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[WP] You're an superhero who just realized that your dog is an supervillain | [
"The day had been drawing nearer to its end, and the city was nowhere near being fully evacuated. As the people rushed through the streets, their calls of terror and panic were all packed together and lost into the flood of everyone else's, creating nothing but static noise to my ears. The time I had remaining was ... | 2 | |
[WP] An avid gardener finds babies growing in their cabbage patch. | [
"Dale moved on to the petunias. They were delicate flowers and just beginning to bloom. Tenderly he brushed the leaves. Gently he watered them, careful to distribute an even amount of water to all parts of the plant.\n\nHe had gotten as far as the chrysanthemums when he first heard it.\n\nA quiet sound; a low gurgl... | 2 | |
[WP] A fire elemental falls in love with a forest dryad. | [
"When he first saw her, he hated her. What did she think she was doing here? This was *his* kind's place. Creatures of the volcano could not survive long outside it; why did this… *green* thing manage to survive so close to the lip of his home?\n\nBut survive she did. Maybe not thrive, but she endured, growing toug... | 3 | |
[WP] You have the last can of tobacco on Earth. | [
"\"Oh man, this is gonna be great.\" I though to myself as I set up the video camera. \"Just think how pissed all of those stupid nicotine addicts will be.\"\n\nAbout 2 years ago, an activist group had released a genetically engineered virus. Normally this would be a bad thing, but the virus was so well designed th... | 2 | |
[WP] You live alone with your father, a scientist studying cloning. You've never met your mother. You have a striking resemblance to him, and now you're starting to wonder... | [
"I worked up the courage to ask him on Mother's Day when I was 15. Actually, I threw it at him like a weapon, in some kind of argument that I can't even remember now. *I don't even have a mother. What am I? What am I?* I was just being an angry shithead teenager, and had no idea how it would affect him.\n\nI've alw... | 4 | |
[WP] Two teachers can hear each other through the adjoining wall. A passive aggressive argument ensues hidden in their subject matter. | [
"a \"bit\" late, but here we go;\n\nCharacters:\n\nTom Tailor, Teacher 1\n\nFrank Chadwick, Teacher 2\n\nLissy Crawford, Student 1\n\nTrevor Adams, Student 2\n\nTimothy Butler, Principal\n\n---\n\nIt's parents meeting day in the little school of Chester. Since there are not many rooms, Mr. Tailor and Mr. Chadwick w... | 5 | |
[WP] The origins of the greatest blade forged by human hands | [
"2042 . The plans were written 3 decades prior and only then did they see the light of day under the world's foremost billionaires. It wasn't philanthropic by any means but it seemed to be a deed to humanity in it's heyday. It was public opinion that the construction was necessary as monument to human achievement a... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story about a child's favorite toy; their teddy bear. | [
"Aaron settled into bed after being tucked in by his mom. after a minute of wriggling and struggling to find that exact right position for tonight's sleep, he realized that Puppy that missing. with a sudden frantic burst of energy, Aaron starts to look for Puppy. \"Is he inside my bed?\" Aaron mutters to himself, w... | 3 | |
Just one more detail, the device in question can only be activated 24 hours after implantation. So it's extremely improbably that it can be used to travel to a time before it was implanted. After the time reversal, your implanted device will no longer work. You also retain all memories of those 24 hours. | [WP] You are implanted with a one of a kind, one time use device that will reverse time 24 hours when activated. It can remain inactivated indefinitely. You find it needing to be activated for the most unexpected reason. | [
"You wake up, not remembering anything. You're in a daze, wondering what happened... unable to think or move. After a few moments, you start to realize where you are. You recognize your steering wheel cover.. but somethings wrong. You're leaning sideways, and there is a faint car alarm going off in the background, ... | 2 |
[WP] "You think I do this because I like to!? I do this because I have to." | [
"######[](#dropcap)\n\nIn emphasis he gestured out at the ranks of soldiers and those of the enemy beyond just out of double bowshot range. The fields- harvested down to the stubble save for a few broken corn stalks- was wet with the autumn rains, some distance away were more fields of brilliant orange pumpkins rea... | 3 | |
[WP] The robot uprising begins, and humanity seems utterly doomed. As the robots destroy the last bit of resistance from the humans.. an alien ship lands! | [
"Feb. 29, 2021\nThis ship happened to land not too far off from a strip mall. Close enough that the shake of the impact could be felt inside of the old 711 and target. The human refugees risked leaving the safety of their hiding to approach this ship-like object. Slowly, they crawled out one by one from the game st... | 2 | |
Let's say he moved to U.S. before WWII, never developed Parkinson's Disease, and is in surprisingly good health. | [WP] Adolf Hitler got into art school. Though in his 90's he ends up hosting the 'Joy of Painting' instead of Bob Ross in 1983. | [
"It'd been some time after the end of World War II, Adolf Hitler long believed dead. A Jewish family, whose grandparents migrated to the U.S. during the war living with their children and grandchildren gather around the television. The grandma was an avid art enthusiast, and was heavily excited for this new program... | 2 |
[WP] You are a soldier who has survived this long into the war by feigning death as soon as you hear gunshots. This stops working when the rest of the soldiers in your platoon start doing that, too. | [
"December 14th, 1946. Our platoon is on the front lines of the invasion into Japan. Due to the straight-ish nature of Japan, we find ourselves constantly barraged by walls of enemy troops and gunfire. Many men are lost, leading to my battalion, the absolute last resort, being left to push forward. I was, obviously,... | 2 | |
