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[WP] You are a salesman, today you are tasked with the hardest sell of your life: socks for dogs. | [
"Mr. Bateman, the dour, moody, wealthy, impatient owner of Sales Force Plus, walked into the office of his lower associate, Charles, the companies number one sales guy. The office was filthy, covered with empty pain cans, and dirty denim jackets and jeans, and empty tuna cans, and general disarray and dirt.\n\n“I’v... | 1 | |
[WP] During the first manned Mars mission, you and the other astronauts discover that, much like Superman's kryptonite, the human metabolism is severly weakened in proximity to one of Earth's most common mineral. This doesn't apply to you anymore. | [
"\"It's the iron,\" she told me. \"It's like the way an MRI works.\"\n\nWe were walking barefoot in the Martian regolith, and she was reading from her clipboard.\n\n\"The iron in your haemoglobin came from Earth,\" she explained. \"It had been imbued with paramagnetism by Earth's magnetic field.\"\n\n\"So what?\" I... | 1 | |
[WP] Tell me a story or poem about a man who is crippled but is still the deadliest gunslinger in the west. | [
"\"Pull the other one,\" the drifter had scoffed, \"he's just a hobblin' cripple.\" That much was true. The man who had bumped into his stool was thin as a rail, with a brace clamped to one leg and a gaunt face that earned him the nickname 'Sad Sam.' Thin though he was, this vagrant could never have guessed that hi... | 1 | |
[WP] The goddess of love, falls in love. | [
"I remember Rosie like this statue of a goddess, carved from marble and cursed with the spirit of life. Everything about her seemed like it was made from stone.\n\n/\n\nShe wasn't made of stone, like everybody said.\n\n/\n\nWe knew everybody by nicknames back then. All the people gettin on and off the boxcars every... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a human/alien hybrid with two different families. One on Earth and the other in another galaxy. Neither side knows about the other as you try to live a normal life on Earth and maintain your secret. Until one day your galactic family decides to visit you on at your home. | [
" I discovered the powers recently... I guess the powers themselves made me look like the people who raised me so I'd never find out I was adopted... but when I turned 24 and was upset with life that's when things changed. I was a loser, an ugly guy who didn't like my appearance but didn't care at that point. I fo... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the power to steal anything, be it physical or not, from someone and assign it to anyone, but you can only use it once. When you finally decided to use it for greed, you met someone who need something more than you do. | [
"He says I can steal *anything*, and give it to *anyone*. He has been telling me that for ten years.\n\nOr maybe you can say I have been telling myself that for ten years. \n\nYou see, 'he' is my mirror reflection. I saw him ten years ago. It was the night my parents abandoned me. Every word they said is etched in ... | 1 | |
[WP] The Alien is the ultimate predator in the universe, defeating every being that opposes it. But one day, heavy boots are heard and a metallic deep voice saying "Doom". It is a Doom Marine. | [
"The shell hit the floor with a clatter.\n\nThe Xenomorph turned. What was this strange being that dared to challenge him? He would rip their skull from the spine and toss it away laughing. Extending his claws, he ran it along the metallic wall of the complex, carving scars into it. He snarled, and the extra set of... | 1 | |
Can be realistic, but feel free to write it in a fantasy or sci-fi setting if you want. | [WP] During an official ceremony, a high-ranking military officer rips off his/her medal/award/decoration, throws it to the ground, and storms off. | [
"The audience was split down the center aisle like a wedding. On one side, the dress grey-and-red of the Regular Military, seated, heads and shoulders in neat rows; quiet, only whispers passing from mouth to ear. On the other, the colorful cacophony of the civilian government: loud ambassador robes, the sashes and ... | 1 |
[WP] Every mirror in the world hasn't ever shown the truth. You're the only person to know this fact... | [
"I've always seen them. I used to talk about them a lot as a child, to my parents initially and then to my friends at school. \nImagination was a fun gift as a child! My parents humoured me for the longest time, but it quickly grew bland for my 5yo pals.\nThey don't do anything, these creatures, but they're everyw... | 1 | |
[WP] "Do you trust me?" "Not at all." "Smart girl." | [
"“Do you trust me?” the man asked. The wind outside howled ominously, singing a dark melody. Rain percussed on the roof. His figure loomed menacingly, and the monstrous size of that man was apparent, though shrouded in dim light.\n\n“Not at all,” the girl spat. Blood spattered on the floor in front of her. Tears bo... | 2 | |
[WP] You visit a parallel universe where every organism on earth sees in a "bird's eye view" fashion. How has life and society evolved? | [
"\"My God... It's all... Hats.\"\n\nWilliam looked out at time square. Everyone was naked except for eccentric hats, far beyond what any normal human would put on their head.\n\nWilliam, a life long tailor, couldn't live like this. He wasn't sure how to get back to his world, but he knew how to fix this. He stepped... | 1 | |
[WP] Two strangers accidentally lock eyes at a restaurant and proceed to one up each other with progressively greater levels of crazy. | [
"The two men stared each other down. Both a little past tipsy, neither one had been raised a quitter. They look you in the eye, you stare them back down until they look away.\n\nStepping forward, the man closer to the bar reaches out a hand, in a coldly \"polite\" gesture. \"Interesting choice, wearing a suit to th... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story about a man who has been trained to hunt a certain mythological beast, but during his first assignment learns that literally everything is wrong. | [
