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[WP] This was the end result of a long series of profoundly poor decisions... | [
"Jon sat down. Michael squeezed by carrying too much popcorn and no drink. Jon knew Michael was making a mistake, but he couldn't bring himself to criticize his mentor even on this simple thing. There was no way Michael would make it through this full preview. They'd have to stop. \n\nJon signalled and the exe... | 4 | |
[WP] A crew of lackadaisical space pirates board a ship broadcasting a distress signal and discover a something that they very quickly wish they hadn't. | [
"The door slides up and the four man squad peers into the main room\n\n\"Beraden look right and Jose get the left Jared get my back\"\n\nI hear them all confirm their roles simultaneously. We stand there in the middle of the mess hall.\n\n\"Ok remember what we're here for. Find the people, loot the ship we'll deci... | 4 | |
[WP] An alien invader will destroy the Earth unless someone is able to defeat him in a game of Super Smash Bros. | [
"Lord Gernome, ancient Gladiator from the Spinal Belt, was hell bent on destroying Earth and taking a handful of concubines. Though, handful would be a lie, he wanted 2,000,000 of the most beautiful, virgin maidens he could find. After defeating Earth's greatest warrior.\n\nHe found himself saddened by the lack of ... | 2 | |
Standard deck being 52 cards of four suits. | [WP] When anyone is born, they are given a playing card from a standard deck, and it determines their place in society. | [
"Today is the first day of my new job as a Placement Executive for the American Role Advisory Board. Its my duty to judge the DNA of new born infants and decide what there role will be in society. Each infant will be given a card, each card has a suit and a number. The number indicates their potential for advanceme... | 10 |
The antagonist has completely ceased to exist. That means no demons, zombies, undead sorcery, or anything that would allow the antagonist to cheat the finality of death. | [WP] Write a story where the antagonist is dead. | [
"Let me tell you about what, until recently, I did for a living. \n\nI know, when someone starts a story like that, you expected it to be a vitriol filled rant about how tyrannical their boss was, or maybe the lazy or incompetent coworkers they had, or perhaps the collosal idiots they were forced to call their cust... | 4 |
[WP] Someone broke into your house. Yet, all they stole was food. | [
"I will fucking kill them. I will find them and I will end them for what they did. Those sick fuckers will pay. The only thing left was half an ear of corn. I found it when I opened the fridge and blew chunks in the foyer. The police tried to console me, but I was unreachable. The had no leads, and didn't see... | 1 | |
[WP] The NSA is out of money. Write their kickstarter page. | [
"Can you put a price on your freedom? On your family's safety? We can.\n\nWe are the NSA, and we have a serious problem. We have gotten so good at preventing the hundreds of possible terrorist attacks daily that we need some money from hard working citizens so we can continue to keep you safe. \n\nThere aren't hund... | 4 | |
[WP] The dinner table falls silent; all eyes turn to you as your face turns bright red. | [
"\"...I wasn't allowed to go in the basement?\"\n\nWhat had my little brother done? When mom says, \"...and then you guys came downstairs.\" You DON'T say \"No, mom, they came up from the basement.\" Every kid knows under no circumstances do you tell mom where your sibling was when you absolutely don't have to. ... | 9 | |
And I mean take in the sense that they're face will become the person that they killed's face | [WP] In the future, humans will take someone else's face when they kill them. Write from the perspective of a soldier during World War III | [
"I propped myself into a sitting position on my bed. I look to my dresser drawer mirror and see my face. \n\nI make eye contact. \n\nIt's not myself I see, however. \n\nThere is a man in the reflection looking back at me with fear in his eyes. \nIt's as if his eyes said, \"Please, don't pull the trigger, I'm sorry... | 3 |
[WP] You are in the hospital in a coma and can hear everything | [
"*\"Mr. and Mrs. Adams, I'm afraid that there is nothing else that we can do, besides keeping life support on.\"*\n\nDon't cry, Mummy, Daddy. Please don't, your every wail gives me a gut-wrenching feeling, the feeling pain and heartache. I just wished that I could get up and hug you. Feel your warmth and lips on my... | 2 | |
[WP] You accidentally become the leader of a cult. | [
"Last night was so crazy. My head feels like it's going to explode and my mouth is as dry as a bone. My legs feel heavy and my arms are like rubber. What did I do? This feels like more than a hangover. Where am I? Holy shit! I got lucky! Damn. I've always wanted this to happen. Wake up in a strange chicks room. I'm... | 27 | |
[WP] Bad things only ever happen to you | [
"Pretty high atm, so I apologize in advance:\n\nWhen bad things happen\n\n“FUCK!” cursed Eric as the last train into the city pulled away from the platform.\n\n“I can’t believe it.” he said outloud as he watched the train disappear into the jungle of concrete.\n\nHe was going to miss his interview; the one Jennifer... | 2 | |
[WP] An intense relationship that ends anticlimactically. | [
"This has been going on for years, day in and day out. So many faces, and the scenarios were always different. Looking back over the years I feel no shame, no regret, and to the ones that never were...I SALUTE YOU, you fine soldiers, dead on the battlefield, but more to replace...it feels like a never ending supply... | 3 | |
[WP] A God or God-like being has one weakness; tell me of the story of the one who exploited it. | [
"You rise to power on the prayers of those who call your name. You and all your kin are the same. You derive power from the worship of those under you. You started out as all gods did, as a tale, told around a campfire, trying to bring hope and safety to those who needed it, and from that desporation you were born.... | 2 | |
The writing should be based on the title-quote...doesn't necessarily have to include it. | [WP] "I had a feeling that I belonged." | [
