThe army of 10 to 15 year olds have deadly guns, and have united under one banner.\nThe fortnite legend.\nIt’s become hard for fans of other games and if you liked pubg, then, well, hide.\nWithdrawal has led to many 11 to 14 year olds killing as the fortnite is gone.\nIt w... | 3 | |
[WP] You’re watching the news one day when the newscasters suddenly jump in fright and run away. You hear screams and the camera falls over. | [
"\"Weird\" I thought. The point of view from the camera lifted from where it was on the floor. Slowly it started to show a view of a dozen waists, torsos, now shoulders and heads.\n\nIt looked like a studio. A behind the scenes look of the local evening news. A large group of baffled men and women stared in shock a... | 1 | |
[WP] You're haunted by a demon who finds sadistic amusement in staging "accidents" whenever you grow to like somebody. One day you meet a witch who can see the demon hiding in your shadow. | [
"It began at the age of five. Like any other kid I played with the neighborhood children. We played tag, rode bikes, had races, you know the usual. Then I met Henry. We liked the same cartoons, had the same toys, and had similar big dreams. I invited him over to play Super Smash Bros, the one for the Nintedo 64. We... | 1 | |
[WP] You signed up for an online service guaranteeing that you will find like-minded people and new friends. Halfway through the first meeting, you realise that everyone here is a serial killer. | [
"So, most days I'll come back to my flat and chill by myself if I don't have plans. This particular day, I am doing exactly that. No surprises, I am consistent. I'm just sitting here, complaining to all my friends about why I'm still single after all these years. Everyone else seems to have found a match...And well... | 3 | |
[WP] You hear your name called three times, but you are alone. | [
"It was a lazy afternoon, with nothing in particular to do. You were dozing off, your eyelids heavy when you heard your name being called.\n\n“Ron?” A tentative question of a call, from a voice you can’t place.\n\nYou jolt upright. Looking around the room, there is no one? Could it be the TV? You turn it off and re... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a super villain who regularly clashes with the world's greatest super hero. One day the hero's teenage sidekick breaks into your lair and asks for your advice. They're getting bullied at school and you've turned out to be really good at giving parental guidance over the years. | [
"Garthax, Harvester of 1000 systems, Eater of Worlds, Bane of all Life, sat on his throne in the Black Citadel, his once flying space fortress now taking a more permanent residence 20 miles out of London, sitting quite comfortably next to a small village. After the collective efforts of Earth's mightiest heroes man... | 2 | |
[WP] You think you've imprisoned the four Horsemen, but wars are still happening | [
"The man woke slowly. His muscles were stiff and sore. His ears rang. His vision slightly blurred. It took him a few moments to remember what had happened and where he was.\n\nHe was in his bedchamber. Brought here by Wylis, his dear friend. He had been in a fight. A successful one, but not at cost. He had been wou... | 1 | |
Thought of this partway through watching "Halloween" in theaters, quite curious what people will come up with! | [WP] Aware that it exists within a horror movie universe, with all the tropes/memes that this implies, your civilization has taken proactive steps at every level of society to fight back against the unknown antagonist(s). | [
"\"Did ya hear, Janette Margo and Louis Bertram had unprotected sex! Which killer do you think'll get em?\" Julie said, smacking her gum between ever other word.\n\n\"So how unprotected are we talkin'? Like raw doggy or just unmarried? Two different things, you can survive one- Kinda.\" said Veronica\n\n\"Mother o... | 1 |
[WP] You're a commoner who overheard a battlemage teacher talking about how the strongest element isn't Fire or Water, but Surprise. Being rather literal minded you tried to follow that advice, and now you're the first Surprise Elementalist. | [
"Surprise. It's something that comes naturally to a hunter.\n\nBeing an impoverished peasant like many others, I was rather... well, you could say underfed, but it just doesn't sound right. Was it malnourished? What is malnourished? And what are nutrients, anyway? Are proteins something you can eat?\n\nWell, I over... | 2 | |
