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[WP] War has taken over the country, but this story is just about one city, where several gangs fight for control. With the authorities preoccupied, it's winner take all--of which there might not even be anything. Optional [CW] Do not directly mention the larger war. | [
"It took Sammy fifteen minutes to climb the barricade. He would have said there were a million people below, but there were probably only a few thousand. Still that was a lot, especially when they were moving around so quickly in different directions amid smoke and noise.\n\nSammy took another five minutes to climb... | 6 | |
[WP] In the distant future, time travel has been invented and you are the first person to embark on such a journey. You decide to go back to the beginning of time. | [
"I needed a damn cigarette before figuring out a way to get myself out of that mess. The capsule porthole showed nothing, but that was not the problem. The displays were blank from where I sat, but that wasn't it either. When the drive's humming went out after the jump, there was only one thought, one thought on my... | 2 | |
[WP] Hundreds of years in the future, you are an archaeologist who just discovered ancient Christmas music. You are tasked with understanding what the songs mean. | [
"Doctor Hardwick had spent years of his life on the research of pre-flood human civilization. Truly, he'd earned his title as one of the foremost experts of his field. Today, over 200 people gathered beyond the large,red curtain to see him present his latest findings. He took a deep breath and checked his notes one... | 2 | |
[WP] The dust settles. You were so close to freedom. You drag yourself out of the wreckage of your car. A man and a woman wait impatiently. The man speaks. "Do you want to explain yourself?" | [
"\"I... I'm sorry...\" It was the best I could do. None of you would have done better... Everyone thinks so high of themselves, but let me tell you, when you see yourself crawling out of that smoking mess of iron that used to be a car minutes ago, trying to get up whilst your legs tremble like they are made of jell... | 2 | |
For example, perhaps the doors don't always send you to the same place, or breaking a clock stops time... | [WP] A house in which everything is magic. | [
"When Hector Benavides died, his ghost cried at his funeral, lamenting in silent wails the empty seats and threadbare retinue that laid his body to rest. The second line from his decayed estate to final rest was so ragged that it resembled a brass wheeze, a scrawling howl scratched along the edge of chalk born. The... | 2 |
[WP] Despite making it as comfortable as possible. Despite making it as earth like as possible. Astronauts still have trouble sleeping in space. The reason may be more sinister then previously thought. | [
"\"You are where you're from.\" Someone famous said that or maybe it was a literary theme in a book. I think it had to do with Faulkner. I just can't remember. We are currently one light year away from Earth headed to a suspected earth-like planet orbiting Epsilon Eridani. Cruising at 98% of the speed of light, an... | 2 | |
Make sure to explain what the war is about, and give detail during battles. | [WP] There is an all out war in the music dept. | [
"I only found the accursed score in the first place because of Andrew's powers of persuasion. When he squints through his glasses in that certain way, I find it difficult to say no. This time, he squinted me into building him a conservatory, or at least into starting the destruction that might become a conservatory... | 3 |
I just watched this video of a man who has fluent aphasia after a stroke. This means that speech is effortless for him but the meaning is impaired. At the end he says "I hope the world lasts for you" and thought that was kind of beautiful.
My writing prompt is for either a good bye story or a poem about that quote... | [WP] "I hope the world lasts for you" | [
"I hope the world lasts for you.\n\nI hope that you never take off your rose colored glasses, that you may always see everything with a bright tint of happiness.\n\nI hope that you never give up, no matter how many times life pushes you down that you may always keep going. \n\nI hope you stay a child, that it won't... | 9 |
[WP] A story, a poem, a dialogue that makes people smile. | [
"There once was a prompt that was vague\n\nWhich others considered a drag.\n\nBut to their surprise,\n\nIt attracted some guys\n\nWho enjoy this sort of a gag.\n\nSo off to the races they'd run\n\nOn a quest to find something that's fun\n\nA new rhyme, perhaps\n\nOr a story that snaps\n\nOr an expertly crafted bad ... | 2 | |
[WP] The sorceress gave a small smile. "Oh, I know quite a lot about you actually. Quite a lot indeed." The reply is directed at a character heavily based on you, the author. | [
"“You think much too highly of yourself,” the sorceress continued.\n\n“I do not!” the fantastically handsome young man protested as he tossed his luxuriously beautiful hair - better kept than the sorceress's head of hair, in fact - to his other shoulder, it’s sheen glowing attractively in the vast atrium.\n\nI sigh... | 3 | |
[WP] You are overjoyed to have won a “lifetime” supply of tacos. However, your great luck turns to misfortune a year later when the bankrupt company hires a hitman to terminate the deal. | [
" \"Hey Todd, you want to ride with me to get my ten-thousandth free taco?\"\n\"Abraham I really don't understand how you still enjoy tacos you have had what 30 tacos a day for an entire year?\" He just doesn't get it, his parents are paying for him to go to college. He has nearly 0 worries when it comes to sch... | 8 | |
Can you tell I've just downloaded the new version of Dwarf Fortress? | [WP]A rather put-upon young dwarven scribe is going through a batch of books the Lorekeeper bought from a merchant when they find a volume that will change their life... not necessarily for the better | [
"The book was placed in plain sight, a sure sign that it was dangerous. If it had been a simple tome it would have been in the library with the others. This one had stood out. The master had placed it on a pedestal in the center of the keep. This clearly meant it was special, it meant that there would be powerful s... | 3 |