"I can hardly breathe. Am I drowning? Should I worry? And why can I taste metal and salt?\nHe looks down at us and then all light disappears. I...cannot...breathe... Help! I'm suffocating! We're packed so tight, I can't move a muscle. Not even to twitch an eye! \nThe fear is stifling, and I feel like I'm going to f... | 4 |
Humorous, horrific, or something else entirely; the choice is yours. | [WP] Every Spring, men and women enter a kind of "Mating Season"; in which sexual drive skyrockets while moral inhibitions plummet. You are one of the rare few not affected by this condition. Describe an average Spring day. | [
"“Ah! Ah! Aaaah!”\n\n“Jaysus! Will you shut up!!”, I yell for the third time in the last five minutes. The bitch next door just can’t keep it down! I mean, I know it’s “Spring time”, but can’t people have a little self-control? I guess I’m just asking too much. It’s four in the morning, and I feel my night is over.... | 2 |
[WP] Captain Obvious' autobiography | [
"Preface.\n\nThis is a story about me. My name is Captain Obvious. The cover also features this information.\n\nWhat you've really come here for is more information about me. Maybe. People read different things for different reasons.\n\nNow, this is the Preface. This section comes before a series of chapters that d... | 2 | |
[WP] Psychologists are baffled: A new human emotion has been uncovered, one which could explain a lot... | [
"“My name is, Joshua Hooper, I'm recording this video to let you know...To let you understand, we discovered it. Years, and years of research, but we found the final emotion. A new emotion. Shit, I can hear the guards they’re trying to get in. Will you shut up, this is how it ends! No more lies, no more death, the ... | 3 | |
What does it look like? How did you get it? What does it do? What do you use t for? | [WP] You found an unusual looking penny in your pocket... | [
"He had found it in his pocket, a polished copper disc with a dent in its side, looking \nfor all the world like a glitzy pacman. \n \nHow queer, he thought. \n \nJack inspected it for a moment, turned it over once in his hand. He tossed it into the hat of the funny homeless man who always smelled like srirac... | 2 |
[WP]For the last three hundred years everyone has been afraid of the beast that's in the dark, one night you go into the dark. | [
"Muri was in his forge crafting a new set of horse shoes when his apprentice came running in. \n\n“Muri! Muri!”\n\nMuri paused his hammering, already knowing what he was about to say. It always started like this. He and everyone else in the village had woken up this morning with a feeling as if they had swallowed a... | 6 | |
[WP] You were blinded when you were a child, and were unable to see until you had a surgery 10 years later. You realize that your father looks completely different now, and not because of aging. | [
"The song was just a song. A stupid jingle he thought up. I mean, to take it seriously, to think it might advocate a sort of truth, would be admitting total insanity or gullibility--either way I'd be an idiot, yeah? Still, I enjoyed it. Sometimes it was a swing, speakeasy kinda melody. When Pearl Jam was big, it wa... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story in which the main character slowly falls in love with the reader. | [
"She sat there quietly on the park bench, never once glancing up from the book she held in her hands. For some reason, it never once felt awkward or strange, just watching her read. Such an elegant woman, being so engrossed in a story that the world around her disappears.\n\nThe way she bit the corner of her lip ev... | 2 | |
Note: when people are wiped, they are still left with basic knowledge e.g language, maths, etc. | [WP] In the future, instead of a life prison sentence, criminals are given the option to have their memories and personality erased. You just woke up and realised you don't know anything about yourself. | [
"I winced as I slowly opened my eyes to a world of pain. My head was throbbing in time with my rapidly beating heart and swirled as I slowly tried to sit up. I clutched my head with one hand as my other settled on the ground behind me to support my weight. A slight crunch and the feeling of slightly sticky moistu... | 7 |
Bonus difficulty: aliens. | [WP] She finally says "no". | [
"\"Commander, we are waiting for you in the test lab.\" Professor Sloelsek, of the grixlan race waited outside a sliding door, with a clipboard pressed against his chest\n\n\"How's it going with the test subject?\" General Pritlszo asked. His green cape waving after him.\n\n\"We established a way to communicate. Ap... | 3 |
[WP] You work at a suicide help center. You receive an anonymous call who turns out to be your significant other. | [
"It's late Saturday night. It's a full moon and the amount of calls I received were more than usual. There were a couple of people who needed real help and I was able to get aid to them in time. The others were people who just needed a shoulder to cry on and encouragement. After several years, it had become in... | 9 | |
[WP]Your Writing in Response to this Prompt Will Receive Now Moderate Recognition at Best. However, Future Historians will Hold this Response in High Regard. | [
"Many words have been written regarding the religious wars of the early 21st century. One author from the period, WhiskeyBoarder, claimed then the cause of conflict was much more nuanced than that of our current understanding. War was driven by a myriad of factors to include corporate greed, desire for autonomy a... | 1 | |
[WP] The scene is your grandfathers 90th birthday party. Unbeknownst to you and your family, he is a sleeper agent who was brainwashed in a Nazi POW camp. At some point during the celebration, his activation phrase is spoken. Chaos ensues. | [
"“Well we couldn’t fit all the candles on your cake Dad, we’d set the whole house on fire!” Aunt Darlene chuckled at her own joke.\n\nGrandpa laughed good heartedly. “No need, a man at my age has no need for wishes, everything I’ve ever wanted out of life you all have given me. Everything I need is right here, my b... | 5 | |
Self explanatory. Possibly NSFW flag, not obligatory. Excuse the bad grammar, no native here.
