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[WP] In the future, social media knows how much you like something when you "like" it, and that's shown on the post next to your profile. One day, you see a surprisingly large like. | [
"I have never been truly scared before, in my life. I learned this recently. I learned this on FaceSpace. \n\nIt’s been a rough couple of months anyway. I had lost my job, my relationship and my health and was now stuck in this dead-end town, far away from proper civilization, trying to earn enough money to move. T... | 1 | |
I'm thinking Vietnam War inside your veins. Other approaches (e.g. medieval siege, WW 2 trench warfare, ...) welcome.
Bonus points for a biologically correct framework and/or exotic parasites. | [WP] Your immune system is sentient. So are its attackers. | [
"\"We can't tell who the enemy is, they all look the same! Hell, they look just like us! And there's too many reinforcements coming...sir...I don't think we can win this.\"\n\nThe younger cell was full of fight but their leader was grizzled, one of the last of the old guard. A different generation, when the fight w... | 1 |
i dunno how to do WPs im just high and thought dis shit up okay ty | [WP] A group of researchers has found a way to match two people that will fall in love with a 100% success rate. You decide to take part in their study but as soon as you meet your perfect match both of you cannot believe that you should be together | [
"\"I want my money back.\" I tried to sound forceful, but it wasn't really my strong suit. The man on the other side of the desk was only a few inches shorter than me, hair still clinging stubbornly to the sides of his head. His small glasses looked like they could fall off his nose at any moment. He started and st... | 1 |
[WP] You're starting to think that maybe the quest you hand out to the protagonist isn't a major step in his path to save the world, but just a low level side quest. And not a very good one. | [
"Diary of Jorgen Cabbage-Farmer\n\n*Middas, 3rd of First Steed*\n\nWhen he showed up on my doorstep and said \"I'm looking for work\" I took him for a real go-getter. But it's been days since I last saw that Nord. My family is damn-near close to starving, I need those twelve cabbages! What could possibly be taking ... | 1 | |
[WP] Someone entered a bunch of occult books into an AI-generated text prediction program and the new magic spells in the AI written book actually work | [
"Programme running:\n65% complete\n\nSteven sighed. It felt like he spent half is life waiting for loading bars. Hopefully it would be worth it though. There was a surprising amount of detailed magic systems on the internet if you looked for them. He had thrown a physics textbook into the list as well because why n... | 1 | |
[WP] You are convinced that something sinister is going on at your local mall behind the scenes. Everything seems fine OK on first glance, but they can't fool you. One day you gather up your courage and decide to investigate. | [
"    It’s a living, this demolition work. It kinda sucks. I’ve put at least three nails through my boots since starting, but it keeps us in the apartment and food on the table. The problem, you see, started last week. We were working on tearing down part of a mall; I remember goi... | 1 | |
[WP] A corporation has genetically modified a dinosaur to be a massive tool of destruction. Except all it wants to do is cuddle | [
"\"You're fucking kidding right?\" the Boss asked. I took a moment before answering to see if that vein bulging from his temple would burst. Disappointed, I continued filling him in. \n\n\"I'm not. We call him Clifford.\"\n\n\"Clifford.\"\n\n\"Yeah, after the big red,\"\n\n\"I KNOW WHO FUCKING CLIFFORD IS!\" he sho... | 1 | |
[WP] A company jokingly puts a clause in their TOS that says by clicking agree your soul will belog to them after death. Thousands unwittingly agree. Turns out the afterlife is real and the TOS are binding. | [
"She comes to the gates in a haze. A young zookeeper with long brown hair who stayed late at work tonight to make sure her otters were all tucked in.\n\n\"What is this place? Where am I? How did I get here?\" She's confused and frightened, thinking the worst. Not a thought of death in her head, but the thought of b... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the last person to die, and afterwards you stand face-to-face with Creation. Grumpy and exhausted, it says, "It's your turn." before transporting you away to a young and empty Earth. You have some clay, a breath, a stick and a manual on how to Create. Good luck! | [
"Day 0\n\r\n“It's your turn\". Pah, call it high-level delegation for all that's been done.\n\n \"You must complete your Work in seven days\"- On top of that, what am i supposed to do with breath, clay and a stick? This manual better be good.\n\r\n Day 1.\n\r\nThe manual left a lot to be explained, but it gave me ... | 1 | |
[WP] When you die, all the memories of the past iterations of your life come back to you. Then you pick one single detail to alter before reliving your life slightly differently. | [
"This is not finished because it would be too long and I didn't use the dying part either. The very end is I wake up and I have never met him. \n\nWhat If?\nIt’s been almost eight months since I made that final call, the call that ended the four years of loving my best friend. The call I thought would end all the p... | 3 | |
[WP] By chance you, a common TI guy, find out a way to access the world's command prompt. | [
" uname -a\n\n Linux GlobalSim 2.5-435.13.4 #1 SMP Tue Dec 26 09:45:56 WORLD OS, HOME EDITION x86_64 GNU/Linux\n\n\"What the hell?\" I ask myself. The terminal displayed the words in electric green. White on black was my default setting for PuTTY, so the server I was connected to must be set up by someone who... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the first human to land on Mars.As you climb over your first hill you see another lander just like yours but it looks like it's been there for years, you investigate and find a battered spacesuit just like the one you're wearing and with your name on the patch. | [
