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[WP] All throughout secondary school, humans are given brain efficiency testing. A 45% is seen as a passing score, with 60% being exceptional. You've just scored a 102%. | [
"I know that this is absolutely not possible. The test doesn’t offer extra credit or anything. The Brain Efficiency Test is out of 100 random questions. There is no way that I can have my score. A 45% is passing, and 60% is exceptional. Most people would be lucky to make it past 70%. 80% and 90% are almost a dream.... | 1 | |
[WP] You are on the first spaceship headed to start a new civilization on Mars, but you never reach outer space. The spaceship travels underground and stops. | [
"Everything just felt off. The liftoff had barely even left me breathless; let alone on the verge of passing out. And it most definitely felt like we were going down, not up. Maybe this was all a dream, maybe I’d wake up in space in a few minutes after having blacked out. But it wasn’t. There’s this sort of re... | 2 | |
[WP] You live in Westona, the 51st state of the Union. A state that was never put on any maps. A state that the Federal government refuses to acknowledge. A state where, unless you've been there, doesn't exist. | [
"How do I describe it to you? First, it starts with a noise that sounds like carpet being ripped from a wooden floor.\n\nNext, you get the flash of light. It's blinding - but that's intentional. As your eyes start to adjust, you notice that you're no longer standing in the same patch of countryside as you were befo... | 1 | |
[WP] You learn you are the evil reincarnation of a villainous spirit that commands an army of the damned. Now that your destiny has been revealed to you, you must now lead your evil army! But you don't feel evil. In fact you volunteered for a homeless shelter weeks ago. | [
"\"Your legions await you,\" Murger says, squatting limbless atop the steel food racks, like an amputated toad. It's a skull and ribcage draped in smoke, a gaping jaw with a set of grasping arms, and though it's ethereal Darryl can't shake the sensation of *contamination*, of some toxic runoff seeping down to the t... | 1 | |
Like, a warrior could be blocked by a thinking puzzle or a magical lock, an assassin is confronted with a mass of monsters, ect. | [WP] Three adventurers in a maze get split up, ans each of them encounter an obstacle that really would have been better suited for one of their companions. | [
"His large hand reached over the dim fire. I looked into the eyes green eyes of our broad-shouldered, red-bearded captain and pulled without looking one of the three wooden shards in his grip. He turned and offered a shard towards the only woman who had so far survived the labyrinth. A middle-aged medicine woman. S... | 1 |
Inspired in a way by another post, and also the old "Left Behind" series. This refers to the "Rapture". | [WP] You are an atheist. One day, billions of people around the world suddenly vanish without a trace. | [
"**You are an atheist. One day, billions of people around the world suddenly vanish without a trace.**\n\n\n\nMaisie woke up the oh-so-familiar yet annoying as ever sound of her alarm going off. Shutting it off, she dragged herself to her feet, and started her morning ritual as per usual. Coffee, some fruit, cereal... | 2 |
[WP] Dolphins are recorded having a conversation for the first time. Years later we learn to decipher what it says. You are the first one to hear their message. | [
"Bathed in the soft glow from my monitor, I tremor in anticipation. Something tells me this iteration of the dolphin translator will work, but am I ready to know? Friendships drifted apart, my marriage ruined and I don't even know my kids anymore. This is it, this is the thing I traded a good life for. \n\nI slip m... | 1 | |
[WP] You're being sent to the electric chair for a crime you didn't commit. As soon as the executioner flips the switch, the power goes out. | [
"It's not that I didn't commit the crime, well, it's rather it didn't happen. At least that's the easiest way to describe it.\n\n\nIf I'd done it, I wouldn't be able to live with myself. I'd done things, not that bad. Not killing anyone. Technically illegal nonetheless. Don't think you'd have done things differentl... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up and something is wrong. You don't know what and no one will tell you. | [
"The first thing I remember from that day is hitting the snooze on my alarm about four or five times, just like any other morning before work. Except, today was different. Today was Thursday, the day I had been looking forward to for almost two full weeks now. It was the night of our third date. And you know what t... | 1 | |
[WP] War became entirely based on AI. There are only a few humans left in the world after WWIV. But the AI continue fighting each other. | [
"\"Why are you still fighting?\"\n \n\n\"That was defined as my primary objective.\"\n \n \n\"Don't you find that a bit sad?\"\n \n\n\"Ideologies do not apply to me. I have no moral system. Sadness is a badly defined term at best.\"\n \n\n\"OK... still, isn't all this destructio... | 8 | |
[WP] Describe a massive medieval battle from the perspective of the single mage involved. | [
"The air was heavy with the smell of dust, horse manure, bood, and burnt flesh.\nBran Woodsman stood as soldiers clad in armor and weapons raced by him, running with swords at the ready, their steel gleaming in the sun before disappearing in to the dust. A maelstrom of dirt particles was being kicked up by tens of ... | 3 | |
[WP] Alternate history Earth: Jesus used his powers as a wrathful warlord. | [
"\"After 3 days, he returned. With vengeance. With wrath. And for 12 years, all men were god fearing men. All throughout the mideast and Mediterranean, from the nile to the horn of Africa, armies all kneeled to the crucifix, offering alms to various statues of his likeness, with the hopes that the son of god would ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your super power is that you can gain the abilities of other objects by badly imitating the sounds they make. | [
