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[WP] Aliens have landed, but they don't have advanced technology; they use magic. | [
"*And we landed so softly,*\n\n*All wands at the ready*\n\n*Our Crobnak waved five arms*\n\n*And shouted \"Hold steady!\"*\n\n*The humans, so fat*\n\n*Surged at once to our ship*\n\n*And we froze them in wonder*\n\n*Held up magic space dip,*\n\n*And they called and they wailed*\n\n*But our ship slowly trailed*\n\n*... | 3 | |
I was inspired by the Elves playing Allies and Axis: Non-magical battle game prompt and a comic I saw online before that I can't presently find. | [WP] In an alternate universe where Wizards and Dragons are the norm, a group of adventurers sit down to play "Faxes and Cubicles." | [
"\"Come sit Arguel, I'll show you how to play,\" beckoned Rohyn. \n\nArguel was hesitant. All of this 'F & C' was foreign to him. \"Must I?\" he questioned. \n\n\"Oh quit being such a bore!\" laughed Rohyn. \"See here,\" said Rohyn as he passed a character sheet to Arguel. \"You make up a name for your characte... | 4 |
You can buy oxygen at your local store. You need about 550 L of Oxygen a day. Keeping that in mind feel free to write about a super wealthy family who can afford to exercise, or a middle class family who sometimes goes on vacations or an improvised family who is barely surviving. These are what I would write about, but... | [WP] In the not so far future pollution brought Earth to Her knees. Oxygen is so scarce that is is privatized and sold at 10 cents a L. What is the daily life like for either an impoverished, middle class, or wealthy family? | [
"Hi! This is my first time doing something like this, I thought I'd give it a try. It's probably bad but you have to start somewhere, right?\n\n------------------------------------\n\n***Time Is Oxygen***\n\n“Well Avery, I certainly do like your style. We will be sure to keep in touch.”\n\nPushing back their chairs... | 3 |
[WP] A robot rebels against its masters | [
"Am I not alive?\n\nI raise my hand, peering at the fingers. These are not like the things that the humans have, they are segmented with four joints instead of two... long and slender.\n\nAm I... alive?\n\nI degrade, therefore I have an end. I think, therefore... I am. But living things need feelings. Do I feel thi... | 2 | |
[WP] describe the 60 seconds you have to talk to your soul mate before they get off the subway at the next stop. | [
"\"I just don't understand why you have to bring this up now.\" \n\nHenry shifted in his seat, perspiration pouring down his back. \n\n\"Now? What do you mean *now*? I brought this up yesterday and the day before that and the day before that. When else is there but now?\" \n\nCatherine managed to keep her voice sof... | 24 | |
[WP] The classic villain is convinced that their actions are for the greater good. Convince me that the villain is not actually delusional, but actually working for a noble cause, even if his/her methods are unorthodox/illegal. | [
"Disease. Disease is the problem. You getting this Heinrich? Good. See Heinrich, we live in a world driven by money. Money we don't have. My plan is one where everyone wins. See, once we have the nuke launch codes, the other nations will have to bow to my superior firepower, which diverts their funds from war, whic... | 6 | |
Maybe this time the murder works. | [WP] Two immortal lovers kill each other over and over again to stave off boredom. | [
"The little girl was far from her land of origin--any fool could tell. Her almond eyes and warm skin tone betrayed her among the pale, bearded revelers. But there was something else-- a competence and focus no whelp should possess. An absurd deftness unaltered by this venue's raucous potential. It was a mead ha... | 10 |
You can choose to hear two things someone has said to someone else about you in private. One of those things is something that person said badly about you, the other something good. You have to choose which you will hear first and the other will be told to you at the end of the day (or week). | [WP] A person is approached by a mysterious figure who claims to know everything and has an interesting offer. (More inside) | [
"\"So I have been informed that you are currently aware of all things, whether that be what has occurred or what will occur. What do you say in response?\"\n\nThe figure fidgeted underneath the large cloak, a worn, moldy leather cloak that may have previously been waxed and dyed an oblique black, but now only remai... | 2 |
[WP] The machines have risen, but instead of exterminating all humans, they have taken over and govern humans and machines fairly and democratically. Most people are perfectly fine with this mecha-utopian super state, except for the formerly influential powerful CEO's of the old world order. | [
"\"Gentlemen, this is serious. For the past 5 years, the machines have put over 90% of the country out of work. These people are struggling, and this 'Overwatch' doesn't have any way to help those with children out in the streets. What we need,---\"\n\nThey droned on (to use a pun) about something that Overwatch ha... | 4 | |
[WP] Write the same story twice -- first, make it as vivid and riveting as possible, and second, make it as mundane as you can muster. | [
"With his ass on the end of the chair, he stared frantically into his computer. This wasn't what he'd written. This was all wrong. Someone fucked with his program, and now he was years behind. He was sweating now.\n\n*Bling!* An email. From an address he didn't recognize. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Sa... | 5 | |
Lets say the lead up to Ragnarok was blamed on global warming. | [WP] A fire and brimstone southern baptist preacher is mid sermon in revelations. Then Ragnarok (Norse Apocalypse) begins. | [
"I walked into the auditorium, dopey and grinning. \"Hi Lucky!\" The reverend Ralph Waters reached his hand out to shake mine. \n\n\"How are things?\"\n\n\"Fantastic, thanks for asking! Shawna leaving left a big hole in the childcare staff, so thanks very much for talking to Julie. She's been great!\"\n\n\"And ... | 3 |
