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[WP] Deathmarks are the counterpart to birthmarks and begin appearing in the final weeks and months of a person's life. | [
"I remember a fire. Nana used to sit me down by that fire and tell me all about life and death and the nature of the stuff in between. She told me about how birthmarks show how we died in a past life, and how deathmarks would be how we left this one. My birthmarks were just the death marks of the person who came be... | 4 | |
[WP] two hundred years in the future, human evolution has stagnated. However, due to our and advances (and our meddling) several other of earth's fauna have started to catch up. | [
"News Flash: Government gives a green to the primates for manual labour. Cities to adopt law ASAP. \n\nWith opposable thumbs and almost near-to-hipster intelligence, the chimps have proven useful in civil works. Although the head ape has yet to thumb the contract, many of the refugee mammals have already taken over... | 1 | |
[WP] An astronaut dies on board the ISS. Not everyone is convinced it was an accident. | [
"\"John... Jooohn..?? John!\" his mother shouted as he had another one of his moments. 2 weeks, 2 weeks and 3 days since his brother, Danial had passed away. He never expected this to happen, he always thought that since he was 7 years older he'd be the one to die first, and therefore spare himself of going through... | 3 | |
[wp] Christ has finally returned, but not in the way most people hoped. The statue of Christ The Redeemer in Brazil is now terrorising the nation. People call to their one true saviour to fight him: The Statue Of Liberty! | [
"Mysterious Stranger \n\nThe statue steps from its enormous base \nAnd slowly walks toward the city lights. \nA billion people kneel and hail its grace, \nTheir fervent prayers stoke its appetites. \nRed lasers stream from an unseeing gaze \nTo scorch the humans scurrying below. \nIt seems to grin and... | 4 | |
[WP] You're a serial killer, but you're so shy and polite that you can never seem to get people in the right position to kill them. | [
"Bloodlust coursed through my veins. *Kill. Kill. Kill.* The knife shuddered, held firmly in my right hand. \n\nI spared a glance behind me. Nobody was around, not at this time of night. Nobody except miss red-head, here. A fair target. She hadn’t noticed me yet, was still staring down at her phone and trudging alo... | 1 | |
[WP]While writing your essay on demonic possession you lose control of your hand, and it finishes your paper. The results were... unexpected. | [
"\"Demonic...possession...is a method that non-corporeal beings such as Demons can use to interact with the physical realm. Ordinarily...unable to touch mundane objects on their own...the being in question...can assume control over an existing corporeal body, displacing the original owner into the back of the mind,... | 5 | |
[WP] Whenever you leave your house, you find yourself walking in through the front door as if you'd just returned. | [
"Shower, check. Coffee with breakfast, check. Briefcase…\n\nHe swooped over to the coffee table and grabbed the bag lying on the floor. \n\nWhoa! Almost missed that one! He would have been in dire straights if he hadn’t remembered his morning checklist! He adjusted his tie as he walked through the front door-\n\nAn... | 1 | |
[WP]The Devil has used a loophole to leave hell and now lives on Earth. The loophole is that he has split himself into seven people who are the living embodiments of the seven deadly sins. | [
"**Chapter One: Pride**\nI've finally done it. I've escaped from the \"unescapable prison\". Do us all a favor, God, and stick to building pathetic little planets full of insignificant pests. Prisons aren't your strong suit. But then again, you didn't count on the greatest being to ever exist ending up in your so-c... | 1 | |
[WP] You have recently died. Some people you used to be friends with are using a ouija board. You decide to talk to them. | [
"I managed not to cry at my own funeral, although I'm not really sure why. Everyone was sobbing: My parents, my little sister Maddy, my boyfriend James, my close friends Danielle, Faith, Kyle. Really, I should have been bawling alongside them, but I really felt at peace. \n\nStill, that didn't explain why I was sti... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been training your entire life for one mission. The fateful day comes and you begin ascending the target's building.. Only to be foiled by the local law enforcement. | [
"The watch I was wearing could survive a nuclear blast. Each of my pens doubled as a syringe, each filled with a unique undetectable poison. My tie had the tensile strength of a steal cable and my suit jacket could stop bullets. I had trained for this day since I was 11, had woken up each morning and worked myself ... | 1 | |
[WP] We can't find Queen. | [
"Sadie sighed as Merrill told her the news.\n\n\"Again?\"\n\n\"Again. I went to visit her throne room, and it was empty. Will I be fired? Like the rest.\"\n\nSadie had a vague idea what she meant. More than anything else, Merrill would go missing, if her notes were to be believed.\n\n\"You're fine, dear. Let's just... | 1 | |
FYI: Mental illness awareness week is October 2nd-8th | [WP] Interview someone's mental illness. | [
"\"You know, I really resent that term\"\n\n\"What would you rather be called?\" I squint, unprepared for such a response.\n\n\"I don't know, maybe call me Cindy? That is my name after all.\"\n\n\"You have a name then?\"\n\nCindy rolls her eyes and I look back at my list of questions. \n\n\"Well,\" I regroup, \"Men... | 1 |
[WP] "I used to be human." | [
"I used to be Human, I remember what it felt like. The warmth, the joy. But that was a long time ago.\n\nI kicked the door as the sounds of screaming behind me echoed into the new room.\n\n\"So you've finnaly come.\" The blackened face behind the desk smiled, his voice rumbling with the rain, teeth glinting in the ... | 8 | |
[WP] She picked up the gun. | [
"She picked up the gun. Hands shaking, she dropped it.\n\nShe picked up the gun, pointed it at me, and pulled the trigger.\n\nShe picked up the gun, put it to her head, and pulled the trigger.\n\nShe picked up the gun, and threw it out the window.\n\n*\n\nHands still shaking, she flees the room.\n\nThere's a flash,... | 2 | |