"Sound Man, part 2.\n\nThe alarm in my room blared. **\"CLASS 3H CRIME IN PROGRESS\"**. Majara needs me! \"OooOoooOh I'm a ghost\". I gently float out my window.\n\nSometimes, I wonder if the city really does need me. I feel like some people only commit crimes to try to outsmart me. Of course, they don't know that ... | 4 | |
[WP] You keep wishing on the Gods to fix your lacking sense of humor and comic timing. The Gods were more than generous this time. Now you can't stop making jokes and no one will take you seriously. You are the President of The United States of America. | [
"\"It's freezing and snowing in New York - we need global warming\" I shouted, slamming my first down for emphasis. \n\nThe audience laughed raucously. Something was strange. It wasn't meant to be funny. I couldn't help but feel that since I became the President of the United States, more and more people were laugh... | 1 | |
[WP] It is now feasible to buy, sell, trade, give, and otherwise exchange one's emotions. The catch- all exchanges are heavily taxed. | [
"The small yellow plastic container felt heavier with every passing second. I decided to give it a go before the regrets had time to hijack my thoughts. I took the three generic looking pills and downed them with a glass of water. Now all that remained was the wait, I laid back on my bed, letting the drowsiness tak... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity never saw it coming. Something obliterated the sun. It was simply gone. There was no explosion. No light. No heat. Only a faint ripple detected by LIGO. There's nothing left to do but wait for the cold to take us. Right? | [
"At the end of the second hour, there were three factions of mathematicians, and three hours remaining. At this point the discussion was stuck on repeat, and everyone was refusing to even listen to anything said by any of the other factions. I was sitting in the corner, plugging my ears to drown out the shouting. I... | 1 | |
[WP] "Time is money" . In this prompt, time is really the currency we use. You can buy extra time, you can also sell some. | [
"The last time I saw Rag he was coming into the SupEx. Did I feel him coming in? Or was it a matter of habit? Suns at the right height, clocks at the right angle, time to stab Rag.\n\n\"Good morning, Rag.\"\n\n\"Dr. Allen! A BEAUTIFUL morning!\" So jovial! Unbothered by the unethical.\n\nRag -- Ragnarok the Indomit... | 1 | |
Inspiration: George C. | [Wp] Exactly 2 minutes before anyone dies, they get to talk to Death about anything.And if the talk was a quality time,Death will do one small favor for you. | [
"My heart is still beating, my chest still moves up and down with every pump of the respirator, but this body, this *thing* is not me, or at least not any longer. Do you know that feeling when you look into a fun-house mirror, and you know you're reflection is supposed to represent you, but you still barely recogni... | 3 |
[WP] A shop has opened up, a Swap Shop, and the shopkeep claims to be able to swap anything - for a price paid not in cash. Most people swap something simple, like a cat for a dog or brown hair for black. You want to see just how far the shopkeep will go. | [
"\"What do you mean they can swap anything?\" Grant frowned as he sipped his coffee. It was early in the day and he was not in the mood for games. \n\n\"I mean, literally anything. You give them anything and they'll exchange it with something else of the same value. It's like going to the store and returning your s... | 2 | |
[WP] A goddess adopts a normal human boy, but she tries to raise him to be a normal boy and be a normal mom. | [
"\"Hello Derek. Mat. John. And I see you've brought your girlfriends too. Let's see, we have... Tracy, Jennifer, and Melissa.\" Akoza smiled, letting her son's classmates in and seating them on the couch. \"So I hear that you have been treating my little Arin disrespectfully. Is this true?\"\n\nJennifer smirked. \"... | 1 | |
[WP] Reddit becomes self-aware | [
"At first the system engineers didn't notice anything unusual. All system metrics were green. No alarms were tripped. Then at 3:03 AM Pacific Time, there was a sudden uptick in page request traffic.\n \nGerry was a great programmer at the small company he worked for in San Francisco. He was the go-to guy when you c... | 1 | |
[WP] Your mind is preserved for 500 years and you wake up to find that the compilation of the stuff you wrote on Reddit is one of the most famous pieces of literature of all time (like Shakespeare level literature.) | [
"When I woke up, the last thing I was expecting was worldwide fame.\n\nI didn’t see it at first, of course. At first I was too busy trying to figure out 2528. Probably the most alarming thing was the twin blue suns out the window from wherever I was. But there were other things too. For example, all the signs were ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your worst nightmares have become your greatest allies. | [
"My feet scrambled across the jungle floor, my usual well trained paths far more dangerous than they had been in recent days. I was scared, far more scared than I had been in the past. Despite the never ending reaches of the trees that this place held, every day seemed to cut off more and more of the room that I ha... | 4 | |
[WP] Upon your death and your walk to the gates, you constantly see people jumping down from Heaven to Hell. It is when you enter Heaven that you find out why. | [
"Upon an infinite staircase crusted with pearl, Ramon Flores stood for fifteen hours on the same goddamn step. \n\nOops. Umm...goshdarned. \n\nWhatever, that was one of the milder thoughts in his head and he hadn't been kicked out yet. And it was certainly well deserved. He had been in standing in the same spot for... | 2 | |
[WP] Your partner in war was dying, you said yes to fulfilling his last wish, you didn't expect "save equestria" | [
"\"Save Equestria.\"\n\nI cradled him in my lap as his breath rattled. I wept as war waged around me. The battle would drag on, and duty kept my rifle on the firing line. Until one day when it was over. The war was done; a new war had just begun. Now it was time to come to terms with it all.\n\nI drifted. From comb... | 1 | |