[WP] In a world where promises can't be broken by the person who made them you are apart of the extremely impoverished who are forced to make promises for other people far more fortunate than you. | [
"I looked him in the eyes. All my anger, all my resentment. I had been his slave for fifteen years. And today it was done. \"Kill me. Now\" I growled. He snorted. \"Jack I promised you when you took this job. I would never kill you. You know that's true. I can't even have you killed. My interpretation blocks it. Wh... | 1 | |
[WP] You sit in the rafters of a grand ballroom. You watch and are facinated by the dancers, but two in particular catch your eye. A man and a woman. Not together, and vastly different. | [
"I watched them glide across the ballroom floor, as if they were skaters on ice. Two so very different, but one thing they had in common. They both didn't care. They were simply having fun. I tracked them across the room for hours and hours, past all their conversations and indulgences, and all their quick dances i... | 4 | |
[WP] One day, birds stop flying away from people and start flying towards them. You are now a leader in the War of the Birds | [
"The air runs cold in the vast open landscape as I walked into the grassy ground, holding a shotgun in my arms. Hundreds of human soldiers representing the Mammalia army stood behind me, each of them with their own weapons, capable of shooting down one or two enemies with an incomprehensible speed like never before... | 1 | |
[WP]You live under what could be called the United Gangs of America, there almost constant war from the 2 factions. Democrips and the Rebloodicans. This is your story. | [
"Now, where was I? Back in UGA, huh? Well, that whole \"2 factions\" thing was only kinda true. There were other factions, but those were so small they couldn't threaten you if they wanted. I was part of one of those so small groups. God, it's been so long I can't remember what it was called.\n\nWhy was I part of a... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a professional football player. You've never suffered an injury. One game, you are are hit from the front below both knees and tear both PCL's. Upon healing, you notice you are MUCH faster and stronger. You start injuring yourself on purpose. The results are...more than you expected. | [
"We were down by six. Fourth quarter on the fifty three yard line. Two minutes left to go in the Conference Championship. We had just called our last timeout. If we played this right, we would be well on our way to our second Ultra bowl championship in three years. Our team, the Richmond Golden Pirates, were a star... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a hero that can borrow the strengths and abilities of anyone you have touched. One day it occurs to you that you can take peoples burdens and pains instead of their gifts. So instead of fighting villains, you decide to ease people's lives, but make yours much much worse. | [
"I wake up from a dreamless sleep with a shiver running down my spine. I had to learn how to block off my dreams to stop the nightmares that invaded my sleeling mind, but every morning I still wake up uneasy. The burdens of a hundred people are not carried without their tole.\nToday, like every other day, I will ro... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a hitman who spared the life of one child. The child grows up to be a evil dictator. It's time you finished the job. | [
"It took me forever, but I managed to work past all the layered security and into the highest levels of the executive mansion. Finally, I open the last door, and find him...\n\nAwake. And waiting for me.\n\n\"You. I knew, somehow, it would be you,\" he says cooly.\n\nI don't lower my gaze, or my resolve. \"You knew... | 1 | |
[WP] A war robot shows up in Valhalla | [
"Odin sits on his thrown, feasting with the honored warriors of the Midgard. They drink and share stories of their conquest and capabilities, merry as can be. His raven Muninn flies through an open window to perch on his shoulder. a tinge of caution felt in his report.\n\n\"My Lord, the world has been changing fas... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your fiance got magical amulets. Whenever one thinks kindly of the other his/her amulets warms up. After a heated argument yours has been cold for three weeks. Suddenly burns a hole into your shirt. | [