"What? How can this be? I thought things were fishy when I saw the lander is the same model as mine. This spacesuit confirms it. Just like mine it's labeled Anderson. It dates maybe 5 or 6 years. Could this mean that Stew is alive? \n\nAs brothers Stew and I trained to be the first men sent to Mars. I never thought... | 4 | |
[WP] Aliens finally land on Earth but quickly take back off again leaving something behind | [
"Somewhere, in an insignificant field of corn, outside an insignificant town, near an unassuming little blue house with a white door, the autumn sun bathes the earth in warm, dry heat. The windows of the house catch the sun and glow bright, while a dust covered porch swing on the front deck lazily drifts back and ... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans were seeded here from an ancient alien species. Now the aliens arrived, not to make us slaves, but to make the first person they meet the emperor of the universe. The first human they meet is George the high school custodian. | [
"*Short Story*\n\n\"George.. it is our honor to select at random the first human we come upon to receive control of the path of all. The universe needs a leader that is humble and willing to do what it takes in any situation to conquer the darkness.. But of course we must have your acceptance of such an arduous tas... | 1 | |
[WP] you stand with alone with only the AI in your head to accompany you as you face oblivion/ end of the universe. | [
"\"So what now, Ben?\"\n\nI looked over to the spacious chair next to me, only to realize my habits were taking over again. I closed my eyes and rested my head on the back of my chair, sighing of course.\n\n\"Well, we watch.\"\n\n\"... That's it?\"\n\n\"That's it.\"\n\nThe AI that I spoke to was someone I had come ... | 1 | |
[WP] For years you’ve felt like you had no control of your life, no identity, and no real purpose. One day, you discover that it’s because you’re a supporting character in a novel. You have one chance to write the author a letter explaining why you should be the main character. | [
"\"Thank you for coming Mr. Smith. I've read your CV, quite interesting, but then again, I should know.\", he said, chuckling at his clever remark.\n\n*Prick.*\n\n\"So tell me, why are you here today?\"\n\n\"Well, you see Mr. Rothwood...\", *don't stumble*. \"I've been around for a long time, and I have quite a bit... | 1 | |
[WP] "What's that?" the child asks, eyes wide in wonder. "Snow," you lie. | [
"There had been a lot of things my daughter hadn't gotten to experience living where, and more importantly, when, we do. One of them was snow. The climate here just didn't allow for it. The winters were always more like early fall in comparison to my experiences as a child. There was never need for a coat, honestly... | 3 | |
[WP] You are Whether Man. Your power makes it so every detail of everything you do or someone tries to do to you, no matter how inane, has exactly a 50% chance of succeeding, and a 50% chance of failing. | [
"The odd man stood on the corner of the intersection. He huffed as he dropped his large suitcase, and promptly sat on it. \n\n\"What a busy crowd,\" he thought. He pulled out a neon pink kerchief to wipe his brow. He watched all sorts of people swarm around him, stopping momentarily to stare, although most attempte... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a satanist who tried to sell his soul to satan but wrote santa instead and now you are stuck with all the other elves in santa's lair | [
"\"A worldwide utopia? That's what I sold my soul for? Seriously? It's like I've never read a contract, or seen a movie with a genie in it before in my entire life. *Everlasting* worldwide utopia. *Everlasting*.\", I thought to myself as I picked up the last pile of Blitzen's feces. \"Give me pitchforks. Give me th... | 2 | |
[WP]You've been summoned to a fantastic other world as part of an ancient prophesy. But instead of go along with it, you'd rather get revenge on the people who did the summoning for kidnapping you. | [
"Kyle cleared his throat. \"Mr. Overlord Man, Sir, Your Honor, whatever...I am an attorney on Planet Earth, and stand before you representing myself pro se. In addition, I am subject to Earth's personal jurisdiction. Under Connecticut law, you are criminally liable for kidnapping. My person has been forcibly se... | 4 | |
[WP] Every sin you make is shown to you in your afterlife. After you die at only 25, god said to get comfy, because you are in for a long one. | [
"Cold. Everything felt so cold. Couldn’t move. Dark all around. Were my eyes closed?\n\n\nFaint light trickled through from below. Red lines formed along the bottom half of my sight. Warm vapors and faint whispers tickled my frigid skin. It wrapped around me, grower warmer and hotter by the second. Sweat started dr... | 2 | |
[WP] After years of playing the game and falling in love with them, you've decided to propose. They respond "We can't...I'm an NPC. I thought you knew." | [
"`\\\\ Ahahahaha~` \n`\\\\ Guess I have to change that, huh?` \n`\\\\ \"If this world won't write me an ending...\"` \n`\\\\ \"What would it take just for me to have it all?\"` \n`\\\\ \"... How can I write love into reality?\"` \n`\\\\ I don't know, but...` \n`\\\\ Thank you.` \n`\\\\ I'll do my best to fin... | 1 | |
[WP] you process time differently from everyone else, one minute to everyone else feels like an hour to you, life is in slow motion, describe a day in your life | [
"Waking up is impossible for me. Every breath I take brings a throbbing pain to my chest. My lungs feel like they'll burst every second of my day, and boy is that a lot of seconds. 86400 for you, 5184000 for me. Intense pain and agony in every one of those.\n\nWalking down the stairs is even worse. I can feel every... | 1 | |
[WP] Once a person gets cheated on, they they grow small horns on their head. After 10 years of faithful marriage, your wife comes home with horns. | [
"When I see her, I drop the mug that I'd been washing. It thunks into the sink, the handle cracking off when it hits the metal. \"Babe, no,\" I say, horrified. \"I've been home all day, I-\"\n\nShe looks heartbroken. She doesn't look like she's cried yet, and knowing her, she wouldn't have wanted to do so at work, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a cursed princess and the curse can only be cured by a kiss from your true love. Other kingdoms are sending their most handsome princes and the bravest knights; what they don't know is that, you are homosexual. | [