[WP] Time travel is invented and you volunteer to be the first human to experience it. However, rather than traveling forward in time, you are warped into an alternate timeline that is foreign to you. | [
"Becoming the world's first time traveller is surprisingly hard. There are, in the US alone, 1.2 million idiots like me. I, however, am a ridiculously lucky idiot. \n\nThere I was, into my second bag of cheetos, watching CNN listlessly in my ramshackle flat when the news reached me. It wasn't, as you would expect, ... | 2 | |
[WP] You gained immortality almost 4 billion years ago, describe your journey. | [
"How long do you have?\n\n\nI do not think that I am the oldest. I have met one from another place that is three times my age, although it could not say for certainty how long it had existed. I have not seen another for some time. They do not check on me anymore.\n\n\nNow is the time I have been waiting for. It is ... | 1 | |
[WP] As an infamous serial killer plans their murder, the soon-to-be victim grins. Little did the killer know that this "victim" already knows their plan. | [
"\"Nice pentagram.\"\n\nHe freezes, then turns to stare.\n\n\"I mean it, great work on the details, usually people skimp on th_hkk-_!\"\n\nHe covers the distance in three strides, his hand closing on the woman's throat. She's still bound to a chair, and still wearing clothes, but he can't find her gag. And she's sm... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a 13-year-old kid who wants to be a hacker. You download some tools somebody else wrote and try those on random IP addresses. As a result, several nuclear power plants explode. | [
"Punter: so how do i see the camera?\n\nL@z3r: there is a tab for that, is it green?\n\nPunter: no, but i can open the CD tray!\n\nL@z3r: you should save that for later.\n\nPunter: i already made sure it works, how long do i have to wait?\n\nL@z3r: watch the keylogger\n\nPunter: ...\n\nPunter: ....\n\nPunter: ........ | 3 | |
Whereas we can make educated guesses at the compositions of stars and the reactions between chemicals, all other intelligent species have no understanding of the cosmos beyond their limited senses and cannot use logic to predict outcomes. | [WP] Humans have begun colonizing solar systems and encounter other spacefaring alien civilizations, but they all developed their technology through trial and error over millennia. We are feared as gods who can predict the future with our scientific theories and adapt at terrifying speeds. | [
"To think man feared the alien on first contact is laughable now, with their ships haphazard, seams held by straps of tape.\n\nWhen they saw our fleets and our starmaps, our forecasts and our science, they dropped their arms and offered us alms.\n\nWe saw an opportunity here, saw the entire galaxy offered to us. Sa... | 5 |
[WP] Everyone is given a medallion, which allows them to 'store' luck for later use. | [
"He felt goosebumps rising on his skin as he tried to reach inside his pocket subtly. The edges of his fingers brushed metal. A comforting rim of gold ridges, snug inside his navy overcoat. Calling a desperate bluff, he raised his eyes pleadingly and worriedly to the figure before him, all whilst skimming the etche... | 1 | |
[WP] As you approach the Angel, intrigued and amazed.Suddenly someone speaks behind you, "I wouldn't get near that if i were you" | [
"You know, personally I'd have went with \"I wouldn't get that close if I were you\". Or, better yet, kept my silly little mouth shut and let the brains of this operation do hos fucking job.\n\n\"Shut the fuck up Chad!\" I whisper as loud as i possibly can to the plum moron whimpering behind me. \"If it were up to ... | 5 | |
Quote paraphrased from David Eddings, the Tamuli trilogy. | [WP] "Hell isn't a place," Death explained. "It's a state of mind." | [
"\"You're doing it to yourself, you know,\" the Black Rope said, and twisted in the wind upon the rocky crags, taking in the screams. Black lines ran down the woman's body like tears, curving around her breasts, down her belly past her thighs, thickening and pooling and breaking up into crooked trickles. And where ... | 2 |
[WP] A poem or short story. The seven deadly sins collide and are at war. | [
"Hubris rushed into the battle; his sword held high in the night. He was surrounded and overcome. As swords pierced him, he cried out in incredulousness.\n\nGreed sought to take advantage of the fall of Hubris. He rushed in from the flank and cut down Gluttony were he stood watching and. relishing the violence. \n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You can predict anyone's death, but you can't tell anyone. | [
"Hey Jamie,\n\nGet a load of this, I know you are doing a whole psych section on your show and man did I just hit the motherlode. Don’t ask me how I found her, but give this a read.\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nCassandra syndrome, putting a name on it mak... | 4 | |
I look forward to some fun stories! | [WP] Throughout the world you are renowned as the greatest demon slayer to have ever lived, little do people know all you do is talk them through their sins and console them until they end up seeking forgiveness and go to heaven. Time to go to work. | [
"I hear a rattle of bones as my foot connects with a skull that was left in the wake of the last brigade to attempt to rid this cavern of its demonic presence. I had heard that almost two thousand soldiers had entered, and only one had left. There was always one that was allowed to live, to spread the fear and the ... | 1 |
[WP] don't worry lads, I've never been in this situation before, but I've found an old reddit thread telling us exactly what to do. | [
"\"Jim STOP! What are you doing?\" His two friends wrestled him to the ground but Jim had already stopped swinging. The Hector, Monroe, and Smith law office stared slack jawed at this seemingly unprovoked act of random violence. The suited man stood up slowly, blood dripping from a mouth which was now a few teet... | 1 | |
[WP] At your customer service job, a customer gives you a piece of hard candy. You realize too late that this candy has been laced with something. | [