[WP] Your job interview was definitely not what you were expecting. | [
"\"...And if you were to rate the pizza based on mouth feel, how many shrooms would you give it?\" I looked at the man interviewing me. He was regular all around. Not too tall, not too short. Well dressed. Looked like your typical office worker. Which I found out couldn't be further from the truth. \n\nI looked at ... | 1 | |
[WP] Most of humanity is wiped out in a cataclysmic event which destroys all records of current civilization except for a large collection of stock photos. They are discovered thousands of years later and are the only evidence of previous human civilization. | [
"\"Xel, come here, you gotta see this!\" The lone data storage that we had found on our expedition had taken days to read by our most advanced computer, but it had worked!\n\n\"Qel, what is it?\" \n\nI pointed my front arm at the display. \"Look.\"\n\n\"By the goddess...\"\n\n\"There were intelligent creatures here... | 2 | |
How would some of the most epic or iconic scenes would look from the player's perspective? | [WP] Your favorite movie/series/videogame is actually a tabletop RPG. The author is the GM and the main cast are his/her players... | [
"\"I attempt a dribble\" Hotshot explains\n\n\"Very well, roll a dexterity check\" the GM replies\n\nHotshot throws his dice \"16, with my bonus that is a total of 19\"\n\nThe GM rolls his dice behind his gm screen. \"You dribbling skill are to strong and best the enemies frontal defense.\"\n\n\"There is no way you... | 1 |
[WP] You find evidence that "mother earth" is more literal than we know - the reason the planet is experiencing tragedy, disaster, and climate change is because with each human born, mother earth loses some of her life force. | [
"In retrospect, it's kinda weird that we learned about it from TV. You'd expect Twitter to inform us first. But no, it was a man speaking on television who revealed the true nature of our world. The president of the United States, no less.\n\n\"My fellow Americans! it is with great trepidation, that I must inform y... | 1 | |
[Wp] Earth is a multigenerational prison created for Adam and Eve who were sentenced to 180 generations. You receive a message, along with the rest of the planet, that your time has been served and all will be teleported back to your mother planet. | [
"180 generations. That's how I've been punished. There is no explanation, no words to describe the cruelty of my sentence. I stood, facing my elders with tears in my eyes. Through my clouded vision I could see their bafflement at the clear display of emotion I was showing.\n\nHow could I describe the pain of losing... | 5 | |
[WP] Write a story about vampires but nothing I'd expect | [
"Hi there. Hopefully my story is different enough for you. I hope you like it :)\n\nTmarak The Vile slowly opened his hypersleep-encrusted eyes. He was lying on his back in the stasis pod and the lid to the canopy was open. He took a moment to take in his surroundings and allow time for his vision to adjust to the ... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone can read every body else's thoughts. Except you. You can neither read nor be read. Write your view of this world. | [
"I'm something of a pariah. I mean it is obvious to me, even without being able to read peoples' minds. Oh sure it would be great to read my mother's mind or my father's, like every-fucking-other person on the planet. \n\nYeah you read that right. Everyone can read everyone's thoughts, except me. To make matters wo... | 1 | |
[WP] Bored, you take out your calculator and divide by zero. It outputs an answer and within minutes, SWAT cars are outside your house | [
"I was incredibly bored on that Wednesday night, and was messing around with the calculator I always had next to me on my desk. I decided to divide 8 by zero just for laughs. Or really just one moment more of being semi-entertained before this calculator no longer was enough to keep me from my inevitable state of b... | 2 | |
[WP] You filed a national presidential candidacy—for fun. You actually won. | [
"It was never supposed to be this way. I was never supposed to be sitting in the freaking White House preparing to give the world a speech!\n\nRewind to 2 months ago and I'm with my friends, drunk. \"Hey Johnny you should vote yourself for president\" my friend said while taking a swig from his bottle \"yeah! I'll ... | 1 | |
[WP] The damned are rescued from Hell and brought back to Earth, but their suffering doesn't end. | [
"“We’re almost there, now shut up, I’m trying to listen.” Joel said, his hands resting lazily on the steering wheel as he drove himself and his two sisters to the valley of fire.\n\t\n“I’m so bored of this book Joel, like, ready to jump out the window bored. Can we please listen to some music?” Andrea said, her voi... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the power to reverse time but when you do a different timeline is created and a clone takes your place. When you die you meet all the clones who you screwed over. | [
"Amy sighed into the soft darkness, looking at herself. Several of herselves.\n\n\nMost of them were young Amys. There were nearly a dozen elementary school girls, and over twenty middle schoolers. She’d just been figuring out how to make her powers work then. She used to be so frustrated. Young Amy was convinced t... | 1 | |
[WP] Everybody has a timer above their head telling them how much time they have left to live. When your flight takes off everyone's timer changes to 20 minutes. | [
"**36:241:15:32:05** I closed my eyes for take off, an old habit, nervous about flying. I don't know why I still am, I have more than three decades before my death, this flight will go fine. I feel the plane drop slightly, than lift upwards as the wings, adjust for the climb to cruising altitude. \n \n**20:00** T... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up in the middle of the night for a glass of water only to find that all the dolls in your house are alive and have congregated in your living room. They are huddled together, then one of them slightly turns around and notices you... | [