"She swung for his head; he barely dodged the blow.\n\n\"What the heck, man? You told me to be aggressive!\" Damian yelled.\n\n\"I said aggressive, not *mean*. Maybe I should have said 'assertive,'\" Chuck called back.\n\nDamian stood back and prepared his next move. His prey stared him down, eyes gleaming and fang... | 1 | |
[WP] After being murdered, you start life again from the beginning; no matter what path you take in life, your killer always finds you. | [
"Bang. One of the last things you remember is the loud noise of a gun going off, you can still feel a warm stream of blood sliding down your neck. You close your eyes and try to remember what happened seconds before the shoot. Nothing, no matter how much you try you still can't remember anything. For you dying feel... | 1 | |
[WP] Ever since that night Jane won't say a word to you. | [
"I never knew how cold metal could be until the night I ended up pressed against the side of a police car with two cuffs clasped around my wrists. The feeling overpowered my senses, drowning out the reading of my rights and the flashing red and blue lights that illuminated our quiet suburban neighborhood. I turned ... | 2 | |
[WP] They killed our gods. Now we kill theirs. | [
"\"Their bombs rained from the heavens, their forces swarmed over our walls, their planes destroyed our skies, their weapons crushed our homes, their chemicals polluted our water, their men violated our women, murdered our children, killed our brothers, raped our sisters. They burned down our churches, and scorched... | 5 | |
[WP] Humans have a finite amount of blood. There's no natural replenishing, apart from receiving donor blood. Being a donor makes you a hero. There's a Guinness Book of Blood Records. What does Earth look like? | [
"It started small. Children born who were not producing adequate amounts of blood. The first generations survived, but were a\nweakened. Eventually it grew to be a problem where people lived their whole lives dependent on blood transfusions. It was a problem that where no solution was found. No solution was found b... | 2 | |
[WP] You have been hired by a prestigious business, but soon find out its business interests are of less...worldly...concerns. | [
"*This is not what I signed up for.* I ducked behind a dumpster, taking a deep, calming breath.\n\n\"Sir! You are not welcome under statute 99-LHC. I need to ask you to lay down your arms or I will use extreme force!\"\n\nThe response was a series of snarls and hisses. The translator on my glasses showed the langua... | 1 | |
[WP] All headlines beginning with "Florida man" are actually talking about the same person. That person is you. | [
"The kitchen table held a glass that sat on a worn old coaster. Beside that glass was a bottle of brown liquid with a dark label as well as a freshly printed newspaper. A light above flickered, barely managing to flutter back to life as you look at it, wondering if you might habe the chance to get to the store to b... | 1 | |
Whether it's a rich person who can afford it to a poor person being given some to try, or something in between. | [WP] Technology has advance to where hunger is no longer a problem, and food is now considered a luxury. for the very first time, you happen to try some. | [
"My grandmother used to tell stories about how they had family dinner at a table everyday. She would explain how they sometimes did not feel like cooking, so they drove trough this building, and they could buy some for just $5. It must have been amazing. Having a dining table, I have seen one, once. When I was at ... | 1 |
[WP] They considered you the worlds most hated Villian, but they don't realize how much good you really do. | [
"Jackie Rider, glanced at her notes in what would be the interview that would set the standard for all journalistic reporting forever. Not a drop of sweat was visible. Across from her sat, Nero. The dome shaped room was cavernous in size and dwarfed everyone. Out of the five people working in the middle, Nero, even... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future everyone is born with a twin. To keep the population down, at the age of 18 both twins will have to face eachother in a fight to the death! | [
"\n2147, a year of happiness and sadness. With every birth, came another death. Every mother shed tears before she gave birth, not because of the pain that she faced due to the birth; but the pain she was to face 18 years from then. All mothers thought of plans of trying to save both her children, they were both pa... | 2 | |
Figured I'd see what WritingPrompts could do with just one word. | [WP] "Whoops." | [
"It's not so bad being on desk duty, I just surf the web or play Rocket League and take the occasional phone call. Although MLB teams *do* get a lot of phone calls, my god. I have a daily call list of about 40 armchair managers the team should totally call if they're ever looking. So it turns out my MLB internship ... | 1 |
Found this on askreddit and thought it would be a good writing prompt. :) | [WP] You are the ruler of heck, the lesser version of hell. What are some of your eternal punishments? | [
"In Hell, the damned are ruled by Satan. In Heck, they are managed by Toby.\n\n$3 billion seems like a lot of money until you have to use it to feed, clothe, house, and torture millions of the damned with it. Yes, technically they weren't \"the damned\", but \"the darned\". Toby, however, was not going to put up wi... | 3 |
My husband requested I post this prompt. Make something beautiful. | [WP] ...And they made beautiful music together. | [
"The steady count of the waltz matched his heartbeat.\n\nOne, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three.\n\nI could hear our feet tapping on the floor over the record,\n\nAnd the rain pouring outside.\n\nHis head on my shoulder, and his hand on my back.\n\nThis night would surly be our last.\n\nOne, two, three..... | 7 |