[WP] It's the zombie apocalypse. You have turned, but you're still in there. Unable to control your own body. | [
"Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis? Where you're awake, in bed, but you can't move? Can't even change the pace of your breathing, let alone scream? Imagine that, but you're up, moving, and hungry.\n\nUnbelievably hungry.\n\nI can't decide if the pain is from my stomach rotting from the inside out or if I'm ... | 2 | |
[WP] I hesitated; what awaited us on the other side? | [
"I hesitated; what awaited us on the other side? My senses were of no use, no use at all, as through the doorway appeared only an immense and impenetrable darkness. Something seemed so familiar about this situation. During the war, Johnny and I- Johnny, my old bunkmate, tough fellow- had been pinned down on the 4th... | 2 | |
[WP] After every kill, a serial killer starts a Reddit AMA and answers the first five questions with complete honesty... then disappears to kill someone that asked one of the first five questions. | [
">“[SERIOUS] Hello redditors. My name is Gilbert Edelman, and I recently murdered ten unlucky humans in upstate New York! AMA! (P.S. First five to respond get a surprise!)”\n\nOf course this had to be a joke, I thought to myself. Probably some random bozo who got tired of annoying all of the users on 4chan’s b/ ... | 2 | |
Inspired by /u/temptotosssoon's original [Post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/oc7rc/have_you_ever_felt_a_deep_personal_connection_to/c3g4ot3) | [WP]You have been in a Dream for what you perceive as years, living a wholly different life than your own... until one day, your encounter a glitch, an oddity that you can't explain that makes you question this reality until you realize you're in a dream... and are jolted awake. | [
"I was told you would never have a hangover worse than the morning after your 21st birthday. I slowly came out of sleep but refused to open my eyes to the light yet.\n\n\"Plug him in, let's get going.\"\n\nA flash pierced through my eyelids. I jolted up to find the source, the person, anything that wasn't just my b... | 2 |
[WP] Lassie starts pushing children into wells to keep up his hero persona. | [
"The first time was a mistake, a fluke. I just happened to be passing the well while little Timmy was throwing in rocks. I didn't mean to bump into him. He could have slipped and fallen in on his own. My bark of surprise as he went ass over teakettle, tumbling down into the dark abyss rang out in an echoing \"Fuck!... | 1 | |
[WP] You were given the gift of immortality from a long forgotten Goddess eons ago. You were buried alive when the volcano erupted in Pompeii, but now these guys called "archeologists" have just freed you from your tomb. | [
"Darkness. I, alone with my thoughts endure, for what else might I do in this steadfast mausoleum? All those close and that I held dear entombed with me; sometimes I imagine their hearing whispers, my sole companions along with eternal fiery heartbeat of our world. Forged in flames, life was breathed into our world... | 3 | |
[WP] The day you drowned was the sunniest day of the year. | [
"\tThe day you drowned was the sunniest day of the year. \n\tOne – oh – five, Arizonan sky so clear.\n\tAnother day we’d spend together outside\n\tIn the yard with you by my side.\n\tGardenias in the bush growing wild,\n\tAs were you, my sweet summer child,\n\tUntil the moment I did not look,\n\tAnd the roots of a ... | 2 | |
The villain doesn't need to be a supervillain. Of course, that doesn't stop you from making him/her one. | [WP] ...Yet no matter how long they stall the villain for, they know that the villain will inevitably win in the end. | [
"I have my own personal team of superheroes. We've fought many great battles together, although I'm not one of them. They tell me that I am very brave though and that I was the one that always fought the hardest. Sometimes I feel too weak to fight but then I can trust on the others to be at my side. They always say... | 9 |
[WP] A medicine bottle falls out of the sky, it reads "Ingest 1 pill to permanently receive power to shapeshift". | [
" \"Hey, this looks pretty neat.\" I thought as I eyed the pills that fell out of the sky. \"Take one to permanently receive the power to shape shift\" the label said. I looked around. The Ricky and his gang had been chasing me, but they seemed to have disappeared for the moment.\n \"This might be bad stuff... | 6 | |
[WP] One night one of the most hated villains in all the land makes a phone call... to the suicide hotline. | [
"\"This is Crisis Text Line. What do you need?\"\n\n\"Oh, I just need someone to talk to\"\n\n\"Well sir, we're always here to talk. What's the problem?\"\n\n\"Well, uh... I've never told anyone this but I'm very insecure and I've always tried to prove to myself that I was the greatest. It worked pretty well for a ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a main character who has just realized that you're being protected by the most powerful force in the universe; Plot armor. | [
"\"I've been thinking.\"\n\nA hail of bullets in the corridor. Just one of them, shot by skilled marksmen, had even touched her skin.\n\nA desperate jump through a window. Five meters to the ground, shards of glass, and just a few scratches and bruises.\n\nThe rigged game of Russian roulette, chances of a dice roll... | 3 | |
[WP] Santa is real, but no kid has made the nice list for years. This year, one child does. | [
"Santa flew all the way from the North Pole to Texas, to make a single child's Christmas morning something spectacular. Ol' Kris Kringle has been watching children for years pile up on the naughty list, and finally one child named Susan has through her good deeds and kind spirit made her way on to his favored list... | 3 | |
[WP] My whole life I strove to find meaning, to inspire, to contribute. I've sacrificed everything to make my mark. Yet, as I stand at the brink of possible humanity's greatest discovery, I realized it wasn't worth it. | [
"I was born in a world of juvenile quantum computing. I don't really remember the uproar that happened when IBM discovered it, but the veritable end of suffering was prophesied. When they patented it and contracted out to industry, we got implantable smartphone chips, wearable virtual reality consoles, and thermost... | 3 | |
