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Inspired by /u/Hurricane_32 's [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/softwaregore/comments/5q471t/the_year_is_9999_humanity_is_breaking_down_as_all/) | [WP] The year is 9999. Humanity is breaking down as all of the Earth's once plentiful resources are dwindling, and somewhere, amidst all the chaos and wars, as humanity struggles to survive, is a working Windows 7 computer. | [
"\"9&%@Q^*\n(6782#^(&\n(#@^*&@)\n1-0*(&)_(*\"\n\nIt'd been a long time since humanity had last attempted the Transfer. Considered a last-minute, point of no return strategy, it had been confined to the very depths of V-Earth's bowels. Considered both a political and social nightmare, the Transfer ha... | 3 |
What do you do you with it? | [WP] You have a weapon that is only capable of killing those of who are truly evil and cannot be rehabilitated. | [
"Once I realised what the gun did, my choices became easy. It was up to me to rid the world of all evil. I quit my tedious office job and, after converting most of my material possessions to cash, went off grid. Only my car, an ATM card and the blessed shot gun.\n\nTargeting crowds was always the easiest. From afar... | 1 |
[WP] Write a dark horror story based around song lyrics. | [
"*Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand.*\n\nThere we were. Four of us, hanging by our collarbones in the silence, toes barely touching the ground. Two of us were mewling pathetically through the thread. The other two didn't want to tear their lips.\n\n*Ponder nothing earthly-minded, ... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story that ends with the line : "Now suffer my wrath". | [
"Tell me, father, what are you thinking right now ?\n\nI knew, from my very first breath, that you would hate me. My brave mother, after all, died during the childbirth, leaving you all alone with me, her final gift to you.\n\nYou always hated me for that. I can vaguely understand that. You wanted to get something ... | 2 | |
The five senses being: touch, taste, smell. hearing, and vision. | [WP] Instead of everyone having 5 senses, each person only has one very developed sense. | [
"Everything was twisting and wavering, except for her, her image was clear, pure. She turns towards me, her blank, crystal white pupils pointing nowhere, shifting sight between everything and nothing, but then they calm down; her eyelids start twitching then slowly shutting. She just caught the cadence of my heartb... | 2 |
[WP] Your son did as your will said and gave you a viking funeral because you thought it sounds cool. Beyond, a viking ghost yells at you for doing so and tosses you a weapon. Good Luck, Steve. It's going to be a long afterlife. | [
"The weapon clatters and spins, filling the air with a pure metallic ring. As I watch the weapon glide gracefully towards me, I am suddenly overwhelmed by a soul-shaking roar that forced all of my hair to rise in unison.\n\nAs I peel my eyes away from the sword, I notice a figure charging towards me with thundering... | 8 | |
[WP] You wake up as normal and continue with your regular morning routine. When you get to work you discover no one can see or hear you. | [
"I woke up this morning and saw that I was, once again, already running late for work. \"Ugh, Zane left and forgot to wake me up,\" I grumbled as I immediately jump out of bed and groggily make my way to the bathroom to prepare myself for work. After getting myself ready to go, I call out to Fred so he could walk m... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where memories are stored in people's hair, you've been hired as a barber. | [
"\"Alan, what are you asking me to do? Where did you even get that thing?\"\nHe shoved the straight razor into my hand, much more insistent this time. \"There's money in my suitcase, if you want it. I guess it's actually your suitcase, I borrowed it three years ago.\" He pulled out a chair from the kitchen table an... | 2 | |
Kind of Truman Show-esque situation you're in buddy. Tell us what you'd do.
Edit: Fixed a typo. | [WP] You find a mysterious youtube channel which posts videos of your daily life everyday, it has 2 million subscribers and they play bets on your decisions... | [
"My spine went cold. I clicked next after next videos on that channel. They have everything. Everything! Even moments I was sure I can't be watched, when I masturbate in my room. All the things I do following the movie I watched when I was alone in my room. Embarrassing, but what I couldn't wrapped my head around i... | 1 |
[WP] Your childhood dreams come back to haunt your adult life | [
"It's what I *wanted*. Foolish, I know, to see the world with young eyes and expect everything to fall into the simple categories a mind creates. Foolish as well to hold on to those beliefs long after experience shattered them. Yet, that dream follows me. It's too simple to know when to stop. \n\nThe dream has alwa... | 3 | |
[WP] You are hiking in the mountains when you discover a dense, jet black cube about the size of a baseball. | [
"My first thought was that the thing was way, way too heavy.\n\nIt was a strange thing to think, because I hadn't even picked it up yet. It was the size of my fist, it couldn't have been *that* heavy, but something about its dull black coloration made me think of hard iron or lead. Something dense, impenetrable.\... | 1 | |
Read something like this as a short horror story but I'm curious to see it take an actual direction. | [WP] You spend your days mindlessly as the last person on Earth, when one day coming home you notice footprints leading up your driveway and the front door ajar. | [
"A light wind blows across the street. The browning leaves of the trees sway lifelessly, giving into the force of the breeze. The world seems to hang here, like someone pressed pause to take a closer look. The world seems too quiet. Memories of the sounds tend to fill your head in moments like this, moments where y... | 1 |