"As I walk out of my room, I see a bunch of Jacob's (my son's) toys in the living room, accompanied with the sound of Jurassic World playing on the T.V \nGI-Joe turns around and catches a glimpse of my surprised expression. \n\"Hi there John, we're watching a movie right now, you mind talking to us later?\" \nM... | 1 | |
[WP] Make me sad! | [
"Two men in green uniform staggered slowly over a wide blasted plain. The plain stretched far to their left, right, back, and front. It stretched beyond the imagination. There were a few dead trees to break the monotony.\n\n\"I am dying.\" Yelts said. \n\n\"I envy you.\" Renard replied. \n\n\"Lay me down so that I ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the chosen one, destined to liberate the world from the totalitarian, dogmatic Overlord. You are also a middle-aged philosophy professor at oxford. You intend to defeat the Overlord via a philosophical debate in your smoking lounge. | [
"The Overlord came in through the door. He ducked, nearly bowing as he tried to fit through. The pommel of his greatsword whacked the doorframe, splintering the wood. He walked over to my lounge, the spikes of his boot breaking the floorboards with every step. *Repairing my floor will be a small price to pay for sa... | 1 | |
[WP] Various mages are entered into a sport where they must create a golem and battle their enemies' golems to win. You are one of those mages. | [
"I draw my summoning pedestal into the ground. Standing in front of the pedestal start chanting the incantation of metal for i am summoning the golem of metal. As I begin the chant the ground starts to ripple with energy as a metal head, a dragons, starts to emerge from the other place. As the chant continues the b... | 3 | |
[WP] The entirety of humanity becomes caught in a shared "Groundhog Day" style time loop. Millions of cycles later the effect wears off but what has become of humanity in the interim? | [
"*\"Wish us luck, Harrison. Hopefully, we'll see you soon. If things don't work out, it's been an honor working with you.\"*\n\nHarrison woke up on the floor of the lab. Harrison stumbled to his feet. \n\n“Thank you,\" Harrison gasped. \"Tell me, is everything outside—?” His rescuers stood in a circle around him; h... | 5 | |
[WP] Mysteriously all the Egyptian Pharaohs rise from their tombs and claim to be the rightful ruler of Egypt and declare war on each other. The UN calls in a specialist to mediate the situation, that person is you. | [
"\"Alright, we all know why we're here today. You guys have a little bit of a problem and I have to stop it.\" I was talking to the three Pharaohs in a jovial manner, hoping they would be happy.\n\n\"I know you've already killed most of the other Pharaohs, and... wait, where's Cleopatra?\" I asked them, but it was ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are transported back in time to exactly one day before any modern human created disaster (I.e 9/11, Paris attacks, etc.) Pick the disaster and explain how you would prevent or stop the disaster. | [
"Steve stumbled into the pub. He still felt uneasy from the jump. He was from the far future. He had been sent back on a special mission to prevent one of the biggest tragedies the human race had ever seen. \n\nSteve sat down at the counter and looked at an old analogue clock. It was only three in the afternoon. Th... | 1 | |
[WP] Earth is being used as the playing field for a galactic game similar to Pokemon GO. All humans are now the equivalent of pokemon and are assigned into one of 151 groups. You are the equivalent of a Mewtwo. | [
"Amanda looked at the new app. *Catch em' All!* had been reccomended by all her friends, the perfect combination of fun and exercise.... with a side course of revenge, naturally. The creatures in the game had managed to snag her little Hypno last week. With luck, someone would manage to capture the creature that... | 1 | |
[WP] Your best friend is diagnosed with cancer, and you're the only one who can tell them. | [
"OP here guys. I wanted to give it a try. It's my first draft and my first short story to write. Be easy on me, guys. If there are any advice/critiques you'd give me, I'd be glad to know.\n\nToday, as I'm giving these words life, I decided to tell my best friend a secret. I was not sure if I could do it, but I was ... | 6 | |
[WP] You're a down-on-his-luck gumshoe with a noir inner monologue. Recently, you've noticed that your monologue is getting a bit TOO good at predicting what's going to happen next... | [
"My being shines with the glow of a man with a good mind and a good heart. As I walk down the darkened, crime riddled street with a new kind of thinking, feeling like this route may be the one where I get a promotion, I notice a guy. Not just any guy, but a wise guy. The type who do whatever it takes to get into a ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an almighty deity who was tasked in creating one planet, and you created Earth. The only planet known to harbor life. But now you meet another deity from far far away who has also created life on their planet. | [
"(first timer, sorry if i made mistake with the rules/guidelines)\n\n\"WHEW, I need to rest after this\"\nan young man, covered in white robe, sat down on the Sun,\nwith his feet resting on Mercury. \"I think that's enough for now,\"\nhe said softly as he relax and admiring his greatest work of art.\n\n\"Hey\" said... | 1 | |
I'm assuming that she'll look closer to Lily than James. | [WP] Instead of Harry Potter, it's the Girl Who Lived: Jasmine Potter. Describe her encounter with Snape | [
"\"Impossible.....\" Snape thought to himself.\n\n He fought back tears as he met eyes with the daughter of the woman he loved most. He wore a scowl to hide the wave of emotion that was suddenly inundating him.\n\n'I knew this day would come..... but I never thought I'd be prepared for it,' Snape thought to himself... | 1 |
[WP] You are a senior medical student who just accepted a job, working in the cellar of medical school, preparing cadavers for the new students' dissection classes. Your first "assignment" lays in front of you. | [