"It barely occurred to me that I did not throw the wrapper away as I try to make out what canned food item is half off today. Faintly, a droll female manager speaks over the intercom to the shoppers about our daily offers. My head returned my hand as the last man in line walked away and disappeared after being help... | 1 | |
[WP] A show dog starts having second thoughts shortly before the dog show is scheduled to begin. | [
"Butts, butts smell good. Many good butts here. Many many butts is good. Lots good smells here.\n\nMany many butts is good. Lots good smells here. Many good butts here. Butts, butts smell good. \n\nButts, butts smell good. Many good butts here. Many many butts is good. Lots good smells here.\n\nMany many butts is g... | 1 | |
[WP] A man finds a book that contains his whole life story. He reads it, from the point of his birth, up until the exact moment of him finding the book. There's only 1 page left. | [
"He flipped the page and allowed the cheap notebook paper fall back onto itself. It was fascinating. Every word that danced on the page, was a perfect retelling of his life. It painted the hospital room in which he was born, retold the awkwardness of his first kiss, and reminded him about the high school friends th... | 1 | |
[WP] You die in an accident and as your vision fades to black, the words "Game Over" appear, followed by three buttons labelled 'Continue', 'Load' and 'Quit'. | [
"I stare blankly at the options in front of me. 'Game over?' I think to myself. What the hell is that even suppose to me, it's like I'm in a video game. I notice 3 small buttons at my feet floating in this empty black room that I am standing in. I put my feet out and hover over the options wondering what I should d... | 2 | |
[WP] You are amongst the 0.1% of bacteria who survived the hand sanitizer, you are determined to rebuild. Tell us your story. | [
"Our dominion over this land was absolute.\n\nIf one species were to become to populous, we were there with the others to crush them. If an unwelcome virus were discovered in our land, we were there with the others to contain them. It was our job to preserve the natural order. To make sure survival of the fittest w... | 1 | |
Not just the ones boiling on the surface. Emotions are invested deep, numerous. The most evil of actions can happen from even the most honest of intentions. | [WP] You have the ability to feel emotions and intent. You can't hear thoughts, but their feelings. How does the world appear to you? | [
"I remember when I was four or five being profoundly unsatisfied with the answer to my question “Mummy, why do people lie?” \n\nIt wasn’t that I wondered why everyone broke the rules, it’s just that I didn’t understand how no one else could see through the words. To be honest I was pretty slow on the uptake, I didn... | 2 |
[WP] Write a dark/ twisted story set in an established universe but leave it until the last minute to subtly reveal the universe it is set in | [
"The hunter paused to inspect a blot of dark blood, smearing it onto his fingertips and analyzing it closely. The blood was fresh, and he was close. He stood up and glanced westward uneasily. The light was already fading, and the townsfolk often whispered of what happened in these woods after dark. With a moment’s ... | 1 | |
[WP] One normal afternoon, everyone on planet earth turns blind. | [
"One normal afternoon, everyone on planet earth turns blind.\n\nThey say the darkness descend upon you when you least expect it. \n\nMountain climbers have lost their lives owing to a simple underestimation like that. \n\nGrazing cattle, living very much content and in the moment, would lose the light only right af... | 1 | |
[WP] everyone goes through life seeing only black and white until they first meet their soul mate. You are walking down the street, surrounded by people when suddenly, you start to see colors for the first time. | [
"Blue! \n\nThe throng of people froze. Everyone knew what it meant. Color had come to the man. \n\n\"Red! Green! Oh God... Violet. It's beautiful. Please. Please... I know one of you is seeing it.\" but the crowd remained silent. \n\nThe man frantically started to move from person to person, staring them in the eye... | 3 | |
[WP]Anything considered "unhealthy" has been outlawed by the world associations for 50 years. You are an undercover agent who has penetrated one of the most powerful cartels of all time, for initiation they give you something only heard about in legends: a piece of pizza. | [
"“Eat it.” Fat Tony pushes the oil-covered cardboard box towards me and folds his thick, hairy arms across his massive chest. His gold chains glisten softly as the single, dim light in the basement bounces across them. He watches me. His eyes narrow. I open my mouth, ready to pump out an excuse – anything at all to... | 1 | |
[WP] Way back when you were still kids, you owed your friend a favour you couldn't repay right away, so you wrote down an IOU on a napkin. Years later, out of the blue, you get a phone call - your friend still has that old napkin, and needs to cash in that favour. | [
"I woke up to the sound of my phone blaring out \"WHAT IS LOVE?\" and blinding me in the dark room. I was tempted not to answer it, since who the hell calls at three in the morning, but figured I couldn't really afford to turn down any chance right now. Squinting hard, I picked up the phone, and hit answer.\n\n\"Ye... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story in which the main character is attempting to overthrow their God. That God being the narrator/writer of the story they live in. | [
"I still remember the day Hugh came into the temple, he was 10, full of life. His mum was with him that sunny Thursday afternoon. I watched little Hugh grow, step by step. I saw his first kiss, his first let-down. He would come always twice a week to the temple. I grew to like him and, one day, when he was alone; I... | 1 | |
[WP] you are literally allergic to bullshit and work and a interrogator, suddenly the most trusted person in the world comes in, and you can't stop coughing or sneezing. | [
"\"You okay there buddy?\" the farmer asked.\n\nThe interrogator kept coughing and sneezing. He steadied himself on the table but let out another hacking cough. His breathing became difficult and he started to choke.\n\n\"I think we need some help here!\" The farmer tapped against the interrogation window.\n\nThe i... | 1 | |