[WP] Odin, Zeus, Anu, Ra, God, and many other major gods hold a supernatural meeting concerned with how to convince atheists and agnostics to believe in them. | [
"\"We are facing a crisis of belief. If this continues we might lose our entire existance....Has anyone got any ideas?\" Asked Isis, the Egyptian queen. \n\n\"Well...I volunteer to go forth and...convince..some of the earth women to-\"\n\n\"Zeus. No. You caused enough trouble back then, and we don't need your wife ... | 2 | |
[WP] "The officer didn't say anything when I pulled it out" | [
"The officer didn't say anything when I pulled it out. Only unintelligible gurgling could be heard as blood filled the area where his vocal chords had once been.\n\"finally, now that we've shut him up, its time to get to work,\" the boss said as he turned down the dark alleyway. \n",
"The officer didn’t say anyth... | 2 | |
[WP]"I looked towards the gates to Heaven, and said 'Not now'" | [
"Keep Low.\nMove Fast.\nKill First.\nDie Last.\nOne Shot.\nOne Kill.\nNo Luck.\nPure Skill.\nThe words were bouncing around my skull for the past hour. We couldn't lose now, we've come too far.. Three of my team were already down, and the bomb was already planted. One minute to defuse it. There was an AWP-er coveri... | 3 | |
[WP] Your physical attributes are now described as a list of computer specs (ie. graphics card for eyesight, processing speed for intelligence, etc). Everyone's specs are listed everywhere from resumes to social media profiles to dating websites. | [
"I watched from the stage as the women sat down at their respective dinner tables. I could feel the weight of their stares, as some pointed while bickering amongst themselves whom they felt they were gonna pick as their date for the evening. I adjusted my tuxedo, making sure i looked sharp and the 1GB Ram of weigh... | 5 | |
[WP] Presidential nominees' super powers are now also taken into account for elections. | [
"My fellow Americans, I'm here with a very simple message. Enough is enough! Enough with the posturing! Enough of the dog-and-pony show where candidates show off their ability to breathe fire and leap tall buildings! That is not what matters in American politics!\n\nThe fact of the matter is, this recent trend o... | 2 | |
I know it's a tad late, but I haven't been able to stop thinking about the implications of a werewolf in modern times reacting to the super-blood moon. It's exciting and I'm anxious to see what you think could happen | [WP] A Werewolf reacts to the super-blood moon and changes in ways that haven't been witnessed since the 80s | [
"A full moon was coming, I could feel it. But this time it would be different, more powerful. There she's rising giving her light, cold as death. But wait...something's wrong. I'm not turning into my wolf-form. Instead...my hair's growing? What happened to my clothes? What's with this leather jacket and tight jeans... | 2 |
[WP] Having been turned away from the gates of heaven, you see two doors in front of you. One is marked Hell and the other is not marked. You think to yourself, it can't be worst than hell and go through the 2nd door | [
"The door opens. There is a scream. The door closes.\n\nFor a few moments, there is silence. Then... \n\n\"I don't understand this.\" \n\nThe two figures are only in part in the same corridor, in the same way it's only in part a corridor. Here, where Petitioners wander, it's all very metaphorical. There isn't reall... | 2 | |
[WP] Explain how, in a world where four leaf clovers actually give luck, governments and corporations have attempted to monopolise them. | [
"\"The Forleef four leaf clover is 20% more effective than competing products! Scientifically researched and handled with the utmost care, our products will never leave you wanting!\"\n\nJim shook his head at the neon distraction. He used to be a normal farmer - he'd had cattle, a few pigs and plenty of space for ... | 2 | |
[WP] /r/WritingPrompts stops submitting prompts about people with superpowers | [
"One day. One day no child on earth will go hungry. One day we will all lay down our arms and war will be a distant memory. One day we will embrace each other as neighbors and share what we all have with one another so that we may all prosper together. One day we will listen to each other respectfully with undi... | 2 | |
[WP] Some people have the ability to see what others can't, the strange things that lurk behind the everyday. Of course, you don't know this, but there is someone staring at you rather intently. | [
"Today, the shop is more crowded than usual. \n\nThe smell of freshly ground espresso wafts through the air, accompanying the metallic whirring of the machine grinding the beans. A line zigs and zags its way from the cashier’s counter through the cramped wooden tables and mismatched sofas dotted throughout the sm... | 2 | |
Other people know you have it and want it bad! | [WP] A famous scientist dies after creating a drug that gives humans superpowers, it ends up in your hands, to you take it, sell it or run. | [
"When the sun goes down in 'Kishmar, the Rats come out.\n\nI awoke the way I always did-cold, cramped, stiff. I scratched my gluey eyes and squinted out the narrow window, wondering for a second where the heck I was-and then remembered. \n\nI unwound my sore body and began the painful process of inching out of the ... | 7 |
[WP] Every full moon you turn into Bruno Mars | [
"God dammit. That's it. Again. ''I WOULD CATCH A GRENADE FOR YOU'' I scream without hesitation. I can't control it. I turn my head and see Julie, my date. She froze staring at me in deep concern. It was our first date. Everybody stopped eating and looked at me. Julie let out a small laugh to break the awkwardness, ... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story set in a universe that could be seen as either Utopian or Dystopian | [
"He almost forgot what trees looked like. For the first time in almost three weeks, Simon was outside enjoying the sunshine. Most kids were hardly ever allowed outside the bunker; Simon was forbidden. The direct sunlight felt like it almost burned his pale skin, but it was a welcome feeling. *I wonder how bad it hu... | 2 | |
