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When the dead first rose the world was optimistic. Militaries were mobilised, populations evacuated to safe shelters and scientists set working on cures. None of it worked. The soldiers were slowly overwhelmed by a slow moving but unstoppable sea of dead flesh, the shelters were breached and the scientists failed. Slow... | [WP] Life after the zombie apocalypse | [
"Day again. I've lost count on how many it's been since the shelter fell. I feel as though I've been walking for years. But it can't have been. I must just be... exhausted. A 17 year old's body probably isn't suited for this kind of endurance walking through forests. Maybe I should find a place to settle down and l... | 5 |
[WP] "Of course I'm a healer" she grumbled. "Not all necromancers are power hungry villians" | [
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[WP] You have been given the golden scrunchie of fate. If you stretch it onto your head you will get a glimpse of the future. However, when that future occurs you will either be fucked or shat on. | [
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[WP] Your dollar-store genie is a complete jerk, and always finds a way to screw you over with a catch on every wish. | [
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[WP] You are a part of the secret pizza hut division, and are paid minimum wage to silence any of those who even attempt to out pizza the hut. | [
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[WP]Contrary to popular belief, you, the bad guy, aren’t the strongest person in the world. That title goes to your favorite loveable, bumbling henchman. | [
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[WP] Three superheroes live as roomates without eachother knowing each are heroes. A Superman, a witch, and a man of metal; today they all just bumped into eachother in the hall and have to find a way to keep their identity intact while going home | [
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[WP] During a camping trip in the woods you and your friends stumble upon a very old looking altar, your friends dare you to pray to it, and who are you to say not to a dare? Well, you got a response. | [
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[WP] You are researching ancient Djinn when you discover that their reputation for malevolently twisting wishes is simply not true. What is the real reason the wishes they grant go sideways? | [
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[WP] You the world's greatest Super Villain has done it! You have successfully extorted billions from the governments of the world! So um now how do you spend it? | [
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[WP] A group of cowboys, long dead and long forgotten, are tasked by the devil to round up and drive a few thousand head of lost souls wandering the plains of Hell. | [
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[WP] "...Seriously? All over fanfiction i read when i was thirteen!?" You angrily shout at the angel that was listing the reasons why you wouldn't get to heaven. | [
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[WP] The war is over. Every time you felt like giving up, you squashed it with bursts of fiery rage. Fallen comrades made you fight harder, the mud and rain made you crawl faster. As you return home, you have a lot of time to ponder the meaninglessness of it all. And the anger starts building up. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an estranged supervillain with seemingly endless powers. The heroes fear you for that, however, your actual superpower is gaining powers by eating various types of cheese. | [
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[WP] A superhero's reputation is tarnished after accidentally revealing their weakness on a celebrity game show. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] "Y'know, you're cute when you're angry." "STOP CALLING ME CUTE!" | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a therapist who deals with the most villainous of patients. One day, a cloaked figure comes in and seeks your aid. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Turns out a diet of gods blood and demon flesh isn’t very good for you | [
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[WP] POV of scp 106 during a containment breach hunting civilians in a city | [
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[WP] After saving up for two years, you can finally afford to move out of your haunted house. Your new house is on the other side of town. The next morning, you wake up and discover you're back in your old house, and "Did you really think you could get away?" is carved into the wall. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] When a species becomes sapient, the Will of the Universe offers them which direction of civilization they should take. Magic, runes, faith-based, biomanipulation, psionics, etc. Humanity chose the hardest: technology. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] The Hero was somehow mistakenly summoned in the Demon Lord castle. Not wasting time, the Demon Lord convinced the Hero that they are the good guys and the Humans are the real invaders. It helped that the Demon Lord is a child and the new Hero is a Teacher. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 1 | |
[WP] Santa Clause and Mrs. Clause are known for spreading love and joy around the world, but how did they meet? | [
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[WP] You are an OSHA inspector who is investigating the Dark Lord's evil lair, and there is not enough time in the day to list all of the violations. | [
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[WP] Everybody knows about Santa's toy workshop in the North Pole. Less talked about are the lower-class elves who slave away in the South Pole's coal mines, gathering the rocks to fill the stockings of naughty children. | [
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[WP] "Though the men and women of the Polish homeland fought with everything they had, Poland is lost. Perhaps this time forever." | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Alien’s come to invade earth, only to get obliterated by Santa Claus and his army of elves. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] The hallucinations of people you see aren't Schizophrenia, but spirits who have latched onto you. After they agree to glow green for easy differentiation, life has been rather fun. They are nice, give free conseling, free classes, and defend their turf (you) well against evil spirits. | [
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[WP] You don’t know why or how but you’ve gotten into a gun fight with time travelers! | [
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[WP]It's your first day in a new job, and you find out that by "tech support" they actually meant a machine therapist | [
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[WP] All the good superhero names have been taken so now people run around with names like "Jon" or "Microwave Knight" | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] You're late to your mother's funeral... AGAIN! Your father is upset & threatens to cut you off financially if you miss even a minute of the next 3. You're not sure that you're up to the task. What do you do?! | [
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[WP] As a mortician, you see Death on a daily basis. "Look, you show up at the same time everyday. You're more reliable than my employees" you tell the robed figure "You want to make some money and help me out?" | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] A young couple entered a happy arranged marriage, happy with each other's company. However, both were sheltered and socially awkward, and don't know how to make each other happy. So they turn to the only romance advise they know: Roleplaying characters from ambiguously saucy romance novels. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 1 | |
[WP] You don't know what you were expecting for your Waffle House job interview but a boxing challenge wasn't it. | [
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'It was a dark and stormy night.' 'Laughter is the best medicine.' 'Curiosity killed the cat.' 'That's the way the cookie crumbles.' 'Here's looking at you, kid.'
