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[WP]One night you wake up to see a cat and your dog leaping off your neighbor's window walking on their hind legs ,carrying a sack on their shoulders with a cigarette in their mouths. | [
"“And where are you going this time, Shilo?”\n\n“My human, I have decided to leave with my friend here and go explore the world.”\n\n“Yeah you always say that and the cat is the only one who ever turns up. I don’t want to have to put up another ‘missing’ poster just for your ass”\n\n“Look, I can assure you we will ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a piece of paper on its way to a shredder. Write about your last moments. | [
"WHY!! Why is this happening to me. I had so much hope of being laminated and joining the elite. Day by day I saw my brothers being printed for different reasons. Just last week, John got turned into a picture of a cat and was put into the laminator to join the elite and live forever. That's what I desrve. These 't... | 1 | |
[WP] People think you’re nice but a bit anti-social. The reality is that you’ve got a secret, every time you get into a deep conversation with someone, nature calls you. You’re at an interview and your phone buzzes - you look at the caller ID and it reads “Nature”. | [
"I smile and nod as Nina excuses herself, getting up from her seat to deal with whatever caused the kitchen to smell like curry.\n\nI sweep my gaze over the restaurant once again; it was a decently sized place, nice view of the pier. All in all, not a bad place for a job--especially a short, in-between one.\n\nMy p... | 2 | |
[WP] Water now has the density and viscosity of honey. | [
"The clear liquid fell from a bottle into a glass ever so slowly. \"This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen? I can't drink that.\"\n\n\nShe stopped pouring the liquid, \"scientists say its perfectly safe for consumption. Haven't you heard the benefits? Don't be stupid, here.\" She shoved the glass into my chest.... | 1 | |
[WP] Some space pirates abduct a bunch of regular pirates from 17th century Earth. They get along surprisingly well. | [
"“So explain it to me again, slowly so I understand, just what is this?” The man in the strange metal said slowly. I look around at the others in the room, some are my crew, ever loyal, Pete with the missing hand, leg and eye, Crosseyed Dave who was somehow the best gunner and the ever lovely Scarlet, who was defin... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the only one who can read the inscription on the relic, and everyone thinks you are joking about being able to | [
"\"One... two... THREE!\" With a muffled grunt they each pushed on their crowbars. They were embedded in the wall, and when the wall shifted finally they moved back. The moss-covered slate fell back to reveal a dark room from behind. There was a muffled thump as the slate landed on a foam pad meant to preserve its ... | 1 | |
[WP] A small group of minor deities have the responsibility of balancing karma for all mortals. 20 years ago your file was lost, but your karma was automatically logged. This morning, the deity found your file. | [
"Heracles (minor god of thigh muscles, and NOT to be confused with Hercules, the god of working out) was tasked with file clean-up duty today.\n\nAbout 12 years ago, some idiot started putting the wrong files in different drawers. In typical bureaucratic fashion, he was fired after he had completely screwed up the... | 1 | |
[WP] While writing a story on your laptop, the main character appears in your room and wants to play with you. | [
"Brianna was a 15 year old girl from the USA who loved to collect clocks. Sometimes she would sit in her clock room and write down stories for fun. This time, however, she had to write on for school. However, she had no idea what to write. Eventually she decided she would write whatever came to her mind.\n\n*Once u... | 2 | |
[WP] in the future, self driving car technology and artificial intelligence have both advanced to the point that vehicles are arguably sentient. | [
"Normally I start my car early every morning to give it time to warm up, but waking up 30 minutes late and having to jump through your ass to get out of the door on time kind of makes for a hectic morning. If I don't start it early, \"he\", or TRAC as he likes to be called, gets all bitchy. He goes on and on about ... | 1 | |
[WP]One day you are cursed by a gypsy woman into an animal form, stuck there until true love's kiss sets you free. If you tell anyone about the curse, they will die instantly. Instead of looking for your true love, you decide to become the world's foremost assassin. | [
"The wind feels stronger I thought, the grass is taller too! I had just got back to my senses after being cast out of the gypsys home, I looked around and saw a giant spider heading towards me, it’s fangs twitching and dripping with saliva, I jumped out of fear and realised, I was flying! My dream of being able to ... | 5 | |
[WP] Aliens created a field around our solar system to ensure humans didn't gain a specific technology, for fear of what they would do with it. Our first manned probe has passed Pluto...it also just passed this wizard flying a massive space dragon. | [
"I often wondered what my dad thought the first time he saw a bearded man... grasping a staff... flying... a giant reptilian creature. Or in other words a wizard flying a dragon, not a ship, a dragon. To him it must've been quite the spectacle. It's just idiotic these days to call them wizards or dragons once you r... | 1 | |
[WP] Some low-level shit is going on, and as an eldritch being of incredible power you just dont care. However while normally you'd have the option of ignoring it, this time is different | [
"\"You can't just ignore it!\" My mate screamed, its shrill voice resonating throughout the endless, swirling aether we dwelled in.\n\n\"Yes, I can,\" I replied, turning away from it. \"I have done it before and I can do it again.\"\n\n\"But the Calling! One must not ignore the Calling! You know what it means?\"\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] Ghosts are actually the people living in the same house, just in a different dimension. | [
"Jason didn't believe in ghosts, after all, there was a scientific explanation for everything, right?\nWhen Jason moved to 204 Cedar Dr. he couldn't find an explanation for what was happening in his house.\nHe had just begun unpacking and paranormal things were already happening.\nBoxes tumbled unexpectedly, the li... | 1 | |
[WP] From the moment a person is born, they are tagged with an idiom to live by. Unfortunately you were born with the tag “A wolf in sheep’s clothing.” | [
"“A wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Now I know why they waited so to tell me mine. It’s my eighteenth birthday and the first time I’ve ever heard my tag. Emotions raced through my mind, but I was mostly confused. If I wasn’t normal than what was I? Why was I a wolf? Would I really hurt my family?\n\nI could read the roo... | 1 | |
God has been *responding* using email.