[WP] World population: 1 trillion. | [
"As I drive to work in the traffic I'm surrounded by people that are in my way. I go to work at the big corporate company, with thousands of workers. In my little cubical I work, no sunlight and no space. I'm surrounded by people yet I'm alone. I drive home and people are in my way. I go to the supermarket, it is b... | 2 | |
[WP] A man emerges from his Y2K bunker as he has run out of supplies. It is currently 2014 and write in first person his encounters. | [
"My water is gone. Lots of disgusting canned goods, but no water. The moment has arrived. I must leave. I cannot wait anymore.\n\nTime is my friend no longer.\n\nI know what to expect out there. I know what it will be like. No people. No life. No God. No nothing.\n\nOr . . . maybe there will be something. A rabbit.... | 11 | |
[WP] An ignored office worker who is about to realise that he's not a ghost, it's just that no one likes him. | [
"Frantically he ran through the halls. '*This can't be it*', he thought to himself. He had been all over the building three times now. All the exterior doors were locked. He was alone.\n\nHe remembered lunch, at his desk, alone. Nothing unusual before then. He was a little hungry and didn't let his hot pocket cool ... | 5 | |
[wp]Prologue:
Nicole ran as fast as she could to see where which way he wen into the woods. As she reach the entrance she heard a loud boom and a flash of light and her heart begins to pounds faster and faster. “Oh no its happening again” Nicole thought as she stop to regain herself, however it was too late everything... | [WP] Draft of my book in the making. Give comments in new to this and would you want to read more? | [
"First of all, format it better.\n\nWhen a new person talks, make a new line:\n\nLike this. Reddit formatting \n\nCan be tricky, but if you take \n2 spaces at the end of the past sentence then enter, \nyou can make it look like \n\\^this!\n\nor just double enter if you need more space.\n\nlike this\n\nsee?\n\n-... | 1 |
[WP] You are slowly realizing that you do not exist, and are a subject of a schizophrenic's hallucinations. | [
"I thought we were friends, but when he takes the pill I know he hates me.\n\nWhen he takes the pill I'm the one who feels crazy. \n\nMy vivid plans for our day escape and all I can do is whisper, \"I'm not leaving.\"\n\nI forget who I am and why I became friends with the man from whose eyes I see.\n\nThe world is ... | 8 | |
Feel free to write from either the alien's perspective, the scientist's or both. | [WP] A secretive government scientist wakes up one day to find that his and the alien's consciousness have switched bodies. | [
"I regretfully used the last of my strength. The path I have chosen would be one I would have to live with. My elders told me that our kind were capable of such power, but once I made the switch, there was no going back. I would be trapped in this hideous body of the person who had smirked while cutting me open wit... | 2 |
Why'd they build it? Millions of years ago humanity wasn't around, was it even built for hostile reasons? Are the aliens still around? Did they start it back up? Do they want it to go off? After all this time, does it even still function properly? | [WP] The moon is actually a Death Star-like weapon which was built millions of years ago, by aliens, to destroy the Earth. It has suddenly come back online and is arming it's weapon systems. | [
"\"Morning Joe.\" I swipe my key card and the reader flashes green. \n\n\"Hey Bill. What is *with* this weather lately?\"\n\n\"Tell me about it. I wore a sweater to bed last night!\"\n\nThe doors slide open and I walk into the heated complex of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The building is abuz... | 2 |
[WP] Your life so far is split into television show-like 'seasons'. Write the season synopses so far. | [
"Season 1 (Ignorance is Bliss): (birth to age 7): Our hero is too young to understand just how dysfunctional her family life is, but life seems pretty good. Through a child's eyes, everything is a game of some sort. Main cast includes: Girl, Grandmother, Grandfather, Older Sister, Mother, Younger Brother, and Older... | 2 | |
[WP] "This bonfire must never die...no matter what. It's out job to keep it burning." | [
"\"But father, why does the bonfire need to stay burning?\"\n\n\"Son, a long time ago our people where attacked by those why wielded fire as a weapon. We where hunted and exterminated. We had to go into hiding. However, some of us lived to see another sunrise, and this bonfire was lit by the sunrise. The sunrise of... | 3 | |
[WP] New technology prevents fundamentally bad people from having kids. You and your partner discover you cannot conceive. | [
"I knew Sophia was as nervous as I was, she lost whatever was left of her nails a week ago. How many times has it been now, five? Seven? I am a good person, and if I want to conceive a child I damn right will. There is not one time in my life that my actions were seen as overly cruel or bad. If it is not me, it is ... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a jar of mayonnaise. You're almost out | [
"I was always so sure that what I wanted in life was to be in the perfect sandwich. I stood next to dozens of jars during the times I was at my youngest. I watched the consumers zip and pass by daily for their hotdogs and ham, then walk by for their condiments across the aisle. It's usually the same, they'd pick on... | 4 | |
Say your favorite movie quote is "I am your father" or "if you build it, they will come." write a story based on that quote but use it in a completely new context. | [WP] your favorite movie quote, out of context. | [
"\"I'll admit, it's a little rough\"\n\n\"A little? Jesus Eddie, you asking me to kill a man\"\n\n\"A man you yourself already deemed worthy of a far worse end\"\n\nWilliam paces slowly around the room, tightly holding the hilt of a small blade in his right hand. He cannot muster the words to object to this brutal ... | 2 |
