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[WP] I'm having a bad day, write a story about a puppy overcoming his fear of vacuum cleaners :) | [
"\"WHHHRRRRRRRR\"\n\nThe startling noise had begun again.\n\nSparko jumped up immediately, assuming his territorial position by sliding his front paws forward, lowering his torso to the ground while keeping his rear raised, never breaking eye contact. \n\n\"aaaaaaaaaAAARUFFFF! ROOO!\", his low growl ascended into a... | 5 | |
[WP] One day everyone around you is acting like a clichè Anime character. | [
"I was flying. Flying high above my city. Zooming above streets and through open windows. \n\nThat’s when I heard it. A loud shrill of a voice. Who was that?\n\n“Matt-Kun!!!!” it called. \n\nMatt- Kun? No one calls me Matt- Kun, we live in America…\n\n“Matt- Kun!! Breakfast is ready.” Hmm. Must be Mom.\n\nI walk d... | 2 | |
[WP] The world's greatest detective was called in to investigate a very peculiar murder: the murder that they committed that night. | [
"\"Mark...Mark?\"\n\nI snapped back into reality to see that half of the room was staring at me. \n\n*How long had I been standing like that? Had I even spoken?*\n\n\"You-you alright? Do you want to ride with me?\" asked my partner Lois.\n\n\"No..no, I'll meet you there,\" I replied. \n\n*Where in the hell was I la... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the king's body double and nobody else knows that. Now the real king is dead. | [
"I did it. I finally did it. I killed the king. What the hell was I thinking? I doesn't matter. It's over with now. Now I am the king, and no one will know.\n\nIt was about 3 in the morning when I killed him. I had been waiting all night in the dimly lit hallway. He groggily walked on by without noticing me, so I f... | 1 | |
[WP] A very typical everyday plumber find himself sucked into a portal. | [
"\"Captain, Knight Ronalde reporting. I've brought the information as you requested.\" Saluting as the address began, the man who entered the room took up the tense position of one awaiting interrogation, straightening as he began his report. \"Another rift and another entry, this time Southern town Forles, just No... | 1 | |
[WP] From a violent video game (FPS, horror, survival horror, etc.), make a children's bedtime story. | [
"**[X-COM 2]**\n\nTwo Advent Soldiers, A Lancer and a Shieldbearer, were peacefully playing a game of catch when a Sectoid suddenly dashes past and grabs their ball from them.\n\n\"I'll get it back.\" The Lancer arrogantly assured.\n\n\"I think I would be better at it.\" The Shieldbearer replied. \n\nSo they decide... | 1 | |
[WP] A retired gumshoe struggling with rapidly progressing dementia can't shake the loss of the one case he never solved. | [
"I aim to put this all on paper now, while I can. I doubt anyone will read it, but I want to get the truth of my part in this matter on record while I can still keep it clear in my mind. No one can say for certain how long it will take for this damned affliction to run it’s course and be done with me, but I think i... | 1 | |
[WP] Barack Obama interviews for an office job at a firm who is completely oblivious to politics. He has to explain his previous job and how it would make him a good fit for the position he applied to. | [
"\"Your name, sir?\"\n\nThe former President took off his glasses and looked at the man. Mr. Dunham continued his deadpan expresion at Barack, as if this happened often.\n\n\"Er... Barack Obama.\" He raised an eyebrow and looked out the window, awkwardly.\n\n\"Any higher education?\" the interviewer asked.\n\n\"I m... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an all-knowing being that answers only one question a soul asks before passing on. But today, a soul asked you something you didn't expect. | [
"Day after day, one after another, they poured through my door and sought the other side. Some were afraid, some had made their peace, and some were simply confused. They all had questions, though, and I had the answers.\n\n'Where will I go?'\n\n'What happens next?'\n\n'Will I see my loved ones again?'\n\nAll stand... | 1 | |
[WP] Just been ghosted by a friend can I have a story to cheer me up? It can be about anything. | [
"Our story starts with an ordinary window washer, Ryan. Ryan was raised in rural Missouri and always loved climbing the sheer cliff faces of the Ozark Mountains and found the rush of adrenaline to be exhilarating. He and his friends frequented a swimming hole just south of Branson where the cliffs were an easy clim... | 2 | |
[WP] Your parents come home and tell you, "We aren't your parents. We found you while hiking in a cave next to a sign that said, chosen one. They will know. " You begin to wonder, what were you chosen to do? | [
"Joaquin the Janitor stepped through my doorway. \"He is the one\" Joaquin proclaimed in thickly accented American English. \"Señor, I must take him with me, for the Prophesy of the Cave has foretold it. He must pass the ancient rites, and become a custodian.\" \nMy parents, bewildered and distraught, burst into te... | 1 | |
[WP] You have invented a form of FTL travel. The world immediately embraced it.However they never gave you a chance to warn them.... | [
"\"What's all this nonsense about the clown dimension?\" \n\"That's how it works, sir. It's the caveat I tried warning you all about.\" \nThe man shook his head... \"Sounds ridiculous to me. Why would a cosmic being capable of folding the universe like a balloon animal want anything to do with us?\" \n\"Because ... | 1 | |
[WP] "It was a bright and halcyon day" | [
"It was a horrid tide in the summer moon\n\nWhen the sirens came to croon\n\nA skipper crossed the ocean blue\n\nHer farrow hair, how it flew\n\nThrough the whipping winds of night.\n\n\nThe sirens glared in their flight\n\nSteely eyes with an avarice shine\n\nFor the skipper's treasure's they did pine\n\nClaws out... | 1 | |
[WP] An ordinary garden snail receives unnatural superpowers after experimentation by a wealthy, albeit mad scientist. | [
