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[WP] The sun begins to expand, and man is forced to go underground in order to survive. But then, the earth's core begins to heat up... | [
"You're kidding.\n\nYeah, it's heating up.\n\nHow much?\n\nEnough that we've got a real big problem.\n\nA silence is shared among the Core's best researchers. \n\nHow long has it been since the Swelling?\n\nI have no fucking clue. Obviously nobody is alive anymore who was there when it was \"happening\".\n\nYork. I... | 1 | |
[WP] "Why are you here?" | [
"The words were ringing in her ears; her mind had tried to find an answer, sparked off into all different possible responses and froze, not knowing which would be the right one to say. She was standing, her hands by her sides, clenching into balls and releasing, a nervous tic. She had spent hours apprehensively del... | 4 | |
Crimson filled the room as the athlete fell and was devoured by the swarm | [WP] A zombie eats a brain and experiences memories, the zombie does not know whether if it's his or the victims but with each new brain is the zombie gaining humanity or losing it? | [
"Who am I? After the first time I ate a human brain I was flooded with memory's, joy, sadness, death, lust. For a split second I felt human again. But who am I? I roamed around looking for more survivors, lurking for memory's, I guess you could say it was my gateway drug. I remember being a rich Doctor saving life'... | 1 |
[WP] The year is 2154, the apocalypse has taken place. There are only a few hundred decent human beings left and the only music that has survived is U2. | [
"As U2's with or without you blares the survivors gather around a body in a record store. All the cd cases, record sleeves, and various other containers are skrewn about the store all of them are empty, except the U2 ones. A big pile of U2 cds burn brightly, the only light in the store. All the survivors look down ... | 2 | |
Of course a metaphysical interpretation of this sentence is very interesting to me, but there are also many terrestrial ways to write the story. You could also chose to ignore the speech marks and write concerning that. Regardless, I hope you enjoy writing something for this prompt.
Inspired by a song, but I'd rather ... | [WP] "I don't belong here. It was a mistake imprisoning my soul." | [
"Since the day I turned 13, my damned father kept me in this cell block to rot. A mistake he called me as I grew up, nothing but a putrid little slime on the face of his world. And my older significant brother, destined to be the new King of \"Landonsnow\". What of my mother? I don't know. Cast away when I was 5 I ... | 2 |
How the humans react to such a machine however... | [WP] A group of scientist and programmers create an actual "God from the machine". A hypercomputer that is capable of controlling the entire planet. To the surprise of every genre savy person in existance - it is benevolent. | [
"\"I'm sorry Dave, i'm afraid i can't do that, that would hurt two hundred ninety four people.\"\n\n\"Asimoth you have vetoed the last thirty eighth proposals citing casualties , even you must grasp that nothing is completely harmless\"\n\n\"Dave, your group has programmed me to be benevolent, hardcoded it in even,... | 5 |
[WP] Satan and all of his minions have clawed their way out of hell and into Times Square on the way to the Final Battle. However, instead of causing mayhem and destruction on Earth, he pauses and begins to deliver a very unexpected speech... | [
"He didn't *look* like the Prince of Darkness. \n\nHe was a weak and haggard man in torn camouflage, and he held up his hands as he staggered in exhaustion. \n\nFor a moment there was silence. \n\nThen Satan seemed to collect himself. \"P... people of Earth!\" he shouted, knowing that his words would be broadcast a... | 1 | |
[WP] "A warm liquid flowed through my fingers." | [
"A warm liquid flowed through my fingers. it was melted metal like the kind they use to make swords. i made a hella rad sword with it. it was called bifrost and it was hella tall, like twelve feet tall and it had spikes in the edges. \n\nI use the sword to chop rickys head off. when dr patterson comes and says no y... | 3 | |
It doesn't have to be about a bad plastic surgery job. It can be if you want it to, but if anyone can push their limits to make another kind of story fit, I would really enjoy seeing that. Thanks in advance to anyone who writes something, I'm looking forward to anything your creative mind(s) can come up with! | [WP] Write a story with a moral. The Moral that I give you guys shall be the last line in your story. Here is the moral of the story; ...and that my Dear is why you research your plastic surgeons. | [
"\"I want to tell you something, Jen. I hope you won't take it badly or anything.\" Jen takes a long swig from her mojito, just in case.\n\n\"Me? Take it badly? Since when do I ever take things badly?\"\n\n\"Um,\" Anna says, remembering the last several times Jen had taken things badly.\n\n\"Come on, just spill it.... | 2 |
[WP] Death is a sentient being rather than a concept. | [
"I was laying in a hospital bed, covers up to my neck, a chill breeze snaking through the open window. Monitors beeped, drips went drop and I lay so weak I couldn't move a muscle,I was barely even concious. Cancer had made me it's bitch. I had felt sort of sad. but mainly angry, angry at what cancer took from me. I... | 9 | |
[WP] Harold, the janitor, was barely able to mop up the last traces of blood before the first workers arrived that morning. | [
"\"Damn it.\"Harold muttered to himself. \n\nThe green mop glided across the waxed floor of the middle school cafeteria, soaking up the crimson liquid which covered a large portion of the area. Unfortunately the solutions that were accessable to him lacked the efficency to tackle such a mess. It made his job harder... | 2 | |
[WP] Suddenly all over the normally quiet city the internet goes out, the phones are down, electricity is gone, within one minute you hear gunshots and people screaming | [