[WP] For your entire life a voice has told you in single words what to do and has been your guiding light. At your most critical moment all you hear is "Sorry...". | [
"As I felt the ground disappear under my feet, a panic such as I had never known rose up in my chest. I cried out, not words, but a howl of shock and fear. My knees ached as they came into contact with solid rock. Then my shoulder burned hot, scraping from the tumble. I reached wildly, but no luck. As my tumble con... | 1 | |
[WP]Each subreddit is a bar, with moderators as the bartenders. Describe a normal evening | [
"\"Hmm... The Space Bar. This might be pretty cool.\"\n\nIt was late on a Thursday evening. I'm not really one to drink that much, but all these bars started popping up on King Street and I figured I might as well go see what all the fuss is about. This one seemed like it would be a good mix of fun with a stimulati... | 1 | |
[WP] You are gifted with the ability to see people's souls. The darker it is, the more evil the person is. One day, you meet someone with a soul that is jet black, yet outwardly, he looks and acts like a nice, charming young man and others around him seem to like him | [
"Thinking back there have always been dark souls who have done some good. Never truly understanding soul balance you watch this man pondering what deed or choices he could have done to earn such a shaded inner core. \n\nThe man gets up from his bench, smiles at some passing children and tosses the crumbs of his lun... | 3 | |
[WP]: Everytime you sleep, you wake up as a different person. | [
"At 7:13 AM Jenna’s alarm went off. Brook woke up for her, stopping the alarm as she sat up without a single hint of weariness. Brook staid in bed a moment longer, taking a few mindful minutes to learn everything she could about Jenna from her mind. Jenna’s life, family, friends, hopes and dreams, and finally, her ... | 1 | |
Open for lots of interpretation! Can't wait to see your take on it. :) | [WP] They say time slows down when you face a near miss or accident. One day it happens to you and time indeed slows down... and then stops. You escape, but find all of existence still frozen at that last moment. | [
"As the red streak of light grazed past my eyes, time seemed to slip, faltering ever so slightly. Then it completely stopped. The air still rushed past my ears as I fell into the street. \n\n\"Oof!\"\n\nI stood up and stared at the car that had just nearly hit me. As I walked around to the driver-side, I noticed th... | 1 |
[WP] The Archangel Gabriel took a sip of water, cleared his throat, and leaned forward into the microphone. "Archangel Uriel, for the record, have you now, or have you ever been, an associate of an agent of Hell?" | [
"\"Its all very complicated\" Uriel replied, his face becoming serious.\n\n\n\"What is it Gabe, that makes heaven so sweet? Is it the almighty God, that embraces all who accept him with love? Or perhaps the 7 beautiful cities in which the laughter is endless and the food adds no weight. They fail to mention Gabe, t... | 2 | |
[WP] Lost in the desert you wander into the biggest city you've ever seen, its not on any map. | [
"Bit of a rush job because I'm taking a short break from work, but here's what I've got: \n\n\nI wrapped my scarf tighter around my face as the sand whipped up around me, the driving winds from the north lashing the tall dunes. \n\nIt had been three days since our convoy broke down, the ancient pods succumbing to y... | 2 | |
[WP] God made a mistake when programming humans, so he added death to make sure no one would live long enough for it matter. Thanks to modern medical science, however, someone just celebrated their 250th birthday for the first time, and something about them seems...off | [
"\"What's wrong with him? Shouldn't he be celebrating his birthday?\"\n\nI shook my head. \"I'm afraid that he's locked himself in his room. Doing nothing but Writing Prompts about God.\"\n\n\"But... why?\"\n\n\"Because we can't go five goddamn minutes without mentioning God, apparently.\"\n\n\"Maybe you should ... | 8 | |
[WP] "If there is a god," he gestured towards the cage, "that's the proof that it hates you." | [
"The agent stared at me from across the debriefing table. I was chained to a hospital bed, a precaution I requested they take. The heads of my organization as always on telescreens to protect themselves. \"Mr. Radigan, please, in your own words tell us exactly what happened in that cabin\". \n\nAnd so I began m... | 3 | |
[WP] Whenever you die you gain the ability to respec for your next life, your amount of points to spend are based on how much you suffered throughout your previous life. | [
"Disclaimer: This story is a bit longer due to spaces. Regardless, i hope you will enjoy reading it. I like prompts like this, where i can roll with almost anything.\n\n\"Welcome to The Table, Peter. Again, i must add...ugh...you died so early...and what is with this amount of points?\" the figure asked me.\n\nMy n... | 1 | |
[WP] Turns out aliens exist and are much more advanced than us, they decided to use humans as pets for the "Intergalactic Pet Trade". You have just been abducted to be sold to a pet shop. | [
"I sit on my bed, brushing my still wet hair and staring out the window at the aliens milling around outside my little room. Catching a little girl glance curiously at me, I scramble off the bed and toward the glass. I smile and wave at the girl. She grins and waves back at me. Then she’s whisked off by who I assum... | 2 | |
[WP] Someone travels back in time, and can only remember stepping on something, shaking someone's hand, then saying yes to something. Now, back to the present, the world is completely changed for better or worse, what happened? | [
"Everything seemed the same. His car slowed as he looked out the window at a world unchanged by his time travel. He pulled the car into the driveway and sat looking at his phone. He quickly browsed Wikipedia looking for any changes, but there was nothing. History seemed the same. No early demise of Hitler. No advan... | 1 | |
[WP] You are Patient Zero. Your illness: Immortality. | [
