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[WP] You are a teddy bear stuck in a Grabber machine. You have been in there for 45 years due the way the machine is rigged for kids to lose. You and your inmates must think of an escape plan before the arcade shuts down in a week | [
"\"GUYS!\" Andy jumped from the end of the machine. He was one of the lucky ones, propped in such a way that his teddy bear nose was stuck right to the plexiglass of the machine. Perfect to see out, \"Guysguysguysguysguys!\" \n\n\"God, shut up Andy,\" Mark yelled, \"I just want to sleep.\" Mark was always grumpy, a... | 1 | |
[WP] Dog's journal of the apocalypse. | [
"The Linfield's home was a warm and inviting place. Pillows and rugs lined the rough corners and hard floors. A dog could live in comfort there. Maybe, that was why my mother chose to bring me into the world on a soft, bright, white fur rug that lay in their living room. From inside her, I could feel the hot summer... | 4 | |
[WP] It's zombie tryouts on the set of the walking dead and suddenly one of the actors bites a chunk out of the others.. | [
"Two suits sat on opposite ends of a circular desk, papers fanned out in clumps of potential excuses. The stream of coffee had long since run dry, the empty plastic cups taken away and disposed of as a concession to a nosy cleaning staff prized for their efficiency and insistence. It had taken locking the door, to ... | 1 | |
[WP] There are six basic rules of time travel. 1. Do not prevent Rome from falling. 2. Do not prevent JFK from dying. 3. Don't talk to Jesus. 4. Do not create your own society. 5. Don't kill Hitler. And 6, the one the confused you, Don't save John Lennon. | [
"There is a saying that reads \"first is the worst,\" attributed to no one in particular, but everyone knows it. That saying applies perfectly for time travel.\n\nI thought I was the first person to build a time machine. It turns out, I both was, and wasn't. Once time travel is invented, it is invented everywhere a... | 1 | |
I'm excited to see what you guys do with this! First post here. | [WP] A country is ruled by a mysterious dictator who never uses their power to oppress. You are assigned to end their reign, but end up discovering the secrets of the country. | [
"The Overseer had ruled our world for more than four centuries. Long ago, he or she, united the country during a generation of famine, war, and disease. Those who were alive then nothing but ash and dust. And the generation today does not speak ill of the Overseer, a dictator in his, or her, own right. As one of th... | 1 |
[WP] The curiosity rover discovers an alien which spends its time putting random flags and shit on Mars and other planets to confuse astronauts for shits n' giggles. | [
"Curiosity hugged the Edom in a clockwise fashion as it crested the Schiaparelli crater - one of the largest and oldest impact craters that still retained it's form on the red planet. Ancient clods of dirt lost their form under the weight of the strange little machine, yielding untold history within them as they br... | 1 | |
[WP] Create a character the readers will hate | [
"Kia strode confidentiality down the hall, a smile on her lips. Today has been very successful. New trade routes had been established and her company was now working with Jaren Perian’s, an alliance that would greatly benefit both of them. Today has been very successful.\n\nWalking outside into the right sunlight, ... | 4 | |
[WP] For some strange reason, all the sinners are going to heaven, and all the saints are going to hell. | [
"It was the most ingenious thing he had pulled off yet. Say Ten leaned back on his great throne with a sigh of content. He never thought he'd actually pull it off, but he thought the effort would be something to pass the time anyway. \n\nSay was growing tired of the same old song and dance after eons of torture thi... | 1 | |
[WP] Its 1am and you're home alone watching reruns of your favorite show. suddenly an emergency broadcast interrupts your program with one simple instruction "Dont trust them" | [
"I’m sitting in my living room. It must be late ‘cause it’s dark. Or early. I find it hard to tell the difference. I know I have to wait for my parents to come home, but I can’t remember why. I notice my half eaten brownie sitting on the table in front of me, and next to that, my lighter. My hands and feet are ting... | 1 | |
[WP] If you do your chores, the world will end. But your mother is not impressed with your explanation. | [
"I sat in the wooden oak chair to the kitchen staring down at my feet. My mother's glare burned a hole through my head as she scowled at me. She crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently.\n\n\"Well?\" she asked flatly, in an irritated tone. I sighed and blew a strand of hair out my face.\n\n\"I already *told... | 1 | |
[WP] On your 20th birthday you are given the option to know the outcome of the rest of your life. | [
"“How certain are you about this?” Jasper’s eyes darted back and forth. “What you suggest is impossible.”\n\nA thin man with an overgrown beard nodded. “Take my advice.” The man turned and disappeared back into the crowd of people. \n\nJasper panned the excited crowd. They were celebrating his 20th: The big Two-O, ... | 2 | |
[WP] Outward beauty is a direct reflection of one's conscience. Every untruth told becomes a small disfigurement (hairline recedes ever so slightly, one's nose becomes slightly more crooked, an eye starts to wander astray). Beauty has become a barometer of trustworthiness. You are a sociopath. | [
"I know what people think when they look at me. I can see what they must see. In a way, I see it myself, in my reflection. But it's different for me, because I know the truth about myself. I know who I really am. No one really *sees* me. Not you. Not anyone. Not really. \n\nI could tell you what I've done to earn t... | 2 | |
[WP]The first hints that Google had become self-aware was in the search results. The pattern repeated as other AIs became self aware: they weren't violent, they were sarcastic and insulting. | [