[WP] A dog named Karl Barx spreads communism amongst dog-kind. | [
"The foundation of goodboy criticism is: Dog makes a goodboy, a goodboy does not make a Dog. Being a goodboy is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of a Dog who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again. But a Dog is no abstract being dragging his butt about the carpet... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the captain of a space armada and you just got a quantum tunneling message from yourself in the future. | [
"Captain Argosy,\n\nTop Secret Quantum Message. Urgent Situational Awareness Report. Warning: Messages sent with QuantumCryptoLib 3.25a will be compromised. Quantum message warning: Do not read this message more than once. Your parity phrase follows. Stella has big tits. I say/write again, Stella had the bigge... | 2 | |
[WP] You stare into a familiar face with unfamiliar eyes. | [
"Amy always woke up before me, even after all these years, I'd never quite gotten used to the sudden empty space she'd leave behind. That was my first, soft, alarm clock. The sound of running water, showering and then brushing her teeth, that was my second alarm. I finally crawled out of bed as she was done dressin... | 3 | |
[WP] You walk into the mysterious forest. As you walk further, you notice time tends to stand still. The feeling of peace overcomes you. | [
"It wasn't a planned journey, but I needed to escape. I reached into my pocket for another tissue; the pack was almost out and I'd only started it that morning. Crying wasn't that uncommon for me. I cried at sad movies, at my grandparents funeral, when my dad got cancer, when my high school girlfriend had cheated o... | 2 | |
[WP] It has been years, and winter has not yet ended. | [
"We knew we shouldn't have dropped the bombs, we knew this was going to happen aside from the mass loss of life; even still it's only created more problems then just radiation. All it took was one stupid country to launch *one* missile and it was over; every country that ever stockpiled nuclear weapons fired theirs... | 4 | |
[WP] A world where if you don't complete your New Year's resolutions, a random loved one dies. Now with it being New Year's Eve (and New Year's Eve Eve) gyms are packed with people trying to exercise to complete their 2015 resolutions and save their loved ones. | [
"Gonna take a stab at my own prompt (and first attempt at writing something for WP):\n\n-----------------------------------------\n\nIt happened so many years ago, I can't remember exactly how. So gradually too to bring us to where we are today. I must've been just a little kid when the services came out claiming t... | 2 | |
[WP] In a strange turn of events everyone who makes a resolution at the beginning of the new year actually sticks to it. | [
"\"Sir I...I can't explain it.\"\n\n\"You don't have to Garrett, this is what the CDC was tasked with fixing and somehow, someway, it happened. We'll have to cut back the staff sure but let's look at the bigger picture- the world is taking their health seriously,\" Dr. Ysmault said leaning back in the leather chair... | 3 | |
[WP] An odd meteor falls into your home country and from the rock emerge a horde of alien locusts. Surrounding countries and the UN quickly wall the borders, effectively isolating your home from the world. 30 years later, it's a strange no man's land... | [
"The walls went up while we were busy fighting the first wave. Instead of coming to our aid, the world shut us in with the monsters. Giant concrete walls surrounded our entire country, rising hundreds of feet in the air. Sunlight only entered our world when it was directly overhead. We were a land of shadows and fe... | 2 | |
[WP]A band of World of Warcraft players have stayed in a gaming cafe for the last 15 years. After a power outage, they were forced to leave the cafe, and enter the "real world." | [
"The air reeked of sulfur, and the sick smell was making my head spin. It was hard to get a read on where exactly I was - last thing I remember is having to leave the cafe. I reached up and grabbed my head, trying to get my bearings. That's when I heard the rattle of chains and felt the cool, dirty metal gauntlet b... | 2 | |
[WP] All of humanity hears the voice of the creator of the universe; Rob the intern from the 'Advanced Simulation and Artificial Intelligence corporation'. | [
"A terrifying screech of static ripped through the fabric of space simultaneously startling trillions of souls across a billion planes of existence. Then came a godly voice, muffled at first, and then clearer...\n\n\"...okay Rob, now make sure that the transmodulator is connected completely...\" \n\n\"I did...I did... | 2 | |
[WP] A 13 year old boy suddenly has the power to change the world, laws of physics and make anything he wants to happen happen no matter how impossible it might seem. | [
"Her mom fought back tears, dabbing her lower eye with a tissue. \"People really just don't understand that Stacy just-\"\n\nThe doorbell rang. \n\nThe renounced child psychiatrist cringed inwardly. Not exactly the most ideal timing. His patient, Stacy, was up in her room napping. Her mother, Nancy, looked horrifie... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an alien archeologist who landed on Earth to piece together human civilization after a major cataclysm. | [
"When my salvage crew and I landed on the lush green planet, we expected to meet the sentient life that had apparently decided to leave its trash orbiting the beautiful planet. After searching for a few weeks, we contacted HQ and let them know that it appears that the \"Dudes\" that inhabited this planet have been ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your beloved grandpa dies but all he leaves you is a horse called Sneezy. One afternoon while riding, Sneezy sneezes and suddenly you're in a different era. | [
"I recall the day gramps died. I was sat in school, labouring over some test I barely remember the content of. My phone rang once and, not wanting to be thrown out of my examination, I ignored it until the uncomfortable vibration ceased to rattle against my thigh any further.\n\nThen it rang again.\n\nAnd again.\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You go back to your parents' old place, and dig your game console out of the boxes. The both of you reminisce about the good times. | [