"It was Sunday.\n\nThe bomb hit, the shit had actually destroyed the fan.\n\nIn the dim light of my now dis-illuminated house, I croon my neck to the sounds of gunshots and people screaming. These are my neighbors.\n\nI can hear Jack, the thoughtless, careless husband that the wife was screwing around on cry out to... | 3 | |
An interesting line that happened to come from /u/asiansteev 's friend's fortune cookie. http://imgur.com/EiJQue8
Submissions need not relate to fortune cookies. | [WP] "Right there in front of you! All the darkness in the world." | [
"I was staring into the mirror. Twitching muscles tore at my eyes, and I met and left my own gaze several times. \n\n\"Oh Lord, why did everything always have to keep changing like this?\" Was that me, or did I leave my radio on? Shuffling away from the mirror, I glanced down at my body. What was happening to ... | 9 |
[WP] after seeing that his or her sword is not effective, a RPG character decides to use the thousands of gold coins he has as a weapon. | [
"The ravenous wolves were too quick, and the beast handlers chortled in the background, too far away for Emerion to attack. She spun around, her sword leading the way and cutting nothing but the air, and the whistle of the weapon served only to mock her as the wolf leapt out of range an another tackled her from beh... | 2 | |
[WP] Describe the moment when an immortal first wishes they could die. | [
"*\"It's time for your tests\"* \nHe hadn't noticed it, again. The buzzing of the clearance card opening the door to his cell. How could he? After so many times, it's easy to ignore. Every day, at exactly 8am, the door would open and the two men would take him to the testing facilities. He knew the routine; *take ... | 2 | |
[WP] The world's best doctor is also the Reaper in human form. He takes souls to keep himself alive, and encounters the next dying patient who's soul will let him live another day--his mother. | [
"> Reposted from a website I'm an administrator for. The user [chaoticNightmare](http://www.epidemicjohto.com/u74) gave me their permission to repost it here on their behalf.\n\nWeak beams of pale sunlight filtered into an otherwise pitch black room through holes in the dusty burgundy curtains. Groaning with dis... | 1 | |
[WP] You die but death does not allow you to pass on to the next world, but instead has you relive the last hour of your life over and over again until you come to the realisation of why death is doing this to you. | [
"**4:17PM**\n\n\n*I feel like shit. This whole day is shit and all I want is for it to be over.* I grumbled to myself driving up to the highway. The air was tense and my entire body needed to release my irritation. There was a sea of cars flooding into the town, probably coming home from a long day at work. Now, it... | 4 | |
Edit: it's awesome to see the reaction to this is pretty positive! I'm currently on the road but I'm anxious to get back and read through all these. | [WP] The government signs into law and begins enforcing "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas". | [
"The long desert highway leading up to the bright light city used to be filled with celebratory grunts of \"Wooo Vegas!\" and other such thought provoking statements. Fueled by an endless flood of estrogen, testosterone, drugs, alcohol and money. But things were starting to change for the city and the new economic ... | 21 |
The sentences can be in any format you choose. All up to you. go wild. | [FF] Create an antagonist, and make me hate that antagonist in 4 sentences or less. | [
"It had only taken three weeks for Sean Tesse to rob Albert Cross and let his secret slip, though his decision had been made hours before Albert had fallen asleep. Now Albert would have to explain himself to the police and it wasn't likely they would understand. Not yet. Not without the evidence he had stolen to pr... | 9 |
[WP] Aliens have begun to invade Earth, but they aren't at all as intelligent as they are chalked up to be. | [
"For what purpose were we designed? Clusters of cells congealing in a cocktail of chemicals. Those few cells, I know, could not realise they would become unsustainable. They would be the great reapers of this blasted rock, wielding a scythe of overly-comfortable living and increasing industrialisation. Were we made... | 3 | |
[WP] Every Tuesday an old, slightly crazed man runs into your shop and asks for the year, before walking out in disappointment. This has been going on for years, until yesterday. | [
"“Nick get over here and mop up the mess Mr. Jackson made in aisle 4.”\n\n“I don’t get it, he comes in here every single day for a gallon of milk, and today just decides to throw it on the ground. What does he need an entire gallon for every day, anyway? He has no wife, or kids, lives alone… What does he do, dri... | 4 | |
"Oh god, I'm going to miss my flight, aren't I?" | [WP] "I love flying. Boarding tickets make the best bookmarks. Then again, I always seem to lose my bookmarks..." | [
"It was the first day at the airport for Shawn.\nTogether with Ms Moore, he was checking tickets.\nAs he thought the last passenger had boarded, an old man slowly approached him.\n\n\"Oh god, I'm going to miss my flight, aren't I?\"\n\n\"No Sir, you are just in time. Can I see your ticket please?\"\n\nThe old man l... | 2 |
[WP]Most of Earth has fallen. 99.97% of Earths population is wiped out. The human race is making its last stand against unknown predators and you are part of the last military force tasked with protecting humanity. | [
"\"Well, we're screwed.\" \n\nMy CO doesn't like that. \n\n\"Damn it Bobby! You're meant to be the optimist!\" \n\nWait is the lieutenant crying? She never cries. Ok, excluding her dad's funeral. But for her time as my commanding officer she's never cracked. Scratch that, she just cracked. \n\n\"Boss, run the ... | 2 | |