"Often enough, I get asked why I wash my hands **before** I get to work. I'm not so sure myself any more, but while I'm humming to myself, rinsing off the soap and counting out the time until I'm done... it's cathartic. A ritual, more than anything. \n\nUsually, people like me have a nurse, or an assistant. I don't... | 2 | |
[WP] About 30 years into the future, humanity is coming to an end. Scientists have discovered that WiFi has a hidden long term negative affect to the human body that likely results in death. You may be the last chance of hope... | [
"“Free-Cancer!” Unsecured, signal strength excellent, password free. The network name flashed up before being quickly scrubbed from her system. “DiFi” appeared on the network list for a moment before meeting the same fate. Dr. Janice Sulaweyo laughed at the poor jokes, despite herself; it took a whole lot longer fo... | 1 | |
[WP] Two immortals discuss their favorite ways to die | [
"Tim pondered for a moment. \"Well, I can certainly answer the opposite of your question: drowning. It left quite the impression on me when I look back at my deaths and, at this point, rate them. I'm too anxious or can't stop moving. I have to be doing something. Drowning is just too slow. Definitely painful. I thi... | 6 | |
[WP] Born without one of your senses, upon your death, you are given the opportunity to experience any one day again but this time with all your senses. How does it go? | [
"I mean....I could touch her...like a blind man can stare at someone...but it's not actually seeing.\r\r\rI opened my eyes, mind a bit numbed by the fading dreams. She laid next to me, pressed against my body. \rHer heat wasn't unpleasant, even if it was warm under the blanket.\r\rWait....her heat? And talking abou... | 3 | |
[WP] You legitimately win the lottery 3 times, year after year. The government comes to your house in the middle of the night and takes you to area 51. They suspect you of time travel and want to study you. | [
"\"So let me get this straight. You and the agencies you work for think I have either the power to travel though time or some equipment that allows me to do so?\" The man in the dark sunglasses looked at me with no emotion visible and simply said \"Yes.\"\n\"Okay, so you kidnapped and interrogated someone who eith... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a dream where you hear a voice tell you, "don't answer the door!" You are awoken to the sound of the doorbell ringing. | [
"I shake awake violently. My dreams have become so real lately, they hardly feel like dreams anymore. The sound of that scream still echoes around in my head: \"Don't answer the door!\" The words seem to wrap around my brain in the haze that follows a morphine-induced sleep. It's hardly sleep at all, but that's the... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a veteran urban explorer. You've scoured abandoned amusement parks, old insane asylums, and even decaying government facilities. One day, however, you stumble across a structure that was never meant to be found. | [
"“Now, to clarify, is this going to be a real missile silo, or is this going to be a big hole in the ground like last time?”\n\nRichard shrugged off the jab and kept his eyes on the road. “It’s a real one, and you know damn well last time was a complete fluke.”\n\nDan nodded. “Complete fluke, couldn’t imagine it ha... | 1 | |
[WP] Your damn cat coughs up another hair ball... Except this one talks. | [
"I tilted my head, trying to allow the slim sliver of light from behind the trees to illuminate my keys. I have way too many keys. The jingle of keys continued, until finally I’d selected the right one. A turn of the handle and I was home. I reached to switch the light, worried I’d step on my cat. Though, perhaps ‘... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a demon working in Hell, when someone asks to see the manager. | [
"\"You'll need to make a sacrifice\" I told her, shrugging my shoulders. \n\n\"What do you mean?\" She asked, partly concerned but mostly offended. \"What do I even *have*? We're in fucking hell...I don't even have any clothes...\"\n\n\"Ya' got skin... blood...eyeballs... hands... I don't care. Pick something and ... | 2 | |
[WP] You get a message from God. He screwed up big time and needs your help to fix it. | [
"\"Dude why would you need *my* help. I'm just your average Jewish teenager.\" \n\nA man stood in front of me. He had summoned himself into my dream and took me to clouds. He had a long, white beard and told me that he was in need of my assistance.\n\n\"I am God. Mankind has disobeyed me and is straying away furthe... | 1 | |
[WP] "Funny how those who go looking for demons never fail to find them." A cause without a boogeyman to use as a scare tactic ends up making one, intentionally or not. | [
"The most successful campaigns - the ones that raise the most money, bring about the most change - are powered by fear. No one donates to cancer charities because of inspirational stories; they do it because they're scared. They hear about the woman who died, at twenty-four, a week after complaining of a strange pa... | 1 | |
This is my first post here, so sorry in advance if I've broken a rule (as I always seem to do). Besides that, just have fun with the prompt. :) | [WP] You are a veteran of the top secret Battle of Mars, the decisive battle of the classified Martian conflict that pushed back the aliens for good, but left you as the only survivor. Now, back on Earth, you must readjust to your old life while dealing with the PTSD that developed after the battle. | [
"I never really know when my PTSD will kick in however I have no control over it. My names Garry and I'm a retired general for the U.S army initiative \"The Immediate march, to alien Mars\" otherwise known as TIMTAM. I was working quietly in my office designing a new training regime for training Navy Seals.\n\nMy b... | 1 |
First prompt, don't be kind. | [WP] You write for a newspaper which exclusively prints excessively ambiguous stories but doesn't seem to realise it. Your most recent article just made front page, post it here. | [