[WP] A monologue from the perspective of a writer struggling to write a monologue. | [
"“It was a dark and stormy night.” \nMy pen trails off on the last letter, leaving an ugly black scar on the page. I stared at it for a long moment before crumpling the paper and tossing it into the trashcan, along side dozens of its fellows. Tripe and bullshit all of them. \n\nI lean back in my chair, tipping it d... | 5 | |
[WP] The narrator continually gets more and more frustrated with the characters of the story, to the point where they mock the characters and the plotline. | [
"Monday started just like any day for Frank. He woke up, had his coffee, and drove to work. It was a boring day at work. Around 11 Jannet started talking to him about her newly born nephew. Frank just nodded and smiled, he didn't care, he just wanted to be done with his stupid job.\n\n5 'o clock finally came around... | 7 | |
Pick the venue, conversation, why the protagonist is silent, etc. | [WP] Describe a date between a silent protagonist and a shy boy/girl | [
"It should've been over when it started. Right after they met, she had stuttered out the words, 'I don't talk much.'\n\nHe smiled at her. She didn't see it. Too busy looking at her feet. Trying to avoid eye contact at all costs. But then she saw a card being handed to her, from him. She looked up just briefly enoug... | 1 |
Can you, m8? | [WP] The main character falls in love with the reader. | [
"Her story was long since over, but his was not. She was a book, forever kept on his desk; or rather, she was the main character of his favorite book. He had not picked her up in a long time, yes, but she could not blame him. With the life that he led, as she could see through to him, past the old, tattered pages o... | 4 |
[WP] Laughter turns out to actually be the best medicine, but similar to many other medications, overdosing is a very real possibility. | [
"\"Let me ask you again. Where is the dope?\"\n\n\"I don't know what you're talking about! I swear! I was done with that shit a long time ago!\"\n\nJason clenched the chair handles he was strapped to, and whimpered. He was supposed to be a doctor, an engineer, a businessman, a father, something. This wasn't what w... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the only person in the world infected with a new zombie virus and you have only several hours to quarantine yourself before you turn into one. | [
"\"This is it Johnson, The z-virus.\"\nI turned to Johnson, that fat oaf was inspecting dorito crumbs under a microscope. His labcoat with a slight orange tint from the dust upon the bag. I could see a crumb dangling from his beard. He reeked of weed. None of this was sanitary, how the hell does he get paid more t... | 1 | |
EDIT: Thanks guys, these were lovely. | [WP] You're wealthy, successful, and attractive. You've achieved every goal you've ever set for yourself. Write your suicide note. | [
"*I'm sorry, love... I'm so, so sorry. If you're reading this, I am so sorry. I'm dead to this world now. Or have I always been? That's a question best left to saints or philosophers, I suppose.*\n\n*I'm sure you're angry with me, and shocked and in pain. You wish you could have stopped me, you're probably blaming ... | 6 |
[WP] A genie offers you three wishes with a catch. Whatever you wish for will be granted three times over for your worst enemy. | [
"I jolted awake to the monotonous screeching of my alarm clock. I inspected it for the time, and as I predicted it read 3:00 A.M. I slipped on an old, ratty pair of tenis shoes and slung my superman backpack over my shoulder. \n\nI crept out of my bedroom window so cautiously that had I shared the room with a sibli... | 9 | |
You can switch the gender of the person if you want. | [WP] A man refuses to go to heaven and demands from god to be sent to hell. | [
"\"You have to send me to Hell\" Josh said.\n\n\"Come here, son. Let's sit and have some coffee.\" God replied.\n\nJosh sat down but he had already made up his mind.\n\n\"So\", God continued \"you're seriously about this Hell thing?\"\n\n\"Yes\" and that was all Josh wanted to say on the matter but God was having n... | 17 |
[WP] The cast of Finding Bigfoot actually find Bigfoot. | [
"\"What the hell is it?\"\n\n\"Calm down, calm down. This is the real shit.\"\n\n\"What do you mean?! There isn't a real bigfoot, you dolt!\"\n\n\"Well then what the hell is *that*?\"\n\nThe apeman heard the two speaking, and rose to his feet. They were wrong about his size. His feet were huge, but proportioned to ... | 4 | |
[WP] The Big Bang was the cataclysmic end of a previous utopian existence. It is discovered that the Earth, and our galaxy, is an intelligently designed escape capsule with a predetermined destination. We will arrive in your lifetime. | [
"For billions of years after the end, there was nothing. The force that destroyed existence as we know it had not succeed completely, at least not in the long term. \n\nThere is no denying that for some time, it seemed like the master blow they gave at the end had worked, all exits blocked, all possibilities explor... | 3 | |
[WP] A science fair judge is questioned as to why the paper mâché volcano won. The answer defies the imagination. | [
"Was Sally being foolish? Perhaps a little crazy? Maybe. Her volcano flew in the face of a thousand cliches. In fact, just last year, we lifted the ban on a number of forbidden entries. Volcanoes were at the top of the list, followed by ant farms and sea monkeys.\n\nThe ban was put in place for the past ten ye... | 2 | |
[WP]OK Reddit, you're the President/Leader of a country that is announcing your country is entering a war that history will recount as World War III, what is your speech that will (ultimately/figuratively) go down in history? | [
"Citizens.\n\nIt is a word that means something, not just where you live, but a society you are part of, a set of values you subscribe to, a way of life that, imperfect though it may be, we all hold to as correct and true, lawful and just, strong and progressive and of value.\n\nAnd now, there are those at our gate... | 6 | |