[WP] Write about a character that is legitimately skilled and doesn't rely on plot armour to keep them alive. | [
"To: Evil Overlord Dorff, Supreme Commander of the Legion of Death, Emperor of all etc., etc.\n\nFrom: Professor Reginald Ames-Pedersen\n\nRe: Super Serum\n\nEveryone has to know when to fold, to cut their losses and walk away from the table. No doubt history will curse my name forever, but I have chosen to surrend... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future time travel exists but is one-way only. You, your two brothers and their families decide to travel back to ancient times. After arriving the people begin to worship you. You are the Roman Gods | [
"Crew of the Olympus, Apollo, Day 35:\n\n“So the locals have already started making stories about us. Dad was right about taking all this tech with us. We really did need it to get rid of the time travelers who got here before us. The Tigh-ten family, I think they were called. Nice enough people, but Dad had a disa... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story based on your favorite quote. | [
"The smiles speckled the crowd like lilies in a grassy field. Enamel, uniformly porcelain, seemed to absorb yet reject the sun's radiance. Every person's eyes were windows into an entire life; each a new universe. Through two panes, a baby took her first steps. She crawled, waddled and walked; growing larger with e... | 2 | |
[WP] Heaven is an illusion created by the brain to ease your mind into the nothingness. After feeling like you were in heaven for quite some time, you begin to realize what is actually happening. | [
"One couldn't imagine the powerful snare of the human consciousness. For the life of me, I couldn't remember what happened, but I knew that I wasn't the same. For a time, I tried my hardest to wake up, but nothing seemed to work. I was trapped in a dream, disconnected from my body, and mesmerized by the enormity of... | 1 | |
[WP] Five computers have gained sentience and want world domination, but they're going through an awkward teenage phase. Humans must now deal with the AI Breakfast Club: a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. | [
"\"Mr. President, if you would.\" Vice President Peck opened the door and led the President into a dark room, illuminated by the monitor of one sole computer. A gathering of scientists and advisors were crouched around the screen.\n\nThe President spoke. \"OK, give me the latest.\"\n\n\"What you have before you is ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write about a young man going off to war | [
"I looked around the room, certain that this was the last time I'd ever see it.\nI tried to take in everything, the color, the neatly arranged bed and old photos. My old school books that now sat collecting dust on the shelf. \n\nI didn't want to go, but I had no choice in the matter. I needed to. For my country, f... | 2 | |
[WP] Nobody is the villain of their own story, but what if you realized one day that you are the villain? | [
"**BRR BRR BRR BR--**\n\nI rolled over in annoyance and shut off my alarm for what felt like the twentieth time this morning. My blankets were like a fluffy cloud around me, their warm embrace shielding me from the frigid temperature of my flat. Pale light shone through the windows, reflecting off the snow that had... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a few hours to spare, so you pick a random spot on the city map and get on the nearest subway. | [
"After walking aimless for a few hours; sampling food from several eateries and coffee shops, I had come across a small park with a view of the city. Even without the rain, the dark clouds drenched the city in gloom. I looked up at the sky and cursed silently. If I was cursing at the clouds or my own misery, I wasn... | 1 | |
[WP] A story with a clear protagonist and antagonist whose roles are reversed in the last sentence. | [
"As Lisa ran into the building, she worried about the innocent people Jason was endangering. She heard loud shouting from the third floor. Lisa quickly changed directions and ran straight out, climbing up thanks to the window sill. \n\nA man opened the window, letting her in. \"We're so glad you're here. Jason has ... | 2 | |
[WP] For some odd reason the story is not continuing. The narrator desperately tries to entertain the reader, while working out the problem. | [
"The person walked along the road and then sat down at a bus stop. Suddenly, a bus came. The person disappeared and reappeared walking in. The sun kept moving backwards. The bus departed and came back.\n\n*Ah shit, lemme fix this.*\n\nA giant bomb fell out of the sky. It hit the ground and disappeared. It did this ... | 6 | |
[WP] When you were young, you were known as a sick kid and was shunned by your classmates. This was because you can and did transfer other's sickness to your body. But now, at age 25, you found out that the only friend that stuck with you in your youth is sick with cancer. | [
"\"Thanks for lunch Sal,\" I said as she laid down her credit card.\n\n\"Happy to do it, Jerry,\" she replied with a soft smile. \"Besides, it's not like I'll be needing the money.\"\n\nI furrowed my brow. \"What do you mean?\"\n\n\"Well, I asked you to lunch for a reason. I want to let you know something, and it's... | 1 | |
[WP] For several days now, you have woken up each morning with one fewer body part. The people around you refuse to acknowledge that this is happening. | [
"I woke up to the familiar threads of sun seeping through the Palm leaves and branches that made up my hut. That first ray of shine trickling through, the sand that was my blanket- the redeeming qualities of being a castaway. I soaked it in for a moment before all woe returned to me and I realized why I couldn't si... | 3 | |