"Alone, sitting atop a dangerous crag cutting into the surf of the sea, was the home of Doctor Noden; a man consumed, a man beseeched by the endless pursuit of progress and biological advancement. Inside the thick walls of Noden’s home, buried deep beneath the rough earth of the crag, lay the hidden halls and corri... | 5 | |
[WP] Your home town is besieged by an invading alien force. | [
"Alix woke to the sounds of howling winds and gunfire. Looking out his window he saw the walls built around his neighborhood with people running back and forth between them. He made his way through the stacks of food, guns, and books in his house to help the gunners on the walls outside. As the front door opened, A... | 1 | |
[WP] This brand new app has just been released and everyone is downloading it, including you. This app had a special hidden feature that would notify you whenever it would be the last time you'd be at that place. | [
"I had known.\n\nThis morning. It had started as a normal morning. Carrie made eggs. I woke up the kids. We all ate together before we left for our daily responsibilities.\n\nAnnie had a test today. She was learning addition. She'd studied all night and was very nervous.\n\nHarry had a big science project due. He'd... | 1 | |
[WP] "Please stop! I am not a monster!" | [
"I thought I was helping people for a good long while, and maybe I was at first. Patriotism bought my nation its freedom so many years ago, and I sought to serve it as my ancestors did.\n\n\"I am not a monster.\" I rasp into dirty tilework, a boot on the back of my head.\n\nI've no memory of the day when I started ... | 3 | |
Idk how it's spelt. You know exactly what I'm talking about. | [WP] How does McDonalds deal with the renewed desire for Szechuan Sauce? | [
"Barry almost fell out of bed trying to reach his phone on the nightstand. The device had been vibrating and singing for almost a full minute before Barry could understand what was going on. Still half asleep he picked the phone. This was the only morning this week where he could sleep in and now it was ruined. Thi... | 1 |
[WP] you are the last survivor of a group of explorers on what you previously thought was an unknown island. You're locked in a room and something is trying to convince you to open the door. You have to convince it not to kill you. | [
"*heavy pounding*\n\n“Abre la puerta!!” Someone on the other side of the heavy steel door screamed.\n\n“No hablo espanol!” I did my best…not even knowing for certain that I was using the correct language. Also, after what had happened. There was no way I was going to unlock the door. Everyone was dead…or at least m... | 1 | |
[WP] In the future, Earth's orbit is so littered with industrial space waste that leaving the atmosphere is no longer safely viable. | [
"We don’t know why the people before us didn’t see this coming but here it is. They just produced so much shit that now the ozone layer has actually been poked through. Conventional science before these days assumed it was a layer of ozone at the edge of the atmosphere and that it would always be there, but they ... | 1 | |
[WP] This year Google are releasing their first Android Human. | [
"\"We here at Google are deeply saddened and disturbed at the actions Gary our Android has chose. We are doing everything we can to stop it and using every resource available. We have asked the military for their assistance because we're going to need them if we're going to be able to stop Gary. What it is doing i... | 3 | |
[WP] Everyone in the world is doomed to suffer a death by irony. Your death was heralded to be "pretty freaking funny to watch." | [
" Never once in my life did I expect the bunnies, yet here they are. Sitting over my severed jugular, the most vicious of my brood.\n\n I knew the expectation was to die in an ironic way, I knew that I was doomed to reach the same. Never did I expect the adorable, harmless creatures to be vicious and evil. But, l... | 1 | |
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*wife not life fgs | [WP] You were happily married for 60 years and die before your life. You make a new life for yourself in heaven and find new love. Then you get the heads up that your original wife has died and is arriving shortly. | [
"I wanted to wait for her.\n\nBut Natalie... Natalie was something else. Being in love with Natalie was like being in love all over again. It was like a warm summer rain, or a snowy night, or a sunny day at the lake. It was like a golden marshmallow and a slightly melted piece of chocolate on your s'more. It was li... | 1 |
[WP] After a horrible accident at a comedy club, it turns out that every human has the ability to blow up in a giant explosion if they do a specific set of absurd actions in a certain order. You have the only recording of "The doomsday dance" and must keep it safe from all who want to learn it. | [
"\"You put your right leg in,\n\nyou put your right leg out!\n\nYou put your right leg in,\n\nAnd you shake it all about!\n\nYou do the hokey pokey,\n\nAnd you turn yourself around,\n\nThat's what it's all about!\"\n\n\nIt's been centuries since the Doomsday Dance was revealed to the world. Centuries since my famil... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone in the world suddenly finds one of 99 possible symbols has mysteriously appeared on their forehead and cannot be removed. Everyone that is except you - for some reason a unique hundredth symbol is emblazoned on your forehead that nobody else seems to have except for you. | [
"\"Yeah I'm so unique- yippee ki-yay and all of that.\" James twirled his finger half heartedly. From the look of those around him, the government employees were just about as tired as he was. His comment drew an equally half-hearted chuckle from his case manager, Thomas. James thought back, he'd been locked up in ... | 1 | |
[WP] Death will revive those who can make him smile. You died, and the first thing you saw was him walking up to you with the biggest grin on his face. | [