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**"When sneezing three times in a row, you will automatically be teleported to a room full of every single person with whom you have ever imagined having sex with."** | [WP] [NSFW] When sneezing three times in a row, you will automatically be teleported to a room full of every single person with whom you have ever had sex with. | [
"I was sitting at a desk at an interview for my dream job... ceo of Google. I knew I didn't deserve this job because my biggest accomplishments in life were leveling every class of character in world of warcraft to 100 and not jacking off for an entire week. The ceo says to me \"the jobs yours if you want it, we ju... | 5 |
[WP] A new human race is discovered after alluding the rest of us for thousands of years. They have traits unlike any other human we have seen before. Now they want to intergrate with the rest of humanity. How does it go? | [
"Jack sat across from the cave-dweller, waiting for it to do something. \n\nAnything, really. \n\nIt sat perfectly still, almost if it were a statue. The stillness was inhuman, a reminder that those *things* weren't men. \n\nIts eyes were so large. He was told that was an effect of evolving in caves. *Why did th... | 4 | |
[WP] "Stop freaking out, it was just an accident." | [
"\"Does the defendant have any last defense?\" The judge asked, knowing the inevitable outcome of this case.\n\nThe defendant stood, and looked around. He coughed and started to talk, \"I have no idea why this was such a huge deal. There are millions at home watching this trial and it's just bullshit. I mean, are y... | 3 | |
[WP] You rob a bank. In the process you take a 60 year old man hostage. But it becomes clear this man is not what he seems. | [
"Things went pretty much the way I had planned it out. A. Walk in with gun drawn. B. Fire into the air and yell \"GET THE FUCK ON THE FLOOR OR SO HELP ME BLAH BLAH BLAH\". C. say nobody is going to get hurt if they do as they are told. D. get the money.\n\nThen the fucking cops showed up before I could get out. I g... | 2 | |
[WP] You decide to become a serial killer. However, you turn out to be the worst serial killer in existence. Every time you try to kill someone, you improve their life. | [
"\"Hey boss, what's the mission looking like tonight?\"\n\n\"Mission? Are you fucking kidding me? Don't you remember the conversation we had last week? Not to mention it's called a 'hit', Jordy, not a mission. We're not playing Call of Duty out here, dumb ass.\"\n\n\"I promise I'll get it right this time, though! ... | 7 | |
[WP]- Sun, rain, sleet, or snow: a postman's job is never done, even during the apocalypse. | [
"Erin Hanson pulled her mail truck over to the side of the road. Her truck's grill was still wet with blood painted on in a fresh new dent. She didn't know who she hit or what they were after, but they got in her way and that was enough to silence her guilt.\n\n\"25 Arlington road. It looks like you're next.\" ... | 2 | |
The light could be a long red or could be a sequence of them as both cars travel down the same stretch of roadway, give the deaf person more time to 'hear' what the person in the other car is saying. | [WP] A deaf person, who can read lips, sits in the passenger seat of a car at a red light. He (or she) becomes more horrified at what the person in the adjacent car is saying on their cell phone. | [
"Ryan fidgeted with the headphones he was wearing. These were heavier than the last pair but they at least looked like they could pump major noise. By nature of being deaf he clearly wasn't responding to polite offered of small talk. But, when he was oblivious to the pleasantries, awkwardness ensured and people ... | 3 |
[WP]In the far future, mankind is extinct and the remaining artifacts are of great academic value. An alien finds a digital archive containing the entirety of four human websites: Reddit, 4chan, Wikipedia, and Facebook. | [
"Entry 1-2311-X92\n\n\"I've been reading through these archives for over 200 years, last known entry was on website X92 Code name \"Facebook\", Entry created by a one John Semore, stating \"Hey what's that white cloud in the distance?\" Nothing else has been updated since.\"\n\nEntry 2-2451-X92\n\n\"I've continued ... | 2 | |