[WP] Your ex wrote a book about you. How would the book be? | [
"If one of my exes wrote a book about me, it would read like a strange, sad, but in a way wonderful dream. It would start off with a boy, intelligent, quirky, head in the clouds. At first he wouldnt make much sense but as the book progresses he would blossom as a character, intelligence and tact showing past the we... | 1 | |
[WP] The angel weeps for man because they see death as evil, but it is, in fact, a mercy. | [
"Saya held the bleeding man in her arms, her long white feathered wings covering the two and sheltering them from the rain. His business attire was missing a coat, his tie and shirt was loosened and soaked. Red and water streamed from his head and mixed in with the fibers of his clothes.\n\nShe had broken a tenent ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're indestructible, but that's your only superpower; you're no stronger or more athletic than the average civilian. | [
"Rain in Seattle is less than expected; it's guaranteed. But today the rain pounded the outside of my cheap 2006 Toyota a little harder than usual. \nAnd since I literally couldn't afford the extra 30 bucks out of my measly barista paycheck to replace my windshield wipers, I was stuck straining my eyes to see at le... | 1 | |
[WP] Every god ever worshipped by humanity is/was real. a god gets more powerful the more followers they get, and dies when their last follower dies. You are Thor. | [
"I sat in silence, the darkness brooding and comforting. I ran my fingers over the cold surface of the steel weapon clasped in my hand. I glanced at the empty beer bottle, empty ... not a drop left. ah well, not like I need to ever get another one anyway. I drank everything I had in my stock tonight. Why, you ask? ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are sent back in time to kill your grandfather. | [
"It must be done.\nIt must be done.\nIt must be done.\n\nI kept repeating this over and over to myself as tears streamed down my face. I tightened my grip around his neck hoping that it would decrease his struggling but it only made it worse. He kicked and flailed, trying to grasp one last breath. I could have done... | 2 | |
[WP]write a short story based on the theme ignorance is bliss | [
"The parenting errors of Mrs. Kimball could fill volumes.\n\nIn her own head, though, there was always a defense.\n\nFor every decision she made for her three kids, or, more accurately, for every thing she let happen to them, she'd retroactively find some adage to justify it. Then, she'd add some peppery language t... | 2 | |
[WP] A Neo-Nazi steals a time machine and travels back in time to give a history textbook to Hitler. Instead of winning the war, Germany suffers a crushing and almost-immediate defeat. | [
"\"Hitler. I present to you, my great Fuhrer: Basic German History for 8th Graders,\" the newly arrived person said respectfully. \n\n\"I believe that this is...new intelligent?\" The Fuhrer said in heavily accented English, as he struggled to converse in the language his future counterpart was so fluent in. Hitler... | 5 | |
[WP] While playing a multiplayer game, you, as a joke, pledge your soul to the satan. Nothing hapens, but then a new player connects. xXx_SaTaN_xXx | [
"You find your ping decrease. You find your graphics improving, going way beyond what your measly laptop should be able to run. The sound even improves, causing you to look up from your screen. A brand new sparkling entertainment system blasts in your living room, able to play at any hour and not bother the neighbo... | 1 | |
[WP] You have owned a pet for over twice their normal lifespan and are starting to wonder... | [
"Vivian sat in her large studio apartment with her back to the front door. She sat on a squashy armchair, peering out the large window overlooking Central Park. It was early morning and the sun had not yet outstretched its arms to warm the atmosphere. Coffee steamed slightly on the end table next to the chair. Her ... | 1 | |
[WP] The US army discovered that there actually is an afterlife. They are the only people on the planet who knows about this fact and they want to use this as an advantage in the next war. | [
"“This is a lot to take in,” the general finally said. He stretched forward to lay the folder with the report on his desk and regarded the colonel sitting across from him with tired eyes.\n\n“We’re certain sir.”\n\n“How? How on Earth can you be *sure* of something like this Jamison?”\n\n“Sir, I know it sounds crazy... | 2 | |
[WP] It's been 5 years since the Curiosity Rover landed. Today, it uncovers it's biggest discovery. A mass grave. | [
"The Curiosity Rover continued its slow drive across the rocky, red surface of Mars. The Rover was approaching the edge of a cliff, possibly a mountain. The control back at NASA wouldn't know until they reached it. \"Approaching cliff edge now,\" said the controller. After a few seconds, he reached it. But, instead... | 2 | |
[WP] I once defended a small African village from the local militia with nothing but a wooden spoon. | [
"\"Cool story, bro, but I think that I can one-up that. You see, one time, I went on vacation. I was in the wonderful little state of South Dakota, and I was back-packing through the hyperbolic outback. Alas, I came across a back-woods cult! They worshiped dark, evil, sadistic gods, and they had this array of beaut... | 2 | |
[WP] A revolution has been on the cusp of realization for years. The only problem is there's always a scheduling conflict. | [
"\"Alright,\" said Colonel Algiers, \"*this* time, there will be no stopping us!\" he swept his telescoping pointer at the map with a satisfying *thwap*. \"We'll have our ambush set here,\" *thwap*, \"with choke points here, here, and here,\" *thwapthwapthwap*, \"and this will be our rally point,\" *scraaaapppethwa... | 1 | |
[WP] "When were you going to tell me this?" | [
