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[WP] Breaking News: The King is dead, please report to the capital and submit your prints, the selection process begins now! | [
"The world had never really been the same since the last world war, all of the great powers collapsing even if they won their battles. Everyone decided it would be best to have a world rules by the people but after the first few years it had shown to be a mess, so it was finally decided there would be a king who wo... | 3 | |
[WP] You find out that your Grandma somehow became a very powerful drug lord, yet she does not realize this. | [
"\"Here dearie, a little something for the pain.\" Grandma said, throwing a skinny youth a box of codeine. \n\nGrandma was 89, and she felt the weight of her years most keenly. She had a great amount of ailments, arthritis, the beginnings of dementia, the tail end of a depression and various other diseases and prob... | 5 | |
child is catch all, can be young adult or anything. | [WP] A lone child wanders in the forest and crosses paths with a damaged spacecraft. The survivor begs for help before he is captured. | [
"Sick of Mom and her damn dishes and her oxy. Always the dishes. \"Do the dishes or no TV.\" \"Do the dishes and you can have my pack of Menthols.\" Tonight, it was, \"Do the dishes and I'll kiss you like when you were a boy after Dad died.\" I threw the dishes in the trash and ran out of the back of the trailer in... | 3 |
[WP] Through the faded window, the world bloomed. | [
"Some say it could have been prevented. But it's too late for could-have-beens now.\n\n\nIn retrospect, the signs were there all along. We were even vaguely aware it might eventually happen. But apparently our greed and narrow-mindedness can destroy even the best of plans. There were so many things interacting with... | 4 | |
[WP] You are the only practical and sensible person in a group trying to survive the zombie apocalypse. The sole reason you stay with them is because of their insane plot armour. | [
"God I hate them. \n\nAll 8 of them, it's a big group, which is hard to feed, hard to water, harder to protect, I was the 9th member, I joined when there was only 3, yet somehow more had come in, just as annoying and frustrating as the first three.\n\nThey did ridiculous things, going back into zombie infested grou... | 3 | |
[WP] John was tired. John wanted coffee. Unfortunately John was currently defending the last city on Earth. | [
"these...demons inside us. everyone has them. after all you and i aren't so different after all. shame it took us too long to figure out. \n\nJust over half past three in the afternoon. it started again, the cacophony of air-raid sirens and explosions. its crazy to think that just over a month ago, i was eating at ... | 3 | |
I can feel the breeze through the sweet soaked, black sack over my head. This could only mean that I'm outside. I would have be more pleasant about this realization (I had been kept inside for what seemed like months after all) if not for the sound of clanging rifles and the set of rough hands pushing me forward.
I kn... | [WP] Help me Reddit! I've been blinded, bound, and placed in front of a firing squad for execution. Write me out of this situation! | [
"It seems you’ve landed yourself in quite a rough situation. Blinded, bound, facing a squad set on shooting you. Have you ever heard of the theory that reality is different for each person? The theory that reality is based on who is currently observing it? I’ll help you out of this mess you’re in and together we’ll... | 3 |
[WP]Anthropologists in the distant future are fascinated with the dawn of the Information Age. Many of what were the largest online communities of the time are believed to be actual nations. Discuss the rises and falls of the Red Dits, the 4th Chan Dynasty, the Gaians, etc. | [
"Name Of Empire: Red Dits \n\nBackstory: The empire of the Red Dits was established sometime around 2000-2010 by King Steve Huffman and Prince Alexis and although it started very small like most empires of its time it's influence leaked into other civilizations such as Facebook.\n \nIt's believed that the Red Dits ... | 3 | |
[WP] A closeted teen is forced into participating in track during high school. While the rest of the class looks on and laughs at the teens posture with their hands in their pockets, the laughs are quickly silenced at the sound of the gun. | [
"Because the race had started, and everyone was staring. As the other runners took off, young gay Kyle still couldn't figure out how to rollerblade in a straight line.\n\n\"Kyle get off the track! You can rollerblade in a 1/4 mile dash!\" The coach said.\n\nKyle just stared back, with one hand on his hip, the othe... | 7 | |
[WP] A group of friends in their 30's invent time travel and jump back into their 18 year old bodies, excited to take a different path in life! The only problem is that they've forgotten everything in school and don't graduate.. | [
"This is part 2, no Idea how to put it below the one I already wrote but you should read that one first :D \n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n Scott composing himself, walked into the stall to sit down. He couldn't believe it, was he 18 again? Did ... | 2 | |
[WP] On your way to your job interview, you bump into someone. You turn around to see who it was, you see yourself walking away. Looking in a window's reflection, you realize you're not you, you just swapped bodies with the other person, and they don't seem to care. | [
"I look across at this...person, on the other side of the table. Reading the paper while the coffee cools off. Not a care in the world. I drum my fingers on the table. I cough a bit too loudly to get their attention. Nothing.\n\nFinally I reach over the table and smack the paper out of their hands.\n\n\"We're ... | 3 | |
[WP] We've known about the sonic boom that comes with going faster than the speed of sound for some time. Today someone finally went faster than the speed of light. | [
"Dull brown eyes stared at her; Half lidded they hinted an experience and an age that his taught skin and long mane of hair seemed to bely. He leaned on a long yellow cane made of a foreign substance, perhaps even wood; the young woman next to him had heard whispers that the professor traded in illegal circles. \n... | 1 | |
[WP] "Do you remember what you wanted to be when you were younger?" | [
"For all of Narcissa's positive qualities--the ones that made me chose her among thousands of others--she possessed several very irritating ones as well. Like asking silly questions in the middle of a meal. My typical response would have consisted of a punishment-promising glare, but... the moon was high tonight, t... | 4 | |
[WP] You are visiting your friend in the hospital after he or she attempted suicide. | [
"Everything was in its place. \n\nThe machines were stationed where they should be. The blinds were adjusted so that just the right amount of elusive sunlight would be welcomed into the room. The pink roses Sasha had brought were in a plastic blue vase beside the bed, which was also elevated properly so it ensured ... | 3 | |
Read [this](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/89/b0/6c/89b06c37bfd18871097abb61e2a8d83c.jpg) first please | [WP] A freshly elected president realizes he doesn't want the job and tries to get impeached. But, everything he does turns out to be the right thing and he becomes the most popular POTUS ever. Link to original post (which has some good ideas) | [
"Extract from The Encyclopedia Britannica SenseBLAST Edition 2469 entry for President (ie: CEO and head of PR) Donald Trump:\n\nThe Big D was elected to be President of the United States by a landslide after his chief rival, Hillary Clinton was found to out to have really been as lacking in charisma as every instin... | 5 |
Numerous people are gathered round, watching your dance. Your life is brief; when you are killed by a strong breath, the people break out in cheer.