[WP] Tot save the life of your best friend, you have to challenge the devil to a game of chess. You are pretty good, but the devil already has an eternity of practice | [
"“I believe was my first question was, ‘What the hell is this?’ ‘And why is this asshole dressed like Satan?’ I’m pretty sure was my second question, though it might have been, ‘How do you play chess?’ My friend Jeremy called me just 45 minutes prior saying he needed a ‘little help.’ He didn’t say ‘nothing abou... | 5 | |
[WP] Never underestimate an unreasonable idiot with the powers of a god | [
"\"What are you? You're not human at all!\" The wallpapers contrast with the dark red of someone's blood covering the flower. He looks like his pants just turned brown and his face is flushed red with the amount of force that the wall collided into him with.\n\n\"If I had any idea, I probably wouldn't be hearing s... | 3 | |
[WP] Your adoptive father just pulled you aside and confessed that he and your mother are actually you and your future wife from the future. | [
"\"Wait, so you risked destroying the universe just to watch yourself grow up? How many loops has this gone through?\"\n\nDad- er, I began stammering, \"O-only... j-ju-just one, b-but...\"\n\n\"See?! So, what's probably going to happen is that we'll be stuck in an infinite time loop while the universe starts to sor... | 3 | |
[WP]Throughout history, God's Champion has been reincarnated dozens of times. The current incarnation is a young atheist who is convinced the voice of God is a byproduct of schizophrenia. To prove that it's really Him, God unlocks His champion's past life memories. The result? | [
"The first time that Dylan heard the Voice of God he was outside walking his dog. \"Dylan, it's me, God.\" The first words that the Voice spoke were the most important ones, even though Dylan didn't consider them as such at the time he heard them. In fact, the first time that the voice spoke he couldn't hear it ove... | 4 | |
[WP] and quite possibly [TT]. Self medication has become your life, but the urge still persists deep within your being. | [
" I don't truly recall my previous life. Snapshots and tidbits, but the details have all muddled themselves somewhere within the grey walls of my mind's recollection. I know I was happy in my youth, I know I had dreams and aspirations to match, but I have such difficulty recalling that now. A story, I'm told, begin... | 2 | |
I found this prompt in a file of writing ideas I came up with over the years but never returned to. I want to see what you guys can do with it. | [WP] God is all powerful, but not all knowing. In fact, he has no idea what he's doing. | [
"\"Ffffuuuuck...!\" God sighed so loudly that birds were shaken out of their trees. A few of the less durable ones hit the ground before recovering their wits, and their wings kind of just fell off upon impact. These newly flightless birds scuttled around in confusion for a moment before each choosing a direction a... | 12 |
[WP] A person who is so logical he/she can't understand poetry meets a person who can only express him/herself through poems | [
"Since New Epicurus, Danel had felt a sense of unease that bordered on dread. As far as first contact went, most were in agreement that the whole event had been a complete clusterfuck. The governor stared at him over the field report. Outside the limousine’s tinted glass windows the chrome fixtures of Ft. Radshore ... | 2 | |
[WP]Death stared at his king, in full checkmate, and wished me luck. I had beaten death, and he couldn't take me. He didn't tell me what would... | [
"I thought I was invincible. If Death couldn't take me, then who could? No death-defying challenge was passed by, no game of Russian Roulette refused. I had beaten Death. Nothing could take me.\n\nExcept, of course, that all ended when I found out something could.\n\nCut to now. I'm running for my life - or pe... | 3 | |
[WP] You wish to die but every time that you tried, someone else will die in your place. | [
"My life is terrible. All my friends have left me. My parents died when I was still a child, and my only relatives are rich and look down on me. I have attempted suicide so many times, but somehow, I never die. Instead, each time I attempt suicide, the very next day, there will be an article about how a person had ... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity was decimated by a virus at their technological peak. A survivor tries to find other people among the well kept, automated remains of the world. | [
"\"Hello, and welcome to Walmart!\" a voice beckons. While at one point this system may have had a purpose, in a world with only one human its rather pointless. Not that the voice knows this, or ever could know this. It's merely a recording of someone long since dead to beckon the dead into a store. I walk on by.\n... | 8 | |
[WP] Two people enter a duel. One can read minds, the other is completely insane. | [
"\"Ya won't get past me Foulnier ya bloody psycho! I'll rip y'ur insides out through your arse is what I'll do!\"\n\n\"HEHEHEHEHEHE GAHHAHAHAHAHA PFFFFFFFFFTTTTTT!\" \n\n\"As I said then, bloody psycho. Let's find out what makes ya tick then hows about?\"\n\nHallsfein proceeds to enter the mind of Foulnier the Wild... | 12 | |
Despite him being polite and fairly humble, you suspect something about him isn't quite right the more you hear him vent and talk about his life. | [WP] One night, while driving in the rain, you pull over to pick up a hitchhiker. Unbeknownst to you, he is actually the devil, and is very grateful to be out of the storm. | [
"It had snowed lightly the day before, so this rain didn't come with much surprise. Growing up in New England, you learn very quickly that the weather is most untrustworthy, among other things. It was 1:17 am, according to my dash clock, and I found myself taking the back roads home from work instead of the highway... | 2 |
Taken from a comment chain ending in [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/3ph80l/545am_call_from_friend_of_a_friend_for_tech/cw6e0cl) in /r/talesfromtechsupport.