"“You’re leaving,” she mumbles, and instantly I notice the crumpled acceptance letter in her shaky hands. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. No, I wanted to surprise her, I thought she'd be proud.\n\t\n“Lily—” I start, but her glare makes me rethink my words. “Only for a bit,” I say, reaching out to her.\n\t\nShe s... | 2 | |
[Wp]From the time our main character wakes and till he/she sleeps, tell me a day of going to work with as many stereo types as possible. | [
"Moosejaw, Saskatchewan – Benjamin Ladner\n\n4:30 AM: I wake up at the sound of Michael Bublé blaring from my alarm clock. I quickly throw on my red plaid jacket, a worn-out pair of blue jeans, some rag-tag hiking boots, and a Hudson Bay Company tuque. \n\n4:15 AM: I stand outside in the darkness and the bitter-c... | 1 | |
[WP] The four most beautiful people in the world fight to the death for your heart. | [
"I have never been popular in any way, at least not to this extent. Four beautiful women were fighting over me. I knew them all, Anne, Marion, Tessa, and Tina and in my opinion there were no one more beautiful than them.\n\nIt all started a few days ago where each of them had approached me on different occasions. T... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity has had to adapt to the changing of the world due to the polar ice caps melting. But the most difficult thing to deal with by far is Santa Claus being released from his cold prison. | [
"Do you want to know why the government hasn't taken widespread action against climate change?\n\nThey can't stand the idea of letting the world know demons are real.\n\nI work at the North Pole. My name is unimportant for the moment, but it will be irrelevant, considering the way things are going. I'm one of 23 pe... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where babies are actually brought by The Stork, you've started a controversial business selling scarecrows | [
"I sigh to myself and walk towards my store. I can already see that a crowd of protesters has gathered in front of my shop. The crowd seems like they are on edge, and for good reason. The news was saying that the governor was going to be signing an anti-bird control law today.\n\nAfter an uncomfortable walk I final... | 1 | |
[WP] Feral child/man finds out about civilization | [
"\"Shut up!\" Claire shouted at the twelve-year-old. \"You were raised by wolves, in the jungle, and you've *never* heard of *the Jungle Book*?\"\n\nThe twelve-year-old shook his head, in the manner that he had witnessed Claire shake her head on many different occasions.\n\n\"That is redonkuliscious! You simply hav... | 1 | |
[WP] After you die, you see your life's stats on a board in the afterlife. You have a K/D ratio of 17:1, but you don't remember ever killing anyone. | [
"I looked back up at the board. It couldn't be true! I turned to the man next to me, seeking an explanation where there was none to be found. \"Hey man, could you take a look at this?\" I pointed him towards my score and he let out a concerned chuckle. \"Damn, dude! Were you some kind of serial killer or something?... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a horror story involving bunny rabbits/butterflies | [
"There was a flash of greyish white behind a bush. Jason raised his slingshot but the same movement sent him teetering and then he was holding on to a tree for dear life. The sight of him like that, red in the face with an expression that said *who done went and turned off the gravity*? cracked me the hell up.\n\nO... | 1 | |
[WP] Every day when you look in the mirror, your opposite sex reflection looks back at you. One day, everything has changed. | [
" I'm so confused... I mean I didn't like my body but I was fine with becoming a fit version of myself. I did have a conversation with some woman about my life but that was a long time ago. The weirdness started about a month ago but a week ago is when it got crazy. For one hour every day I'd see a woman in the mi... | 1 | |
[WP] "What is it like to remember?" | [
"The squire knelt down on her knees and looked up, ignoring the cold spike of the pouring rain running trembling fingers down her cheeks. Icy cold, she shook slightly, despite the heavy armored jacket straddling her too small shoulders, sleeves swallowing hands. It felt heavier than it should. Perhaps the noble cre... | 5 | |
[WP] The 13 lunar colonies are fed up with the endless exploitation of their mineral resources being shipped back Earthside without fair compensation, and have declared Independence from Earth. | [
"Fred was one of the founding colonizers of the moon. For 15 years he had eaten nothing but MREs. He rationed himself to only one thousand breaths a day to conserve oxigen in his tank. \n\nBecause US incorporations continued shoveling up moon dust from his land to sell as keepsakes to interested earthlings, Fred wa... | 1 | |
[WP] The Grim Reaper appears one day to spirit you to the afterlife, and exclaims, "Ah crap, not you again." | [
"\"What?\" I asked, feeling scared but also insulted.\n\nThe Grim Reaper lets out a sigh, and face palmed for a minute before looking back up, \"I swear to God if this is another clerical mistake, I will kill Jeffrey.\" He said, his jaw only going up and down but somehow still managing to speak.\n\n\"Jeffrey? Who- ... | 2 | |
Is everyone aware of the repeating? Is everyone aware as to why? How do people react if they figure out what's going on, it's up to you to decide | [Wp] the same day is repeated until every single person on earth survives through the day | [
"\"Alex, sometimes I think you're the lucky one.\" Said Beth, looking out a dark window over the city lights. \n\n\"You mean being stuck in this crib, without the muscle mass to even stand? Never seeing the sun, unable to explore the world?\" I said in my high-pitched baby voice, vainly attempting to hoist myself s... | 2 |
[WP] Write a trip to a nearby store as a gritty noir | [