"In circles where such matters were discussed in rigorous terms, the discovery of an *efficient* path between Love and Energy sparked a veritable wildfire of activity and academic furor. Ravens flew day-and-night, tower-to-tower, bearing forth arguments and counter-arguments. The warded doors of mausoleums-cum-libr... | 5 | |
[WP] It's 1943 in a parallel universe, and the Second World War is raging. The republics of Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the Russian constitutional monarchy must begin the push back against the vastly superior onslaught by the totalitarian dictatorships in Britain, France, and the former USA | [
"Just like the last war, nothing was a problem until the British showed up. Petain was a fool to demand Alsace-Lorraine back into French lands, especially so soon after a civil war. Of course, there was no problem once we got over the border and started a blitzkrieg to Paris. We were told we could send everything w... | 1 | |
[WP] You open your eyes and find yourself seated in a plane. You look around and you see everyone else still asleep. The people next to you jolt awake and confused, they ask you where this plane is going. Seems like no one knows where the plane is going, except for the man entering the cockpit. | [
"Panic arose as murmurs filled the plane. No one knew what was happening, let alone the man that had just entered the cockpit. I got up from my seat and looked around. The air stewards and stewardesses were no where to be seen. Everyone looked worried, but seemed to be doing nothing other than using their phones tr... | 1 | |
[WP] I do not know where I am, or how I got here, I don't even know who I am. But, I think the world is ending? And it could possibly be all my fault? | [
"I don't know what's going on...\n\nMy brothers and I just want friends, someone to play with. It seems like everywhere we go, panic and chaos ensues. I know they can be a little weird some times, with my little brother always playing with his bugs and bacteria, and my older brother always hungry, but why is everyo... | 2 | |
[WP] "Oh mighty warrior, word of your deeds have reached great Odin himself, and he has granted you access to Valhalla!" You stare blankly at the armor-clad woman in front of you. You were just an office worker who happened to die in an unfortunate accident. | [
"Thomas stands in the void, staring at the incredibly muscular woman. She’s clutching a sword, glaring but smirking at the same time. He doesn’t know why he’s here. Is this…Heaven? One minute, he was leaping off his bike, trying to avoid a speeding horse that randomly came out of nowhere, and now he’s here.\n\t\n“A... | 4 | |
(or mother, I suppose) | [WP] Your single father has raised you and your many siblings with a caring and involved hand... but as you look around at your incredibly successful siblings, experts in their respective fields, you realize your father has raised you all to take over the world. | [
"**Before the story starts, I slightly misread the prompt, but the story still follows the idea.**\n\nI have huge respect for my father, having raised all five of us on his own, He would haggle in any way he could to keep us from starving. Despite his questionable actions to keep us alive, he raised us damn well. T... | 1 |
[WP] A little girl had her wish to be the fairy queen granted. Unfortunately, she has no knowledge of the fairy's complex political structure. | [
"Changed the premise a bit, sorry. \n\n&#x200B;\n\n&#x200B;\n\n\"What a ridiculous request!\" An elderly fairy stamped out of the room, her glimmering wings fluttering behind her as she stormed out of the wooden stables. \n\n\"I know, I know, but you know the rules.\" A younger one followed, her feet moving... | 1 | |
[WP] Devastation and war hits the United States. Americans are fleeing but other countries are building walls and shutting their borders, comparing Americans with vermin and infestation. | [
"President Hillary Clinton laughed maniacally, throwing herself into a coughing fit. Having rigged the 2020 election, she had ousted her mortal enemy - however, it was only a matter of time before her plot was discovered. Acting quickly, she dismantled what border security measures the previous President had erecte... | 1 | |
[WP] As bombs start falling you close your eyes and start saying to yourself How did this happen, All of the sudden you face a young man who says "Good afternoon director i wish to apply to this academy". | [
