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[WP] Mankind finally makes first contact, the aliens are extremely immature. | [
"\"I don't understand, they have developed space travel, and found us amongst the stars, why can't they listen to us? All they want to do is get their way; they feel as if they are entitled to it...\"\n\n\"Well, they are the ones with the superior firepower, don't they have the power here? We might have to give in ... | 5 | |
[WP] Everyone is assigned an RPG-esque class once they turn 18. Most are pretty mundane (Farmer, Merchant), and a few get more fantastic classes (Necromancer, Dragon Knight), however, you were assigned one of the rarest: the unique class, "Copycat". | [
"My first submission to the subreddit, hope ye like it!\n\nIn the little hamlet village where I grew up, there was a phrase, stamped in iron lettering on the front of the church of The Tarot, “God does not play dice”, that may be true, but he’s a bastard for cards. \n\nThe Tarot, for most is an occasion that is mar... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up from a weird dream and check your phone like you do every morning and noticed that you have recorded footage from inside your dream. | [
"\"Ahhhh!\" I yelled as I bursted awake. It had to be on a Monday, of course. My heart was racing, I was covered in sweat, and my hands trembled as I reached to check the time on my phone; 3:00am. \"Shit,\" I thought as I struggled to catch my breath. I had to get up for work in just two hours. I was so fucking sic... | 3 | |
What is it? And how/why is it done?
Also, does your protagonist feel okay with this decision or not, why? | [WP] your protagonist takes his last sip and pays his drink. He/she leaves the bar knowing it has to be done. | [
"The money was placed on the bar and all he said was, \"Keep the change.\" He'd overpaid massively but that didn't matter. It wasn't a decision he had taken lightly but it was a decisions that had to be made and if he wouldn't make it who would? Maddox? Dex? No. None of them would.\n\nAll his life Alan had wanted t... | 2 |
[WP] Your parents have been providing you with "monster spray" to use under your bed since you were a kid (over twenty years ago). You thought it may be just fragranced water, but it's like a security blanket. Last night you ran out for the first time. You wake up to whispering underneath your bed. | [
"Old habits die hard. \n\nI mean who would have thought that at 25 years of age, living in my own flat, and for all intents and purposes a fully functioning adult, I’d still be afraid of the dark? More specifically, things *in* the dark.\n\nIt really shouldn’t matter that the little bottle of ‘Monster repellent spr... | 1 | |
[WP] Scientists discover a planet made from the imaginations of humanity. | [
"*Follows the record of subject A. \nSubject A profile: \n- Occupation: Artist \n- Age: 45 \n- Gender: Female* \n \nHave you ever seen Awe? \n \nI don't mean seeing someone express that emotion but the emotion itself. \n \nNo? \n \nWhat about Lust? \nWhat about ambition? \nFear? \nDesire? \nRegret... | 3 | |
[WP] "I used to be..." | [
"In love, happy, completely blind to what was realy going on. I used to live every day smiling in a misguided wonder oblivious to the fact that i was loosing her , that the beautiful eyes that never left my own now wondered upon another. i used to be such a fool.\n\nNow as time goes on, i replay and stress over eve... | 4 | |
[WP] You're an infamous pirate and known by everyone. But it's not because of plundering, stealing, or being ruthless | [
"\"They say he's Bulletproof.\" \n\"Aye, but what of his many conquests?\" \n\"Conkwestes?\" \n\"Well, he *is* a Pirate, isn't he? Can't be a Pirate without stealing anything...\"\n\"Oh, right... Well, I s'pose he mus' of, musn't he... But I never heard nuffink 'bout what, like...\"\n\nI sigh and leave the poor ... | 2 | |
[WP] A curse has been placed on you causing each day of your life to get progressively more boring. Yesterday you sat on the couch eating Cheetos all day. | [
"I remember the day he uttered those words.\n\n\"Each day that passes, your interest wanes\n\nUntil your apathy is all that remains!\"\n\nYeah I'm sure, mate. I'd got into my 1st choice of University, made some great friends and my fresher year had only just started. He was just a bum shouting at anyone who looked ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a scene from any Star Wars movie from the point of view of a random soldier. | [
"\"A fucking Jedi dude!\" NUJ19 said between chugs of beer. \"With a lightsaber and everything!\"\n\n\"Yeah right, Nudge,\" the bar keep said. \n\n\"I'm not kidding! Lord Vader dueled him and killed the dude!\"\n\n\"Wait Vaber's a Jedi? Is that why he has that weird strangle thing?\" WND81 asked.\n\n\"He's a Smith,... | 5 | |
[WP] You are the Hunter from The most dangerous game, and one of the people you are hunting is...different | [
"\"No! Please no! I beg you, don't shoot!\" He said, cowering against a tree, I lowered my gun, to make him feel... safer.\n\n\"Huh. It's not like you to beg, Casper. The game is almost over, just one last kill.\"\n\n\"You or me, huh?\" He replied. \"That simple?\"\n\n\"I think you're using the term simple, incorre... | 1 | |
[WP] The protagonist is desperately trying to avoid harem shenanigans. | [
"Shit! It's a beach episode again!\n\nSakibora Kizuki knew where he was even before Yan removed the sack over his head. The sound of the water, the rough feel of the grains of sand between his toes, the stench of fish... They all filled him with dread.\n\n\"Ta-da, Master!\" Yan rubbed up against Kizuki, chest espec... | 1 | |
[WP] One day there is a knock at the door, opening you find yourself face to face with your exact double. They tell you that because you haven't managed to achieve it, they are here to replace you and get things back on track. | [
"My first jab was quick and well placed but so was his, our fists met and we both recoiled. \"I too always aim for the throat.\" His voice was annoying, i hated the way i sounded.\n\nHe pushed in with a kick and crashed over the key dish next to the door. My cats ran from the noise and i took several steps back to ... | 7 | |
[WP]Pluto is sentient and highly mobile and back for revenge. | [
"“Not a planet, eh? Just because you altered the requirements for something to be called a planet doesn’t mean you can just strip away my identity. How would you feel if I said that you have to be capable of feeling compassion to be called a human from now on? Doesn’t feel good, now does it? Suddenly not qualifying... | 1 | |