1. All murder, war, and robbery is forbidden in this world.
2. All conflict in this world will be resolved through games.
3. In games, each player will bet something that they agree is of equal value.
4. As long as it doesn't violate pledge three, anything may be bet, and any game may be played.
5. The challenged p... | [WP] Every single conflict must be resolved by games | [
"\"Heh,\" the muscular man smirked at the scrawny kid. \"A game, huh?\"\n\n\"Yes,\" the boy said. \"If you win, you'll get all my money.\"\n\n\"And if I don't?\"\n\nThe boy smiled. \"I walk away..\"\n\n\"Of course,\" the man said, as he cracked his knuckles and towered over the small boy.\n\n\"But you haven't heard... | 2 |
[WP] Scientists have detected a massive, unknown object in the Mariana Trench. A team is dispatched to investigate... | [
"It was a scorching hot day. Doug sat stranded on the canopy of his yellow submersible. The heat shimmered off the waves in all directions into a heavy, but empty sky. He could feel his sweat drying to his temples as he waited for the crackle of his receiver.\n\n*Where are they?* Annoyance, more than panic, slow... | 5 | |
[wp] Write about the moment you realize you're not as good a writer as you thought | [
"...Oh my GOD! This story was like, two paragraphs in my head. Now I have to start my own damn subreddit and fund it through both Patreon AND Kickstarter to finish it!\n\n...How the crap have I managed to give out this many details about this character and still not reveal anything about his name, face, disposition... | 1 | |
[WP] Write about a world that has suffered due to super powers | [
"My father used to tell me stories about life before *The Surge*. He told me about the cars and trains and cities and people. About the freedoms that everyone seemed to take for granted. Before *The Surge* and the Legendaries, America was actually a democracy! Can you believe it? People could choose their jobs and ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are born with flawless skill in everything, but the more you practice, the worse you get. | [
"It was a trait on my father's side of the family. He saw it in me the first time he held me in his arms. The intensity in my bright blue eyes, what might be described as equal parts amusement, amazement, pure understanding and a keenness to reach out and hold something and experience it's perfectness only I can se... | 2 | |
[WP] Write the scariest story in the least scary environent | [
"I feel as though asking for \"the least scary environment\" is impossible seeing as how things are either traditionally scary, or become scary when the elements associated with them such as fun at an amusment park or nurture at a preschool are taken away. Even in a location of absolute nothingness that I feel that... | 2 | |
Taken from this [Shower Thought](http://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/2wrmj1/the_first_infected_zombie_attacks_you_and_you/). | [WP] Patient Zero of a zombie plague attacks you but you kill it in self defense. There were no witnesses; you just saved humanity but nobody believes you. | [
"February 2nd 2015 \nAs soon as I told my bestfriend I killed him, he never talked to me again.\n\nFebruary 4th 2015\nI told another hoping to a different response but it was the same.\n\nFebruary 7th 2015\nI didn't understand I just saved the world! What is wrong with people! they have to believe me don't they?!\n... | 2 |
[WP] You are a New York pedestrian in the middle of a superhero movie. | [
"A set of explosives launched shrapnel everywhere, sending me flying through the air. I screamed for help as blood dripped down my arm, and right on cue, a caped vigilante dragged me from the wreckage.\n\n\"CUTTTT!!!\"\n\nI rolled my eyes. *What did I do wrong this time?* I thought as I wiped the fake blood from my... | 3 | |
If you don't understand, it means that when the girl sleeps facing the mountains on a Tuesday, when she wakes up it will be the Tuesday again. | [WP] A child discovers a magical ability. When she sleeps facing the sea, tomorrow arrives as usual. When she sleeps facing the mountains, the day starts anew when she awakens. | [
"For as long as she could remember, Lucie had always slept facing the sea - her window wide open. She would drift to sleep as mist blew into her room and cooled her face while waves clapped against the rocky shore outside her window.\n\nBut when she had the flu, she nearly boiled away under the weight of the extra ... | 1 |
[WP] The oft-forgotten child of an otaku couple has raised themself with the anime scattered around their house since they were a toddler. Now, it's their first day of middle school... | [
" THE FIRST DAY\n\nThe new girl stood in front of the class. \"I'm Heather Samson. First off, I'm not interested in ordinary people. But if any of you are aliens, time travelers, or espers, please come see me. That is all.\"\n\nWhat *was* that? This new girl watches too much anime, that was almost word-for-word ... | 3 | |
[WP] You know how some little children think the whole world was in black and white in the past? Well, they're right. Color suddenly appeared one day in the 60's | [
"I used to hang out with Timothy Leary and Charles Manson in the 1960s. They said that LSD was a revolutionary drug, it made you see unimaginable things.\n\nOne day after getting back from the beach and hanging out with Leary in the back of Manson's VW bus he told me,\n\n\"I was tripping really hard this one day an... | 2 | |
I was thinking about doxxing and swatting in the shower this morning and imagined what it would be like if somebody selected streamers at random to track down and kill. Twitch chat would witness the brutal murders and try to warn the streamer before it was too late. | [WP] Twitch.TV streamers are being murdered at random by a dark figure that appears in the facecam background. The murderer wears home-made masks of popular video game characters. | [
"People where being interviewed constantly, questions where being asked all over the internet. \"Who was the masked murderer?\" His first appearance was in the middle of a popular CS:GO Stream. He showed up as the scout from Team fortress 2 and brutally murdered the streamer. It was gruesome. this murder occurred i... | 2 |
[WP] A sword kills a man's mortal body, a pen kills a man's immortal soul | [
"*That damn editor will pay, yes he will* he fumed. *He think she can just trash my public policy and get away with it? Like I'm some kind of pushover who's just going to let my reputation, my very soul, be destroyed?* He opened the drawer of his large oak desk and produced two flintlock pistols. They were cocked a... | 4 | |
[WP] Sweden starts the Third World War. | [