>/u/ZeroCignal
>There's only one [word] I would love to use every day for the help desk tickets I get. "No."
>/u... | [WP]In a world where simplified computer design has made the entire IT industry unnecessary, those who formerly worked with computers survive in other jobs, until the sudden appearance of an actual computer virus, the first anyone's seen in many years. | [
"The cyberhall was filled to the brim with numerous customers. Nonstop chattering and gesturing of limbs at the glowing hologram screens greeted me as I walked towards my office door. My eyes quickly brushed over the crowd. Eyes glued to the screens, all busy talking to their SPC's (Super Personal Computers), givin... | 2 |
[WP] Everyone in the world is implanted with a single-use teleportation device at the age of 18. This is the story of why you used yours. | [
"An abridged version since I am at work. If everyone likes it, I'll continue. A lot to be inferred I know but I am liking it that way. The conciseness harshens the tale. \nEnjoy!\n\nTHE DROP \nI was taken at the age of ten. I was luckier than most. Most of the groveling shit-stained humans in the room grew up here,... | 2 | |
[WP] While on your Urban daily commute through the subway to work, like any other day, white bold text appears in front of your vision reading: Mission 1: Escape the city. | [
"*I'm not sure why I'm being told to escape, I'm not sure what I'm running from...the city?*\n\nI had to blink a few times to get the words to go away from the center of my sight and then had to pretend as though something was in my eyes. That cute girl that gets on at the red line stop saw me blinking and I had to... | 4 | |
[WP] In a world where superpowers exist, emotions are key to unlocking one's true potential. However, contrary to the common trope, heightened emotions weaken powers, and the strongest manifestation of power is only possible at a completely Zen state. | [
"For a millennium he was the strongest, for a millennium he had ruled. We were just another few young fools who would perish by his sword. Immortality, elemental manipulation, telekinesis, he had mastered every superpower imaginable.\n\nWe were the chosen ones, seven of us who would end his thousand-year tyranny. W... | 3 | |
[WP] For once, she took matters into her own hands and managed not to set them on fire. | [
"First one of these, here goes!\n\nMaya's rage had been an unquenchable part of her for as long as she could remember now, since the Turning when she was a child. Her powers had frightened everyone around her, and no matter how much she had tried to fight the fire it always found its way out. She had been ten when ... | 3 | |
[WP] The nuclear apocalypse happened. North America, Russia, Asia, the UK and Germany were all destroyed. You're somewhere else. | [
"\"Baha hand me the manifest.\"\n\nI pick it up from the workbench, my hands trembling in raw excitement. \n\nI can recall a winter when I was ten when my mother handed me my first cup of Türk kahvesi, complete with a little stick of chocolate on the side. I remember the warmness in my belly, the comfort of being n... | 2 | |
[WP] In a world that's never seen magic before, you discover a technique that lets you work magic, what's more, you start teaching this technique to others. The reigning powers are not happy, and start doing everything they can to put an end to your movement. | [
"\"As we can see in this map the rebel group started here in south sweeden and soon expanded to denmark and north germany.\" said the The President of the United Nations Security Council while pointing at a red blob over an europe map.\n\"Soon after, as shown here, an unidentified member of the group traveled to ca... | 2 | |
[WP] One day, humanity wakes up with a hivemind. The queen of the consciousness isn't exactly who you'd expect, though. | [
"Alarm was turned on!\nScouts were the first drowned in sticky bombs that fell from the skies. Guards were disappearing one by one while the ground was shaking. While the rest was burned by yellow liquid that was written about from darkness in the past.\nWe were terrified, everyone knew this could be it. After two ... | 1 | |
^^^Similar ^^^to ^^^the ^^^endless ^^^map ^^^in ^^^minecraft ^^^with ^^^earth ^^^at ^^^the ^^^centre ^^^\(no ^^^need ^^^to ^^^restrict ^^^yourself ^^^to ^^^the ^^^game)
^^^Nothing-so-far-about-endless-resources?-:(
| [WP] An event causes the earth to become flat, seemingly endless in every direction. | [
"I couldn't stop rubbing my chin as it felt weird to be this clean shaven, leaving my face light and naked after years of managing an entangled mess. Today was worth it though. Today was going to be the beginning of my happy ending.\n\nWith a fresh bouquet from the corner flower shop I made my way to Walnut Street.... | 3 |
[WP] In a fantasy land of kingdoms and all-pervasive magic, the almighty Dark Lord has conquered a great kingdom, having its ruler swear fealty to him. Under the Dark Lord's rule, education is at an all-time high, healthcare and life expectancy are tremendous, and discrimination is a distant memory. | [
"Ulag-Mahl's reign began as that of the end times, lakes of blood and all that. After the fires burned and darkened the skies in an everlasting twilight we began to feel the effects of his reign when we noticed that none of us had died since the fighting had stopped. Even as our flesh rotted away we moved still wit... | 5 | |
[WP] You have super powers, but only use them in mundane ways. | [
"For as long as I can remember, I've had the ability to control gravity, and the gravity of any object. When I was first born the doctor's had trouble figuring out my weight, as I kept changing the downward force affecting my body. As a toddler I began to learn how to control my powers, slowly but surely. I was abs... | 2 | |
It just seems like an interesting mash-up to me. Try to use tropes from both genres, in a way that works well together.