[WP] Write from the view of a man living in a totalitarian state. But, the state actually is the good guy, the rebels are the real baddies. | [
"The fighting had been going on all night, gunfire sounding throughout the city as the rebels advanced, street by street, forcing the government forces steadily back. Now, as dawn broke and the first rays of sunlight shone out over the smoldering city and pillars of smoke, the fighting had finally reached our stree... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone had "the Dream" until they are 18, which determines their Purpose in Life and Career. You haven't had it and turning 19 Tomorrow. | [
"Aronavo Iks called out to the taxi. The man slowed his boat down. \n\n\"Hello there friend. Where to?\" \n\n\"New Urden\" Iks said. \n\n\"Yes, I can go there.\" he replied. \n\nAronavo got in.The wind anchorite looked barely 25 years of age. From the markings Iks could tell that this boat was his own. He wa... | 4 | |
[WP] You find yourself transported through time into the middle of an ongoing war. Fortunately, you've totally memorised every small detail of the war for a test. | [
"The dig is going well. A few artifacts were already being authenticated. We were close. I could tell that we were close. Somewhere under this mountain of rocks Lothair was buried with all the trappings befitting a King of his stature....\n\nI have found a sword. It is nearly seven hundred years old and it looks li... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a passage about a landscape, building or place from the point of view of a parent whose child has just died. Evoke emotion without mentioning children, the parents, or dying. (From John Gardener). | [
"The white tundra sent out a bright glare as the sun slowly sweeps over it. The wind whispered over the snowy plains carrying with in a thin wisp of snow. The snow flew out over the open sea in the direction of a nearby glacier. Time speeds by as the water slaps against the cliff ledge. The glacier grows and grows ... | 1 | |
[wp] you are developing a recording software. you want to test out how it handles bugs so you input a negative recording time. the software outputs the words "what the fuck?". Out of surprise you say " what the fuck?". | [
"I remember loving the summer breeze. I wanted to be a musician when I was young. I even got a full scholarship when I applied to the school. But my family split, and my brothers and I had a choice: To live with an alcoholic mother, or an abusive father. Luckily I was 18 years old, and decided to go live on my own.... | 2 | |
[WP] In an alternate timeline, man's best friend is descended from a different social carnivore: the lion. | [
"They say they were domesticated over thousands of years following tribes of humans and scavenging our trash. The odd thing about it though, is we never left that much trash. \n\nNative peoples were always known to have used every part of every animal and that holds true for Europe and Africa. So why were they d... | 1 | |
[WP] You know those very high-tech soldiers with full body armors that you see on the news every day? Those are not armors to protect them, those are prisons to protect you. | [
"I really did like a man in a Uniform.\n\nThat's probably why I was so attracted to him. He had the most muscular jawline, a perfect set of teeth, and looked sexy in his Riot armor. I had started making some small talk with him while I was waiting for my sister at the station to finish her last report so we could g... | 1 | |
[WP] "Crocs... really Steve? Surely an assassin would wear more... practical shoes." | [
"\"Excuse me! What about these do not scream practical! The comfort, the style. What's not to love?\"\n\n\"Look, Steve, Maybe once you have been in field as long as I, you will understand practical,\" Teresa said. Flipping her auburn hair over her shoulder.\n\n\"Look, Teresa,\" Steve said mockingly, \"I don't nee... | 4 | |
[WP] An open letter to whoever touched my drum set. | [
"To Whoever Touched My Drum Set,\n\nAs far as we both well know, there are few reasons one touches drums, and fewer methods by which one touches. Let's review:\n\nReasons: \n1) To play the drums \n2) To move the drums \n3) To erect the drums for playing or moving \n4) To touch the drums for the sake of... | 1 | |
[WP] you live in a world where all of societies major decisions are made using groundhogs. | [
"NEW ZEALAND DECLARES WAR ON CHINA\n\nDespite having no history of violent confrontation, New Zealand has decided to mobilize its navy against the People's Republic of China, on the advice of it's chief decision maker.\n\nThe mobilization, which the human Prime Minister has deemed \"really, utterly stupid\", was or... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a farmer in medieval europe. A time traveler gives you a glock, lot's of boxes of ammo and teaches you how to use it. How will you change history? | [
"Gather around children and let me tell you a story of our great house, House Glock, became one of the most powerful kingdoms in existence.\n\nLegends has it, the first lord of House Glock, a man named Melvin, was approached by a stranger. At the time, Melvin was just a simple farmer supporting his family, so this ... | 3 | |
[WP] Let's lighten things up. Write the cutest story you can possibly make. | [
"It was a beautiful day, the skies were a perfect blend of deep blue and magnificent white clouds, shrouded by a distinctive glow as the sun shone brightly through them. Everything seemed especially gigantic, even a single blade of grass stood at eye level, everything was being seen through the perspective of a sna... | 1 | |
[WP] Out of the frying pan, into the fire. | [
"It was nice to be out camping in the bush again. I was cooking breakfast when the park ranger stopped by to warn me about a recent drop-bear sighting. We got talking, and I forgot about the beans, I had to tip them out of the frying pan and into the fire."