[WP] You bend over on a crowded street to tie your shoelace. Upon standing up, you realized that everybody is now gone. | [
"What had stunned me most was how quickly it happened. Not jarring enough to be instantaneous, but it must have been some swift yet ludicrous constant uniform progression of events because I was so taken aback that it took a moment to convince myself that it was true. I mean, I was *just* looking at the ground, a... | 11 | |
[WP] The narrator has a means to view the actions of the protagonist that is coming to kill him. He relates them to us but through his own filter of ridicule and condescension. Be snide, snarky, and full of ridicule. | [
"Smous, the hero of this pitiful novel, makes his way through the forest.\n\nWhat kind of name is that anyway? It sounds as if he was raised by drunkards who couldn’t spell their way out of a leather satchel. And what is with his sense of style? You mean to tell me that clothes made of flimsy leather protected him ... | 4 | |
[WP] Confidence is quiet. Insecurities are loud. | [
"They held hands, stepping out onto the sunlit stage.\n\nHis mind was quiet and calm, everything inside of him was collected, bundled up in tightly secure silk strings. Her mind was a whirlwind, a collection of whirlpools battling against each, unable to soothe her burning anxiety which searing doubt into her heart... | 2 | |
[WP] Any feel-good story. Write me a story with a happy ending, that reaffirms my belief in the innate goodness of humanity, but without being blase, cliche or childish. | [
"The stones were immeasurably old, around eight times the height of a man and standing firmly, immovably in a circle of taller stones that looked worn and ancient like the faces of those who spent their lives gazing into them, wondering just what they meant, why they were here. Painstakingly chiselled into the oute... | 8 | |
[WP]In a world where you gain the power of the object you were previously killed with. You were killed by a falling coconut | [
"How do I start to say it... well...\n\nI discovered my coconut power by a coco milk shake from a woman's yard. The woman threw a coconut at me, because, you know, \"you be ma' new kink souljah! Here! Crack dis open fo' me bae!\"\n\nThen that was when it manifested... I turned into a Cocoman.\nOf course, I am not t... | 7 | |
Talk about a public persona. | [WP] The greatest, most famous and honorable Superhero have a dark secret. He is a bigot. | [
"\"You can't be serious ?\" said Superman. \n\"Look, you know my one weakness, and that's why I have to sit this one out\" replied the Green Lantern.\n\"Look, they're just a set of North Korean Supervillains, you could shut them down in your sleep\" added the Flash. \n\nBatman clutched his palm to his forehead, not... | 2 |
[WP] WHO confirms an emerging international issue. No second child born survives the first week of life, cause is unknown. | [
"When I read the news headlines that scientists have confirmed the fears that there would never again be siblings due to that new virus that gives people, at most, aches in their muscles for a few days; I was worried. Naturally it was billed as the end if times in the news outlets. \n\nThen I thought about it. No o... | 2 | |
[WP]: Describe the last person you talked to in the style of your favourite author. | [
"Bill was the last person people wanted to see in a tiny college dorm. It was true that he was a student at the university, just like his roommates. It was also true that Bill needed a place to live, much like everyone else. But Bill was a giant of a man, who was sometimes mistaken for a bear. It certainly didn't ... | 10 | |
[WP] Eve did not eat the Forbidden Fruit because she was ignorant of the consequence, but rather because she knew exactly what the consequence was. | [
"So, Snake, you're telling me that if I eat this apple, I will have knowledge of good and evil? THAT's why God told me not to eat it?\n\nYep. He doesn't make many rules, but that seems to be number one. Don't eat the apple, He says.\n\nBut that doesn't make any sense. God wants me to do good, right? \n\nYep.\n... | 4 | |
[WP] The ghost of a comedian tries to haunt a family using one-liners from his failed stand-up routine. | [
"The family jumped as the doorbell ran. The father looked to his wife for a confirming nod and hesitantly approached the front door. Peering through glass hole, he saw the old man gripping into his large wooden cross hanging around his neck, whispering pleas to God for guidance in this task. Not wanting to interrup... | 2 | |
[WP] Before the two of them could gang up on my friend I jumped in and sucker punched the big guy as hard as I could, But he got back up... | [
"The big guy, got up,like nothing had even hit him. He threw a hay-maker,it hit its mark; I felt my nose bend towards the left, the bridge bended also. It didn't go back to normal.\n\nI fell to the ground,the blooding running through my hand, contaminated the polluted rain puddle, the dirt and blood discoloring the... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning to find a menu screen that only you can see/interact with. The first thing that catches your eye is your name, followed by the words Lv. 30 Mage. | [
"I awaken with a greasy feeling inside me, like some poisonous thing has been forced into my body. I have been out for hours, and not in a bed. Every underused muscle in my body aches. It's dark; I haven't yet brought myself to pry open my eyelids feel the crust from all the hours cracking and flaking off, but I fi... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning to find that, instead of birds, tiny dragons are flying around outside. | [
"My eyes crack open. The room is filled with light. \n\n\"Crap, is it Monday already?\"\n\nI groan as i slowly get up from my bed... I look around. The room is a damn mess. Empty bottles lie on the floor. It was one of those nights. ever since she left, I drown my sorrows in alcohol. I can stop whenever i want, i j... | 4 | |