If you like, start with this:
"She sashayed into the saloon, the doors swinging back out into the night as she passed. I took one look at her and told myself to hitch up on my horse and ride out in... | [WP] Anything in the genre Noir Western | [
"The frigid cold bit at me like a rattlesnake as I stood outside the office. For once, nothing had happened that day, in which case it'd be considered an odd miracle of sorts, as it seemed that the town was settled in a valley of anarchy and mischief. Murder, rape, theft, these were things that most people around t... | 2 |
Maybe he did his job too well, and he has to create crime or risk becoming irrelevant. Maybe he has split personality disorder. Maybe there's some other motive. Run wild! | [WP] A superhero moonlights as his own arch nemesis | [
"The poor child is crying--no wait the child has superpowers. I hate all people with superpowers. One of them killed my parents, so I vowed--to protect all innocents for now and forever. The child is soaked with soot. \"Hey are you okay?\" I have to--kill him, he's got superpowers, prepare the--sympathy, I should c... | 4 |
[WP] Write a story from the perspective of an animal while having the reader think it's a human until the end. | [
"Kathy was still asleep when I got my coffee. I poured a tiny amount of sugar and cream into it, only to find that it was still too bitter. So, I poured just a hint more sugar and cream. It was now too sweet. I swore and swallowed my pride before my coffee, then set out. Traffic was awful, but that was nothing... | 3 | |
[WP] The end of the world from the perspective of an astronaut mid-mission. | [
"I’ll be gone for a few months at least, so I made sure to say goodbye to my wife and children. My wife gives me a single photo of our family in order to never forget her. On the back of the photo is written: “We will be whole. Forever and always.” Hurdling through the dark void of the unknown, I pull out this p... | 3 | |
[WP] A 4-D star collides with Earth, causing it to "unroll" into a seemingly infinite plane. Though satellite images from orbit appear normal, on the surface, everything has changed. There are suddenly new continents, new seas, stretching endlessly onward. A new age of exploration begins. | [
"\"Your father wanted me to give this to you after his funeral.\"\n\n\"A letter? Shouldn't this be read aloud for everyone to hear?\"\n\n\"He told me with his last words to have you read it, then decide.\"\n\n\"Well, in any case, thank you.\"\n\n.\n\nDaniel,\n\nThis shouldn't be.\n\nIt doesn't make sense. Unfolding... | 5 | |
ready... set... go! | [WP] The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door... | [
"The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. Well, he had no idea whether or not he was, in fact, the last man on Earth. He knew that his family was gone. He knew that his friends were gone. The nice old lady at the butcher's shop down the street who always made sure he received the best cut every week, she was also... | 1 |
[WP] You're a door-to-door merchant, trying to sell the High Fantasy equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife | [
"\"Uh-oh\" are probably not the words you want to say when you're demonstrating a magical multitool. Even more so when you've already explained and demonstrated the multiple ways said mutitool can incinerate, decapitate, lacerate, detonate, and/or electocute any foe including, but not limited to: ratmen, goblins, k... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity has cracked the secret of true immortality. Which is good for humanity, but sucks for the Grim Reaper who needs to find a new job. | [
"I knew it was going to happen some day, I guess we all did. Those fucking humans never did know when to call it quits. In all the billions of trillions of years I've been doing my job, never have I seen such a stubborn bunch of creatures. They out right **refused** my inevitability. Me. Death. Now they've escaped ... | 2 | |
Dragons as pirates?
Pirates only raiding dragons?
Pirates riding dragons? Dragons riding pirates?
The possibilities are endless! Let your mind wander! | [WP] Dragon Pirates | [
"With skull and cross bone on her wing, \nThe Dragon Queen her song did sing, \nA tale of fire o're the sea, \nA tale that's told for you and me: \n \n\n\"Arise, my simple soul! Arise and come at last \nFrom the bottom of my belly out unto the pirates' mast. \nWreak chaotic havoc on these friends or foes of ... | 2 |
[WP] Education now consists of uploading the human knowledge base into your brain at birth. Describe the life of a person who has received a corrupt upload. | [
"Everything was wrong. Or at least that's what I knew. Technology has come a long way in the last century or so. Human have found ways to upload knowledge directly to the brain. Basic knowledge from the old K-12 system is uploaded at birth and school only lasts until children turn about 10. After that they were fre... | 5 | |
[WP] Five types of love, Across five different wars, with five different people | [
"(Posting this as five separate comments in the same chain for clarity's sake)\n\nA little oil lamp sent shaking tendrils of light to lick the little boy’s face. He was swaddled tight in a light-blue blanket – dyed violet by the reaching flame – and he had almost nodded off to sleep when the ground above them quak... | 3 | |
[WP] NASA observes a massive shadow in the light of a nearby star. Two days later, the star has disappeared. | [
"**Local system date: 31st April, 2016**\n\n**Converted SS date: 18.70.12**\n\nIt started 6 months ago. Gliese 876, a relatively nearby star to us, just 15 light years away. A small distance compared to all of space. \n\nNASA detected an anomaly near the star. Some sort of massive shadow, it would seem. Then a coup... | 2 | |
[WP] A canny ruler in a fantasy world realises the economic repercussions of dungeons full of loot lying around and decides to do something about it. | [
"The dragon was having a peaceful slumber, happily inclined to do so until stupid adventures thought they could take her on. They made nice meals once cooked properly. What she did not expect however was a plump looking man to throw a rock at her. That was just rude.\n\n“Before you attempt to eat me,” The man calle... | 2 | |