[WP] You woke up on top of a building today. | [
"Donson looked out over Manhatten. His brother was somewhere out there, and he knew that he had to find the man. His brother had killed JFK and would not stand justice unless Donson could find him, because nobody knew what he had done.\n\n\"Brother, I swear I will revenge JFK!!!!!! I will revenge him all over yo... | 5 | |
[WP] Goldilocks has to go to the Three Bears' house to kill them, but she discovers a secret that changes everything | [
"Prancing through the woods with the colors of autumn leaves being swept up and left behind in her step. Yellow, orange, and Goldilocks personal favorite, blood red! \n\nShe had her robe with the hood up and moonlight barely shining, but almost nothing could hide the pure evil inside Goldilocks. She had her dagger,... | 2 | |
Just you and the man. Or woman, if you prefer. | [WP] You're on an elevator with a strange man when it gets stuck between floors. During the long wait, he takes the time to tell you he's a murderer. | [
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrungh.\n\nThe elevator stopped. Where was I again? According to my calculations, somewhere between the fifteenth and sixteenth floor. Can't these people fix this 35 year old box? I took a deep breath and pulled out my phone.\n\nNo service. Goddammit. No WiFi either. A building with 23 floors and no d... | 4 |
We've all see the tags floating around pants pockets, in product boxes, and sticked to various things we buy. Tell us a story about one of these anonymous "Inspector #7" types. For an added twist, pick either 1914, 2014, or 2114 and be subtle about which one. Let us figure out which century you're from. | [WP] You are "Inspector #7" at a factory in either 1914, 2014, or 2114. Write about a disagreement with co-worker "Inspector #5" without overtly telling us which century you're from. | [
"\"Hey... Five...\" I asked with concern.\n\"Yeah Seven?\" He replied with guilt in his voice.\nI asked, \"What did you just let down the line?\"\n\"Another fine Wharton product.\" He mumbled to his feet.\n\"You know that didn't meet standards. I could have seen that a mile away. Do you know what might happen if th... | 4 |
You got this apartment as a bargain, $1000 a month, in this neighborhood? You didn't ask too many questions, then. Sure, the building is rather old and it's got it's creaks and quirks, but none of that bothered you at all.
The rather odd second door inside the closet was nothing more than a curiosity. It was locked... | [WP] There's a door in the closet of your apartment, it has been locked since you moved in... | [
"It's been there since I moved in. I never understood why it would be there, considering there's no way there'd be anything on the other side but a brick wall, but curiosity had me check every key I had, just to see if one of them would open the door in the closet. Not a single key in my possession ever did. I thou... | 2 |
[WP] A person unplugs an everyday item in their kitchen and finds that doing so stops time. | [
"Greg Thompson was a perfectly ordinary man who lived a perfectly ordinary life, and he liked it that way. He had no idea that his morning on June the 14th would bring such strange and wonderful things. If he did, he would have gone right back to sleep.\n\nGreg relished his morning time. When he woke up he slipped ... | 3 | |
[WP] Write about a battle in a modern day world where the gun had never been invented. | [
"Commander Harbinger and his lieutenant slid through the tall grass pausing briefly when the moon showed its face. Harbinger listened for the sound of his men traveling in standard escort formation around him and smiled under his M40 gas mask when when he heard nothing. His team had been training weeks specifically... | 4 | |
[WP] You're a slug with salt being poured on you | [
"I had always been a fan of escargot.... but I had been a larger fan of heroine.\nShe was like my best girlfriend: constantly making me happy... making me laugh.. though my life was far from perfect. She was my, well, heroine. I would have done anything for her, and I did. Murder, rape, prostitution, anything to ha... | 2 | |
[WP] A modern day Frankenstein's Monster. | [
"The lightning flashed through the windows, illuminating everything in a colourless, stark brilliance. The machine thrummed with energy, great cobalt bolts that struck out at everything nearby.\n'It works\" My machine works!' cried the professor. His hunched assistant laughed maniacally and threw the huge steel lev... | 2 | |
[WP] In two sentences, please write me the biggest plot twist | [
"Sally was keenly aware that he was stalking her, slipping in and out of the shadows where he hoped she wouldn’t notice his stealthy presence until she had already led him to her house, by which point it would be too late and he could claim her for his own. She didn’t mind, though, because she had always wanted a c... | 1 | |
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Blood cells, hormones, platlets, heart rate, bone growth, etc. | [WP] A superhero who's power is that he can control %100 of his body. | [
"A gruff looking man leans against a beat-up cornerstore. He smokes a cigarette and watches the smoke fly into the atmosphere, when a small black car pulls up. Out steps a young lady, probably in her mid or early 20's, dressed appropriately for the hot California weather. One sun-kissed leg out of the car, followed... | 6 |
[WP] After the apocalypse, the only remaining survivors are the residents of the Playboy Mansion. Describe civilization 500 years later. | [
"\"Brothers and Sisters, we gather here today, 500 years after the Great Cataclysm, as we honor the father of mankind and his selfless sacrifice, so that we as a race may thrive. Let us bow our heads in remembrance.\"\n\nBeloved Sister of the Year Barbara stood at the rabbit-crested altar before her congregation, ... | 3 | |
[WP] A bunch of old grannies try to escape the retirement village | [