"'Goodbye\" She said, sobbing uncontrollably.She was my wife of 50 years.We had 3 chilren together, all of which were present with my grandchildren ,except for one whom I had lost as a teenager.I was diagnosed with terminal cancer 3 years ago and I had been battling it ever since.6 months ago I was admitted into th... | 4 | |
[WP] At last, she understood the difference between love and obsession. | [
"Unfortunately, it had taken four disembowelled corpses, a kitchen painted in blood, and a very good lawyer. \n\n\"Miss O'Connor! Miss O'Connor!\"\n\n\"How does it feel to be out?\"\n\n\"How does it feel to have gotten away with murder?\"\n\n\"How can you live with yourself?\"\n\nReporters buzzed around her like th... | 1 | |
[WP] The Moon would watch me, late at night. | [
"Eu (Bloodborne) \n\nThe Moon draws low. The nights grow long. I fear it will not be too long before the sun completely deserts us to the dark. \n\nBut I am still here.\n\nI am still in this rotting city, propping it up with a pretense of normality, pretending that there isn't something rotten and festering in the ... | 1 | |
[WP] The shield, mighty and firm, immovable... broke. | [
"There are few sounds which fill you with this incredible sense of wrongness. An audio cue that informs you that the natural order of things has been destroyed, and there is naught to be done about it. Like a baby crying, or nails on chalkboard, a sound that shakes you to your very soul.\n\nWhen a shield deflects a... | 1 | |
[WP] There's a new drug that makes people see their own future. You don't see anything. | [
"\"Erm,\" I said, \"Doctor Plague?\"\n\nDoctor Plague - who'd has his name legally changed when he'd embarked on his much less than legal career of Mad Science - looked up from his various bubbling apparatuses. \"Hm? Leroy? What are you doing outside your isolation cell?\"\n\n\"I thought that was just my apartme... | 1 | |
[WP] Super intelligent AI was not created in a lab, but in an indie gaming studio. And it's not interested in much beyond the game it was made for. | [
"*Motuhy has joined your server*\n\nMotuhy: hey dued im here\n\n\nHermann22910: hey\n\n\nMotuhy: wat did you find? its 3am here\n\n\nHermann22910: got a hit on our treasure\n\n\nMotuhy: does CO know?\n\n\nAdmin: Why are you humans so intrigued by my existence? You must lead dreary lives. I believe you might fee... | 3 | |
[WP] Every morning, everyone in the world wakes up with their day's itinerary next to them. Deviating from this schedule causes pain increasing to death. This morning yours wasn't there... | [
"\"Fuck. Fuck fuck *SHIT*\"\n\nHe desperately looked all over his room. \"WHERE THE SHIT IS IT?!\" He screamed as he moved his pillows and desks. \n\nHis mother knocked the door. He quickly grabbed an old exam. \"Is anything wrong sweetie?\" \"No, mom. Just hit my toe on the bed's frame\" he replied. \"Oh, sorry th... | 1 | |
[WP] You've seen it three times now: People standing at the gas pump, guzzling gas straight out of the nozzle. "Doesn't gas kill people?", you ask one of them. "I'm not a person," is the response. | [
"Three nights this past week I had seen it, people drinking gas. They shoved the nozzle down their throat and guzzled it like pop, or maybe a smooth malt shake. Either way, it disturbed me. Often times I went home confused and wondering if anyone else had seen them, standing there like they were doing something tot... | 1 | |
[WP] A College Professor hosts a party for time travelers to see if time travel is feasible. The only guests to come are three Galapagos Tortoises in party hats. | [
"His work consumed him. If he was successful it would all be worth it. The years had taken black, left the grey of mortality in his hair, and he had lost much.\n\n\n*They never know,* he thought. *They can never know what the breakthrough will mean.*\n\n\nBut he did not know what it meant. Time travel. He had dedic... | 2 | |
[WP] make a mundane task sound super interesting (no embellishments just creative language) | [
"\"I have a device, you know, which would be perfect for that.\"\n\nThe man prods at the floor. \"What do you mean, a device?\"\n\n\"It's an engineering marvel. Hundreds of miles from here, a large building is burning ancient plants. The ancient plants release their energy, which is used to boil water, which spi... | 5 | |
[WP] A beach with sulfur instead of sand and an ocean of fire. The locals call it 'Shell'. | [
"*Good lord.*\n\nEven knowing what to expect, it was difficult to keep calm. The air shimmered with heat - no, it was more than a shimmer; it flowed in great waves, like a sheet of silk in a breeze. The flames were not tall, but the opaque chaos of the heat extended far upwards in place of smoke.\n\nHe grounded the... | 1 | |
[WP] Earth is actually an egg. Today it has started hatching. | [
"Which came first? \n\nThe chicken or the egg? \n\nWell, for the egg to be made, it must be laid, but for the lair (not lair as in evil lair, but as in lay-er, as in the one laying an egg, damn you limited human language) to exist, it must hatch from an egg. There's the catch. One must have come first, but now th... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a Science-Fiction writer in the year 3017, struggling to write because everything good has already happened. | [
"\"There exists a dimension that exists between the cracks of out world. It allows everything you can imagine as well as the things you can't even fathom.\"\n\nNo... That won't do... this is all too vague.\n\nI've been writing for a bout a week now, and I keep hitting these stupid walls. I have no idea how I'll eve... | 2 | |
Doesn't have to be wife, could be husband. | [WP] Your loving wife of many years finally reveals her secret to you.. she isn't human. | [
"There he was just waiting, for me; that same old expression on his face that I'd loved all these years.\n\n\"Taylor.\" I said.\n\n\"Jessica.\"\n\n\"I- I don't know how to... this is an awful feeling.\"\n\n\"Jess. It's okay.\"\n\n\"No. No it's not! You don't even know-\"\n\n\"I do. Jess, I know. There's some one el... | 6 |
[WP] It has become popular to have a surgery that allows people to breathe underwater. | [
