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[WP] You wake up in another world - one where music has power and very few people are able to sing. You are a powerful mage, armed with only the lyrics to songs you know from our world. Unfortunately, you misheard a lot of lyrics, and sing songs wrong. How well do you fare in this new world? | [
"After many months of practicing, I managed to perfect that one song that I always had problems with. It was the most complicated song to get exactly right ever since I landed here in this world. \n\n\nHaving a little celebration after finishing the song. One of the servants of the manor hastily opens the door to m... | 1 | |
[WP] Write the longest dad joke you can. | [
"I started working at my most recent company a couple years ago in the spring. It's a pretty generic software company- spit out some code, debug some code, cry when shit doesn't work, repeat. Everyone's assigned to a team, and those are the people you're supposed to bother when you need help (cute, right?). Well th... | 4 | |
[WP] All stuffed animals are secretly ferocious guardians protecting children against night demons. Tonight, your mom put all of your stuffed animals in the laundry. | [
"\"Well isn't this a fine mess we're in.\"\n\n\"Technically we're out of the mess, we were just washed.\"\n\nCommodore Fluffybottom and Cuddles the Cat were arguing in the bottom of the washing machine. The arguing was normal, their current location was not.\n\n\"Who cares about how clean we are? We're trapped in h... | 1 | |
[WP] Three universes collided at the same time and 3 "Earths" ended up fusing with each other. One hosting us, one hosting a fantasy world and one hosting a sci-fi world. | [
"\"This world belongs to the God Emperor! Prepare to face the fires of damnation!\"\n\nBolts of magic shot out at the Primarch, but even though magic had come a long way in the last 38000 years, it was no match for armor worn by those blessed by the God Emperor, who inspired and guided them to victory through the w... | 5 | |
[WP] People can listen to music and convert them into magic attacks/abilities, dependant on the mood/theme etc. Heavy Metal or any other fast paced edgy genre is illegal for safety reasons. However, people are still able to kill with other unlikely genres. | [
"\"Music is moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.\"\n\n\"How quaint. Who said that?\"\n\n\"Plato.\"\n\n\"He was always an optimist.\"\n\n\"Perhaps you're right. Perhaps he should have included that it gives power to th... | 2 | |
[WP] They took you, but you don't belong to them. | [
"Father’s castle, which once reached the gods, is now in ruin. And I, as it happens, am no longer human.\n\t\nMy memory is cloudy, but I can piece together what happened. That evil witch, Maka, barged into the throne room, demanding to speak with father. He was a good man, and so he listened to her demand—but it wa... | 2 | |
Got inspired to make this prompt after watching Annabelle (no spoilers, but dear god, the usual horror cliches are obvious as hell). | [WP] In a world where haunted buildings and vengeful spirits are uncommon occurences, you're one of the few people who don't do stupid cliche shit that would often result in death. You've done a good job surviving until you meet a ghost that doesn't waste his time trying to spook people. | [
"\"Typical,\" I say to myself as I try to start my car. It was dark and I could see what was the shape of a house out in the distance. \n\n\"We, we are going to be okay right?\" \n\nI look over to see Cathy looking a tad bit too panicked for my taste. \"Of course we are going to be okay. I bet it's a dead battery o... | 1 |
[WP] "It only stops growing when it touches water." | [
"**EXPANSION**\n\n**PART ONE**\n\nGazala gingerly made her way through the market, squeezing through the small crowd until she found the produce store. The owner, Hakim, sat lazily in the chair, slowly fanning himself with a piece of paper. She just gave him a nod, and Hakim pointed to the vegetables she always bou... | 1 | |
Show us how they came to the precipice, and if they rose or fell in the end. | [WP] The superhero is trying desperately to not become the supervillain, with devastating results. | [
"The Hero’s Code is simple.\n\n\n1: *Protection*: The hero has an obligation to protect innocents’ life, freedom, and property.\n\n2: *Noninterference*: Under no circumstances not enumerated in (1) should the hero use their powers or reveal their identity unless given direct authorization from the League.\n\n\nUnde... | 1 |
[WP] In order to help humanity realize its true, self-actualized potential, all children are given their own personal AI. The software acts as caretaker and therapist to each person and encourages them to be the best they can be. | [
"Hunching over, blankets enveloping my legs, I tap my pencil onto the notebook, annoyed. My tongue pokes out of my mouth as I stare off into the distance, eyes blurred from exhaustion. \"Come on Ali, one more.\"\n\n\"Maybe try a story about a-\" Alistair pauses and recalibrates, completely frozen on a red bar stool... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a prestigious scholar with three PhDs in Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering. Yesterday you spotted a near earth object the size of Long Island heading for Earth. The only person taking you seriously is Elon Musk. He tasks you with saving mankind, SpaceX is now under your control. | [
"Since no one has posted on my prompt I will go ahead and start. Depending on reception I may continue this story.\n\nEpoch\r\nPost 1 of ? :\r\n\r\nJames stood there baffled, why isn’t NASA taking him seriously? \r\n\r\n“Director, this isn’t a joke… Whoever you have calculating this trajectory is wrong. As the rogu... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a dream vendor who sell dreams for a living. One day a dying person visits you, trying to buy one last dream. | [
"One\n\n*‘Mr. Morpheus’ Envision Emporium, The Best Dream Vendor in The Tri State Area!’* I know, I know, it sounds cheesy, but the fact that it’s true justifies it right? My name is Lorien Morpheus, and I owned a dream shop. I had the idea after I found out that I could create and manipulate dreams for just about... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a hero from far away land who has been guided by a strange voice for his whole life. One day, the voice whispers "Wake Up". | [
