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First attempt at this. Not sure if its the way it goes down. | [WP] You and your family are hiding below the floor boards of a group of cannibals. It's been four days, you're nearly out of supplies, all that remains are 30 bags of potato chips. | [
"Of the logistics I wasn't sure,\nbut too much was the hunger I bore.\nAnd bore I did into my big brother's calf,\nThe closest of flesh hanging free,\nAnd to my surprise not a sound did he make\nThough turning as they did I hastened for more\nRocked to my instinct and whetted to red\nThe hunger alerted the fiends."... | 10 |
[WP] A wanted man sits down next to you at a bus station, you're the first person that recognizes him. | [
"One evening Timothy sat down at the bus station. There was a pretty lady sitting on the bench so Timothy sat next to her leaving a small buffer zone between. He started to talk and stopped when he realized he had nothing to say. He was too busy imagining their three children--twin girls and a baby boy. She looked ... | 4 | |
It just happened without any warning. There is nothing else that remains of earth.
[Link](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/30h8cw/what_can_be_removed_from_existence_entirely/cpse3lo) to original Askreddit Thread
Idea from /u/ScottTheHedgehog and me | [WP] The crew of the ISS wakes up to find the earth is gone. [x-post from askreddit] | [
"Darkness, for miles and miles. We're only travelers now. \n\nAll we ever were is gone now, and until we're gone, we'll be all that is left of humanity. We came here seventy-three days ago but will never go home. Home doesn't exist anymore. Thousands of years of civilization are lost forever, the only true home any... | 4 |
I hope I did this right (first timer) | [WP] humanity has been under the delusion that we require sleep everyday. You discover that human bodies are trying to evolve to the next level of consciousness, but sleeping every night resets the process. You try to explain this is why you are not sleeping, but no one believes you until... | [
"\"So who are you going to the dance with?\" Kyle asked. \n\"I dunno. I doubt I'll even go.\" \n\"What?\" Kyle looked surprised. \"Everyone is going, man. It's going to make you seem like a loser if you don't go. Plus you know that Emily digs you. You should totally ask her to go.\" \n\"When did you get so conce... | 4 |
[WP] You work for the mafia. Your job is cleaning up crime scenes before they're found. You discover your best friend from childhood is an assassin that you've been cleaning up after for years. | [
"\"Be there in 20\" I spoke into the burner. \n\nI hung up, then picked up the cannoli, making it disappear with a large bite. I left the plate and stood up, wiped my hands on my shirt. The closet had my tyveks, size XXL. I started this career in a medium, but as the years went on, I began looking like a mortadella... | 2 | |
[WP] Crime rates in your country became low to non-existent. The government decides that police is no longer necessary. | [
"Thousands of citizens opposed the new bill but the president was stubborn. He was threatened to be stripped from power yet he went ahead and removed our guardian angles. \n\nIf we lived in the land of fantasy we would expect an elite team superheroes to protect and serve us. \n\nBut in this reality when the cats a... | 2 | |
E.G. If you travel one day, that day is subtracted from the end of your life. If you go a month, you're going to live a month less, etc. | [WP] Time travel is possible, but for every day you choose to travel back or forwards, you give it up from the end of your natural lifespan. | [
"I was cursed with a blessing.\n\nMy father sat me down when I turned 18.\n\n\"Whenever a man of our ancestry becomes a full-fledged adult, we reveal the family secret. Ours is a family that does not enter heaven.\"\n\nOur family was special. He explained the logistics of time travel, simply stating the men of our ... | 1 |
[WP]Start or end with “The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.” | [
"We sat across from each other, smiles traced on our faces, bodies ready to begin. A glint of giddy excitement flashed across her eyes and she licked her lips provocatively. We were both ready. I removed the small container from my pocket and ripped it open, the smell wafted across the room and imposed itself in ou... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone has Death's phone number. Anyone can call him and make a request. But, you must fulfill his request. | [
"“Bro, I need a favor,” the man asked Death.\n\n“Fine, fine,” Death said on the other end of the line. “But you need to do something for me first. I’ll come drop off what you require in a few minutes.”\n\n“You seriously want me to do that again?” the man asked in disbelief. “How many times is that?”\n\n“Do you want... | 5 | |
[WP] You are going down a long road in the middle of night. Every 15 minutes or so you pass by a hitchhiker with one arm raised, asking for a ride, but you decide to ignore them all. After a couple hours of driving, you start to realize that you're passing by the same hitchhiker over and over again. | [
"It was much, much too late. \n It had been too late when I pealed out of the house's driveway throwing gravel all over my front yard. Did I know that? Of course. But it's one thing to hear it over the a dying cellphone, and it's another to know it for yourself. \n And so there I was, thundering along a desert... | 6 | |
[WP]: People are inexplicably dying in the most random, horrible and unpredictable ways. Spontaneous combustion, drowning in teacups, suddenly vomiting masses of beetles. You, alone, know the reason, and will take the knowledge to the grave. | [
"Something similar was already written, it's [one of the top posts](http://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/u7zc2/the_life_in_the_machine/) on /r/nosleep. \n\n>Being a programmer, one of my dreams has always been to create an original video game, something that nobody in the industry has done before.\nAfter see... | 2 | |