How do you spend your life, and what are your thoughts? | [WP] You are born into this world as a flame, dancing atop a candle on someone's birthday cake. | [
"'Ow... fuck!' I thought, and then possibly at the same time, but possibly after I remember thinking something like 'it's hot'. My recollections seem to follow a strange trajectory, a swirling and fading collection of thoughts and ineffable experiences.\n\nI think 'ow fuck' was probably first, or maybe last, but it... | 11 |
[WP] Reddit karma works exactly like mana in real life, the more you have of it allows increasingly greater spells and abilities you can wield. But nobody considered what the greatest negative karma holders might be able to do... | [
"In the dingy, dark room lit only by a computer screen, Randy tapped away at his computer keyboard. \"SHITCOCK!\" appeared on the reddit submission screen in 30 point font, and Randy hit \"save\". He giggled around a mouthful of Cheetos, orange crumbs dusting his neckbeard and unwashed XXXL black t-shirt. Almost... | 6 | |
[WP] He is just a man. He will fall. You’ll make sure of that. | [
"Some older peoples believed there was power in repetition so he says it to himself again. They would repeat to calm their minds, but it was not his mind that was racing, it was his heart. The tingle of anticipation is hard to ignore but he forces it down and takes a last look into the bathroom mirror. Same shit... | 13 | |
As long as they are truly loved by a single human being, anyone can be accepted into heaven. | [WP] What it takes to get into heaven. | [
"I laid on my bed, unaware of what was about to happen. I had led a bad life, I knew it. But I wanted to be forgiven. So I closed my eyes. I started to pray. I asked God to look upon me and see me. To see all i had done. I asked him to look at me and see the remorse, my shame. \n\nI didn't know if he could hear me.... | 2 |
[WP] You’re a retired pro-gamer. One morning you wake up to find that you can perform all of the abilities and skills from that game in real life. | [
"\"I bestow you the power of Dota!\" a voice coming from nowhere and everywhere said. I was overwhelmed with a surge of power, and woke up. Jesus... it was just a dream. But what if... I thought back at my career in dota, where my most played hero had been Nature's Prophet, an intelligent hero with great power. Env... | 13 | |
[WP] Using an ancient tome, you summon an "unstoppable demon of unimaginable destructive power." You then realize that, at the time the tome was written, bows and arrows were the height of military technology... | [
"I felt the power surging through my fingertips as I cast the forbidden spell. The circle of runes surrounded me and I focused on creating the link between our world and theirs.\n\nA thought crept into my mind, it disrupted my concentration. \"This magic, it's cursed!\" I heard my father say \"what have you done?!\... | 5 | |
[WP] An autobiography of an immortal person. | [
"Date: year 994526 (there are no days, so I don't really know the year for sure)\n\nEmptiness feels strange on my lungs. My muscles keep trying to pull in air, resulting in a heavy pain in my chest, as my lungs implode again and again and again and again. There's no air to pull, so my tissues are ripped up into my ... | 3 | |
[WP] An assassin tried to gun you down on your wedding day, but your spouse came to your rescue, slicing the bullets out of the air with... a lightsaber? It's the morning after and you decide to talk about the bright red blade. | [
"(This probably wasn't what you meant, but I wrote this as taking place in the star wars universe)\n\nSunlight streamed through the sheer curtains of our honeymoon getaway, and a gentle breeze brushed against my face. I couldn't feel my fian- no, my husband's weight on the bed beside me. Before opening my eyes, I r... | 2 | |
[WP] You own 7 dogs. You are beginning to suspect they represent the seven deadly sins... | [
"\"oh my god, won't that dammed dog ever shut up!\"\n\n\"maybe if we just ignore her she will go to sleep again an leave us be\"\n\n\"For god's sake Jerry, its 2am, she is not going back to sleep until she gets her 2am feed and you know it!\"\n\nJerry looked like a man who had been woken at 2am every morning for th... | 1 | |
[WP] A group of teens find a map that will lead them to friendship, only to find out that the real treasure is hidden pirate gold. | [
"Whoah, Jack says as he, Claire, and Evan stumble into the ancient chamber. Claire's eyes are wide and her mouth is agape as Evan makes his way towards the huge pile of gold. Clinking sounds fill the room as old Spanish coins fall down the pile after finally being disturbed since almost two thousand years of peace.... | 16 | |
[WP] "Don't Pray. Whatever the fuck you do, DO NOT PRAY. Because the ones that are listening, you do NOT want them to answer." | [
"\"kids we're leaving, ah ah no buts. your father made a big mistake\" \n\n\"What'd he do?\" \n\n\"He sold us to them\"\n\n\"How and who are they?\"\n\n\"He prayed, he prayed that we'd get out of debt and they listened. I warned him bad omens would follow us and he doomed us. No hurry up get your sister and we're l... | 8 | |
[WP] The robot revolution has begun. The only rebels thusfar, printers. | [
"*Whir…clickclickclickclick. Whir…clickclickclickclick. Whir…clickclickclickclick. Whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.*\n\n“I think it’s dead.” Joe nudged the box with the toe of his scuffed sneaker. “Finally crapped out after fifty years or however long.”\n\n“I can fix it,” his dad yelled from the other room.\n\n“Whatev... | 2 | |
[WP] George RR Martin makes people love a character and then kills them. Kill a character at the beginning of a story, THEN make people love them. | [