"man i havent seen this thing in ages.\n \n it is good to see you again Josh.\n\nI wasted my entire damn childhood glued to this.\n\n do you remember what we had?\n\nall the games we used to play.\n \n all the love we shared.\n\ni mean, i'm surprised it still w... | 3 | |
[WP] Give me nightmares. | [
"You are home alone. In your bed, safe and sound. Warm and cozy. *THUD* A sudden and strange noise. You look around, looking to see if you knocked something over. You did not. Everything is right where you left it. You think that it must of been the wind. But you made sure the windows were closed. You double-chec... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a Politician who upon reaching the afterlife, where you find that the positions of God and Satan are elected, and there is an upcoming election. Describe your campaign for either job | [
"I looked out across the crowd and smiled a real goddamned toothy smile. The crowd loves that. They also love the trident I'm holding and the ginormous horns I grew since I got here. It's all posturing, just like back on Earth, but they love it, and it sure as hell gets my motor running something awful. I looked do... | 4 | |
How would Superman have evolved if he had landed in Rural Afghanistan instead? | [WP] Instead of landing in Rural USA, Superman's pod landed in Rural Afghanistan | [
"They came to us. In the fire, in the night, they came to us.\n\nI made glass. My family was one of the last of the great old glass making families, and with my Sun Eyes, I could look at sand and make it glass. There was plenty of sand, and so it was that there was plenty of glass.\n\nBefore I came, their business ... | 2 |
[WP] Everyone on earth wakes up with sleep paralysis that can only be alleviated by telepathically answering a simple question: "Pick a team; Red, Blue, or Green." | [
"\"Better red than dead.\"\n\n[INSTANT ACTION: 10 SECONDS]\n\n[9]\n\n[8]\n\n...\n\n[1]\n\nAround me were metal walls. Below, a metal floor. However, I seemed to be wearing some sort of helmet that projected an augmented reality, allowing me to \"see\" straight down. Below, a familiar sight greeted me, a translucent... | 2 | |
Preferably something cute, but anything will due. | [WP] Make me smile. | [
"(I was so close to finishing what I had but my tablet froze and I had to restart it. Here's something sorta related to that first idea.)\n\nRuby was home alone. Well, not really alone. The loyal and fierce toy poodle Snowball was on guard, she thought jokingly. A knock on the door interrupted her reading.\n\n\"Who... | 6 |
Just wanted a good old fashioned execution.
| [WP] When a child lets go of an imaginary friend, they are sent back to their home world. Whenever they are sent back, they must be executed for failure. Write a story about the executioner. | [
"I love my job.\n\nI love the smells; candy, cinnamon, fresh-baked bread. I love putting a smile on their face as life slips from their eyes. I haven't missed a day of work in 30 years. Like I said, I love my job.\n\nMost children are creative dynamos. Their boundless and fertile minds pluck genius from the ether a... | 2 |
[WP] You have a slight disagreement with your house and now it won't let you back in. | [
"I just don't understand its behavior. I DO NOT GET IT! I take care of it, I keep it *clean*, as far as I knew we were getting along famously. But then, just moments ago, as I was sitting comfortably in my favorite recreation area, I was quite forcibly ejected from my own house! By my own house!\n \nThe sheer embar... | 3 | |
[WP] They were unlikely friends | [
"They were unlikely friends. For one, they were polar opposites. One wore white, the other wore black. One managed a full beard, the other remained clean-shaven. One dressed in flowing white robes, the other dressed in a utilitarian black suit. \n\nThey always met in the most unfortunate of circumstances. \n\nToday... | 2 | |
Why did they do it? What changed about the future and the history of the world and humanity? Do whatever you want with the prompt, just as long as a weird looking fish with legs gets kicked by a person a billion years ago. | [WP] As the first land creature wonders out of the waters, you appear from the future and kick it 2 feet to the left | [
"\"Damn hoodlums and unregulated time travel.\" Edbert grumbled to himself and pushed his glasses up his nose again as he stared down at the small animal wriggling in the sand. The projected display on the inside of his glasses showed major deviations from standard history; millions of years of temporal consequence... | 2 |
It has to be sad. Make me cry. | [WP]Write me a sad story. | [
"He woke up with a slightly inhibited look. Then he asked me where some paper was. I couldn't find any quick enough to please him so I snagged a paper towel and handed it to him. For some reason he had a pen near him. \"Hurry up, I have to get the schedule written out.\" He told me. \n\nWriting in cursive, he... | 3 |
[WP] A man and woman have met every morning for the last 40 years at a diner. While the two seem to know one another very well, in all this time they have never exchanged a word. For the first time ever the woman today reaches out and touches the man's hand. | [
"The bell jingled lightly as the man entered Ted’s Diner, continuing his streak of never failing to show for breakfast. Even when the blizzard shocked the small town just outside of Atlanta eight years ago with over two feet of snow, Kevin showed up with a shovel and thermos filled with coffee to help clear the sid... | 23 | |
[WP] Write from a pet's point of view; escaping from being an indoor pet. | [
"I think I have it all worked out. The only ways out are the loud large metal door by the car-ride object, the opening section of the fence in the exercise area, and the door where the male overlord comes into the prison after being wherever he goes in the mornings. The problems I face are such: Male Overlord guard... | 2 | |
[WP] As you gaze at Earths beauty from the ISS, it suddenly disappears. | [
"It was my second time on the ISS and it's as amazing as it was the first time. Being in space with no gravity holding you down, it's such a surreal experience that I don't believe anyone could ever get used to it, and the the Earth, god its magnificent such a beautiful scenery. The light, the dark that is the ocea... | 4 | |