"Things seem to be coming to a head in the case of Ernest Hills as authorities say their investigation has entered it's final stages.\n\nErnest Hills, known to most as \"Ernie\", is a man who needs no introduction. Over the past several years, he has been a member of this community, participating in his unique way.... | 1 |
I imagined a totally normal person who, upon waking, has no recollection of their former life, but don't let that restrict you. It doesn't have to be the U.S. President either, it could be the prime minister of the UK or the Supreme Dictator of Earth or whatever else tickles your fancy. | [WP] You are awoken by a member of your presidential staff in the middle of the night, only you weren't the president when you went to sleep. | [
"The sound of a siren echoes through the building, jolting me from my peaceful slumber. \"Mr. President!\" I hear coming from outside the room. Am I still dreaming? The man begins beating on my bedroom door repeating the words. \n\nAs I begin to regain consciousness I notice that I am not in my bedroom, where I had... | 6 |
[WP] Your dad left when you were young to go get some milk. You don't know that he is going on a quest for the best milk in existence. | [
"Beth gazed out of the window into the dreary British summer weather. Rain poured and poured and the puddles turned to pools and the pools turned to oceans. She was lost in deep thought. Wondering where it all went wrong. She had been reading but couldn't focus on her book. Family life just wasn't the same without ... | 2 | |
[WP] You have the ability to move objects without touching them. You've told everyone you're psychic because you know they won't believe the real reason... you can talk to ghosts and they move it all for you | [
"“What do you mean?”\n\n“I mean there’s no way we’re going to Ireland. End of discussion.” I kicked one foot up on the cheap tablecloth, absentmindedly ruffling through a deck of cards.\n\n“So that’s it? We’re just done?”\n\nI planted my feet on the ground and looked Mallon in the eye. “There’s nothing I can do. Do... | 1 | |
[WP] Write the saddest love story. | [
"I never expected to fall in love with someone through their diary.\n\n\"Excuse me?\" His mother asked me—she looked a lot older than I expected. \"But who might you be?\" I found his house using the address he himself wrote.\n\n\"A stranger for all intents and purposes.\" The weight of the book felt like fingers e... | 4 | |
[WP] In a meeting, your boss begins dancing. The clock JOHN melts. A Tyrannosaurus crashes through JOHN the wall. A woman in a CAN YOU HEAR ME JOHN wheelchair rolls up the wall. Reality is JOHN YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION crashing. | [
"Ugh... another monday meeting about the project that I'm in charge of. It's raining outside and I'm stuck listening to Anderson rabbit on about things I already know whilst Karren sucks up to Vasquez whenever he starts criticizing how I'm running \"Project Junebug\" as management decided to call it. I glance up at... | 5 | |
[WP] 2000 years after the extinction of humanity, and alien excavation group lands to discover what human art was like. After weeks of searching, they find a child's fridge drawing | [
"Piece title: Unknown\n\nArtist: Unknown\n\nArtist Species: Human\n\nMedium: Chemical analysis has determined the art to be made with colored wax, but rather than melted on, it was scraped on. The canvas appears to be processed biomatter from another species on Earth.\n\nFound in the crumbling megacities of Humanit... | 1 | |
[WP] He pointed the gun at me, looked me in the eye and said... | [
"He pointed his gun at me, looked me in the eye, and said: \"Wonder Bread is actually quite delicious!\"\n\nI, a man in my late twenties wearing naught but crocs, boxers, and a bathrobe, continue to aim my weapon between his eyes. My other hand held a basket of ice cream and the wretched white bread, and I quickly ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your dog is immortal. He's been your best friend for your entire life, but now you must pass on. You used to be happy you could never lose your best friend, but now he's going to lose his. | [
"73 years. That's how long Bucky and I have been with one another. I was 5 when he first waddled through my bedroom door on Christmas. My parents stood in my doorway and smiled as I leaped out of bed into a torrent of brown and shiny fur and puppy kisses. It, to this day is still one of the best moments of my l... | 1 | |
[WP] death isnt a single entity but is actually a dead loved one who is forced to bring you to the other side | [
"\"Shut up, you dufus, and listen!\" God took a deep breath and tried to calm Himself down. He did not forget what happened to an entire planet the last time he snapped. \"I am a loving God\", he reminded himself; and quickly counted to five billion. The clouds around him became tranquil again as he spoke.\n\n\"It ... | 1 | |
[WP] You slowly begin to realize that you are the love interest in a generic YA novel, but you want nothing to do with the protagonist. | [
"This morning in school some shit happened. For whatever stupid stuff I had done, karma had me locked up in the broom closet with that nerd in our class for 3 hours.\n\nFinally got home, after dinner and shower, it was still 8pm but I am already exhausted, so I got into bed and tried to get some sleep. \n\nFor some... | 1 | |
[WP] While surfing the web one late night, you get a notice on screen that reads "You have reached the end of the Internet" with a link. Against your better judgment, you click it. | [
"*Sigh* After surfing Reddit for a few hours, I decided to go to youtube. Instead, an error popped up, saying \"Error: 404 - Site not found.\" Weird. I must have typed the link wrong? Nah, it's the same spelling that works every single time. I retry anyways, except this time, a message shows up saying \"Error: 404... | 1 | |
[WP] Your guardian angel has decided to take the next step in protecting you, and has started telling you when people lie to you. However, your angel is not omniscient, and is particularly paranoid. | [