Instead of avoiding the anecdotal cliches that so many other stories have used, try embracing one! Frame your story in such a way that one or two... | [WP] Embrace a cliche! (Literary or anecdotal) | [
"\"You fired nine shots with a revolver, detective.\" The inspector scratched his beard in confusion, looking over the Taurus magnum. The other officer glanced over.\n\"I did?\" \"You did!\" \"\"Oh, sometimes the gun forgets it's capacity.\"\n\nThe inspector rubbed a brow, speaking with confusion. \"I-Eh?\" \"Yeah.... | 4 |
You are with a team of archaeologists. A chamber beneath the floor of an Incan temple is discovered. In the centre of the chamber is what appears to be a stone tomb. You lift the lid off and find various items from different eras and parts of the world. You find:
*a primitive stone hammer
*an ancient Roman coin
*A C... | [WP] Various items from history are found in a stone box in the Incan ruins. In the box is a tape recorder. What has been recorded? | [
"A man saying he's very ill and feels he is about to die. He doesn't give his name. He buried all of his personal treasures in this Incan Tomb because it was where he had his first real discovery, though he doesn't say what it was or even of what nature. He goes on to say each of these items are records of signifi... | 2 |
Our house in Chicago was unpredictable to our neighbors. Sometimes it was filled with the uncontainable arguments of my parents, or my older sister’s ear-splitting death core music, or me wailing from the inside of my room where my parents had sent me when the cuss words started flying. Other times our house would be e... | [WP] Continue the story | [
"That silence hung so thick and ominous, more frightening perhaps than when the windows cracked and the beasts came out to play. The silence was the absence of that all too common roar; it meant, perhaps, the sirens would come rushing soon. I will reluctantly admit that the terror was comfortable--the misery was ... | 2 |
Your character or characters experience something unexpected that changes them forever.
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*Does it change them for the better, or for the worse? I'll leave that question for you to answer.* | [WP] The Unexpected | [
"*NSFW - 18+ rating*\n\nSo there I was, minding my own business, trying to find the nasty little booger that was trying to hide in a corner of my nose - when suddenly, I felt someone bump into me from behind. It wasn't a bump - more so like an intentional jab or an elbow.\n\nI turned around to see Sally, the gorgeo... | 1 |
[WP] Child of my enemy, why have you come? I offer no forgiveness, a father's sins, passed to his son. | [
"I watched you walk down the pathway towards my castle. I say walked, but I think attempt to sneak is probably better.\n\nFoolish child of my enemy, why have you come? I offer no forgiveness, a father's sins, passed to his son. You shall never inherit this kingdom.\n\nYou cannot be seen from my tower now, and I ass... | 4 | |
[WP] A world where suicide is not only socially acceptable, but is the norm. | [
"Everything is quiet. The drip of saline is the only noise, slow and maddening. Drip. Drip. Drip. It continues, and just as I hope for silence, breaks it. The room is comfortable at least. Clean, white, bleached. The curtains pulled over a closed window let in a small amount of light, just enough. I can turn my hea... | 6 | |
[Here is the original post.](http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1d5k4m/i_took_an_ambien_last_night_i_woke_up_to_these/) Someone took Ambien and scribbled weird notes which he doesn't remember. Fill in the blanks! | [WP] The blinds are moving. The clock does not believe me. | [
"The blinds are moving, breathing, in and out. \nThe window is open, my cat is free. \nI am careless. I am sorry.\n\nThe clock does not believe me.\n\nIt sits in judgmental repose,\nmarking every passing second. \nMy cat told me, before fleeing,\n\"Room is now foggy.\" \nNo wonder she fled,\nmy habits take thei... | 2 |
Watched an interview with Seth MacFarlane about a bunch of things like marketing yourself as a writer/animator, writers' rooms, etc, and it got me thinking, once again, about writing spec scripts instead of...nothing at all. So I thought this might be a fun topic for those people out there who'd love to write for TV on... | [WP] Change a TV show's genre to Horror and/or add a Giant Monster to it | [
"The phone rang, startling Steve from his slumber. As the clanging continued for a second pulse, he grabbed the alarm clock on the nightstand. Not quite 5 in the morning. Pulled the receiver off of the hook and placed it against his ear. He knew what was coming, though. There was only one reason he'd get a call at ... | 4 |
Your character is likes to fix things. However, one day he is asked to fix something that he's not sure anyone could. | [WP] The Fixer | [
"He takes one long slow breath in. He holds it. He counts the seconds while he peers down scope at the man he was sent here for. \n\nTime slows while he considers the 8 months spend preparing for this one man. This leader of men with a panache for creative solutions to his problems. The target was solely known as S... | 2 |
Nothing too gory. Freaky is okay but I want those dark, heart-wrenching moments of despair that can almost not be expressed through words. Or just an overall somber mood.