200,000 years of unread emails like
"That sounds awful David! I'd love to help. PM me your location." | [WP] God is real, and has been trying to respond to prayers forever. However, God has been using a futuristic email which we've just discovered. | [
"\"A futuristic email?\"\n\n\"Yes, Mr. President.\"\n\n\"And what's so futuristic about it?\"\n\n\"It doesn't have an 'at' sign, sir.\"\n\n\"A what?\"\n\n\"An 'at' sign. His email address doesn't have one.\"\n\n\"You mean those circley 'a' things?\"\n\n\"Yes, sir. Instead, it just says the word 'at'.\"\n\n\"Oh.\"\n... | 1 |
[WP] All at once, all around the world, elephants start heading toward New York. | [
"Mrs. Daniel's stood in front of the class, her eyes enlarged by the thin, rimmed glasses perched on an unfortunate nose. Her legs were so thin, I often wasted time counting the lumps under her skin, like scarabs from the Mummy movie, moving around uncomfortably. \n\nHer dark mouth was painted Chrysler beige, the s... | 1 | |
[WP] you are captured and interrogated, but your interrogator try's to use harmless things like bubbles to extract information. | [
"I had stayed behind to let the rest of my group escape. We had argued about it for a bit, but I ultimately decided for them; it had been my idea to venture further out from our encampment for supplies than we had before, but hey, it was the zombie apocalypse, and we were running out of supplies. \n\nWe had gotten ... | 3 | |
[WP] Your body becomes transparent, doesn't interact with the real world and just floats when you hold your breath. You've had it as a child and don't understand why no one else has it. Explain how you found out that you had this ability. | [
"One day, I was watching Hunter x Hunter, and I got to the episode where Meleoron explains his ability, Perfect Plan. When I tried to hold my breath as long as I could, I found that my brother, who was on the couch beside me, was wondering where I’d gone.",
"it was my first time at a public pool. i had just learn... | 2 | |
[WP] You have just died and become a ghost, however shortly after your death there was a zombie uprising in which you follow your own body around watching it attack survivors (bonus points for using ghost powers to help either the zombie or the survivors) | [
"\"What the hell, man?\" The new ghost cursed.\n\n\"I'm so so sorry.\" I yelled as I put my pearly palms together in an apologetic gesture, all while chasing my body.\n\nUgh, another new victim, well the underworld isn't going to be pleased with me.\n\nMy body was actually pretty harmless at first. It was groggy, d... | 2 | |
[WP] You are called the most grateful man in the world. You live each day to it's very fullest and consider yourself very fortunate to have a great life! Thing is, everytime you sleep, you toggle between another identity on earth. | [
"For an outsider looking in, I can say with all honesty that most people want to be me, whether they admit it or not. Here I am, the founder of a life saving technology that finally rid the world of cancer. I am the CEO and founder of Qualchem Technology, who invented the biomedical chip that displaced cancer cells... | 1 | |
[WP] You just found out you had superpowers this whole time... on your 102nd birthday | [
"*I hate irony*\n\nGeorges is old. That's the first thing people think about when meeting him. Not anyone can reach this age. Yes, one can say that being 102 years old is ... old.\n\nHe has seen many thing. Fought in a World War, got married, had kids, and has been successful while working in a garage (and later ow... | 1 | |
[WP] All the statues in the world come alive and attack humanity. Tell us what happened during the Statue War. | [
"\"All in all, not much of a much.\" Mr. Johnson puffed away at the cigar as he sat on his porch, bouncing a tumbler of whiskey on his knee. \"Not sure why kids like you would care to hear an old man talk about ancient history.\" \n\nLittle Walker raised his hand, for all the world like he was still sitting in a cl... | 1 | |
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/8aw2r8/z/dx2fjxb | [WP] Vampires are all named by their masters. The greats include Alucard, Vlad, and Nosferatu. Your Master named you Phil. | [
"All of the other vampires mocked my entire vampire lineage for our extremely average names. There was vampire Robert, vampire Alice, vampire Steven, my master vampire Karen, and me...vampire Phil.\n\nAll of Arucards, Vlads, Nosferatu's, Lestats, and so forth would constantly ask me \"why did she name you Phil?\" T... | 2 |
[WP] After years and years of punchlines using the term, you have become the world's first "professional asshole." Describe a day in the life at your workplace. | [
"I pulled into the corporate parking ramp pretty early, as it was still mostly empty at that time. I parked very sloppily, making sure to take up at least two parking spaces, while still being close enough to give the car next to me a massive door ding.\n\n'So far, so good,' I thought to myself with a wry smile, as... | 1 | |