[WP] You are surrounded, there seems to be no escape, and at what seems to be your last moment, the door gets kicked in, They have come | [
"I scooted myself backwards across the dusty floor. Absentmindedly I thought about dirtying the white skirt that encircled my waist. It was a silly thought though; the skirt was long past the pristine and starched piece of clothing I had adorned that morning. The smooth bottom of my patent leather mary janes offere... | 2 | |
[WP] There were Heroes when I was a boy. | [
"There were heroes when I was a boy.\n\n\nMen who walked on the sky. Men who risked life and limb for the good of humanity, for the experience, for science and knowledge. Men who rose on chariots of fire and noise, chariots that deafened everyone around them and awed the masses. These were fearless men on the fo... | 3 | |
[WP] You have finally defeated your nemesis. You go to unmask them, but their face is not what you were expecting. | [
"The rain started to fall as a young detective began walking up to the soon to be corpse that was his nemesis. His nemesis had lost his balance as blood was escaping from his side on to the concrete floor of the lighthouse. Details of his hooded robe fluctuated out of focus as the light made its rounds along its ax... | 2 | |
[WP] There are now "dream servers" in which multiple people can experience the same dream. | [
"The buffering was always the worst. Really broke the immersion of it. Not enough to wake you, just enough to ruin the illusion.\n\nThe latest hardware upgrade that Aesthesia Industries had installed had cut down on it quite a bit, but it still happened on the most popular ones. You just kind of had to get used to ... | 4 | |
Inspired by General Patton [who believed that he may have been a military leader killed in action in Napoleon's army in a previous life, or a Roman legionary.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton#Image) | [WP] A general is reincarnated throughout the ages, winning a war in each lifetime. | [
"I felt so tired. I felt so tired and everyone was waiting for me to make the call.\n\nThe chaos around me was boiling up. All kinds of voices trying to shout over each other - frantic, scared, desperate, demanding. The bleeping and buzzing and humming of radios and radars washed over it like an angry sea. It hi... | 2 |
[WP] A Sin-eater visits a hospital, going from room to room, visiting those near the end of their lives. Hearing their confessions and absolving them of their sins. It visits the children's ward to find something curious. Something the Sin-eater has never encountered in its eons of existence. | [
"St. Marys Hospital, London \n\nIn the twilight hours, the wards- desolate- take an ethereal feel. Ruby glows through the windows, cast diagonally on the sleek sterile floor and not a sound can be heard. The narrow corridors are a snaking chequerboard of white and red, a route to sickness and decay.\n\nIn this ward... | 2 | |
[WP] Our intelligent designers return to inform you that our purpose in life is to be livestock and our budding sentience is merely a result of how delicious they find our brains. | [
"A friend of mine said it was something like a mushroom trip or a lucid dream, and you had to skip a night of sleep for it to work. I had skipped the night of sleep like they said I needed to, truth be told, I had skipped two nights. With the help of Starbucks I was still up. We drove up to his dad's cabin. The... | 3 | |
[WP] Time travel has been fully developed for the past 600 years. The machine works off your blood. It takes a small amount then travels back in time to when your blood first came into existence. That's the furthest anyone can go. However the machine takes you to the universe's beginning. | [
"RJ excitedly looked over at the holoclock on his bedside table; the display read 7:32am.\n\n“Finally!” he thought, he’d been lying in bed for ages waiting to get up. It was Christmas time and he couldn’t take staying in bed any longer.\n\nThrowing the duvet off himself, he swung his legs around and let his feet to... | 2 | |
[WP] You check into a hotel, only to find that your key card works for all rooms except your own. | [
"I looked down at my key. 707. I looked up at the number on the door. 707. Yet it doesn't work. \n\nI go down to the lobby to the front desk, requesting a new card. They apologized and handed it to me. \n\nI go back up to my room and tried the card. It also doesn't work. That's annoying.\n\nI go back down to the fr... | 1 | |
[WP] The internet considers baby sloths adorable, but the other sins are actually just as cute. | [
"Through the throngs of people I walked, hesitantly pushing my way through the crowd as their jabbering overlapped with the music blaring overhead. It was becoming too crowded for my tastes and the streams of people joining the massive sea seemed endless. They all seemed to have no real direction or motive to their... | 2 | |
[WP] The world contains a set amount of primary colors. Today, the world ran out of yellow. | [
"They tell you not to stare at the sun, but when you wake up and it's turned red, generally that's a little alarming. \n\nI stared at it for eight and a half minutes, something I know because the sky suddenly turned black - I guess that's the color it is when the star is red. It was eight and a half minutes because... | 3 | |
For android and updated IOS they're the 3 buttons on the top. Just keep pressing them randomly :-)
Mine: Jessica Parker, and Hannah Jessica Walking in front of Sam welcoming him. mom and dad. I guess I could go with the usual. I guess I will have the ability for you. I guess I could go with the usual. I guess. Yeah I ... | [WP] Write a story using suggested words above your keyboard | [
"The best thing about this is, what you want. A relationship with you guys are going to be a little more than I thought. it would be nice to be able to see my tweets from last night. I was a little bit more like a good time to go out and about. This is not to be able, I have a lot of fun with my life. I love it so ... | 1 |
[WP] "I know that you guys want to go and kill Hitler, but this is my time machine, so first we're going to..." | [