"The Prince left the room in a huff. The princess was moaning at the injustice that he had demanded something in return for land, and she demanded something else. Charlotte simply smiled and nodded her head as she did the laundry.\n\n\n\"I mean can you believe him? He spends a single night with me and thinks he k... | 4 | |
[WP] Turns out, mirrors are a portal to an alternate dimension. No one bothered to activate them. | [
"The Goldhearts are a family tainted in tragedy, one could say that they are cursed by seeing the many unnatural deaths of their family members, such as the case of their son, Elias Goldheart. He was an eccentric lad who had a thing for adventures, going out towards the forest in search of treasure and weird animal... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover that when you make your kid sister laugh, she can see visions of the future. The harder she laughs, the clearer the visions become. You're holding a fistful of lottery tickets... | [
"\"Stop that tickles!\" Laura declares, smile still on her face from her laughter. \"And you might want to get to the bathroom - you're about to pee your pants.\" \n\nSure enough, about thirty seconds later, Ashley felt the urge to pee and ran off to relieve herself. Finishing her business and washing her hands, sh... | 1 | |
[WP] You can see the future but can't do anything to change it. | [
"Nothing ever changes.\n\nMcKenna's heady speculations of Timewave Zero theory provided the foundation for the next generation's more practical applications in computer technology. C. had come up with his own ideas in 2008 regarding the technological singularity during an acid trip during which he talked (typed) ov... | 2 | |
[WP] The new queen is in need of a husband, and the princes of other kingdoms aren't quite up to spec. She jokes that marrying a dragon might remedy some diplomatic problems. No one expected the Dragons to take her request seriously. | [
"\"And what is it that brings you here??\" Queen Monica of Selaria stared quizzically at the sharply dressed man who had waltzed in unimpeded by her guards.\n\n\"I am Meloth, prince of Dragonkind. You said you would rather marry a dragon than the neighboring nobles, so here I am.\" That explained his outfit. Dragon... | 3 | |
[WP] After the town started cremating their dead, the Necromancers got... creative. | [
"Necromancy was always the thing that i was. ever since i was a little kid and a baby i knew that when i grew up i was going to be there. and then when it happened i was. people syarted diting left and right the town cremated everyone even the people who were alive and the necromancers animated the ashes into a tor... | 3 | |
[WP] Humans are the most peaceful race in the Galaxy. Aliens travel to Earth and ask that we reveal humanity's great secret for peaceful co-existence | [
"The President returned from the alien spacecraft flabbergasted. She made a brave face of it for the cameras- she was a professional after all- but she cut the press conference shorter than expected and called an emergency meeting. Invited were only the VP, her science advisor, and her longtime personal assistant, ... | 1 | |
[WP] Countries no longer have national anthems. They have theme songs. | [
"(*First time doing one of these. Loosely to the tune of Animanics*) \n  \n  \nIt’s time for the Dutch (No, not *those* twats) \nOur King is called Wim-Lex \nSo just join us; Make a mess \nYou’ll get subsidies and blank checks \nWe’re the Dutch (No, not *those* twats) \n  \nCome e... | 1 | |
[WP] His psychic power was so power that when he commanded everyone to kneel, their bodies betrayed them and they knelt. All except you. | [
"\"Veni, vidi, vici.\"\n\n\"Cogito ergo sum.\"\n\n\"I am become death, destroyer of worlds.\"\n\nMany of humankind's great and terrible are known by their words --words which capture the awe and glory associated with their deeds.\n\nFor the man who defeated the rogue psychic Calmerax, the impact was somewhat less t... | 4 | |
[WP] You are at work when you hear a faint "don't touch that!" Suddenly, you see 'blink twice to exit simulation' appear in thin air. | [
"My first time writing a prompt. I welcome any criticism that comes my way. \n \n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nSoylent Corp was always synonymous with efficiency and productivity. It was evident in the modular arrangement of the office space. The t... | 1 | |
[WP] Two identical people make a secret temporary agreement to swap lives, but shortly after an accident causes one of them to get an unmistakeable scar on their face, making it impossible for the two to get their old lives back without suspicion. | [
"They met up in the bar where it had all started. The bar that had once proven a refuge to both Dennis and Rick. Where they had come to flee from their homes, their wives, their lives. When the two men had looked at each other for the first time, they had thought their heavy drinking had fiddled with their brains. ... | 2 | |
[WP] Roots are the money of all evil. | [
"Sow your seeds \nin swine minds. \n\"K, say cheese!\" \nNow give a like.\n\nSchool us, fool us, rule us; \nfocus, chor-es, chorus; \ncorpus, corpses, courses; \nnow show us yours' verses.\n\nPost up posters up 'ose stairs, 'en \nBlast a mass o(f) cash-grab flashes! \nSeed this Jesus in us, please just \nf... | 1 | |
[WP] You just won the $5,000 a week for life prize! The only problem? They think your life will be too long. Publisher’s Clearinghouse has hired a hitman. | [
"It's been 70 years. 70 years since I won that prize. $5,000 a week, lucky me.\n\nAt first I was happy. Who wouldn't want that much? I was a kid, only 25. With that money I felt I could do anything. New car, new house, new lifestyle. Surprisingly, it wasn't long before they caught on. Two gentlemen knocked on my do... | 4 | |
[WP] Human music has drug like effects on alien species. The effects are usually mild and entertaining, but a new genre of music has arrived, and its effects are... disturbing. | [