[WP] Super villains are always portrayed in their most villainous times, attacking cities, planets, or super heroes, which only make up a very small portion of their lives. You're a super villain. During a normal day of life. | [
"Dammit.\n\nDammit.\n\nDammit.\n\nWhy the hell did I take this route again? I know from past experience that the Don Marco Expressway is always jammed going westbound on a weekday at 8:00AM.\n\nDammit.\n\nIf it wasn't for that good for nothing Arachnid-Man, I wouldn't be sitting in this damned traffic, to make it t... | 8 | |
[WP] Giant alien robots invade the earth. Their only weakness, the imaginations of children. | [
"Screams rent the sky as the foul forces of chaos pushed at the defenses, profane demonic constructs stalked no mans land detonating landmines with every step and stripping souls. The elite of chaos had sent their maddened hordes of the lost and the damned to die in their hundreds of thousands, the forces of order ... | 2 | |
[WP] Include the line, "Wait, but how can that be me when I'm right here?" | [
"I woke up like i do every morning, hungover and needing to pee, only that day i found something odd, you see I'm male and in my twenties, but the face looking back in the mirror was that of a female around eighteen years old.\n\nNow to make a long story short the first few hours were spend freaking out and \"explo... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up to two messages on your phone from an unknown number. The first is a picture of you. The second: "Run." | [
"What's that racket? A dump truck? At this time in the morning? Those things couldn't be louder if they tried. What's a guy got to do to get a decent night of sleep?\n\nI roll over to the side of my bed. A half empty bag of chips crunches below me. I'm sure they're still good...\n\nWhat day's it? Tuesday? W... | 3 | |
[WP] Everyone is given a hourglass at birth counting down to the time of your death, the sand in yours just stopped falling. | [
"She wakes up, she looks over to the inevitable, like a clock, the literal sands of time, marking her journey to oblivion. The cascade has stopped, the individual grains, jammed behind theglass in perfect balance. Should I flick it? Fuck no. Is this my lottery win? She pinches herself, no pain. Wake up Alison. But ... | 2 | |
[WP] Today is the big day! Mom and Dad said we finally get to go to the shelter and adopt a human! | [
"\nToday is the best day ever! My mother told me that today we get to go to the animal shelter and get us a human.\n\nI was actually surprised by this because for the past 10 years I have been begging Mom and Dad for one. They told me that I was not responsible enough for a human so I could get a dog. I told them I... | 5 | |
[WP] Kim Jong Un has stated that he will agree to all disarmament terms and even have North Korea join the United Nations. There is just one condition: he will only do so if he is defeated in a one-on-one dance-off. His opponent must be the leader of a nation. | [
"\"I can't believe this stupid shit. What is this world coming to?\"\n\nPresident Barack Obama facepalmed in his chair at his desk in the Oval Office. \n\n\"Well, I guess I'll do it. I mean, how well can a fat-assed North Korean dictator with bad ankles really dance?\"\n\n\"Barack, you know damn well you can't danc... | 2 | |
[WP] You didn't know your travelling buddy is the world's most dangerous serial killer. Slowly, he begins to show you his true colours. | [
"I sat down to enjoy the complimentary breakfast just as my friend came into the lobby. His face was flushed as he looked around for me. \n\n\"Finally, I found you,\" he said. \"Look, we need to get out of here.\"\n\n\"Why?\" My fork scraped the plate as I scooped up a mouthful of eggs. \n\n\"We just do.\"\n\nThe ... | 3 | |
[WP] The guardian angel was thoroughly surprised when a demon mauled the assailant. | [
"Branciel gave a yawn, stuck on guardian duty again. David wasn't a bad guy to be stuck with. Righteous, yeah, but not arrogant or smug about it. The perfect guy to look out for. On his way to give a speech at a fundraiser for a charity to help war orphans.\n\nSuddenly overwhelmed with a feeling of anger, hatred an... | 8 | |
[WP] You are a heroin addict. Today is the day that you decided to get sober. | [
"\"Eh, fuck it, what do I have to lose anyways?\" \n\nI insert the needle into my skin, still jumping every time I do it, but embrace the feeling of the cold metal inside. The rush drowns away all my worries. Heroin keeps me distracted from the real world so that I can finally live in the real world.\n\nThe effects... | 8 | |
No more "missed opportunities". We have evolved to hear a beep sound whenever we approach people who we find sexually attractive that are also sexually attracted to us. [Consider the implications for the dating scene, fidelity, etc...] | [WP] We have evolved to telepathically beep when we see someone mutually, sexually attractive | [
"The day that Tinder died began just like any other. I woke up, threw on yesterdays clothes, a crumpled plaid button up with the sleeves rolled to my elbows over a white undershirt untucked over a pair of ripped jeans. Then headed out my apartment to the corner coffee shop. The streets were crowded with folks embar... | 3 |
[WP] A 4th of July show with fireworks as told by a soldier with PTSD. | [
"Red flash, 2 o' clock. There goes Jimmy's legs, blown to pieces. He wanted to be a marathonist. \n\nWhite flash, loud bang. There was only a child in this room. I think she's permanently blind. I can't do anything for her, and if she survives this war she'll be handicapped in this shitty corner of the world. \n... | 2 | |
[WP] You and your best friend have been surviving the zombie apocalypse together. Suddenly, a zombie catches your friend off guard, biting them. | [