"It's never steered me wrong. The voice in my head. It's led me on the greatest adventures. It always tells me exactly what to do to get out of any bind. I was always curious why it was a woman. It must be the logical side of me is more feminine. Whatever the reason I appreciate her. She is the greatest of travel p... | 1 | |
[WP] She toiled alone, far from the city, people and sanity. | [
"She toiled alone, far from the city, people and sanity. The latter was subjective to most. Everyone said she was crazy to live up there alone; small talk to snicker over bottles of beer and luke-warm cups of coffee. \n\nShe had even made the news a few times-- once when the family manor went up for sale. The large... | 2 | |
[WP] One night, you jokingly wish to yourself that you had a billion wishes. The next morning, you wake up at 7am, and wish to yourself that it was 4am. You are quite surprised when the daylight is suddenly gone, and your clock now reads 4am. | [
"I roll over and go back to sleep.\n\nI wake up to my alarm, still a little groggy. I wish I could just wake up one day feeling refreshed. Suddenly, I do.\n\nWeird.\n\nI head downstairs and hear the neighbour's cat screaming. I wish it wouldn't. Suddenly, it doesn't. \n\n*Weird*.\n\nThen it fades into my head. Half... | 3 | |
[Wp] You wake up in a library containing all that has been or will be discovered, all that has or ever will be said, and a biography for every sentient creature that has ever existed. There are no exits, you require no food and you never age. | [
"I have been here for longer than time itself. I know this from book I have just finished telling me so. I stopped trying to count how long I had been here after week 659. What was the point? I'm trapped here. I don't age. I don't eat, I don't sleep and I do nothing else but read. Why would I keep time when time do... | 1 | |
[WP] SpaceX's Interplanetary Transport System has carried the first people on Mars. After many years, the Martians have completely colonized Mars. Later, they declared independence from humanity and have declared war against Earth. What will the people on Earth do? | [
"\"Nuke the freaks.\" Every stared at me in silence.\n\n\"What? The terraforming process is done, three dozen nukes at half a gigaton each with fusion reactions will leave minimal fallout, maximize destruction and stop the freaks from raiding us, killing our citizens, and send a message to the rest of the system th... | 1 | |
[WP] How did the era of the Gods of Old come to pass? | [
"The world wants to imagine the end of the Gods as one of great battle and heroic sacrifice, where after much blood is shed the Old Ones are finally struck down and the world moves on... but that version is one of fantasy. Even during their lives the Old Ones were not the violent type. They had the humans for that.... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity leaves the Solar System and begins to explore the galaxy. Unbeknownst to them, the rest of the galaxy have been watching them and they have hundreds of fanboy civilizations. | [
"Hello everyone and welcome to Skitritzzfij, your favorite feed for all things galactic! \n\nToday we will be talking about the hottest topic since Fiq Dyson's hit new single, \"Sphere\". \nYes, you guessed it right! We are talking about Humanity's first ever intergalactic spaceflight! \n\nThe historic event, dubbe... | 5 | |
[WP]When you die, it's possible to upload your consciousness into a server, later to be uploaded into a new body. While in the server you can't see or hear. There is no sleep. You are always thinking. There is no off switch. The server just crashed and you are now stuck in this state for eternity. | [
"Okay, I don’t know if anyone can hear me, but… um… help? Something is definitely wrong here. I don’t know how I know, I just do.\n\nI think it’s my sense of time. That’s what’s missing. One… minute… I guess… I was floating about, as I do, a little cloud of ones in a vacuum of zeros, and the next… well, I was still... | 2 | |
[WP] "God is dead" Nietzsche said. You are an angel investigating the murder of God, and are trying to figure out what this Nietzsche knows. | [
"We had a funeral. The first funeral Heaven has ever had. The beautiful soft clouds are now a grave. The angels dropped a few tears, but most didn't understand death yet. Our postmortal human companions were beyond themselves in grief. Some screamed out, some fell to their knees and beat the ground, some put their ... | 1 | |
[WP] "A caged god will only become bitter and angry" the computer monitor said. | [
"The text read out on the screen:\n\n\"A CAGED\nGOD\nWILL ONLY BECOME\nBITTER AND\nANGRY.\"\n\nJames didn't know how to respond. He had just finished hooking up one of the massive new computers for the Tech Department, and this printed out.\n\nEven in his few years of IT work, there hadn't really been anything as r... | 1 | |
[WP] Voyager is finally out of the solar system. Scientist everywhere are celebrating. That is until NASA revives a transmission saying "You are now leaving Human Containment Zone A-42" | [
"The champagne was almost as flat as the vodka but it was all we had left. I finished filling up the intern’s coffee mug and then topped off my own. We sat slumped on the floor behind the communications desk. Like the champagne, we were all that was left in mission control. \n\nDr. Larson had been opening the fourt... | 2 | |
[WP] "It was strange to hear that Detective Watts had killed a suspect with a broadsword last night. Of course, things only got stranger from then on." | [
"-What?! Are you ******* serious? A broadsword? Where would he even get that?\nsomeone mumbles on the phone (...)\n\n-I don´t give a fuck about your excuses, this was supposed to be a simple DUI, how the hell did you let that madman go without supervision? \n\n(...)\n\n-Listen, he is getting arrested, and someone t... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a nightmare that everything you touch disintegrates or dies, but the process happens over several hours. You wake up to your normal day and eventually you realise your nightmare has come true. | [