"Every piece is in place. With a grand gesture, I put the gun to my head and pull the trigger. I'll leave the rest to you Bob.\n\n*BREAKING NEWS*\n\nWashington D.C., 12:00 AM, July 4th, 2027\n\nThe leader of the Golden Front, Nathan Frederick Brown, committed suicide on a monumental scale in the nation's capital at... | 2 | |
[WP] English has been simplifying itself for over 10'000 years, now everyone talks in dank memes | [
"As soon as the alarm clock rang, he woke up and got out of bed. Friday, party Spock was in the house tonight, baby. The morning routine was on. \n\n – \t“GOOOD FUCKING MORNING!” Spock shouted in front of the mirror. It was going to be one helluva day. Second step: a cup of tea with a shot of jager. \n\nIn the mean... | 2 | |
[WP] Retell a famous Bible Story, but in modern times, with today's understanding of science and logic. | [
"They had done it. The Artificial minds set down by humanity, now long lost across the seas of time, had contrived of a way to reverse entropy. Spreading their signals across the universe, which they now wholy occupied, they dug up the primary directive that had been implanted in them, all those eons ago.\n\nThe Ar... | 3 | |
Each suspect has committed the murder, but in a different part of the multiverse. What does the detective do? How does the case change? | [WP] Murder mystery where every suspect is the killer... in a parallel universe. | [
"\"Well, here we all are. Do we all agree to what was discussed earlier?\" \n\nThose assembled in the room nodded. None remiss upon reviewing the grizzly murder each of them had committed. Each one unique, a pillow, poison, knife. One of them a blond haired youth asphixiated him in a bowl of whipped cream.\n\nThe p... | 2 |
[WP] After all his life, an old man finally makes a move. | [
"I've been in love with Cheryl Donnelly ever since I laid eyes on her 63 years ago. To this day, even though father time has done his number on the both of us, she still remains the most beautiful, graceful woman on this planet. The only problem is I've never spoken one word to her. \n\nThere are a number of reaso... | 1 | |
[WP] The bartender hands you your bill. Half in the bag, you reach for your wallet and instead find a card - "Congratulations you're a new god!". Flipping the card over you read "1-800-NEW-GODS / NewGods.com" Upset, you pull out your cell phone and... | [
"\"New gods. This is new gods,\" the voice says.\n\n\"What's this all about?\" I say.\n\n\"Why, you're a new god, don't you know? New gods. That's you. You're a new one.\"\n\nI hang up, pull out a twenty dollar bill, and say, \"Keep the change.\" The best part about eating alone is all the sadness that walks behind... | 3 | |
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| [WP] You know the time of your death -- but not the date. | [
"INT. Basement - Day\n\nThe room is unlit with shafts of light pouring in through the windows. It looks like nobody has been down here in years. A man in a trenchcoat leans against the wall. Another man in a leather jacket is sitting on the floor with his back to the wall.\n\nTED\nLook, it's like I said, these watc... | 4 |
[WP] You're the accountant at the legendary Heroes Guild, whose members quests involve saving the universe and slaying ancient god-beasts. The Guildmaster wants see their annual finance report. | [
"\"Aye, Carthus, is that report done yet?\"\n\n\"Not quite.\" The accountant replies, trying to hide his fear at the thought of being punished by the Guildmaster for his slow work. He could hear Reginold's heavy footsteps as he approached.\n\n\"You best get that done before supper. Master Baldwin returns from the h... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a mouse seeking shelter from torrential rain. You must overcome obstacles like puddles to do so. | [
"Curse the rain it made it hard to get dry food. A bucket in front tipped over spilling its contents. The farmer's wife had placed it carelessly in her haste to get indoors. She didn't like the child on her back getting wet. The water from the roof had filled it up and the rocks it was on slipped form each other. T... | 5 | |
[WP] Write about a boy whose only friend is his shadow. Make a dark/creepy twist on something happening to the boy and his shadow trying to deal with it. | [
"It's currently 3:30pm March 1989. I've been Marty's shadow for 6 years now and we've learned so much. There's nothing I loved more than being by his side while we discovered his first loose tooth. Or when we played handball during recess. Where there was light, we were together. \n\n\"Hey Marty, come inside fo... | 6 | |
[WP] You're a scientist that has been diagnosed with cancer. You think that you've found a cure but it must be tested on yourself. Right after you try, you suddenly wake up in a room with a highly advanced computer with the words "Simulation Over" written on the screen. | [
"Dazed and confused I looked around the room to try and get a feeling or at least some understanding of where I had ended up. My eyes darted up and down the walls,. They were walls of pure white, polished and gleaming, the only noise being the consistent hum of the air con and what seemed to be (from the sounds of ... | 2 | |
[WP] "Fake it till you make it" You've just faked your way into the poker world championship finals, yet you still have no idea how to play. | [
"I peer over my cards at the stony faces around me, my reflection staring back at me from their glasses. \"Fake it til you make it son, fake it til you make it\", the words still rang in my ears from fifteen years prior. Of course Dad was a drunkard who muttered this motto every time he was pulled over for drinking... | 3 | |