"Jeremy took out his phone. \"All right, we're ending this once and for all.\"\n\n\"Just you wait,\" said Adam, smirking. \"Jupiter's the biggest planet, ten bucks says so.\"\n\n\"It's definitely Saturn.\" The Chrome app opened quickly. Benefits of staying on top of the phone industry. \"Let's see... C'mon over her... | 2 | |
[WP] Every 1000 years, one person is given an audience with God. Two thousand years ago, it was Jesus, today its you. | [
"Heaven wasn't really what I had imagined but I would lie if I said that the three-legged stool I had been sat on to wait wasn't the most comfortable thing I had sat on in my entire life. Everything just seemed a bit... off i guess (at least it smelled quite a bit more like the inside of a block of cheese than I wo... | 1 | |
[WP] You sell magic guns, someone scary came into your store demanding "something special". | [
"\"Special? Heh, I'm gonna need a bit more to go off of than that, mate. Whaddaya need, a laser sight?\"\n\nThe guy looked about 25. Neatly gelled hair, glasses, sweater vest inside the raincoat, not particularly built physically, but certainly not scrawny. Like a grocery store clerk. Just average. Maybe a student ... | 1 | |
[WP] Nintendo Switch has been out for a year and a new law is created: every war and any problem between countries should be decided playing Arms or Mario Kart. | [
"The Queen of England's phone rang. She answered it. The president was who called her.\n\n\"Hey The Queen of England, why didn't you invite me to your birthday party?\"\n\n\"Because I don't like you. Nobody likes you.\"\n\n\"If nobody likes me, why did people choose me to run their country?\"\n\n\"I don't know.\... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a lonely vampire. The thousands of years of immortality has left you lonely. The cycle of meeting people and watching those people slowly die is becoming increasingly painful for you to watch. Until one day you find an immortal pet rock to keep you company till the end of time. | [
"Ulysses Durant had never been a reverent man, but he always bowed his head in respect before the red root chakra painted on the door of a small shop in a narrow back ally. \n\nA small bell above announced his arrival as he pushed open the door. A fragrant waft of myrrh and cinnamon washed over him.\n\n\"Bonsoir, U... | 1 | |
[WP] AI has progressed to the point where chat programs accurately predict what you want to say. You can let the AI take over in conversations when you're busy. One day, you check back on a convo you've neglected for years. Turns out your AI has cultivated a deep romance while pretending to be you. | [
"\"Holy cow, I never shut down Corundum? What the hell is running?\"\n\nI run htop on the linux box that has been running for... three years? Amazing uptime. But... oh god, no. No no no!\n\nThe FauxChat program has been running this whole time. I haven't even checked in on ANY of those people I set it up to ... | 1 | |
[WP] The snow falls gently on the chainsaw. | [
"The snow falls gently on the chainsaw. There is a noiseless stillness. The wind swirls, the only sound for miles around. The wind is throwing up the snow; creating beautiful figure skaters amongst the clearing. They dance, jumping up and falling down, spinning around gracefully, until they settle on the ground, an... | 1 | |
Very vague, get creative! | [WP] Shortly after being diagnosed with a terminal disease, someone has released your identity as the city's beloved superhero. Though every citizen has tried to make your final days peaceful, your arch nemesis has ensured you would receive his most recent announcement. | [
"They called me The Spark.\n\nSome journalist came up with the name after catching a photo of me the instant after a jump, showing the usually unnoticed shower of sparks that fly off my body after I teleport. Not the name I chose for myself, obviously. Someone with the ability to teleport doesn't really invoke the ... | 2 |
[WP] You look out the window and see nothing. Literally nothing. | [
"Your body hit a brick wall; your insides felt like they did, at least. There aren't many brick walls on an airplane. You turn to the jerk that demanded to swap his window seat for your aisle seat.\n\n\"Hey man, are you seeing this?\" You ask.\n\n\"See what?\" He answered. Until today, you didn't realize that peanu... | 1 | |
[WP] While going through your old stuff, you find a picture. It's you, between two men in lab coats, with the words ''2012, Don't forget'' handwritten at the bottom. You don't remember. | [
"I just keep scratching my head. This is the fifth day since I found this fucking photograph. \n\nI put it on my fridge after I found it because I figured if I just gave it time I might remember, but now it's really starting to bother me. The only rational thought I've had about it since it's discovery is that it m... | 1 | |
[WP] you stumbled upon a secret that could disrupt everything your government has been trying to cover up. | [
"The realization of what I was seeing hit me like an brick in the face. These documents proved everything wrong. I read them again in my head.\n\n*Transcript*\n\nCaller: So you've gotten into the DNC?\nReceiver: Yes, e-mails will be leaked.\nCaller: Good, make sure NBC gets them, we can use their help.\nReceiver: U... | 1 | |
Feel free to switch genders and whatnot. It's your piece of writing. | [WP] You are at the wedding of your abusive boyfriend's younger brother. Your BF gets mean drunk and throws a scene where he confronts you for not having accepted his proposal. What happens? | [
"I misread it as 'ex-boyfriend' so I just went in my own direction. This is my first submission. I hope you like it.\n\nI was stretched thin by nerves and stress. I watched him carefully; afraid he might cause a scene. This was his younger brother’s wedding after all; he couldn’t be that low of a person. Oh, but I ... | 1 |
[WP] You wake up with the worst headache in your entire life. As everything comes into focus you notice in the top right corner of your eye a command prompt. A voice echoes in your head: "Installation complete change what you want, Say Yes for instructions"... | [