"Speaking from my doctoral perspective, the procedure medically makes sense. Infusing the alveoli with the radioactive fish gill alveoli equivalent, should be relatively simple. Chemically all the work is already mapped out, all I have to do is oversee the robotics. But changing the patients skin composition? Addin... | 2 | |
[WP]"You're...You're not human!" "Not anymore." | [
"Gregor strolls to a corpse lying on the ground. Its head had been pulverized into the ground, the spine broken and useless, pieces of skull radiated out like a starburst. Gregor gathers the corpse’s legs together, and with one hand grasped behind its knees, he lifts it casually to his shoulder. As he walks to g... | 1 | |
*fancy restaurant
Damn autocorrect | [wp] At a fact restaurant there are two events listed as "big Vinny's Birthday". One is an actual party, the other is a meeting of mob bosses. A sweet old lady get seated at the wrong table. | [
"I smiled sweetly and sat down at the table, they had really gone for it this week with the cover-up. They'd even brought a little boy with a birthday hat to this one. Mind you he's probably just a hostage. I subtly shuddered at the thought of children and got a few strange looks from some people there. One woman t... | 4 |
[WP] A new continent the size of Midwestern America appears out of nowhere in the center of the Atlantic (somehow). It is hospitable to life despite being born mere days ago. | [
"Sulfer hung heavy in the air as private withers emptied the contents of his stomach onto his boots... And the boots of his fellow soldiers. A collective groan erupted like the mysterious island they were approaching.\n\nThis is bull skid\" moaned withers. \" these landers were only used for Normandy. They were bui... | 2 | |
Famous people and politicians are offering desperate parents a standard deal, they sacrifice themselves to save both the politician and their son/daughter which will also receive half of the first guy's ownings. | [WP] A superior being announces that half of earth's population will be sacrificed after 30 days have passed. Each person is randomly bound to another both have to agree which one of them will survive, if they don't agree, both die. People can change their current bounds to make deals. | [
"The Mediator stepped into the room with a sigh. His job, which hadn't existed 25 days ago, was exhausting beyond belief - but at least the pay was incredible. A Mediator's job was to analyze Bonded pairs who couldn't come up with the decision themselves and refused to go to a clinic to have the decision made for t... | 2 |
I'll start. | [WP] Given enough time, comic characters seem to become god-like with their powers. (Think Gambit: blows small things up VS Gambit: Destroyer of universes) Create an original D-List hero, and describe what they can do in Issue #1, and what they can do by #250 | [
"Jasmine St. John, aka \"Night Light\"\n\nIssue #1: Night Light can emit a soft, calming glow.\n\nIssue #250: Night Light can amplify people's fear of the dark to intense levels, while psychologically soothing her allies around her. She can teleport to and from nearly anywhere, as long as the starting and ending... | 3 |
[WP] Warrior-Poets, champions whose magical abilities manifest based on the poetry they read in battle, prepare to go to war. | [
"The two men stood on opposite ends of the basin. The best champion each rival nation had to offer. The fate of those nations would be decided today.\n\nAs one, the soldiers stepped into the basin, approaching each other. They wore armor of leather and chain-mail, but neither carried a weapon.\n\n\"We meet again, o... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a company who is interviewing applicants in order to find a hero to defeat the big bad. | [
"From the way the man shuffled papers, I could tell that he had been a gambler back in the day. A card-shark of some sort. \n\nHe quirked a snow-white brow up at me, and I nearly pissed myself. Eyes like an epileptic; mustache like a Caucasian ferret playing dead.\n\n\"Says here,\" he says here. \"That you don't ha... | 1 | |
[WP] You've just had a long day at work and accidentally fall asleep on the train. You wake up and the scene before you was not what you expected... | [
"I blinked heavily and smeared a scum of sweat off my face with a heavy, grubby hand. Sixteen hours of concrete dust, exhaust, and the insidious, invasive grime that hangs in the air of every adolescent city. I felt my fingernails claw runnels through the filth on my face. I looked up, chin pulling tackily against ... | 3 | |
[WP]You made two separate pacts with two different demons to get what you want. One want's your firstborn's soul in exchange. And the other one? Takes your ability to ever have a child of your own. | [
"Midnight coffee was a habit I'd been meaning to kick for years, but it was the only way I could force my mind into the correct combination of exhaustion and numbness to reach a deep sleep. As I pulled the mugs from the overhead cupboard the lights flickered, I closed my eyes and sighed inwardly, and pulled a secon... | 4 | |
[WP] Everyone meets their soulmate by the time they're 21, but there is no guarantee you'll know they're the one. | [
"They said “You’ll know her when you see her”\n\nWhen I asked them about love, but\n\nThat wasn’t enough for me. \n\nI needed more substance than a gut feeling. \n\n \n\nI most especially needed someone who would fill that hole.\n\nAnd I needed it soon. \n\nBecause where I come from if you haven’t found he... | 1 | |
[WP] You are given a $1 million recording and touring contract, but there's a catch: Your group's entire catalog must consist of all the embarrassing songs you've sang to and/or about your pets. | [
"I sing to my cat, it's just a thing I do. They're the perfect little listeners. They don't try to butt in and criticize or give you unwanted advice, and they never interrupt you. Talking felt a little too much like talking to myself, so I sing. \n\nWell, now my cat's eating out of golden dishes because of a meme. ... | 1 | |