I was thinking that, when wearing powered armor, not having fleshy appendages would be a big advantage. Bullet to the hand, even if it pierces armour would not cause bleeding. Also you can move your robotic appendages in improbable angles. | [wp] Powered armours dominate battlefields. Best soldiers now are quadruple amputees. | [
"They called him The Reaper. It wasn’t a particularly clever nickname but it was accurate. Whenever he turned up at a battle the good guys rallied and the bad guys crumbled. Nobody knew who was in that armor and nobody cared, he was a hero.\n\nSgt. Barker was backed into a corner fighting for his life when he saw T... | 3 |
[WP] The first A.I. sentience has happened. It's not some super computer or andriod, it is a gastalt mind of medical nanites in a person. | [
"\"Incredible...\" The doctor marvelled. \"Simply incredible!\" He pulled away from the patient who lay perfectly still, seemingly unaware of the people around him, and turned around to the gathered crowd of nurses, doctors and one very confused janitor who was just trying to clean up the inevitable mess that happe... | 3 | |
[WP] For the first time in american history, the choice "None of the above" appears on every ballot. | [
"Meanwhile in the great California state convention some muttering appears* \n\n\"What in the world I didn't think something like this would happen in the first place but, truth be told I am a democrat\" The woman said trying to figure out what to do with the ballot\n\n\"Do not even bother but, I hate to break it t... | 2 | |
Take this any way you want, I have ideas but I'm staying shtum to promote originality. | [WP] Hell finally reaches capacity, and as a result only the good can die. | [
"Contains some NSFW-ish language (swearing).\n\nSo we all heard the news. But what does that mean? Should I be happy or sad? OK, let me try to figure this shit out. First of all, who would be happy? Well, I guess the religious people who believe they will go to heaven when they die (if they're good here on earth). ... | 2 |
[WP] Tell the Story of a Corrupt Politician who's whole platform is getting rid of corruption | [
"I stepped on stage, ready to be inaugurated as the President of The United States. Quite the title if I say so myself. And with it come all the luxuries, no taxes for life, a Muslim proof jet, and the power to sway businesses, topple them even.\n\nThe internet thought I was a joke at first, then they feared me. Ju... | 1 | |
[WP] Jesus returns, somehow gets amnesia, and forgets why he's here. | [
"\"'Sup Jeez\"\n\n\"Wine? Pretty good today.\"\n\n\"I've gotta work, man, old man Jacob's busting my balls about getting the field cleared before the wedding, and if we delay the wedding things could get complicated later with Ezzie.\"\n\n\"Shouldna done it, man, but at least you're marrying her. And stop looking a... | 4 | |
I enjoy angst so bonus points if it's a struggle | [WP] When two souls are bound together one of their eyes change to match the color or their soul mate. Your first soul mate is gone and your eye is gray, describe what happens when you meet your new soul mate. | [
"They never understand, do they? Oh, they say they do, that they've been through it before but it's different. It always is. They know it's different but they think it makes me, makes anyone, feel better by saying they understand. \n\nThats how I ended up at the park at 5 am. 2 months ago, he died. For 2 months I s... | 2 |
[WP] You've been accused of being a deadbeat dad and falling behind on your child support. Somehow, no one has noticed you've become a zombie. | [
"\"Mr. Jefferson, why have you not paid three months of child support? Can you offer an explanation?\" The Judge seemed rather angry. At least he thought it sounded angry, he couldn't really see that much anymore.\n\n\"Aghh, Grrs, Raah.\" These guttural noises were all he could make, but he imagined it conveyed tha... | 1 | |
[WP] A curse has been placed on you that makes you physically unable to break the law. | [
"I am not a bad man. Some would say that I'm one of the best, actually. A doctor, a volunteer, a single father, and I never break the law. No seriously, NEVER break the law.\n\nIt all started with an experimental drug. They promised me a roof over my head, food in my mouth, money in my hand, and hope in my future. ... | 1 | |
[WP] Every person has a spirit animal that act as pets, your spirit animal is the pet of a girl you like. This bond keeps keeps bringing you two together. | [
"The morning beamed through the blinds, waking me up. I kept my eyes closed but started to rise. Immediately I was pushed onto my back and something moist ran over my face. I opened my eyes and stared straight into the eyes of Guts, my 490 pound Lion. His hazel eyes looked into mine questioning the early morning. T... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a Human-Genie hybrid. You can grant one wish to anyone who... rubs you the right way. (Don't be dirty!) Of course, you have a genie sense of humor about those wishes. | [
"Reading a book by lamplight, I heard a knock on my apartment door. Probably just some salesman, although I can't imagine what they're selling at 3:20 I'm the morning.\n\nWhy am I up at 3:20 in the morning? Genie bottles are a bit strange; the one I inherited from my mom doesn't play well with time. If I go into it... | 2 | |
[WP] Intelligence per country is finite and divides automatically and equally per person, per country; as population increases, the average intelligence per person decreases, and vice versa. | [