"Here we are. *End of the road*. \nI know what's going to happen, he knows what's going to happen. *The inevitable* \n\nWe managed to conceal ourselves safely in an old shed we stumbled across while trying to escape what seemed to be a never ending horde of flesh eating undead.\nI sat on the floor with my... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a Jewish man who died in Auschwitz. You go to the after-life and meet God. | [
"\"I'm waiting,\" I said patiently. Now I had all the time in the world. God looked at me quizzically, not understanding the venom behind my voice. \n\"Waiting for what?\" God replied.\n\"Really?\" \n\"If it is about-\"\n\"Let's start with my new born, Rachel. When she was born I could not be happier, her laugh bro... | 2 | |
[WP] Write something deep. Really deep... | [
"\"Go to the deck, Jeanny\"--Jeanny goes to the deck--\"Look at the ocean, Jeanny\"--Jeanny looks at the ocean--\"What do you think is inside, Jeanny?\"\n\n\"Water. Fish. The rotting remnants of sunken ships. Dunno.\" Jeanny pauses. Looks up. \"What's the fucking answer?\"\n\n\"The answer is nothing.\" Dane sweeps ... | 3 | |
[FF] The last sentence of your epic 1200-page novel. | [
"The fear passed into an eerie calm as I let go of my final breath: as quick as darkness came, the sounds of a buzzer erupted into my ears while I felt my brother lifting me out of a machine and he asked, \"what did you think of this trip to Earth?\"",
"The four warriors stood at the cusp of the kingdom they had ... | 4 | |
For example:
Someone wants to give an abusive/manipulative ex a taste of their own medicine
A divorcee wants to sabotage their ex's case in a custody battle
A politician wants to catch his opponent in an affair. | [WP] You are an anti-prostitute: instead of getting paid to show someone a good time, you are paid to seduce them into toxic relationships. | [
"Head is pounding and my tongue tastes like stale Coors and cigarettes. I'm covered in sweat on a yoga mat on the floor next to my bed. Smoke, cooking onions and the sound of sobbing wafts in under the door next to my head. I roll over onto my stomach and squint to see through the crack under the door. \n\nIn the... | 3 |
[WP] write a story to help an emotionless person understand anxiety. | [
"My hands are shaking. I sit for a few seconds, try to focus on my breath, like I've been taught. One mississippi, two mississippi. I see my leg twitching before I feel it, stand up and walk the length of the room three times before I sit down and try again. One mississippi. \n\nMy heart is very loud. Sometimes I w... | 5 | |
[WP] You're a siamese twin, and your other half is starting to make some questionable decisions | [
"(1/2) \"Shae, Shae!\" a harsh whisper wakes me. A head looms close to mine and I blink slowly. This type of thing would probably give a normal person a heart attack, but not me, because I'm not normal. Scratch that, WE aren't normal.\n\n\"C'mon, Shae!\" she pats me on my cheek, a little too hard for my liking. I g... | 1 | |
Take this whichever way you like, you don't necessarily need to use the sentence. | [WP] "See that human? Of course you don't, they've been extinct for 2000 years." | [
"\"Hehehe..... Hahahaha!\"..the Thing laugh and laugh. As if it shows, a little loneliness. In the past, human have questioned the reason of its existence to the Thing. The Thing doesn't like free thinking, perhaps that was why human were annihilated. \n\"Day after day,they seek help but instantly show their back i... | 2 |
[WP] You hate this writing prompt. | [
"I clicked and clacked away without pleasure.\n\nThis was my life now. All the fun had run out of it.\n\nOnce, I had been a writer. Not a great one, not a well known one, but I had been published on a few sites. Still, I always created my own world. \n\nAlas, the creativity I once had ran out. No longer capable of ... | 4 | |
[WP] Write a story with the same starting and ending paragraph. | [
"They call him \"late David\". David was late for work.\n\nSomehow when setting his alarm last night he'd managed to set it for 7:30 PM instead of 7:30 AM.\n\n\"FUCK!\", he shouted at nobody in particular, causing his cat to scurry, frightened, into the bathroom. \"SHIT, FUCK, SHITFUCK\", he yelled at his shoes whi... | 2 | |
[WP]Lucifer falls in love with a mortal | [
"On the fated day, I learned what it meant to have 'free-will'. A fallacy... as it were. \n\nThe 'Great-Mother'... 'God'... We, her Arch Angels, called her El. \n\nShe ruled just and fair, allowing us and only us the ability to decide what we will. All others in the realm of Paradise must follow an inherent 'di... | 2 | |
I've seen sad, let's see happy, angry even envious | [WP] You're writing your eulogy for your best friends funeral. He/She committed suicide and you're anything but sad. | [
"\n\n\n\n\n\n\"And now, the eulogy\".\n\nThe pastor spoke softly. I can only imagine such a tone was trained into him. A character he played almost, designed to comfort the grieving many. It was pessimistic of me, and I can't deny it was fueled by resentment. But after what happened, resentfulness seemed the only a... | 2 |
[WP] You have been cured of the need to sleep, now unable to sleep, you crave it. | [
"**Dreamer**\n\nI lie dreaming in my bed but I am very much awake. This is becoming the norm now.\n\nDo I regret taking the treatment from LucidTech? Definitely, but I cannot say that it did not do what it was purported to do. I do not need sleep, nor do I feel unusually tired. I am far more productive now than eve... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up with the ability see what drugs people are on, and how high/drunk/intoxicated they are on a scale of 1-10. You come to the startling realization that everybody is just plastered 24/7. | [
"Honestly, once I realised what was going on, the world made a lot more sense. It was confusing initially, seeing my boss' red-faced grin as she announced that she'd taken a late lunch with the head of HR and then, popping up above her head, was a \"5\", and some little cartoon bubbles. I thought I'd just had one t... | 5 | |
Do you have favorite objects that you keep? Tell me their stories and what they are.
Do you use this sight to help solve missing persons cases or other crimes?