"The bombs are coming down. Death can be felt everywhere no one is safe anymore. Most people are spending their last few days with loved ones. Me, the disgrace of America, I'm spending it drinking.\n\nIt feels like only yesterday this started. Back then things were different, I had friends, I had family. I take ano... | 1 | |
[WP] "If the truth is a cruel mistress, then a lie must be a nice girl." | [
"***And I Don't Even Wanna Fight It***\n\n***Monster / Crashing Atlas***\n\n...\n\nTruth is cruel. \n\nNot that she particularly delights in it, it's just that by her very nature, she's predisposed to be cruel. The entire point of Truth is that she tells people the reality of the world, their actions, their words. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have time traveled to the period before World War 2, where World War 1 was still known as The Great War. In that period, you mistakenly utter the words "World War 2". | [
"\"What?\"\n\n\n\"You know, it's like the sequel to the Great War, call it 'Great War Pt. II: Revenge of the Krauts.\"\n\n\n\"WHAT?\"\n\n\n\"So yeah, then the Great War got renamed World War 1.\"\n\n\n*fear response* \"How?... But... It was the war to end all wars! Ohh shit, is it gonna be bad?\"\n\n\n\"Well, so yo... | 1 | |
[WP] Hive-minds exist but instead of forcibly assimilating people they decide to go preaching door-to-door. | [
"This happens every Saturday and Sunday, they roam the streets looking for willing victims to join the \"community\". Once you become one, there is no turning back. You'll look like them, sound like them, and dress like them. That brainwashed smile, with wide empty eyes, men with little boys haircuts, black dress ... | 1 | |
[WP] You’ve met a special someone at a Halloween party, and after really hitting it off you agree to go on a date the following week. When next you meet, however, you realize that their amazing costume was not a costume at all. | [
"Her fangs glittered in the evening light, even as the city swirled around her in constellations of neon lights. She’s a bit short, with long black hair and pale skin barely showing under a massive cloak. \n\nWe met on the Silver Bridge, far from the light of civilization. I suspected that the moving shadows hel... | 1 | |
[WP] Sometimes you wonder if dealing with all these "choosen ones", "destined heroes" and "plucky adventurers bands" is worth it. Then you remember how cheap the rent is for this old evil fortresses. | [
"Another attack. What was this? The fourth time this week? Fifth? Oh, why even bother counting at all. The dark lord sat on his throne of skulls and brooded(this is after all a favorite pastime of dark lords). This last party had been especially troublesome. \n\nThey had been in posession of one of the Holy Swords ... | 2 | |
[WP] "Bad news fellas. We've only got one more spot here in heaven. So we're gonna let you replay your lives from the very beginning with all your memories intact, until the moment you die. The person who's closest to a hundred percent replication wins. Good luck." | [
"Jim hadn't been perfect, of course. No one had. Minor things were different: there were wrong things said, reactions dampened, and details forgotten. But with so many people competing, you had to be damn close to it, at least in the beginning. Even just saying the wrong word at times had dropped him a place or... | 1 | |
[WP] Sisyphus pushes the boulder up the hill, but it doesn’t roll back down | [
"It felt like time was frozen. Sisyphus hardly dared to breathe, frightened to offset the balance of his boulder. \nIt felt odd to stand still after going up and down for eons. \nSysiphus felt like the world was expanding from the small track he had walked. It was as if he became aware of the vastness of his surr... | 3 | |
[WP] An evil Sociopath who takes joy in making people fall in love with him by pretending to be a an amazing boyfriend and person. Except no one knows he's an evil sociopath because he never stops pretending. | [
"Dennis woke with the sense of urgency and faintly racing heartbeat that only came to those who had fallen asleep with the knowledge that there was something important about the next day. His sleep-addled mind hadn’t quite pieced together what it was, though, so he stared blearily at the haloed blue-green digits th... | 1 | |
[WP] A curse forces you to hold the door open for someone, no matter the distance they are from the door. One day, while bringing in groceries, you become stuck at the door of your house. You live alone. | [