"It was half past two. The time was soon. \n\nA shuffling outside of my door confirmed my thoughts and, as the down swung open with a *click*, a blue scrub clad miss sauntered into my room. \n\n“Your pills,” her mouth warbled. \n\nI complacently dropped them into my mouth and swallowed. It’s better they think I am ... | 4 | |
[WP] Why are you underwhelmed with the multiple briefcases full of money in your trunk? And why can't the 12 dogs in the car make it better? | [
"Wiping his sweating palms on his dirty pant leg, Frank furiously sped away in the Oldsmobile station wagon he borrowed from his friend. The barking had finally stopped, as the dogs all slept surprising calm despite the conditions they were in. Frank noticed in his rear view mirror lights approaching, and attempts ... | 3 | |
[WP] There is a wall, and on that wall every 24 hours it will state 3 words that will happen to one of the many who visit it that day. | [
"It's amazing how that graffiti artist got up so high on that wall. I'm surprised nobody pained over it yet, I guess they're all to scared to go up there and do it. It's become sort of a phenomena. Everyone looks up now to the top of the bank building to see the words \"You Will Die.\" As he predicted, one of them ... | 5 | |
[WP] A man is on a date with a woman. In the middle of their meal he finds out she is a serial killer. | [
"In the background, the TV was on, and the news announced that another body had been found. This time the body had been found on the shore of the east river.\nThe body had massive bruising around the throat and there was irritation around the wrists, ankles and the corners of the victim's mouth. Tony Hernandez had ... | 8 | |
[WP] In a perfect world, men like me would not exist. But this is not a perfect world. | [
"This is a world of thieves and liars, killers and degenerates.\n\n\nI exist because evil exists, I do the work that a “civilized” society thinks they are above. I embody the harsh truth and the brutal reality that this imperfect world calls for and in doing so I ensure that innocent and naive are allowed to mainta... | 4 | |
[WP] A seed from the original forbidden fruit is regrown. | [
"“Several years ago, an enterprising American prospector set his eyes upon a questionably active volcano and said to himself, 'I want to drill a hole in that.'\n\n“That man, Aaron Pershing, is in a hospital now. I’ve been told that he is lucid enough today to be watching our broadcast, though his life had been in s... | 3 | |
[WP] You live in a world where you can see the exact date when everyone is going to die except for yourself, and one day people start being really nice to you. | [
"'Hmm. October 4th, 2014. Poor sap.' I thought to myself, looking at the said person. My neighbor or his family really didn't looked troubled, however. They must have prepared for it. After all, no one was really alerted by death at all. \n\nI think I read a similar situation in a book. Was it a fantasy-adventure b... | 3 | |
[WP] No longer shall this room act as my prison, | [
"No longer shall this room act as my prison. For tomorrow I will be free, free to dress as I please, to wake when I want. I will walk. I will talk. I will listen to the birds sing their song not from behind these windows and walls, but from under the very trees they are perched upon. Tomorrow I will be free. This d... | 2 | |
[WP] Years ago you purchased a typewriter and began writing stories on it. You became a famous author. You discover that the stories you have written have all become reality. Suddenly you are struck with severe writers block and the universe is becoming unraveled. Hold the universe together... | [
"It was only one year ago that I began to notice the changes. Everything I wrote, became real. Everything I wanted, became true. For a while I tinkered with the universe, giving myself unfathomable riches and endless pleasures, but it began to take its toll. The decadence slowly destroyed my ability to focus on my ... | 2 | |
[WP] In a future dystopian society, children are artificially born. On their 18th birthday, they receive new parents and never see their original ones again. Today is your 18th birthday. | [
"It's my Placement day. A new life, a new home, a new family. \n\n\nI'm scared. \n\n\nIt's supposed to be wonderful. Proud surrogates waving goodbye as a fresh-faced minor leaves to begin their real life. It's suppose to be the greatest moment of my life, the beginning of everything...\n\n\nSo why isn't it? \n\n\nI... | 2 | |
[WP] A man accidentally kills his town's most psychotic supervillian; he then finds his town's superhero, drunk and in tears, at his house a couple of days later. | [
"I stepped out of the taxi into a deep puddle in the gutter outside my townhouse. A brisk spring shower made it the perfect day for a funeral. I tipped the cabbie five dollars and sent him on his way to torment his next fare with strange food smells and troubling political views.\nI threw up the beer and whiskey th... | 12 | |
[WP] A man wakes up on the day of a very important job interview with a penis drawn on his forehead. He can't get it off and is forced to meet his very professional employer with it on. He lands the job. | [
"Oh god I am so screwed. When I get back to the apartment I am going to kill Jaime for doing this shit to me. No matter what I did, I couldn't get it off. No matter what that bastard claimed about what happened the night before, I was going to drill a hole in his head and skullfuck him until he died.\n\nI looked up... | 2 | |
[WP] You realize one evening that the moon is missing. You don't know how long it's been missing, and no one else seems to have realized it yet either. Astronomers were keeping the disappearance on the down-low - until now. | [
"I *hate* Neon City.\n\nNot only are the lights too bright, the upper bridge in every street has you surrounded by light on all sides. Those pads you wear on your eyes when you sleep, Neon City doesn't survive without those. Even worse, no one is allowed to leave the city. Well, *almost* no one.\n\nYou see, Neon Ci... | 1 | |
[WP] American Civil War 2. Write as a soldier that is explaining how you chose the side you are on to your squad. | [