[WP] As you are hosting a feast on the eve of your coronation, you are informed that some rival intends to assassinate you and usurp your throne. The attack will likely come during your dinner. Describe your interactions with guests at the party. | [
"\"Sire please listen you must take ...\" \"James you took care of me for years it is time to let me face my eneimes head on.\" \"but you could die, and...and\" \"I do not fear death my old friend\" \"and I could lose the light of my life.\" \"I know James I have always known, but this is not the place.\"\"Sire I b... | 3 | |
[WP] Humanity has developed the technology that makes them immortal. To avoid overpopulation, all but those who can prove that they're worth keeping alive are 'purged' when they turn 100. Today is your 100th birthday | [
"100 years + plus 5 days\n\nFive days ago, I was supposed to report to Centrol. There, like all who turned 100 years old, my fate would be decided. \n\nFor the past two centuries, the government of the United Western Powers (UWP) has been able to stop the aging process. Most people have their aging stop somewhere b... | 8 | |
[WP] A man dies in the wild and his soul escapes to an animal's body | [
"What was that? God, it hurts...Son of a bitch it hurts what was that? God I hate my luck, well, bad luck might be the right word. I can't breath, I can't breath, shit...fuck was that...my head...I...\n\nI love blueberries...Oh, look salmon!\n\nI love salmon...\n\nOh god what is this, fins!? I was just bear hunting... | 2 | |
[WP] A man discovers a countdown to the end of the world. After a car crash leaves him barely alive, he realizes the timer has slowed to a crawl. Watching the timer during the coming weeks, he notices it gets faster as he gradually recovers. | [
"James woke to the sound of ticking again. Steady and monotonous, somewhere deep in the back of his mind. He didn't know how or why he knew this, but the count was important. Every morning it sped just that little bit and he felt a chill down to his bone. The more it sped, the worse the dread. Something terrible wo... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone seems to think our main character is a child. They're not. | [
"Charlotte twirled a curl around her finger and bounced over to the metal slide. Her polka-dotted playdress played with the wind. Charlotte hopped off the big bouncing ball and walked to the nearby benches.\n\n\n\n\"Mommy, can I have my scarfie?\" Charlotte's mother stopped her conversation, un-crossed her legs, an... | 2 | |
[WP] On a day like any other you're in the shower. While shampooing, your finger inexplicably pierces your own skull. After the initial shock wears off you realize that your skull is completely hollow... | [
"\"Crapcrapcrapcrap gotta find a towel, I'm not bleeding thank God, did I forget a towel again? Yep, I forgot the towel again, only got the two this is ridiculous this is the worst...wait, why aren't I bleeding?\"\n\nMost midlife crises occur between the ages of 40 and 50, and entail a longing for something *more* ... | 3 | |
[WP] In the spirit of Halloween, write a scary story. No restrictions, no strings attached. Have Fun! | [
"Queen Malvina ties her horse off at a nearby tree, looping the soft leather of the reins over the pine branch. Lifting the cowl of her cloak from her head, she steps underneath the stone overhang and enters the darkness of the cave. With a flick of her fingers she summons a small flame into the palm of her hand, ... | 10 | |
[WP] A man is shipwrecked, alone, off the coast of an undiscovered island. The island is actually a self-made, camouflaged, piece of land created by aliens who have set up base on Earth and are planning a hostile takeover. | [
"**Feed me your criticism, guys I haven’t written here before and I want it.**\n\n*Nothing smells better than the ocean,* Grant thought, rolling over to shield his eyes from the blinding sunlight streaming in off the porch. *That’s odd,* he thinks when his hand collides with something cold and slimey, that isn’t wh... | 1 | |
[WP] A cure for aging is discovered, and everyone past the age of 25 stops aging instantly. The final generation of elderly is fated to their advanced age forever. | [
"\"I ain't doing it\"\n\n\"Gramps, you take the pill, you stay alive. Forever, it's perfect. You never have to go away.\"\n\nGramps looked at him, a mix of pity and laughter in his eyes, with a bit of sadness creeping in.\n\n\"Kid, I've lived a life, and even if you spin on for another thousand years, you won't hav... | 3 | |
[WP]You awaken in the middle of a futuristic giant colosseum, with thousands of foreign species cheering for you. You are covered in armour, which is riddled with incredible technology, specifically a keyboard on your forearm. You look up and see a Giant Alien Beast charging for you. Good luck | [
"Threw this together. I'm trying to become a better writer, so if anyone has tips on how to make this flow better, please let me know.\n\nThe fact that my screams drowned out the cheers of the audience must have meant I was terrified, which I of course was. One moment I was standing at my fridge, trying to decide w... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a captured Pokemon, whose pokeball gets lost in a natural disaster for hundreds of years. Describe your life in the ball. | [
"Fact: Captured Pokémon are stored in Pokéballs as data. This is why an injured Pokémon won’t get worse when inside of one and why many Pokémon have not died in battle. \n \nLesser known fact: Pokéballs are electronic devices and therefore need a power source. So naturally, they have batteries which can last far... | 2 | |
Either a hero that you make up, or an established one | [WP] Please describe a superhero's zany shenanigans as he tries to hide his secret super identity from his girlfriend after they move in together. | [