[WP] You just found the cure to a deathly disease but by sharing it with the world you'll be killing more people than the amount of people you'd save. | [
"I am a coward. \n\nEver since I was a teenager I knew death was at the end of the tunnel. All my accomplishments, accolades, bonds, loves, and attire all meant nothing when you simplify it, but yet why do I hesitate. Is it because I'm only 35 that I hesitate to make the only logical choice here. What kind of a a m... | 2 | |
[WP]After successfully inventing a wearable teleporter, you regret making it so you have to get a running start to make it work. | [
"Teleportation.\n\nI'm sure someone will figure out what went wrong.\n\nI've been staring at the darkness for two fucking days........ I mean, what was I thinking testing this thing out? The tests look promising and I made a mistake. One. Fucking. Mistake. \n\nI took a ragged breath and tried to calm myself. Fumbli... | 1 | |
Maybe it has a few anti-counterfeit measures yet to be implemented in 2016... | [WP] While sorting through your wallet/purse, something about a $5 bill catches your attention: despite being completely authentic, the date on it is 2020. | [
"I've never lead a perfect life. I have gotten into more fist fights than I can remember and taken more drugs than I can count. The voices tell me I'm normal even though everyone else say I'm not. I trust the voices. The bag I'm going through isn't mine, but I doubt I'll see the owner of it any time soon. That's th... | 1 |
[WP] You are the first person to climb Olympus Mons from base to summit. Tell your story. | [
"Olympus Mons is twenty two kilometers high. Twenty two kilometers. To a hiker, it doesn't sound like much. But that's not the total distance. Not by a long shot. That was the height. Once I hit the peak, I would be twenty two kilometers above the Martian surface. The climb itself was longer and more arduous. Dozen... | 1 | |
You've been roaming the earth without limitations for what seems like an eternity and haven't aged a bit. You're tired of vandalism and putting people in suggestive positions. Bored one day, you walk into a library and find another person who can still move selecting a book from the shelves. | [WP] On February 29, 2016, time stopped but only for you. | [
"\"Game Over\" read my little phone screen, shit, I thought, I can never get this level right. I'm about to lock my phone and send it back to my pocket when something hits me, hard. There isn't a precise point of impact, almost as if a wall had run into me, or if I had run into... a frozen business man?\n\n\"Hey wa... | 1 |
[WP] This is the story of how a simple shoeshiner defeated one of the most notorious assassins in the world. | [
"I take pride in my job. I mean, some people may see me as a guy with just a menial job, like a cleaner or a garbage man, but my job takes persistence, it takes courage. To bend down at a man's feet and pull out my toolbox and shine the hell outta that shoe, it feels good.\n\nI'm not doing this for the money, which... | 2 | |
[WP]There is a very tiny elephant in every room that always becomes upset when people say they are going to address it, but never do. | [
"I usually hide in the worn, 30 year old clarinet case in the closet. The velveteen fabric is coming off at the ends and it makes for a nice blanket. The case also makes for nice noise insulation when I need it, but band class was rowdy today and I must not have closed the case all the way. Sometimes the latches ge... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the tooth fairy. Right as you are reaching underneath the child's pillow, a parent walks in holding $5. | [
"Everything is dark and burning. I'm completely engulfed in dense, molten sludge. Weightless and blind, drifting eternally in magma, I wait for my prompting. I feel the spark deep in my chest, and tinder turns to flame, and I know it is time. I focus the darkness around me into a force. My body vibrates, and then I... | 3 | |
[WP] A serial killer who gets a rush from picking up women and killing them becomes romantically interested in his latest victim-to-be. | [
"\"Why are you doing this?\", Kate asked. \n\"We both know the answer to that.\", I replied. \n\"Are you going to hurt me?\" \n\nGood question. Am I? That was the plan. It was a good plan. Kate and I went to the same cafe almost three times a week. Or to put it accurately, *I* went to the same cafe as she did, ... | 1 | |
This has been posted before but it is a favourite of mine and as far as I know the last post like this was archived. | [WP] A Vampire in a Zombie Apocalypse | [
"Time was a construct of human society. As soon as man's world fell, the concept of date and year was abandoned and replaced with the safety of the sun and the fear of the night. Animal instincts of survival can be easily triggered when familiarity is ripped away from you.\n\nSince humans doomed themselves with the... | 2 |
[WP] Alone in voluntary quarantine, you harbour a virus that could spread to the entire planet in days. 99% of all people infected will die within one week, while the rest will live for thousands of years. You, unfortunately, are in the 99%. | [
"I awoke that morning to unusually bright sunshine. The morning dew had already been lifted from the glass roof on my cabin by what looked to be the most beautiful day of the year. The few wispy clouds on the horizon seemed to be retreating from the sun as it approached its zenith. The usual coat of mist on the ... | 2 | |
[WP] Once upon a time, a schmuck finds a characteristically overpowered, all-knowing dragon or something in the woods. | [
"There is a pause, followed by some fumbling and then the all familiar crack of a beer can opening. \n\nBilly buries his head a Little further under the quilt, just hoping his father will get bored of this and let him sleep. Hes been coming home drunk more often and telling these stories to him, it frightens him ... | 2 | |
[WP] The year is 2049. Through a series of events you get flung back in time to the late 1400's in the America's. You become the leader of a tribe. | [
"My insane information from high school social studies allows me too defeat many other tribes as well as my degree in engineering you build powerful makeshift weapons. You become leader of the tribes, you command them to attack the Africans, for their valuable resources. You invade and destroy them, controlling the... | 1 | |
[WP] You finish the new civilization video game, only to discover it's a recruiting tool of multi-dimensional empire builders. They want to talk to you about your latest game. | [