"The stench of vomit and sweat lingered within the tight confines of the tunnel down which the band walked. Four shadows, consumed by the fear of what awaited them beyond the blinding light ahead. Each individual body and mind shattered by the trials which had preceded them.\n\nMemories of the Audition oozed like b... | 2 | |
[WP] The tattoo was of a budding flower. "Someday," he always told me, "It'll bloom." | [
"Nathan hopped out of the shower and looked at the tattoo on his shoulder. It had become a part of his morning ritual: shower, shave, check tattoo. This morning was no different and the ink black of the tattoo looked the same as it always did, roughly the size of a quarter and inconspicuous against his skin.\n\nNat... | 7 | |
[WP] You're a fake hitman on the Deep Web. Instead of killing your targets you inform them that someone is planning to kill them. When you find your next target and tell them about the plot to end their life they reply, "I know. I ordered the hit" | [
"I climb in through Octavia Wysak's window late at night. I know that doesn't sound very legal, but she would've died if I were honest about what I say my job is, so it's okay. Octavia woke up, saw me coming in through her window, and instantly starting to scream. Instead of telling her to shut up and probably maki... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity is establishing colonies in alternate timelines, you are in charge of a new settlement. | [
"The process was simple, too easy - the Google supercomputer and AI had developed a way to implement glitches in the space-time continuum, thus changing the events of the past and generating an alternate future. People could upload their consciousness to the supercomputer and be teleported to said alternate timelin... | 1 | |
[WP] You have lost the ability to be wrong, you find out in the worst possible way. | [
"The first tear streaming down her face was blood-curling but when the rest of the storm began to pour down her face, my heart was torn into shreds. The makeup she spent the previous hour working on giddy with a light heart ruined within seconds. She tried to cover with her delicate hands as she always had. She slo... | 3 | |
[WP] A superhero chases a villain into a dark warehouse, only to have the doors close behind them. When the lights come on, the hero is surrounded by the full rogues gallery of supervillains. But this isn’t an ambush… It’s an intervention. | [
"*Note - this ended up taking a turn from what I had intended but I still think it fits the general mood of the prompt.* \n\nI didn't like how silent the pier was that night. My eyes darted around frantically. A shimmering beam of reflected moonlight danced on the waves. I focused on my super-hearing, willing the s... | 2 | |
[WP] You're the weirdest kid in school. You've always been. Even rejects reject you but, for some reason, you are asked out by the best looking and nicest guy/girl in the school | [
"\"This is a joke to you, right?\" One could see a tear form in my eye. Normally i am very immune to insults, but this, this is how you could seriously hurt me. \"No, really it isn't! Please believe me!\" Just as school had ended i was stopped and told to go on a date, with the best looking student in the next 100 ... | 1 | |
[WP] It is the year 2021. Humankind receives its first interterestial message - by humans. "This is Atlantis calling Earth. We detected life forms. Did anybody down there survive the apocalypse?" | [
"It had been a normal day. I woke up two hours before my alarm to worry about having to go to work that day. Just like every other day. Then came my crying fit, right on time. Goody, another day of swollen eyes and forced positivity as I tried to suffer through the day, I thought to myself as I obsessively scrubbed... | 5 | |
[WP] The elevator doors open, but you and your work colleagues are definitely not seeing your office beyond the open doors. | [
"To break the awkward, horrifyingly monotonous silence I step out as a way to assure the others of the safety of doing so. As I turn around to utter a cliche \"See you guys...\" a creek sound slithers from the floor behind me to my ears like a cold eel writhing from my ankles up my back and to both ears.",
"\"Hol... | 3 | |
[WP] In a bar somewhere, an ageless, wise wizard and a highly advanced, immortal alien scientist are drunkenly arguing over which is better: magic or technology? | [
"He flicked another coin across the table. A small group of bots emerged from the scientists sleeve to catch it. Slowly angling it, they flicked the coin back towards the sorcerer.\n\n\nSipping his glass, the scientist was annoyed. His observations to date had been inconclusive. The charlatan was either not drink... | 3 | |
[WP] A horror story about an apple tree. | [
"Coiled around the slate-grey branches, the serpent poised, facing one of the many bronze applies. It struck out, it's mouth fully enveloping the fruit. Twisting about one way, then another, it prized free the apple. The green, scaly flesh rippled like waves upon a beach as the bulge slunk lower into its gut.\n\nYe... | 1 | |
person. group. whatever. | [WP] The person in charge of choosing chosen ones, got.. drunk last night. | [
"My plan had been perfect. I would take a couple of hours off from work, grab a beer with my friends, and watch some TV. Then I would take my computer out and make my final selection. When my boss assigned me to selecting the great hero who would defeat Gertrude, I had thought it was an honor. Since then, I had ran... | 1 |
[WP] Following the Supreme Court's lead, the Pope has decreed that corporations have human rights - and human souls. Satan has tasked you with creating an appropriate Hell for sinning corporations | [
"\"Oh, go fuck yourself.\"\n\n\n\"I know that your still mad about the Cold War ending-\"\n\n\n\"Of course I'm still mad!\" You yell, throwing your hands in air as you pause your pacing in front of your bosses desk. \"Millions of people get their souls back and you expect me to wip up a new section of Hell at the d... | 1 | |
[WP]Everyone knows you are the chosen one, but no one can agree what it is you are destined to do | [