"The door closes behind me as I step out of my apartment into the dim hallway. I tug on the handle, feeling the permanently damp rotting wood give a little. Only a matter of time before it comes off in my hand. Not that I really care - nothing inside to steal anyway. Barely enough money to head to the nearby store ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're excited about your date tonight, but also very nervous. There's a full moon scheduled tonight, and he/she doesn't know you're a weregoose. | [
"I straightened my tie in the mirror, and flashed myself a smile. I've never felt anything less than tremendously paranoid about my looks, and the flashy suit and hair-cut was as evidently overbearing as it was factually shielding my self-esteem. Everything about my exterior presentation is make-up for the weak, ne... | 2 | |
[WP] You play a game of yhatzee against the devil if you win you live forever. If you lose your body will gradually turn into garlic mashed potatoes untill you are 100% garlic mashed potatoes. | [
"Notes to self: one, Sam am allergic to parsley don't add it to Sunday dinner; two, Sam's father is the devil; three, start going to church the devil is real; four, buy a new pan the no stick is gone; five, the devil gets mad if you call him Luci; and finally don't feed the devil garlic mash potatoes.\n\n\"In the t... | 1 | |
Bonus points if it's not human. | [WP] A corpse staggered onto your orchard from the wilderness. As your family hides in fear, it steals an apple from your tree, bites it, and collapses, wailing. | [
"Clutching a powerful pair of binoculars in one hand and her sleeping toddler in her lap with the other, Caroline lifts a slat of her blinds with the binoculars. \"Mark, have you finished locking all the doors and windows?\" she whispers loudly into the dark.\n\nSmacking its hand on a tree several yards in front of... | 1 |
[WP] We all know of the Grammar Nazis. Let's hear about the Pun Police. | [
"\"ON THE GROUND!\" Officer Ramirez bellowed, his fingers tightly clasped around the grip of his glock The perp raised his hands, his eyes widening in surprise. He went down to his knees, dropping his ice cream cone. \n\n\"Whoa, dude, don't do it! I didn't mean nothin'! I just said, 'Ice to meet you'-\" \n\n\"CAN I... | 3 | |
Just a weird dream I had :) | [WP] Everyone in the world suddenly wakes up blind, for some reason you do not. | [
"A little over 6 months ago, there was a loud bang and a blinding light seen across the world. Many, I'd even say most, people went outside to investigate. Then, the dust started to settle. The entire world was covered in a white powder that hissed when in contact with water. It floats, and is easily inhaled.\n\nI ... | 1 |
[WP] An obnoxious rich man and a grumpy homeless man need to help each other in order to escape an island they're both stranded in. | [
"\"The lizard's seen you. The tail's giving it away. I'd advise you to hurry up and take the shot,\" Arthur took a few sips of the wine bottle into his dry mouth. The cork had gone missing just moments prior.\n\n\"Fuck off, I know that,\" Virtanen stared down the rifle, \"Keep your head down, already. That's the re... | 1 | |
[WP] You have just become humanity's first ever Minister of Extra-Universal Affairs. | [
"I wish it didn't have to be you, Shelly said. She was hugging me as tight as the day I was elected. We both knew my election wasn't a good thing, not in my wildest dream did I think I would even be alive now.\n\nIt's been 2 years since they came to earth, at first peaceful and friendly even. They were little creat... | 2 | |
[WP] You serve in the army of the greatest necromancer in all the land...and no one has discovered yet that you're not actually undead. | [
"I was sleeping at my desk when my class turned undead. I had a terrible smell of sweat, guess that’s why they assumed I was dead. Their growling woke me up they noticed I had awoken and their growling grew louder. They walked slowly towards me and smelled me. They stood me up with their cold hands and made me beat... | 3 | |
I realize this is toeing the line in terms of the 'no politics' rule, but the prompt isn't really meant to be about their politics, per se, more just the combination of characters and personalities all living together. | [WP] All the dead Presidents live together in what is essentially an eternal frat house. Tell me about their day. | [
"A house divided cannot stand. I had the words embroidered in a frame and placed upon our mantel. I placed it there to remind myself that I can weather any storm. Especially one as trying as this house filled with my brethren Presidents. \nOh Washington's aright. He understands the score and mostly keeps to himsel... | 1 |
[WP] A character you've killed in your stories has come to your world. They want vengeance. | [
"\"How dare you, author-san!\"\n\nI was being lazy, reading one of the romance mangas that I would never publicly reveal to reading, when I heard a voice come from behind me. And I knew it wasn't any of my roommates. And the voice sounded too clear to come from behind my door.\n\nI turn around, worried, when I see ... | 2 | |
[WP] You're walking in the woods and suddenly you saw a corpse hanging on one of the tree. There is a letter in the ground saying, "There is something in Park Lawn Cemetery you need to know". | [
"You walk to the cemetery. \n\nYou see the family grieving over a seemingly looted grave. \n\nAs you approach closer, you notice it is the fiance of your dead best friend crying.\n\nIt clicks in your head that the body you observed was your best friend.\n\nYou unfold the tri folded letter. It is evidently your own ... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone is born with one magical talent, but very few have Magician-caliber talent. Your talent is the ability to create a spot of color on the wall. After years of bored play with your talent, you discover that maybe minor talents aren't as limited as believed. | [