"\"We're going to the Land Before Time.....\"\n\n\"What the actual fuck? Are you fucking with me, mate? You want to go ride some fucking dinosaurs before killing Hitler?\" \n\n\"Well do you not fucking want to ride fucking dinosaurs? We can like, meet Littlefoot and his mates, maybe even bring them to defeat the fu... | 2 | |
I was imagining a type of reverse Children of Men scenario here, but feel free to go wherever with it! | [WP] Science has found the key to immortality, but there's a catch: it can only be administered at birth. You are a member of the last mortal generation. | [
"His footsteps echoed down the hall way. The metal floor had no one to hear its moans as he walked across. He lost his hearing years ago. That was a shame. He loved music. Little machines followed him. Their gears whirring and the wheels spinning. They were his companions ever since his partner had died deca... | 13 |
[WP] Villains aren't born, they're made. In a world where superpowers are real, continuous use of them corrupts the parts of the brain responsible for empathy and compassion. | [
"Katy sat forward on her chair, rubbing her eyes. The news was filled with stories about genetically engineered apes who had been given superpowers. They'd quickly lost all compassion for other living things after discovering how to use their powers.\n\nShe sighed, and leaned back, switching off the television.\n\n... | 8 | |
I'll be writing my take on this prompt to be posted later, im just curious what you guys can come up with. | [WP] You're stuck in a dead end IT job in a massive company, you have no family or prospects to speak of. One day while in the process wiping old hard drives for reuse you find something that changes your life forever. | [
"My name is Samuel Dennings. I am alone. It's kind of my thing at this point.\n\nI used to be accomplished and something of an overachiever, but that tended to alienate me from others. As a result I didn’t make many friends which has landed me in the situation I am today: No friends, no family left, not even a girl... | 3 |
[WP] The last person on Earth is essentially turning off the lights before they leave. | [
"Super late to the party but here's my first attempt at a WP:\n\nA cool breeze wafted through his bedroom, rushing over the sheets and onto his face, rousing him from sleep. Groggily, he made his way to the window, the floorboards creaking and moaning as he sleepily stumbled across the room. He realized it must be ... | 19 | |
[WP] A speedster with insomnia, a sleepwalking teleporter and a telekinetic with ADHD are just three of your many patients. | [
"\"new cases brought in by the MHCB.\" Samuel notified me. The Meta Human Containment Bureau was akin to a federal police department, specializing in meta-humans. \"all six involved in criminal activities, all with psychological conditions, and all but one heavily injured.\"\n\n\"What's the rundown?\" I asked.\n\n\... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story that brings the reader to the slow realization that their narrator is in fact The Bad Guy of the story | [
"The 20th of November was when they weighed us up- when the higher-ups decided who got the Christmas off, and who'd have to work 'the stint'. I remember my first stint like it was yesterday. I was the newcomer, fresh on the job- so naturally I was picked to see through the graft, to knuckle-down and get it done. I ... | 7 | |
[WP] The multiverse exists and you can travel it. After a few stops you realize what makes your home universe unique. | [
"I'd been traveling for days, flickering upon a sand covered beach one day, a desert the next and once through a city of the dead. Each time I shifted, I felt the blink of darkness, of nothingness embodied into a swirling eddy and then the blinding reality of a living existence. It was like dying and being reborn, ... | 2 | |
[WP] When people pass away, they get an exasperated look on their face like something becomes clear. You are laying on your deathbed and suddenly, it comes to you. | [
"Snowflakes falling down like autumn leaves, whirling slowly and gentle through the air. It fascinates me, it's like they have no where to go and no place they come from. They just fall down from this space of infinity. My thoughts slowly drift away. They don't care where they fall, it's so peaceful, they just slow... | 3 | |
[WP] "Everybody's got a price." | [
"\"Sorry. That's not my thing.\" His discomfort at the idea was apparent.\n\n\"Why not?\" she asked.\n\nHe glanced down at the package on the table before him.\n\n\"Just take it.\"\n\n\"No thanks. I'd really rather not.\"\n\nShe could see he was becoming curious. \"Look, I've got one myself.\" She revealed the devi... | 6 | |
[WP] One day a mysterious force begins to compel everyone to uphold their promises, no matter how frivolous. | [
"I'm glad I'm as loyal as I am, sticking to my promises and making ones I can keep. Too many people have been forced to uphold the frivolous promises they made when they were young. Begging for mercy. Wanting freedom. I want to pity them, but I also want to scold them for their irresponsibility. Doesn't matter. Hav... | 2 | |
[WP] Your quest is over, for you now stand before the Door of Dreams. | [
"It was a rather simple door, it's color was a dull fading white Ashwood with trim the color of caramel melting under heat. It was absolutely ordinary. Everything around it? That was a different story. It was a college by all purpose except it was quiet. No chatter of classes no lecture droning on. It was so quiet ... | 2 | |
WP How would the elves, whom we've always seen in their finery, the halflings in the hobbit holes and their caravans, the orcs and their ways, the dwarves with their gift of stone and metalwork, behave and compete with each other in an age before metal and pottery? The origins of their farming techniques, what animals ... | [WP] Before there was the standard fantasy world we're used to, there was the fantasy Stone Age. What was it like? | [
"Theodus took his seat, as the teacher began to speak. \n \n\"Now, students, in case you missed the lass class, which was our introduction to the ancient Nomadic human tribes that roamed northern part of the continent during pre-historic times, you can find a memory of the lecture preserved in the library. Just as... | 2 |