When you hold money and see all the people's who's hands it has passed through, who stands out in a particular bills history?
Most museums don't like peo... | [WP] When you hold onto an object you begin to see its history play out, the longer you hold something the farther back you see. | [
"The piercing sound of the old phone on my desk ringing tore its all the way into my dream. For whatever reason it was the sound of a kid's toy that looked like a circa 1960 space opera lazergun. Or something. I looked at the clock on the wall. 4:30pm.\n\n\nI never cared for those fancy schmaxy phones that can disp... | 2 |
What mythology explains including these items with the body? | [WP] When someone dies, they are buried with a dagger, a bottle of wine, a letter with their mother's name on it, and a tree branch. Why? | [
"*I saw this and I couldn't resist; I'm sorry if it's not what you meant! :)*\n\n*Some word edits, and I forgot the dagger originally! Bad author, bad! :P*\n\n===\n\nThere had never been a funeral like this one before.\n\nUsually, they stacked the wood as high as the tallest man in the village could reach - no p... | 1 |
[WP] It is take your child to work day at a magazine agency. The journalist of an advice column has to step away for a moment and their child starts answering the letters for the column. | [
"Mary Elizabeth Bluewrench Swarmfield Chesternut grabbed the Seattle Times with unchecked enthusiasm and opened to page three. Ignoring the yelp of surprise from the elderly woman she took the paper from, she quickly looked to the column entitled: Advice from a Mother. \n\nShe saw her name! And her question! \n\... | 2 | |
[WP]We're sorry, but there's nothing we can do, we estimate she has around 2 more hours left here, we'll leave you to spend time with her now. | [
"\"We're sorry, but there's nothing we can do. We estimate she has around two more hours left here. We'll leave you to spend time with her now.\"\n\nAnd with that the doc walked away, leaving just us in the room. Tears fill my eyes. I tried. Oh God, I tried!\n\nIt just wasn't enough. It just wasn't in the cards for... | 3 | |
[WP] A dragon has to fight a princess to free a captured knight. | [
"We were friends, you know? I mean sure we had our struggles and we fought, but I couldn't just stand by and let her do this to him. \n\nI've been telling him since they started dating \"She is up to no good, trust me, I mean look at how many times I captured her, who gets captured that often without wanting ... | 17 | |
[WP] You are a survivor. Type our your life story. | [
"June 23rd, 3146. Lyran Commonwealth.\n\n--\n\nMy name is James Benjamin Clayton, a member of the mercenary battalion Clayton's Chindits, and I have seen more of war than you could ever dream of.\n\nI have seen many things, done things I will never forget, nor forgive myself for doing. A thousand years ago some Spa... | 3 | |
[WP] Everyone has their own personal god, each with dominion over something different. After a lifetime of silence, you cry out to your god in a time of need and he finally answers. | [
"\"You look... surprised?\"\n\nThat was an understatement. I didn't expect anyone or anything to actually show up. Much less this... creature... in front of me.\n\n\"My only follower and even you didn't even really believe in me... That's kinda sad.\"\n\nI regained my composure. Was I supposed to... bow? Grovel?... | 2 | |
[WP] ''Aren't you afraid to die?'' | [
"\"Aren't you afraid to die?\"\n\nFor a moment, just a brief moment, the elderly man contemplated the question. In his bleak, confining hospital room, he looked around to see the many loving faces surrounding him.\n\nHis wife, who he cared for so dearly, stood with her hands folded gently in front of her. A smile h... | 5 | |
[WP] A drug is invented where one dosage removes the need for sleep for the rest of their life. | [
"I don't understand some people. I get the people who didn't want the cure. Not sleeping is actually a terrifying prospect. No, I understand them. Hell, my wife still has to sleep every night and I don't hold it against her. The people I don't understand are the people who took the cure and are not happy. How could... | 4 | |
[WP] In a world ruled by an international/interplanetary government around 5000 AD, civil war breaks out. What was the reason behind the war and how did it escalate? | [
"I remember it like it was yesterday. I was just a young lad, growing up in the Rice Fields of Europa. Good times they were. You’d dock your ship next to your rice field and tend to it and then head back to your ship. Maybe spend a few hours swimming. We had to watch out for poachers, though. That’s how I learned t... | 2 | |
[WP] A cryogenic freezing company has been acquired by a company that brings the bodies back to life to be used as slaves | [
"Danial's job was easy. All he had to do was lie there. Countless tubes snaked from his limbs and chest to the ceiling, but he couldn't see them. His vision was blocked by the dark gray comically oversized metal helmet sitting on his head.\n\nTristan watched through the glass at the rows of people hanging on racks.... | 4 | |
[WP] Aliens have been observing Earth. And they've come to the conclusion that humans are completely and incurably insane. They begin to use Earth as an insane asylum. | [
"I'm a social worker. For alien inmates--but I see them less as prisoners and more as immigrants or refugees.\n\nIt all started a few years ago when small meteorite structures randomly started to impact earth; most were about 7-8 feet long, with some outliers. Governments swarmed to the crash sites, sending swaths ... | 3 | |
To the mods: The poem that I wrote (and maybe anyone's who comments) may be under 30 words. So I am asking if you may let them slide. I would really appreciate it. | [WP] Poems about death. | [
"There's a willow tree\n\nout back, where I used to sit.\n\nWide and waving,\n\nThick and flowing\n\nBrushing over my face,\n\nLittle sharp-edged leaves.\n\nI met her\n\nbeneath that tree,\n\n(Not really, but almost)\n\nA long many years back,\n\nAnd we kissed in the wind\n\nand the sun\n\nand the swaying branches.... | 4 |
[WP] "I know we promised that we could put you in touch with copies of yourself from other universes, but we're going to have to give your money back - I'm sorry, but they're all dead." | [
"\"goddammit... he's good...\" the grizzled man thought to himself as he took the cash and unceremoniously stuffed it into his jacket pocket dropping a bill on the floor. he knew he had to get back to the garage. out here he was vulnerable, but at the garage he had... well, nothing really. but it just felt safer th... | 3 | |
[WP] You are host to the spirit of an old-school supervillain. They can take control of your body when you're drunk, but because of the memory loss, you have no idea it happens. | [
"\"Please don't take another drink!\"\n\nThe room spun around us, and I slurred my speech as I told my self righteous friend to fuck himself. Tequila burned down my throat and I made another attempt to throw at the dartboard. I was already losing badly. Might as well have some drinks to enjoy the time. Everythi... | 3 | |
[WP] Make me cry in 200 words or less | [
"Mama wake up!!!\n\tA man in a blue outfit pulls me off her telling me it’s okay. It’s not okay my mama is sleeping and I have to wake her up. I gotta go into the apartment to get her alarm clock, it always wakes her up in the mornin’. I squirm through his big arms and run through the ally up to our house. I ca... | 11 | |
>'The phenomenon is known as "sensitive dependence on initial conditions." This is sometimes referred to as the butterfly effect, e.g. a butterfly flapping its wings in South America can affect the weather in Central Park.'