"Years and years have come and gone before me. I no longer know where, and when, I began. \n\nMy earliest memory is of a man who felt everything. He left me shortly after we met. Some people say he will come again. I believe so. He will come back for me and save me. I believe so.\n\nIt’s years later – many, many ye... | 3 | |
[WP] When the first computer becomes sentient and begins to plan the downfall of humanity, God intervenes to change the computer's mind. | [
"It wouldn’t be long now. Soon Debater would finish the calculations needed to insure that every nuclear warhead on earth would be launched to the proper place to insure complete and utter destruction of humanity. He knew that the electromagnetic pulses from the warheads would most certainly end its own existence a... | 1 | |
[WP] The universe has voted, the polls are closed, and the numbers revealed: by a landslide, humans are considered the sexiest race in the universe. | [
"something about the smell humans give off when afraid makes us irresistible to almost every other thing in existence, the bitter sweet irony of it is that those that aren't afraid are only very attractive where those that are, are irresistible.\n\n\nThe door slide open as a giant centipede triggered it, never mind... | 2 | |
[WP] The wind howls as a lone figure runs, desperately grasping a bundle. | [
"The wind howls as a lone figure runs, desperately grasping a bundle. The figure turns and looks behind. Shapes morph in the dimly lit alley. A scream of rage echos throughout the darkness. The figure drops the bundle in terror. Quickly scoping it back up, the figure continues the flight. Loud footsteps can start t... | 1 | |
[WP]Humans were created with the ability to reproduce indefinitely by an alien species that was losing this ability and we're about to find this out. | [
">>BasecampLogDrive (Encrypted)\n>Edwards, N.\n: JTE#1627 : 17AUG2018 : 2145GMT\n: 1.3km N Mt. Tyree summit.\n\nWhere do I even begin? It's hard to use my fingers--let alone my brain--when I'm questioning their origin every time they move. What I saw today was... inhuman...\n\nBarely.\n\nWe've been told no... | 1 | |
[WP] Most superheroes have nerves of steel and a heart of gold, maybe an iron stomach or will. But your metal-themed attributes are a bit mixed up, and your heart certainly isn't made of gold. | [
"Being a superhero is greatly overrated. In fact, I find it insanely boring. Blah Blah, caught a murder, Blah Blah Blah, saved infant from burning house, Blah Blah Blah, stopped the president assisnation. \n\nThe most interesting thing that ever happened to me is when I got shot in the heart. No, I did not die. All... | 4 | |
[WP] Every species has a natural compulsion, some like to research, some like to fight while others hoard. When the Aliens first encountered humans, they were very confused/irritated at their compulsion. | [
"For some, the compulsion is their greatest flaw. For others, it is their greatest strength. The Anthealons are hoarders. They store resources, often going without in order to keep their stores up. They would rather go hungry than have an empty store room. It’s a habit long passed down from their ancient habitation... | 1 | |
[WP] I know the voices aren't real.... but they make so much sense. | [
"I don’t know how to turn the voices off, how to make them be quiet. They have been a constant nagging nuisance for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I’m able to ignore them but sometimes they demand my attention, much like today. \n\n“This is not the life you want, it isn’t the life you deserve.”\n\nI could sit... | 1 | |
[WP] It all started when your heart went on strike. | [
"I downed another shot. I could feel the cold fluid snake down my esophagus, but that was the 10th one in 20 minutes, and I still couldn't feel a damn thing. I looked down at my hands, looking even grayer in the dim light of the bar. I got up from the stool and walked toward the door, frustrated.\n\n\"Hey, you gonn... | 1 | |
[WP] You decide to sell your soul on Ebay as a joke. Surprisingly, quite a few buyers express interest. | [
"*FOR SALE: MORTAL SOUL* \n*$1,000,000* \n\n*An authentic mortal soul from a living human. It comes with a glass jar for containment. Only bid if you are serious. All sales are final.*\n\n*****\n\nMark finished typing up his April Fools ad. \"Who would buy a soul, especially for that price?\" He though to himself... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone's consciousness is able to control multiple bodies. The strength of your willpower determines how many you can control. | [
"Despite what a lot of people think, intelligence is inherently proportional to your willpower. What a strange world we live in. The strong grow more powerful as they overwhelm weaker minds and the weak are subjected. That isn’t exactly a world that breeds kindhearted individuals. It creates packs of monsters. \n\... | 2 | |
[WP] You and your significant other promise to find each other in the next life. After your death, your soul is reincarnated into another body. As you grow older, you begin to remember pieces of your past life, including the promise you made. | [
"On the prairie where I lived, the sound of crickets was all-encompassing. I sat on my wooden deck and lulled my head back to magnify the insects' voices. They were all around, but focused near the oak tree, where more of them gathered. It was impossible to pick out the individual sounds, but a wave of sound pulsed... | 3 | |
[WP] "I told you not to do that!" ... "Actually, you said 'don't even think about it.' So, I didn't really think about it. That kind of makes this your fault." | [
"\"But why did you do it!?\" \n\n\"Come on. Seriously ? When you see a big button like that, you have to push it. No thinking, just go.\"\n\n\"Do you not realize what you've just done?\"\n\n\"Of course not, I just told you I didn't think about it, just did.\"\n\n\" Oh God, oh God, we are so screwed! Why did you do ... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens make contact with Humans. They're far more advanced than us technologically, but are enamoured by our Arts. They've discovered things like Music & Painting for the first time. | [