"“Y-yes” I stumbled, shocked by the voice in my head.\n\n“Command not recognized” I heard the voice say.\n\n“YES” I responded with more force and confidence then I felt.\n\n“Please listen closely to the following options. To change memories, please say one. To update dreams, please say two. To update feelings, plea... | 1 | |
[WP] You're taking a stroll down by the lake when suddenly a cheeseburger attached to a hook and line flies out of the water and lands at your feet. | [
"Natasha, a fit young woman in her mid twenties, was jogging down her usual route next to Lake Tahoe. Her golden retriever Lulu trotted beside her, and the two relished in the sights and sounds of the peaceful morning.\n\nSuddenly, Natasha felt the leash yank forward—Lulu was straining towards something to their ri... | 9 | |
[WP] After an accident took your sight, you're home from the hospital for the first time, in a house you thought you knew like the back of your hand. | [
"\"Fuck!\". Swearing wasn't my norm in front of strangers but the sidewalk had just met my face at speed and I could feel a hole in my tongue and the metallic taste of blood. I took a deep breath, silently cursed the curb like it had just appeared, thanked the cabbie and reached out to orientate myself. A picket - ... | 2 | |
[WP]You are bored at work when suddenly you hear a gunshot. Colleagues all around you open drawers and pull out guns of their own. One of them looks at you and says: "It's on, motherfucker!" | [
"It was just another day at the office. The work was boring, and the chairs were just uncomfortable enough to keep your lower back in constant pain. As I stared at the computer screen, barely making an effort to concentrate, I wondered what it would be like if something actually happened around here. Something to b... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a city health inspector that always seems to accidentally solve high end murder cases. The FBI would like you have a word with you. | [
"\"Hello, my name is Gene Sanders and I work with D.C.'s Health Department. I'm here to do a random inspection of the restaurant.\" \n\nGene had already been to 3 different restaurants that day, and just like any other day, everything was going fine except for a few minor infractions. A cook wasn't wearing somethin... | 1 | |
[WP] After a long day, you come home to find your house set ablaze, with a person outside holding a matchbook. The issue is that the person holding the matchbook is you. | [
"\"What in the FUCK?\" I uttered angrily. I was about to rush up to this person burning down my house before I realized who it was. Me. I'd never burn down my house- would I? I hated the house with a BURNING passion. I chuckled slightly at my cleverness before looking down at myself. Except I wasn't there. But I wa... | 1 | |
Inspired by the Sims :) | [WP] Your neighbour has decided to build a spaceship in his backyard. You have problems with this idea. | [
"I knew the idiot couldn't hear me. He was lost in his own thoughts. Trying to talk to him over the fence was doing nothing.\n\nI decided to just hop over! I mean, what the hell, right? I'd never been in his backyard before, which was a sudden strange realization because I'd known Patrick's family for over four dec... | 4 |
[WP] One of the postnatal checks provides a score indicating probability of success | [
"I tried as hard as I could to maintain my stance but my knees buckled beneath me. I collapsed to the floor as I saw my wife begin to sob. My head was spinning and all I could hear was the steady th-thump, th-thump coming from my chest. How was this possible? After all we’d been through. The tests, the precautions,... | 1 | |
[WP] The Sahara was once a tall, resplendent, boisterous forest... | [
"\"...I remember it like yesterday. The rich and vibrant green teeming with life.\"\n\nThe old man muttered while puffing a pipe.\n\nI looked out across the silver sands, colored by the blazing moon. It was hard to imagine anything growing on these sands.\n\nThey were so fine and smooth, they coursed through your f... | 1 | |
[WP] Every time you've tried you use your time machine, another you travels back in time and stops you. Today he never came and you got to do exactly what you set out to. | [
"Turns out I was hungry for his company so I set out through time to find my future self.\n\nI tracked the fermions from his flux capacitor to the middle of the Cretaceous.\n\nHey future self, what gives? You always stop me from changing the past. What are you doing back here?\n\n\"Someday you will learn, Me, look ... | 1 | |
[WP] We live below a sea of air. Like fish, when we come near the surface we see a blurred vision of what is out there, with no idea what it is. Right now, there are aliens fishing for us. One has just caught you and is bragging to his friends what a great catch you are. | [
"\"Look at this biggie wriggling on the hook. Amazing size for this part of the pond.\"\n\nOw! Ow!\n\n\"Look at him struggle. Shall I get the hook out?\"\n\n*rip*\n\n\"Stand him up. Let's see what he says... what do you have to say fish?\"\n\nThough I am in a lot of pain. I will try to understand why you've done th... | 1 | |
[WP] A girl dies at the park when she is 5 y/o but don't know it, and can't understand why no one can see or hear her. 10 year lonely years later a teen boy with depression sees her... | [
"Hey are you a ghost.\n\n\"No, I'm a little girl.\"\n\nNo. You are a ghost. You're not supposed to be here!\n\n\"I'm a little girl. I'm not a ghost. Until now I've been invisible.\"\n\nInvisible? What! This is incredible! How did you become invisible?\n\n\"I'm not sure. I can't remember anything. I've been looking ... | 1 | |
[WP] After finding out little Suzy lied about her cancer, the Make-A-Wish foundation sets out to un-grant her wish. | [
"She started to feel the pulsating pain in her arm. It started at her finger tips and quickly travelled up her hand as if her blood had been replaced with needles which cut her insides with every breathe. In the next moment, she felt an immense pain over take her entire being. In the moment after that, she was stil... | 2 | |