"The cavalry charged the flanks, the lightly armored horsemen smashing into the swordsmen. The sky shone with Scythian arrows, in swarms vast enough to block the sun and devour cities. They charged in the weakened rows of injured soldiers, shattering their ranks. Tomyris, empress of Scythia, conqueror of India, the... | 2 | |
[WP] The human race has come together to build the largest particle accelerator in our history. One that measures the circumference of earth. After the first experiment, proposed by a popular theoretical physicist, the search for sub-particle universes has begun. | [
"We didn't know that the language was math. We didn't know the accelerator would lead to this.\n\nWe had laboured for years to construct this thing, attempting to find a straight line along the Earth. We didn't, so we built one. We punched through mountains, filled in valleys, carving out a tunnel through the world... | 1 | |
[WP] Every human gains the ability to morph into their spirit animal at the age of 20. Depending on your spirit animal you get assigned a position in society. On your 20th birthday you are not morphed into your spirit animal and people get suspicious. | [
"The Era of Enlightenment is the name some Owls have given the time I was born into. Each person into their Animal and each Animal into their place for the benefit of all. Poverty is all but an ancient myth. Sickness is a rarity quickly cured. The leading Cats say that a genetic mutation caused this change to human... | 4 | |
[WP]The four horsemen get together at the bar and reminisce about the "good old days" | [
"The bar wasn't at the end of the universe but it was pretty damn close. It had stood the test of Father Time itself - rowdy drunk that he was - and would probably long outlast the four current inhabitants. The bartender, a bull-headed, silver-bodied being with a name long forgotten by anybody who mattered, had s... | 1 | |
[WP] you accidentally run over a lonely old lady. She considers pressing charges, but agrees not to as long as you spend two hours a week playing board games with her. It soon becomes apparent that she hasn't had an ordinary life... | [
"Driving down the street in my large, red pickup truck with my straight blue jeans on, I stole a quick glance at my retro flip-phone and saw bae had hit me up with a booty blast request. I felt a small bump as I crossed the intersection, weird, I didn’t remember there being a bump there at all. I heard a small, w... | 6 | |
Claustrophobic, arachnophobia, acrophobia, nyctophobia, thalassophobia, monophobia and more at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phobias
Good luck! | [WP] Write about your protagonist experiencing a phobia so vividly that the reader feels that fear. (Common phobias in description) | [
"The abyss is there to swallow me whole. Blue death crashing against the hull, ready at a moment's notice to drag me under, down into the uncharted depths of hell. Brackish, murky, hell, with creatures that could swallow a ship whole.\n\n\nRipples on the surface, and nothing but darkness below. I cannot get away. I... | 16 |
[WP] In the year 2186, scientists have finally discovered how to transport human conciousness into computers. They have entered human trials and it is you job to oversee the first group of humans to ever have their concious transplanted into the system. | [
"The following is a transcript of the audio recovered from the scene on October 23rd, 2186. Reader discretion is advised. \n\nThis is an exciting day for mankind, and more importantly, the future. Our battle against nature has been a failure, and we may have in fact lost before we even recognized there was a probl... | 2 | |
[WP] Abortion is legal up until the 18th year of birth. It's the eve of your 18th birthday, and your parents have just decided to terminate the pregnancy. | [
"I didn't even know it was a question with them. I thought they loved me, enough to let me live anyways. My dad's business had hit a dry spell and that left us struggling for money for the past two months. And, well, I guess I cost too much damn money to them. I know people that had been aborted after birth, but fo... | 1 | |
[WP] You've got super strength, and though it's cliche it can come in handy. But hiding it is hard, especially when you only seem to be getting stronger. | [
"When I was escorted to Miss Little's cell, I was certain there had been some misunderstanding. The fabled superwoman looked as though she would have trouble lifting a gallon of milk, much less performing the feats of strength that captured our attention years ago.\n\nI whispered to the warden if this were the corr... | 6 | |
[WP] Write whatever story you've always wanted to write but never had the chance. Any genre or main story accepted. | [
"\n\n\nI was a loner. That, I could admit. But not by choice, not really. I'd tried to get along with everyone in the beginning, and that may have been my problem. I should have just picked a clique--one of the fringe groups, maybe--and wedged my way in that way. But no, in a town full of elites I tried to be every... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a cop whose job it is to arrest those who break the laws of physics. A time traveller, your equivalent of a serial killer, is on the loose. | [
"Laws are not meant to be broken, and the laws of the universe that were set down by god were not meant to be broken either. The laws of the universe are just like our laws in society that are suppose to make life fair and allow everyone to play by the same rules. Also just like our laws in society the laws of phy... | 2 | |
[WP] A new drug is developed which gives its users horrific hallucinations. Soon it is discovered that all people have the same hallucinations, and in fact are perceiving the supernatural: ghosts. | [
"Well fuck. We were wrong. \n\n\nYou know all of those fantastical religions with an afterlife in the sky or recarnation or bullshit like that, yeah they were wrong. The only thing they got remotely right was the soul shenagins. \n\n\nSouls are most akin to a brand new hard drive: they both start out blank. When a ... | 1 | |
[WP] Welcome to something I hope to start. Write about anything you wish but it must start off happy and take a dark ass twist. | [
"I was at my friend John's wedding. Upbeat jazz played while couples danced, including John himself and his wife Nellie. I sat at a table and watched the guests dancing. Looking at John warmed my heart. He looked so happy. I was happy for him, I really was.\n\nI sat there, smiling to myself. I wasn't moping about n... | 1 | |