Edit: I realized *too* gory is subjective so it's really up to you. Would someone else really want to read that? You decide. | [WP] As depressing as you can possibly be. | [
"I miss his kindness. The days and nights long past when he would try his utmost to convince me that I was a worthless human being. All human beings were worthless to him. Especially me. One night he told me that if she had known the sort of horrible blight on the world I really was, my own mother would rejoice whe... | 15 |
Bonus points if you go into the ways society has changed, better or worse. Extra bonus points if you write from an interesting perspective. | [WP] [HP]-ish: Write a brief report on the gay rights movement from the year 2023. | [
"What fucking gay rights movement? Are you fucking kidding? The last movement this country damn well had was the last thrust of that pervert who sat in the Oval all day and claimed to be president. When was it? '16, yeah, that's when us fucking USAssholes decided to put a goddamn freak in the big chair. Course, it'... | 3 |
It's that one person who everyone sees but doesn't really know. That guy people always see around school but no one bothered to get to know them. That guy you occasionally ask for a pen or to borrow those lecture notes, but never asked for anything from anyone back. That guy who's in several clubs or sports teams but i... | [WP]That one guy | [
"Hello,\n\nI'm that one guy. The guy everybody knows, but that nobody really *knows*. The guy who wears shorts year round. The tall, quiet one, always reading before class. The one walking at a brisk pace down the hall to the next period, not stopping at his locker (whichever one that may be--I've never used it... | 4 |
I look forward to any and every reply! | [WP] Write us something using your username as the prompt. (: | [
"He was unpredictable however contrary to what people believed, he wasn't insane. What he did might have been over the top; standing out from everything; away from anything what anyone else did but those were his ways. The ways which he followed; the ways of Carpe Diem. As his name suggested, he was Psyched; psyche... | 14 |
It's finally that time! What feels like, or probably is, a once in a lifetime event! You didn't think it would ever happen to you but here it is; the opportunity presenting itself right in front of you and all you have to do is reach out and grab it. It's what you've waited so long for. What you thought was the absolut... | [WP] Don't blink, or you'll miss it | [
"The streets that use to be full of Laughter now only haunt me with the memory. I remember my teenage years like it was yesterday the wind blowing through my now bald scalp and the smell of the country side during those family trips we use to take I always thought they were stupid. I can remember the late nights an... | 6 |
Something has shifted within the multiverse. There are none left guarding the doorways to other dimensions. *Something* is coming.
*Nothing will stop it.* | [WP] There are no gatekeepers | [
"My second attempt at a prompt response, hopefully this one will be a bit better. :)\n\n\nThe dying star shone a sickly orange light onto the two people that stood in its gaze. One was tall and broad, a powerfully built man beginning to go to fat. The other was shorter and slimmer, with dark, quick, eyes. They stoo... | 5 |
"death" and "love" can be changed to anything you want, like "politicians" and "their suits" or "hatred" and "abuse" | [WP] First sentence: I could deal with all the death. It was the love I couldn't handle. | [
"I could deal with all the death. It was the love I couldn't handle.\n\nHow so?\n\nI just simply could pull the trigger. Keep pulling it and I wouldn't flinch. I would take the lives of so many and I didn't care. \n\nWhere's the love in all this?\n\nThe love was of my team. Every man. Every woman. We were a f... | 17 |
[WP] Find x. | [
"The dirt was cold and wet between my toes as I continued moving forward. Every day I took a thousand steps, and every night I dreamt of the thing that kept me moving. In time, my shoes had fallen apart, my backpack had filled with water and mud, my clothes had became weathered and torn. I left everything behind an... | 7 | |
Just for a change and a little challenge, write us a story which is erotic/sensual in nature and write your own twist at the end of it. | [WP] Erotic Story with a twist | [
"There you are: pleasuring yourself in the middle of the day to thoughts of your latest crush. It feels so good -- better than usual. Each moment is better than the last, yet you wish that each one would stay forever. You're getting shorter of breath by the second. A euphoric feeling starts to overcome you. It... | 6 |
Quoted from a Church Sign I saw, "Sunday Worship, all are welcome."