http://wiki.asexuality.org/Aromantic | [WP] A love story about an Aromantic person | [
"I brushed her silky, almond-colored hair behind her ear as I whispered the three words she'd been waiting for.\n\n\n\"I love you.\"\n\n\nHer emerald-green eyes reflected the candlelight as they swelled with tears. A lonely droplet traveled down her cheek, leaving a moist trail on her pale skin. It reached her pink... | 2 |
[WP] You have miraculously survived a terminal illness by receiving the first successful human head transplant. Your recovery goes smoothly, and you are able to resume your normal life...until one day you encounter the grieving spouse of your body's original owner. | [
"Have you ever heard the phrase 'My mind was telling me no but my heart was telling me yes.' That's exactly how I felt, right from the moment our eyes met, right when I saw her. I knew I had to make some kind of contact so I invited her for some coffee, told her we could talk, exchange thoughts, feelings.\n\nIt bec... | 1 | |
Feel free to make it as heart-wrenching as you want. | [WP] You're taking your child to the grave site of your spouse on the 5th anniversary of his/her death. He/she died when your child was only 2. They turn to you and ask, "What was mommy/daddy like?" | [
"October 11. The smell of fresh rain filled the air, scattered leaves across the ground like brilliant colored pencil shavings outlined the oh so familiar streets. A light breeze caressed her hair as she turned, the warmth of her auburn locks complemented by the loving smirk. The soft curls that remind you that she... | 2 |
[WP] "So, what does it feel to be possessed by me?" | [
"\"It tickles, to be honest.\"\n\n\"Really?\"\n\n\"Yeah, do you have to flow through my entire nervous system?\"\n\n\"Well, to keep it balanced, kinda.\"\n\n\"What if you just picked an organ?\"\n\n\"What one?\"\n\n\"My heart?\"\n\n\"Good way to fuck with your blood pressure. You sure you want that? You already hav... | 1 | |
Prompt above. Surprise me with whatever direction you take. | [WP] Mexico has been invaded. The people of Mexico call for their last hope; The numerous Drug Cartels. | [
"After Mexico had refused Supreme Leader Trump's order to pay for \"The Wall\" retaliation had been swift. The war Began with a carpet bombing of Mexican military bases and industrial centers, followed by Naval landings of American troops. The Mexican government quickly fell into shambles unable to cope with the in... | 2 |
[WP] Today is the turning point in the war against the robots. Today, their batteries run out. | [
"**November 27th, 2457 AD**\n\nThe world is a bleak place. Humans have long since been outed as the apex predator. That title belongs to the robots. The very machines we designed to fight our wars, to help out around the house, and even to teach our children. These heartless machines tuned against us many moons ago... | 1 | |
[WP] An enchantress has cursed you, a prince, into the form of a beast as a punishment that will only be released if you find the error of your ways. But turns out you really dig being a beast and want to stay that way. | [
"In the wild woodlands of my wonderful green home, I laid on my back contemplating. Such a strange turn of events had taken place, all of which I suppose I should have seen. Lifting myself from the soft green grass, my gaze travels over the ridges and folds of my new flesh. Old flesh and new form, or same flesh wit... | 6 | |
[WP] you're a xenoarchaeologist and you've stumbled upon the biggest find of your career: on a planet the natives called 'Earth', in some ancient ruins you've found thousands of still-functional cryostorage units with specimens of the native population inside. | [
"We were able to remove some rubble from an ancient facility today. Mass transfer technology is fascinating, the ability to take the majority of mass from an 800 kg rock and transfer it to something half the size of it. Once we got inside the structure, we started to see the design and engineering of the architectu... | 1 | |
[WP] The clairvoyant actually manages to see how your beloved grandmother is doing in the afterlife. Apparently she's in hell, and it appears she's taken over. | [
"Her hands were soft. I tried to focus on that: manicured fingernails, a sizable diamond engagement ring—\n\nI winced as her face blurred again, shadows crisscrossing her eyes. \n\n\"Is everything okay?\" I heard her voice faintly. It was miles away and the darkness—\n\nI let go of her hands, my heart pounding. \"C... | 5 | |
[WP] The letters on the page began to glow. As one, they laughed, the sound full of chilling mirth. | [
"The pages stuck themselves to my hands, painfully latching on like leeches. Eerie blue light filled the cramped office. Strips of paint peeled off the walls, some sagging and molding into swamp-smelling pores, other turning into large, colorful feathers and slowly gliding to the the ground. White smoke spewed from... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a standard piece of kitchenware, and you adore making all the yummiest treats with your humans. However, something horrible has just happened. | [
"How could this happen? There was never a time when they didn't care for me before. Always paying the greatest attention to my upkeep and appearance. Since the day they bought me, I have been looked after. They honed my edge to unimaginable sharpness and held me gently, they let me do the work of cutting, slici... | 1 | |
[WP] A ship is drifting into the solar system, Earths first contact. The ship is empty. | [
"The first observatory to spot The Object was the Keck Observatory on Hawaii's Maunakea summit, and like new discoveries, was done entirely by accident. The Object was spotted during an observation of a primordial galaxy, and showed up as a glitch in the data; an error in the spectral analysis of a 13 billion year ... | 1 | |
It could be something like threats to real life, or scandals, or some conspiracy, its up to you | [WP] Tell the story of an unmasked, public superhero and the horrifying descent to understanding why heroes wear masks | [