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[WP] You have the power to see the IQ of everyone you meet. The average IQ ranges from 90-150. Today you meet someone whose number is over 9000. | [
"Kakarot!!\nThats the name of the kid who sits next to me in homeroom. For some reason his IQ score is out of this world. \n\"What's his IQ level vegeta?\" Said nappa who was sitting behind kakarot.\nNappa was always overconfident in his intelligence. If only someone could tell him the sad truth. Kakarot however wa... | 1 | |
[WP] You've started hearing voices, but instead of telling you to kill people, they're trying to make you a better person. | [
"*You probably shouldn't drink that.*\n\nThe sudden voice made me drop the glass of beer I had just taken from the fridge. It was a distinct voice, one that seemed to come from all directions.\n\n*Well, look at that. Go on, clean it up already.*\n\n\"What...?\" The words fell from my lips in my confusion.\n\n*Liste... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story that would make any man cry. Like really cry. | [
"(Oh god I would've written but I'm traveling and on phone so I'll just write my idea: \nseer has a child, just like her mother in eyes, holds his name, and he is inspired almost unbearably to protect this being; this tiny, precious, dear child that he had created, that he has the ability to watch bloom into a wond... | 11 | |
[WP] Humans are the only species who have the cultural concept of ghosts. Years after aliens have wiped out humanity and colonised earth, they can't find out why life on earth is becoming a living hell. | [
"It had been many years since we wiped the native species off the face of the universe. We had to do it, we had to survive, we had no choice. It was us or them. The conditions of this planet were just too perfect. We had finally found our haven, to start again. We could not stop ourselves from claiming it.\n\nYet, ... | 5 | |
[WP] write a scary story that can be read to kids and also scare adults | [
"You fell in a well when you were six. There was a butterfly you chased into the neighbor's yard. I don't know if you remember it since we moved away, but it was a big yard because the older man was a farmer. He had piggies and chickies and duckies. Whenever new chicks were born he'd invite kids from all over the t... | 3 | |
[WP] Teleporters have replaced all vehicles, but there's a catch: they function by killing the original and constructing a clone at the destination. Now the afterlife is overcrowding, and God is pissed. | [
"Uriel was panting the post-coital breaths of a chainsmoker. \"METATRON, WE.... *Phew phew... *huughhhh hughhhh* We found her...\"\n\nMetatron's voice boomed with multipitch thunder, \"There's absolutely no need to get violent with her, I mean if we have to send her to Hell for a while, as we sort this situation ou... | 7 | |
[WP] Each arrow counts. And this time, I only have one. | [
"Whenever Godric was deep in his cup around the campfire, he would talk about chivalry, honor, and deep philosophical things that wealthy nobles had time to study. One of his favorite drunken lectures was on how much a life was worth. \"Every life has a price, and a payment.\" is how it would always start, and as y... | 1 | |
[wp] Ever since your first day on the job, you've had a super power. You don't know how you got it, as your job is as average as they come. And you're just about as average. You've only ever used your power to help with mundane tasks. In fact, nobody has even noticed you have a power. | [
"\"Hey Mark, we're running low on fries. Could you get some out of the freezer?\" \n\nMark, in a hurry, barely had time to respond to Michael's question. \n\n\"I'm kinda busy right now already.\" \n\nMichael didn't even look up from the fryer as he yelled \"well can you tell Pam to get some if you walk past her? ... | 1 | |
Does he use it?
What wishes would he make?
Does the genie twist the wishes?
| [WP] The most paranoid human alive finds a magic lamp. | [
"He rubs the lamp because it has dirt on it and he doesn't want his allergies acting up. A genie shoots out of the lamp. He faints. \nHe wakes up sipping from a glass. He's confused. He opens his eyes and sees the genie feeding him a glass of Budweiser. He starts coughing from the obvious taste dissatisfaction. He ... | 1 |
[WP] The first necronaut to successfully return from the afterlife agrees to a press conference. He takes the podium, says "Forgive me", and pulls a revolver from a manila envelope. | [
"The crowd of reporters began to panic. Captain \"Steely\" Dan Garcia pointed the gun at the ceiling. \"Please, settle down. I'm not here to use this gun on you. It's merely a demonstration.\" A few of the flightier reporters still scooted from the room, but most of them heard him and warily returned to their seats... | 1 | |
[WP] Whenever the protagonist realizes the genre of the story, the genre changes. | [
"The creaks from the wooden footboards betrayed both the age of Mark's childhood home and the impending arrival of whatever it was that was trying to kill him. He held his breathe and tightened every muscle he could think to tighten as he laid motionless beneath the bed in what had been his childhood bedroom. The f... | 1 | |
[WP] You know how in movies, when the murderer is chasing down his victims and the lights are flickering? Well, that's not just faulty wiring: the murderer hired a guy to do that for him. This is his story. | [
"Man oh man what a day!\n\nAnd they said I'd find such little work way out here in the boonies. Cash to brake it, cash to fix. Can't say there's much else to it. As an electrician, I can't be too proud to sabotage wiring for lighting, but I end up fixing it up anyways.\n\nJust last night some weirdo in a Halloween ... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up in a small, dirty wooden shed. You are naked and have nothing on you. Light is streaming through the cracks, signifying it's daytime. As you go to stand, you hear a voice over a speaker nearby. "Welcome to my island. You either survive or die. Let it begin in 10, 9..." | [