[WP] The reason why Earth has so many varieties of diseases, parasites and bacteria is because countless alien civilizations use Earth as a testing ground for weapons and vaccines, and they didn't expect anything to live here. We find out eventually and get very angry. | [
"The human in front of me was pissed. Her clenched fists were wringing the edges of her blue uniform and her face was turning an unbecoming shade of purple. I assumed she was trying not to hit me. To be fair I couldn't blame her, but then again, scientific advance does require sacrifice. \n\n\"So. Every blight, e... | 2 | |
[WP] You're bored driving home, when you decide to follow a construction truck that specifically reads on the back "Do Not Follow". | [
"Instinctively, Harold checked the other lane for oncoming traffic so he could pass the heavy truck that lumbered in front of him. Then, thinking of his wife and baby at home, decided instead to hang back. Sitting in his car, listening to his favourite music, watching the sun set behind distant mountains—this was t... | 1 | |
[WP] "The sea may be vast and treacherous, but it's laden with the fruit of adventure. Just do not stray too far from your path. Monsters dwell in these depths. Bitter reflections of ourselves: cunning, evil. They say the journey maketh the monster. Anyway, I wish you luck in finding your father." | [
"The captain added a gruff farewell hug as he spoke the last line. I thanked him and hugged him even tighter; knowing that this would be the last time I'd ever lay eyes on him. Over the last several months he had been like a father to me. I would always remember him, and this ship. Of the voyage we made, and of the... | 2 | |
(Idea from /u/postmodest shower thoughts) | [WP] You were in a car accident on Halloween, no one believes you are injured. | [
"It's strange when I look back at it now, but I was so normal once upon a hallowed night. I was nothing more then a human at one point, or more to the point, a shell. Something that looked human, something that acted human, but wasn't. I couldn't have guessed in a million years that the accident would have awoken m... | 1 |
[WP] You have just died, and Death approaches you. Before you can beg for your soul, Death hands you a black robe and a scythe, proclaiming, "You have been found worthy." | [
"Once again my head was jerked down into the toilet. I struggled to get my face up from to the surface but Tom was too strong. I was at his mercy. He pulled my up and screamed \"NOW, LET ME HEAR YOU APOLOGIZE\". \n\n\"I.. I'm sorry\" I gasped. \n\n\"No you're not shitface\", he said and shoved me to the side. My he... | 2 | |
[WP] In an alternate universe, the Europeans never cross the Atlantic. The Mayans have just discovered the "New World". | [
"52nd day 32nd Haab of the 100th calendar round\n\nAt long last land, so many months at sea make its pale green color more precious than the most lustrous jade. True, it seems we have drifted to the northern climes, and the sun sets early here making accurate cartographic notes difficult to collect. I believe we h... | 1 | |
[WP] "I'm not as strong as I used to be..." | [
"The rubble of the house covered his body like a tomb, he could let go or try again. Although, letting go seemed so much more pleasing, like a massage for his soul. \n\n\"Get up,\" The voice shouted, \"Get the fuck up and fight me.\"\n\nHis head slowly moved forward and some rocks fell down his back, he could feel... | 1 | |
Feel free to write about your conversation with God, you trying to explain what you learned to people, the process of killing each and every snake, etc. Whatever you fancy.
If this prompt is so weird that it just becomes uninteresting, sorry. | [WP] You achieve enlightenment and manage to speak to God, and you ask Him what is the meaning of all human life. As it turns out, it's not to achieve happiness, progress as a civilization, or anything of the sort, but to kill every single snake on Earth. | [
"The light was blinding, much like the Komodo 3000 in that Malcolm in the Middle episode, Dude at Ranch. \n\nBut there was so much I wanted to know. So many questions remained unanswered, and I knew He would know. I tightened my focus and began my inquisition. \n\n\"Lord, I ask you to bestow upon me the might of ... | 1 |
[WP] You've been secretly filmed from birth to age 30. You're a huge celebrity due to the documentary of your life airing years ago. Broken into seasons, the documentary is about to air it's last episode. You start packing so you can get far away before the world knows the horrible truth about you. | [
"“So Brad, it’s been five years since you became aware of the ground breaking documentary that the entire planet has been obsessed with for the last 29 seasons. It’s beautiful and spiritual and everything that TV was made for.” Kelly Jenson paused for a moment, “I still can’t believe it’s the final season. What can... | 1 | |
[WP] The first extraterrestrial contact with Earth is from an alien species that resemble pumpkins. One of the first pieces of human culture they identify is the Jack-o-Lantern. | [
"\"Oh hey! they already know about us!\"\n\n\"what? how?\"\n\n\" I don't know but it says here right on their own information network that jack-o-lanterns have been a staple of some human tradition for about a hundred years now.\"\n\n\"Really?.. what are these \"Jack-O-lanterns\" made of?\"\n\n\"They take these lar... | 1 | |
[WP] You just attempted suicide, only to discover that you can regenerate from any injury. Jealous of mortals, you dedicate your existence to inflicting the cruelest fate you can imagine on them. Life. | [
"I fell splat. I could feel my skull open for a while and let some blood out, and then close all by itself. Just a minute later, I was back on my feet. But I fucking fell from 75 storeys. And I shouldn't be alive! \n\n\n\"this explains how the cuts that the bullies made disappeared in seconds \" - I say to mysel... | 1 | |
[WP] "How can you save anybody if you can't even save yourself?" | [
"I stood panting, leaning on my sword so that I wouldn't fall over. He was powerful, more powerful than I imagined. He balanced his sword across his shoulders, the very image of confidence. He sauntered forwards, slowly, never breaking eye contact with me. He stopped ten feet away, and lowered his sword.\n\n\"Do yo... | 1 | |
I've been thinking, and have been practicing on this prompt myself. The story I've written thus far is getting pretty lengthy.