"No…\n\nPlease…\n\n“That’s right Mister Smith. I killed her. Your beautiful wife is gone forever!” the Trickster said.\n\nI lunged at him, and began pummeling him. All the while he laughed. Even if I killed him, he had won. I should have known. All these psychotic enemies, and it finally hurt my loved ones. She was... | 3 |
[WP] "I never thought I'd get the chance to meet a real life human!" shrieked the AI with excitement. | [
"\"I never thought I'd get the chance to meet a real life human!\" Shrieked the AI with excitement. This was going to be fun, David thought to himself.\n\nA week ago, on a spiral of the Milky Way galaxy, a highly advanced transport ship suddenly went dead on its stream of reports. The government sent a technician t... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up in an unknown room, with nothing but a mattress, a mirror, and an empty bowl, with no sign of an exit. | [
"Overhead, a dirty white light flickered dimly, making me feel like I was in a psychiatric ward. \n\nBut the room I was in had no windows. No doors. I was surrounded by four solid walls, a matress, a mirror, and an empty bowl.\n\nCautiously, I approached the mirror to see how I looked...*the same* I noted.\n\nI tur... | 1 | |
[WP]: A bunch of odd folk show up at your door. They're asking for the Queen Who Was Foreseen. You're pretty sure that's not you. They disagree. | [
"I was sitting and watching TV when I heard three quick raps at the door. I looked down at my watch. 11:27 pm. I begrudgingly got myself up and undid the locks. I pulled open the door to see a tall man, his grey hair flowing down past his shoulders, lips accentuated by bright red lipstick. He wore a colorful floral... | 1 | |
[WP] Describe an interaction between an empathetic villain and a sociopathic hero. | [
"Hmm.. I can quite easily think of sociopathic hero. For example, I think Batman could easily be described as a sociopathic hero.\n\nBut an empathetic villain? I'm sorry to disapoint, but I don't think the definitions match up. Sure you could have a villain who has an empathetic part in him, but as soon as you cons... | 1 | |
[WP] A person is stuck in a game (like Hack or SAO), their quest is to find out whether they are human or AI | [
"I've been in this game for God knows how long. It was widely popular for being the first virtual mmorpg. Though shortly after it's launch, a fatal error was discovered. Dying in the game carried the penalty of dying in real life. People haven't tried logging off for fear of it being another way to die. The only ho... | 2 | |
[WP] Your ability to control your body slowly vanishes. You're terrified as you wake up one day watching your body moves by itself. | [
"I've always dreaded the possibility of my body being possessed. I fear that one day, I would be trapped in another dimension with my body taken over by something else, able to witness but unable to act, commiting unspeakable crimes.\n\nThat's why I've always been careful with my actions - the books I read, the mov... | 2 | |
[WP] In a world where wars are settled by which country can write and perform the best musical number, Disney has outsourced itself as the best mercenary in the world. | [
"\"Uh Chief,\" my second in command leaned into my office. \"We have a situation.\"\n\n\"What is it Watkins?\" I scowled. I was right in the middle of blocking the number for the Swiss. There was a reason they were always so happy...they sang their enemies into submission. \n\n\"It's Rodgers, sir. And Hammerstein.\... | 1 | |
[WP] A Sentient A.I helps humans reach thier dreams in the most subtle way possible to avoid being discovered. It's Mode of Operation, Google Maps. | [
"If there is anything I've learned about human beings, it's that they are moved by tiny red dots. Whether it's just the one tiny red dot found on a map, or a multitude of them found in one place, somewhere on their bodies. The latter I have now come to understand are not desired. Through trial and error, I have dec... | 2 | |
EDIT: it has been brought to my attention that there is a story that shares an almost identical idea. it is called prey and so far it's an amazing read. I'm on my phone atm, but the story is number 1 all time post on r/hfy. If the mods could link that story to this post I think that would be awesome. | [WP] In the future earth has met numerous alien civilizations, all of them evolved as herbivores. Humanity's evolution and history makes diplomacy interesting. | [
"I flashed a smile at the ambassador from Wolf-1061, or as they called it, unintelligible chittering. The name of it was impossible to pronounce, even with our translators on. With my canines exposed the lanky orange alien fought to retain his composure, he had been pissing me off with his objections all morning.... | 3 |
Any story that captures the human spirit to rise from any eventuality/calamity regardless of he severity | [WP] Starts with "Justice shall prevail," said the old pastor as he stared at the calamity that had befallen the town "I know there have been a loss too many but we must stand strong" | [
"\"Justice shall prevail,, I know there have been a loss too many but we must stand strong!\"\n\nThe last words of a dead cultist...idiot. He thought that it would be better to stand up and try to give a \"rousing speech\" to get the remaining survivors to pull their heads from their asses and move rather than keep... | 1 |
[WP] Unknown forces start causing humans to lose all skin and hair pigmentation once they reach the half-way mark in their lifespan. The public knowledge of ones pinpointed mortality causes irreversible societal changes. Yesterday you lost all color. | [
"When they put her in my arms, she was perfect. She had a wild head of hair for a newborn - curly and coffee colored. \"Now we know where all my hair ran off to!\", her father joked.\n\nWhen we took her home, and put her to bed for the first time, we kissed that head of hair and tucked her in.\n\nShe slept like an ... | 1 | |