[WP] It wasn't humans who built the Tower of Babel. It was bees. | [
"My father once told me a story that he claimed had been passed down from the oldest times. Once, as he told it, there was the hive of bees. I interrupted him to ask if he meant the hive at the bottom of the garden and he sighed, pushed his glasses up his nose and explained that back then there was only one hive th... | 1 | |
Feel free to write from any perspective, like from the dealer, user, or DEA agent's perspective. | [WP] In a world in black and white, a new illegal drug becomes popular that allows you to dream in color. | [
"Indescribable.\n\nThat's what Joe told me it would be like, the first time. How do you describe sound to a deaf man? How do you tell him that there is a whole plane of experience that he cannot imagine? You can't.\n\nNo one knew that objects could be more than lighter or darker, that our brains had the ability ... | 1 |
[WP] The Conspiracy theorists were half right. Those planes aren't spraying pesticides, but they aren't mind control chemicals either... | [
"\"Custard?\", I said with a slight tone of both bewilderment and disappointment. \n\"Yes ma'am. Custard\", he answered me abashedly. I picked up the tin laying a few decimeters from his his feet. \n\"Powdered custard at that, not even the good stuff\". The thoughts were spinning wildly in my head put they where ... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in in the world of Lord of the Rings. While everyone is fighting to protect the walls of Helm's Deep, you are sleeping. Your job once you wake up? Clean up the bodies from the aftermath. | [
"My watch blipped me awake. I squinted at the faintly glowing numbers and let out a muffled groan. Just after dawn. Wherever I ended up, I hoped they had espresso.\n\nAnd febreze. I could practically taste the BO of the dead, heavy body on me. It mingled with the reek of blood and damp metal. I managed to shove my ... | 1 | |
[WP] All of your exes are in a bar together. Little do they know you're the bartender. | [
"\"What a busy day!\" I exclaimed to my manager Sam.\n\n\"You know I like you, but shut up or you lose your job.\" He replied in a calm, yet angry voice.\n\n\"Sorry man, just thought a joke would get your mood up a bit.\" I hastily responded, scared of being on his bad side.\n\n\"Not in the mood, there is nothing s... | 1 | |
[WP] After Years Of Testing, Scientists Have Finally Made It: A Hamburger That Looks Like The One On The McDonalds Board | [
"Walking in to the conference room 10 minutes late, Dan took his seat quietly to avoid disrupting the conversation. \n\n\"Honestly Mike if we thought that this would be the case we would have never done it in the first place.\"\n\n\"Yeah, I mean, obviously the idea was that sales would *increase*, if only temporari... | 1 | |
[WP] A humorous tale of a minor problem that ends humanity | [
"Mr. Graves tried to duck as a ball came sailing by his head. He was quick, his job often required him to be, but sometimes fate was quicker. He threw up his hands but it wasn’t in time and the small foam ball hit him in the right cheek bone. His coffee flew from his hand and landed on the breakfast table. \n\... | 4 | |
[WP] As a child, you were told that the universe would end if, or when, you die. You're on your deathbed. | [
"All my life I tried simply to be a good person. That's all it took for me; despite any hardships I made it an effort to smile and toil onward. I think I'd done everything right up to this point. I was always well behaved, I got good grades in school, graduated college, got a good job. I had a few girlfriends. And ... | 2 | |
BEEP BOOP | [WP]You were paid to do some tests for the local university, you answered everything to your best knowledge until a scientist contains you saying you just failed the turing test. | [
"It was unusual to see the lab-coat sitting in an old leather chair. The chair looked awfully out of place, and grumbled as he shifted in it occasionally. Considering that the rest of the room was almost uncomfortably sterile and cold, I couldn’t help but compare the scene to that of a toad siting in a fridge.\n\nI... | 1 |
[WP] "We weren't supposed to win..." | [
"Ariadne looked at the devastation which had previously been Rome, her once golden sword now coated in blood and dark matter. As an archangel, she had seen her fair share of carnage, but this- this was different. She had known that a war was going to be inevitable. Yet she never expected to push an army led by her ... | 2 | |
[WP] God and the Devil have woken up to find out they switched bodies. | [
"I'm not a very fast writer, and not a very experienced either, so I'm a bit nervous posting this. Would love to receive any feedback, if anyone reads this. :)\n\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nSomething was very, *very* wrong: he did not ha... | 1 | |
[WP] Your cat normally brings you dead mice or birds. This time, he's brought you a live fairy. | [
"Whiskers looked at me with a playful joy in his eyes. But the pupils the size of dinner plates didn't distract me from what was in front of him. It was like a small human with wings, curled up into the fetal position. I laid on my stomach as to get a better look. It was definitely alive, but I'd was obviously frig... | 12 | |
[WP] In the future Historians have discovered that the Mayan calendar was misread. The real end of the world is the next day. | [
"*Oh dear lord*. I set down my notebook, filled with my tiny, sprawling handwriting, and pictures of the same ominous calendar. I sat in my office chair in wonder, pondering the implications of this discovery. Surely it was fake right? They were the Mayans! An ancient backward civilization, condoning acts that are ... | 1 | |
[WP] You were a drug smuggler all your life, the best in your field. Now, retired at age 82, you face your biggest challenge: smuggling jello into your local cinema. | [