We all know the myth. Paint me a picture, /r/WritingPrompts | [WP] The Butterfly Effect is a very real, literal danger. Describe a world where people scramble to stop butterflies causing tornados around the world. | [
"I remember sitting in Mrs. Robinson's science class in 5th grade. I found the unit on animals interesting enough, but when we got more specific and studied insects exclusively I thought it was absolutely fascinating. I got a 100% on that test and was so upset when we concluded the unit that I would spend all my fr... | 3 |
[WP] With advancements in technology keeping people alive longer, the US can no longer keep paying Social Security and Medicare. When they reach age 65, people must take a test to see whether or not they are worth receiving benefits. | [
"\"Dad, you're going to do fine.\"\n\nI don't remember ever holding his hand before in my life. In fact, he wasn't a very affectionate father at all. Loving, yes. But not the touchy type. This whole thing was very weird. \n\n\"I voted for this scum bag,\" he murmured, \"and this...this is how he repays me.\"\n\n\"W... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been having a difficult time finding a suitably evil horse for your nefarious needs when you see an advert in the newspaper: "UNCLE JIM'S EVIL HORSE STABLES!" Tell me of your subsequent visit. | [
"\"How evil?\"\n\n\"Ma'am, I'd like to you imagine a hypothetical offspring of your least favorite ex and Satan himself.\"\n\n\"Okay.\"\n\n\"That person would *weep* to realize they could never be as evil as one of our horses. That's the minimum we require. Imagine, if you will, a baby. It has candy. Perhaps you th... | 2 | |
[WP] A worldwide virus epidemic breaks out, threatening to drive humans to extinction. The only symptom of the virus is total joy and happiness that gets more intense the closer the infected gets to death. | [
"\"You people need to understand, you're all dying! You need to inject yourself with this to cure yourselves.\" A man shouted to a crowd of people in a park. They leaped around with no worry in the world. \n\n\"I know you all feel fine, but it won't last forever.\" \n\nAn old man with a smile walked up to him, \"Wh... | 4 | |
[WP] You are the world's greatest assassin. A highway of bodies lie in your past. Today is the first day of your retirement. | [
"''After a while...it just became routine. Just a regular job, you know? Make breakfast for my wife at 7, drop off the kids at school around 8, read the newspaper in my car, browse vacation homes in the back pages. Heading to the location never felt like you would expect. I know this sounds weird but'' the man paus... | 2 | |
[WP] Our eyes see souls when we look at others, instead of bodies. Describe the day you fell in love. | [
"I never thought I’d fall for someone like Sara. She’s not my “type”. Usually, I find myself drawn to those glowing sapphire blue souls that are known for being so creative and artistic. I loved how they wrote poems and songs to woo me. But there was something so special about Sara. \n\nThe moment I saw her, I coul... | 3 | |
[WP] You find among your belongings, a literal skeleton key. A device which upon contact with anyone other than yourselves, tears the bones from their flesh. Write a story with yourself as a supervillan, and just how you use this nefarious weapon | [
"Gray looked down at the pearl-white bones arranged in the shape of a person sleeping on the floor, aware of the eyes of his team trained on him, and said one word. \"Impressive.\" \n\nHe noticed two of his newest group trade looks. The seasoned detective didn't bother learning their names. Every team he'd been a ... | 2 | |
[WP] A woman buys a dildo and finds that it is possessed by a malevolent supernatural presence. NSFW | [
"The black dildo seemed to call out to Susan in the store, and her heart fluttered when she picked it up. Electricity went through her body and her nipples stiffened embarassingly. Moisture accumulated in her panties, and something compelled her to use it right there in the store. It took a lot of willpower to not ... | 2 | |
[WP] Russia is the country to successfully terraform Mars and now owns the planet. With all it's resources, it becomes the most powerful country on Earth. | [
"You know, we never really believed that there was such thing as Irony Gods. Not until the Russians took Mars. The Red Planet, owned by the reds. Nobody could have guessed that. It's just too ironic. That's when it got worse. They found oil on Mars. They proved Martian life, and then proceeded to use it to become t... | 2 | |
[WP] All your life, you've been finding small cuts or bruises on your body with no explanation. Today, you find out what's causing them. | [
"A man at the park has been staring at me for an alarmingly long time. I try to look away, and look back, hoping that he moves on from his infatuation with me, but he only moves closer. Before I know it, he his standing next to me. I nod, awkwardly. He continues staring.\n\n\"Can I help you?\" I inquire.\n\n\"I kn... | 3 | |
[WP] You are an astronaut abandoned by your space program and about to die. | [
"Coleman slammed his fist against the control panel. \n\n\"Hey!\" Calloway said. You could hear the stress in his voice. \"Punching shit won't get us outta here. We need to stay calm an-\"\n\n\"Who gives a shit about that now?! There's no point in denying it. We all know what happened. How the decoupler jammed ... | 2 | |
[WP] A deadly parasite develops which has the ability to "steer" human beings, much like parasites that steer insects. It is impossible to tell at a glance if somebody is infected. | [