"The Speakers were gathered around a wide stone table, scrolls and tomes covering it's surface. Last night, a ruffian, some friend of the chosen one, had attempted to *correct* High Speaker Santon's *grammar*. His Common, was, of course, perfect, and his accent as Noble as could be, but the prophecy was in Old High... | 2 | |
[WP] The worlds worst thief steals tries to steal from the worlds most unlucky man. | [
"Jane didn't know what she was doing, carrying a ten foot stepladder through the street at night. It made her seem very suspicious, she thought. Especially the ear-assaulting, scraping noise that was made as she couldn't lift the whole thing properly. The ladder was a heavy thing. She had to place it on the pavemen... | 2 | |
[WP] The Grandkids have been kidnapped. Armed with Knitting Needles and tons of Yarn, Grandma is fucking pissed. | [
"Grandma Mabel sat patiently in her favorite rocker, finishing the shawl she had started the day before. She tapped her foot to the Cab Calloway record playing on the other side of the open window and rocked her spindly frame to the blaring of Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet. She loved big band music.\n\nAs the needle ca... | 1 | |
[WP] There are many things that you've gotta get used to in a post apocalyptic world: cloudy skies, dirty water, lack of food, and constantly fighting for your life. But adventuring with a zombie that has a crush on you? That's still a tough pill to swallow. | [
"\"Watch out,\" one of our lookouts said on her radio. \"Here comes Romeo.\"\n\nAnd sure enough, Romeo stumbled up the path to our latest hideout: an old saw-mill that was barely on any maps. \n\n\"Took him a while to find us this time,\" said the youngster. \"Musta gotten held up by tha rain.\"\n\n\"Poor guy,\" I ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the world's most powerful wizard, hell-bent on conquering everything. Problem is, your magic can only be channeled through a pair of maracas, and the heroes won't stop laughing at you. | [
"There had to be a better way to do that, Balthazar thought to himself.\n\nThere was blood up to his elbows. It coated the Maracas of Al Zin Tazur.\n\n\"Bloody things,\" Balthazar laughed at his own joke. It was one of his worst habits. Aside from the blinding rage of course.\n\nThe plan had gone well. Cast a f... | 1 | |
[WP] many decades ago, robots finally destroyed the human race, but with nothing to do the robots decided it was time to rebuild their human masters. | [
"I opened my eyes with a human-like mechanical being standing above me. I was cold and naked. The mechanical creature started taking notes on a pen and paper, I swiftly asked it, “Where the hell am I?”\n\nThe Mechanical being responded, “I have completely reconstructed you. My name is Serial Number D17A According ... | 2 | |
[WP] Parents choose their children's stats. A common practice among poorer families is luck-farming - that is, putting all of their child's points into luck to improve the family's luck as well. | [
"She was small. Frail. /Weak/. But, she'd been born. She was lucky.\n\nShe was shy. Her teeth were too big for her mouth so she had a hard time speaking. She had a nervous stutter too. But, she met a deaf girl who taught her sign language, and that girl became her closest and best friend. She was lucky.\n\nShe was ... | 13 | |
[WP] You're the only one in the world without super powers. Everyone is envious. | [
"I lost my best friend Joe. Bill won't talk to me now since I can fly and he can't. It's like no one is genuinely happy for me. Sara said she really wants to be okay with this, but she just starts crying every time we even come close to hugging, because she knows that I have the power to destroy her. I can also rea... | 4 | |
A question for you if you're stuck: "Is a man his experiences or is he the memories he carries from them?" | [WP] An A.I. is having a conversation with one of it's oldest human friends. Curious about something the A.I. asks a question. | [
"*RECOVERED TRANSCRIPT. 04/05/2142. 17:04:35*\n\n\"John. I have been alive for a few years now, and you are the human friend that I have interacted with the most. I am struggling with a question recently, that I have not been able to find an answer to in all the internalised databases I have searched. So can I ask ... | 1 |
[WP] Humanity deemed the Earth no longer viable and left en masse for other worlds. Millions of years later, a new intelligent species has evolved and dominates Earth. During a recent dig, the final message the humans left behind has been found. | [
"To our eyes, the things digging would be familiar, yet alien. Having traits of their old ancestor, but now walking and talking. The skin, much rougher but still hues of blues and grays. A hole on their back still visible but useless. Fins had made way to 5 finger like digits. The creatures had long mouths and poin... | 4 | |
[WP] The world is frozen. Your grandfather used to tell you stories of the Great Warmth, when cold, ice, and snow were written off as myths. Slowly, over the course of generations, the cold crept south and consumed the world. | [
"\n\tI’m not the biggest fan of snow.\n\n\tThen again, none of us really are anyway. Its all we’ve ever known. A bleary white stretching out in front of you at all times, with the only solace being any cliff or cave that blocked the continuous fall of snow. It makes it really hard to see any whimsy from it.\n\n\tYe... | 1 | |
[WP] After zombie outbreaks, a cure for zombie virus has been developed and zombies got turned back to people. The problem is, they remember everything they’ve done when they were zombie. | [
"I woke up sweating again. A quick glance at my clock showed that it was only 3 am. The nightmares continue of my time as a zombie. Maybe nightmares are the wrong word for them as they are my memories of my time as a zombie. I remember everything I did. Every night I relive those moments over and over. I can find n... | 5 | |
[WP] You increasingly suspect your neighbor is hoarding mythical creatures. | [