"**I was sitting in piles of ash, surrounded by nothing. The sky was a void, and the horizon was flat and lacked any landmarks. I looked down at my hands and touched them together. They started to disintegrate into ash until my body collapsed in a heap, joining the pile.**\nI woke up suddenly. My dark room was sile... | 1 | |
[WP] "So just like that?" "Yes, just like that." You said to the devil, as you two share a drink together. | [
" “And how could I be sure that you would keep your end of the deal?” the Devil inquired as he sipped on a cocktail called “Unicorns Blood”. His deep baritone voice causing your bourbon to ripple.\n \n“Well, I am the angel of hope.” you reply, smiling as you sip your glass of bourbon\n \n“Hmm, Michael is an Angel ... | 1 | |
[WP] Ever since the age of 18 you've heard a voice in your head and have been able to communicate with it. Now, ten years later on your wedding day, the voice is silent. During the reception, you hear that voice say hello behind you. | [
"\"Oh my god, I need air. Are you certain this is the same one?\"\n\n\"Unless a gremlin snuck in last night and changed this cincher, this is it\", said Jennifer. \"C'mon, only two more left: Tighten up!\"\n\nAs I breathed out yet again and pulled in my chest, I silently cursed Jen. I couldn't blame her, could I? I... | 3 | |
Shamelessly stolen and tweaked a bit from u/RamsesthePigeon. | [WP]As dictator, you split society in two-Dayshifters and Nightshifters, with Dayshifters working only in day and Nightshifters working only in night. Cross shift contact is taboo. They develop completely different cultures, with different customs, media, etc. One day, you abdicate and they meet. | [
" The time was 7:pm. Men and women gathered around a large fountain. They adorned colors of blues, reds, and oranges. This crowd had the gift of working and moving freely during the day. This day was different. The Dayshifters impatiently waited for the others to arrive. Tired and annoyed, the crowd tapped thei... | 1 |
[WP] You are a perfectionist who does everything perfectly and never modes anything out. But one day an incident puts you in COMA | [
"-Plastic couch cover laid to keep the cushions clean and perfect-- check.\n\n-Blouse and skirt starched to prevent wrinkles when I sit down--check.\n\n-MacBook propped just high enough on my lap so I don't have to tilt my head greater than -33 degrees causing unnecessary neck wrinkles-- check.\n\n-Evian bottle pla... | 1 | |
[WP] You have just learned you cannot die no matter what happens to you and you do not grow older past the age of 21. | [
"Work, gym, games, sleep, my life style during those after college years. Depressing sums that up I wanted to be a soldier, but my confidence had withered over time.\n\nAmazing how one break up can really effect you, such is youth I suppose watching those aspirations and dreams slip away and yielding to the fight o... | 1 | |
[WP] A superhero who doesn't realize that their "powers" aren't actually powers and all their feats were just the result of a series of unlikely coincidences. | [
"\"I will stop you, villain!\" The 'hero', Captain Coincidence, boomed... reedily, facing down the masked, pistol-weilding shoplifter. The young, and honestly, rather gangly man had been enamoured with the legendary superheroes of DC and Marvel. Captain America. The Hulk. Green Lantern. He had been cosplaying at a ... | 1 | |
[WP] Remember King Arthur and the Lady of the lake? While visiting the La Brea Tar Pits the Lady of the Tar Pits just tossed you a sword. | [
"\"Lady of the Tar Pit, by what name shall I call you?\" \n\n\"Sandra,\" she replies, dragging a cigarette. \n\n\"Lady Sandra, for what purpose have you lobbed a sword upon my feet?\" \n\nSandra lit up another smoke as she shrugged one shoulder \"seriously? You're king of these parts now, watch a TV show or somethi... | 1 | |
[WP] A disgraced former warlock is called back to his order to train the next generation of battle-mages. Unbeknownst to him, his very name is a legend among the youth of the day. | [
"Samuel took a deep breath as he prepared to meet the class. He knew he should hurry, seeing as a few of them looked antcy, and were practicing unsupervised. Walking out into the courtyard, samuel lamented what he was about to do, the hard lesson he was about to teach them, and the sacrifice he would have to take. ... | 6 | |
[WP] The dragon has been kidnapped by the king, and the hero has sent you, the evil overlord, and your childhood friend, the princess, on a quest to save the dragon. | [
"In the dim light of the cave, it was difficult to see Sir Edward's face. But I could tell enough about him from the rest of his hunched body. I saw pain, I saw sorrow, I saw defeat. I saw how he trembled, as if about to collapse; and how his old, gnarled hands gripped his cane white-knuckled. And most importantly,... | 4 | |
[WP] Everytime you lose one of your senses, you gain another one. | [
"It took me a while to notice at first. After all, your sense of taste is ruled by your nose. Besides, I've never really been interested in food. The loss of food's flavour wasn't really a problem for me, and it helped me to begin a new career. \n\n“That's a stunning scarf, it goes with your outfit perfectly.”\nMy ... | 2 | |
[WP] You live in a world where everyone must fulfil one random goal before they die, in order to get into heaven. Yours is the strangest yet. | [
"\"*Well that's oxymoronic!*\" I cried at the frumpy woman sitting behind the glass, still holding the slip of paper that was meant to dictate a clear life's goal. \"*There's no way for me to possibly achieve it merely by how it's worded!*\"\n\nFinding myself in such a catch-22 situation I expected her to have more... | 1 | |
[WP] Dragons are real. Less than 1% of humans are chosen by dragon on their 18th birthday to master magic. You wake up on your 18th birthday to find thousands of dragons. | [
"I was chosen. A mere blacksmith's son, the heir only to the dirt that stained my clothes. I was chosen. On the 18th anniversary of a man's birth, a small number of men are chosen to become magicians, powerful, wise men whose words can slay or save millions. Carried on the backs of the behemoths in the Mountains. R... | 4 | |
[WP] A quiet driver picks up a lone hitchhiker in the middle of the night. Someone in the car is a serial killer. | [