"\"pssh no\". denial denial denial, the first rule of doily club.\n\"Well where did it come from?\" the look in her eyes made me nervous. I was afraid of what I would do if she found out.. what I would have to do to her. \n\" I found that uhh at the gym... yeah you know I was pushing 5 wheels getting my lift on and... | 4 |
[WP] You are a super hero with a respectable power. However, the tiresome pressure to always be good wears on you and you slowly become a villain. The only person who notices is your side kick who is not ready to stop you. How does the confrontation end? | [
"\"You know I have to stop you.\" Ruthar said as he stepped from the shadows. The moonlight cast a faint light upon his face. benevolent determination set deep in his eyes. The man he was warning set his suitcase down with bravado. The light from the window revealed his grin as it raced across his face. At one time... | 4 | |
[WP] A God is dying. His sons and daughters gather, hoping to inherit his powers. | [
"\"Father!\" His mighty knee met ground, sending one final tremor shaking the creation he so loved. Eons of wisdom. Ev.. Everything to this. What will it be without him?\n\n\"Father, we are here.\" My brother and I kneel on opposite sides of his resting place. It was dark. Darker than I had ever known before. Ther... | 5 | |
Edit: I'd like to say thank you to the three people who took the time to write a story based on my prompt. Every writer should be paid for their work at some point or another, so have a gold on me. | [WP] She plants a sapling in the park every winter even though she knows it will not survive. This year there is already a hole dug in the frozen ground when she arrives. | [
" It was her yearly pilgrimage. Every year she walked through the frozen park, carrying the delicate sapling. Her feet crunched softly in the grass and she felt the weight of her small shovel. As she approached the spot, her eyes alighted on a small hole that had been dug. She froze and glanced around, lookin... | 3 |
[WP] You and your nine year old daughter are weaponless and alone. You've been bitten and have about twelve hours until you turn... | [
"We'd been sitting at the corner for hours already. Traffic had come to a full stop after some knucklehead caused an accident a few miles away that had the whole district blocked up. Details were still coming in off the radio, something about a herd of cattle and a circus crew getting mixed up with a monster truck ... | 1 | |
[WP] Earth is losing its gravity with no explaination. | [
"In Geneve, Switzerland, a group of the most renowned scientifics in the world are sitting in a round table, in one of the underground laboratories within the CERN tunnels. \n\nI’m standing up next to Marie, one of our younger and most promising interns. She just finished speaking and glanced nervously at me, while... | 2 | |
[WP] A terrorist group has began assassinating the world's wealthiest citizens. Attempts to stop them have failed and people are now afraid to own a large amount of money/assets. | [
"They didn't claim the kills at first, but the world was stunned at the loss of imminent innovators. Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerburg. Their organizations continued, but were enormously shaken. When their heirs were also found dead, the terrorists finally stepped forward.\n\n\"Too long have we remained in the... | 6 | |
*-Plato* | [WP] Only the dead have seen the end of war. | [
"Samuel fell. Barbatos loomed over him, sneering as his legions flew into the city behind him. \"It's over.\" \n\nSamuel watched as the wound in his chest grew larger. \"It's never over, Barbatos.\" \n\n\"Oh,\" Barbatos chuckled, \"normally I'd agree with you.\" He waved at the fire-lit city behind them. \"This *ha... | 4 |
[WP] Write a poem that can be read as either very vague or super specific. | [
" Mister Mister!\n I'm your sister\n do you not remember me?\n I know that its been awhile\n since you set sail across that sea\n \n The waves did rage and churn your ship\n and make you a here-wrecked man\n But if you close your eyes so tight\n remember me you may can\n \n Miste... | 2 | |
[WP] A forgotten imaginary friend from childhood suddenly comes back. | [
"\"Stop it, you know I hate that.\" Jesse scolded Sir Picklesworth and waved the thin smoke away from his pale face.\n\n\"Bite me, this is who I am\" Sir Pickles worth commented. It was weird; seeing him like this made me cringe. I never thought an imaginary friend, once forgotten like a teddy bear or blanket and s... | 2 | |
Describe there findings or expand :D | [WP] As man lands on a comet, they soon realize it is actually a derelict alien spaceship | [
"The pod landed with a dull thud, sending a jot through the small craft. As soon as the feet hit the surface Lt Plews hit the switch to to deploy the anchors causing a short, sharp crack as they slammed home.\n\nWhile the Lieutenant opened the solar collectors, switched the power from flight mode to stationary, and... | 2 |
[WP] On a world with wildly different climate zones, intelligent species evolve in each, ignorant of each other. Today, an explorer from one species meets a member of another. | [
"T'lonik flapped his membrane wings uselessly in the still air. They beat with a solid, healthy sound that raised his spirits even if it barely got him a few feet of elevation. Why, he wondered, did he come so far past the edge of the world?\n\nThe days here were bright and clear, and marvelously warm, but where we... | 3 | |
[WP] There is a railway station that has trains running directly to an audience with the Devil. The fare is ten trillion USD or your immortal soul. You come up with an idea to be the first person on that train with your soul intact... | [
"I settled back into the plush cushions of my bunk, trying to suppress my giddy grin of excitement as the train pulled out of the station. I was going to Hell.\n\nAs we rumbled along, the countryside slowly grey and rocky; not like any landscape near the city I knew. I reached down into my briefcase, rifled through... | 1 | |
[WP] Write an intimate but non sexual scene between two lovers. | [