[WP] In the distant future, paying for memory doesn't become a necessity only for your phone or computer. You also have to pay for your own brain space. | [
"Insanity. \n\nThat's what all the ads say. Insanity. It'll happen to you as you age, your immortality preying on your weak mind.\n\nIt's genius and yet the most corrupt at the same time. It's sounds like a riddle, what everyone needs too much of yet no one will ever have enough of.\n\nThe government corrupted it t... | 2 | |
[WP] While walking their dog, a civilian stumbles across a realistic looking rock with a hollow compartment, filled with cash, a stranger's photo with a name, time, and address written on it | [
"I google the address the second I get home. It’s the location of a café, sadly - not a home I could drop by anytime.\n\nSo the next day, at the one o’clock specified in the note, I arrive. I order a coffee and take a seat, praying the mysterious image in the photograph will appear so I can satiate my curiosity.\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] there are six classes of hero. You are the strongest, despite being the lowest class of hero. | [
"Order. It is what keeps societies in check. It helps keep records of everything that happens. It keeps things going.\n\nThose who typically cannot adhere to the rules set in place, who don't respect this order, are pariahs. It seems simple enough.\n\nThat is, until I realized how fragile it is and how quickly chao... | 2 | |
[WP] Your a scientist trying to rediscover an extinct species of bird in the swamps and wetlands of Florida, but you discover something else instead... | [
"As I look at my screen, I see what has been digitally generated based on the bones and DNA that have been found. A single drop of sweat beads down my forehead as what I’ve been looking for is finally complete... It isn’t the mammoth of a bird I was expecting, but a giant creature only described as a massive pengui... | 3 | |
[WP] With the power of complete invisibility, you've become one of the greatest assassins the world has ever known, able to kill anyone and everyone without them knowing you're there...that is, until you encounter someone that avoids your strike. | [
"*There.*\n\nHer target stood right before her, completely unguarded. *How pleasant. All the easier for me,* she thought. As the lumbering worgen walked through the city streets towards the forest, she couldn’t help but chuckle to herself. This would be just as effortless as the last one. \n\nFor her, it was always... | 2 | |
[WP] Loki, Anansi, Coyote, Hermès, and Sun Wukong meet at Lucifer’s bar in Los Angeles. They tell Lucifer that they are all bored, and ask him to set up a game or challenge for them. | [
"*(A/N: In my brief research I've discovered that there is in fact at least one actual person named Marian Briggs, and therefore: Any resemblance to anyone, living or dead, is coincidence - I chose the name entirely based on making a vague reference to a Nova Scotia folk song)*\n\nThe motley collection of old faces... | 1 | |
[WP] You are just an average mage who has been recently diagnosed with a disorder which normally occurs on mages who has been in warfare; you cast spells when you sleep. | [
"The doctor looked through the glass at his new patient. \"A sleep-caster? You're sure?\"\n\n\"Yup,\" said the nurse. \"Alarm went off and the trace was showing arcing clear as day. Funny thing is, he wasn't twitching at all. No shouting, no involuntary grunting. Just lying there like a sleeping babe.\"\n\n\"Huh,\"... | 3 | |
"Command: shut off." | [WP] The robots were indistinguishable from humans in every way... except for the voice commands. "Command: disable speech." "Command: answer truthfully." "Command: go to sleep." | [
"I am not sure how to go about this, so I will start by introducing myself. My name is Mark. I am a detective. No, that is not quite right. I am a hunter. I hunt robots. I suppose that does not make sense. Allow me to provide some background. \n\nThe robots first outfitted with full range artificial intelligence we... | 1 |
[WP] You are on a settler space ship on a journey to a distant star with a habitable planet orbiting it. This morning, the destination star dissapeared. | [
"“Have a good night, don’t stay here too late weirdo. If you change you mind we’ll be getting shitfaced in lieu of the successful launch.”\n\nI laughed and reciprocated the courtesy but politely declined. I watched them all leave through the sliding metal door, and it emitted a terrible hiss as it sealed shut. \n\n... | 2 | |
[WP] In the year 2095, SWAT has been replaced by genetically enhanced kill squads. Today is your first field day. | [
"*This is the real deal* - Bacon thought himself. *Help, I feel nervous, nervous, kind of nervous, bit of nervous, would it be bad to feel nervous nervous? Nervous is bad isn't it? Shouldn'tfeelnervousifI'mnervousI'lldoabadjobohnoI'mgettingmorenervousIbetterstopwi-*\n\n-\"**BACON**! You. asswipe. Get over here, gra... | 1 | |