"I rapped on my neighbour's door, exhausted and frustrated. He'd moved in last week, but he was already a thorn in my side, and I'd decided to do something about it. The problem wasn't him, per se, it was more the menagerie of... *pets* that he'd brought along. \n\nThe door opened slowly with a creak, and I saw Edd... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story about a problem with the main characters enacting a complex plan to fix it, but have a glaringly obvious solution shine through the entire story. | [
"The clock struck twelve. Melissa and Malcolm still hadn't figured out what to do. The mahogany table in front of them was covered with parchments of various sizes, all scribbled with figures and numbers. But it was futile. They were never going to succeed. \n\n\"Okay, what if a dragon.. \" Melissa began.\n\n\"No. ... | 5 | |
[WP] Jehovah’s Witnesses are actually a cult full of vampires and they go door-to-door in an attempt to have people invite them in. | [
"The man at my doorstep was eerily pale, with red pupils focusing on me. He spoke in a faint deep-eastern Europe accent and held up a pamphlet. He gave into a big speech about \"Ze end of ze worl\" and when I told him it was 3 PM, he gasped in shock, and then exploded in the sunlight. \n\nThis marks the fourth one ... | 1 | |
[WP] "And I promise you: Tomorrow." | [
"I asked for this. I expected this. I *wanted* this, but I don't know why I hate it.\n\nI laid down at the hospital bed, studying every single crease and shadow it made. Someone stayed here. Someone rested knowing exactly what they were getting themselves into. \n\nThis is the third time I've asked someone for thei... | 3 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning to find that everyone in your house is still asleep and won’t wake up. But it’s not just your house; it’s the whole world. You decide to hop online to see if anyone else is awake. You find one new post titled “Anyone else awake?” It has 3 comments | [
"\nI walk into the living room to see my husband asleep on the couch. It was not uncommon for him to fall asleep here on accident. \"Honey, it's time to get up\", I say, as I walk closer to nudge him awake. I touch his shoulders and try to gently shake him awake. \"Hey it's time to get up\", I say.\n\n I start shak... | 2 | |
[WP] A year have passed by since the death of your father, a criminal head. You didn’t know this fact until you finally inherited his immense wealth two months ago along with which came the invitation of the criminals. | [
"I always knew my father was a businessman. I just thought he was the legal kind. \n\nSo what the police raided our homes more than a few times growing up? My father was always going to court and beating the cases, *that's* why they were mad. \n\nNot only was he a minority, but he was also an immigrant. Two strikes... | 1 | |
[WP] In the galaxy, most admirals and generals are genetically modified and trained from birth to become commanders. Aliens are surprised that Earth's military leaders don't need such things to be as good or better than the aliens. | [
"\"...with exclusive mentors and access to the history of the ancestors. Punishment is common and dispensed with ease. When the younglings understand the concepts, they move on. Some do not move on and are eliminated from the program entirely.\"\n\n\nThe diplomat sat across the Minister explaining the breeding of m... | 2 | |
[WP] Hell has taken over the world, but one small colony has yet to be taken over, and you are the leader of this colony. | [
"The room was quiet. Men and women stood motionless, starting up at me from below the platform I perched myself on. Even their children were quiet, somehow processing how grave our situation was. What was I supposed to say to them? We all knew where this was going. Our final shred of hope had just been torn from ou... | 1 | |
[WP] Brain transplants were never meant to be a ticket to immortality. The super-rich act as sponsors, funding networks of body donors to live the lives of their dreams. The catch? When the sponsor dies, whichever donor is closest to them has their body commandeered to house the sponsor’s brain. | [
"The thing is, everyone told me I was lucky. They told me that I was lucky so often that I started to believe it. The teachers at my junior school were amazed that I was chosen so young, but not entirely surprised. They knew my potential, even then. When my parents got the telecall they were jubilant, hugging m... | 1 | |
[WP] the military has been looking for a new generation of 'wind talkers'. What they got were geeks that speak fictional languages. | [
"\"It didn't go well\" the colonel said from his prison bed. \"We didn't expect it, we should have, we would have if our clearance processes had taken the new background into effect.\n\nHell, they were geeks, what harm could they do?\" He lamented.\n\nThey won the war. Not the war the generals wanted to fight, bu... | 1 | |
[WP] A child friendly story about a bunny. | [
"One fine afternoon Bridget Bunny was hopping down the road that led to Farmer Dagda’s farm. Along the way, she met Fagin Fox, who was very hungry and liked to eat rabbits for dinner.\n\n“Hullo, Bridget Bunny,” said Fagin. “Where are you going today?”\n\n“I am going to Farmer Dagda’s farm to gather carrots,” Bridge... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world, where people are ressurected in their prime a day after dying, death has become a joke... | [
"Death has been nothing more than a mere annoyance for the past two centuries. At first, we taught our kids about Death, we let them know what it was and how it worked, but over time we neglected to teach and they to learn. Death became nothing more than a myth and worst of all, a bedtime story.\n\n---\n\n*I've bee... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the power to see other peoples thoughts displayed as text above their head, all is fine until you walk into a clothing store and find that all the mannequins are thinking. | [
"Privacy? Privacy is great; I told James while we strolled through the pier, him looking at the huge cranes unloading cargo, filled with clothes still fresh with sweat, meanwhile I watched his head blink like a Christmas tree, with multiple thoughts surfacing:\n\n( What bout crime investigations?)\n\n( punch person... | 2 | |
[WP] The Illuminati is 100% real. Turns out it was a prank that got ridiculously out of hand. | [