"'Professor! Sir!'\n\nMy aid rushes in, brandishing a tablet across which the words 'WAR DECLARED - BRITAIN AND THE US JOIN THE FIGHT' scroll across the BBC app endlessly. \n\n'We knew this was coming'\n\nI say nothing. I knew. The entire world knew. We'd all seen the reports. It began innocently enough. The Swedes... | 2 | |
For any history buffs out there, this is a prompt I've been given in my honors history class in college, thought you guys might enjoy it. | [WP] Make up a country and insert into the world | [
"Salt Lake City, 1862.\n\nThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, after their defeat by federal forces in the Utah War, has made military training and arms ownership mandatory for all members, as well as constructing Fort Smith, Fort Moroni, and Fort Nephi surrounding Salt Lake City. All Mormon converts in... | 7 |
[WP] You are awoken in the dead of night by a call from 666-666-6666. You answer to find the devil is drunk dialing you. | [
"I'm having the best sex of my life with Mila Kunis dressed as Tali from Mass Effect when I hear the ringing. My powerful thrusts compel her to scream things like, \"Yes! Who's your reaper!? WHO'S YOUR REAPER!?\" but the ringing in the background only intensifies and suddenly everything fades away and I'm lying fac... | 10 | |
[WP] You are a superhero whose power matches their weakness. (Suicidal yet invincible, invisible yet craves attention, etc) This is a day in your life. | [
"I know what you're thinking. No, really, I know *exactly* what you're thinking, even now.\n\nBelieve me, I wish like hell I didn't, that I *couldn't*! But it's been like this for awhile now, ever since... Hey! Would you just...no, *HEY!*\n\nShut the fuck up in there and focus. I mean *really* focus for me, on ever... | 11 | |
[WP] Write a lovely children's short, only for the last sentence to reveal just how dark the story really is. | [
"Once upon a time there was a baker who made the most lovely pies. Everyday people would travel the lands to taste the pies. There all kinds of pies; apple, raspberry, every flavor was there. \n\nEveryone's favorite was the meat one however. Everyone loved the mysterious flavor. However when the baker finally died ... | 2 | |
[WP] It is 200 years in the future and humans must evacuate Earth. Scientists have only developed a highly experimental and unstable method of achieving this, but they are running out of time and options. | [
"\"So, Jenkins, run this by me again.\"\n\n\"Well, sir, it's quite simple really. You see, we've basically run out of fuel on Earth at this point. After the seventh global war, I think Einstein's whole stick quote finally applied. It just took longer to exhaust our surplus than previously predicted.\"\n\n\"Yes, yes... | 1 | |
[WP] Assassination | [
"\"Just another job,\" CrossHunter thought to himself. Assassin-Ator, his partner, was laughing wildly, \"I can't believe we're going after POTUS!\" CrossHunter sighed, \"no deviating from the plan tho time. We sneak in kill the president as requested, and leave.\" Assassin-Ator shrugged off what his partner just t... | 2 | |
[WP] WW3 breaks out, but Science has basically 'cured death' and this war is just for fun. | [
"\"Are you tired of the same god damn Call of Duty game every year?\"\n\nThe poster felt like it spoke directly to my soul. After buying Call of Duty 9 and enjoying the game, my friend challenged me to some old school throwback gaming. But, when I put in the Call of Duty 4 disc, I wiped my eyes and pinched myself i... | 8 | |
[WP] A time traveller visiting 1939 falls in love, and takes their partner back to 2015 with them. | [
"Maria sat sipping her coffee. The circles were drawn, the candles lit. she could leave when she pleased. for now, she would savor the last few hours she had this side of the 20th century. Her husband walked in, obviously stressed. \n\n\"You are sure zis works, Marie?\"\n\n\"Yes. It got me here back in '39, honey. ... | 2 | |
Nearly-perfect situational awareness can be a powerful tool | [WP] The adventures of Meta-Man, a superhero with the incredible ability to speak directly with the story's narrator | [
"Frank woke up. He got out of bed. He cleaned his teeth.\n\n'You know,' said Frank, 'as off-putting as this is, I think I've just figured out what's bothering me most.'\n\nHe paused. The empty bathroom did not respond.\n\n'You aren't narrating everything I'm doing,' he said, as he pulled on the day's shirt and head... | 5 |
From God to Satan to Zeus... even Flying Spaghetti Monster. And none of them are evil. | [WP] You die and you arrive in a beautiful paradise. There, you meet all the gods that the humans ever worshipped. | [
"Cedric decided he must have taken a wrong turn at the corner of Eternity Street and Eternity Avenue, because he was entirely out of place. \n\nHe sat by the pond where Zeus was dressed as a Swan. He was gracefully wading by the shoreline with his head buried into the crotch of Anubis. Cedric stared with horror at ... | 2 |
[WP] An insane man has a slow and crippling descent into horrible sanity. | [
"At first, it was just the people. Twitching faces and darting eyes, a conspiracy against all, all looking out for numero uno. Everyone was out to get me.\n\nThey looked so funny as the madness consumed me. Bouncing hair, wigs growing from the scalp that jack-in-the-boxed with every step. Facial hair swirled and cr... | 7 | |
[WP] A fictional character comes to life in the real world for only a day. | [
"\"Thats weird, the daleks arent shooting at us anymore. Well I guess I cant really complain, am I right Ingrid?\" No reply. She DID get in the TARDIS before the emergency deadlock seal activated right? \"Oh but she didnt\" He walked slowly towards the door, his sonic was tuned to the exact resonate frequency of th... | 5 | |
[WP] An isolated tribe of people believe that they're the only humans on earth. They are visited by aliens. | [
"**Unknown Area, 19:00 hours**\n\n*This log was taken from an unidentified craft just outside of the Yucatan Peninsula, it has been released to the public. It has been translated.*\n\n\n\nThe camera pans across a lush jungle slowly, scanning the area. After a few moments a small white line appears in the right-hand... | 2 | |
[WP] You're shackled to a ball and chain in a train bound for prison. When the train stops you find yourself in front of a large brick mansion instead of the prison. The train has been abandoned. | [
"To be fair I didn’t think what I did should have landed me in gen pop at the local state pen but apparently the judge was tired of my; in his words, “lying ass”, and this was the last straw that broke that grouchy sonuvbitches back. So I robbed a few banks and maybe a post office or two. Hell you could get five ye... | 2 | |
Is it a good thing or a bad thing as far as the pet is concerned?