"They parted ways under a flickering neon sign that said *CPEN*. He watched her all the way to the subway station. Then she slipped out of sight and was gone.\n\n\"You can't put your faith in people like that,\" said Winifred, hovering just off the pavement. David shrugged.\n\n\"I didn't, did I?\"\n\nWinifred nodde... | 3 | |
Could be fantasy, but I think it would be neat to see a sci-fi take on this. | [WP] As one of the children of the king, you alwayes knew one day you might be married off to strengthen diplomatic ties to allied nations. You just always expected to marry another human. | [
"I knew my old man would never forgive me. For years I have lived under the old mans all mighty rule, walking on eggshells, peaking around the corners. Always moving from one shadow to the next as silent as my toes would allow. For the past three years I have only wanted one thing, one thing I desire from this worl... | 2 |
[WP] After death, society is separated based off of their belief system. | [
"Every religious person believes their path is the correct path. That only their school of thought is righteous, and only those who share their path will find eternal peace in the afterlife. The funniest thing is, they're right. Every single one of them. My colleagues and I have the distinct pleasure of being among... | 1 | |
[WP] You, as an immortal, have the ability to share your immorality with one other being. You now have to explain to someone close to you why you chose your cat. | [
"\"What do you mean?! **You don't make the rules**. Fine, I get that. But... I... how... why not *me*?\"\n\nJohn sipped his coffee from where he sat in the breakfast room. How to put this?\n\n\"Because you're *you*. And no matter what happens, happened, or will happen between us I will always love you.\" John said ... | 7 | |
[WP] You're a door to door salesman. You knock on the door and only after you see a black sign with orange letters that says "Beware of Doug". At first you believe it to be a simple typo, until a man answers the door and says, "HI, I'm Douglas. Can I help you?" | [
"\"Hi, I'm Douglas. Can I help you?\"\n\nJeff sold door to door life insurance. Jeff is normal and boring and there is nothing more to say about him. Because of this; Jeff's character is much more connected to the reader. This creates dramatic tension. Now hush about Jeff.\n\nHowever, Douglas, Douglas is a fine pie... | 1 | |
[WP] It has always been said that when you first see your true love, time will stop. One day as you are watching the morning news, you see the photograph of a young woman who had been murdered the night before. In that instant, time stops.....and then it travels backwards. | [
"Hey guys, this is my first time trying something like this and english is not my native tongue, so dont be too hard on me. But good critique is always welcome. Hope you guys like it. \n  \n_____________________________________________________________ \nRain. The sound of rain. It pours down. The whole ... | 3 | |
[WP] A character continually attempts to make their cliche heroic self-sacrifice but — much to their frustration — always ends up surviving, however inexplicably. | [
"He was walking with a demon's pace through down the sidewalk of 6th and Beatrice toward the capitol building, a crackling voice sounds through a makeshift speaker device.\n\n\"One suspect, One hostage. He is armed, tread with extreme caution.\"\n\nHis pace quickened somehow as he turned the corner to see a single ... | 2 | |
[WP] Scientists have discovered that roughly 50% of the human population are infected by a parasite that slightly affects the human brain. They start to wonder how it changed history. | [
"Our recent findings have shown that, throughout history, many people have been infected by a very small and hidden brain parasite. It latches on to the brain at the Amygdala after maybe months of careful navigating around the brain. These parasites feed off of the neurotransmitters that transmit emotions, but one ... | 1 | |
Scientists have discovered a planet, called Proxima B, orbiting the closest star to our sun – a red dwarf known as Proxima Centauri, which lies 4.2 light years away. What’s more, there are clues that it could, potentially, have some similarities to Earth. But its orbit around its sun is 11.2 Earth days, and its distanc... | [WP] Tell a story about Proxima B. | [
"We are the Proxima B colony. We were always told to never leave the domes. Maintenance on the domes was always from the inside. I have never seen the Earth, but my parents did. My generation is supposedly the only hope for humanity with the 10+ billion people on Earth. I always longed to see the Earth, or even the... | 1 |
It comes with a 30 day trial just like Netflix. | [WP] Death is now something people can buy. You have to advertise it. | [
"Are you tired of eternity? Have you gone through a dozen spouses already and are starting to realize even wonderful things like love are wonderful only because they don't last? \n\nHere at Peace Atlast we can solve all of your problems in one quick blast of the head!\n\nDid your deuche of a great great great great... | 1 |
[WP] An alien transmission is made public to earthers, however, we don't want to respond right away for lack of seeming desperate. | [
"\"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!\", President Barack Obama squealed. \"You will never guess who just texted me!\" \n\"Who, Mr.President?\", sighed Joe, unexcited. This happened at least once a week and almost always the answer was 'Kendrick Laymar' or some other African name. \"Okay so you're not going to believ... | 1 | |
[WP] "Who the hell are you supposed to be?" "I'm Doc Brown and this is Marty McFly" "Alright, well I'm Rick Sanchez and this is my grandson Morty..." | [
"Marty came to a halt and glanced at his watch - 11:38 PM. Not too bad - with any luck he’d be home within the hour, with his parents none the wiser. The wind shifted and pushed against his stubbornly unzipped windbreaker. Stuffing his board in the crook of his arm, he shoved his hands into the recesses of his pock... | 3 | |
Sorry if this prompt has already been done. It's my first time posting here, so enjoy! | [WP] You were cursed at birth, but the curse was set to appear at a random point in your life. You woke up today, on your twenty-third birthday, to find that the curse has been enacted, and every knot in your presence unties itself upon getting close to it. | [