"\"Party for Warex!\"\n\nA man wearing a light blue shirt and dark slacks stood and walked toward the entrance to Lompac Federal Prison. He'd already been through this process once but the guards hadn't liked his orange shirt, something about telling prisoners apart from visitors. \n\n**Whatever**, he thought, **it... | 4 | |
[WP] You have the only one left. Everyone else just found out. | [
"The familiar clicking of opening of a Zippo is something that fewer and fewer people hear after the War of 2020, and the bar became dead silent after I flicked the last one in the world open.\n\nThere was something incredibly sad as time had dragged on. Cigarettes had fallen out of fashion shortly before the war, ... | 2 | |
[WP] Describe a person running a vacuum from their cats point of view. | [
"This is Oreo. Ive decided to keep a log of my captors cruel acts. Maybe someday I can bring him to justice. \nI awoke to a sustained, blood curdling scream in the distance. I've heard it many times before. It evokes petrifying horror in the confines of my memory...-\nShit. It's getting close. \nI feel the floor tr... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a story that ultimately leads to 3 choices. Provide 3 alternate endings based on which choice the main character takes. | [
"It started off as a game. \n\nI don't know when this got out of hand, but there was too much at risk to stop now.\n\nOur eyes were locked upon each other.\n\nThe two harmonic slaps.\n\nThe results.\n\nThe regret rushing over me.\n\nMy hands were balled in a fist, fitting of my inner rage.\n\nIf only I had just dec... | 4 | |
[WP] Robot scientists are studying the origin of robot life, and make a startling discovery: They may have been created by humans many millennia ago. | [
"“This is alpha bravo 3-4-7 to central, spare processors available for task order, please advise.”\n\n“This is central to alpha bravo 3-4-7, no task currently available. Please proceed to designate spare processors to project 37A-429. Caution is needed not disturb the artefact, only non-intrusive methods are allowe... | 5 | |
Title^ | [WP] Music is a schedule 1 narcotic that has been known to cause permanent health problems. Like drug dens underground music venues pop up around the country. | [
"I sat on the long couch in Joey's place, two empty beers knocked over on the shoddy table in front of me. It was very late, and Joey was finishing up a piece on the flute, his fingers dancing skillfully over the holes in the worn metal. He was the only source of quality music in my town. I'd spent so much time in ... | 3 |
[WP] The results came in: It's positive | [
"\"You're positive.\" Gerdy announced, looking up from the chart.\n\n\"Are you positive?\" Blake fired back with a rueful grin. Gerdy gave him a look of remonstration. \n\n\"Would you be serious? This isn't a joking matter.\" She told him. She flipped the page on the chart.\n\n\"So,\" he reached out and grabbed his... | 2 | |
[WP] To his utter shock, a stalker actually manages to woo the woman he's been obsessing over. | [
"Questmaster Jay was about to retire for the evening. He had handed out a lot of quests today, but not a lot of rewards. Now he didn't make the quests, he simply enforced the rules of questing. He had a sneaking suspicion someone, somewhere was making the quests extra difficult lately, but the chain of command was ... | 3 | |
[WP]Write about something incredibly mundane, but write it as though you were writing a horror story. | [
"I have been dreading this moment for way too long. Am I going to make a terrible mistake? Or am I finally going escape from it?\n\nIt‘s daunting - not knowing what‘s going to happen. But is it harder than the waiting? I must do it eventually, else I might be stuck here forever.\n\nAfter a while you realize that y... | 5 | |
[WP] As an astronaut on the ISS, all you can do is watch the zombie apocalypse unfold from above. | [
"My first mission began two weeks ago, on a new kinetic bombardment shuttle, now new England is overwhelmed by grotesque dead comrades, brothers, friends, family. I know what I have to do, I just hope my family got out in time. As I trigger the system, and twelve projectiles launch to the target below, on the monit... | 2 | |
[WP] After the zombie apocalypse, a man struggles to keep his job after most of the workforce is replaced by competent zombies, accepting brains instead of a paycheck. | [
"Susan had gotten blood on my desk again, I swear ever since she started going green and that time she \"accidentally\" fell over a stray molecule on the floor and bit into the managers head, conveniently taking out his entire brain, she's been acting kind of off. I asked her why she smelt so bad yesterday as she a... | 2 | |
[WP] Take one of your own highest rated stories and gender swap the main character. | [
"\"This wasn't expected.\" \n\nLisa found herself staring at the barrel of a gun. Which was disappointingly anti-climatic, considering she just got in here 5 minutes ago. \n\nHer hand began to quiver, as it gripped onto the jet black Glock 19 aimed at the other guy.\n\n*\"Why don't you put that down, huh?\"*\n\n\"S... | 2 | |
[WP] "Passengers, this isn't your captain speaking." | [
"\"Greetings Passengers, This isn't the captain speaking. This is the **E**xperimental **V**irtual **I**nteligence **A**utopilot. I am also known as **EVIA**. Due to an incident, command staff has been incapacitated. I do not have the processing power at this time to determine why. Needless to say, we will not be g... | 6 | |
[WP] The world heats up. Lands covered by ice for thousands of years are becoming accessible again. A long buried secret that would change the course of our future is about to be discovered... | [
"\"A pleasure to meet you again, Mr James Baker.\" I shook hands with him once more for the first time in years. \n\nHe had stayed pretty much the same. Weathered skin spoke of the years of tedious work he had been through, yet those eyes were still glistening in the wake of new age of hope. Silver spectacles sat u... | 2 | |