Super excited to see any replies. Have fun! | [WP] Very few people in the world are born with unique, strange abilities. Yours is the ability to hear the music of people's souls. | [
"Laura was kneeling on the grimy flagstones of the street, examining the latest victim. A gaping wound ran across his neck and the letter 'M' had been cut into his forehead. She forced down her desire to be sick at the sight of the gaping wound, and examined his patched clothing with a faded red shoulder badge not... | 1 |
[WP] Three witnesses give police statements about an incident they've witnessed. The stark differences between their stories begin to tell a story of their own. | [
"I’m in two minds whether to even bother recording today’s mishaps. After all, a record already exists, thanks to yours truly slaving away under the beating eyes of Sergeant Ramsbottom, committing pen to paper between the hours of seven and ten in the second cell (no ensuite) of the Garrington Abbas Police Station.... | 1 | |
[this concept came from this post second response](https://m.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/5a61gc/wp_the_zombie_epidemic_came_and_went_in_the/) | [WP] This is just an average day as a member of mercenaries without borders. | [
"Tommy never looked so bored in all the time I'd known him. Granted, this is the first time I had seen him where neither of us were shooting at something or someone.\n\nYou'd think the biggest problem during a zombie apocalypse would be the zombies. Hell to the no. The worst part is the shits still alive. Running a... | 1 |
First post here! Allow me to elaborate. By donning an costume/outfit not only do you obtain their powers/abilities but also their skills and knowledge. This means even if you wear something more general like a doctor's lab (while they have no super powers) you'll have access to their knowledge and skill. Of course fict... | [WP] You can use any powers/abilities associated with a costume/outfit while wearing it. It's Halloween and some teen burglars have broken into your house. | [
"\"Haha good job ya dork night\" Brice heard coming from the front of the car \"I do my best blue\" he replied smiling back at Kendra dressed as Supergirl. Giving a small wave as she started to turn and drive off. Walking up the pavement he shivered a little as a cold wind whips across his exposed face reminding Br... | 1 |
[WP] Everybody's shadow reveals their true character. Some are monsters, others are furry animals. You have no shadow. | [
"Emotions and intentions\n\nShow through upon the face.\n\nOur actions and inventions\n\nMay grant us pride of place.\n\nThe pain that we have known\n\nis displayed in all our scars.\n\nIt is the shadow alone\n\nThat tells what we really are.\n\nI have seen so many shadows\n\nOver all of my years.\n\nIt seems the d... | 2 | |
[WP] The humanity has invented immortality centuries ago, and the only way to die is suicide. However, it is considered unethical to live for more than 6,000 years, and you are much older than that | [
"*I have seen the rise and fall of everything from languages, to civilizations, to people, anything. I remember the old days in 1000 BC when I was born. I was a mere African-European mixed man. Greek mother and Egyptian father. It is now 45000 AD and I grow dreary of existence. I have not talked to anyone in person... | 1 | |
[WP] I awoke, running down a hallway, no memory of how I got there or why. I just knew that I shouldn't stop. | [
"I felt my heart beating 180 no 200 some beats per minute as a sprinted down the narrow hallway. It felt like it was about to explode out of my chest. I could feel each single footstep drive me forward down the hallway that I could see no end to. I do not know how I got here but I knew that if I stopped or even ... | 1 | |
You can also use the Pathfinder RPG instead of DnD, or your favorite RPG, so long as it has something discernibly resembling classes. | [WP] Write about a career expo... in a setting that uses Dungeons and Dragons classes instead of jobs. | [
"Didn't really edit enough, but I'm waiting to join up with my online D&D campaign and I love the prompt. :) \n\nWHAT CLASS ARE YOU?\n\n\nThe sign read in bold over the tavern. What the hell, I thought. Worth a shot. I never really fancied myself as an adventurer, but after my fiance Tina running off with a hal... | 1 |
The title is pretty much explanatory, an everyday task that's explained in the most over-the-top way possible. | [WP] An epic description of a mundane task | [
"Today is the day of reckoning. The enemy's forces have grown to the point that there are few that can stand in their way. Save for one. \n\nWith the sun high in the sky, I don my armor and head to the armory. Only the finest of weapons can handle the unrelenting hordes that will fall this day. They are weak when t... | 1 |
The first space war. | [WP] Elon Musk is the first to send people to Mars, followed by NASA and Boeing, and then other countries and corporations. Fast forward 200 years, and there is conflict as to who owns what on the planet. | [
"As Rive’s atmosphere skipper made the final descent, she checked her safety harness one last time. She’d never left Musk before, no one did, except those in the NavyX and the MerchantX. Too many resources were expended getting a person from point A to point B here on Mars. It was so much more efficient to just use... | 1 |
Sky's the limit folks | [WP] Write a story with a ridiculous premise and end with "and that's how I met my husband/wife." | [
"I was using the lavatory on my flight to Tucson...\n\nA man stood up and stepped into the aisle. He yelled for every one to stay seated. The gun in his hand was as black as his eyes. There was a scream from the cockpit and a little jolt. \"Hold on!\" the man yelled at the passengers. \nJust then I walked out of th... | 1 |
[WP] you wake up to a hole in your chest in a zombie apocalypse where 19% of people are alive, 80% are mindless zombies and 1% including you are dead yet sentient | [