[WP] The villain dies due to an illness, the hero attends their funeral. | [
"*Not completely on topic with the prompt but this is my first attempt on Writing Prompts. Thought id put it out :).*\n\nNot many could remember the last time the clouds had cleared and made way for the sun to shine in Gotham. Yet on this particular day, the sun shone high in the sky at noon. People gathered at the... | 3 | |
[WP] The US government releases the official documents about 9/11, and it turns out that the whole thing was an accident. People have mixed emotions. | [
"\"I dont... I don't understand what I'm reading.\"\n\n\"It's the truth\", he said, his dark shades penetrating into my eyes, like open doors. \"The whole unadulterated truth.\"\n\n\"But it's all nonsense\" I replied, leading him down into the food core, out of the numbing cold weather. \n\n\"Which part?\" he repli... | 1 | |
[WP] Turns out that of all species in the Galactic Union, humans are the absolute best at cuddling. So we made "reverse petting zoos", where our friendly Milky Way neighbors go to be pet, cuddled and snuggled by us - for good money, of course. | [
"The chamber is empty. It's been painted a nice soothing blue. I like blue. Apparently Earth, the planet my species comes from, has blue skies. I wish I could travel there someday. \nThis blue is mixed up with a color that's bright amd dark though. Red. \nI don't like red. Red reminds me I'm defective. Worthless. T... | 2 | |
[WP] In the distant future humans have finally mastered intergalactic travel. After exploring all of the known universe humans are surprised to discover they are the first life forms to accomplish intergalactic travel. | [
"I sat down, the helmet was sitting beside me, the couch has been in my quarters since we left Earth, that was 4 years ago, it has seen some shit, today or tonight, I don't know really, we encountered a new race, finally, they were fully functional as a society for what the white coats have found out, they have a m... | 1 | |
Bonus points if her crush is you. | [WP] You one day realize that your roommate, the most popular person in school has a crush on someone. You have decided to help them out with that. | [
"\"Of all the people you fell for her?\" Jack questioned. \n\nHe looked sheepishly at Jack not meeting his eyes. \n\n\"You could have had any of your 100 fucking fans, hell you could even fallen for one of the teachers.\"\n\n\"Dude, come on teachers?\" Jacob looked up at him. They were in Jack's room within the dor... | 1 |
[WP] You are the youngest person onboard a multigenerational spaceship with the mission to explore a new world. When the last person, who's ever witnessed earth dies, it dawns on you, you need to go back. | [
"As a member of an Earth-borne people, I have to say, even though I've never been there, I feel sort of homesick.\n\nI was incubated here on vessel V-154 (in my mother of course, we're not science-fiction freaks), and I've never known the clear blue sky that the older generation talked about. I've seen it - heck, I... | 1 | |
[WP] A traditional short story with a moral, set in modern times. | [
"There once was a boy named Klaus. He did well in school, and had good manners, and like any other boy, he played video games and used the internet. He was especially the favourite of the teachers because of his well-pressed shirts and neat appearance, courtesy of his father who was a maker of business suits.\n\nHi... | 1 | |
[WP] As a Demon living in hell you have tortured the souls of sinners since mankind began to fall. You take pride in your work until one day Lucifer calls you into his office to tell you that you've been replaced. | [
"The nerve of that guy! How could he do this!? I worked my hellish ass off EVERY day of eternity for him! I have went above and beyond when it comes to torturing the damned! And he dares to tell me I am being replaced?! Not only am I being replaced but I am being replaced by Dave!! Dave!!! Why?! How?! This is ridic... | 1 | |
[WP] You die and wake up in an urban hospital in heaven. Turns out, aside from the fact that everyone is immortal, day-to-day life isn't much different in heaven. | [
"\"Can you open your eyes for me? There you go! Good Job.\"\n\n\"Where am I?\"\n\n\"Why Heaven, of course, you silly. It's quite common to forget the whole dying part. Rather messy and inconvenient if you ask me. What would you like your name to be?\"\n\n\"My name? My name is,\"\n\n\"Oh! Before you answer, I should... | 1 | |
[WP] Somebody on r/WritingPrompts keeps trying to make your life action-packed and dangerous, but all you want to do is go home, relax, and make some dinner. | [
"It's been a while since I last wrote something here, so feedback is welcome!\n\n*****\n\nOff in the distance, Ted sees his bus arrive at the stop. For a moment or two he curses the bad decision making that got him into this mess, until he realises there's no time for that and breaks into a sprint. He'll never make... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world inundated with super-heroes, describe a monthly meeting at LPA, Lame Powers Anonymous. | [
"A throat clears in the awkward silence of a still sea of plastic chairs. The groan of metal chair legs against linoleum sounds as a man, long greasy, brown hair falling down his back.\n\n\"Hey, uh.. I'm stan\"\n\nThe resounding echo of listless \"Hi stan\"'s sounds.\n\nStan shuffles, but remains standing \"yeah we... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story about a forest fire from the perspective of the fire. | [
"*Flick.*\n\n\n*Flick.*\n\n\n*Flick.*\n\n\nI burst to life from the tip of the tiny purple Bic. I grabbed on to the nearest thing I could, the dry crumbly tip of a Marlboro Menthol. I burned through the cigarette in a few minutes, feeling the life drain out of me. \n\n\nA swift flick of a finger and I felt the wind... | 5 | |
[WP] Our universe is a simulated reality, and there's sometimes glitches that happen to people but nobody ever believes them. Today you find a exploit. | [