It's all up to you. | [WP] Write about a person's death from the perspective of their pet | [
"My scales did not shine with the luster they had in my youth, but a dragon can only get stronger with age. Hopeful challengers came to her, but only rarely would they get through me. Her first, now sixth - only to come out when a real threat was presented. If my five brothers had fallen, I knew they would be an ac... | 4 |
I have an image of an older, surly, and disillusioned cabby. | [WP] The life of a New York cabby in the Marvel universe. | [
"Rodney was the youngest cabby in all of Manhattan by about thirty years. As far as he knew, he was the only cabby that was still in high school. He was eighteen, but this was not the type of job a high school senior would pursue. He only took the job so he could maybe catch a glimpse of one of them. Rodney and his... | 2 |
[WP] Love is now a drug. | [
"Number nine they call it. Clever. It came at a price, but most of us thought it was worth it. I myself haven't felt “sad” in over a decade and while I know what “regret” is I couldn’t tell you what it was like if I tried. The only reason I know it exists is the old orgo that lived in the gutter on my way to work w... | 2 | |
Could also be a woman, of course. | [WP] A man wanders the streets distraughtly, looking for someone. However, the photograph he's showing around is one of himself. | [
"\"Excuse me? Excuse me? Please help!\" a man was yelling. He wore a dark colored flannel much like my grandfather's. His hair in a disarray of shapes, his appearance was very untidy. Up and down the street he went, asking, pleading, begging anyone to answer his question. He was looking for someone. He had a photog... | 8 |
[WP] You're sitting in a coffee shop, sipping your latte, when someone approaches you says something in an unknown language. After a moment, you realized you understand, but you don't know how as you only know english. What's more concerning, is she said "It's time." | [
"\"It's time,\" she said.\n\n\"What?\" I said.\n\nI looked down at the small piece of paper in my hand. Could it be affecting me yet, through my skin? Oh, that's right, the mushrooms. *They* had completely slipped my mind. \n\nShe was wearing a technicolor sleeveless shirt with the word \"MOD\" in big black letters... | 7 | |
[WP] Describe a scene that seems gross, scary, exhilarating or the like, but in the end is actually relatively mundane. | [
"The pack of dogs tore at my suit, dragging me down with yelps and howls and roars, and then I was on my back. A flash of red, pain everywhere as they clamped down on my limbs. Serrated teeth dug down and I flailed my arms, trying desperately to get them off me. I screamed, mirthfully as the whistle was blown, and ... | 2 | |
I just would like to see a response that can properly emulate a realization of that kind, whether or not it is simply stated like that. | [WP] I never really had a happy childhood, but that's perfectly fine with me, it was never mine to begin with. | [
"My first memory of loss (there was more before that I can't remember) was when I was only four years old. My pet hamster--Banana--died cradled in my hands. He wasn't old, or sick, and both my mother and I were diligent in caring for him. I had been out in the garden. It was July, the peak of summer, and the sunlig... | 3 |
[WP] After years of effort, Mosquitos have been eradicated world wide. We soon find they were keeping something much worse at bay. | [
"\"Fuck...I feel so sick...\" Another patient was dying of having too much blood. He was red-faced and feverish, lying on the cot we'd given him. The \"hospital\" held a hundred of them, all occupied.\n\n\"Goddamn it,\" my commander said. \"Jason, how do we deal with this?\"\n\n\"I have no idea, sir, I'm just a low... | 3 | |
[WP] Happiness is relative to death; the more you have the quicker you die. You wake up one day and you're suddenly the only surviving person on Earth. You check any social media. What do you see? | [
"I looked at my phone. 148 texts. What the hell? \n\nThey were from multiple people. Mostly my good guy friends. A lot of them were incoherent, like they were having trouble typing.\n\nI could make out something about pictures. Pictures that were forbidden? \n\nFinally, I noticed my friend John had sent me a link. ... | 3 | |
[WP] A man comes across an accidental (or natural) death, and uses it to frame another man for murder. | [
"I always hated Brian. \n\nHe was the biggest asshat in the office, and he got away with it every day just because his dad ran the company. It was like I was living in a bad sitcom. My boss, who was the best boss I'd ever had, had only one fault, and it was the fact that he couldn't put his foot down whenever Brian... | 2 | |
[FF] Write a horror short where the people inside are not complete idiots. | [
"The man in the ski mask just lays there, bleeding. *Whack, whack.*\n\n\"Well, so, I guess his, like, tissue grows back?\" Carol said into the phone as she watched us working. \"So he's not *dead,* just, you know, icky.\" *Whack, whack*\n\nI sit there with the prybar my dad keeps in the garage, gingerly raising it ... | 3 | |
*In his/her bedroom...