"I flex my fingers, shaking my hands at the wrist. A bead of sweat rolled down the side of my face. I stared at the blank wall across from my bed, focused. I had always been so jealous, always felt like it was so unfair. There were people who could teleport, create fire out of nothing, even the really talented peop... | 1 | |
[WP] The 2 of you are the last man and woman on earth after everyone else vanished. You raise a family together. Then suddenly, time sets back. Your family is missing and your partner is gone, leaving you alone for years until you meet someone who is living this empty world for the 1st time; 1st day | [
"\"Shit it's a dude.\"\n\n\"Look man, I'm not too happy about that either.\"\n\n\"Wanna fuck?\"\n\n\"Naw man. I'm not into that.\"\n\n\"Me neither.\"\n\n\"Umm. Okay I guess, dude. Man.\"\n\n\"Umm. Wanna crack open some cold ones?\"\n\n\"Yeah, sure dude.\"\n\nThus began a beautiful bromance.\n\nAnd they spent the re... | 1 | |
[WP] write from the perspective of an alien crew who just recruited a human Into their ranks. The human has brought along their dog. | [
"The small beast belted out another bizarre sound, causing some of us to flinch again. It look from us to the human, sounded it's call, and turned it's pointed face back to us. It's tail waving side to side in a possibly threatening manor. \n\n\"Well he seems to like you guys.\" The human spoke, readjusting the lar... | 3 | |
[WP] Whenever someone goes to Starbucks they get a random name on their coffee, this becomes their legal name. Nobody seems to be bothered, you are sick of it. | [
"It started out a good idea. Maybe. Some college students had gotten together to protest SSN being used as personal identification numbers for Americans and every independent coffee shop in the nation jumped on board. First the idea was to... overwhelm already overworked interns, or the IRS or something. Loan debt ... | 2 | |
[WP] Where were you when the ship crashed? | [
"Where were you when the ship crashed?\n\nWhere were you when we cried over our lives and cried over our deaths?\n\nWhere were you when we realized that we were stuck in a place far from human civilization?\n\nWhere were you when we tried to explore the surroundings and found death all around us?\n\nWhere were you ... | 5 | |
[WP] Your child just reached another milestone: the first molar tooth. The next night, as you're brushing their teeth, you suddenly realize that the molar isn't there. After looking at your child a bit more, you notice that their hair is slightly shorter. | [
"Sarah's baby was growing her first molar tooth. Sarah almost wanted to tell the doctors, \"I told you so.\" They had predicted that the child wouldn't live past three months, yet her daughter Ava was already starting to look like herself, the mom. She lifted the baby from the carpet and hugged. Her legs dangled an... | 1 | |
[WP] "We knew you would have to return to the sky eventually." | [
"At her sister's funeral, Katherine felt numb. It was like she was watching a play or something, where emotions would burst out of people, and she couldn't understand why. \n\nThe mom, on the other hand, was a drunk. At the funeral reception, she kept standing up to make wobbly speeches, saying things like, \"we kn... | 2 | |
[WP] By accident you made yourself immortal while you were drunk. Yesterday you got an invitation to a cocktail party to meetother immortals and eternal beings. | [
"I woke up on my bathroom floor with that nice crusty vomit stuff on the corners of my mouth. \"The fuck happened last night?\" I get up and hobble over out the door and to the couch. I nearly vomited again when I smelled the gin on the coffee table. I look back at the bathroom and I see a bullet hole on the wall. ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are walking home from a long day at work when boss battle music suddenly starts playing. | [
"Alexander watched as the sun set over the horizon forming a near perfect gradient of colors ranging from golden to red, to a deep purple. Another late day at work had been just the punctuation this awful week had needed for Alex, and he was content that it was over, for a couple days at least. \n\n\nThe back stree... | 3 | |
[WP] In a world where magic is based around music and its many different genres, you're a grumpy old bard who has to deal with bratty young mages and their destructive "modern genres". | [
"The last tender notes of the lute resounded in the quiet tavern and the beautiful ice statues crumbled to pieces. Olaf met the dry unenthusiastic applause of the audience with his usual quick bow and well-hidden desire to strangle the drunken philistines with the strings of his instrument. A cleaner began swiping ... | 1 | |
[WP] Every statue on Earth comes to life, and you happen to live in Rio. | [
"\"Not again,\" Father Matthew groaned as he stepped out of the church. He thought living in New York City had been bad. He enjoyed being in Brazil, truly - the people who came to his church were kindly and respectful, and he enjoyed helping them. But at least in New York the statues seemed to know they were just t... | 1 | |
[WP] Pick a TV show that was completely ruined by its finale and write a new finale for it. | [
"Clark floated for a moment in the air of the family barn. He was astonished at his own feat. He'd flown before when he was under the influence of various colours of kryptonite, but he barely remembered the experience. He looked at his hands, at his body, a small grin came to his lips. It was incredible. He now had... | 1 | |
Maybe you are a muggle who found this by accident? Maybe you are one of said warlocks? Have fun! | [WP] Magic is real, but it manifests through a person's collection of very specific things. Hoarders are actually warlocks | [
"In short: it's not at all crazy that I got a fifth mortgage in order to finance collecting Dead Poet's Society DVDs.\n\nThe new car I needed to in order to travel to as many stores, in person, in a day as humanly possible. The truck and truck driver I needed in order to haul-you guessed it-Dead Poet's Society. The... | 3 |