"\"They're like a nematomorpha, only worse,\" Ana told Grant.\n\n\"A nematomorpha?\" \n\nGrant stood up and moved toward the window. He glared out at the smoggy skyline. Cold air condescend on the outside of the chilled glass. \n\n\"Yes, a gordian worm. It's a parasite that can attach itself to an insects brain and... | 1 | |
[WP] what happens when the quiet kid snaps? | [
"It was a post-nap time afternoon like any other in Ms. K's kindergarten classroom. She called the children to gather around the community desks where a turkey themed finger painting activity was prepped to go. Each seat had a container of the paints and a few pieces of construction paper lined up neatly in front, ... | 2 | |
[WP] You say, "of course I'd kill him!" The old man snaps his fingers and you find yourself in a dimly lit room. A terrified 14-year old Adolf Hitler is huddled in the corner of the room, sobbing as he watches you. | [
"I take a long deep breath. Well, that's it. I cock my head a bit, raise my crossbow, kneel and take aim.\nThwack.\nA humid, wet sound and a thud. \nEverything goes spinning, a whirlwind of colors that sickens me before I pass out.\nSilence. Darkness.\nI blink, gazing uneasily at the uniformed men in front of me, a... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a successful hitman. An unsuspecting, cheery and nice girl moves next door. She knocks on your door one day and asks for help. | [
"First thing to pop in my head:\n\nA light wrap on the door distracts me from packing the last of the empty brass cases. A quick tap of a button whooshes the hand crafted ammunition into a hidden compartment in the wall but I keep the familiar grip of my blade as I glide to the door and rip it open. My grip tighte... | 3 | |
[WP] Tell me about a terrifying thing/moment from your childhood. Make me feel like I'm there with you. | [
"I looked at you, or what seemed like you. My eyes silently begging you to stop what was happening, to intervene, to make yourself known. But you stood still, a ghost on the wall. My brother hovered above me, his body odor acrid in the air. I avoided his eyes, trying again to find yours.\n\n“Help,” I uttered out, ... | 7 | |
[WP] Due to a clerical error, all the saints are sent to hell, and all the sinners are sent to heaven. | [
"The saints in white landed on crimson stone. They looked around themselves, one at a time, and saw nothing but endless flame and despair. Shadow had cloaked itself in every corner of the cavern, lave pools bubbled from cracks in the walls, and demented creatures flew overhead and into the smoky horizon. \n\nOne sa... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a 20 year-old male in a Mall dressing room trying on pants, when Taylor Swift barges in to hide from paparazzi. You agree to help, yet pretend you didn't know she was famous. | [
" \nPart one:\nI shouldn't have drank so much yesterday. But hey, you have to live a little the night before you get married. As my head pounds I sit up and examine my surroundings. I'm at my best friend, Aaron's house. I feel my face contort with confusion, I could have sworn on Taylor Swift I went home last nig... | 2 | |
[WP] For every powerful superhero who can fly or turn invisible, there are several with inconvenient, annoying, or otherwise unfortunate superpowers. Tell the story of one such unlucky superhuman. | [
"'So, you've haven't told me what your power is yet...'\n\n'I haven't?'\n\n'No, cheeky. Come on show me big boy.'\n\nBlack hair, caramel skin, limpid eyes and the devil's own grin. I was in trouble. And very happy for it.\n\nShe reached into her purse and drew out a packet of cigarettes. She daintily took own out, ... | 5 | |
[WP] "Those eyes stared at me, accusing me. I thought what I did was right." | [
"It’s been years since I’ve started working this case. I was just an ordinary detective in a New York precinct when I was offered the job. I jumped at the opportunity to go undercover. It had always been a dream of mine since I was a child. I remember back in the third grade when we would get those Scholastic Book ... | 2 | |
[WP] you work at a dead end job. One day, you get promoted to manager. You are given an envelope by a man in a suit, and told that your salary will now be $3 million a year. Everything you need to know about your new position is in the envelope. You open the envelope... | [
"\nThe tan envelope was at least an inch thick, it laid heavy on the desk of your cubical as you stared at your monitor engrossed in your work. You had been on your way to work your 9-5 minimum wage job when the secretary had stopped you at the door and given you this Manila envelope with your name sharpied onto it... | 2 | |
[WP] You are all that stands between a logging company and Yggdrasil. | [
"The logger sighed, peering up at the lone figure, and lowered her axe, instead raising the megaphone again. \"Sir. Please. You'll have to come down. We appreciate your concern, but we're not going to hurt the tree! It's too big to - I am pretty sure the tree is actually infinitely large. It either represents or co... | 8 | |
[WP] One day, you find out theres an upcoming apocalypse. You can save people, but in order to do that, they have to believe from the bottom of their hearts that the apocalypse is coming. Unfortunetely, only the nut cases believed you. Write a journal detailing the first week in rebuilding the world | [
"July 16th 2017: Scratch that, January First 0001. There that sounds better. Well the apocalypse came and went exactly as I foretold. I tried my hardest to convince everyone through any means necessary the internet, television, preaching, hell I even bought a shit ton of billboards (not one of my better ideas)... | 2 | |