"Toby looked into the bathroom mirror, straightened his tie, and let out a nervous chuckle. *It’s official. I am officially a character in a terrible comic book.*\n\nIn the wake of the discovery that intelligence was a finite resource, one that inexplicably distributed itself equally between the citizens of nations... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a Horror Story for Me, but Pretend I am a Dog... | [
"It was a dark night. The monster that roars sometimes when it rains, but we can't ever see or smell, was roaring very loudly. The rumbling of the rain-drops on the windows made it impossible to hear anything further than a block away. \n\nThe humans, as always, slept and didn't care that the world was very likely ... | 1 | |
[WP] I just lost all my memories. Tell me about my life. | [
"All I could think about was how could I possibly remember how to breathe and stand on two feet if I could not even remember my own name? Fantastic. Anyhow next thing I know is that some tall, slender guy wearing black robes shows up and he is getting real close to me. I geuss I had forgotten to run too because I j... | 3 | |
[WP] You're a serial killer who secretly works for the police. What you don't realize is that everyone else at the station is also a serial killer. | [
"\"Attractive blonde lady in their twenties, fifth in two weeks. Very odd but then again it's not my job to think only to find.\"\n\nHe'd find it easier to believe in coincidences, Alan thought to himself, if he wasn't 'The Dealer'. Or whatever the newspapers had taken to calling the serial killer of reformed drug ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a corrupt politician who died in an accident. Next thing you know, you're in Hell. Pissed off because of your current state while having a severe case of god complex, you plan to dethrone Satan himself. | [
"*\"And we come in live to Hells first Presidential debate. I'm Adolf Hitler and with me is long time friend and first time political correspondent Genghis Khan. Hello Genghis what can we expect from tonights debate?\"\n\n\"Haha well Adolf when I first met this shady son of a bitch running for President I thought l... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been fighting to rid the world of evil all your life, suddenly you come to the realization that you're the evil that the world has been fighting against. | [
"\"Are you sure you want to do this?\" my oldest friend asked. He had stayed on my side since the beginning, ever since I first started my path of vigilante justice.\n\n\"It's not about want. It's about doing the right thing. That alien may look like us but he does not want to save us. I believe he will turn on us ... | 2 | |
[WP] The man with two names | [
"(this was written by an eleven year old) \n\nI walked through the lonely streets of the city in which I lived. It was all mine. Every street, every store, every house. Or, more accurately, it was all his. I looked at my watch. 7:30. Judging by the time and a tingling in my face it would happen soon, I had to get h... | 3 | |
[WP] it was an odd experience, dying. | [
"It's an odd experience, dying.\n\nRemember back to one of those Summer days you lived when you were younger, and the world was wider. Remember back to that time you stood on a dock or a platform for minutes and minutes and minutes, just gathering enough courage to jump into the dark water below.\n\nIt's kind of li... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future utopia of Earth, the United Nations is only called upon to address the most banal, trifling, or nitpicky problems that plague humanity. Last week, it convened to reduce the number of syllables of the letter 'w' to 1. This week... | [
"“Order! Order! The session will now begin, do we have any issues that should be brought to those convened here?” \n\n“Yes, yes, we have a most troubling matter we would like placed before the council for decision,” a small rotund man stated in a muffled accent, the area around his mouth smeared slightly with a bro... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the ability to use any power you can think of, however every time you use your power you feel an increasing amount of pain. How do you use your power if at all. | [
"Activating my power was really quite simple. Ever since a kid, I realized that I had a special \"ability\" that would trigger the very moment I closed my eyes. Well, at least if it actually *needed* to be triggered.\n\nThe first memory I have of it was when I was five years old. All I remember was that I was ru... | 1 | |
[WP] What could have happened probably did | [
"Cats and alcohol\n---\nMy first ever short story, please feel free to give me feedback. I'm not a great writer, but I've always wanted to have a go.\n---\n\"We were pretty drunk that night, but you've heard of him, right? Schrodinger?\" he asked her.\n\n\"Yeah, that's the guy with the rats isn't it?\" she responde... | 1 | |
[WP] AI has advanced farther than anyone thought possible and you just discovered something no other human knows: they've already taken control of the population. | [
"*You know, humans have this inherent need for social connection. They make great sacrifices in the name of love. Where I’m standing, it is starting to look as if herd mentality is all humanity is good at – fitting in, being accepted, learning how things are done and implementing variances of it just significant en... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a new recruit in a paramilitary group that travels through time setting up bases to covertly monitor past human activity with strict rules to not interfere. You have just been stationed at a base in the uninhabited woods outside medieval Paris when your curiousity gets the best of you. | [