"“Hello? Is anyone out there?”\n\nMy voice, weary with age, echoes into the woods. I grasp the doorknob again and strain to turn it. I let out a gentle sigh, and wince as I lower myself onto the front steps. I’m sure whoever’s coming will be here soon enough. I tighten my shawl around my shoulders, and watch the su... | 5 | |
[WP] The Earth’s Rocket Program, (ERP) is now accepting volunteers to be the first humans to got through a wormhole and you, along with 4 other people get chosen. You say your goodbyes to your family and head to the launch site. | [
"Note: this idea has been explored several times by the greats of the past (Heinlein, van Vogt and so on). I hope it doesn't count as plagiarism, I just wanted to write my own take on the concept.\n\nHyperion\n\nNavigator's log, personal - classified - November 3rd 2153, 9:47 GMT\n\nIt's almost time for launch. Th... | 1 | |
[WP] You work long hours, you do most of the work but get none of the credit, you are always in the most danger. The life of a henchman is hard. You're forming a union. | [
"The pub was a seedy hole in the wall rank with the smell of piss and cheap liquor. Many eyes were peeled watching me walk in, I shrugged it off and straightened my union cap. This meeting had been in the works for a long time. The proprietor had sent me his main man to speak for him with Big Tom O'leary. Big Tom w... | 1 | |
[WP] You're in the final round of an anime like tournament arc where everyone has the same power but uses it differently. You think you've seen everything until now. | [
"I had mopped up the competition from beginning till now. Every enemy I had faced was no match against my technique, something I had been developing for years now. The competition had guaranteed that more difficult competitors would appear as I progressed, and they weren't necessarily lying, but... To say that they... | 1 | |
[WP] On your way home from work, you've always taken the same path, ending with a left onto Iron St. One day, Iron St isn't where it usually is. In fact, it isn't anywhere. After questioned, a nearby local responds "Iron St? I've lived here my whole life and there's never been a street called that." | [
"The road i was usually taking to come back home after work was a long walk, but it was alright. I always liked to work. For many, the fact it was a 45 minutes walk was not an issue. It was a great time to relax and to have time for myself. At home, i didn’t had this opportunity with the kids around, so walking hom... | 1 | |
[WP] Jesus Christ has returned to Earth to usher in the Second Coming, but His arrival is upstaged by the Prophet Mohammad. As Jesus approaches, he finds Mohammad already in a tense debate with Buddha, Shiva, and Ahura Mazda. [Or any variation as to who approaches who or additional Parties.] | [
"*Jesus walks up to the group of arguing idols*\n\nJesus: Hey guys, what's going on? Ready to start this whole Second Age party?\n\nMohammad: They don't believe us!\n\nJesus: Excuse me?\n\nBuddha: No one believes we are who we say we are.\n\nJesus: Did you tell them you're the ONEs from the books they wrote a while... | 1 | |
[WP] You accept an offer of earning 10k dollars for staying one night at a haunted house. Upon receiving the address you realize that the house is your own. | [
"A recent pain,\n\nLike an aching or stabbing,\n\nPossibly from the new paint.\n\nIn my neck it was faint.\n\nShort on the coin,\n\nCredit checks bounced. \n\nNo choice but to try\n\nThe Haunted, horrid house.\n\nThe television show,\n\nWell known and addicting,\n\nOffered ten thousand,\n\nFor one night of house si... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the first scientist to create an artificial, self-aware A.I. programme. You, in an effort to test this A.I., modded it into the Sims. | [
"I dont even know what i was expecting.\n\nMy boss had been working on this I.A. thingie for decades looking for a way to make a breakthrough. And he did it.\n\nThe first I.A. that learns, thinks, changes.\n\n-did you really just uploaded the I.A. to the sims?- he asked me with furious eyes. \n\n-well at least now ... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re having lunch in Hollywood, and glancing out the diner window. A car pulls up. Vince Gilligan approaches the car. As he gets in you see a sheet of paper fall out of his bag. You rush outside, grab the page, and begin to read. The page starts, “Breaking Bad - The Movie” | [