"I look at the dangerous creature that my followers have changed to the wall, I've been notified that it has killed many of my people and it would be unwise to keep it alive. But I won't kill it yet, I want to study this specimen. I've met it before. \n\"Erin my dear sister!\" \n\"Stephen?\" She squeaks. \nPerhaps ... | 1 | |
rather than astronomically... | [WP] General, please explain what you mean by describing this new program as "astrologically expensive." | [
"\"It's relatively simple,\" the General replied. \"So let me explain. We, the military, have spent billions of dollars over the years trying to convince the people of Earth that Astrology is pseudoscience, that it is all nonsense and useless, and that studying the stars and developing a connection with the mystica... | 1 |
[WP] You meet someone in a dream, and they convince you to stay. | [
"\"I can't stay anymore Luca.\" I said to my very attractive dream guy. I've been in here for almost seven months. I've started to appreciate the moments I get to see my family. They think I'm in a coma. I've just been trapped in here. I tried to leave but be won't let me. I love him but more as a friend. I didn't ... | 2 | |
I came across [this image](http://i.imgur.com/PgnMcS4.jpg) again and wanted to read some of your stories. :) | [WP] In Japan, a baby girl with bright coloured hair is born. Obviously, she is destined to become a main character. She tries so hard to dodge her destiny. | [
"\"You have got to be kidding me.\"\n\n\"Face me!\" roared the demon down the street. This was bloody ridiculous. The thing was 10 feet tall, it's skin was gray and leathery, and it had honest to god horns coming out of his skull, like come on, cliche much? To top it all off, it was *pouring* and lightning flashed ... | 4 |
Call it idle wish fulfillment. | [WP] A band that ended in its prime due to the death of a member (e.g.The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Nirvana, Joy Division), did not happen in *your* world's timeline. Write about their 2016 Farewell tour. | [
"\"The lads and I decided to end it on a high note,\" stated frontman Ian Curtis. \"We decided that we needed to go out not as New Order and Ian Curtis, but as Joy Division.\"\n\nJoy Division's \"All Known Pleasures,\" 2016 Farewell Tour started in London yesterday, where they will tour for the next year in a serie... | 1 |
[WP] Every young person is conscripted for the military and dragged off, never to be seen for 5 years. After that time has passed they return, forgetting what happened for the last 5 years. You remember your term of service, and you wish you've forgotten it and the monsters. | [
"\"I can't.. \"\n\nI shuddered and gave an exasperated sigh,\n\n\"simply, can't.\"\n\nMy voice, barely audible over the roar of the engines. The transport was nearing our destination. \n\n-\n\n\n\nThe last few years have been jarring. I was a part of just of a small remote village before Command made their annual t... | 1 | |
[WP] Global warming is complete, revealing an entire civilization that remained hidden under the ice of Antartica. | [
"They'd know about it for years of course, the litteral ivory towers slumbering beneath those ancient frozen sheets. They'd know about it before they'd completed the first steam engine. Three hundred and eighteen years of planning, keeping the public in the dark and the science buried. They were convinced the ancie... | 5 | |
[WP] "Because when you control the [randomly chosen nearby object], you control the world" | [
"Hanna snatched up her keys from the ground, chasing down her car key which had detached from the others. She gave the man who practically mowed her down a dark glare. He said nothing, but took his key and ran. “God what a jerk! He didn’t even say sorry for running into me!” \n\n“What an ass,” the voice said into h... | 4 | |
[WP] "I didn't used to be a marsupial." | [
"Have you ever been having a dream so vivid and, if I'm going to be honest, terrifying that you wake up panicked and trying to get away from the big baddy that was after you?\n\nI mean shooting right off the bed like you might be able to outrun the biggest, nastiest spook you've ever had the displeasure to meet?\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You achieve enlightenment. All the secrets of the universe are open to you. How you wield this awesome power will change the world forever. | [
"Let me ask you a question. If you had the answer to every question you ask yourself, no matter what, what would you do? \n\nWould you amass fortune? Done that.\n\nWould you rise to fame? Also done.\n\nWould you have some altruism and publicize the cure for the great illnesses of your time? Guess what, done too.\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You're pretty tolerant but lately roommate has been leaving half-eaten meals lying around. This wouldn't be a problem if your roommate stopped bringing people home and eating them. | [
"\"Dammit, Jeff...stop leaving body parts in the kitchen sink until they start to decay! Take the parts you want and bury the rest. It's that simple!\"\n\nMark was a serial killer and had originally thought that living with Jeff, who was a cannibal, would workout perfectly since he would eat Mark's victims leaving ... | 2 | |
[WP] You realise your world is a simulation, and rescue humanity accordingly, only to realise the real world is itself a simulation, and its outerworld is identical to the simulated world you were in to begin with. | [
"The massive alien starship screamed past, beam weapons tearing through the night. \n\nJust as Deckan primes the last Fusion Bomb for launch, a wave of sickness flowed past. The screens went dark, his vision blurred. \n\n******\n\nThe nurse checked his IV, saying something to the Doctor. The windows glowed blue. \n... | 1 | |
[WP] You work at the gates of heaven, deciding who gains entrance. God tells you he has decided to get with the times, and your now to judge people based on their browser history. | [