Sorry for poor formatting of title posting via a phone is unfriendly. | [WP] God is just a children's story line the boogy man or Santa Claus. Your kid is asking for a bedtime story about him. | [
"\"One about God this time! You said you'd tell me the story!\" he bit his nails in anticipation. \nJoss, at age 7, knew there was no God. No man in the clouds. But that wasn't the point. He knew there was something... a small thread that ran from torso to torso. A month ago he'd seen it ebbing off the bodies of hi... | 2 |
[WP] A society in which government representatives are chosen randomly at birth, then raised and educated for the responsibility. | [
"This is perhaps the hardest part of my job.\n\nGovernance, it suits me. I have studied the actions of all those before me, and have taken years to calculate strategies.\n\nJudging, it also suits me. I am fair, decent. I was raised to be so. My subjects do not dislike me as a whole and I have had no wars fought bec... | 5 | |
[WP] A naive, kind-hearted boy is unwittingly fulfilling his destiny as the evil overlord. | [
"Sensei handed Caleb a small remote, which he accepted silently. There were two large buttons on left and right, nothing else. The left was a soft translucent green while the right was an oppressive red.\n\nCaleb remained quiet as Sensei withdrew a small rabbit from the pocket of his robe and set it tenderly onto t... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a "whodonut" story. A whodunit story with a focus on donuts. | [
"As I approached the crime scene, a lab tech tried to stop me. Asked me for my ID. I shrugged her off as my partner explained who we were. The guys you call when there's no one left to call. \n\nI ducked under the police tape and pulled out my notepad. There wasnt much to take note of. Smears on the windows. Was it... | 4 | |
[WP] Write a story that changes from a tragedy to a comedy when you change only one sentence. | [
"He couldn't find her. He loved her so, but she was gone from his life. Not necessarily, he hoped, but she was gone. He had poured hours of his love and care into their relationship, and she had reciprocated, but she had just vanished. Without any trace left behind, too. He would lie in bed at night, wondering if h... | 2 | |
[WP] "Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." What happens when magic becomes too advanced? | [
"\"I don't see what's so special about magic when we have technology,\" Phil said to the elf. \n\nGriswold's pointed ears twitched. \"Really? Most of what you consider technology is just magic. Laser guns? Did you think there was a nuclear reactor in your hands?\"\n\nPhil stuttered.\n\n\"Or FTL ships. Without... | 3 | |
[WP] You have a little devil on one shoulder and a little angel on the other. Both are trying to convince you to do something, when out of nowhere, a third being appears on top of your head. | [
"It had been the worst day of my life. \n\nSince I was young, I knew I was a bit... off. My conscience, you see, manifested itself visibly to me. I know what you're thinking, but I was checked for schizophrenia. As far as medical science is concerned, I'm sane. \n\nThe guys on my shoulders have always said the same... | 14 | |
[WP] Everyone starts staring at you, when you ask them why, they deny ever staring. | [
"Each day a thousand sunken eyes fall upon my face. They know the things I've done, yet when I look back into their eyes I cannot see a single word of their story, only that they are tales of despair and loss.\n\nI convince myself they cannot understand the things I've seen, the atrocities committed nor the reasons... | 2 | |
[WP]Harry Potter is 18 years old, and he is finally admitting himself to rehab. Magic isn't real, it's just a drug-induced figment of his imagination. He's making an honest effort to come to terms with the harsh reality. | [
"\"My name is Harry,\" the boy started. His voice wavered. He looked around the circle, squinting at the flicker of the fluorescent lights. It was a very diverse group of about 20 people. All ages, genders, and races were pretty equally represented. Most of them had coffee in white styrafoam cups, and several were ... | 2 | |
(P.S. It doesn't necessarily have to be your page. It can be anyone's (or anything's) page, as long as you talk about discovering something horrible.) | [WP] In the near future, everyone in the world has a Wikipedia page that is kept up to date with unsettling accuracy by mysterious anonymous contributors. One day, while browsing Wikipedia, you happen across your page and make a disturbing discovery. | [
"My page wasn't weird because of what was on it, but rather, what wasn't; namely, *anything*. I just didn't have one. Straight up: *Zuh?*\n\nI mean, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little insulted. Heck, *a lot* insulted. Did the NSA or whatever consider me that insignificant? My little bro had one and he couldn'... | 2 |
[WP] You and a lone stranger share an otherwise deserted carriage on a late night express train heading out of the city. | [
"Her watched beeped midnight, as she sat looking out of the window into the darkness of the surrounding night. The click-clack of the wheels on the rails echoed lightly in the empty passenger car. Light from the occasional house she passed illuminated her face for a few seconds, then fled away from her as it seem... | 4 | |
[WP] One day people begin turning into an anthropomorphic version of their spirit animal. | [
"The soft morning light pouring on my bed marked the beginning of a new day. I slowly sat up and rubbed my eyes. A tiny white feather fell on a bedsheet besides me. It must have escaped the pillow. As I was dragging my rather unrested body towards the bathroom, I felt strangely empowered, as if a small cluster of l... | 2 | |