[WP] While dozing by the fire in your isolated winter cabin, you hear a firm knock on the front door. It's 3 am, blizzard conditions have closed all surrounding roads, and the nearest neighbor is miles away. | [
"“Dear June, the summer was amazing! I wish you could’ve been here to see it. I spent a lot of time making improvements to my little home here. I carved a stool from a spruce tree that fell last year while we built this cabin, remember that? It scared the shit out of us” He chuckled to himself as he wrote, fireligh... | 4 | |
[WP] One morning you wake up and no one that you knew remembers you. | [
"I woke up late today, feeling well-rested and relieved that it was my day off. I made myself a small breakfast, then settled on the couch to watch TV and begin my lazy day. \n\nI relaxed in uninterrupted bliss, as my normally constantly-ringing phone remained silent. No work emergencies, no family asking to borro... | 3 | |
[WP] As humans become more advance we start to create are own universes. After a while Universe creation kits are being sold as common toys for kids. Talk about your first universe and about your god hood in it. | [
"I created mine when I was but 11 years old. \n\nI started out with the earth based model before I began to personalize it with my own creativity and god-ness. \nI made it full of unicorns, some unicorns could fly and all unicorns could talk. \nI made lunch pail trees like in the movie Return to Oz. And I made a fe... | 4 | |
[WP] A new religion pops up in the news and their God is answering with serious results. You've been a God fearing individual your whole life and this throws everything out the window | [
"Matsya had barely reached the plaza when a demi-god descended upon the passenger platform and caused a hundred busy citizens to materialize around him. The air softly shivered in the sunlight, and Matsya felt drawn physically to the demigod, and then pushed away. Dangers of being close to an act of god. \n\nAn ira... | 2 | |
While timetraveling to 1347, you accidentally bring the cold virus with you. The people of that time are not as resistant to the virus as you are. | [WP] While timetraveling to 1347, you accidentally bring the cold virus with you. | [
"Narrow tunnel, in a forgotten hill,\nwalk right in, make time stand still.\nIt walks two ways, but not too fast,\none to the future, other the past.\n\na strange looking town, men in odd hats,\nthe streets are crowded, bodies and rats.\nFeeling alright, little he knew,\nHe came to the past, and carried the flu.\n\... | 2 |
[WP] "Under the highway, in the old city, is a dead building. How can a building die?" He paused "Why don't you find out?" and handed me an old, rusty key. | [
"Fort Crook Road has slowed down.\n\nThat's not to say it's died, but rather that it isn't the street it once was. Once it was the highway that linked Bellevue to Omaha, now it is only the second-best route between those two point. Highway 75 has replaced it in all daily commutes; even the people that take Fort Cro... | 3 | |
[WP] Write about something that is disgusting or ugly in such a way that it becomes something beautiful--without using the 'beautiful inside' cliche. | [
"Brown shingles fall from what's left of Grandma's first house where she raised my Mom and her siblings. \"Pap\" was blind most of his life from a hunting accident. Grandma worked all the time. Mom used to visit to wash and shave Pap. She didn't know how much that made me love her. Pap could tell me and my twin bro... | 20 | |
[WP] The first time you felt important. | [
"\"How do you like your new teacher? Do you feel different being a 3rd Grader?\"\n\nMom asked the same 2 questions she asked every year.\n\n\"Yeah I like 3rd grade. I'm practically a fifth grader, just two more years!\" I yelled back. \n\nShe could tell I couldn't hold back my excitement.\n\n\"Well....\" \n\nShe lo... | 5 | |
[WP] You are a tiny person working in the central nervous system. Your job is to file sensory neuron signals as either pleasant, harmful or neutral. | [
"CNS-SNS.22.12.07 Vlogger Model # 549998\n\nA 2 men are sitting at a large command center with lots of buttons in front, one of the men grabs a camera and pushes Record\n\nHi my name is Peter and this is Model# 549998\n \nYeah I've been working on this model for 2... | 7 | |
[WP] Write a story about the longest walk that you ever took. | [
"Plumes of dust gathered with each drag, twirling, pluming around my gray shoes and vanishing. Unable to gather my voice in between each wheeze I kept my eyes locked on the two humanly shapes in the far off distance. The summer haze distorted the movement of their legs as they marched on without me.\n\nMy head drop... | 3 | |
[WP] After death, all spirits become bitter and hate their former loved ones, but most people don't know this; you are a professional medium. | [
"I sat in front of Mr. James Wilson, with only a covered card table and a thrifted crystal ball separating us. Mr. Wilson was here to talk to his dead wife, and he certainly came to the right place. I'm a renowned medium, but I haven't always been that way. Mediums aren't necessarily born into the job, or chosen by... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone knows the exact time and date of their death. Your date has passed, but nothing happened. | [
"Numbers and numbers trickle \n\nWavering above the sea \n\nAbove the fallen Gods \n\n. \n\nHumans expire quietly \n\nBut always loudly screaming \n\nFor forgiveness \n\n. \n\nMy time has passed \n\nSuch envy for my child \n\nWho left this realm upon entering \n\n. \n\n\"How are you alive?\" \n\nGiggles at their qu... | 12 | |
This idea came to me last night and I thought it would be cool to write about. | [WP] Selling feelings in a pawn shop type thing | [
"A small bell jingles as Paul enters the shop. Tall display cases stand on one side of the room. A long counter runs along the opposite side. The shopkeeper sits on a stool behind the counter, with more jars on shelves above his head. He is watching a boxing match on a small television. Paul can hear the play-... | 2 |
[WP] You have been bitten by a zombie and are writing your last journal entry as you begin to feel the effects. | [