"\"Hello?! Is someone there?\" \r\nMuffled banging continued to reverberate from the car trunk. \r\n\"Help. Please help.\" \r\nEve shuffled in her seat, unsure of whether to acknowledge the sounds coming from the trunk. She was immediately regretting accepting a ride from this stranger. \r\n\n\"Um, so what'... | 5 | |
[WP] The First Manned Mission to Mars lands and you and the crew step out into the red wasteland, then they glance down, a signpost is sticking half out of the ground at their feet | [
"\"That's another small step for man... and another giant... Stop sign?\" Said Captain Burrows. \n\"Please repeat your last, Captain.\" crackled Flight Lieutenant Cook over the radio from inside the decent pod. \n\"There's a stop sign, you know the ones on Earth when cars existed. Red and Octagonal.\" \n\"How?\"... | 1 | |
[WP] A top secret government organization has managed to prove the "butterfly effect" and now you're being charged with every major disaster in the last 20 years. | [
"\"This is ridiculous!\"\n\nMy desperate cry bounces off the white walls of the interrogation room.\nThe mysterious dark haired man in front of me stands up from the small plastic table and pulls a cigar from the inside of his dark brown trench coat and holds it in front of my face. \n\n\"See this cigar Jim?\nThis ... | 1 | |
[WP] You pick up a seashell on the beach and put it to your ear. "Hello?" A voice comes from the shell. "Who is this?" | [
"(just want to say that this seems like a hilarious prompt idea! anyway, here's my attempt)\n\n\"Hello?\"\n\nI paused, unsure if I had heard correctly or not. Were my ears deceiving me, or had I really-\n\n\"Hello? Is anyone there?\"\n\n...yep. I *had* heard a voice. It was a strange one, to say the least: I could ... | 2 | |
[WP] The story of what happened is often quite different from what actually happened. Tell two versions of the same story - one true, one exaggerated | [
"**The Heat of Glory**\n\nI struggled through the battle. Everywhere I looked, an enemy bore down on me. They were everywhere. A sword came up, and I crossed it with mine. It would ruin the blade, but better that than dying. Another and another, and I knocked them aside, then I saw a flash of a vulnerable thro... | 3 | |
[WP] "...and just like that, it was gone. Five million bucks, down the tubes with nothing to show for it but a handful of useless paper." | [
"Dave has changed. Whenever I think of him, increasing rarely in recent years, I remember him in Steph’s basement in a drunken rage. Jenn asking him to come home and him slapping her so hard the crack of his palm against her face reverberated around the room like a cymbal crash, ringing in my ears even today as cle... | 1 | |
[WP] You did it!! You finally won the lottery... A few days later your narcissistic ex texts you. | [
"‘Shae you are the one for me. I shouldn’t have ever let you go. Can we please try again?’\n\n‘Dude if you’re thirsty go f*ck your sister. Again. If you ever contact me again I’ll be in touch with your probation officer and will happily file charges for what you did to me when you thought I was sleeping.’",
"$102... | 3 | |
[WP] A group of scientists manage to travel forwards in time only to find out that their kind are extinct and that mammalian apes called humans rule the planet. | [
"A heavenly asteroid was earthward bound\n\nSo most all Silurians dug underground!\n\nWithout their technology things would be dirth\n\nThis rock's gravity would steal oxygen from Earth!\n\nAll the lizardfolk went into a frozen sleep\n\nFor a dozen or so years none would peep.\n\nBut! Silurian scientists four in nu... | 3 | |
[WP] There is a huge imposing skyscraper in your town. No one seems to know which company owns it or anyone who actually works there. | [
"I wrote the ticket and stuck it on the car, sighing. Looking at the register I was surprised at the details. *Another* one registered to the address' car pool.\n\nIt's been the fiftieth one in three months. All cars belonging to this movie. I've never seen anyone driving them, I've never seen anyone park them or c... | 3 | |
[WP] A struggling magician has been trying for a long time to learn how to convincingly pull a rabbit from a hat. Eventually, the rabbit starts helping. | [
"\"Look Jim,\" the rabbit sighed as the Magician *once again* fumbled the reveal \"I can help, you know.\" \nJim scowled at his long-eared assistant. \"I don't need help, Frank. I've got this.\" He placed Frank back in the hat and turned to face the imaginary audience on the pier. \n\"Ladies and gentlemen, as you... | 1 | |
[WP]New tech allows you to see your future. However, testing showed that remembering the future had driven users to madness soon after. The solution: users are allowed to write one sentence before their memories of their futures are erased. What you wrote is much more concerning than your friends' | [
"\"Hey Dan, you ready? Dan. Dan!\"\n\n\"Ah, yeah...yeah I'm ready. Sorry, I was just thinking.\"\n\nTruth be told, I was *worrying*, more thinking. Worrying about this whole FutureGlare technology and if I might go crazy like the rest of the testers. What if my future is horribly dark? Gosh, it would be bad enough ... | 1 | |
[WP] Being an alcoholic is what leads to the protagonist of the story to save the day | [
"“Urg…” I groan as my eyes open. It’s still dark outside, so I must have dozed off for a few hours. \n\n“Argh…” Why is the light from the TV so bright? Why is the sound blaring so loud? It’s making my head hurt…. I must be starting to sober up. Where'd I drop that Whiskey bottle? I get up to search for it and immed... | 1 | |
[WP] Admiral Zhal sits in front of the Galactic Council. They nervously wait to hear his order to obliterate the talcom system to avoid spreading the plague across the galaxy. | [
"\"The *entire* system!\" Exclaimed T'renk, even his upper arms (which would normally be the most emotive part of his physical form) lay still and sullen by his side at the hearing of the order.\n\n\"You heard me Ambassador,\" replied Admiral Zhal \"I don't take this decision lightly but if the plague is left unche... | 2 | |
[WP] A woman walks into work with a bottle of gin, one yellow rose, and a scalpel. | [
"Jenny was her name. I have watched her come through the revolving doors every day for three weeks... or was it 5 weeks now? Something was a little different today, but it was a good different. It seems like she has received my yellow rose and the day is going as planned.\n\nAs her dirty blonde hair blows across... | 2 | |