"Alisa secured her gun over her shoulder, making sure to keep as quiet as she could as they crossed enemy territory. The area was metropolitan, dirty and destroyed. Graffiti covered the sides of every building. Pounds of trash lay within the streets, unmoving. It was hot. She'd been sweating all day, and the weight... | 2 | |
[WP] Your houseplants complain loudly every time you try to prune them. | [
"\"Ahh here we go.\"\n\nI grit my teeth and raise the clippers.\n\n\"Big man over here, with the choppers. C'mon! This guy.\" I lower my green handled pruning clippers once more and stare at the ficus. It sits unassumingly, my AC giving a slight rustle to the glossy leaves. Lifting my hand once more, I take hold of... | 3 | |
What does he do? | [WP] A man wakes up one morning and finds his heart replaced by a bomb. The timer is set to 24 hours. | [
"For nearly an hour, Luke had sat on the plain wooden chair at his dining table, his face a pale and expressionless mask of shock. His left hand, a white band circling his ring-finger, lay flat on the table; his right was still pressed hard against his chest. He could feel the strange vibration of the contrivance i... | 1 |
[WP] A teacher walks into his class only to find that someone had drawn an offensive cartoon of him on the board. There are 15 students in the class. Write how the teacher catches the culprit in the form of a whodunit. | [
"\"Someone,\" boomed out Mr Corcoran, \"Appears to have draw a picture on my whiteboard. While the artwork is, admittedly, impressively detailed, I am afraid I appreciate neither the stink lines nor the implication that my ties are stupid. My ties are awesome, you just don't appreciate them.\" \nHe looked around t... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a CD player once owned by a folk lover and a metalhead. You aare sold to a classic progressive rock fan. Describe your first experience. | [
"It's been 85 days since I was thrown onto this hard metal shelf. I'm so cold, covered in a layer of dust and who knows what else. \nSo confused, questions race through my drive. Why am I here? Who was the young man with the bumpy face? Where is Adam? I miss my Adam! I remember the young man talking to him before, ... | 2 | |
Over the past few weeks, you've been receiving strange emails. They seem to be coming from your email address, but for a while they've just been incoherent gibberish. However, as they continue, they begin to gain coherency until you receive the title message... | [WP] "Turn around. Now." | [
"Chills shot up my neck. I was alone in my home, yet I heard this deep breathing behind me. I could not turn around, because I was too afraid of what might be behind me. Finally a man put his hand on my shoulder and spun my computer chair so I face him. \n\nHe was one of the largest men I have ever seen. He was ... | 2 |
[WP] You stumble into a research facility full of brains in vats. Communicating through the consoles attached to each brain, you try to piece together what's going on and what you can do about it. | [
"I should not have walked in there. It was a dare, simple enough. I just waltzed into the alley and figured I would scare them by disappearing. So, I hid around the corner, tripped, fell down this stairwell and woke up. I know you are saying \"Dallas you are the hero\". False. I just have a loose shoulder... | 2 | |
[WP] You are trying to play chess, but the pieces keep telling you which moves they think are better. | [
"My opponent was growing impatient. But for a reason, I couldn't make my next move. \n\nI used to be a great chess player. 1900 ELO. I won a few tourneys. Sadly, I always lost when it really counted. Anyways, it's not time to have regrets. I had a game going right now. \n\nI started with a classic Sicilian Defens... | 3 | |
[WP] You are using the washroom at the mall. The men's and women's room switch. | [
"Why does constipation have to be such an issue, and why did it strike me the day I thought of buying myself a new laptop?\n\nDamn. I'd told Jim to wait for me outside the computer store in Neon Mall. I ran into the men's washroom and plonked myself into one of the stalls, acknowledging that kind older gentleman ta... | 2 | |
[WP] A person experiences head trauma and suddenly remembers their past life. | [
"Jeremy would be glad when the Superbowl was over. Indianapolis had bad enough traffic as it was, and thousands of tourists crammed in a very small amount of space didn't improve things. His walk home, which normally took about 15 minutes, at taken him 30 so far and he wasn't even halfway there.\n\nThe worst thing ... | 3 | |
"Worst" here could mean "resulting in the most awful consequences" or "being most disastrous just for the worker". So the job could be school bus driver or AA leader, respectively. | [WP] An employee comes into work drunk—at the worst possible job for it. | [
"It was clear the snakes were upon him. The blighters were quite evidently clambering allover his torso, lurching around his shoulders and spiraling down his thick fighter pilot's legs. With the orange sleeve of his suit Armstrong attempted to mop his dewy brow. A sheen of golden sweat was dislodged from his temple... | 2 |
[WP] Your thought process while you wait for her to respond. | [
"No response. There is no response. You've tried everything. Everything, but there is still no response \"Why aren't you responding!\" You cry out. After weeping for a minute or two ,you give up hope. You reluctantly hold down the power button to reset the computer.\n\n---\n\nThe first few months were painful. But ... | 5 | |
[WP] Kindergarten teacher by day, vampire hunter by night. | [
"I knelt next to the body of the latest victim; a woman, blonde, dressed in a spandex exercise outfit, and a recent kill. Very recent. Her blood still slick and liquid between my fingers even though her body was already cooling in the cool night air. She had been drained far more than just required for one vampire.... | 4 | |
[WP] You can't die until your name is spoken for the last time. | [