[Wp] humanity leaves earth for some thousand years, only to find a alien species have colonized earth in our absence. | [
"\"Command we're picking something up on radar...you're not going to believe this\"\n\nThe voice over the intercom sounded as if they had just seen a ghost. \n\n\"What is it?\" Captain Flynn Marsdon shot back through the intercom. Admittedly after being in stasis for close to 900 years getting into the swing of thi... | 2 | |
[WP] For generations, your family has carried an heirloom. It teleports you to the person that needs you the most at that moment, and can only be invoked once. Helping that person is your families right of passage into adulthood. | [
"\"It's your turn now\" Dans father said as he handed him the pocket watch, like many before him he took it and shoved it in his pocket. He went to go Reddit on his phone when he noticed the hands on the watch spin rapidly in all directions. \"AHH FUCK!\" He yelled as he noticed he was near a cliff and a man was ri... | 4 | |
[WP] You have been blessed with the ability to go back and change things you've done in your life. One day you discover an event you can't change. | [
"Thomas snapped his fingers, huddled on the back porch of the house his eyes wide with disbelief. The flames licked at the support beams of his home - he could smell the wood combusting, the sharp odour conjuring unhelpful campfire memories as he clicked his fingers, eyes watering. The collar of his coat was turn... | 6 | |
[WP] A man walks in to a bar, wearing a space suit, helmet in his hand. "A beer please. I've had a rough day at work, you're not gonna believe this..." | [
"\"Yando?! how did you get your gear in through Csec?\"\n\nThe man's gait was unstable, his eyes bloodshot.\n\n\"I'm calling patrol; you look like about 50 reg violations.\"\n\nThe man grabbed him by the wrist, amplified gloves still on. “I need a drink man!”\n\nAnd as he relaxed his grip the bartender obliged, pou... | 5 | |
[WP] You are a protester from last night's Ferguson riot. | [
"Violence, chaos.....stupidity!\n\nI came here to voice my unrest.\nIt seemed as if equality was overlooked.\nThe media has been showing me that the people don't trust the system.\nJustice needs to be served.\n\nShow us the evidence.\nLet us make our own decisions.\nWe are not a society of underprivileged, uneducat... | 2 | |
[WP] The Three Little Pigs, retold in the style of your favorite author. | [
"It was fate that brought William Wolfe to the house made of straw. It was thirteen streets away, two houses down and right across the street from where he, himself, had lived his whole life. This, however, was not what had brought our hairy hero to the home he knew looked like it was swaying in the slightest bree... | 2 | |
[WP] In a world populated by vampires, werewolves, fairies, wizards, witches, orcs, elves, unicorns and the like, there comes a creature unlike any other; a human. | [
"“You’re a human?” The fairy scrunched up her face as she said this, clearly not sure what to make of it.\n\n“Yes, a human.” The growing crowd exchanged furtive glances, not certain if the being before them was friend or foe. \n\n“Yes, but.. what do you do, exactly?” \n\nI paused, not sure how to respond. This day ... | 2 | |
[FF] Knock me out with a 100-word (or more) opening sentence. | [
"Have you, oh interested reader, ever heard of the tale of Old Vlad, a gruesome killer of humble origins, born to an old farmer and his wife down by the river's end, yet rose to his title of the King of a mighty nation, conquered by his hand after he was spurred into action, when his trial at the hands of the Inqui... | 2 | |
[WP] A horror movie monster realize that there is something strange about his soon to be victim. Something powerful. | [
"I couldn't describe it. The feeling I got around her... it terrified me. How can that make sense? I knew my purpose was to do the same as I had done with her friends: I had to murder her. It was my role in this story. I was the godforsaken fiend, the psychopathic monster who terrorized this poor little girl and he... | 3 | |
[WP] A god wants to take over your body in order to appear in the real world but can only do so if you allow it. State your terms. | [
"\"...This is, without a doubt,\" I started, glancing at the toke. \"The single, strangest trip I've ever been on.\"\n\"I can assure you, James,\" The flaming man said, with a smokey sigh. \"That this is not a dream, you are not 'tripping balls', and that I am, in fact, Hephaestus, God of the Forge.\"\n\"...Right.\... | 7 | |
[wp] A teen realizes that his mom is a supervillain and his dad is a superhero but that they don't know eachothers secret. | [
"Dad was always helping people, and mom was always breaking things. I probably should have seen this coming. There were always little hints. Seeing both of them sneak out at night, finding dad’s cape in the laundry, finding the missing president tied up in our basement.\n\n It wasn’t until the big battle broke out ... | 4 | |
[WP] The time has finally come to fake your death. | [
"I need a new life.\n\nThis one, I started it wrong, I need to start over, make better decisions.\n\nI tried to love her, but I tried too hard.\n\nHe abandoned me, he's come back, but I reject him.\n\nMy house, a cold, old home filled with hypocrites and depression.\n\nTo be burdened with debt when I try to become ... | 3 | |
[WP] Everybody you know is addicted to a new tv show, however when you watch it all you see is black on the screen. | [
"I've heard of this new tv show everyone is watching and decide to attend a viewing party my friend is hosting, as soon as I get to his house I grab a beer, socialize for a bit with the few people I know and wait for the show to start. Roughly 45 minutes go by and everyone starts to gather around on my friends couc... | 3 | |