[WP]A dragon is in possession of the only sword capable of slaying him. His choice of a hiding place for it is as secretive as it is a terrible, terrible idea. | [
"\"With all due respect, this is an exceptionally stupid idea.\"\n\nGreang the Wicked huffed a puff of smoke in indignation. \"Whatever do you mean, people nugget?\"\n\nSir Rav of the Light sighed. \"You are the worst dragon in all of existence. And by worst I mean you are a menace to all things living. This is rat... | 2 | |
[WP] While organizing your childhood keepsakes you find a peculiar looking paper. Upon reading it you realize it's a deal with the devil. He got your soul, but you can't make out what you got as your penmanship was horrendous as a child. | [
"(this is my first ever writing prompt, CC is welcome.)\n\n\"Those goddamn extreme couponing shows ruined everything\" my mother screeched, flowing past my attention like the six millionth wave on the sand.\nWhen did it get this bad? When did she stop being stocked and start being a hoarder?\n\nWorking my way throu... | 3 | |
[WP] You still have an old landline phone from way back in the day. You never get any calls on it and your friends mock you and ask why you still keep it. You smile and never answer. But today it finally rings. | [
"Ring! Ring! Ring!\n\nI roll over and glare at the clock. 2:00 am who the hell is call at this hour. Take my cell of the night stand, turn the screen to face me. No one calling maybe it was a dream, who well more sleep for me.\n\nRING! RING! RING!\n\nI drag my self to my feet. Theres only one other phone in the hou... | 2 | |
[WP] You wish upon a shooting star unaware there is a government agent assigned to it who hears your wish and is determined AF to fulfill it | [
"**Sorry if the formatting is a bit weird for you guys, I’m used to writing on Discord**\n\nI sat on the back porch, my parents were arguing again. I couldn’t sleep when they argued, so I sat outside, one thought consoling me. What is that thought you ask? I’m rather embarrassed to admit, but it’s a girl. Her name ... | 1 | |
[WP] Will to live is literal. As long as you want to live, you will stay alive. You're the oldest person in the world today is your 331st birthday. | [
"*Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday Francis. Happy birthday to me.*\n\n\"Three hundred and thirty-one years. How has the old git managed it? I wish I knew how, and I wish I knew why.\"\n\n*If I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times. I don't want to die. I can't die. I refuse, abso... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the ability to read the relationship compatibility of people, seen as a string. One day, you notice there is a withering, blackening string between your best friend and their boyfriend, but a golden string connecting their boyfriend to you. | [
"(I’m a bad writer so...forgive me)\n\nFor as long as I can remember I’ve seen the strings. I see how well people work together based on (seemingly) metaphorical strings. It’s said that everyone is tied together by strings. Well, I see them. I’ve learned to ignore them, because I don’t like to get in between any re... | 3 | |
[WP] You, a gifted story teller, have been charged by crown to create a new legend explaining why the king gets a beautiful new young new queen every couple of years and the old queen is never seen or heard from again. You were expressly commanded to make the king seem a tragic hero. | [
"**The Sorrowful Soverign**\n\nShe was a spectacle to be had, beauty everlasting. Her waves of gold constrained in a long row of braids, eyes like icy blue crystals, fairer skin the world had never seen. Love twas the first response, just a glance but forever known. The young prince was no luckier than the gods the... | 2 | |
[WP] you go to check on your little brother after you hear him crying from your room. You open his door he looks at you and says “ there’s someone under my bed” you grumpily walk over and look under. A face looks back at you. Your little brother and he says “there’s someone on my bed” | [
"\"SAL!\" Tommy yelled from his bedroom for the third time. \nIf mum and dad weren't out for the night he wouldn't be calling me. Grumpily I pause the movie I'm watching and stomp up the stairs so he knows I'm coming. Walking past the open bathroom door I glance my reflection in the mirror and notice a hole in the... | 2 | |
[WP] On a winter day in 1968 a pitch black meteor hurtles towards Earth, but stops and hovers in the air above Berlin. It hovers there for three days before emitting a signal and screeching back into space. Months later scientists have decoded the message. "Report: Intelligent life-Negative" | [
"It rose like a rocket flare, startling the tower guards that kept the border at Berlin in check. \nPrevious attempts to cross it were known and it was precisely for that reason that a wall was forget. A wall so cruel, the border between the States and Mexico is more of a joke than a division. \nThey rose their r... | 1 | |
[WP] To"day", the Sun didn't come up. And it just might be your fault. | [