All, really? An open invitation to all beings? | [WP] All are welcome. | [
" That day I just had gotten out of penitentiary and I had decided to start my life anew. At 8AM an on a Sunday morning the bus was nearly empty except for a elderly couple and a few young adults.\n I had no destination, I had no home and no way to get one. All of my family had left as soon as I was convicted. It... | 5 |
You can only observe yourself and no direct interactions with your past self as it would collapse the universe.
*Edit* I might throw one out here later today. Had an idea in my head when I first posted this. | [WP] You're a time traveler and you go back to observe a younger you during a life moment only to realize you caused it to happen. | [
"I materialized in a cold and empty alleyway. The rusty sign over the door next to me said \"Polly's Cafe\". I knew exactly *where* I was: Ten blocks away from my childhood home. The only question was *when*.... \n\nI opened the door to the cafe and went straight for the newspaper rack that Polly kept by the counte... | 2 |
Continue from there. | [WP] "He ran his fingertips across the smooth surface of the picture." | [
"He ran his fingertips across the smooth surface the picture, now ripped by the destruction. The boy cried, his parents were gone. No, he couldn't cry could he? He thought, \"I mean I'm fourteen I should be strong.\" He wandered around his demolished house looking for other salvageable items. He sighed as he found ... | 6 |
What was?
You tell me. | [WP] Everybody gets one, rookie. That was yours. | [
"It was a funny thing, she thought to herself. Once the sirens calmed down and the crowds dispersed even the spectacle of pools of blood amidst broken glass seemed almost mundane. Just the sad symphony of the clinking metal shards in front of a push broom amidst the low baritone of the fire engine's diesel.\n\n\"I'... | 6 |
Write two separate stories, one a horror and the other a comedy, using the same dialogue for both. | [WP] Write a horror story and a comedy using the same dialogue | [
"Story #1\n\nSammy walked up his driveway. It had been one of those days, everything in the office was a huge mess and he felt like the walls were caving in on him. He couldn't wait to come home, have a beer and relax.\n\n'I really could use a drink.',\n\nhe thought to himself.\n\nHe fumbled with the keys, trying t... | 2 |
**Just a forward** : I'm back! I still have about 4 entries to read from my last submission, I'll get to those tomorrow (oh procrastinating) but I'll read your writing! I'm off tomorrow so if you don't hear anything tonight, you will tomorrow.
**Idea Behind the prompt**: This prompt was inspired by a dream, I woke up ... | [FF] "Our Last day on Earth" 300 words or less. I'll read your writing and give feedback. | [
"Our last day on Earth felt much like a wake. Groups of three and four were huddled in tight circles, speaking slowly in hushed tones under the murky, eddying pre-apocalyptic sky. Glints of daylight briefly shone through and illuminated those without familial ties, sobbing against sign posts and abandoned store fro... | 7 |
I told my friend of this subreddit, this is a transcript of what he wants posted, "The American Indians are Revolting against Europeans twist and American Indians have come from the future with like guns and stuff and are BARBARBARBARBARBAR and people are like oh no. Also the American Indians can only say, 'BARBAR'. Ho... | [WP] "American Indians, BARBAR" | [
"I'm a native...\n\nBARBARBARBARBARBAR BARBARBARBARBARBAR, \"BARBARBARBARBARBAR BARBARBARBARBARBAR.\"\n\nBARBAR BARBARBAR BARBAR BARBARBARBAR BAR BARBAR BARBARBAR BARBAR BARBARBARBAR BAR BARBAR BARBARBAR BARBAR BARBARBARBAR BAR BARBAR BARBARBAR BARBAR BARBARBARBAR BAR BARBAR BARBARBAR BARBAR BARBARBARBAR BAR BA... | 1 |
Firstly, I wanted to say that I greatly enjoy everyone's writing here, both what I've received and read in other posts. This prompt is stemming from a recent life event that I would love to see from different perspectives. Whether it is in regards to experience or fantasy is of no concern. Thank you, ahead of time. | [WP] Write a poem from the living to a deceased loved/cherished one. | [
"Crawled up on ladders \n\nto send me to sleep\n\njust before your dawn kissed the dew\n\nleft on blades of grass\n\nin the early spring.\n\n\nQuietly you asked me,\n\njust before hitting the lights,\n\nif I fell asleep to thoughts of you\n\nof arms instead of blankets\n\nwrapped around my shoulders.\n\n\nAnd you w... | 2 |
It seems very easy for this to happen to someone, eventually. How would it all go down? | [WP] Someone who descends slowly into madness because of the internet sensation sweeping the nation, Cookie Clicker. | [
"\"Hey I need to leave now, I am not feeling great\" He said. He sounded really stressed.\n\"Hey check out this game..I am really addicted to it!!\" Bella said.\nHe saw her computer screen...and yelled \"aaaRGHGHG This again!!!\" and ran out of the office.\n\nFor the past few days everyone around him, even the groc... | 5 |
Write a story where the first sentences are the end of the story. Flash-forward? non-linear story structure? Foreshadowing? It's up to you! Anything you can think of is acceptable.