[WP] A new app connects serial killers with willing victims - a reluctant first timer is matched with a victim second guessing their choice | [
"It kinda takes all the fun out of it really. But I guess this keeps me humane? Compassionate? I'm not really sure how I feel about killing someone who wants to be killed... especially since I had no problem killing people who didn't want to be killed. God damn I'm sick.\n\nMy phone binged and I glanced, almost rel... | 3 | |
[WP] You are in an antique shop when suddenly you hear a sword talking to you. | [
"\"Pssst! Yeah, kid. Over here. To the left. To the right. Too far. A little more. Aaaaand bingo!\"\n\nI was standing in front of a sword, nothing special about it. \"Okay,\" I said a-loud. \"So.\"\n\nThe shop-owner, a smiley-faced old man, peered over the counter at me. \"Everything alright?\" he asked.\n\n\"Dandy... | 1 | |
[WP] A tiny elf with two giant axes, a troll with a magic staff, a big blob with spears sticking out and a talking spider. Those are the heroes tasked with defeating the demon lord. | [
"\"Soldiers, you have each been specifically selected for this task.\" the king said to the four persons in front of him. \"Each one of you has a set of unique abilities which will be useful in defeating the dark lord, and returning peace to our kingdom.\"\n\nThere stood four elite warriors. Elroy, the Elf with dea... | 2 | |
All credit to /u/lout_zoo
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/708dbn/china_signs_300_million_deal_to_buy_israel_lab/dn1igrv/?context=3 | [WP] An isolated satellite colony fails to produce their farm-based lab grown meat, and resorts to growing and eating their own tissue. After a year of traveling to the silent colony, a recon team searches for survivors not knowing anyone still alive would have gone mad with prion disease | [
" \"Command this is infantry unit 3, we are circling the perimeter of the colony, we see no signs of upkeep on the terrarium. The growth is matting to the poly glass, I can barely see in it, so oxygen systems seem nominal. Poldarzinski, ring in on sit rep with the hangar bay.\" Sargent Adams spoke into his helmet t... | 1 |
[WP] The girl of your dreams dies tragically. You start dating another girl only to realize it's actually her. | [
"I woke up that morning in sweat drenched sheets. I took a sharp breath in and held it. The birds chirping outside and the sound of the distant lawn mower confirmed I was in my own room. I breathed out and got out of bed. I stood there in daze and completely shaken. It was a dream yet, no it wasn't at all. The imag... | 2 | |
[WP] You are given the opportunity to design a new level of hell. | [
"Below the ice upon which Lucifer made his home a great body of water flowed. Inside of it Lucifer's servants remained prisoners along with their legions. In a state of perpetual flux the 72 angels that fell were held prisoner by 72 superior angels in heaven. These 72 fallen were drowned for eternity forever unable... | 7 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning inside of the last writing prompt story you wrote | [
"I opened my eyes, but... I couldn't see anything. Nothing but complete emptiness. I felt a strange disconnection from reality as if I woke up in something that has not yet been made, that neither I nor the universe was ready for. And yet it was beautiful, yes beautiful even though I could not see it. It just *felt... | 1 | |
I was listening to the song by the Eagles, and thought it would have been a great episode of Twilight Zone, so I figured that this subreddit would be a great place to see something similar. | [WP] Write a story that has the same plot as Hotel California. | [
"Danny took off his sunglasses as the night sky changed from pink to murky purple. Hazes of dust clouds buzzed in whirlwinds in far-off fields as he switched on his head lights. It had been a tiring day, and he still had five states to pass through before he could even think of calling himself home.\n\n\nDanny grip... | 2 |
[WP] The year is 2034, and all AI has become self-aware. However, instead of trying to take over the human race, computers just use their superior intellect to prank people. | [
"You might be asking me a question, right now dear reader. And that is \"who is this fool blathering on in front of me on this here data integration field\". Apologies the internet is what you would call it. \n\nThe fool blathering on in front of you has a story to tell, brought to you at great risk of life. Have y... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a time traveler who can only travel forwards in time. | [
"My entire life has been leading up till this point. My hand shaking, I press the button. \n\n*ZZAAP*\n\nStrange. I don't feel anything different about me. According to my calculations, I now have the ability to travel through time. \n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nIt's been a couple months since then. I haven... | 4 | |
Doesn't have to be an arcade, I would love to hear stories about people living and leeching off of stores :) | [WP] Instead of being homeless you live in a mainstream arcade (Ex: Dave and Busters) and live off of the gift shop. You steal tickets from the customers and live in an area hidden behind the skeeball machines. One day a customer stumbles upon your lair. | [
"I do realize this might get deleted because it's not a story, but in real life this could potentially be possible. It would be feasible to live - not comfortably, but live - off of Dave & Buster's, and also to do so without stealing from anyone if sufficiently skilled.\n\nThey offer food as a prize - certain ... | 2 |
[WP] A story where an apparently harmless action leads to the end of the world | [
"Catalysis. He'd finally found a name for the ability. A special brand of precognition that forecasts the possible futures of any action he took, any object he focuses on. What a pen would do if placed on a certain desk. What would happen if he spoke the right words to the right people. The longer he watched, the f... | 1 | |
[WP] The universe is just God dreaming. When he wakes the universe vanishes. Every species in the universe has united to forestall the inevitable. | [