"\"9...\"\n\nI looked around the small shack, anxiety rising rapidly. I had no clue where I was or what the fuck was happening. A small wooden chair and table sat against the far wall, with a pile of neatly folded clothes on it. I dressed hurriedly, painfully aware of the voice from the speaker counting down.\n\nBy... | 2 | |
[WP] Walking home at the dead of night is nothing new for me, but tonight felt different... | [
"You turn to look around, confused. Confusion is nothing new for you-after all, it seems that in this day and age, you're getting more confused calls than ever (you blame the sloppy product launch). But you'd packed up and left work-and besides, this was a different confusion. One that seemed more wild, more danger... | 1 | |
[WP]Day 43: The floor is still lava | [
"\"Janine.\"\n\n\"Yes mum?\"\n\n\"Why is the floor still lava? I thought I told you to clean this up last month. If you're not going to look after your volcano I'm going to have to seriously reconsider letting you keep it. A volcano isn't just for christmas you know. Don't you remember the adverts?\n\n\"I Know mumm... | 2 | |
[WP] The "Eye for an Eye Inversion" law allows one legal murder for every life saved. Doctors are now the most feared members of society. | [
"The blood-curdling screams fuel my work as a doctor, the life saving opportunities decrease my bloodrage, only to have it replenished by another death.\n\nI'm not insane. I'm not insane. I am not insane.\n\nThe world is a faulty place, the weak has riches that are far beyond their comprehension, the powerful are s... | 3 | |
[WP] For a long time we thought sight was our most important sense | [
"For a long time we thought sight was our most important sense, but then the dark came. The elder herald had warned us of the coming dark and what it meant, but young and headstrong, we felt nothing could harm us. With the herald's passing and burial a few cycles ago the voice of reason was gone and yet we remained... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the leader of an FBI investigation of a crime organization, you finally get a tip on who the leader of the organization is only to find out, it's your own mother.. | [
"\"I'm telling you Todd my mother is not a mobster, she's 74 for god sakes! It's impossible!\" I bark into the phone, beads of persperation forming on my forehead. My right foot pressing down the accelerator on the sleek black sedan. \n\n\"No Clara she's not a mobster she's a mob boss, they are two very different t... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story about someone who applies for the job of "videogame minion" | [
"\"It's a shitty job.\" \n\nA curlicue of smoke wafted in the breeze. \n\n\"It's a job.\" \n\n\"I get your point. It's hard enough to eat with the rations getting tighter these days. Say, how about you join my gang and-\" \n\n\"Denied.\" The cigarette was stubbed vigorously on the concrete rail, leaving a trail of ... | 3 | |
[WP] You discover a "bug" in the fabric of the universe allowing you to copy paste anything. | [
"(note): I'm Canadian\n\nI immediately thought \"I'm gonna be rich\".\n\nBut everyone who wants money knows that mass theft or (more accurately) mass production would be hard to explain to the tax agencies. So I thought I would use this for a more devious purpose. Everyone knows that there aren't *any* nukes in Can... | 3 | |
You have complete control over all of your biological functions. You can control your circulatory system, your normally involuntary responses, etc. You can do anything your body is capable of doing or suppress it on demand. However, there's nothing otherwise special about your body's raw capabilities. Your body is... | [WP] Your superpower: You can voluntarily control any of your bodily processes at will. You have been recruited as a spy. This is your story. | [
"The Empress didn’t recognize me with my long hair. I had grown it out yesterday, when that anarchist was after me. The buzzcut simply wouldn’t do for high society. Even though it had been years since Her Majesty had seen me last, she had a good memory. She wouldn’t likely forget I used to be a suspect for smugglin... | 1 |
[WP] You're pretty sure the mailman is giving you secret messages every day. | [
"My move away from home ended up being the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I never thought leaving my hometown would be in the cards, but things happen, people die, family starts to suck and places lose their luster. I know I may be painting with a broad brush here, but that is how things worked out ... | 6 | |
[WP]When something negative happens to a human, something positive will happen to a specific 'corresponding human' and vise versa. One day you realize your SO is your 'corresponding human. | [
"It was crazy how I met Jet. It was one of those really bizarre weather day in Melbourne. Those days where there are four unpredictable seasons in a day. I ran out onto Collins Street and tripped over a crack in the pavement. There he was standing prepared with an umbrella standing over an unprepared, drenched in r... | 1 | |
[WP] Our last act of defiance was to burn and destroy all instruction manuals. Unable to figure out how stuff works, aliens now have to live among malfunctioning tech, overflowing sewage, and a legion of fire alarms on low battery. | [
"When they came, nobody agreed on what to do. It wasn't clear that they wanted to destroy us. They arrived in space, their ships seeming battered and bruised, and hung in the heavens as we watched them. We made an effort to contact them, but there was no response. It was interesting, to say the least, those first f... | 1 | |
[wp] The most boring, unimaginative, and uncreative person in the world acquires a Genie. | [
"Todd slumped his shoulders and exhaled. He held the genie lamp up in one hand, and rubbed it with the other.\n\nThe lamp began to shake, so Todd placed it on the ground. Smoke began enthusiastically pouring out of the lamp. While he was watching the lamp, he felt somebody tapping his shoulder.\n\nTodd turned aroun... | 5 | |