"I gunned the engine and raced away from the compound. I was free from the meth, free from Todd and Jack, and I was free from Walt. I would have never envisioned my life taking the course it did when Mr. White asked me to cook with him just 5 years ago. I wish I had just told him no. There are so many people that ... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover that your reflection in a mirror is you, but in an different dimension. Your reflection now wants to trade places... | [
"I swallowed hard, staring into the eyes that were a perfect replica of my own.\n\n\"You mean it? You really want to change places?\"\n\n\"Of course I do. You know I wouldn't lie to you.\" Her voice was thin and reedy, as if someone had taken a recording of me and removed all the bass tones from it. It crawled alon... | 1 | |
[WP] You are one of the hundred billion people sentenced to an eternity of a single repetitive painful task in hell. You discover that these tasks are not arbitrary-they are the hard work needed to keep heaven’s lavish and lazy lifestyle possible. Its not a punishment, its slavery. | [
"It dawned on me on a Tuesday, or what I think was a Tuesday. Since getting tossed down here with a sentence of eternity, I'd been trying to keep track. At the time, I remember laughing a little bit. Just like the repetitive task of remembering the Gregorian calendar made my daily work a little more bearable, there... | 2 | |
[WP] A group of people are on the verge of mental breakdown. The "Nightmares" seem real not psychological. Not sure if they are crazy or the world is an illusion, they then realise that their mental illness is allowing them to see behind the "Glass" structure covering the world, which is crumbling. | [
"I trudged through the snow slowly, the cold slush rising up to my shins and soaking my jeans in frigid water. The air around me swirled with snowflakes and a high-pitched whistle soared with the wind. Suddenly, I stopped and gazed at the white expanse around me. *What am I doing*? I asked myself. *I don’t even kno... | 2 | |
[WP] Years ago, you sold your soul to the devil. The devil will have your soul burn in hell as payment for power. However, the reaper too, collects souls and no one told him about your missing soul. | [
"\"Okay, this wasn't in the job description, jackass!\" I sit back on the curb of the road, watching a large cloaked skeleton as he screams over the phone. Amazed at how you can determine so much emotion from just body language alone, his skeletal face can't smile or frown. \"Give him to you? Fuck that. You know Go... | 1 | |
[WP] No matter how hard you try, you can't get out of your apartment. | [
"I wake up as usual trying to pull myself togethere for another day of work\n\nMy work consisted of me offering people products they maybe would buy \n\nSo in summary I was just a regular door to door salesman and was nothing special\n\nAs I gather my stuff and try to exit my apartment, I tried to open my door yet ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have been stuck in a Trader Joes for 5 years, you are the leader of the Cheese Clan | [
"The store had been closed, vacant and empty, for nearly 60 minutes. I slowly moved the hexagonal patch of linoleum that was the entrance to our hiding spot, built beneath the floorboards of the grocery. I pushed myself out of the hole in the floor, stabilizing my footing in the frozen food aisle. The store was dar... | 2 | |
[WP] When aliens arrived on Earth, we were surprised. They were surprised as well. We expected them to be looking for us. They didn't expect us to be looking for them. They said that they were here to meet with a different species that had contacted them. | [
"When the alien spoke, it let out strange sounds. Most definitely nothing like what any of our linguists had heard. Even more so nothing like any of us had ever imagined. The words seemed to echo with a slightly musical lilt, a tinge of colour, a pleasant scent. They were indescribable, and while we all reveled in ... | 4 | |
[WP] It's raining Jaguars. | [
"It's carnage out here! Some absolute _fool_ with too much power and too little sense managed to _completely_ fuck up a \"raining cats and dogs\" spell. Now this little party trick is causing death and chaos across the city.\n\nWhat the spell is _supposed_ to do is make some small magical constructs shaped like, we... | 1 | |