"I woke to the sound of God angrily clearing his throat. \n\nI groaned. “What?”\n\n“The sun didn’t come up today.”\n\n“Well then I guess it’s not daytime, is it?” I said angrily. “Can’t you make the sun come up yourself? You can do literally anything, after all, why do I have to do it?”\n\n“Because...” He said angr... | 1 | |
[WP] 3 years ago, a broken and battered stray cat showed up at your door. After some time the cat regained its health and you adopt it. Unbeknownst to you, the cat is actually the most wanted and dangerous intergalactic fugitive in the universe. She has finally been tracked down. | [
"“So, to where has she disappeared, officer Mondale?” The junior officer stiffens as the captain calls his name, stoops as if coming to attention backwards, and glues his eyes to the viewscreen,\n\n“Uh, to a sufficiently oxygenated planet in the ninth quadrant, sir. An inexplicably uninhabited planet, opp, should r... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in the world's first true Corporatocracy. Being an employee has a benefits package greater than most first world countries... Free education, comprehensive health care, free housing, excellent pay, leisure time, and amenities. Rumor has it... the first round of layoffs are coming. | [
"I clocked in at work at 7:35. My shift usually began at 8:00 AM on the spot, but it was recommended to prepare the necessary programs and files before work, and I took a bit longer than the others with getting Shalita Suite working.\n\nJeff already was at the desk next to me. He was in a sour mood, it seemed to me... | 1 | |
[WP] You are at a bus station in a strange town far from your home late one night. Only you and a stranger, a few feet away, talking on a phone are present. They hang up, approach you and tell you that they were just speaking to your father. You’ve never met your father. | [
"I stuffed my hands into the pockets of my faded brown leather jacket and hunkered into the corner of the bus stop overhang against the frost-laden wind. The bus should have been here by now. The lights over the bus stop flickered. I hated Terra Minor.\n\nThere was only one other occupant of this remote stop on the... | 1 | |
[WP] A major Villain gets tired of getting beaten and thwarted all the time, so he decides to retire, settle down with a nice Villainess and have a few kids. Turns out, this causes unemployment among Heroes, and having lots of very powerful people with no jobs or work is a very bad idea | [
"\"Hello and welcome to AllMart where we can meet all your market demands. Would you like a sticker?\"\n\n\nThe reedy man before me looked dead inside. It was a face I often associated with beleaguered minions beaten day in and day out by hapless masters and efficient heroes. My children knew nothing of such disdai... | 2 | |
[WP] Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles. | [
"Dirt and rocks clinked and clacked while the speeder glided across dusty red sand. Again the old man exhaled, slowly filling the cab with smoke until it was toxic to breath. A young disciple sat anxiously, staring through a red haze while nervously holding a rifle. Cold, ridged, heavy, he wasn't sure yet the task ... | 1 | |
I know I implied that there's a gun in the prompt, but if you'd prefer the characters to have super powers then you can write out the gun and change their death to fit your own | [WP] You've spent years trying to kill the villain, today you finally did it. A single shot to the head was all it took. But looking at the burning city around you, and all chaos you've made, you're starting to ask yourself "Was it worth it?" | [
"I was revered as a hero for a short while. I had done what Batman wouldn't--- or, more accurately, *couldn't*--- do: I killed The Joker!\n\nIt wasn't even difficult. I was on the scene of the bank heist first, being a lowly street cop. Joker only had a couple of henchmen with him, and the trio only had plain 9mm h... | 1 |
[WP] You are a builder at the Tower of Babylon: The tower has almost reached heaven. But the closer it gets, the weirder the incidents become that happen in the top section. | [
"I have a simple life.\n\nI'm a Stonecutter. I'm an important part of this project, like my father before me, and his father, and so on since many generations. It's not an easy job, but I do it well, and we're like a big family up here.\n\nOh of course, incidents happen. It's part of the job. Three days ago for exa... | 1 | |
[WP] You grow up in a world where everyone assumes they have telekinesis, but you know everyone just has a helpful ghost who can tell what it is they would like. You know this because you're friends with your ghost! | [
"He didn’t understand. Noel was always such a joyous, helpful fellow, but he never saw big-picture. Maybe that’s what kept him so happy and... servile. You don’t simply hand over your free will, your initiative, to someone else. Not even if the psycho-bonding’s what keeps your ‘spectral self’ together. They think t... | 1 | |