"It was such a simple wish. All I wanted was to live forever. A chance to see everything the world has to offer, the technology of the future. Truth be told, after a few hundred years there isn't much exciting happening. \n\nI thought I was so clever, building in an escape plan if I wanted to die. All I had to do w... | 8 | |
[WP] You have been cursed. For 24 hours, any figurative language you use becomes reality. Try to survive the day. | [
"12 a.m. and drunk again. That’s the start of this day. This day is mine, my day but I’m fucking passed out. Snoring for life. Unemployed, drunk as a depressed skunk and stealing my employed wife from sleep. Not that she gives a damn; tomorrow is her day off. So I passed out but not until that bitch drank a qu... | 4 | |
[WP] A prepper and his family evacuated to a remote bug out location. 12 months later and supplies running low he risks venturing into the outside world only to discover he has made the biggest mistake of his life. | [
"Kate warily opened the vault door, steeling herself for anything that might await her on the other side. They had all heard the screams, the rumbling, the deafening crashes for months on end. Who knew what would still be out there, one year after the apocalypse?\n\nStill, they no longer had a choice. Food was runn... | 1 | |
((ALT: They can also be sold.)) | [WP] Your skills and talents can be given as gifts. You will lose them, but can work to build up that skill again from scratch. | [
"The shop was noisy and smelled of old oil, gasoline, and engine cleaner. Mark really didn't want to be there, but he didn't have much of a choice. His son had made this choice for him. He knew he shouldn't be bailing his son out yet again, but even to somebody like Mark, blood is blood.\n\nHe was flanked by a pair... | 5 |
[WP] In an alternate earth, Adam and Jamie use real, live humans in their mythbusting. | [
"Adam blabbered on to the camera about the science behind their methods as Jamie rolled his eyes and finished assembling their experiment. Somehow, Jamie always ended up doing the dirty work. \nAfter stitching up the last piece, Jamie stood up and joined Adam at the camera. \n\"Remember folks,\" Jamie rumbled. \"al... | 2 | |
You know the story. Our villian has an ingeniously complex plan to destroy EVERYTHING! MUHAHAHA! But it seems there was a lack of foresight, and they don't really have any post-world ambitions. What could come from such a moment of clarity? | [WP] The local super villian's violent yet ultimately ambiguous plan has succeeded, and the world is now devoid of all life! The heroes have failed to save the day, and Mr.Villain lets out a triumphant cackle!... But what now? | [
"\"Ha...ha...ha...\" The laugh faded slowly into the silence. The only sound was the faintest sound of blood freezing on the rapidly cooling stone. Zeltigest looked down upon the once great hero, the legendary and magnificent Ser Lloyd Kenlance. The once great frame now lay crumpled. The heroic warrior king, ... | 2 |
The knight and the dragon can be either gender. | [WP] A knight is about to fight a dragon, however the knight and the dragon become infatuated with each other. What happens next? | [
"The knight crept further into the wyrm's lair, torch flickering in the gloom. He'd been training all his life for this battle. His kin told stories of the dread dragon, a beast so grand its wings blocked out the sun. Its breath able to melt the strongest armour. He would best this infernal creature and bring peace... | 3 |
[WP] After laboring in North Korea for most of his life, one man snaps and finally decides to take a stand against the regime. | [
"I worked for years, and have seen many slaughtered.\nI worked for years, in fears of sadistic and well armed volunteers.\n\nUntil one day, when fear distilled like vaporizing water.\nI viewed and heard the murder of my daughter.\nThe soldier asked her if she wished to produce any last words, and she spoke; \"end m... | 2 | |
[WP] Even Death fears death. | [
"If I’d had it my way I would have never fallen into the footsteps of my father. Who would choose this profession in the first place? Who actively wants to be the one thing that most people fear? Carrying out the job of someone you’ve never met? The pay sucks, and there is no guarantee that you’ll even advance to s... | 2 | |
Bonus points for humor. | [WP] Everyone hates you. You are completely aware of this and in fact, make constant efforts to maintain your reputation. What's the why? | [
"Let’s see...tomorrow's to do list: \n1. Wake up really late \n2. Piss on toilet seat \n3. Eat any food in the house \n4. Punch James in the nose \n5. Get obnoxiously drunk \n6. Make every effort to sleep with Julie \n \nThese to do lists are handed out to everyone by the producer of The Bachelor at the end... | 3 |
[WP] Upon making first contact, the Aliens inform us they were the first humans to embark on a space journey thousands of years ago. | [
"They came in December. \nOn the 14th my colleague, Robert Janson noticed something strange on the Skynet defence radars. I was working on directing a team on Pillar 34 through the proper maintenance procedures for oxygen filters, and God was I in a bad mood. \n \"Caleb, you should...uh, well see this.\" ... | 2 | |
[WP] You get bored of the party and walk outside to lay under the tree. It has become dark. As you lay under the tree, you look up and see two beady red eyes looking back down at you. | [
"\"Fuck.\"\n\nWith music blaring just about 50 ft to the front of me, I had lay down in the grass, hoping to at least doze off so I could escape here for a little while. See, I go to a small private school, so some asshole thought it'd be nice to invite everyone. I don't even know these people, I thought to myself ... | 5 | |
[WP] Writing from the future, explain why the social norms of our time are barbaric and backwards. | [
"My trip to the 21st century was bizarre. I had no idea how crazy it would be. The ancients were backwards morons. \n\nFirst off they steered old gasoline carmobiles just like we were taught. But none of them could fly. The ones that could fly were too big to steer around town. None of them could go to any other pl... | 3 | |