^^^^(so ^^^much ^^^for ^^^being ^^^gender-neutral) | [WP] A character installs an app that records any abnormal sounds in his bedroom while he/she sleeps. The recordings are troubling. | [
"Rick checked again: no messages. Lauren's smile shined upon his face so that his head looked like it floated, dismembered, in the dark of his room.\n\nHe fumbled with the charger jack. *This way - no, that was upside down. This way - oh, fucking USBs*. He plugged it into his phone, then placed the phone onto the d... | 2 |
[WP] A Man, a Broom, and the End of the World | [
"Shortly after the screams and evacuation of the room. A bearded man entered carrying nothing but a wooden sweeping broom. He looked tired and old as he began to solemnly walk, grumbling under his breath about \"fricken kids\", his age and paycheck. \nHis greying feathered wings unfurled as he stretched painfully ... | 9 | |
[WP] A cryogenically frozen man awakens after a hundred years spent in hell. | [
"They said it would be like sleep, but without dreams. Just an endless dark void that would seem like an instant to me and allow me to skip through time itself.\n\nThey could not be more wrong...\n\nHell. That is where I am, or at least as close as I can tell.\n\n\n\nYou see, the human brain doesn't shut down, it s... | 7 | |
[WP] You are a history professor reading a letter written by a soldier during WW2, and something about it strikes you as very strange. | [
"**06 February 2013**: A Monica C (nee M) from A, MA, rang me out of the blue. She saw my *Americans in War* on the History Channel. Loved it (tells me twice). Her grandmother (a conservator – can you believe it?) preserved 324 letters written by her serving husband during WWII. 324 letters. She’s offering them as ... | 2 | |
[FF] Tell me a love story using 3 senteces | [
"I love him so much; he's my world, my light in the dark, and he's the reason I don't listen to my therapist. \"He's not real, he was just a figment of your imagination when you were in your coma, we've been over this,\" my therapist says for the thousandth time, but I don't listen. He promised me we'd meet again."... | 8 | |
[WP] A future where all disputes are settled by a game of rock, paper, scissors. | [
"\"You owe me 10 dollars!\"\n\n\"No I don't!\"\n\n\"Yes you do!\"\n\n\"Shut up drunkard! I'm calling the police!\"\n\n\"You don't believe me? Best out of three then! If you don't, you are breaking the la-aw...\"\n\nActions repeated over and over again...\n_______________________________________________\nThat sucks ... | 3 | |
[WP] One day you die just as your daughter is about to go into labor. Then you are reincarnated as your own grandchild. | [
"**(Hi, this is my fist time in this sub, so I really hope I'm doing this *write*! (hehe) I hope you enjoy reading this!)**\n\nIt's 2 A.M. and I'm on my way to the hospital. My little baby's gone into labor, and I can't miss this. My car broke down back home, so I got a cab to pick me up.\n\n\"It's here.\" I mutter... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a ghost that has been roaming the Earth for some time now. After some unusual events, amidst the beginnings of a zombie apocalypse, you see your own reanimated corpse trudge by. | [
"My fate, I was bitten and then the fever took over. 24 hours after the fever hit I took my last breath,alone in an abandoned building. With that last exhale my soul exited my body and I was looking down at myself, My 19 year old body was no longer mine...possessed by some sort of flesh eating demon. Months went by... | 11 | |
[WP] In the near future, all household pets are engineered to be capable of speech. Write of someone's experience in a pet shop. | [
"The door jingled when Arthur entered and a hush fell over the room. The clerk sitting behind the counter, a young man with earphones plugged into a nearby iPod, nodded when he noticed him and returned to the magazine he'd been reading. The thick smell of animal musk hit his nose, followed by the acrid smell of ant... | 1 | |
[WP] "As of 1:56 Eastern Standard Time the US government has lost all contact with New York City" | [
"Every single alarm imaginable went off in Heaven at 1:56 that day. Not only did no one understand what was happening, God has taken his yearly day off that day.\n \n\"Jesus I don't understand what could be causing all these alarms to go off! If these readings are correct we had a couple million people wiped of ear... | 2 | |
Make it fun. I got the idea from the front page post | [WP] A man walks into a store everyday and buys a pack of socks, one day he blurts out "sockshavecontrolhelpme". | [
"Not my best work since I spent about 10 minutes max on it but it was fun! \n\nThe man came into the store everyday. Never at the same time of day, that varied, just as his clothing attire did. He'd wear an unzipped hoodie one morning, a buttoned up suit the next night. But most peculiar were his socks; they ranged... | 2 |
[WP]You are the Tank in a typical MMORPG dungeon instance. Describe your experience as you get physically brutalized and constantly healed, cheating death. | [
"For what feels like the thousandth time, I ask myself a simple question. What if I just didn't move? What if I just stood here and never pulled? Never ran in screaming and shouting and desperate to make a kill. It would be easy.\n\nNo more crawling agony as burns sear there way across my body, only to recede as an... | 4 | |
[WP] Write about how freaking hard it is to balance on top of a moving dragon a thousand miles in the air. And the main character just started training class and they keep on falling off and failing epically. | [
" Captain Klegorn sounded the calling horn with relish, his eyes wide with effort. Few these days knew the secret of fashioning the horns which may call beasts and Klegorn was proud to work his ancient trade. Filling his mighty lungs a second time, he continued to sound his horn. It boomed sonorously across the... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a dark, brooding 90s style anti hero. But much to your annoyance, the setting, other characters, and plot are as campy as the 60s batman show. | [