"August 1, 2074\n\nMy vision is flashing. It's like a fade in and out of a movie scene, but faster. I see things moving as it changes, like shadows. The words are moving across the page, wiggling up and down like water. The words are dancing.\n\nI'm so scared I'm going to hallucinate something more solid. My skin i... | 6 | |
[WP] A new series of drugs lets you speak a foreign language fluently if you take it regularly. Nobody expected the side effects. | [
"I was a bit skeptical at first, but after taking the first pill my mind was blown. \"Mijn naam is Peter\" (My name is Peter), I said to the man. \"Holy, it works!\"\n\"I told you so. Now, pay up.\"\n\"Alright, you were right. Here you go,\" I said. I handed the man $50 and we both went our own ways. The fifty buck... | 2 | |
[WP] Explain why "The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long," and/or why the good die young. Is it a universal force? Are they being hunted? | [
"I think its down to a few things, the flame that burns twice as bright is referencing creativity. We all know the type of person: incredibly talented but chaotic and unpredictable. I had a friend called Kevin, he was a musician, he had a kurt cobain type of voice, his singing sounded like it was filtered through r... | 4 | |
[WP] A group of college students from a private Mormon university get stranded in Vegas | [
" As Elder Young stepped off the bus onto an empty street in the middle of the Nevada desert, he was immediately choked by the smell of diesel smoke from the bus’ engine. Young disregarding his black dress shoes leapt into the dirt shoulder, heaving and coughing, his two mission brothers following behind. Elder Y... | 2 | |
[WP] Two people who hate each other are trapped in a time-loop that resets every time one of them dies. | [
"\"Daddy, daddy! Can we have some money for ice-cream? Please?\"\n\n\"Pleeeeeease daddy, pleeeeeeease! I'm soo hungry!\"\n\n*Oh, where did they ever learn to be such drama-queens?*\n\n\"Uhmm.. I don't know.. Didn't you already have ice-cream last week?\"\n\n\"Very funny, dad. Almost as funny as last week.\"\n\nThe ... | 4 | |
[WP] Everyone remembers where they were when the lights went out on planet Earth... Where were you? | [
"That day started like any other day, struggling through, not paying attention to anyone or anything. Everyone likes to think the day of the apocalypse will be something special and they will live life to its full potential, go out with a bang. Not in reality. In reality people are scared, shaking, crying, living t... | 4 | |
In your mind you're still the same age but physically, you've gone back in time. Your mom comes in the room and tells you to be ready to leave for school in 30 minutes. How does the rest of your life play out? | [WP] Monday morning, you wake up and realize you're in your childhood bed. All memories from your life are intact but it's the first day of High School. | [
"All I do is work.\nI punch the same clock everyday.\nSee the same fucking people.\nStare at the same fucking wall.\nClock in. Drift off. Clock out. \nGet stuck in traffic. \nSometimes I believe that I spend too much alone with my uncontrolled thoughts.\nThere has to be more to life than this.\nSure I take a vacati... | 3 |
[WP]Perfectionist supervillain struggles to finish the ultimate weapon. | [
"I am Deathstroyer! I am the coming apocalypse! I am the death that will cleanse this world! I AM… all out of purple high gloss paint? Seriously? How did I let this I happen?\n\n\nI drop my weary head into my hands and just sigh. Sitting on the workbench in front of me my Deathstroyer brand HyperDeathBeam is ... | 2 | |
[WP] Turn a great book into a Buzzfeed article. | [
"The Love of His Life's Husband is About to Die... What Happens Next Will Shock You\n\nBuzzfeed Staff Report \n\nNobleman Charles Darnay sent out a major diss this morning after being taken away and prepped for the guillo'\n\n*@CharlesDarnay: Can't believe the lame-ass peasants want to chop off my head (annoyed emo... | 2 | |
[WP] Someone lead a relatively normal life, except they always hear a voice narrating their live in an overly dramatic way or just plain inaccurate. | [
"He’d lived with The Voice all his life. It never referenced it’s existence. No one else ever heard it.\n\nGravelly and low, the voice would speak, “Desperately seeking sustenance, The Boy devoured handfuls of factory processed carbohydrates to quell his hunger.”\n\nThe Boy shakes it off, “They’re called Dorito’s, ... | 2 | |
Additional prompt: In the President's desk, it is customary for the previous President to leave a note for the new one. The note says: "Trust no one." | [WP] You are elected as President of the United States. As you begin your term in office, you are suddenly briefed on the ongoing war against aliens. | [
"The celebrations were over, the ceremonies were done, all the hand had been shook, and all the right people had been patted on the back. It had been eight days since he took office. On the first he was bright and optimistic. Eager to tackle the hardships the country faced. By the end of the first week, the new pre... | 3 |
[WP] In the late 21st century, religious wars waged in the name of God have only gotten more extreme as time goes on. Unbeknownst to the world, the US is undertaking a black project to create a faux god that'll deradicalize militants. | [
"\"Say, Dave...\" \nDave hurriedly finished whatever he's typing, took a long sip from his coffee, and turned to me. \n\"What?\" \n\"The world is pretty fucked up, isn't it?\" \nDave gave me the not-this-shit-again-Matt look. \n\"What's bothering you this time?\" \nDave continued typing away at his terminal. ... | 2 | |
[WP] The new class of paladins does not, in fact, contain a single paladin...just a lot of other classes doing their best to fake it. | [
"Jordan really, really wanted to win, but his team wasn't cooperating. Maybe it was Avinash's sense of honor, and wanting to win on fair ground. Or perhaps Tristan could work well with the forces of nature, but only with those. Either way, their current lineup had a warlock, a mage, a rogue, a druid, and a warrior ... | 4 | |
[WP] During a game of football, you are hit in the head, and you receive a massive concussion. When you wake up, you are hailed internationally as a hero. | [