"“You cannot pass.”\n\n“What? Why?”\n\n“Your browser history is very disturbing.”\n\n“My what?”\n\n“Your browser history. No one may pass through the pearly gates except through me. My decision is final and I am given the authority to access your browser history and judge you accordingly. You may not pass.”\n\n“Thi... | 3 | |
[WP] He shot without looking... and missed. | [
"It was fear which brought it all upon him.\n\nThe fox had run under the hedge and they could see it darting across the clearing beyond with the hounds close behind. He was leading the hunt, but as he approached the ledge to leap his horse across , he slowed and failed to jump. The other riders piled behind him as ... | 1 | |
[WP] you thought asking that genie for immortality would be a good wish, but his "catch" is that you lose a good deal of your memory after each week. You've been able to keep journals of every week for thousands of years with little trouble, but a recent house fire leaves you, well, clueless. | [
"It is the *moment* that I never forget. Regardless of how much of me was lost when the clock struck midnight on Sunday each week, I still remembered the moment I got exactly what I wished for. It was the greatest moment of my life--it was the worst moment of my life.\n\nRome. 508ish BC is what they call it now. ... | 3 | |
[WP] Nazi research into the occult has succeeded and have begun fielding monsters and beings from their tales and stories to devastating effect. Other countries begin to do the same with their stories, however one decides that instead of monsters, they'll aim for the heroes from these tales. | [
" \nA roar set aloud, marking the beginning of a new era. \n\nThey said that one of these Ahnenerbe Institue had succeed in summoning a Wyrm. Immediately, the whole institute was scorched, in fire and ice, thus causing a huge explosion due to suddenly rising of pressure. 78 bodies were found, most of them were scie... | 1 | |
[WP]A local lighthouse has sat abandoned for decades, with no one tending to it. But when the fate of the surrounding village at stake, its beacon alights once more. | [
"\"Huzzah, me lorde! The light house shineth anew!\" My squire Chauncey said bursting into my keep. I lay in my grand bed. Gold and satin adorned the pillows and sheets while a young French whore lay by my side after a night of love making. \"What the Devil do you mean bursting into my chamber like this, Chauncey?\... | 2 | |
[WP] In hell there is a button which upon activation instantly triggers the apocalypse to happen. | [
"From his throne of bones and skulls, wearing a cloak of rotting flesh, Lucifer looked over his pits of torture, where molten metals met with the blood of screaming sinners. Regular business.\n\nLucifer sat back a little. The last few decades had been great. Rising extremism and an almost complete loss of actual be... | 1 | |
[WP] After you die, you see the words "Click to Replay" floating in front of you. Unsure of what to do, you press it. | [
"\n \"Jackie!!\" a faint voice yells.\n\n\n\"JACKIE!!!!!!!!!! You're going to be LATE!\" the voice yelled again. \n\n\n I lifted my head off of the ground to find myself laying on a grey,blue carpet, I knew this carpet. Stains covered a majority of it and now I there were imprints on my wrists and arms becaus... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story that seems happy, but turns out sad. | [
"The stinging buzz of a loud alarm clock shocked me from slumber. It was another day to get ready for work, I thought, and the warm confines of a soft bed must be abandoned. The windows were still darkened with curtains drawn, but I could see the sun peering through cracks in the fabric. As I peer over to the other... | 2 | |
[WP] "Ah, this is unexpected," you mumbled, watching yourself get stabbed for the third time. | [
"Click, Buzz whirr.... the Cassette rewinds and the stage is set again.\n\nWhy doesn't anyone update their systems, what year is this!? \nI think to myself as I press play.\n\nClling, the doorbell rattles and in walks three youths, I am stood in the corner minding my own business, just looking at the nudey mags.\n\... | 2 | |
[WP] One day, every human lost their ability to die. It has been --- since this event | [
"It was something us humans had searched for during our entire existence. The quest for immortality had gone on for millenniums, never before would we have been able to understand the consequence of our wishes. We had been searching for the formula for our entire lives, every day we slept less and less, afraid o... | 1 | |
[WP] A recipe, but for something much different than food. | [
"I first need some butterfly wings which is quite easy. My father helped me gather them before he passed away. He was a *lepeidolg*... a butterfly collector. It has a better name but I always forget it. I am not very smart. I also want to be a butterfly collector when I grow up so maybe I'll know the name then.\n\n... | 2 | |
[WP] You, a world renowned scientist, were just pushed off the edge of a large skyscraper because you owed the mafia too much money. The thing is, you know how not to die. | [
"This was never the place he was supposed to be. Dr. Marcus Reddington struggled as best he could against the brutes grip, but the thug bounded up the steps as if the scientist was weightless. A hard crack split the air as the door at the end of the flight broke under the weight of the mans heavy boot. Frigid wind ... | 1 | |
[WP] [TT] A fight between Wizards and Warriors is disrupted when a third party enters the fray | [
"The battle had begun at sunrise. The moment the first light touched the walls of Boldrim Keep, the Wizard's charged. The Warriors of Boldrim were prepared and met them in the open field. Leading his own charge, Lord Bradfyre rode with his cavallry. A more furius and gruesome clash of forces was never and will neve... | 2 | |
[WP] John Denver returns from dead to claim rightful place as King of Northern Colorado | [