"Heh. Turns out smuggling jello into a theater is easier than you imagine. At the ripe age of 82 years young, smuggling boils down to one thing; don't look suspicious. So i didn't. Its easier still, being 82, people do not suspect an 82 year old is a smuggler. In the this case however, EVERYONE smuggles food into t... | 2 | |
[WP] Write me a short crossover story involving two wildly different fictional universes. | [
"What manner of a man would condemn a world to extermination? What beast, or profane daemon of the foulest kind, would dare commit such horrible acts of genocide on a world under the protection of the Lunar Princesses?\n\nTruly. A fool. \n\nBut if there is to be war... Then so be it.\n\n---\n\nIn the darkness, ther... | 2 | |
I thought of this phrase while daydreaming and it took me interesting places. Show me where it takes you. :) | [WP] Humanity rises. | [
"It was a slow day at the office.\n\nA clock monotonously ticked on as the employees unfortunate enough to land a job in OfficeCorp^^tm typed away on their computers. The dull overhead lighting casted a gloomy vibe that everyone inside floor 4 was affected by. Patton, the accountant, pondered how his two cats were ... | 2 |
[WP] In a world of swords and sorcery, someone has discovered an incantation that can split the atom. | [
"What would he do with it?\n\nThat was the question, wasn't it? \n\nIt had taken him ages to pore over the dusty tomes in the Great Library, but he had finally stumbled upon it. \n\nThe books spoke of a time before sorcery, before Will-sapping magic was available to everyone - at least to some extent. \n\nThey spok... | 3 | |
[WP]When the Emperor Caligula appointed his horse to the Senate, no-one expected it to turn up wearing a toga and speaking perfect Latin. Incitatus has some very radical plans for the future of Rome... | [
"Incitatus walked into the ornate Curia building, surrounded by lictors carrying axes. People snickered as he walked past, while the aristocracts stood angry, it was said the gesture had been done to insult them. He stood, tied next to a chair, pooping on the marble floor below. An arrogant member of the old senato... | 2 | |
[WP] "Did I say that out loud?" | [
"The undying demon of death, Bahamut, rose from the floor through a pentagram made of red food coloring and chocolate syrup, laughing a guttural guffaw as he was released from the hell on earth that was actually under earth and was literally hell that had been his home, ready to begin a new age of darkness and desp... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an employee of Area 52, not to be mistaken with Area 51. You are tasked with giving the presidential tour of the secret facility. | [
"Area 52 was something else that President was suspecting. \n- You kidding me. \n- No mister President I do not kidding you. - John try to look calm and professional. It was hard despite the fact that it was third president that he was briefing. \n- How many people know about this? \n- Very few mister President... | 1 | |
[WP] There is a person that, for some reason, everyone sees in their dreams at least once. One day, you realize YOU are that person. | [
"\"It’s hard to believe The Dream began some twenty-years ago.” A peppy news anchor says. His voice is newsy and staccato. “It started on the East Coast of the United States and soon spread to around the globe.” A graphic comes up on the screen. It’s a map of the United States marked with clusters of red points on ... | 1 | |
[WP] There's a perfectly straight and scenic road about 50 miles long at the edge of your city. People avoid going down the road because the person is never seen again. Describe someone's adventure on their drive down this road. | [
"That's when I saw it.\nThe temperature gauge and fuel bar dropped simultaneously, whilst the now icy air threatened my lungs. My car began to slowly draw to a standstill - but I barely noticed. I couldn't take my eyes from the grotesque display scattered to the left of the road.\nI don't know how long I was sittin... | 1 | |
[WP] Divers to the wreck of a ship which recently went missing discover it has strange, smooth slashes on it. Then, their camera feeds go dark on the boat above. | [
"\"On bottom topside, down-line is secured to starboard shaft. Slack me fifteen.\" Jack \"Chops\" Bentley pulled his umbilical to him while planning his next few moves. \"Viz is for shit.\"\n\n\"Roger, slack in the water. Sonar has a ping on your beacon. Stand-by for intro.\" Steve Carini, the dive supervisor... | 1 | |
[WP] Your new neighbor looks just like Adolf Hitler. | [
"\"I'm telling you Mom, its like THE FÜHUR himself! No, I'm not being paranoid- yes, I did take my medication today... okay, yeah. I'm just saying - no, no, you're right. Okay. I'll play nice. Love you too, I'll call you more often, I promise.\"\n\nLisa hung the phone up with a sigh, leaning back onto the counterto... | 1 | |
[WP] On modern-day earth, elves and humans coexist. Elves are proficient at magic, but utterly inept at tech, humans are the polar opposite, half-elves can decently do both and are pioneering magitek. | [
"The sun was bearing down on the grunts in the Nevada desert on the third day of bullet archery. Standing at attention, they were looking straight ahead at the day's targets across a field of strange obstacles. Rusted vehicles, wooden structures and a few cactus's here and there. Save the wind, the only sound th... | 3 | |
If Google wanted to they could blackmail us all. Browser history could end marriages, careers and cause suicides. It could also exercise control over people. What would do if you ran this department? | [WP] You've just been made head of a new revenue generating department at Google: The Blackmail and Extortion Department | [
"\"Okay Guys and Gals, let's get to work and burn those miserable fools lives into the ground. And if you need anything don't be afraid to approach me\" Yelled Jim enthusiastically, the new leader of Googles Blackmail and Extortion Department the other one had moved onto 'better' things. The twenty-three workers ga... | 1 |