[WP] A man trades his soul for wealth, not because of personal greed, but to save others. | [
"It was twenty years ago that he first knocked on my door. When I opened it, he registered no surprise at the fact that I was a twenty-something young man dressed in a suit and tie, and not...well, the stereotype. The pitchfork lightly against the wall, and that did elicit a look of bemusement from the man as I wel... | 1 | |
[WP]You died while spleeping. Purgatory is a place where you have to face against everyone and everything you killed throught your life, usually there are just a lot of insects, but this time... | [
"I just haaad to shoot a serial killer.\n\nThe Suspense crouched and unsheathed twin knives. He wore torn jeans and a bloody white sleeveless shirt, barely able to contain his obese frame. His face was covered with a paper plate mask with a bloody question mark between two eyeholes.\n\nI had taken his case about th... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens finally land on earth. As soon as they do they do they flock to the bars. It doesn't take long to realize they all have a serious drinking problem. | [
"\"Hey, grrrrrrllllll. You free tonight?\" She gritted her teeth as she read the message. \"I want to go dancing!\"\n\n\"But they will be there.\" She responded, knowing full well her friend, Gladys, wouldn't care.\n\n\"They love to dance too!\"\n\n\"Only when they get shitfaced.\"\n\n\"It's okay! We'll get shitfac... | 1 | |
[Wp] Earth has been taken over by aliens; humans have have been subjected. Our last hope... our loyal pets. | [
"\"Remember all these years? Remember how many times these -Pfft- humans (he said as his face scrunched up with disgust) forgot to take us out to a walk? Forgot to give us our water and our food? OUR FREAKING FOOD!\"\nShepard continued: \"Now, my friends, dogs, cats, bunnies, giunea pigs, -heck-, even spiders! Now ... | 1 | |
[WP] A law is passed that allows the now sentient military robots to have a civilian life after service. You have been outfitted with a faux human body and sent to live in a state with high anti-robot sentiment. | [
"\"Everyone is 'different' Xander, it doesn't make you any less deserving of happiness\" Tracy said as she carried a box filled with toiletries out to the living room and plopped it on the coffee table. \n\n\"I know YOU feel that way.\" I said, feeling constant, tickling surge of charge coming from the outlet behin... | 1 | |
[WP] A place where, instead of being traditionally buried, the dead are cremated and trees are planted into them. You walk through the forest of the dead. | [
"I walk through the fragrance of blossoming cherry trees, the high sun reflected thousand fold by the white blossoms.\n\nMy feet are bare on the soft grass of the path, showing my respect of those who came before. All around me, under the trees, lie my family, my ancestors, all the way back to the beginning.\n\nI w... | 1 | |
[WP] Real life doesn't have God's, but rather it has Moderators (Mods). One day, the Mods lose it, and start banning everyone who mispronounces 'gif'... | [
"Here's mine:\n\n“They’ve fucking lost it, man!”\n\n“Joe, they’ve fucking lost it!” Chris bellowed into my face again within a second.\n\n“Who? What the fuck are you talking about!” I hollered back. It was not a question, but a demand. His eyes were beady, like pinpoints on crosshairs. His trepidation acted contagi... | 1 | |
[WP] Every year and for 24 hours, one person is chosen for a global manhunt. Whoever kills that person gains 1.000.000 $. | [
"He had to run. Run as fast as he could. They were after him. It was plainly obvious to Allen from the moment that he woke up to the pain in his arm signaling the start of The Hunt. He was rushing through the forest as fast as he could to find somewhere he could hide out before dawn. \n\nEveryone when they're born ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your pets always stare off at something you can't see, just watching... nothing. One day you wake up, and you can see what they see | [
"I was groggy at first. But that explains nothing; I'm often groggy after an hour-long afternoon nap, and I never saw anything like this before. In fact I only experienced hallucinations once or twice in my entire life on waking,a few seconds of hearing and seeing someone I'd expected to be there anyway. Those ... | 1 | |
[WP] God and the Devil are dear old friends. They meet in humanity park for chess on Sundays. These are their dialogues. | [
"\"Good to see you, as always.\"\n\n\"I wish I could say the same.\"\n\nThe two beings sat down at the table.\n\nGod always chose the location; today the two men played in Sydney, Australia, in 1873.\n\n\"I stopped the brimstone storm you tried to send, you know,\" God said. He moved a white pawn. The game begun.\n... | 1 | |
[WP] One day the Grim Reaper walks into your office, not for your soul, but for its Performance Review. | [
"'Grim! May I call you Grim?' The skeletal head opposite gives a curt nod. 'Pull up a pew, I'm a very busy man today.' I indicate to the hard plastic chair in front of my desk. Grim tucks his cloaks under his body as he lowers himself carefully in to the seat. \n\n'What shall I do?..' He lifts his scythe and looks ... | 1 | |
[WP] Future archeologists uncover Las Vegas. As they discover the many replicas there, they become confused as to where and when it was in history. | [
"I stepped out of my tent, blinking and shielding my eyes against the wild desert winds. I'd arrived in the middle of the night, so I hadn't had a chance to appreciate the barren, yet beautiful landscape. The mountains in the distance looked like they were the playthings of giants, crayons with which the Gods colou... | 1 | |
[WP] The world is actually flat, and you are the leader of the fringe round-earthist movement. | [