"XtremDeath looks out at the field where the Supervillian the Duck is building his giant pool. The Duck has said that if the city doesn't pay he'll flood the city. XtremDeath, ever watchful, shakes his head, and picks up his fusion cannon. He thinks these fools never learn, silly plots and sillier criminals just do... | 6 | |
You die and the next thing you know, someone is taking off things attached to you. | [WP] What felt like your whole life was just virtual experience simulation | [
"I could barely breathe. I looked at the hospital wall, a big paper calendar hung next to the TV that said \"FEB 2, 1998\". President Clinton was on TV talking about not having sex with some broad. Back when I was a youngster, I used to care about these sorts of things. I'll tell ya, ever since Ike left office ... | 2 |
Upon your death, your mummified remains, as well as possessions and slaves were entombed in a pyramid. While enjoying the Afterlife, you begin to notice your possessions are beginning to disappear - someone must be robbing your tomb! Reality begins to waver before your eyes and you hear voices, as if from a great dista... | [WP] You are a long-dead Egyptian pharaoh... | [
"Afterlife was pretty sweet. I loved to sit on my fancy golden chair and sip wine out of my fancy golden chalice while my slaves cooled me with fancy golden fans. That stuff was clutch.\n\nBut one day it all went wrong. I was sitting on my fancy golden chair, as usual, when it suddenly disappeared - and I mean lite... | 2 |
[WP]: due to an unfortunate speech impediment, a young satanist accidentally grants her soul to Stan | [
"Sam, Stan and the Satanists\n\nSam was never thrilled about Wednesday nights or Friday nights, the nights her parents dragged her to the Satanist congregation on the fourth floor of the Berner and Werner building downtown. These were the nights when she had the privilege to sit with glazed eyes and listen to a bun... | 12 | |
[WP] Scientists discover prayer and religious sites actually weaken the barriers between parallel universes. There is evidence that some religions were intentionally created around this fact... | [
"As I sat down in the auditorium I looked around to see all of the people attending. I figured this would be an interesting lecture given it's content. This lecture was being held in the auditorium due to the size of the audience. Our university was hosting the event but there were many other attendees from surroun... | 2 | |
[WP] A typo in a revised law creates "*duel* citizenship". Describe the consequences. | [
"Frank made an \"aw\" over a picture of a spider. Henry smiled, watching from afar. Charles stopped hugging Frank and closed the the laptop with his left hand\n\"That's it, I will allow an \"aw\" over animals that are not even cute, but not monsters\", Charles said playfully.\n\"For the fallen one\", answered Frank... | 2 | |
[WP] In the zombie apocalypse, people in vaults begin to worship the zombies as gods, and they offer sacrifices. You are the sacrifice, and you must escape | [
"The gods stink.\n\nI did not think they would, but as they come for me I find myself running like the damned. Our mountain is like worm-eaten bread; I outrun the gods but not their smell. I climb higher, where dust floats in the air, giving the tunnels a green glow. I drop my torch and stop to gasp and vomit.\n\nI... | 3 | |
[WP] You slide an envelope across the table to the person sitting across from you | [
"You slide an envelope across the table to the person sitting across from you.\n\nThey look down, puzzled. You nod intently, urging them to continue. They pick it up, pausing for a fraction of a second as the contents shift inside. Progressing cautiously, they examine the envelope turning it around, brushing their ... | 17 | |
[WP] Write a comic or lighthearted scene that takes place in the darkest and most depressing setting you can think of | [
"Fleece bunches in tight fists drawn closely to her small body smeared with ash, and her nostrils coated in remnants of the past. A lumbering man steps quickly as he escapes with the young girl in his arms from a home grown too warm. A loud shout rings out in the glowing night and is met with a sobering response as... | 8 | |
[WP] While exploring an ancient cave, you discover a QR code carved into the wall of the cave. | [
"\"What time is it?\"\n\n\"Time for you to get a watch!\"\n\nBrad snickered. Chad, Winston and Preston all chimed in.\n\n\"Yeah, go buy a watch or something!\" Winston and Preston gave each other a high five. \"Good one Winston!\" \"Thanks Preston!\"\n\nThat was the sixth. Seventh if you count Winston's witty littl... | 3 | |
[WP] Over the last several years, people have begun noticing that magic is returning to the world. | [
"\"Again?\" The mother asked, turning her daughter's head to the side. Her sideburns had sheared off, leaving her lopsided.\n\n\"How do you keep doing this?\" She fussed her way to get a pair of clippers and turned her daughter's head to the other side, clipping off the sideburns to match. Squinting, she turned her... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a mid-level manager in an evil organization, you have to deal with the demands of a super villain while trying to remain on budget and put up with the multitude of nameless minions who keep asking about health insurance, raises, and sick days. | [
"\"These are the projections for Quarter 3 this year, now as you can see actual profit is going to take a slight dip from Quarters 1 & 2, but in terms of villainy, destruction and general evil-doing, we're going to notice an extremely sharp increase in human misery.\" \n\nGrazuk rubbed his forehead with his ind... | 4 | |
[WP] The vengeful ghost that haunts the house you just bought has already killed three families. You are well aware of this; it's why you bought the house. | [
"I’ve been trying, Lord knows I have, but ever since Steven died…\n\nGod forgive me.\n\nSomeone I used to work with from another city had told me about the house. It’s cursed, she’d said. A murder house. Couldn’t give the place away for love nor money. \n\nThe idea hadn’t come to me immediately. No, it had popped u... | 1 |
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