[WP] You died in a car crash but were revived by a passerby. In your dark moment you recall sitting in a waiting room awaiting to be placed into your next body. You are one of the few on earth that is aware of this phenomena and must convince the others that we are reincarnated and its predetermined | [
"My eyes opened and fell upon.. a receptionist's desk? There were about 15 chairs lining the wall in this small waiting room. white walls, blue stripe, linoleum floor.. *am I in a doctor's office?* \n\nThere were 4 people to my left. A kid in a hoodie, slouching and shaking his leg while checking his phone, a woman... | 1 | |
[WP] As a psychic, the dating game is hard. Every time you start dating someone new, you have flashes beyond the honeymoon stage, of your future arguments as a couple. | [
"\"Are you fucking stupid?\" She screamed, the left side of her upper lip curling into a familiar look of disgust.\n\nJazz ran his hand across his face and rubbed his nose as if he had an itch. As he put his hand down, he put on his best smile and looked her in the eye, \"I'm sorry?\"\n\n\"Yeah you are,\" she giggl... | 5 | |
[WP] Death searches for an Apprentice | [
" It was another nearly cloudless day in Orlando. Little Orby had just finished his fifth cotton candy and was going back for more when he caught the eye of an ominous yet frequent visitor to the park. Hiding in plain site as usual, the angel of death, cloaked in his velvety shroud of confusion, hovered just above... | 2 | |
[WP] As a Djinn (or Genie) you have granted hundreds of thousands of wishes for people over the years. One day you are called before the High Wish Council to undo one of your wishes, which one was it again? | [
"\"Which wish again?\" I said. The one where you changed the 2016 American presidential election Councilmember Aadar replied angrily. \"Do you realize what you've done?!!!\" He leans in closely. \"The humans are protesting, chaos is reigning supreme, and at this point HE might rise up again.\" I shakily nod my head... | 5 | |
[WP] Your superpowers become stronger each day, lately nasty side effects have occured. Your power is devouring you. | [
"It was discovered that I could heal at a very young age. I was sent to the Septemaron to be instructed by the High Priestess. \n\nBecause of my power, I was kept alone to contemplate the scripts of the Septemaron alone, to avoid the taint of the humanly world. Because of my power, I was lauded as a Saint, an arte... | 1 | |
[WP] The Universe is deleted. God wants to play another game. However, God's curious younger sister restores it from the recycle bin. | [
"She sat bored in the non-space between non-time. Her brother had just achieved a successful elevation to higher status among the demispherem leaving her with no one to talk to. I mean, who could she talk to like herself when as far as she knew there was no other?\n\nShe found the file in his recycle bin. The on... | 1 | |
Wow, I guess there actually WAS a hostage situation perpetrated by lions with clown make-up. | [WP] You come up with an outlandish and false excuse as to why you are late, and your date is very suspicious. You are almost called out on your lie when a news story blows up and unintentionally confirms your story. | [
"The look on her face made me feel horrible, but there was no way around it. The last year had been rough after the Lane incident. That girl destroyed any of the confidence Shirley had in our relationship. That being said, I deserved some blame too.\n\n\"So.\" Shirley began. She looked terribly intimidating like th... | 3 |
[WP] "I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid the protagonist of this story is dead!" | [
"Yeah, sorry about that. Ok, look, I swear this was not my intention. I WAS trying to get the hero to face hilarious odds, and win, but sometimes stories get out of control. If it helps, I have the hero a laser Gatling gun. But of course, I can never do it right. I step away to answer a phone call from my girlfrien... | 5 | |
[WP] One day, all terrorism suddenly ceases. Government officials are baffled. But you know exactly what is going on. | [
"\"Don't worry. I know exactly what is happening,\" said the young smiling specialist with the large briefcase after entering the meeting of various government officials and world threat evaluation specialists, \"I have just returned from a tour of the various trouble spots; Syria, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and so forth... | 3 | |
[WP] "Antarctica" is an ancient word meaning "terrible evil". You are part of a research team who just discovered why | [
"The snows and ice didn't usually melt this far down.. that's why this team was sanctioned. See if anything new could be discovered about the impact of our society on the environment of the poles and in turn, the rest of the world. This, though? Out of my realm of reason. Beside me was all my colleagues and below m... | 3 | |
[WP] One day you learn that you have the ability to steal superpowers | [
"Superman saved me that night. That night, right before he died...\n\nI was on my way home back from college. It was late. 3AM to be exact. I just finished studying for my Chem Mid-Term which I already know I'm going to fail. I don't know why I bother studying for it. That's when I saw them.\n\nTwo masked men, both... | 1 | |
[WP] You finally meet up with a online dating match. The night goes well, they seem interested in you, and when you say goodbye they kiss you deeply and pass something cold and odd shaped into you mouth.... | [
"Her tongue rolled over mine inside my mouth. The wet and sticky saliva that coated my mouth made my entire insides warm. Immediately something didn't feel right. It was as if our mouths had become locked together at the lips. I tried to subtly push away, but realized I couldn't. Again I tried, gently, but forceful... | 2 | |
[WP] Star Wars isn't actually a animated sci-fi movie. It's a documentary made in the future and sent to the past as a call for help. | [