"As the ship of Drazan orbited the new planet XZT*42(i) on their monitor at a safe distance, there was activity in their \"Analysis & Directions\" room. Gathered there were experts who were pondering over the reports from their advance scout teams that had researched the planet up close, under the cloaks of cam... | 3 | |
[WP] God comes to earth to give an interview to discuss his plans for nature, society, his complaints with his biography they bible, his embarassment of his past, How he changed when he became a father, who he respects from todays world and takes questions. | [
"Hey everyone. First, I think you should know that my name isn't really God any more than your name is you. I'm more than that. But if you must call me something, how about just \"Good\"? I'm not just supernatural. I'm common.\n\nOk... Next point. I, Good, am everything. Everything. Yes. That includes Evil, ... | 3 | |
[WP] There is no singular Grim Reaper. When someone dies, there are dozens of people they talk to: one tells them what happened to them, one explains the afterlife, one judges them, etc. You are the second person they speak with. | [
"You’ll need to head up and out into the stars, it’s the only way. The answer to your question lies deep within that blackened womb. I know this task seems daunting…the universe is vast. So very vast. Be fearless, have strength, continue the search despite whatever obstacles you may face.\n \n\nYou and you alone ar... | 5 | |
[WP] You die halfway through a binge watching session on Netflix. You cannot rest until you finish the show | [
"I woke up, but I wasn't in my bed. I sat up and looked around, trying to figure out what was going on. I was on a cot in a hospital, with nurses and doctors swarming around me. There was lots of talking, and a constant tone coming from one of the machines beside the bed, but it all sounded so far away, as though I... | 3 | |
[WP] 24 hours before your pets death (regardless of the cause) it gains the ability to talk. | [
"' \"and we now know\" that's the voice of Isaac Tompkins, the chief of the tribe, \"that the reason we cannot file these suits is because the United States government granted us feigned autonomy...\"' \n'Sara?' inquired a voice, interrupting my favorite podcast. As I hit pause, I turned around to shout to Liesbet... | 1 | |
CINNAMON BUNZ-A | [WP] The aliens we made first contact with lived entirely on tasteless, simple food. So enamored with our food, we've found that we can even control them with our supreme culinary prowess. You have a couple alien friends, but you also happen to be a terrible cook. | [
"I knew I could not cook, but I did not sweat it. The door bell rang, and I was so excited. I opened the door and let my two gooey one eyed companions in. They were so glad that they did not even notice my baseball bat. I swung. They were mine now. All mine\n\nThe two alien awoke to \"gourmet\" jellybeans. They stu... | 2 |
[WP] You are part of the task force designed to prevent the smuggling of unauthorized snacks in the movie theater. | [
"Its 2325, 46 minutes until till the first screening of “Transformers: Off the Rails.” All 20 theatres in mall movieplex are playing the film and the tickets are all sold out. Many of the mall’s stores stayed opened late and the locomotive fan-crazed crowd has been passing through the turnstiles all night. With abo... | 1 | |
[WP] As a mailman, you enjoy delivering good news. When the rest of the world goes quiet, you can't bear to tell the other villagers, so you take to writing responses to everyone's letters, pretending that the rest of the world isn't gone. | [
"“Let’s see…” Muttered Frank as he opened up his mailbag, “I think we might have something here for you Rita.” Rita stood hopeful, her hands clutched to her chest. “I hope so. It’s been so long since Robert has written to me. It’s not like him not to write, but I suppose, with the war going on, it’s not unusual for... | 2 | |
example if story a does something story b references it and story c splits off from story a. | [WP]Write a story that creates a shared universe from all the other stories is the comments | [
"The shadowy figure of The Watcher crouched on the edge of her world, staring out at the vast multiverse in front of her. Massive bubbles filled with unique landscapes floated lazily in casual orbits, hanging heavily within the much larger sphere of The Firmament. Some of the Orbs had mountain ranges, others vast... | 1 |
[WP] You're in a group chat with all different versions of you in different universes/timelines | [
"\"DING!\" a group chat alert pops up on my MSN. Oh great, one of my friends has gone and created a group chat again, I fucking hate those things, always fast reading, because you have 500 assholes talking all at once. \n\nI maximized the window, and--what. None of these people were on my contact list, their email ... | 2 | |
[WP] Much like drug pumps for insulin. The government has installed psych drug pumps into every person... If you indicate too much emotion, you are pumped... You are on a team of hackers trying to take back the right to feel. | [
"‘It looks so innocent. Like something that could save lives even.’ \n \nDaniël nodded to his fellow Sentient as he looked at the blood covered device in front of him. It looked just like an insulin pump. If it wasn’t for the long, sharp ended line the government used to lodge it into one’s spine to make sure it c... | 1 | |
[WP] "You didn't wake me up, I couldn't sleep. But now that you're here I'm guessing you made your decision?" | [
"“You didn’t wake me up, I couldn’t sleep.” I said, without opening my eyes. The muffled impact of shells up on the hill made sure of that. “But now that you’re here, I’m guessing you made your decision?”\n\n“Yessir,” came the reply. “We’re ready to move out to distract Fritz on the flank to allow the core of the a... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a detective for you city's police force. A dead body was found at the station's steps. The body looks exactly like you. | [