[WP] When God recorded his proposed height measurements for humans, he had accidentally written “2m” instead of “2mm”. This presents a laundry list of problems when they reach heaven.. | [
"\"Welcome! Come, come, welcome to Heaven!\"\n\nA very, extraordinarily small man can be heard through a speaker system as the next group of lucky souls arrive at the pearly gate. From St. Peter's perspective the gate is positively gargantuan, larger than several skyscrapers, wider than a football field. It's crys... | 1 | |
[WP] The Twelve Zodiacs are actually the true gods, and they bestow their grace to the people of their sign on their 18th birthday. You just turned 18, and are claimed by an unexpected character... Ophiuchus. | [
"The Zodiacs were our true Gods. Anyone who believed otherwise were as crazy as those who thought the earth was flat. There was evidence. Clear evidence. Everyone had visions upon reaching adulthood of one of the twelve Zodiacs. The form would vary, as it was an intense spiritual experience rather than a physical o... | 1 | |
[WP] You come from a lineage of people whose firstborns never grow old and die. However, you have an identical twin and nobody knows who was born first. | [
"I was born in a forest. \n\nMy mother laboured alone, sought shade beneath an oak tree, and pushed two babies out. Then she bled to death before my father returned from the hunt. \n\nHe found my brother and I each wrapped under an arm of our pale mother, our eyes shut to the dusk stars and nibbling on strands of h... | 2 | |
[WP] After solving many riddles and fighting a long battle, you finally managed to body-slam the kangaroo through your kitchen table. | [
"\"Take that, you rotten bloody kangaroo!\" Martin shouted as he kicked the large kangaroo into his kitchen table which surprisingly broke apart upon impact. Unlike in the movies, the kangaroo also broke apart. It was a sturdy table made of sturdy Australian hardwood. Martin was also surprised at his own strength a... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a scientist and just discovered a way to speed up your time. Your curiosity for future human progress leads you to go 1000 years forward only to find yourself as the only person left on Earth. | [
"2018\n\nIt was cold and bleak when I first saw my bare acre of land in Wales. The British Crown had arranged a rare 999-year lease (they stressed that it wasn’t a thousand, but one short) for the project, and had overseen the transferral of my meagre assets into similarly permanent trusts. I was to be the first li... | 1 | |
[WP] Dying isn't so bad after the second or third time. | [
"\"Don't get me wrong, dying is fucking horrible. I just got used to the pain. The pain of those who loved me. The physical pain from the wounds which caused the death. The pain of leaving behind a persona I built. A person with dreams and hopes and emotions disappears. I suppose what you're really asking is \"how ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a skeleton that has transported to the human world to wreak havoc. However, you just want to live normally again, so you get an office job. | [
"George was a good guy. He really was. But alas, his life had to come to an end. It was very sad to see him go. I mourned him greatly.\n\nThankfully, they decided to bury him instead of a ceremation. So, I just crawled up through the dirt and made it up to the surface again. My purpose was to be spooky, because tha... | 3 | |
[WP] "The king is dead. Let's all hope he stays that way this time." | [
"No one remember his name anymore, but people know he was a king a long time ago. He led a small kingdom that had long been forgotten by the history. Only a few of their annals of history were discovered, and even then we only learned a few things about them. The kingdom was small and peaceful, built around the big... | 6 | |
[WP] "This wand was the source of your mother's magical girl powers. I think the time has come that I should pass it on to you." | [
"Syaoran turned around to his daughter Aiko, pulled out a tiny pink wand with a tip shaped like a bird’s head and handed it to her.\n\n“This wand once belonged to your mother,” said Syaoran. “Long ago, before you were born, she came across a magical book of cards and opened the book. She released the seal and unlea... | 1 | |
[WP] You're on a ride at an amusement park that hasn't stopped. You've been on it for a very long time. | [
"I can't tell how long this ferris wheel has been going. I can't tell if its been hours, days, months, years, or decades. Perhaps where I am, the concept of time doesn't exist. My watch and my phone, both have been frozen at 3:50 for so very long now.. And yet, time moves forward. The ferris wheel goes round-and-ro... | 1 | |
[WP] You have voluntarily had a brain chip installed which can offer you advice in any given situation. | [