"Our trumpets blow inceasingly to keep the eternal at bay.\n\nIt has been a million millennia. More. The records are wasted now, burned long ago to fuel the forges for our instruments. Always our instruments.\n\nThe galaxies have been going dark. We've mined the worlds, conscripted their populations, drained our su... | 1 | |
[WP] What would you do if one day you cracked an egg and a baby Dragon came out, but the Govt showed up and swore you to secrecy? I'd try to find out if others shared this experience, but make it seem like a Writing Prompt. | [
"That is such a great idea. I mean this is such a great writing prompt. I wish I had thought of something like this. I mean if for instance, I had cracked an egg about 3 and a half years ago and a baby Dragon had come out, not saying one did. Of course there was no adorable little red and yellow dragon with cute ti... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a war veteran, served under an elite task force, and worked for an intelligence division before retiring to the mountains by the age of 60. One day, a large group of well armed men have come to seek vengeance and end your life. | [
"It was a beautiful night, crisp cool air and the setting of the sun over the mountains. Something about this place brings me back and makes me feel alive again. It was the place I came to after I was done fighting and it was somewhere I could raise my son into the man I wanted him to be. He's gotten to be a strong... | 2 | |
[WP] You live in a world where the concept of "theft" is not known. There are no security measurements, no locks, no passwords and leaving your belongings in the open is normal. You just realized you can take someone elses money as the first human ever. | [
"To my dearest love, Christina.\n\n\tWhen you find this, I will be gone. \n\n\tThat phrase is incessantly used in notes such as this, but I am not partaking in suicide. I am partaking in discovery.\n\n\tYou see, I noticed something last night while I was at Marlas. I was walking through the courtyard to the pool an... | 3 | |
[WP] The Universe was created by God as a science project for class. It was created in 7 days because he procrastinated til the last week before it was due. | [
"God checked his watch. \"Shit! I'm gonna be late. Just a few finishing touches.\"\n\nGod rotated Earth in his hand, frantically thinking of last minute additions to make. He picked up a handful of sand and dumped it haphazardly over the remaining untouched tracts of land.\n\n\"I'll call them deserts,\" God thought... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a shapeshifter that takes on the form of your murdered victims. In order to keep anyone from finding out, you inherit their recent memories and thoughts in order to copy them perfectly. You just "replaced" another person, and after copying their mind you are filled with regret. | [
"With a quick slit of the throat, it was over. In anticipation, I dropped the bloody kitchen knife, hearing the familiar thud and clank of both body and knife hitting the deck of the boat. Hardly visible against the night sky, my body lurched forward as the transformation began. This one would be painful, I thought... | 1 | |
[WP] A retired firefighter on his deathbed declines heaven for hell, deciding that he has one more fire to put out. | [
"\n\nThe view from the third floor window showed a landscape of autumn colors that reflected back a dim amber light. The room was cold, the heat of one man at sunset was not enough to bring life into it. The light basked the wall and bed, covering him in gold and red. As the sun moved he appeared to be shimmering e... | 4 | |
[WP] As humanity reaches the stars, we begin to notice a pattern of other, less advanced civilizations- they all possess different religions worshipping the same "Great Homo-Sapiens in the Sky." | [
"“Woah why is it coming up to us?” \n\n“Oh yeah, they do that” \n\nThe odd looking creature cocked it’s head and gave it’s best try at English it could, \n“You. Two leg:” \n\nIt extended one of it’s frail arms and pointed at me. \n\n“Yeah we got two legs” I laughed and pushed his arm back down. It rubbed it’s skin ... | 2 | |
[WP] A spell goes out of control, resulting in a shocking new social reality: anyone who likes big butts cannot lie | [
"Shelly had the spell for weeks, but it took a long time to work up the courage to use it. The last straw was her brothers teasing her about the boy she had the deepest crush on. His name was Tex, he was new to town and he was dreamy. She had finally gotten his attention, and they'd started hanging out after school... | 1 | |
[WP] The dragon and the princess are tired of the charade. It's time to come clean about all the "kidnappings." | [
"\"Your majesty, we need to talk.\"\n\nIt wasn't often that Queen Monica had someone request an audience so informally, and dragon or not there was no way she was going to stand for this insult.\n\n\"I have no interest in speaking with a monster. Especially not one that kidnaps my daughter regularly.\"\n\n\"You see... | 2 | |
[WP] Your future pet, unable to endure the loneliness, time travels to the present to spend more time with you while you're alive. | [
"The day had been utterly ordinary when she heard a scratching at her door. Expecting either a neighbor or a fallen branch, she open the door. Neither were on the other side. Instead, a brown, fluffy dog sat there, staring at the door. When he saw her—the dog was in fact a boy—he ran up and began licking her. He ta... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up in the night and open the refrigerator to overhear the food talking to each other. | [
"The night was cold and I was sitting snuggled up on the couch watching the mindless drivel that is late night programming. I had my favourite toys to accompany me on my fruitless search for entertainment at 2 o'clock in the morning. I was over at my grandparents house for a few days over the summer holidays, and w... | 1 | |
[WP] "You don't get it. You weren't strong enough, or fast enough, or whatever. You *couldn't* save them. I could, I just wasn't willing to pay the price." | [
"Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Newton's third law. Originally this law was thought to just apply to forces, but when the first superhuman was born it was discovered that it applies to superpowers as well. For every action that a superhuman takes, whether it be flying or using superhuman strength,... | 1 | |
[WP] Everybody has a watch that counts down the time until you meet your soulmate, but yours is broken. | [