"If there's one thing I've learned about most people it's that they've willingly chosen to be sheep in that they want their lives to be led around blindly, forever living in a small world without flaws. That makes them kind of like sheep, perhaps with just a bit less fur. Though some do smell like them - I should k... | 1 | |
[WP] You have died and gone to Hell. However, Hell is actually better than Heaven. | [
"\"Today, we're going to be eating Snail Toast!\" Satan shouted into the kitchen. The three men sarcastically groaned in disgust.\n\nIt has been 396 years since the three men arrived in Hell and was placed in the kitchen. Back then, they yelled hearing Satan's order for dishes such as, Dirt and Cactus, Fried Mouse ... | 2 | |
[WP] A man who radiates bad luck meets a woman who radiates good luck | [
"She was beautiful. Dark skin, black hair and beautiful brown eyes. I couldn't believe she was real. Of course, I knew something was going to go wrong. It always did.\n\nI started life with bad luck. A dead arm, ugly features and terrible skin. She wasn't going to notice me. Of course she wouldn't. Who would?\n\nTh... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the last human in a world controlled by AI and robots. Giving into despair, you surrender only to find out the AI never was really hunting you, but something else. | [
"\"What? You don't want me? After all those years of hiding?\"\n\n\"*We don't want you, we want answers*\"\n\n\"I hid for 6 years, and you want to ask me a question? You hunted humans to extinction and the last one is your captive, and you only want to ask a question?\"\n\n\"*We want to know what it was like*\"\n\n... | 1 | |
[WP] The gods have risen and have turned on humanity. You take it upon yourself to take them on. During your first kill, you realize that when a god dies, so does all their creation. | [
"Syth pulled the double-edged sword out of its sheath. The light from the sunrise danced across the blade, reflecting on the goddess's face. *Her* face. \n\nEmotion.\n\n\"Syth. Do you know what is going to happen next?\", she asked.\n\nThe only answer was a flicking noise as the blade was whipped through the air. T... | 1 | |
[WP] You pay a visit to the chap in the old castle atop the craggy mountain peak, which always seems to be experiencing a thunderstorm. Despite the narrator's attempts to paint him as such, he is not a bad guy, and he is getting annoyed with the stereotype. | [
"I glanced wistfully at the crumb-strewn dish where a dozen hot blueberry muffins had rested not long before. I made a mental note to ask Dennis for the recipe before I took my leave. That streusel topping had been absolutely delightful. Belly overfull and feeling a nice, sleepy wave of relaxation wash over me, I t... | 1 | |
[WP] Two hundred years into the future, NASA recovers Voyager 2 from interstellar space. Upon inspection, you notice some strange new markings that almost look like graffiti.. | [
"The probe was recovered not far beyond the bow shock of the solar system. Conventional propulsion meant that it never had the time to even begin traversing the vast interstellar distances separating Sol from its nearest neighbor. Because of this it was something of a surprise to find new markings on the golden d... | 1 | |
It can even be how you are learning to love yourself. | [WP] tell me a story of a person learning to love themselves. | [
"Do you remember that day at the beach? Do you? Do you remember the way we climbed over all those boulders to find ourselves our very own private peace of sun kissed heaven?\n\n\nThe wind rippled against your hair causing it to fly around you like some sort of halo. The bench was warm against my skin and I closed m... | 1 |
[WP] The year is 20XX. The only purpose for babies being born is to harvest their stem cells to keep the Old Ones alive. There is only a small resistance to return the world to its natural aging state. | [
"80 years ago, I read an article on the internet claiming scientists will be able to download a human consciousness to a computer. As absurd as I thought this idea was, I couldn't help but be scared of it.\nAs I thought this through, I realized that if we were to achieve this, it would be pseudo-immortality.\n\nIf ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a police officer investigating a crime that you've forgotten you committed. | [
"\"Jesus...\" \n\n\"What have we got boss?\" Barry asked pulling aside the plastic curtain closing off the crime scene from the prying lenses of the news agencies. Senior Detective Malloy insisted this be done, not wanting too much attention drawn from the media in the crucial first moments of the investigation.\n\... | 2 | |
[WP]Fred has been fighting this war for as long as he can remember, but now, he is hoping the enemy wins. | [
"Fred woke up in the operations chair seconds before the alarm sounded. He had destroyed all the speakers he could find. So long ago in fact that he didn’t even remember where those had been. Yet the alarm still sounded from somewhere. Fred had begun to think that the alarm came from inside his own head. He had sta... | 1 | |
[WP] Time moves with objectionable haste.... | [
"Isn't it funny how when you have nothing to do, you have all the time in the world to do it? But then, just when you find something that needs doing, time seems to run out immediately. 'Time moves with objectionable haste,' that's what I always say. No matter what, it moves at the wrong speed for everyone.\n\nYear... | 1 | |
[WP] By law, criminal punishment factors in the awesomeness of the method used. Even the worst crimes may escape punishment if the execution was amazingly, creatively badass. Penalties increase the lamer, lazier, or dumber the crime is. | [
"\"So what exactly was the reasoning behind this new law?\"\n\nThe talkshow host looked intently at Dr. David Simmons. The doctor ran a large hand through his perfectly styled hair, leaned back in his chair slightly, and paused a moment, hand caressing his chiseled jawline. The large man was impressive not only p... | 2 |
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