"From the day I saw the billboard about this surgery I was so excited, who wouldn’t want that?! A chip in your head that gives you advice, absolutely genius!\n\nMe and my girlfriend disagree on it quite a lot though, she is always hounding me about the possible side effects, how it’s not fully tested, anything coul... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a Mary Sue, you know it, and you absolutely hate it. | [
"Her name was Maria Susana Guerra, but she hated how *Mexican* it sounded. \nInstead, she had made her butlers, her school mates and everyone around her call her Mary G. \nPaloma was having some second thoughts on what to call her. 'Twat' came to mind. \n \nThe pair of eight year old girls - though Mary was pro... | 4 | |
[WP] Everyone in the world has a superpower that fits them perfectly. Except for you, you have two. The Government found that out today. | [
"It was inevitable someone would figure me out I hadn't aged a day since my early 20's. The official mutation listed on my ID stated I was a fixer, able to understand and repair all types of machinery or even shattered objects. It was a very practical ability and always brought me great joy to be able to fix my fri... | 2 | |
The mistake occurred 19 years ago... | [WP] You are 19 years old visiting your parents during winter break. One afternoon while you are home alone (parents had work) you hear frantic knocking at the door and open it to see an embarrassed elf man. There’s been a huge mistake and you need to go with him into the faerie realm to sort it out | [
"\"Hi, are you Steve Westingale?\"\n\n\"Yes. Are you ...... an elf?\"\n\nThe elf checks his reflection, doinks his own ears. \"Why yes I believe I am an elf\"\n\n\"Cool. I've never seen an elf before other than in movies\"\n\n\"Yeah? I've never seen a Steve Westingale before other than in gay porn.\"\n\n\"Nice one.... | 1 |
[WP] Every morning for years you walk a mile to get to work. You know every door, person, and uneven sidewalk crack on your route. Today was different--a strange door in an ally way appeared. Curious, you decide to knock. "You finally saw it! I need your help," the devil says and pulls you inside. | [
"I found myself in an elevator lined in red satin. The devil kept his hands on my shoulders until the door closed. He didn't say anything; he just shot me a look as he reached over and pushed the only button in the elevator. It screamed as his finger made contact. I was frozen in fear. \n\n\"Relax, you're probably... | 2 | |
[WP] As the soldiers closed in on the little girl holding her teddybear, they only knew one emotion. Fear. | [
"He knew that the girl standing before him was the most dangerous target they had ever faced. But they had a mission they had to fulfill: Bring the murderer back alive, at all costs. It was their only chance.\n\nThe girl had straight, long and blond hair. She wore a blue and white dress, holding a small teddy bear.... | 1 | |
[WP] You had always been a normal person. One day, you suddenly dreamed of your whole life from the moment you wake up till the day you die and your normal life turned to a mess because of that one person. A long time has passed and you went on with your life. And then... you met that person. | [
"She had a firm handshake and a gaze that could reach into your soul and grab your very being into her grasp, finding out all your secrets. Her eyes bright with happiness and a very cheerful aura. Who was this girl and why did she make me feel so uneasy?\n\nShe told me her name, but I forgot it the next second. I w... | 1 | |
[WP] She suddenly felt lopsided. She looked behind her and swore. Her arm had fallen off. Again. | [
"Three hundred -- twenty-two thousand -- eight hundred -- fourty-six dollars -- and fifty three cents.\n\nPrecisely.\n\nAnd for the second fucking time in a week, the thing was skittering along on the pavement behind her. At least she wasn't on the highway this time.\n\nShe swerved her sleek lined neon Hundatsu Cor... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an Arc Angel. God has just announced that He is going to make a new living being - this time in His own image. Man will betray Him and God will have to endure sacrificial pain to redeem them. Out of your reverence for the Creator, you feel it is your duty to try to talk Him out of it. | [
"He was always careless. The way he liked to play games or just sit around in the clouds. They weren’t called clouds then, but they are now. You probably want to know why I didn’t do it. Why I didn’t stop him. I think I could have. Heaven sakes, I should have. \n\nHe was careless in everything. The way the wind wou... | 3 | |
[WP] Once in a generation, all dogs gather in a secret arena. They compete for honor and glory, vying for the title they all long for. The Goodest Boy | [
"I hope I was a good boy. I took care of my master whenever she needed me. I was her eyes, her nose, her protector. Every morning, and every night, I would make sure she was safe from all harm. Even when I started to get older and slower, I still made sure she was okay. And as I started to sleep more and play less,... | 1 | |