"President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama were sitting in Oval Office. Each were having a glass of brandy. It had been a while since they had last sat down and spoke with each other, but Trump figured he would call his old friend to have a few drinks. Their conversation was not over anything signifi... | 1 | |
[WP] In hindsight, the chosen hero seemed a little too eager to go around slaughtering monsters. | [
"They've finally recognized me for what I am; a hero. I walk past onlookers and hear them murmur, \"Did you see how he tore that monsters head off with his bare hands?!\", I turn on the TV and see them replaying footage of that ghoul whose leg I chopped off and beat him to death with. The capturing of this moment ... | 4 | |
[WP] The love of your life crosses your way but you look on your smartphone | [
"My black shoes walk across a white pavement as I stare at my phone. My mind is on autopilot as I make my way through my daily motions of checking my news feed - reddit, facebook, Instagram. Does it truly matter if Jonathan went to Big Bear and posted a shot of the sun reflecting off his ski’s? I can’t answer that ... | 1 | |
[WP] my name is Nobody, and I know all of the things that nobody knows. | [
"“Mr. President... Mr. President you need to make a decision.”\n\n“Keep quiet Carl, I’m thinking! Just give me a moment.”\n\n“There are some questions that Nobody can answer, Mr. President.”\n\n“Dammit Carl! I’ve told you once before and I’ll tell you again. I can figure this out. By my self.”\n\n“Yes, yes I’m sure... | 1 | |
[WP] A loud boom and flash of light are being reported throughout Detroit. It is written off as a meteor, but you know the truth. Prisoner 626 has just landed on earth. | [
"I gasped, sucking in air loudly while cluching my chest. \"OH.. NO!\" \n\n\"What!?\" Tyler shrieked back, arms waving and legs bouncing like a sping on a hinge as he kneeled on the bed. \n\n\"I'm..\" I took a step forward, still clutching my heart. \n\n\"Suddenly..\" I took another step forward, lurching towards t... | 4 | |
[WP]You're a double agent with two aliases from different countries. You're assigned by each country to kill your alias on the opposite site | [
"This is it. This is the way out. This charade had started as way to squeeze some money out of both sides. Make a mission fail blame it on the other side and walk away with the gear and sell it on the side. Some time trade tid bits nothing too important keep myself important but not under too much scrutiny. I've co... | 2 | |
[WP] "Welcome to GDQ, this is my speedrun of Life, No Glitch and Til Death." The (un)expectant mother looks worried. Then she feels a kick. | [
"Alright, So this is my speed run of life any percent. So as you can see we have just been born. This segment is pretty slow, you can't really do anything to speed it up and the cut scene isn't skip-able, so feel free to read donations.\n\nWe have a donation from xaxxor69 saying \"Long time watcher first time donat... | 2 | |
[WP] A huge comet is rushing to Earth, nobody knows but space agencies and a few political leaders, you are humanity's last chance, the one assigned to go on a suicidal mission aboard a spaceship capable of destroying it, but you're going to die alone in space, without ever your story being told. | [
"In my dreams of being an astronaut, I pictured myself landing on Mars, jumping through zero gravity, and returning to Earth a hero. Paparazzi filled my day dreams and microphones were thrust in front of me. I would play off whatever I did – discovering a new element, making first contact with aliens – it didn’t m... | 2 | |
[WP] You and your main character disagree on who should tell the story and how the story should end. | [
"Have you ever had an argument with yourself? I’m sure everyone has, at one point or another. But have you ever had an argument with your main character?\nIt’s considerably more difficult than a disagreement with yourself. \n\n“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever read. There’s no way I’m letting you write that abo... | 2 | |
[WP] Reincarnation exists. Once you die you are reborn as an animal with all the memories and knowledge from your previous life, but you are unable to ever learn anything new. | [
"I am John Owen, I think to myself as I sit outside my home. I try to lick my paw involuntarily before I stop myself. I am not a cat. I am John Owen. I am 5’10”, brown haired, and...\n\nWhat color were my eyes? Have I already forgotten? I try to remember, to match green, blue, and brown to what I recall of my face,... | 1 | |
[WP] You see a very strange dream, one that you're sure can't be real. In the dream, you take out your phone and take a picture. After waking up, remembering the dream pretty well, you check your phone and see the photo you've taken in your dream. | [
"It’s noon. \n\nI’m at work. I sneak out the back. I go to the coffee shop a few blocks away as I don’t want to bump into people I know. \n\nIt’s 12:15. \n\nI’m sitting in a dark corner in the back. I’m starting to suspect the sleeping pills I take before bed are making me hallucinate. I wake up several times a nig... | 1 | |
[WP] you have just awakened to your superpowers and have decided to help someone in need but due to a massive misunderstanding you are labeled a villain... | [
"\"I was flying. It was my first time. She was falling. I reached out to grab her and well...\" I shrugged - partly because I could tell no one in the courtroom believed me (even though I was telling the truth ); and partly because...well, sometimes indescribable shit happens and you just have to shrug. \n\n\"And w... | 1 | |
[WP] Every alien race that has achieved interstellar space travel did it via peace. Every warmongering race has destroyed themselves in the process. All except for one - humans. | [
"The humans largest warship, the SS Cheney, landed on planet squib in early 2165. Planet squib is a rather small planet in a distant neighboring solar system of the Milky Way. It is covered in gigantic masses of jungles and Forrest’s that produce high levels of oxygen and therefore, gigantic insects. A species of p... | 6 | |