[WP] Everyone on this planet gains a single magical power from its god. Knowing your terrible personality and aspirations to conquer the world, god gives you the unique power to heal trying to sway you otherwise. However... | [
"\"You have the ability to commit great evil, so I have given you the power to achieve great good\"\n\nThose words have stayed with me my entire life, but I've always seen them as a challenge, I hate it when people tell me I can't do something, even if that person is God.\n\n\nThe power to heal is a wonderful thing... | 1 | |
ALL THE TIME*! I'M SORRY, I MUST'VE FORGOT HOW GRAMMAR WORKS AS WELL AS MY ABILITY TO TALK NORMALLY AS WELL! | [WP] HUMANITY HAS LOST THEIR ABILITY TO TALK IN A LOW VOLUME! NOW EVERYONE SHOUTS IN ALL CAPS AT ALL TIME! WRITE ABOUT YOUR VISIT TO THE LIBRARY! | [
"\"HEY DUDE. I WENT TO THE LIBRARY TODAY.\"\n\n\"OH COOL. REALLY FUCKING RAD DUDE.\"\n\n\"I KNOW RIGHT, DUDE? I CHECKED OUT A BOOK. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT CAPITALIZATION. I TOSSED THAT SHIT AWAY!\"\n\n\"SPEAKING OF CAPITALIZATION, WHY THE HELL ARE WE STUCK IN ALL CAPS DUDE?\"\n\n\"DUNNO. WAIT, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?\... | 1 |
happy valentine's day! | [wp] write a poem about belonging to someone. | [
"Dear beloved, of supple skin and ghost caresses,\n\n\nYour lilting laughter and expressive eyes reveal a\n\n\nSoul so utterly captivating, breathtaking in its beauty it\n\n\nBewitches my every sense - it never ceases to amaze\n\n\nMe that I am the infinitely fortunate mortal you have chosen\n\n\nAnd no amount of t... | 2 |
[WP] Stephen Hawking believes that he has disproved time travel by throwing a party for future time travelers, but in actuality the people of the future are just bitter A about what Stephen did and refuse to attend. | [
"“If we could only find the right analogy to get our meaning across,” Hekx said idly as he kicked the topmost branch on the bonfire they had slotted together, making it crumble and spit sparks. The four of them sat spread-eagled around the flames and had kept their hop-suits on to benefit from the marvellous insula... | 1 | |
[WP] There's an epidemic of lucid dreaming which is devastating communities across the country. You're the insomniac they hired to isolate the cause and eradicate. | [
"Matt wandered the streets in a daze not dissimilar to those he saw slumped on the sidewalk, or passed out in their cars, eyes half-open and twitching as they dreamed. \n\nThe harsh sunlight elicited a low moan from him as the dull ache in his head worsened, drifting into the beginnings of a migraine. He should be ... | 4 | |
[WP] You are part of a secret society spanning back hundreds of generations with the goal of...well nobody can remember. But they all agree it was probably important! | [
"At last, the day had come.\n\nAn initiate for fourteen years to the day, Winter McCallister would finally become a member of the inner circle. Membership as one of the Immortals comes at a steep price; it starts with breaking all ties with family and friends, selling everything you own, moving to a major city in a... | 5 | |
[WP] A thief falls in love with the merchant they keep stealing from. | [
"She's the most gullible bastard in this city. I want to make sure that nobody takes advantage of her, but that's impossible for a couple of reasons. One- I can't watch all of Valethorn. It's not possible, despite what my clients try to tell me. Two- it's really easy to steal from her, as I've proven dozens of time... | 1 | |
Tell us about the Odyssey-esque encounters he/she has along the way. | [WP] Mittens the cat goes on an epic quest for tuna. | [
"And so our famished warriors continued on.\n\nThe brave Mittens, leader of the company,\n\nThe clever Siameseus, keen with his tongue,\n\nAnd Tabbyope, her glorious and orange fur,\n\nSending vermin from all over the neighborhood,\n\nScurrying in horror of those auburn, striped hairs.\n\nThe sun of Helios was star... | 3 |
Inspired by Sam Kinison's quote, "If you're gonna miss heaven, why do it by two inches? Miss it!". | [WP] In every life, you say "If I'm screwed in the next life, might as well enjoy this one while it lasts". And every time you die, you reincarnate, but you also postpone your punishment and make it worse for yourself. Today, you finally reach the end of your last life. | [
"“Well. This is it.” The dark and looming figure spoke. It was robed in a cloak, dark like the blackest night, and it’s face was a pallid mask and a fey imitation of mine. It held in its right hand a long and sharp spear made of bronze, with strange inscriptions on it. And in it’s left a torch which flames burned g... | 1 |
[WP] A not too distant future where Artificial Intelligence personal assistants manage all aspects of our social lives | [
"Two friends, Franny and Gabby, are awkwardly trying to avoid each other at a mutual friend’s birthday party. You see, Franny wasn’t too happy with Gabby’s gift at Franny’s birthday party a couple of weeks ago. Of course it wasn’t actually Franny that wasn’t happy with the gift; it was her Facebook AI helper (her p... | 1 | |
[WP] When someone gets reincarnated their grave magically disappears... | [
"Who can really say what makes a person? Is it their memories? Is it how they look? Is it the environment? What makes you, *you*?\n\n\nShe had died suddenly and tragically and I cried as only a child could. I was alone without her and the world was colder now without my mother. There was that hazy fog of unfeeling,... | 1 | |
[WP] Its the year 2517 and you are a used grave salesman. | [
"\"Step right up! Step right up!\" A semi-circle of onlookers formed around me. Some boiled in formal black suits and dark dresses, an indication that a loved one had recently passed. Many though wore shorts and vibrant tee shirts in an effort to stave off the heat but sweat poured down their foreheads and wet ... | 1 | |