Minimum of 250 words. | [FF] Beginning at the end. | [
"NSFW\n\nSo I gave up and jizzed on her back. That could be the story of my life. I find myself in a fantastic situation and have the option to either benefit all parties or just myself. Unfortunately, the way it works out is that usually I benefit and everyone else suffers.\n\nTake for example the last time I was ... | 3 |
Just what I said. | [WP] Professional Bicycle Thieves. | [
"\"People always laugh when I tell them what I did to get thrown in prison. They think of kids running around college campuses or hippie communes and stealing the bike some yuppie has chained to a light pole. They think of neighborhood bullies from their past, knocking the nerd off his bike and riding away, only ... | 6 |
I was thinking about celebrities, but other interpretations are fine | [WP] For her, the best part was that they had no idea who she was. | [
"They did not recognize her - and that, alone, was worth her interest. They did not recognize her, these fine lords and beautiful ladies. They smiled at her from under their masks of animals and beasts and daemons, they flirted with her, lingered with lips against her hand or shifted in those trained, teasing ways ... | 2 |
based firmly in the realms of reality im looking for a story about the effect the act of killing has on a young (16/17 year old). Internal monologue, based over a long time, or at one specific 'hit', its up to you, go wild! | [WP] the psychological effect killing has on a young hitman | [
"There's not enought water in the world, to wash the blood that stained my hands, this....this feeling isn't real, they will never be clean again.\nEvery time I close my eyes, behind my eyelids, there are his eyes,.... oh god his eyes, the way the life drained from them, he did it un porpose, he knew I won't be abl... | 20 |
Additional details:
Line to include: "I wish you had never come."
Optional:
*Make a joke about Kim Jong Ill
*Have another joke about America somewhere in it
*NFSW as you can make it | [FF] A reporter/dignitary is captured and brought to North Korea. Write about his/her experiences, and eventually make me hate the character. | [
"Secretary of State Lindsey Walthers was stranded in a cell. A dirty, malaria filled cell, full of North Korean shit. The ceiling went to about his neck, so his posture went from being relaxed and refined to shit and slouchy. \n\n*\"Damn gooks, if their so called 'Glorious Leader' even once thought about the fact t... | 2 |
[WP] Take a simple everyday occurrence and turn it into a story about belonging, introduction only | [
"She had grown so much in the few short years that she lived here. And now she was leaving. She turned around to look one last time at the empty apartment. The light fixture that would flicker at random times every day without fail; that would hold steady until night if lightly tapped just once, was off. The spot o... | 4 | |
Make it however long you want, just use that line in one way or another. Make it as wacky or dark as you want. | [WP] He cursed. That was his favourite plant pot. | [
"Well, that was annoying. The packet had quite clearly stated that he had at least 5 days before anything was even supposed to begin happening, so he'd rather left it at that, telling himself he'd tidy up and make enough room for the damn thing tomorrow. \n\nNow it was tomorrow and just look at it?! \n\nHe was in h... | 10 |
Write a story using that line. | [WP]"I place my skin beside yours, losing every inch of me." | [
"They say love is electric. That it feels all tingly and warm and amazing. Certainly it felt that way with you, or at least I thought it did. I vividly remember the first arm graze, first hug, first peck on the cheek, first kiss in which our lips met, and first-ahem- truly intimate contact. Turns out that tingl... | 3 |
I encountered [this comment](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1onhpv/whats_something_thats_completely_normal_but_when/cctuhyn) in an /r/askreddit thread and the image struck me. Incorporate the phrase "a wall of skin" into a short story/poem/declaration of independence/whatever your heart desires. No word lim... | [WP] A Wall of Skin | [
"That's what it really is, isn't it? A wall of skin. Everyone talks about baring your soul, or wearing your heart on your sleeve, but never about skin. Not in any good way, anyway; \"beauty is only skin deep,\" and all that nonsense. People just, don't like skin much. \nI get what they're saying: it's superficial, ... | 2 |
[WP] - Make me sympathize with Hitler just before he kills himself. He has just come to the conclusion that he was wrong, everything was his fault and that in killing himself he might right some of the wrongs he caused. | [
"Adolf started remembering the first time he felt so trapped as the troops kept closing in on him and Braun. He was just a 10-year-old little boy when his younger brother died, the same, and only, brother that used to play with him after school. His other siblings always found him a bit too strange, even when they ... | 7 | |
The Four Horsemen's names are: Pestilence (or Conquest, depending on how accurate you want to be), War, Famine and Death. Try to make their traits shine through in their descriptions, however literally you want to go with it.