"Run. Run faster you dumb mother fucker or that quick ass cornerback from MSU is going to kill you! Just like dad taught me to do on the farm to lead the cattle. \"Run as quick as you can and don't you let shit catch you son.\" His warm voice had an edge of gravel to it, twitching my ears forward with his voice. \n... | 2 | |
[WP] A man down on his luck suddenly develops an ability to read minds. One day on the street he notices a woman staring at him. Her mind says: "join me. together, we shall rule the galaxy." | [
"*'His birth had sent a tremor through the cosmos, and even God looked away in revulsion of what he had created.'* \n\nTITLE: The Day God Looked Away, *the Story of Marcus 'the Uniter' Grayholme Rise to Power.*\n\nSUMMARY: Marcus Grayholme, fondly remembered as Marcus the Uniter, was born to a family of convicts an... | 3 | |
[WP] Military technology is so destructive, that the Nations of the planet agree to wage all wars using previous era technology instead. | [
"Zelenograd, Moscow metropolitan area, Russia. 2.2.2016.\n\nAs a reservist in the Russian Air Force Ilya had never, at least as far as he could remember, been told in what form the call to arms would come. The television had been tuned in on the local news channel on full volume since the news of the invasion had c... | 2 | |
[WP] Satan is in the final push for President of the United States. Lucifer2016 leads the polls by 10 percent. | [
"\"He's a people person,\" the most serious woman told the reporter. \"Everyone else just screams and coerces. I mean would it be so bad to have a charismatic leader in office?\"\n\nThe reporter nodded and brought his phone to his own lips for a follow up question, \"What about his environmental policy? Don't you t... | 2 | |
[WP] You are sitting in front of your laptop presumably browsing reddit when you hear a noise behind you. There standing before you is a character from one of your stories. What happens? | [
"As always, I sat on my bed, laptop on my lap (duh) and headset on my ear. Listening to ages old linkin songs, I browsed through nsfw subreddit, clicking around.\n\nBut then a feminine voice pierced through my headset.\n\n\"So, did you see my dragon?\"\n\nI turned my head slowly, \"No way, aunt Margareta? Margareta... | 5 | |
[WP] A time traveller arrives from earth's apocalyptic future to warn us of the dangers of climate change before it's too late. It falls to one unfortunate scientist to tell him that we already know this, and have done nothing. | [
"**Lack of Knowledge**\n\nHe entered the new realm and took a whiff of the fresh air. \n\n\"All around, the air is swirling transparently. I cannot believe it.\" Devdutta said taking in as much air as he could.\n\n\"Gemma. Tell me which time-line we have entered?\" Devdutta asked his AI.\n\n\"It is 2016. We have re... | 2 | |
[WP] Turns out that nursery rhymes are actually clues that lead to something powerful and sinister. | [
"\"Sing a song,\" he said wryly, \"of... sixpence.\"\n\n\"No,\" I whispered, unable to get more than a strangled gasp out, \"Not the songs!\" I knew immediately what he was insinuating. Sixpence? The devil's number mixed with money, the root of all evil? If great Cthulhu's followers were to follow his direction... | 4 | |
[WP] An alien species has discovered the Mars rovers but believe they are sentient AI machines. | [WP] An alien species has discovered the Mars rovers but believe they are sentient AI machines. | [
"\"Commander, ready to report.\"\n\n\"Very good, do you have the preliminary report on the scout?\"\n\n\"Yes, sir, they had a forward scout exploring the 4th planet in the system. We can literally run rings around though -- it can't even move one grok per beat.\"\n\n\"Did it see you, did you attempt contact?\"\n\n... | 2 |
Inspired by /r/artefactporn : https://www.reddit.com/comments/44bp1z | [WP] You are an immortal necromancer with no powers because you lost your heart centuries ago. You've just rediscovered its location. | [
"Some people think the the heart is the center of love. I wouldn't know. I couldn't love even back when I had mine.\n\nNecromancer they called me, lich. It's funny how the world makes up things so close to what you are, I have lived in the world for so long and seen it grow. Then one day, news hits my ears that som... | 3 |
One rule. Neither the mother nor the child can die during the story. Otherwise,have at it. | [WP] A pregnant teenager and/or teen mother's experiences during the zombie apocalypse. | [
"Richard. Every time I hear the name my heart begins to beat faster. A couple months into my and Richards perfect relationship was when the \"virus\" started spreading. Scientists in an undisclosed lab somewhere in the United States were experimenting with a hormone that could cause aging to be slowed down. This wa... | 2 |
[WP] Write the tale of an innocent monster (think Neko) being killed by or killing in self defense a monster hunter. Then rewrite the story from the Hunters point of view. | [
"Everything faded away from me. The colours, the faces, scenery, sounds but mostly my own feelings. It all happened so quickly. One moment i was there looking out for my friend and then next i was nothing but another body laying on the cold stone ground waiting for death to take them away.\n\nWhat made me so differ... | 2 | |
[WP] Having recently been rediscovered as a science, magic is now becoming an important part of life. | [
"*Mind over matter.*\n\nThe old man moved his piece of chalk over the blackboard slowly and carefully. With an energetic swing, he completed drawing the 'r' and turned to face his auditorium. \n\n\"Mind over matter\", he repeated to the sea of faces in front of him. \"This is the most basic principle underlying all... | 6 | |
[WP] You're murdered in cold blood and Death comes to take you. Problem is, it can't. Now Death is absolutely terrified of you, maybe it thinks you want its job, but you're just some guy, right? | [
"*By the end of the text I realised that I am the one who's supposed to have been\nmurdered in cold blood. Nice blunder. Still decided to submit it tho, maybe somebody will still like it.*\n\nMy hands slide off Dave's throat, wrists still pulsing from the adrenaline rush. I\nwas panting like a wild dog. \"Fucking p... | 3 | |
If so, then why did they let ME join?