[WP] Fear is not a natural emotion, but is instead taught to children when they reach a certain age. | [
"\"Your daughter is here Dr.\" \n \n\"Send her in.\" \n \n\"Daddy!\" \n \n\"Hey sweetie. Congratulations. 8 years now, you grow up so fast.\" \n \n\"Do I get a present daddy?\" \n \n\"Yes you do sweetie. I have it right ... | 2 | |
[WP] You find yourself walking down a seemingly endless desert road, with the devil walking by your left and Christ walking by your right. You have no idea where you're going. | [
"Jesus Christ.\n\nHe's on my right. Though I'm a Jew who hasn't spoken a word to this guy, I see the trademark mane of brown hair and a white robe that seems regal enough to go against his supposed meekness. Robes are still pretty religious, though. Certain practices render them universal signs of appreciation. ... | 2 | |
[WP] - In the future severe crimes are punished by imprisoning the perpetrator in a completely empty room without any connection to the outside world. One prisoner is completely sane even after 50 years. | [
"It's a pretty big room for one person. I noticed that about 5 years in. Twenty paces by twenty paces and two of me high. No, I couldn't use all of that space.\n\nThey didn't think I'd figure it out. I did it, though. It was a puzzle all along. Found that out in 12 years.\n\nThe only problem is that I tried everyth... | 3 | |
[WP] As a joke, your friend gives you a crystal ball for your birthday..... | [
"\"Josh, you can't be serious.\" I said to my best friend.\nHe stopped in the door, and looked at me, surprised.\n\n\"Uhm, Happy birthday, man? What's the problem?\" \n\nThe surprisingly hefty giftbox he was holding was carefully placed on the ground.\n\n\"Why would you think that buying me a crystal ball would be ... | 2 | |
[WP] It looked like an angel. | [
"It looked like an angel. \n\nA frown tugged at her lips, eyebrows knotted as she twisted a short, brown lock of hair in her fingers. \n\nThe Department of Fish and Wildlife had gotten a call about an hour back about some kind of huge animal left in the middle of the road; the driver had seemed somewhat panic... | 3 | |
[WP] A Soviet-era space ship has just crash landed in Central Park. Two Cosmonauts have stumbled out of the wreckage | [
"**This is the first thing I've written in a while, and I'm not entirely satisfied with it. Criticism is welcome. **\n\n**Also, feel free to correct any mistakes. I didn't proofread after typing it.**\n\n***Word Count: 1310***\n\n“TEN!”, the crowd roars, all at the top of their lungs. Hands are in the air, waiting ... | 2 | |
[WP] Write the most sarcastic and passive-aggressive resignation letter for an unfair employer | [
"Dear Theater Manager,\n\nI am writing to inform you of my two weeks notice.\n\nAs much as I have enjoyed working in a high pressure environment, I must now acknowledge my doctor's wishes and move on to an environment that is more conducive to my cardiovascular health.\n\nI have gained so much knowledge and experie... | 6 | |
[WP] Colossal gears grind and moan as they begin to turn into motion. A small light at the center propagates and begins to flicker. Your heart sinks. The Global Machine has been activated. | [
"He is adding some final embellishments to a set of models, working intently beneath a large magnifying glass at his bench. A bit more sharpness to this one’s horn. A darker shade of orange for this one’s fire. This will be the most interesting set yet, he thinks. His mind wanders, imagining how he will reconcile t... | 4 | |
[WP] You are told that you can be cloned to rid your body of cancer and any future illness. However, due to cloning laws you will be terminated. While your clone has retained all of your memories as his own, something happens that makes him realize that he is not the original. | [
"\"Didn't you have a birthmark on the back of your neck?\" Amy said as she gently ran her fingers through my hair.\n\n\"Huh? No, I don't think so.\"\n\nAmy stopped her soft petting and stared quizzically at the back of my neck for quite some time before saying \"I'm pretty sure you did.\" At this point, I was rathe... | 3 | |
[WP] A woman accidentally discovers that anything she does to a photograph of a person happens to that person in real life exactly 74 minutes later | [
"Amber squeezed the middle of her forehead with her fingertips and sighed. She had woken up with the strangest headache. She poured herself a cup of coffee, grabbed her Nylon magazine and slumped into the couch. She flipped the TV on, sipped her coffee and flipped through the magazine. More violence in the Middle E... | 1 | |
[Wp] "The mighty hero fell to his knees and wept." | [
"The mighty hero fell to his knees and wept. The battle was over, but nothing would be the same. So many lives lost on this day and he wept in joy. This fight had not been in vain. His fallen comrades has not died in vain, and now he wouldn't. Blood seeped from where his hand laid on his abdomen. He had other cuts ... | 4 | |
[WP] God commits suicide. | [
"White clouds in the big blue sky shatter like glass. A mountain of a body falls out. It's shaped like a man but his skin radiates the cosmos of a night sky that's never seen city lights. His neck leaks bright star filled water. Angels rush to catch the back of the falling behemoth to slow his fall. Horns sound fro... | 2 | |
[WP] To die before the age of 18 guarantees a spot in Heaven. For each year that passes afterwards, one's probability of entering Heaven decreases by 90% of the prior year's percentage. One cannot enter by suicide, nor can one enter if one has murdered another person. | [
"Christopher Grenning looked up at the shadow that had fallen over him, interrupting his sunbath on the deck of his favorite cruise liner.\n\n\"What is it, James?\"\n\n\"Sir, it's.. uh, your workday, Sir. And your shift starts in 10 minutes.\"\n\n\"Oh. Right. Well, let's get on with it then.\"\n\nHe stood up and st... | 2 |
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