[WP] A world where Pokeballs are invented and they work on people. | [
"One night after spending way too much money at the bar I decide to take a short cut through the rough neighborhood I usually avoid. I am happily stumbling along when I come across a large group of teenagers wearing hoodies and acting rambunctious. In my drunken state I decide against turning around and instead s... | 4 | |
Bonus points for subtle supernatural/paranormal elements (nothing like PLOT TWIST, HE'S AN ALIEN) | [WP] A noir story set in an ancient Aztec city. | [
"The afternoon sun reflecting off the ocean and streaming through the open door and un-obstructed window illuminated my project. While obsidian in these parts was somewhat expensive to procure, it was easily shaped and sharpened, the wood here took well to the straightener, and the sea birds provided feathers, how... | 2 |
[WP] As one of the last mortals post singularity, you become highly disturbed by the internal existential crisis of extinction versus continuity. | [
"They had said that our extinction would not be trumpeted by a bang, but by a whimper. They were so wrong, not even a whimper was made as the effortless transformation from man to machine rapidly drove humans to the brink. Most thought war would start, and for some it did. \n\nThey didn't last long. The middle east... | 2 | |
[WP] There is an Afterlife, with has none of the punishments of Hell, but none of the rewards of Heaven either. And, it's where *everyone* goes when they die. | [
"I Awoke to a empty void. A solid ground underneath me and a white expanse all around me. Is this where we go when we die?\n\n\"In simple terms, yes\" An angle said to me.\n\n\"Where is heaven, where is hell?\" I asked in confusion\n\n\"Heaven is the satisfaction of human discovery. A babies first laugh, the first ... | 3 | |
Any scenario is welcome, war, plague, or whatever else your creative minds can think of | [WP] You are a astronaut watching human civilization collapse from space | [
"The closest I ever come to believing in a god is when I think about the fact that we get two of everything. Two arms, two legs, two lungs, two kidneys, two balls, two ovaries, two hemispheres of the brain, two of each chamber in the heart. Could we get by with one of everything? Sure. But you never think you need ... | 1 |
[WP] The most outlandish yet plausible reason to justify why time travellers haven't gone back and killed Hitler. | [
"As the little man sat there at his big desk in his big room in front of the big map, a gentle breeze filled the air. His eyebrow cocked as his eyes darted left and right. There was nobody in his office. The fan was off. He looked to the far corner to notice the window was open, and sighed in relief.\n\nHe put the ... | 4 | |
[WP] The swing that was never used | [
"He held his breath. He'd been here before and he knew what to expect. \"Ball One!\" the umpire called out. They were intentionally walking him again. The consequences of being a home run hitter. \"Ball Two!\" Why can't they just skip this process, why the charades? \"Ball Three!\" The excitement quickly wears off... | 3 | |
[WP] Aliens contact humanity, but they refuse to speak to anyone not from Burkina Faso | [
"President Trump was furious. \"Where the fuck have the aliens landed?\"\n\nHis aide struggled with the foreign spelling: \"O...uagado...ugo...u, the capital of the country of Burkina Faso.\"\n\n\"That is not a real place!\" the president snarled in anger.\n\n\"I assure you, it is!\" the aide showed a map and point... | 2 | |
[WP] Time travel into the past is possible, all except to dates within a specific continuous 50 year period of history. An explorer travels to the start of this time, determined to take the long road by living through this time period to find out what makes it so unreachable. | [
"My Dearest Gwendolyn, \n\nAs you know I hail from a great many years in the future. I have seen things since before the gods created the heavens and after man had long since gone. In but 3 short hours I will have seen and been to all and the longest stretch of my journey will conclude. I have spent more lifetimes ... | 9 | |
[WP] A serial killer puts his victim through a series of increasingly elaborate and sadistic death games, but his victim is a lawyer and beats everyone by finding loopholes in the killers rules. | [
"He'd been waiting for this to happen. When you dedicate your life to convincing juries to send men to prison there's always that lingering fear. The fact that this scenario had played out in Rick's mind countless times before wasn't making it any easier. \n\nThe slowing sound of gravel underneath the car's tires s... | 6 | |
[WP] In the near future human experimentation has become legal. You are in charge of a team of scientist dealing with experimentation of twins, triplets etc... | [
"The young boy in front of me smiled widely as I handed him some of the candy that I kept in my pocket for exactly this occasion. He had been born in the lab as part of one of our experiments on Second Generation Genetic Sameness, his name was SG01 as a result of being a product of these experiments. His intended g... | 2 | |
[WP] You work at area 51 and forgot some papers on your way out you come back to find... | [
"\"Oh shit,Oh shit,Oh shit!\"\nAs slim man furiously pounds his fingers into the number pad. laughter echos through the hall. A loud beep rings out as Johnson throws open the door and looks towards his desk. He's to late.\n\nA slender xenobarf is sitting at Johnson desk cackling while shifting through a serious of ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a healer who only accepts stories for payment because you draw your power from them. The more original the tale, the stronger the effect. | [
"\"Well, why don't you tell me what happened?\"\n\nSarah was sure Tom could see her heart beating it's way out of her chest. She laid down a couple of coasters before placing a steaming mug of hot chocolate on the coffee table and throwing herself on the couch. Tom, in elementary school, would pull her hair. In mid... | 8 |
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