"I stood, for I had no other choice.\n\nThere was nothing in the tiny, dank room but blackness, blood, pain, and the faint echoes of other men, probably in much the same situation as myself.\n\nMy arms were bound high above my head, my legs tied to the ground, and a small steel spike sat, jutting out of the wood th... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been sent back in time by the United States government to kill Hitler. As you're about to carry out the deed, another man appears claiming he's from a dystopian world where Hitler was killed, and urges you not to do it. | [
"It was the 19th of March, 1933. Four days before the enabling act. Which was the vote that allowed Adolf Hitler to make his own laws. It was the day he became the dictator of Germany. \n\nI arrived at the Kroll Opera House, Berlin in the back of a small military vehicle, wearing the new Nazi uniform. It was a dark... | 11 | |
[WP] Area 51 is well known for the place where the US hides the aliens, but this is a lie. The truth is much darker. You are the last surviving employee, and you can't keep the secret any longer | [
"They say we hide aliens, but that's all bullshit. I've locked myself in here the security room. There is a gruesome death out there that I want no part of. That's why I got a gun with only one bullet left in the chamber. Before I end it, the world needs to know. I have to warn them. Here at Area 51, we're definite... | 2 | |
Frankly, I'm not sure myself how someone would manage to anger dolphins. (Though bombing their city would be a good place to start.) | [WP] The dolphins built Atlantis. Unfortunately, North Korea nuked it and now they're mad. | [
"Just my luck that I scheduled that day to be the day when we \"Swim with the Dolphins.\"\nThe day the nuclear test went wrong, the day I realized I was dead. \n\nThe instructor said it was unusual for the dolphins to act the way they were. That they'd never tried to bite her before. After she said that someone on ... | 1 |
[WP] Everyone loves the classic Pokemon games. However, the actual Pokemon universe is very different. | [
"I bolted down the hall, my heavy gear clanking with every footfall.\n\n\"LET'S GO, LET'S GO!!\" Captain Brock shouted. \"IT'S A 43-27! REPEAT, WE GOT AN EVOLUTION HERE!!\"\n\n\"Oh, shit!\" I yelled. \"Blue, let's go!\" I picked up the pace with my partner not far behind.\n\nWe burst out into the courtyard. Crushed... | 1 | |
[WP] You are superhuman, and are viewed by everybody as a villain and somebody you should fear and avoid. The truth is, you created that reputation so that actual supervillains will be genuinely afraid when you come for them. | [
"Though they call me superhuman, in reality I am less human than them. My skeleton has been replaced by a super-alloy, my organs replaced by mechanical replicas that do not require food, the emotional centers of my brain replaced with tiny molecular processors.\n\nThey call me the world's first supervillain as wel... | 4 | |
[WP] You awaken on a park bench alone, in a city you are unfamiliar with. No one seems to speak a language you know and, with no memory of how you got there, the only information you have is a cell phone with a note that says "When it rings, Answer immediately." | [
"I like to think that I do a fairly good job of keeping myself off the streets, but even so there are occasions when I find that sleeping rough is necessary. \nWhile doing so is never enjoyable, this occasion in particular stood out as being thoroughly unpleasant. \n\nMy first thought had been that I had had a litt... | 2 | |
[WP] Magic is real. Humans get magic when they turn 200. You are one of the first. | [
"Lets imagine, for a moment, that you win a lottery. The prize is kept mysterious, but you are guaranteed to have an \"unforgettable\" experience. You go to claim your prize. They film you on live television. You get into the room and see a box.\n\n*Here it comes,* you think to yourself.\n\nThe presenter strides in... | 3 | |
In addition as far as the universe is concerned you've always been this way. If you are in a relationship that person's gender is switched aswell. | [WP] You wake up and see a timer ticking down from 365 days. You notice you've morphed into the opposite gender. | [
" I don't know what's gonna happen to me, it's been a really odd year and I'm finally used to everything. When this timer reaches 0 tomorrow do I change back? Or it is something else... there's no way of telling. I'm really worried though since I actually pretty much like this now... at first I was freaking out an... | 1 |
[WP] A man's job is to replace people with robots. His final task is to replace himself. | [
"I’d been at this for years and years and it had finally come down to the moment I’d been waiting for. The moment where all my plans had come to fruition and I had finally accomplished my goal. \n \nNow that I’m here it seems like I should feel happy, maybe even at peace really. I’m not though. I’m absolutely fucki... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the most beautiful person in the world, but just from the one angle. | [
"\"No. A little more to the left...too far...more...more...Stop! No...just a few more inches to the right...and...\"\n\nCursing in disgust, the artist flung his beret down and stalked towards me while the photographer, in the corner by the window, sighed and let his camera drop forlornly against his chest.\n\nThen ... | 1 | |
[WP] It's your last day on death row for going into a library and killing several nerds, the prison owner is a stereotypical nerd who will personally strangle you. You're allowed to keep a diary of how you feel. | [
"Oh man, it even cracks me up thinking about it now. They told me I was getting the death penalty, and I nearly shit myself. Yeah, I murdered a few people but so what, things happen. I murdered a few nerds, this city has enough of them running around I was just helping fight overpopulation. Anyways, they told me I'... | 1 |
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