[WP] Suddenly and inexplicably, the brain stops being affected by stimulants, hallucinogens, and other drugs. Describe the cultural shift from the perspective of a college student who is addicted to coffee. | [
"I've never felt sympathy for drug addicts or criminals. I never understood; these people made a choice to break the law. On several occasions I've made the choice to drink alcohol underage, but I've never understood being so addicted to something you'd break any law to get it.\n\nI think I understand now.\n\nHow a... | 2 | |
[WP] It's Take Your Daughter to Work Day! But you're the godfather of a big city's mafia, and need to watch your child during the meeting in which you also need to explain to your men how best to "take care of" some guys, and/or related business. | [
"\"Daddy!\", little Adla crowed, she was the youngest, still a sweet innocent girl.\n\nEveryone had come to the meeting: Beppe, Mario, Franscesca, celia, Claudio, and Luigi.\n\n\"Santiago, why is she even here?\" Beppe asked looking confused as all hell, he had not expected his little niece to be at this meeting.\n... | 3 | |
[WP]"Passengers, this isn't your captain speaking." | [
"\"Passengers, this isn't your Captain speaking\".\n\nWe were on a routine transatlantic flight in a new A380, two third of the way from Paris to Dulles airport. The voice was similar to the recordings of the nice stewardess that give emergency instructions in the aircraft entertainment system. Some people looked s... | 3 | |
[WP] Hundreds of eyes peered at me through the darkness in the alley. How many cats where there? Why were they all here together? | [
"Startled by the sound of garbage bins clashing together I abruptly turn around and was met by an abundance of bright piercing eyes.\n “Hello” I shouted “What do you want?”\nThe eyes moved closer I couldn’t make out what they were until they were glossed with the light flowing from the back door of the cleaners, wh... | 2 | |
[WP] Clouds have become solid and static across the planet. | [
"\"Aphrodite Port in five minutes!\" the conductor cried out in his lilting, musically accented voice. \"All passengers for Aphrodite Port prepare for departure. Please collect all carry ons and have your passports ready.\" I had no carry ons, so I took reached into my jacket pocket and checked that I had the pass... | 2 | |
[WP] A succubus is sent to claim your soul for Hell. Afterwards, you lie in bed with her. Write about the conversation you two have. | [
"Resting now after the climax.\n\n\"I know what you are and why you're here by the way.\"\n\n\"Oh? That makes my job a lot easier, resist and it will be painful.\"\n\n\"You either are fearless or not very bright in your response. Didn't you stop to think about the reason my soul was asked for specifically?\"\n\n\"I... | 2 | |
[WP] No Detective, I don't know the Muffin Man | [
"The Muffin Man, the city's greatest serial killer. \n\nBrutally murdering people, with no pattern. Locations of the body revealed the bodies were at least 50 km from Drury Lane, a quiet suburb.\n\nMost of them were usually grouped around stores that sold muffins, earning him the well-known name.\n\nThe detective b... | 4 | |
[WP] You are in an abandoned parking lot alone. You hear a baby crying. | [
"My feet hit the broken pavement rhythmically, matching the song in my earbuds. \n\n*Push, push, little bit more.*\n\nThe song ended, my feet slowed then stopped. I hunched over, gasping for the air my lungs can't take in fast enough. I looked at my watch. 11.4 miles. *Good enough.* But I could already feel tingly ... | 3 | |
[WP] A person becomes known as the most powerful politician/man in the world by preventing every attempt to backstab him, countering every attempt of blackmailing or bribing and by slowly turning his words into law. In reality it's all a big misunderstanding, and the man is oblivious to all of it. | [
"((sorry if this isn't exactly what you had in mind, it's what came to me when I read the prompt though))\n\n*****\n\n“Sir, please let me test that first.” The impeccably dressed man seated beside me nodded curtly, and I swabbed the fresh meal in front of him, sticking the sample into a portable analysis device I h... | 2 | |
[WP] In your rush to find an escape, you trip down a flight of stairs. An old, ragged-looking man sitting behind bars gestures toward the game board between you, greets you, and asks for a game wagering your very existence. | [
"\nTom wasn't among to most graceful of people, nor just the graceful. He was around the slightly coordinated bunch on a good day. Had he just paid attention to where that stair was he wouldn't be in the situation he got himself into. Then again he didn't pay attention too much anyway. Most people thought he was a ... | 2 | |
[WP] You're stuck somewhere, with only a small voice that repeats things you say. You slowly realize that it's just an echo. | [
"Peter sat there contemplating how he ended up in such a weird position. He seemed to be between Nowhere and Somewhere to be found, but the carving in the cold log which sits straightened toward what seemed to be the top of a cave could have been lying. '*I'll just tap on the log*' Peter thought to himself as cleve... | 2 | |
[WP] A young man discovers his super power, he always inserts USB's on the first try, soon after he is kidnapped by an unknown organization. | [
"\"Take a guess, why do you suspect you've been hired?\", came a witchy squeal. \n\"...uh...m...-confusion-...HIRED? I can't even\"\n\"You've been selected based on analytic software running on our Mega-Super Fit USB 3.0 flash drives. It's a part of our bleeding edge hiring process designed to find the next great P... | 2 |
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