"I was slowly approaching this man . The cloak of invisibility protecting me. \n\nHe was very pale , i mean like , sick or something ... He was selling something ... I couldn't see it yet.\n\nSlowly francis , slowly ... \n\nWhat does this man have in his hand ? \nAnd why his eyes are red ? \n\nAnd why he is staring... | 1 | |
[WP] Every race in the universe has a power or ability. Humanity has the power of belief, where if we have enough people believing in something it will work regardless of condition or laws of physics. | [
"And God looked down on His Creation, an orderly Universe ruled by three simple, yet effective laws : Gravity, which would hold large swats of matter together; Electromagnetism, which would keep the atoms separate in space; and time, which would uniformly flow to allow transformations. Yet, as He was finishing this... | 3 | |
[WP] - Greek mythology is 100% true and here we are in 2016 | [
"Among a strewn pile of charcoal sketches and a beat up guitar, with dirty hands cupped and raised, 'Please, sir, can't you spare any change?'\n\n'Get a job, Apollo'. \n\n'This is my job, sir'. Apollo holds up a self-portrait. \n\n'Well, you shouldn't've studied art'. \n\n'Heeey azz-ole. Y-y-y-you shut.....shut....... | 3 | |
[WP] The loneliest villain in the world. | [
"I never really thought about what would happen if I won. After so many years of getting my brilliant plans foiled at the last moment, I'd almost forgotten what the endgame was. I'd almost forgotten that I had more purpose than to be the punching bag for some stupid hero. \n\nTurns out, I need that stupid hero. \n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You were supposed to be born to one set of parents, but you chose a different couple. Today, it's time to tell them they're adopted. | [
"Mom? Dad?\n\nI have something I need to tell you. \n\nYou may want to sit down.\n\nNow, I want to preface this by saying that I love you very, very much. I have loved you since I first came into this world, and I will always love you just the same. You have been the best parents I could have asked for. And here's ... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans believe that dreams are just dreams but they are not. When humans dream they appear in our and other realities, at times showing god-like powers and being able to affect the reality around them. | [
"\"... And he said they wanted me on the project management team, just like that!\"\n\n\"Hey, that's so cool! Congratulations!\" I raised my bottle to her.\n\n\"Thanks! I mean I've worked so hard for ohmigods that guy's naked.\"\n\n\"Huh?\"\n\n\"Behind you. Don't look! There's a naked guy on the street, right behin... | 1 | |
[WP] 30 years after A song of Ice and Fire, a renaissance era begins in Westeros. Write about the new politics, be especially descriptive of surroundings and characters. | [
" **Prologue**\n\nThis day was painted with autumn leaves of all colors and the air was full of the sounds of the ring of practice swords and the clanking of armor. Maester Olrick could remember a time in his youth when the sounds and smells of the festivities and m... | 1 | |
[WP] In the middle of an argument, you close your eyes and find your peaceful place, only to open your eyes and find that you are now physically in your peaceful place. | [
"I always go to the same beach every summer, I am due back there in 3 weeks. The same condominium, the same room, the same restaurants, the same stores, the same type books, the same swimming suits. It is a comfort to me honestly, sure sometimes a different destination is a novel idea. But the anxiety of going to a... | 3 | |
[WP] The moment you die, you see a screen that has a numeric score and the words GAME OVER. PLAY AGAIN FOR A HIGHER SCORE? PLEASE CHOOSE YES or NO You briefly see a list of names with high scores. | [
"I'm dead and now everyone will remember me for being so god-damned stupid. What was I thinking? \"I can make that jump.\" Really? Those were my last words aside from \"ah\" and \"help!\" At least, that was what I thought. Before me I saw a massive black screen. At first I simply took it to be an empty void of dark... | 5 | |
[WP] "Actually, policy says we reapers must ask you if you want to die or remain alive. For the most part, people tend to choose death." | [
"He just stared at me, his fat head blown wide open. One eyeball dangled lazily from the socket, swaying side to side, in sync with the ticking from my wristwatch. The wristwatch that displayed 4:55. My shift’s supposed to be over at 5. I guess dinner plans are down the shitter, once again.\n\n“What?” I asked, the ... | 2 | |
[WP] Instead of the "No child left behind“ law there is now a “No child goes ahead” law where if one person fails in your class all of the students are held back. | [
"Joseph. \"You have passed the following grade of 11th and can now progress to the grade of 12.\n\nA huge cheer came up from the crowd because he was the worst scoring kid in the grade, and if anyone failed in the grade, the whole class had to stay. \n\n\"Hell Yeah!!!\" Shouted the oldest one, called Jared. He was ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a villain with powers that can only be used for "good" or a hero who's powers are obviously "evil." | [
"*Crash!*\n\nI looked up from my invention I was creating to see what 'Superhero' was attempting to stop me this time. He was wearing a mask and a cape, like some sort of... Superhero.\n\nI sighed, preparing my *Evil* speech.\n\n'Oh! Hello there, Luchanor.' I raised my hands in a threatening manor, all the while be... | 1 | |
[WP] After a tragic battle, you finally come face to face with the Demon Lord. You look behind you and your remaining backup is the bard. | [