They can be discussing whatever you want, be it crime, ladies, the end of the world, or kitte... | [WP] The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are Mafia bosses sitting in a room together having a conversation. | [
"\"He's gone and croaked, boss\". Famine was slightly nervous, the cowardly little shit-stain he is. Death, on the other hand looked annoyed, as if some gimp had dropped cigar ash on his favorite pair of italian loafers, and fixed Famine with a dagger-like stare.\n\n\"Shoulda done it in 2012.\" War muttered. War w... | 2 |
More Info: Pirates have stopped all traffic, won't stop until all demands met. Earth needs colonies to support itself. Military can't retaliate in fear of destruction of major cities. | [WP] Space Pirates have blockaded Earth from its colonies. Write about the lives of those affected. | [
"*♪♫You'll be glad that you got rid of me, but so much sadness left right beside me, let my grave burn up in tragedy, and let, me go-oh oh...♫♪*\n\nThe pure emptiness never failed to capture her. It trapped her, made her feel like a prisoner with no sight of an exit. For many it would be a feeling of existential de... | 3 |
Write one ad for a business offering a service unique to that world, or a unique twist on a common business.
Write one ad for a social group.
Write one personals ad.
Three to four lines for each. | [FF] write three ads that would fit in a newspaper published in an urban fantasy world. | [
"Dangerous criminals, unforeseen calamities or even the Government can cause accidental termination of your existence!\n\nAre you prepared ?\n\nBack YOUrself up today! Call 1-800-REVIVAL.\n\nFor only YOU can take care of YOU.\n\n***\n\nLooking for people to swap vintage internet banner ads with. I have an ample col... | 2 |
[WP] The moment when you realize you have made the wrong decision. | [
"My ears became heavy. My head suddenly felt as if it were submerged in water. My forehead started to fall, my consciousness fell into my eyes and tried to tear out through my iris. It can't, though. I'm here. My throat had a football in it, but I could still breath - I'm not getting off that easily. Fingers twitch... | 3 | |
[WP] You awaken one morning and roll over for a kiss, but the space next to you on the bed is empty. | [
"\"Good morning, love\", I started to say, before the empty pillow made me realized I'd only dreamed her. I was waking up alone like I do every morning. Maybe if I fell back asleep, I would dream again. \n\nIt was Saturday, and I didn't have to pee, so I just stayed there and closed my eyes.\n\nMaybe this time I co... | 6 | |
The reflection can be internally or externally motivated. How does your Prince or Princess view the happenstance of their royal birth? Do they find it lucky or unlucky? | [WP] A Prince or Princess reflects on how "lucky" or "unlucky" they are to have been born into a royal family. | [
"Get up my servants tell me, put on my richly bought clothes and don't be a normal person. I'm not normal they tell me I'm special and very privileged. I don't feel privileged being sheltered from the outside as if it was some great danger waiting to harm me at every corner. I want to go to school and play with my ... | 2 |
Show me a world through the eyes of an aspiring young artist(of any kind) in a world where the finite number of original ideas has been reached. | [WP] Finite Originality | [
" I wish I knew the music from my hands\n I can't remember, what all it meant to me.\n The record spins, but on deaf ears is where it lands.\n My masterpiece just isn't what it used to be.\n\n One dab of color left on this forgotten verse,\n to wash away the bitterness of truth.\n While still q... | 2 |
Link's boomerang hits him in the head and he falls of a cliff and drowns. The world sinks into darkness.