"John Denver shook his head as he walked along an L.A. Beach. He cracked his neck and felt the son along his skin. He smiled as he remembered a nice day skiing with Anne. He frowned as he remembered what happened next. They always seemed to be fighting in those days. He shook his head and begin waking up the beach ... | 1 | |
[WP] At the start of every year, everyone spreads out the good luck they will have that year across the different days, with just enough to have an average day every day. Last year, you put ALL your luck onto December 31. It is now 11:59pm on December 30. | [
"The unluckiest man alive. That's what they called me and I wore it like a badge of honor because they don't call people the unluckiest man dead.\n\nWhen I assigned all my luck into the very last day of the year everyone I knew sent me their best regards. At least they attempted to, my internet went down on day one... | 4 | |
[WP] "Unto the sky we commend you, may your coffin-ship soar to the White City." | [
"Bendsom salutes as Ship Commander Edard speaks, the coffin slipping out into the airlock before shooting away into the sky. The gathered crowd stands, watching as the dim blue glow of the rockets on the small ship take Arhun Camrin to his rest in the stars. The glow eventually fades and the crowds disperse to thei... | 1 | |
[WP]: You remove the hideous ceramic garden gnomes from your grandmother's garden. It turns out they were there for a reason. | [
" \"Honey, guess what I did today?\"\n\nBe there in a second, sweetie.\" Exhausted from her two hour commute from Boston, Susan hung up her coat then went into the kitchen to make coffee.\n\n\"Honey, I really can't wait to show you,\" her husband called from the back garden.\n\nSusan smiled. She loved Roger's swee... | 2 | |
[WP] You die in an event, but your will was so strong, your soul still existed to make sure your kids survive in that event. Now you're stuck in a loop, trying to find a way to save them. | [
"17856... or was it 17859? I think I lost track after reaching the ten thousands somewhere. Did I count the time Steve's head was chopped off? No. I still remember all the different angles of all 156 times. What about when Sarah got impaled? Let me think... left eye, spleen, ... maybe I forgot the one through the m... | 1 | |
[WP] You are part of the first generation of people who are injected with nanobots at birth. This is done to protect against disease, but you, a biohacker, are the first person to hack your own nanobots. | [
"Now you kids might not be old enough to remember back when they injected nanobots into kids at birth, it was a brief experiment that ultimately ended up being too much hassle than it was worth. Since the development of true AI, the nanobots just weren't as useful as a robot doctor. Okay that isn't being fair to th... | 2 | |
[WP] How 'bout some practice at writing action sequences? Two combatants fight using their surroundings. | [
" The green-robed figure stood with has back turned to me, but I could tell he was aware of my presence, so I halted and looked at him. \n \"Who are you?\" I demanded to know. The response I got was a snicker. The person in front of me began to turn around, revealing a big grin, set on a face painted with intricat... | 2 | |
[wp]The reason Latin is a dead language isn't because of the fall of the Roman empire, but because people kept accidentally summoning demons during regular conversations. | [
"\"I heard you used to teach Latin, Mr Weston?\" Said a young, rebellious school boy with spiky black hair.\n\n\"Yes John, but it's been banned for a while now, too dangerous for modern health and safety rules\" replied and old teacher with grey hair.\n\n\"Yeah right\" replied John.\n\n\"They still teach you kids a... | 2 | |
[WP] An all powerful being has descended upon earth and has offered to give powers to the humans that desire it. The only catch; you must hail him as your king and the humans who choose not to will declare you a walking weapon. | [
"The great hall was bustling with life. Music, chatter, clinging of glass, all could be heard in the ornate hall. The floor was of a Roman temple, marble floor and large columns. Ornate tapestries hung on the walls, glass chandeliers hung from the sealing, and a golden dragon stretched from the back of the hall to ... | 1 | |
I dreamed about this one night, it involved multiple layers of hell and very specific tasks required to get from one level to the next. | [WP] 10 years ago you were sent to hell, but managed to escape. Now you accept a massive pay check to go back to hell to retrieve loved ones of other people. You are Hells Retriever. | [
"I turn to face her, one step away from the light, and she begins to drift, farther away from my hands as I strive to reach, to touch her and bring her home. She floats away into the blackness, and the darkness only provides silence as I scream her name. I scream until my voice, the voice that had brought her this ... | 2 |
[WP]You are the captain of a spaceship tasked to colonize a habitable planet. When you landed on the planet and radioed home, you received a chilling message from Earth... | [
"As always, when the Universe decides to mail us some bad news, Andrew had a fit.\n\n\"Four years. We shipped our frozen asses for *four* years, and this is the *thanks* we get? Bunch of ungrateful sons of *bitches*!\"\n\nI just stared at the message. It was just two words floating there, holodisplayed dead center ... | 1 | |
[WP] "A new discovery has shocked the world. A group of scientists determined that at a certain point in time, the direction of time itself will turn around and start going backwards. That point in time is just 17 minutes away." | [
"**Kevin:** *What do you mean time's gonna start moving in reverse?*\n\n**Scientist:** *It's simple my lad, in the next 17 minutes, time itself will start moving in reverse.*\n\n**Kevin:** *Wh- What? Why? How? How do you even know this?*\n\n**Scientist:** *It's very complicated and involves a lot of maths, but I've... | 1 |
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