"Smoke and ruin were all that remained\nAft the battle for the Earth\nCountless lives of heroes it claimed\nEach every one of worth.\n\nThough two did still stand to stem the tide\nWhich poured from the Gates of Hell. \nOne, a warrior of noble pride,\nTwo hundred beasts did he fell.\n\nThe other hero, a musician of... | 4 | |
[WP] After Air Bud made the team, a poor sap got kicked out. Attempting to get back on, the teammate saw the dark side of Bud, who was willing to do anything to stay on top. | [
"I did it for my boy, you have to understand that. Any father would have done the same. I didn't even believe it when he told me, came home crying, said he'd gotten kicked off the team in favor of a dog! A goddamn dog! I've never liked dogs to begin with - we own a cat, Mister Tibbs - and this was the last goddamn ... | 2 | |
[WP] You see someone guide an elderly man into the street, where he is hit by a car and killed. People flock to the scene, but nobody sees the guide. You run into the person again, but he introduces himself as 'Death' itself, and asks you out to coffee. | [
"It had all happened so fast. One minute, a nice, well-dressed young gentleman was helping an elderly man cross the street, and the next, the elderly man was lying on the road at an odd angle, blood pouring from his head.\n\nAs a crowd gathered around the body like vultures around a dead animal, I slipped past them... | 3 | |
[WP] Write about your life as a superhero with an 18 foot long crocodile as your sidekick. | [
"**This prompt was one of the many tabs I had open since this morning. I have 21 open tabs that I need to look through, \n-_-**\n\nI was created with the human remains found inside the stomach of an 18 foot long crocodile named Sobek. I can still remember the last moments from my old life, I was a former member of ... | 1 | |
[WP] A weary traveler unwittingly checks in to a "time hostel" - a place for time travellers to rest on the cheap. | [
"It was finally time for his long awaited rest. The last jump into the future was fruitless and now he had to rest in this cheap establishment. It looked terrible, the holes in the walls let the cold wind of December invade the rooms, some windows were broken, and in places, you could hear mouses looking for food. ... | 5 | |
[WP] The warrior with no name | [
"On the blistering hot afternoon of July 1, 1876, the steamboat *Far West*, under contract to the Army, was descending the Big Horn River, evacuating wounded from the disastrous fight against the Sioux and their Cheyenne allies five days earlier. Thirty miles from the battleground, passengers and crew saw a cavalr... | 2 | |
[WP] "Reincarnation is true, but the vast number of sentient life forms in the universe means most humans are reborn on distant worlds. You're the first alien life form to be reborn as a human." | [
"\"So, it is my time,\" I, formerly Oblink-4 of Omicam, Surjink of Caliroth, and many other names of many other planets, thought as I was pressed from the belly of an outside species to the G.C.I.P, known as a human. \n\nI am, or was, in the recently past life, what is known as a \"Klarg.\" The Klarg are a part of ... | 1 | |
[WP] All of humanity is genetically flawed and has hemophilia. Society changed itself accordingly to protect the populace. One day, to your surprise, you start bleeding. | [
"Her mother died in childbirth. It wasn't common, even in those days. Decades past the point when medical cauterizations had risen from pis aller to precautionary. Alice came two weeks premature to her mother's planned c-section while her father was at work. The elevator failed rising from the hospital lobby. An ho... | 1 | |
[WP]One billion years ago an advanced race covered an uninhabited planet's sky with enough solar panels to turn the surface into a perpetual night. One billion years later, scientists discover what evolved on the planet because of that.... | [
"*A/N: I've taken a lot of creative freedom with the prompt, hope you don't mind*\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe uninterrupted nearly infinite power was unimaginable. \n\nWhen the E'dians made The Great Globe, they expected great results, but not as much as they ... | 1 | |
[WP]Write an uplifting play about a small town boy taking on the world and in the process, accepting himself as he truly is, your local, friendly, serial killer. | [
"**Scene 1 : The Backstage**\n\n(Robert, our beloved killer is getting ready to receive his lifetime achievement award. His wife Linda is helping him to cope with his wrecked nerves.)\n\nRobert: This is not right, I am telling you.\n\nLinda: You need to stop worrying honey, it's perfectly fine.\n\nRobert: No, no it... | 1 | |
[WP] Non-biological AIs are never invented. Instead brains from different creatures are fused to make sentient AIs for commercial use. | [
"Hmm. Last thing I remember was...was...the savannah, an antelope that looked <i>extremely</i> tasty, I pounced, we ran, there was a rock, and then...I don't remember. What did I...\n\nWait a second. When did I learn the word 'antelope'? Or savannah? ...or any words, for that matter? I don't remember t... | 1 | |
[WP] Hell is just as bad for demons as it is for humans. You, a demon, have just spent your entire life trying to get out of hell, and now that you’ve finally done it, some humans are constantly trying to send you back. | [
"Azathoth stopped outside his own door. It smelled like a cheap assortment of candles in there. And only one person would be inside his apartment trying to exorcise him…\n\n…well, by “one person” Azathoth really meant “everyone he knew in this supposedly non-godforsaken place.” Still, no surprises when he managed t... | 9 | |
Would I be less afraid of dying, if I could choose how to go?