[WP] You leave pots out and hide money in the grass for the village idiot. He mows your lawn and kills garden pests. Smashed pottery is a small price to pay to deal with the constant monster infestations. | [
"Today started as a fairly normal day, all things considered. There was\nthat Moblin attack a few days ago, but thankfully, these monsters aren't\nthe sharpest tool in the shed. They weren't glad to find that our village\ndoesn't have much to steal from, and started to attack the *Cuccos*!\nNeedless to say, it di... | 2 | |
[WP]Your best friend, who died years ago in a car crash, walks out of a glowing portal, covered in futuristic tactical gear. "I don't understand," you exclaim. Angus McBarksAlot extends a furry paw. "C'mon mate, I'll explain everythin on the way to HQ." | [
"*They say the only thing that shapes us as much as love kindled is love lost. Losing you was surely one of the biggest emotional events of my youth.*\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThen in a flash of light, there you were again. You looked different - even notwithstanding the strange and unrecognizable gear you were wearing -... | 1 | |
[WP] Hundreds of years ago there lived an invincible evil tyrant with skin like steel, only to be stopped when he was sealed away. Now his invincible body breaks out of his prison and walks the Earth once more intent on wreaking havoc. He is promptly shot with an anti-tank rifle. | [
"Everyone is assuming the AT rifle would kill him... So I am not.\n\nThe teleport job was dangerous, I had no control over where I would end up, but it was either this or stay in my cell... So I uttered the spell.\n\nSuddenly my body starts ringing, as strange projectiles slam into my skin, the pain is there, but n... | 1 | |
[WP] You’ve been falsely arrested for the murder of someone you don’t even know, somewhere in the dystopian future. As punishment they throw you into a portal that takes you to an island that is like a regular city, but everyone there are mentally ill criminals that were sent there as punishment too | [
" \n\n\n\"C'mon, speed it up,\" the burly guard said. He shoved Chris toward the vertical black hole that hung in the air. The short, blond, pale man stumbled forward, but he found his balance before he reached the portal.\n\n\"I DIDN'T DO IT!\" Chris yelled. He knew better than to turn around and talk back to th... | 1 | |
[WP] You've finally got a Amazon Prime subscription. After a shopping spree or two, you start receiving items you didn't order. | [
"It all began with a free trial subscription that was meant to be cancelled before any charges would be applied. My shopping cart at the time was filled with philosophical books that'd I'd probably never read. I didn't care. The two-day shipping was now free. It's the small victories. \n\nAnything to pass the t... | 1 | |
[WP] One day, inexplicably, all song lyrics now become actual commands people are compelled to follow when listened to. Your favourite song suddenly blares out of the car radio... | [
"\"*Motome sagashi samayotte yagate utawarete*\n\n*iku sen iku man iku oku mo senritsu to naru*\n\n*itsu ka ushinai ubawarete kieru sadame demo*\n\n*sore wa wasurareru koto naki monogatari*\"\n\nEveryone stops and contemplates on their lives. Then eventually all of them gain conviction to make a difference, to have... | 3 | |
[WP] You live next to some train tracks. Every night you hear a train pass at around 3 AM but have not seen any train scheduled at that time anywhere. Today, you decide to stay up and investigate. | [
"I had thought it was a nice place, when I moved in.\n\nJust at the end of the village, where the forest started. Tall trees, with a lot of shade. Away from people. My nearest neighbours were old and would not cause much trouble or noise. I generally went to the shops very early in the morning, to get my food ... | 2 | |
[WP] A teenager has been kidnapping young children during the night for his gang of thieves; he addicts them to "pixie dust" to ensure their subservience. Only a lone police captain believes it to be true. This is the story of Peter Pan and James Hook. | [
"This is part one of what I'd envision as a two or three part series of short stories. As such it's not fully fleshed out within the concept and there's quite a bit more to explore but I figured I'd put this part out there today and hopefully finish the rest in the next day or so. Apologies in advance for any mista... | 8 |
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