[WP] A deity's chosen people are actually the worshipers of a different deity. | [
"Bill: Dude! What the heck?\n\nKevin: Oh, what now, Bill? Can you not tell I'm busy. I don't have time to help you with...\n\nBill: I don't need your help, Kevin! Just tell me why you stole my chosen people. You know I called dibs!\n\nKevin: Dibs?\n\nBill: Yeah, dibs. Those are, like, my people. Okay? Stop answerin... | 1 | |
[WP] You've discovered that the quote, "History is written by the victors" was misunderstood. It was really, "History is written by the Victors". And now, they know what you've uncovered. | [
"The Master Victor lingered in his chair a few more moments, rehearsing the ceremonial induction rites in his head. He usually wasn’t worried about the remembering the phrases but his mind had been so preoccupied lately with the idea of “fake news” circulating the mediascape. Not even sixty yet, the Master Victor r... | 3 | |
[WP] Years ago, eminent scientist Marvin Minsky invented a 'gravity machine' that would ring a bell should the gravitational constant (G) ever change. The machine has been collecting dust for years next to your desk when all of a sudden, you hear a faint ringing. | [
"Life is boring , I sit here day after day punching numbers on a green hued screen , slowly rotting away into nothingness , my fingers ache , i need a fucking break but that shitty excel sheet was due yesterday, fuck .\n\nScrew this ! I say as I stroll towards the mid area and fill my cup with the shittiest coffee... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a teenage boy on the verge of maturity, and suddenly a secret family trait begins to emerge in your life; any time someone calls your name 3 times, you magically appear before them. | [
"I am only 16 years old, but I’ve seen the world.\n \nThree centuries ago, or it might have been four, the history is a little dodgy, a witch placed a curse on my family. The firstborn male of the line will be summoned by a calling of his name 3 times. I don’t really know why she cursed us, or why this was supposed... | 1 | |
[WP] And there she was. | [
"And there she was.\n\nI didn't expect myself to call her. I expected that it would be the same old story, and I'd put it off until later.\n\nI didn't expect her to answer. That voice in the back of my head told me she wasn't remotely interested in talking to me.\n\nI didn't expect that I'd be knocking on her front... | 1 | |
[WP] People are given a choice to live outside the protection of the law. They cannot be arrested for crimes they commit, but are not protected by the law either. | [
"Feet dangling over the side, the watchman peered out over the campsite, illuminated only by the full moon and the stars. He struggled to keep his eyes open at this late hour. In the far corner of their camp, tucked closely beside the barbed wire fence rested a pair of bulldogs, sound asleep. The watchman’s eyes be... | 7 | |
[WP] We are living in a Matrix-like world, there is an announcement that the simulation is ending... every day, millions of people are "transfered" back to the real world. After a couple of months, you are the only one who remained... | [
"It's empty now. \n\nThe announcement came in the form of a hole in space that appeared in the middle of Tokyo. It formed in an instant and began broadcasting its message to the world, for five days it repeated. \"Due to ethical concerns it has become necessary that we add an option to leave the simulation at anyti... | 1 | |
[WP] Every sentence has the word "Yam" in it. Every sentence also rhymes. | [
"There once was a man who grew a yam.\n\nPeople thought yams strange; he replied \"No, I am!\"\n\n\"A single yam I made, not beef or pork or a ham,\n\nBut this yam is my friend; no, this is no sham,\n\nAnd my yam's name, I think, is Cam.\"\n\nThen, the Yam Man collapsed with a bam.\n\n-------\n\nMan that was weird.... | 1 | |
[WP] A church mouse is suddenly made penniless when his wife runs away with all of the cheese on tax day. Describe how he deals with this predicament. | [
"Mother was right, Morty thought as he fidgeted in his seat.\n\nAcross the room sat the secretary, an overweight hamster chattering non-stop into the office phone to who he had surmised was “Felicia”. Normally, he’d find her incessant chatter annoying and put her in her place. He was Morty Moustein for chrissakes. ... | 1 | |
The forces of physics are generally written as Electromagnetism, Gravity, Strong Nuclear forces, and Weak nuclear forces. | [WP] In a time and place where individuals regularly learn to control the Four Elements of Nature, you discover you are part of a select few that can control the Four Forces of Physics. | [
"Toby stared gaping, unable to believe what he was hearing.\n\n\"I can control the four forces of physics? Cool!\"\n\nToby, too impatient to learn the limits of his powers responsibly, immediately began experimenting with the different applications of Strong and Weak nuclear forces. \n\nToby hadn't paid attention i... | 4 |
[WP] It is the end of an era. In the eternal theatre that is Life, all the major Players have exited left. Only the token comedic character is left to deliver a final soliloquy. | [
"As the ash swirled above the asphault, a figure sits upon a stump, near burnt to a crisp. He is looking torwards the ground with a grim expression, his face vandalized with dirt and dust. But, he then slowly, in one gradual motion, lifts his head up, stands up from the stump and a smile emerges from his thoughts.\... | 2 | |
[WP] A henchman for an evil villain, defeats the main protagonist. | [
"\" uh, hey boss, I have good news\" said Rob the henchman as he walked to the planning room\n\" Go ahead, tell me\" said his boss in a boring and uninterested voice\n\" you see, PowerMan is dead\" said the henchman nervously\n\" Hold on, really? How did it happen?\" His boss showed more interest in his story\n\" I... | 4 | |
[WP] Write a story about a happy end of the world. | [