Edit: It does not have to be about the LoZ. It could be about any hero messing up. Sorry for not specifying. | [WP] A hero messes up and the world is.... | [
"\"The pill you took is part of a trace program. It's designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signal so we can pinpoint your location.\" \n\"So we wait for it to kick in?\" \n\"Yes. Any second now the 'real' you should be waking up. We'll be there to pick you up shortly.\" \nThey stood in the room staring ... | 4 |
[WP] Describe what an alien archaeological party has discovered on the Earth long after humanity has become extinct. | [
"Ancient Terra, or Earth as it was referred to by the indigenous life forms, boasted a rather large population for a small planet. At the time of the extinction event nearly one thousand standard cycles ago, over seven billion life forms populated the planet. Fortunately, the populace of Ancient Terra had advanced ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are somebody from the past writing about their travel to the present. | [
"I was walking in the square one Tuesday morning, I was supposed to go into school late because I had a dentist appointment in town and this was the only day she could see me. I left the office dreading the idea of going to school. I had a midterm and to be honest I wasn’t prepared. The air was so perfect and crisp... | 1 | |
[WP] A man takes his revenge by stalking his victim, driving him/her crazy by placing oranges everywhere he/she goes. | [
"6:52 AM. The exact same time every day, one snooze button away from 6:45, which is when he set his alarm for. But he struggled to get out of bed this morning. As he had every morning for the past 3 weeks. \n\nHe rolled over in bed, and glared out the window, his eyes still red and puffy from sleep. It was overcast... | 1 | |
[WP] World War 3 has begun. The draft in the US has been reinstated, but now, women have the chance to be drafted, too. Write a story from a perspective of a man/woman who has just learned they have been drafted. | [
"She knew what the cream-colored envelope that sat on the kitchen table was, but she did not want to believe it. There was no way. It couldn't be.\n\nNatalie stared at the object, frozen in place and breathless. She'd seen this envelope on the Internet before - terrified people posting these envelopes along with th... | 4 | |
Those timers like in that movie "In Time"?
Yeah, now it counts down to the person you may spend the rest of your life with, who might destroy your life, or save it.
Your choice. | [WP] A timer integrated in your body counts down to when you meet someone who will change your life | [
"It was 3 more hours, just 3 more hours. How could he wait? This could be the most important thing to happen to him. He paced around his unorganized filthy room for what felt like an hour. Each step left an echoing creek throughout his empty studio. He checked the timer. 2:30. \"Shit.\" He threw on a sweater and le... | 10 |
Write about the last thoughts of a character. Real/fictitious - doesn't matter.
Did they see it coming?
Did they see it coming differently?
Were they angry/sad/melancholy?
Write on! | [WP] Thoughts of a character/person on the verge of death, in the time just before they die | [
"**A fleshed-out version, from another perspective, of my response to [this prompt.](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/1pahrm/two_childhood_friends_find_themselves_on_opposing/)**\n\nHe's clearly a more skilled fighter than myself. I can't keep dodging forever. Sooner or later, I'll tire out and he wi... | 4 |
[WP] Frank is a Centaur. Frank is in denial. | [
"Dinner with mom. Small talk and steak.\n\"Frank, honey,\" she said. She was a faded beauty in her fifties. She took a large gulp of white wine. \"I know you've always had trouble fitting in, you feel a bit, I don't know, different I guess?\" \n\"I thought maybe,\" her lips pressed together and trembled, a watery g... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a love story between two people with the first line being, "Are you a terrorist?" | [
"\"Tell me, Ms....\"\n\n\"Prozack\"\n\n\"Are you are terrorist?\"\n\nSweat beat down Agent Mastersons forehead. He had captured one of the most important rebel leaders in history, but she was useless unless she would spill the beans. He waited a few minutes, as his headset gave confirmation of another capture. He r... | 6 | |
[WP] A genie says to a man that if he could prove life exists on other planets and those other planets are where you go when you die, he would get three wishes. If he cannot prove it within two days, he will be killed. | [
"\"If there really is life on other planets, and we go to those planets when we die, then surely by dying someone would be able to prove that they exist?\" inquired the man.\n\n\"Well... yes...\" replied the genie.\n\n\"Okay then! Let me know what you see on the other side!\" the man stated nonchalantly as his chai... | 2 | |
[WP] A man writes to his father, trying to make amends for selfish reasons. Make it so that it is difficult to empathize with either character. | [
"no matter how much I have tryed to right you you always never right back. how am I suppose to learn about my daghter when shelly dont visit no more. Why dont you visit. An im sorry the lawyer fucked me cuz im innacent and he didnt do shit to keep me out of here an now shellys bitch ass off fucking with other peopl... | 2 | |