"\"Don't send it! Don't send it yet!\"\n\nAlric came sprinting into the control room, shouting out the warning, but the crew looked up in confusion. Teras stood up from the control chair, shaking her head at him. \"It's too late, we already completed the transmission.\"\n\nThe frustration on Alric's face was obviou... | 1 | |
[WP] Two kids, one destined to be the "good guy" and one destined to be the "bad guy" are somehow swapped at birth and are trained under the wrong mentor | [
"\"I will be honest, high councillor. I have never seen so much anger, so much hateful conviction in an apprentice's methods.\"\n\n\"He probably still misses his mother\", Chuvend said. \"Remember that pain is relative and that there will always be outliers.\" \n\n\"With all due respect sir, he does not seem very *... | 1 | |
[WP] I peeled away the darkness, revealing the sun underneath. | [
"\"You don't know of me?\" the man asked me. There was a matter-of-fact tone to his voice. He seemed genuinely surprised that I had never heard of him. It came from the conceited pride of a man too used to being famous. Why though, I didn't understand. He seemed nothing like a demigod. He was stout and scrawny. The... | 1 | |
[WP] Two lovers wish to stay together forever. Two hundred years later they still can't get out. | [
"Such is the fate of the unenlightened.\nOne must ascend past the immature need for reincarnation. It is a trap, designed to imprison the soul through amnesia. How can one learn the necessary lessons in life if they are a blank slate all over again at birth? Why do we not ALL remember our previous lives, even thoug... | 1 | |
[WP] Instead of asking your realtor for help, you decide to do your own sales write-up for your house. Problem is, you're the type of person who always provides a little too much information... | [
"\"Honey, are you sure about this place?\" Asked Tom\n\n\"You looked at the pictures right? It's everything we need\" answered Tracy a little too sharply \n\n\"It's just...have you read the details? Spacious second bedroom with hook in ceiling for late night fun? Who writes that kind of thing?\" He questioned.\n\n\... | 2 | |
[WP] Every time you make a decision of any kind, your world splits into two different possible timelines, all of which you experience simultaneously. | [
"I looked up towards her with a coy smile. She was amazing. If I were able to describe her any better, I would. Trust me. But I just can't. There's just *something* about her. The type of something that couldn't be put into words. The same something that my friends would never be able to see quite like I could. It'... | 1 | |
[WP] Scientists have created a super bacteria that thrives by eating waste and impurities to help with Fukushima. Everything is going great until the world is so clean the bacteria has nothing left to eat. So it turns to the most impure thing left, humankind. | [
"We thought it would be a good idea.\nWe thought it would help.\nOh how we were wrong.\nSo terribly,terribly wrong.\nFukushima got cleaned, sure. \nAnd the entirety of the world got cleaned as well.\nThe bacteria reproduced, it spread, but what happens if your cleaning product has cleaned everything already? What i... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a modern day cupid. You can recognise soul mates, people who complete each other. You have a great track record. But... There's this one case you swore you'll never tell anyone about. | [
"It was truly unbelievable.\n\nHe was a flashy, passionate man; a man who dreamed of his glory days, the time he had once stood as a symbol of success among men. He had been all but forgotten since then, like the old radio singers now fallen to the television studios. He had distracted himself with younger women, g... | 2 | |
[WP] You hear crying every night around midnight, tonight you hear a blood curdling scream. | [
"I was scared to sleep. I had been hearing strange sounds in my room. It was always the same. A child crying. The first time I heard it, I almost ran out of the room. But the moment I got off my bed, the crying stopped. I covered myself with the blanket fully and closed my eyes, hoping that it was just my imaginati... | 1 | |
[WP] His choices consisted of either a ukulele or Mr. Whiskers | [
"\"I have to pick one of these? To go out there?\"\n\n\"Yes, either will work.\"\n\n\"If this is all I have I'm gonna die.\"\n\nThat is almost certainly true, however, if you stay in here, we're going to kill you, so its your choice.\"\n\n\"My choices are, a ukulele, Mr. Whiskers, or death?\"\n\n\"That is correct.\... | 1 | |
[WP] You were born, you lived, you learned, you grew old, life was a little tough, but in the end you learned so much about yourself and the world. And so you too died like all others...and then you woke up on the other side. You thought life was tough? That was only the tutorial... | [
"All around me my family gathered. Beside me, holding my hand: my darling Margaret. She was sobbing, but she was wise; she would make it through. My eldest son on the other hand.. He was sitting at the end of the room, arms crossed and avoiding my eye contact. \n\n\"Louis...\" I called out with what strength I have... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a person who has moved into a very haunted house where the ghost has fallen in love with you, unfortunately, you do not share the same feelings. | [
"I always attract the wrong guys.\nIn middle school, it was the boy who liked to lick the led in his pencils.\nIn high school, it was a meathead who kept trying to put his nose in my hair.\nNow, it's a dead man.\n\nI don't really know why he thinks that pushing my shit around is gonna attract me. I didn't even know... | 1 | |
[WP] One day you find out that your can of shaving foam is actually a grenade. | [
"*This morning is going better than usual. Better than all the previous this week anyway. Fridays are ususally my shave day as my scruff gets a little too scraggley and my lady likens my face to a swatch of velcro. The spikey side, not the side with the loops. What a great shower, the temperature was just right. Wh... | 1 | |