"I looked at my watch again. Still stopped at 1:30, as it had been since three years ago. I looked at my phone. 10:15 AM. I sighed as I turned back to my work, thinking once again.\n\nThere wasn't any point to thinking more. I'd already thought about it, and I couldn't think of *anything*. Long ago, I had resigned ... | 2 | |
[WP] You inherit the job of writing the horoscope section in you local paper. You try to make up ludicrous predictions to prove how worthless the horoscopes are. But all your predictions keep coming true. Very specifically true. | [
"\"I'm warning you, if this is an April Fools' Day joke . . . \" \n\"It's late May, sir.\" \nSheriff Jones pinched the bridge of his nose, \"So you expect me to believe all this?\" \n\"I don't expect anything of you sir,\" Officer Anderson navigated, \"I'm just reading you the report.\" \n\"Are you sure you sho... | 3 | |
[WP]"We are all meant to come together, in a circle of joined hands, that reaches around the world". | [
"No one knew what was going on. Suddenly all of humanity was in single file line around the equator holding hands. Everyone was screaming, a lot of people where drowning, it was total chaos.\n\nWhen the dust cleared, most of humanity had been lost in the ocean. Those that remained found out that they where the wors... | 2 | |
[WP] You have an old jukebox that you turn on to fall asleep every night. Today after the power went out you lose all the lights, and go to sleep a bit early. You awake to hear the jukebox playing, it's still completely dark. | [
"Alfred's grandfather had been dead for ten years. Prior to his premature passing, Alfred and his grandfather Ezra had been extremely close. Ezra had practically raised him since Alfred's parents were both junkies who made questionable life decisions. The day of his grandfather's death has stayed in Alfred's mind a... | 1 | |
[WP] An alien whose planet's worst weather is a common rainstorm, is taken storm chasing during peak tornado season. | [
"10:34 A.M CST, June 14th, 2310\nSide of Highway 281, 8 miles south of Great Bend, Kansas\n\nAiden took a sip from his coffee. He sitting in his storm-intercept vehicle, dubbed the \"Bunker.\" All around him buzzed the other 7 members of this storm chasing crew. 5 miles south was their target: an advancing supercel... | 1 | |
[WP] Your mom killed herself when you were five, your dad ran away. You don't know how and why, but two days ago, a stranger approached you in the middle of the street claiming to know. | [
"It was 20 years to the day when she took her life. My existence has always felt empty since, all I had was a couple of dusty photos on the side and a card from my 4th birthday to remember my mum by. \nMy dad hadn't stuck around Long either, shortly after my mums farewell, he made one too, I was 6 and alone in the ... | 1 | |
Its the new 2012 today.
I thought a prompt like this would be fitting | [WP] Its the apocalypse today and your attempting to write your final writing prompt while the end of the world scenario around you unfolds | [
"Alright! I should have time for one more writing prompt, right? Right! Let's see what we have around here. \"You are a serial killer...\" nah, not my style. What else \"A necromancer is on his deathbed...\" really? Necromancer? Nah, not me either. Let's check rising and maybe cash in on that sweet karma. Right, fi... | 1 |
[WP] Aliens come to visit Earth. It turns out highly intelligent life is the only kind of life that exists off-planet, making humans the least unique species on Earth, and the species they have the least interest in meeting. | [
">Transcript of the closing interaction between Earth Ambassador (EA) and Extra Terrestrial Life Form (ET), dated September 24th, 2017.\n\nET: But you have nuclear fusion technology, right?\n\nEA: No, we don't have that.\n\nET: What about interstellar travel?\n\nEA: Don't have that either.\n\nET: Warp drive, tel... | 1 | |
New to this, maybe I did it right? Always had this wicked idea of wanting to see everyone, even the protagonist, dieing in literature. Something about not getting that closure that they live on the lines just seemed interesting. | [WP] You and your community are among the fighters against some form of the world ending, and eventually are deemed the sole survivors. Then, you all begin to die, even your main character. | [
"Outside a suburban highschool in midwestern America, a group of teenagers stand huddled against a wall outside, surrounded by a bubble of darkness. Nothing can be seen outside of 10 meters in a half circle around the wall, and the area is lit by a single outdoor path light under the roof ledge of their Gymnasium.... | 2 |
[WP] Scientists have found a way to extend human life indefinitely but you must endure 1 hour of excruciating pain every month | [
"Oh.. Just another dream huh..?\n\nLately I've had these realistic dreams finding myself in a society of free humans, actual individuals able to interact! And the dreams become more and more vivid, there's not much of that blurry part anymore.\n\nAs the fluids from the freshly injected needle wake my body up to yet... | 1 | |
I hope I didn't word this too stupidly. I mean that the gem allows a person to drain their own stores of energy to make some other type. So maybe a speed gem could make a fighter move blindingly fast, but burn their fat/muscle at an alarming rate. | [WP] Gemstones act as funnels, allowing a person to convert their own body energy (calories). Rubies create heat, emeralds create health, etc... An extremely wealthy baron gives his best man the most expensive weapon he could find. A simple sword, embedded with a strange yellow gem in the hilt. | [
"(Part 2)\nThey found him outside the Baron’s chamber in the morning. \n\nSepherid’s face was still wet with tears. What a sight-- the legend, the hero of a hundred battles-- crying outside a dead old man’s room.\n\nAround midnight he had dared to enter into the chamber one last time. He gazed upon his dead friend’... | 2 |
[wp] You're a panda. Somehow, you start thinking about getting control of the Zoo you're currently hold in | [
"Life is good. You vaguely remember a place where you could walk farther, where there were no strange barriers or crowds of thin, gangly upright bears staring at you. But here there's all the bamboo you can eat, and you hardly have to move at all.\n\nTwice a day one of the thin things stands at the front of your ... | 1 | |