"\"Yo, I'm off to the pool ma',\" Jack said sprinting out the kitchen door. The other kids were still shoving cereal into their mouths but Jack was too anxious, he hadn't even tied his shoes. \n\nHe sprinted down the hill, swinging a left by the Georges' colonial home and came up at the pool. It was a small gated c... | 2 |
[WP]You are the director of the agency that, every fifty years, exchanges communication with a civilization fifty light-years from Earth. This time, however, there is no response. | [
"The Director sipped his coffee, aware even as it trickled down his throat in a cold stream that it was his sixth cup of the evening. His face felt tight, eyes wide like some kind of deep sea fish that didn't need to blink, and his foot was tapping at the thin grey carpet to a beat so rapid that the sound of it nea... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future, people can connect their minds to control "hive robots", where all of the controller's consciousnesses contribute to what the robot does. You are a detective who is tasked with figuring out which mind in a captured hitman robot was responsible for the murder of a famous actor. | [
"\"Wire me to any patrol bots near the crime scene.\" I said, as i prepare to connect to investigate a case of murder. Not any ordinary murder, but one of the famous Oscar winning actor, Sebastion Jones.\n\n\"Detective Alex Burton, LAPD.\" I said to the officer at the scene. After being let into the crime scene, I ... | 1 | |
Bible, Quran, other books. They all work fine for this. | [WP] People are allowed into heaven as long as they lived their lives by their own interpretation of the bible. You've just allowed in the strangest person yet. | [
"I mindlessly stamped the folder in front of me, barely paying attention to the papers in front of me. The woman whose folder I approved thanked me and went though the golden gates behind me, fading away after she walked a few meters past. \"Most likely taken to her family\", I thought in the back of my head.\n\n T... | 1 |
[WP]The chosen one is dead. | [
"\"What do we do now?\" Gabriel said with tears in his eyes \"We don't know, he was our last hope all we can do now is pray\" as The Profit looks up hoping to see something. Michael lay dead on the battlefield, Wings covering most of his lower body, ripped apart, as the enemy army marched towards what remained of ... | 1 | |
[WP] It was a dead city on the edge of a dying land. | [
"I walked the sand-ridden streets, the desert had encroached upon this place long ago, this place was once a beacon of humanity's dominance over nature, a technological centre where miracles happened every other day, now it was just another husk, a dead city on the edge of a dying land.\n\nA ran my hand across the ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your name is P. Simon. One day, you sign for a package and the courier leaves before you have a chance to realise that it was actually addressed to Poseidon. | [
"*Ok Paul, don't freak out. You have Poseidon's package* \"Fuck.\" The God of the sea. I have his. . . package. \n\nThe amazon box sits in front of me. No larger than a loaf of bread. I can barely look at it. If I look, it feels like he will know it is in my possession. I stare at the table. Using my periphe... | 4 | |
[WP] Wanting to break up the monotony, you decide to crash the massive house party down the street, only to discover- far too late -that it's a blowout for ancient religions. You're the only mortal in the place and others are catching on | [
"Poseidon was busy making a beer fountain when he noticed an unfamiliar face. Poseidon met most of the gods over the course of his existence, but this new god seemed peculiar. Poseidon knew it was not his place to confront the peculiar god, so instead he asked Zeus to sort this out. Zeus, being in a particularly go... | 1 | |
[WP]God decides to take a break from Heaven to hit the Earth clubbing scene. While being with a woman she yells "Oh God" and he gets paranoid that hes been found out. | [
"*God has gone home with Beth, a woman he met at the club. They are currently having sex.*\n\n**Beth:** Oh yeah, harder, harder!\n\n**God:** Yes, my child... I mean, shit... Okay, will do! \n\n*God's love-making intensifies.*\n\n**Beth:** Oh God, yes!\n\n*God stops.*\n\n**God:** Uh... What?\n\n**Beth:** Hey, why'd ... | 1 | |
The hajj is the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim has to do once in their lifetime. | [WP] First contact: Aliens arrive in Saudi Arabia for their Hajj | [
"His Facebook feed didn't actually change that much in the following weeks, months.\n\nHis racist older family members still hemmed and hawed about those goddamned Muslims. Young black men were still shot down in the streets, justified because they were 'thugs', 'had records' or were committing petty crimes. \n\nTh... | 1 |
[WP] All his life he has had paradoxical reactions with drugs. Takes his sleeping pills early morning to keep him awake and drinks a cup of coffee when he can't sleep. | [
"My condition came to light last year after a risky dive to catch a Frisbee. Yeah, it sounds like the origin story of a very lame superhero, but this round of Frisbee wasn't the crucible for my weird affliction; it was merely a revelation. I used to have trouble sleeping, tossing and turning and cursing myself, thi... | 1 | |
[WP] No, I don't work for the side of good. I work for the side of balance, and for now, there's too much good in the world. | [
"He stood over the body and watched as the blood pooled at his feet. He knew there was no escape but it had to be done, he saw that now. What at first seemed like the insane ramblings of an asylum patient had become crystal clear the longer he thought about it.\n\n\"There is too much good in the world, if we don'... | 2 | |
[WP] You found a paper with God's number. For fun you texted "Sup?". God just replied with "Not much. You?" | [
"God just texted me back. I can't believe this is really happening. I always had trouble believing in God, but now he's on the line.\n\n*[Text from YHWH] Do you know how many people pass up those phone numbers?*\n\nI didn't have a clue, so I quickly tapped out a response.\n\n*[Text to YHWH]What do you mean?*\n\nThe... | 3 | |