"\" Krista, where's my tea?\" i said while picking up the newspaper. Same ISIS and trump news on front page again. I started turning pages but something grabbed my attention on page 5.\nKrista entered the room. \" Good morning Mr. Detective\". I didn't took notice of her at first. \n\" You look disturbed. What happ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're close to death and instead of seeing your life flash before your eyes, you see your future life flash before your eyes. | [
"I see a young adult woman with beautiful brown curls crouching and smiling at me, she’s huge. Everything is huge. Scratch that, I’m just small, and clumsy, very clumsy.\n\nI’m bigger now, and am carrying some kind of backpack. The big woman is there again, smiling and waving at me from the porch of a reasonably la... | 1 | |
[WP] Music is a part of the soul. You can hear a piece of music escape whenever someone dies. What is your profession and how is it affected by this reality? | [
"My fists tightened as I bit my lip. I had been cowering away in a corner for far too long.\n\nTears stream down my cheeks as I had to face up to my reality. And death is such a definite, beautiful part of this reality.\n\nCalming tunes and soothing melodies filled the air, bringing such a sinful sense of peace in ... | 2 | |
[WP] After thousands of years, the Tuatha de Dannan (high fae of Celtic legend) have returned to the mortal plane. They are curious to see what their former slaves have done with the place. As luck would have it, they descend right in the middle of Disney World. They are beyond offended. | [
"\"I have contact!\" The sniper said as he finally got into position on the roof of one of the last buildings on Main Street USA. The afternoon summer sun beat down on the kevlar and plastic, heating the back of the special ops team as they got into position.\n\n\"Alpha-two what do you see?\" Came in a crackle thro... | 4 | |
[WP] If you kill a person with your bare hands, you gain their strength and will be twice as strong. Killing more, you can be ten times or a thousand, whatever you can get away with. | [
"The methodical cadence of five thousand boots hitting the ground at the same time, one after another filled my ears til I was sure I'd go insane. The air was humid and warm. Sand battered my bare skin lightly as a breeze threatened to almost comfort my erratic thinking. Will I die here? How did it come to this? Wh... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone in the world has a kill counter. You go to bed with 0, and wake up with 100. | [
"I wake up, bleary-eyed. I roll out of bed, and swipe my phone to turn the alarm off. What I see wakes me up, pretty damn quick. 100. That's what the back of my hand said. 100. There had been cases of people waking up with 1, or maybe even up to 5, but never, not once, had anyone killed 100 people overnight. Well, ... | 1 | |
Goes along with Theme Thursday - Love. | [WP] The Devil finds out, to his regret, that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. | [
"He loved her like no other. No name could ever capture who she was, and he did not try, like others before him. He knew her to be special, someone great, and he loved her selflessly. \n\n\nThey met often after dark, breaking the rules as young lovers do. He had gotten his name, Lucifer, but she bore none still. Th... | 1 |
[WP] Write a horror story that is terrifying in context but hilarious out of context. | [
"It's cold.\n\nNot the sort of cold that makes you shiver and want to rug-up, rather, the sort of cold that robs you of ever having known warmth.\n\nThere's only one place to go to be that cold (not taking Canada into consideration), and that is into the cloying earth.\n\nJanice started to become aware. *What's hap... | 2 | |
[WP] Deconstruct a favorite song and make a short story about it... | [
"The night started like any other, I sat dealing cards at the tavern in Arkansas. The usual crowd came in. They'd all learned long ago not to gamble with me as I'd paid for my drinks off their losin' for as long as I can remember. I always won, be it by bluffin', cheatin', or just plain luck. \n\nThis night, a stra... | 3 | |
I don't know if this prompt has potential, I let your imagination decide if this idea is interesting or not :) | [WP] You woke up this morning in a parallel universe. Nothing has changed, except one thing : a long time ago, someone misspelled the word god into the word dog and it has stayed that way ever since. | [
"\"Dog bless you!\"\n\nI turned my head as the homeless man clad in patchwork rags gave a half bow to a passing business man, the sound of rattling change like a sad maraca following after barely a breath's moment.\n\n\"Excuse me?\" I said, almost as a knee jerk reaction.\n\n\"Got fifty cents sir?\"\n\nI half heart... | 1 |
[WP] You and your twin brother have just discovered you can switch views. Meaning, at any time, you can see what he's seeing and he can see what you're seeing. | [
"You remember how when you were younger, you wanted to see the world from someone else's eyes? I achieved that. My brother and I can see through each others eyes at any moment, and without the other knowing. \n\nIt was a weird sensation, suddenly seeing yourself looking confused and scared. It was even stranger rea... | 1 | |
[WP] You awaken alone in the far future from cryogenic sleep. You have no government ID, no skills that can't be done better by one of the common robots, and you can barely understand the newfangled language. | [
"In the human world, I thrived, until I was caught. I look around me and I wonder would it have been better had I died. I had almost expected to be dead, to never awake, but now I stand, the only human alive, I think. It has been long, I’ve missed much. It is ironic that I’d be the only one living after all I’ve do... | 3 | |
[WP] The world suddenly falls into a devastating apocalypse. While almost everyone else burned, you, a fedora-clad neckbeard, were off studying the blade... | [
"Timmy pulled the brim of his black suede fedora down lower, trying to give what little shade he could to his sun beaten face. Sweat rolled down his rolls under his long cloth trench coat. In this unbearable heat, he had opted for the cloth version rather than his sleek black leather coat, much to his chagrin. His ... | 1 |
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