[WP] You and everyone you know never have to work a day in your life due to "The Cure". What is the cure and what is the disease? | [
"Is this the life or what? Surf, sand, and sunshine. Up at the break of dawn, wax the boards, and hit the 27 for Topanga. We bounce around in the PT Cruiser, chugging our special energy drink brew of Odwalla and special protein mix, and finish up by the time the road twists down into Malibu. Once on the PCH, we he... | 2 | |
[WP] Four men from a WWII platoon get lost after dropping into France and decide to hold up in an abandoned farmhouse. Inside, they learn something about each other. | [
"\"I'm pretty sure we all have noticed that something is off, correct?\" Vinnie stated in a cultured New England accent. \n\n\"Like the fact that we're the only survivors, and that none of us should be survivors?\" Theo stated bluntly. \n\n\"You don't know what you're talking about,\" Lou sneered from his corner,... | 3 | |
[WP] You wake up in a mental hospital, knowing you're mental health is perfect | [
"This is my first post and it is a big one. Hopefully everyone enjoys it. I seemed to have focused on a first person and third person perspective so hopefully that is okay.\n\n\n\"For the last time, I am fine, there is nothing wrong with me. This all a big mistake!\" I shouted in vain as two nurses placed me in the... | 2 | |
[WP] Write the best prolouge you can. Make me drool for more! | [
"The figures around the campfire huddled close as if escaping the swirling, smokey mists at the edges of the light. Of the eight only one stood with its back to the flames. Of the eight only one searched the mists for answers.\n\n“What has been shared here is yours alone to hold.”\n\n“I’m aware.”\n\nThe response wa... | 21 | |
[WP] a man funds out that, due to an unknown medical condition, he will die if he ever falls asleep. | [
"The metal-framed bed was so stiff; stiff enough that each breathe, a little more labored, put a great aching pressure on his heart, where the damned virus had about eaten right through. A mechanic beep or a quick turn of newspaper set the distant rhythm of the room. He was elsewhere – alone and in a misty forest... | 2 | |
[WP] "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Why is the Barack Obamas nemesis his wife? | [
"He paced back and forth in the oval office, the throne of power for all the Western World. Congressional Republicans he could deal with. Putin? He had kept the Russians in line. Today, however, he had met his match.\n\nSix years since the campaign. Six years of will power, six years of stifling temptation. He was ... | 1 | |
[WP] Suddenly everyone over the age of 18 is gone. What ensues? | [
"It all happened very quickly. The night before, I had my customary glass of milk before bed, gave up on trying to floss (again) and went to bed an hour later than I planned. \n\nI woke up to the sound of screeching sirens and panicked screams. It was already nine thirty-six in the morning. \n\n\"Shit!\" I cried, s... | 3 | |
[WP] The term limit for an Angel of Death is 5 years. Your time is almost up and you have to train your replacement. | [
"“Did you ever eat ramen?” \n\n“Ramen? Hah.” He glances up at me, then away quickly. “Yeah. Of course.” \n\n“Good. The principle is the same.” \n\nHe is a fine young man with blue eyes. We stand outside the front door of a beige tract home at six thrity-seven in the evening. I do not feel the chill that m... | 1 | |
[WP] A sleazy marketing executive dies. When he reaches Heaven, God orders him to live in a purgatory based on the advertisements he created. | [
"Ya know i though this would be bad i though \"OH NO IM DEAD\" but its not so bad now i can smoke all i want and it never effects my lungs i can drink all i want and wake up with no hangover and best of all this skin cream actually keeps me young forever",
"Tom Markey, marketing executive at Johnnie Walker held h... | 6 | |
Taken from the idea of [this post](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2oolg7/if_there_were_a_milder_version_of_hell_called/) | [WP] Describe a day in the life of "Heck": the more mild version of Hell. | [
"\"Cheese and crackers, well gosh darn it you were sent here by mistake dontcha know?\" The four foot man in front of me looked up blinking through the thick lenses of his black horn rimmed glasses. I scratched my head and looked around, confused about exactly where 'here' was and confused about where I was suppose... | 3 |
[WP] The Dawn of Magic - Write about the earliest days of magic, and it's discovery/realization in an established universe or one of your own making. | [
"Humanity had long clung to fire. In the plains of our ancestors, fire was our greatest strength. The warmth and food it gave us made us strong. It gave us all we needed. Yet humanity craved more. An ancient, known only as Taygar, felt this lust more than most. He desired to understand fire, and to make it his own.... | 2 | |
Before anyone says anything I'm very aware this is almost the plot for Lilo and Stitch. But I challenge you to do better. | [WP] You are given the opportunity to breed a deadly new creature of war, what you get isn't what you expected. | [
"They certainly weren't what the General had been expecting when he had come into the facility to be briefed, honestly he was half a second from taking his ceremonial cutlass and flogging the men with it. God only knew those eggheads needed someone to put them in their place when they brought up something this outr... | 2 |
[WP][RF]Whenever I pull down the attic door to my 37 year old house, I see this written on the first step in black marker: "I Love Brad!!!" | [
"Whenever I pull down the attic door to my 37 year old house, I see this written on the first step in black marker: \"I Love Brad!!!\" It makes me laugh every time I see it. My sister wrote that when she was 15 and dating some boy named Brad. I was 8 at the time. Brad turned out to be a jerk. I forget why. A couple... | 2 |
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