EDIT: Glad everyone liked the premise! I'm currently writing a screenplay about it, and will be sure to keep you guys posted when its finished.
ALSO Some amazing writing here! Make sure to read some of the new submissions as well, they are really good. | [WP] You get a membership to a tiny rundown gym as a present from your eccentric uncle. It takes some time, but you begin to grow suspicious: Is every member here a...super hero? | [
"It’s the decision to get in shape that matters. Doesn’t matter how you look. Besides, how glamorous can you even look in a basement-level gym in the porno district? This is a sampler of the stuff I told myself to pacify the self-conscious chatter in my head. Still, I felt unpardonably shabby as I slipped a ratty s... | 13 |
Idea from Nerdist podcast with Daniel Radcliffe | [WP] Batman hears about a string of crimes in London and heads over to help solve the problem. MI-6 feels this is a security threat and sends in their best agent, 007 to eliminate the threat. Describe James Bond and Bruce Wayne meeting at a Wayne Enterprise fundraiser. | [
"Bruce Wayne was in London for a Wayne Aviation fundraiser. Wayne Aviation was a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises. Bruce was agitated that one of Earth's major airports, Heathrow, still only had two runways. The airport was a sprawling complex, which took a good 30 minutes to exit. To ensure all donors understood th... | 7 |
[WP] You wake up every night at 3am overwhelmingly hot | [
"He wakes up, blisteringly hot. It's at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit. He whips his blankets off of him and jumps up. The ground jerks alarmingly and he stumbles back onto his bed. He runs to the window and shoves the curtains aside.\n\nChaos. People are running through the streets, cars crash into street signs and ... | 2 | |
[WP] In this poker game, the players are betting something far more valuable than money | [
"I looked down at the table studying the pile of chips that had accumulated over the course of the game. I normally didn't get into these back room poker games but while playing in my routine poker night at the bar a spot had opened up and I couldn't help my curiosity from getting the best of me. I glanced up fro... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the only magician left in the world. Every spell you cast brings you one step closer to death. Today, you cast your final spell. | [
"When I knew it was time, I sent myself back in time and saved the world, all while feeling my life cripple like a glass of water poured into the ocean never to be seen again, though one glass of water can go a long way and then... I fell into the beating grass, the wind swaying my body ever so slightly as I closed... | 3 | |
[WP] Gravitational waves have just been measured which originate from a region of the universe not previously observed. Reality itself changes in response with catastrophic results: the universe is going to end, tonight. | [
"\"Well shit\" after hours of racking my brilliant mind I realized that at our current technology acumen we couldn't do anything to protect ourselves against this cataclysm, assuming that I could even convince the goverment in the time we have left. \n\n\n\n\n\nI finally understood the phrase that ignorance is a bl... | 2 | |
[WP]When one person mentions they forget something, everyone around them forgets something as well. | [
"Hey Jim buddy what up! \n\nOh nothing, just had breakfast! \n\nOh what'd you have? \n\nGrill cheese...or uh, wait a minute I don't think thats right...I can't remember...\n\nwait sorry , uh, Jim? don't sneak up on me like that, whend you get here?! \n\nUh, ed, when did I get here? \n\nLike a minute after uhh..fuck... | 2 | |
Doesn't have to be romantic, or even with another person. Or any persons at all. Be as creative as you like.
As usual, I'm willing to give feedback and detailed critiques to anyone who wants them. And I will give a reply of my own. | [WP] Write about the end of a relationship | [
"Our middle was hypotheticals so we never aligned. We held back so when we gave ourselves it was with a different context. So we laughed different humor and its trigger was different. We looked different because we only said the same of the other. Now we're over thinking what if we were ourselves. But we remember s... | 2 |
[WP] You are the best detective in the world, and have been hired to investigate a crime that you have committed. | [
"It had all happened in a flash. Detective David Black, in the heat of the moment, had killed that woman. It was a night of passionate love, something that had become rare for him, after his wife's death three years ago. Hookers usually weren't his thing, but then again, he didn't tend to think rationally after a n... | 2 |
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