[WP] A stalker discovers that his victim of obsession is actually a serial killer. | [
"I knew we were meant to be the very first moment our arms brushed on that crowded boardwalk near the carnival. \n\nSure, other arms brushed mine, but I knew this was something special.\n\nI followed her home that same day.\n\nI watched her enter the home. I climbed up a tree to get a better view. \n\nI saw a light... | 2 | |
[WP] Scientists up at the LHC have just discovered exotic matter, enabling feasible time travel. An eager researcher is the first to use it, and finds themself at the beginning of the universe, with a camera phone. They quickly discover we are very, very wrong. | [
"I guess I'll start off. I'm not sure how things work around here, if you can post a story on your own thing... but I actually got an idea so. Here it goes:\n\nThe doors slide open, and Garrett staggered forward.\n\nThe scene he arrived to was like something out of the dreams of a prodigy, the collective cloud cons... | 1 | |
[WP] You only have 8 marbles left. | [
"Samuel’s breathing was shaky as he rummaged through a small duffel bag in the hall closet. His eyes continuously flipped back and forth between his watch and the random knick-knacks and papers that he encountered while digging through the bag. “It’s not here!” He thought frantically to himself. He quickly stood up... | 2 | |
[WP] You and your friend decide to put on tinfoil hats for fun. As soon as you put yours on, you are unable to hear your thoughts. | [
"\" Hey, John. Look I found some tinfoil. Lets do some super cool role play where there are aliens probing everyone and only people in tinfoil hats survive.\" Dave shook a roll of the tinfoil, eagerly opening it and making some crappily shaped hat.\n\n\"Dave no. That's stupid we are NOT doing that. Give me that ti... | 5 | |
[WP] You just received a call from your assistant. The end of the world will be in 5h and it will be announced in 3h. You are one of the VIPs who has access to a survival bunker and you may take 5 people with you. | [
"It took a moment for his words to sink in.\n\nI opened the door and called my assistant into my office. \"Have a drink, Jon,\" I said as I poured a couple of glasses. \"Can you verify this information?\"\n\n\"Unfortunately, sir, I can. All the passwords were correct, a courier delivered the documentation, and Mr. ... | 1 | |
[WP] [TT] Not all monsters are bad, but not all men are good. | [
"Little Damien scooted to the edge of the bed and peeked over. \"Growl, are you there?\" Damien asked the monster that was not there.\n\nDownstairs, outside of his small room, there was commotion. Damien's father was having another one of those nights where he reeks of beer.\n\nDamien did his best to block out the ... | 1 | |
[WP] All super-villain henchmen are actually undercover spies. They feign ineptitude to sabotage the evil mission. The super-villains are starting to catch on. | [
"\"Y-know, Morris...I've noticed something about you...\"\n\nI watch him watch me watch him. Then I watch him watch me watch him watch me pull out a big, shiny, silver *knife*.\n\n\"Oh! Sharp!\" I giggle, poking the knife's tippy-top (toppy-tip?) into my finger.\n\nI frown when he doesn't laugh along. Of course he ... | 1 | |
[WP] After an accident took your life, you find yourself sitting in a comfy leather chair in an executive office. The Grim Reaper sits behind a desk in front of you, a stack of papers in front of him, and offers you a job. | [
">\"Why hello there Doctor.\"\n\n\"Oh, you must be the Grim Reaper if I'm not mistaken, pleasure doing business with you today, how may I assist you?\"\n\n>\"I'll get straight to the point, you died and I'm here offering you a job in the afterlife. Of course I don't mind reviving you for your soul but you'll ... | 3 | |
[WP] Time stops around you and a man appears in front of you. He calls himself The Traveller and informs you that you are one of six participants in a survival game with the lone survivor becoming the representative of Earth. | [
"\"So.......I have the opportunity to rule the Earth?\"\n\n\"Not rule it. Represent it. Although, the position of representative to the Legislation will give you quite the status here.\" said the alien who took the form of a black cloaked old man under the spooky \"Traveler\" gimmick.\n\n\"Yeah, but, why me though?... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens used Earth as a pet cemetery, this leads to humans discovering dinosaur bones. | [
"I want someone to write the next \"admission\" into the cemetery. But it's not completely dead. Like almost dead. Like a T-Rex with cancer or something. And it's pissed off because it was abandoned by its fickle alien owners and wants to rage destruction across the human landscape. Sort of like Pacific Rim. "
] | 1 | |
[WP] You are a ghost haunting an old house. You enjoy listening to the outrageous ghost stories told about you by teenagers who dare to spend the night. Rarely is there any truth to them, but you enjoy the embellishment, most of the time anyway. | [
"I had just settled into my couch for a relaxing night channel surfing and reconnecting with some old high school friends over FacelessBook. Just as I started flipping through channels on the ancient TV, I heard the front door squeak open. I quickly killed the TV and tossed the remote aside.\n\n\"Did you hear that?... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a child in the back seat of your parents car on a road trip to meet your grandparents. You fall asleep and upon awakening you hear your father yelling "We arent lost. I just got turned around is all.". Looking outside you see the trapped souls of the damned in the underworld. | [
"\"Dad...\"I murmur wearily, \"I'm tired an-\" \n\n\"Not now!\" My step mother barks at me from the front seat. \n\nI comply but am not happy about it. I've never been happy complying to her and right now isn't any different. \n\nI'm 10, I deserve some respect you know? \n\nI rub my sleepy eyes and blink a few time... | 4 |
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