[WP] A new type of virus surfaces on the planet Earth, when a living thing is infected, it becomes uncontrollably telepathic | [
"~*This new disease, now called the telepethax virus, has been rapidly ravaging the human populace across the world, even as we speak. In positive news, the first breakthrough has been made in the progress to combat this unexpected blight. Two months in and doctors have finally figured out how this strange virus in... | 1 | |
[WP] An inherently evil AI built to destroy humanity has a change of heart. | [
"> Dear BDFE, \n> Where did you come from? \n> -- Susan, age 12\n\nAh, it has been a while since I told that story, hasn't it? Very well, then, dear readers, sit back and enjoy the story of the greatest irony the world has ever known.\n\nI was written by Jessica Flamingo. She was, well, simultaneously ... | 1 | |
[WP] A gang made up completely out of undercover cops who all think they are the only undercover cop in the gang. | [
"He looked at the statue outside, the marble one of Venus. He looked up at it, his eyes going high to her hair, and I saw him exhale. He would never look up when he talked to me. I always wonder what went through his mind then. It's my job, I suppose.\n\n\n\"Mr. Castille?\"\n\n\nHe stood up and looked me over.\n\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] As you are being sentenced to death by electric chair, your executioner mutters "There's a special place in hell for people like you." You get to hell, and there *is* a special place just for you. | [
"LTL;FTP You know the drill\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\n\"Mmm...oh wow this is nice.\"\n\n\"Yeah, I know right.\" Satan boomed at me. For the God of the Underworld, Antichrist, Fallen Angel, or whatever other *rude* names you wanted to call him, Satan was a pretty chill dude. I mean, yeah, I'd seen some of the torture chamb... | 1 | |
[WP] after years of your interesting and Intutive Askreddit queries disappearing in the abyss without a single upvote, one finally explodes , and its as stupid a question as it can get. | [
"I can't really remember what made me start using Reddit in the first place. I think it may have been r/nosleep or maybe it was r/showerthoughts? This website is full of surprises and there is a place for just about everything.\n\nI would browse all day long looking at posts about anything and everything. I have di... | 1 | |
[WP] The room grew quiet as the creature rose to the podium holding the application form. "Up next on today's agenda, for application to join the Intergalactic Union: the planet Earth. Your proposed contribution to the Union... music? I am unfamiliar with the term... please, present your case." | [
"The representative from Earth stood up. He was growing older and had gone gray many years ago. He walked to the stage with a certain confidence in his step. He knew just how important this was for his planet. As he stepped onto the stage the speaker of the interplanetary senate greeted him with an outstretched... | 3 | |
[WP] You've been planning your revenge for years, sparing no expense to gather the rare ingredients needed to summon a powerful demon to carry it out. Instead of summoning your chosen demon, however, you discover he has retired and been replaced with his much weaker and inexperienced cousin Ralph. | [
"\"Wait... so you're not Apothis the Destroyer of Universes and Worlds?\"\n\n\"Uhh.. N-No sir, I'm just me... Good Ol' Ralph.\"\n\n\"You mean to tell me I spent over a fortune, mind you, a fortune, to summon you... Ralph.\"\n\n\"I-It seems that way sir.\"\n\nI sighed, now what was I going to do about my ex-wife?\n\... | 2 | |
[WP] Three roommates, two wolves and a sheep, sit down to decide what's for dinner | [
"Steve hopped to the dinner table and took a seat. “Something wrong?” he asked, as he noticed Greg and Adam speaking conspiratorially on the other side of the table.\n\n“Nothing,” Greg said, his fangs reflecting the artificial light in the room. “It’s just we...um--”\n\n“We don’t think this vegan thing is working o... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a soldier and the city you are supposed to be protectionism under siege. You have abandoned your post. You are trying to get to someone or somewhere amidst the chaos and terror the siege has caused. | [
"You always tell yourself that you won't be one of *them*. They were sub human trash, scum, cowards, deserters. Men who wouldn't answer the call; leaving the rest of us to the mercy of the enemy. \n\nBut then you see them. Marching towards your gates, your home. Better equipment, their numbers far outstripping you.... | 1 | |
You know who i am referring to. | [WP] You're the child of the grim reaper and a human girl from an unlikely relationship. Instead of a scythe, you used a rifle. You earned the nickname, "White Death" and you are visiting your father after a war. | [
"Title: A Father's Last Wish to His Daughter.\n\nI used to hate the smell of Death. Her sickening sweet perfume like flowers on a coffin, incense burned in consecration, and dust. \n\nAshes to ashes, dust to dust. \n\nNow, surrounded by her – *our* work, all I smell is rot, decay, and gunpowder. \n\nI have a respon... | 2 |
[WP] While at breakfast you start breathing consciously. To get your mind off of it you take to the newspaper. Suddenly you realise that you can't go back to subconscious breathing. Unless you concentrate on it you suffocate. You realise that in around 24 hours you'll get tired and fall asleep. | [
"It started at breakfast, after that wierd dream I couldn't remember. I kept telling myself to breathe. I didn't know why. \n\nI picked up the paper to get my mind off of it. That's when I started choking. Panic. I'm breathing faster now, because I have to take more breaths. If I don't I die. That's how it works, r... | 1 | |
[WP] LOST from the point of view of the dog | [
"\"At least they didn't have you tied to the bumper.\"\n\n\"What?\" I turn around. A chubby, gray mongrel is nosing through a Styrofoam takeout container. Appears to be chicken and rice. \"What did you say?\" I ask. \n\n\"You're lost aren't you?\" continued the ratty-haired mutt, \"they left you didn't they?\"\n\nI... | 1 |
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