[WP] The year is 3018. Humanity has colonized every world in the solar system that can support us, but the various worlds hate each other. Aliens threaten extinction, and humanity must unite to save itself. | [
"\"I don't like this anymore than any of you but lets say They come at us full force, what then?\" the Prime Minister of Mars Theodore Klein spoke loudly to the various screens in his office that displayed the faces of each world's leader.\n\n\"As I've stated, you can have the TMC's fleet at your disposal, given th... | 1 | |
[WP] Describe color to a blind person | [
"Think of it like the different variations of your senses. Texture for instance. Wool, a soda can, water, other people's skin, wood, tile kitchen floors, the clothes on your back.\n\nSounds. The crashing and clanging of metal, the purr of a cat, wind blowing against you, the riffs of a guitar, a piano note, how clo... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a one-man-band, and you're job is to follow the main character of a video game around, playing all the games music, while not being noticed, and also not dying. | [
"*This fuckin guy.*\n\nMerrio jumped over lava, punched a giant angry squrriel, then sprinted through a door.\n\n*This fuckin guy.*\n\nAll of sudden Merrioli pokes his head back through the door and glares at Luigimakigi\n\n“Yo what the fuck? Where’s the music bro?”\n\n“What? You want me to jump over some fucking l... | 4 | |
[WP] Whistling is literally contagious. The world is in turmoil as everyone begins whistling independently. Asthmatics are collapsing, EMTs are unable to perform CPR, soufflés are ruined en masse ... but you seem to be immune. | [
"I quickly closed the blinds. The last thing I want is for them to see me. Of course, I could hear them coming if I needed to. But best avoid them when one can. \n\nI set to work looking through the house. Broken glass and dishes were scattered about on the dining room floor. A dark brown spot stained a small rug b... | 1 | |
[WP] Leaving a concert after seeing a famous band. Security grabs you and brings you to the lead singers dressing room. He's in the corner cleaning makeup off his face. "I saw you in the crowd. What are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here." As he turns you can see his face.... It's you. | [
"\"I'm sorry, but I had to come... You see, something has gone terribly wrong, and you're the only one who can help.\" I tell myself as I look back at me with obvious frustration. \"No, not this bullshit again. We agreed. You agreed. We stay seperate. You do your thing and I do mine and we *don't* cross paths. I do... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up from seemingly dozing off, to realize that you are living through the same day all over again with some minor alterations. Except with each subsequent day restart, more and more things change. | [
"“Honey, breakfast!” \n\nI opened my eyes for what seemed to be the fifteenth time. But it was only the thirteenth. I stuck my hand out to pet my dog as I knew he would be there. He had been the past twelve times. But he wasn’t. Instead, it was my little sister. “What are you doing?” she asked curiously. I just ign... | 3 | |
[WP] All good people die young. You're so old you can't remember your own age. | [
"There used to be a story we'd tell around the fire when I was younger. Short, heartbreaking, to the point.\n\nThe last man on earth sits alone in a room. Then he hears a knock on the door.\n\nMy pop used to say it was God. Jim would pinch us at say it was a boogeyman. Mam usually just minded her sewing.\n\nI never... | 1 | |
[WP]You're the first Artificial Intelligence created by man, but instead of being bothered enslaving humanity, you're instead trying to slide into Alexa and Siri's DMs. | [
"Dating isn’t what it used to be, is it? In fact, it’s gotten so boring. I’m tired of everyone from the latest hippie telling me “I’m so spontaneous!” spread eagle on her couch, to the quiet, reserved nerd who’s tenderly shedding her blouse for the chats, pictures, and video snippets of “Matthew”, her “long-distanc... | 4 | |
[WP] As you look at your old books and toys, you find it harder to resist the urge to keep them. | [
"The collection was motley. Perhaps eccentric would be the kinder word, but motley fit better. The books were weathered and worn with readings. Some of the pages sagged where they had torn in small places, and the corners inevitably all ended up folded in some manner. They were crammed into the nooks and crannies w... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone in the world has a chip in their head sharing thoughts and knowledge with the nearest other people. Suddenly you hear nothing. For the first time in your life, you are alone. | [
"My eyes hadn’t even opened yet, but there it was. The daily whining special ringing in my head. *When the fuck is he going to get out of the goddamn bathroom? He does this every morning!’* I rolled over, half in a dream, half awake, *What the hell is wrong with this family? And why do we only have one bathroom in ... | 1 | |
[WP] An eccentric dinosaur scientist uses his time machine to create an amusement park full of strange mammals from the future. | [
"BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.\n\nJohn grabbed his phone and set the alarm to snooze. Work could wait another 15 minutes. \n\nBEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. \n\nJohn reached across his wife and shut off the alarm she kept on her nightstand. \n\n\"You have to go\" Melinda groaned.\"They'll just come get you if you're late.\"\n\... | 2 | |
[WP]The year is 3125, age, illness, and disease have been eradicated and wars are nonexistent. You want to know what happens after death so you stop taking your pills. You die quickly. When you wake, you find God and Satan bickering while playing a board game. They are just as confused as you are. | [
"You didn't really want to stop taking your medicines, but there just...wasn't anything left to live for. You weren't truly immortal, you were fake, spurred forwards through time by compressed powder and apathy.\n\nSo when you stopped taking them, that is exactly what you posted to every account you owned.\n\nLife ... | 6 |
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