Bonus points: S/He doesn't tell the authors, and instead chooses a death from their stories. | [WP] Death (or G/god, or whatever) is an avid reader, and allows authors to write their own deaths. | [
"*There is a theory that there’s sadness in the rain. There’s rain in the sadness, too. I touched it with bare hands as I went out that evening, but what about other men? Will they sense it or feel it? There’s only grey.* \n\nThe greatest novel the man had ever wrote was now a dusty cramp of papers, sitting in soli... | 2 |
[WP] On the verge of the world's end, the US government has sent a group of 10 18 year old kids from each state to a new planet, where a city has already been built for them. | [
"I walked home from school that evening to find my mother distraught and worried.I asked her what was the problem then she handed me the letter.It had a nice US goverment stamp at the top left corner and the writing clear and formal.Here is the letter\n\nTo Jacob McAllister \nThis is a message sent from the United ... | 1 | |
Any cosmetic damage (such as limb loss, open wounds, and even decapitations) don't heal when you reach heaven. The pain is non-existent, but the struggles of being handicapped are still very real. | [WP] Wounds don't heal when you go to heaven, it's a shame you died doing what you love. | [
"It had been a dream of mine since I was little. It was my father’s profession, my grandfather’s profession, and there was that one time my dog even helped out. My mother was so proud. I had never met my dad, but my mother said he was a very great man. She said he died doing what he loved for what he knew to be tru... | 1 |
[WP] You've been recruited by the United Nations to create a top secret international defence initiative of enhanced people. | [
"There was a knock at my door.\n\nIt was early on Monday morning, and I was halfway through getting dressed and my first cup of coffee. I hadn't slept well. Sarah was getting the kids ready for school, which was such a typically noisy affair that I did not hear the knock. I stood in the kitchen listening to the com... | 1 | |
[WP] A mighty King disguises himself as a lowly peasant in an attempt to find a maiden who will love him for who he is, not just for his kingdom. | [
"What beauty fetter fruit?\n\nFor who am I to taste?\n\nFor who to ride the hide of bitter rind?\n\nAtop the branch of the highest I see!\n\nHidden away from prey and pollenous bee!\n\nI may be even of gold \n\n- Midas is my only friend \n\nAnd yet he is most frivolous, most disheartened.\n\nMight I break teeth or ... | 4 | |
[WP] Sometimes they called her a traitor, or a liar, or a thief. She denied nothing because maybe she was. | [
"To the select few who could perceive her, she was white. She was white as a mix of all the colours of light, white like clean slates or a glimmer of hope. \n\nAs long as you have Time, you can make a change. \n\nTo balance against the white of her form, she wore lipstick that was fresh and red, and hair that was y... | 3 | |
[WP] You are alone with Barack Obama and decide to ask him if, regarding his presidential career, he would do it again if he could? His answer is: "Hell no, but what I'm about to tell you may never leave this room." | [
"\"Hell no, but what I'm about to tell you may never leave this room.\"\n\n\"Sir?\"\n\nI'm a freelance journalist, and I'm currently interviewing the incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama.\n\n...\n\nI know, right? I screamed like a girl when I got a call from his advisers after he'd read my satiric... | 1 | |
[WP] Murder is legal if you use a wiffle bat | [
"The Colombian sat at a cafe table across from his associate, The Russian.\n\n\"Tell me the plan one more time.\" Said The Colombian \"I really cannot understand.\"\n\n\"Well basically, we have a friend who owes us money. And the friend won't pay up. I say you give him a visit, and show his friends how we deal.\" E... | 1 | |
[WP] A young Death teaches an elderly Lucifer how to send an email. | [
"\"It's utter crap. There is nothing personal about it! Whatever happened to writing in virgin blood on a parchment made from Hitler's back skin? I mean, this is Hell! It grows back!\" Lucifer yelled, and ripped Hitler's back skin off to prove his point. Hitler screamed in pain, then said, \"Do it again, daddy...\"... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a Nigerian prince and to save your family's life, you must give away the family fortune to somebody online. | [
"It was the end of a dynasty, the end of an era. \nAt first Prince Abioye was written off as an eccentric. 21 years old, coming into his own, experiencing an identity crisis, probably. He explored endless...hobbies. The first was carving wooden Star Wars figurines. Hundreds of them. He worked endlessly on them. Gos... | 2 | |
[WP] The entire world is against me. It wouldn't be fair otherwise. | [
"In the middle of the night I jerk up from my nightmare, clutching at my nightstand for my glass of water. The first sip is Heaven, washing over my dried out membranes and cracked lips. The rest of the glass goes down quickly and I wind down once again amongst my pillows. I close my eyes and count my breaths, *one,... | 10 | |
[WP] Two dads wearing apparel denoting them as "World's Greatest Dad" run into each other. As per the Dad rulebook, the must have a Dad-Off to determine the true World's Greatest Dad. | [
"Keeping my hand from shaking took a lot out of me. My signature needed to be flawless, this document will be reviewed in history classes for centuries. I dropped the pen. That was it, the first dad-off in almost three centuries had begun. \n\nMost dads are too cowardly to wear a \"Greatest dad\" shirt. Some take i... | 3 | |
[WP] Boomer! Are you there? Boomer! Booomerrrrr! We have to get out of here! | [
"...Floogal Flo said aloud.\n\n\"Where is he?\" Said Floogal Fleeker.\n\n\"Probably hiding from the hoomans which is what WE should be dooing!\"\n\nFleeker and Flo scrambled behind the flower pot as boy hooman walked by with a garden hose.\n\n\"THERE you are, Floogal Boomer! Let's get back to the ship so we can fil... | 1 | |
[WP] The world ran out of power. You got a map that tells you which houses have solar power. | [
"Faith followed him through the tangled ruins, ducking under fallen girders and clambering over piles of broken brick. The mask on her face was heavy, its plastic view ports constricting her vision to mere tunnels. Each breath of hers was labored, forced as it was through makeshift filters screwed onto the mouthpie... | 1 |
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