[WP] Two soldiers run into each other in battle and are about to kill each other, when for some reason they decide to talk. After some conversation, they find themselves liking the other, and not sure whether they can kill each other. | [
"Lt. Urmomsatool ran screaming with his rifle in hand toward the German soldier in front of him, his mouth open wide and ready to spill the soldier's insides all over himself. His carnal, animalistic instincts had taken over and he was prepared to kill or be killed.\n\nCaptain Deutchlandrocks matched the young Amer... | 3 | |
More specifically they are shocked at what the United States has become because of the modern day interpretation of their original constitution. | [WP] The founding fathers return to present day America and are shocked at what they see. | [
"\"Tell me, good sir, what is the date?\"\n\"It's November fourth, buddy.\"\n\"November the fourth... Pray tell, what is the year?\"\n“It's twenty-thirteen.”\n“Two thousand thirteen?! Mother of God, we've done it, George!”\n“So it would seem, Alexander, so it would seem.” \n\nIt wasn't long before they were on the ... | 2 |
[WP] A foreign dictator learns that his favorite American sitcom has been canceled. He kidnaps the cast and crew and forces them to make new episodes just for him. | [
"He cocks the gun and presses the barrel against the trembling prisoner's forehead hard enough to bruise. Still on his knees in the mud, tears begin streaming down the prisoner's face, fogging up his glasses but he doesn't cry out. He won't give this bastard the satisfaction. \n\"Say the line.\", He demands calm... | 3 | |
Ship size is up to you, but I'm thinking at least the size of a cup of coffee, and the crew would be large enough to be easily seen. None of that 'swallowed up by the dog mid conversation' stuff!
Interested to see if this goes how it has in my mind! | [WP]A small alien craft bursts through the White House window, and the tiny crew emerges, announcing their peaceful intentions to the president. The president calls in his commander in chief to discuss what to do next.... | [
"A teacup flew through the window of the Oval Office. Shattered glass flew across the floor as the teacup whirled around the room, eventually coming to a halt above the desk of President Barack Obama. It hovered for a moment as the president eyed it carelessly, unimpressed. Slowly it descended, the presidents gaze ... | 1 |
You can give me a mythical story inspired by an actual historical event, or let an archaeologist discover remains of today's civilization.
| [WP] Many thousand years from now, much of today's known history has faded into myth | [
"The firelight danced across the man's face as he spoke to the children of his village. Each night he reveled in sharing his stories and he took immense joy in looks of shock and wonder in their faces.\n\n''The people of this time knew no limits! They had harnessed abilities that even I could not imagine. Each day ... | 6 |
Here's my response:
As his foot left the rusted, red parapet a splintering of regret surged through his body. He had been certain. Well, at least he thought he had been certain. No more.
He could picture his wife, staring through him with a bemoaning glare. That too-familiar, unendurable, agonised silence. That glaze... | [WP] Your protagonist makes a decision they instantly regret. | [
"She counted the minutes. Her shift’s end came near,\n\nThen she went to a bar, named “The Ladybug’s Ear.”\n\nShe waited for friends, but first who should near?\n\nJust a man, this man, this man right here.\n\n\n\nHe leaned in real close, a smile and a leer.\n\nAnd quietly whispered: “Do you often come here?”\n\nSh... | 9 |
"I'm home," he bitterly mutters to no one as he closes the door behind him. | [WP] The protangonist has just returned from yet another tour in the middle east. | [
"The journalist locks the door to his flat and falls face-forward on his french futon. His headache prevents him from standing up too fast, and he almost trips over his coffee table. From his fridge, he pulls out a freezing Foster's, and turns on the TV. He flips to one of the major news channels and reads the curr... | 3 |
[WP] A A.I. Kills off the entire human race except one person, the A.I. Wishes to have one last talk before killing it self or the human | [
"One man lived. Nobody wanted him, nobody liked him. But the A.I. that killed all human beings in the world had not killed him... yet. \nHe was a programmer, like his parents, and had somehow been capable of luring the A.I. not to find him. Now the A.I. had him tracked. There was a large beam with the figure X p... | 3 | |
[WP] At birth a necklace is given to you, the pendant is half of a unique shape and will eventually lead you to your soulmate. | [
"**Just as a notice: I plan on possibly using this idea as a novel, though it may not appear exactly as it is posted below.**\n\n\n*Where am I?*\n\nDisoriented and in severe pain, I try to open my eyes but find that I am unable to. Something is covering them, a thick cloth that smells like a city dumpster. I feel m... | 6 | |
[WP] make a cliche plot interesting | [
"I woke up in a dark room, on a cold, carpeted floor. The ground around me was wet with a warm liquid. It smelled terrible. I looked around. It seemed to be some kind of indoor storage room--odd piles of junk all over the place, odd shapes in the dim light. I saw a doorway, which was slightly more illuminated than ... | 2 |
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