"The world was dying, and it was all our fault. \n\nMother Nature had long been abused by the whims of mankind. Her skies had been blackened by smoke and soot. Her fields of grass buried under mounds of trash and waste. Her oceans covered by floating islands of garbage. Her precious children brought to extinction o... | 1 | |
[WP] The worlds most famous superhero makes a confession on his deathbed. | [
"Major lay on his bed, wheezing. \nHis wife held his hand in both of hers, clutching it as if it was the only thing keeping him. \nEven though she knew every moment together might be their last, she still looked like she was the happiest woman in the world. \nThe, since retired, chief of police stood by the do... | 1 | |
[WP] You're waiting for your acceptance letter to the College of Nursing only to find out that you were accepted at the College of Norsing instead. | [
"It finally arrived! At long last, after all that work! My acceptance letter into nursing sch....Wait, what!?\nI looked down at the envelope I had just opened. This must be a mistake! My mind was racing as I read the letter.\n\n\"Dear Waryn,\nIt is with great pleasure that you have been accepted into Odin's Norsing... | 1 | |
[WP] Your dreams are getting stranger. | [
"'Bad Chinese Food\"\n\nI woke up, flat on my back staring at the white stucko ceiling. I could feel an uncomfortable wet puddle in the small of my back, where my undershirt and bedsheet were bunched up in sweat. I rolled over to my left, swinging my feet off the bed and onto the floor with my elbows resting on m... | 1 | |
[WP] The year is 2033. "Black Friday" starts at 8 pm on the 4th of July. Thanksgiving is all but a folktale. Kohl's Cash is the global currency. | [
"\"Dad, you comment on this every year.\" My son says to me, passed another one of my fits of random chuckling as we walk through our neighborhoods Kohl's grocery section. We wanted to pick up some snacks because, just like in the old days, I refuse to wait in line for days for Black Friday to happen. I'm just goin... | 1 | |
[WP]Every week you meet with yourself from a week in the future. One day your future self doesn't show up. | [
"It became a habit quickly between us, every Saturday we met on the bench just in front of Tony's coffee shop, just down the street where we lived.\n\nI first met him nearly two years ago, while I was drinking a cappuccino on this bench. When he came in front of me, the similarities were so many I just was too surp... | 1 | |
[WP] You left her. She moved on. You didn't. | [
"I remember that night like it was only yesterday. The wind was cold, biting at the parts of my neck and face that weren’t covered by my scarf. It was almost Christmas, only a few more weeks to go. All the other college students were going home, eager to see their family and friends. I was going home to an almost e... | 3 | |
[WP] You are currently tied up, upside down above a piranha tank surrounded by dozens of guards. "Macgyver" your way out of this situation with the most ludicrous yet technically possible way imaginable. | [
"The whirring noise of the winch coupled with a rough laughs of the guards and bubble tank below confused and disorientated Wayne. Piranhas awaited below and it looked like it was curtains for Wayne who's parkour misadventures show him plummet down a chimney and into the bowels of an underground lair.\r\rHe could h... | 3 | |
[WP] The Devil Wears Prada... And (s)he wants a refund. | [
"She was taller than you'd think. Six foot something. I don't know, I was always too distracted by her voice to make an accurate call.\n\n\"Is this how you handle things here on 'Earth?' \" I don't know what the air quotes were for, but she used them. I didn't catch everything she said after that, I was too busy wo... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been hired by the dark lord to play a wise mentor for up and coming adventurers. | [
"It's always a tavern isn't it? Thats were the lord high-demon or whatever he calls himself picked me up. Dragged me out when i was blin drunk and got me to sign a contract i never read, he just waved some gold in my face and i signed away. I guess it pays well, and as ive proved time and time again im a bad person... | 3 | |
[WP] Describe the shape of the back of your teeth based on what your tongue feels. | [
"It was dark, the creature noted as it woke up in a strange world. Without hands or ears or eyes or a nose, it moved its entire body around to survey its whereabouts. Besides two mountain ranges, there was nothing around, not a single living thing besides itself. If it is the only thing inhabiting the world, then i... | 1 | |
[WP] We didn't realize it at the time, but in 2017, the world was headed for war. | [
"WW3: War of the neck beards\n\nDoesn't sound so bad when written that way, but it was that bad. WW3. Hipster war. Man. Fuck.\n\nThe Neck Beards struck as fast and as furious as a movie franchise title rip-off only could: Decisively precise. And it ended on the kind of cliché that ony a B-movie quality owning i... | 1 | |
[WP] Write about your best friend: a trebuchet. | [
"It has been a long and gurgling battle hasn’t it. The dark brood surly felt that last payload we descended upon them. They all said that is was insane to use a dragon skull as a counterweight. But I say hey if a tiny dwarf and his best friend can knock a mighty dragon out of the air. Then we have first dips on the... | 1 | |
[WP] You walk into a white room and see Morphius holding a red pill and a blue pill. As you approach him, he begins to explain your choices, but before he can speak, you grab and swallow both pills. | [
"The instant that both pills pass your lips, everything stops. For a moment you don't know what happened, and then you notice reality warping and flexing. Gradually the depth of three dimensions gives way to two, then one. A line stretching vertically to infinity seems in some impossible way to rotate, and then two... | 2 |
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