[WP] There's a haunted house attraction in your hometown. You don't know it's really haunted until you get recruited for it. | [
"The Maryville Morbid Morgue Mansion popped up every year in an abandoned warehouse, just far enough away from the suburbs to entice kids, and with enough parking space for our little town's entire fleet of minivans. I scoffed at the banner, covered in cartoon bats. Was it a morgue or a mansion? And this wasn't eve... | 1 | |
[wp] an immortal goes on a killing spree to try and end their life. | [
"\"I don't know who it was that romanticised immortality. I don't know who it was that made immortality appear to be a gift. Whoever they were, I loathe them, I despise them. Immortality is *nothing* but a curse. At the beginning, when I first became immortal. It was cool, fun even. Then I saw all those I loved but... | 1 | |
[WP] She's the girl next door. She's always the girl next door. | [
"Wednesday\n------------\n\n21:10\n\nIt's hard being so close to a girl that will never love you. Who has your heart, but you'll never have hers. That's Rebecca, the fifteen year old blonde haired goddess next door. She lives with her parents in the huge yellow house that's far too big for the three of them. I reck... | 1 | |
[WP] While everyone else finds someone who completes them, you find someone who cancels you out... | [
"Vin stared into the bottom of his drink, watching the ice melt. He brought the glass up to his lips, fishing for a stray drop of bourbon. Upon finding only water, he set it back down on the counter and let out a dramatic sigh. \"It's useless,\" he said, just loud enough to pierce through din in the bar. In his per... | 1 | |
[WP] you're trying to complete a writing prompt but keep get distracted | [
"I'm gonna write the best writing prompt ever. Maybe about aliens, or time travel or hell. Ooh this is going to be a good one. \nJust need to word it ok...\n\"[WP] A mysterious tall gray stranger knocks on your door one day and tells you to follow him to help shut the gates of Hell in Sunnydale\"\n\nHmm, that one s... | 1 | |
[wp]You recently moved to a new town. And although everything seems normal, one thing isn't. Everyone is constantly smiling. Whilst sleeping, at a funeral - they are always smiling. And those who stop seem to be disappearing...and you want to find out why. | [
"My family moved to a new town called SunnySide Hills. It was due to my father who stationed at a nearby military base. \n\nBefore we got inside the gated community, we saw a ten year old boy. He urged us to turn back now. However, a single resident shooed him away, before letting us in.\n\nWhen we got there, every... | 2 | |
[WP] You have always had terrible eyesight, so when an experimental medication to treat it comes along, you sign right up. It works great, but slowly you realise that your ability to see is increasing without bound. | [
"Dark, muddled lines contrast a stark, white background. Squinting, I can barely distinguish separate sentences on the bottle.\n\n\"Use your glasses, Jim.\" Helen interjected. \"The pills might work, but you've gotta take them first.\"\n\nAfter sending a sarcastic glance to my wife, I lift silver-framed spectacles ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story about a serial killer posing as a xylopolist who kills his victims through tyrotoxism. | [
"\"Allow me to be off base here, for a sec, would ya?\" the rookie cop said, to the serial killer in back. They were sitting in him and his partner's squad car. His partner was just outside the driver-side door, talking to HQ through a walkie-talkie.\n\n\"I wood...\"\n\n\"Ok. Why go around telling people you wanna ... | 1 | |
[WP] You decide to write letter to yourself for you to open in 5 years. much to your shock and disbelief, the next day you find your future self has written back | [
"I didn't think much of it when my teacher, Mrs.Ferguson, assigned us another trivial task. \"These will make you think back at all the good times you had!\" She would say. There is nothing about High school that I want to remember. From all the jocks beating me up to getting rejected by females, I was happy to kno... | 1 | |
[wp] you have the ability to freeze time. Everyone, and everything freezes. You just froze time, and you see someone moving around | [
"Most people, if they had a supernatural ability, would probably use it for the gain of money, or assets. Maybe a small percent would use it for the greater good. But me? While I had the power to freeze time, I mostly used it to get to places on time – namely work and university. Yes, yes, I know I could just steal... | 1 | |
[WP] After endless wars across the years due to different religions, people finally find out where God left his final message to his creation. It's not quite what they expected. | [
"The pair couldn't believe their eyes as they stared at the results on the screen. \n\nTheir minds were both reeling, frantic and thready. The silence in the room only broken by the ragged breaths. \n\nThis wasn't a forgery, there could be no mistake. This couldn't be a hoax, and they were the first to view these i... | 3 | |
[WP] "You can have time or you can have money. You will never have both." | [
"It's been a long time that I have given up hope for better control of this. At first I blieved that I obtained some kind of super power. To everyone else looking in I was focused on work. When others saw me I was a shark eating his way through wall street and not a thing could stop me. You put a cage around that d... | 1 | |
[WP] When calling in to win on a popular radio program, you miss being Caller 9 by one call. But as Caller 10, it turns out you just won something better... | [
"\"Fuck it!\"\n\nI looked at the phone in my hand. It was 30 minutes left until the concert started and I missed my chance on the last-minute pass, that would have allowed me to just walk straight in. Tonight was the last Kent would play, and I were now doomed to never see my favorite band play live. I felt my eyes... | 1 |
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