[WP] They all laughed at you. They said you were an goth freak. Little did they know that your dad is Satan, and today is Bring Your Dad to School Day. | [
"I keep to myself for the most part. I don't hang out with people at school, I'm not in any clubs, and I would never EVER bring friends home. I started distancing myself from people in Elementary school after an incident with a boy on the playground. He were playing tag on the playground when he tripped and fell st... | 1 | |
For example, Hulk comics would be "Don't let your anger hurt those who don't deserve it." You get the idea, correct? | [WP] In a post-apocalyptic Earth, people see various comic books as holy texts... but instead of worshiping the superheroes, they see the stories as fables of a sort. | [
"I walked along the stalls of vendors hawking their wares in this seedy slum of New Comicon. I held tight to my bag of possesions, careful for any rogue's that might try to deny me my hard earned swag. I wore my visitors pass proudly, I had to save up too much junk metal and water to trade for it, but it was wort... | 1 |
[WP] A time traveler appears before you. "I need to make this quick: you play a vital role in the future of humanity." You ask, "Am I going to save the world?" The man bends down to pet your dog. "No. He is." | [
"Spoosh! A dimension hole opens in my room when me and Roscoe were just chilling on the bed. A man in a dirty grey trench coat steps through. My border collie Roscoe of course jumps up to a defense stance and begins the growl. The man exclaims “Wait. I am from the future and I need your help quickly.” Puzzled,... | 4 | |
[WP] Even Interdimensional beings, monsters, wanderers and spirits need a place to rest their "heads". Welcome to the Crossroads, the most incredible hotel in any plane of existence. | [
"The hallway - jam-packed with trinkets and ornaments, ablaze with spectral colors of the most exuberant accessories - led through a bazaar of the most grand collection of spirits, beings and interdimensional entities known to any plane of existence. Brimming with saunas, restaurants and stores as far as any eye co... | 1 | |
[WP] You're able to turn into any creature for thirty minutes--but only when your 7 year old younger sister tells you to. Today, she tells you to turn into the animal she drew and shows it to you. | [
"\n\"Left-handedness means she's creative, at least somebody in this family has talent!\" my uncle chortled as he peeked at her, furiously scribbling over the page. \n\"We know, we've been hanging her *monstrosities* on the fridge for over a year now\", I quipped under my breath. Uncle's eyes furrowed and he sighe... | 1 | |
[WP] The other members of your team include a 34-year-old single father, a Polish grandmother, a college dropout, and a homeless teenager. But the talking magical animal sidekick says that you're a team of magical girls, so magical girls you must be | [
"“Wait, no, no, that can’t be,” I said to the magical teddy bear, Mr Huggles.\n\n“I said so, you’re part of the team of magical girls!” gleamed Mr. Huggles.\n\n“This doesn’t even make sense, half of our team are boys!” I exclaimed.\n\n“Wel..”\n\n“Two of them are losers! I yelled. I quickly realized mistake.\n\n“Ple... | 1 | |
[WP] There is no speaking in the library. Seriously. Can't be done, better men than you have tried. | [
"The sign should have been enough warning. Yet, Brenda found herself pointing to it. \n\nHer first day without a fellow librarian to shadow had gone smoothly until They showed up. She was told They appeared sporadically and always divisible by three. No names were given to them. The Head Librarian deemed it beneath... | 4 | |
[WP] The Wild West — Intergalactic Edition | [
"\"We're coming up on Stayne-4,\" Beros shouted. He leapt from the cockpit and rushed to the jump bay, where I was waiting patiently. He glared at me as he fitted into his exosuit. \"I get Parryn, you get his brother. That's one bounty between the two of us.\"\n\nI gave him my most reassuring smile. \"Of cours... | 1 | |
[WP]You wake up in a different bed, room, and world. You remember your dream of being a "human". | [
"*Life is difficult, especially when you have nothing to say. Ironic, considering that I am writing this journal, but it is the truth. The people who matter, the ones who* do*, are the ones with things to say. But even for those with things to say, there are many who speak but few who listen.*\n\n*I dreamt of being... | 1 | |
Note: You retain all knowledge from the point of being sent back | [WP] God listens to your wish and sends you back in time 10 years to fourth grade in order to get the girl you’ve always dreamed of. Unknown to you, God sends her back as well. | [
"I looked down & saw that i was at a desk, a crayon shaped piece of paper was taped to the front of it with my name, Nathan, written on it in sharpie. \n\n“Oh my God, actual God. You did it. Thank you so much.” \n\nI quickly looked over, remembering exactly where she’d sat, Maxy, 2 seats to my left. I saw her l... | 1 |
[WP] You’re at your boring desk job when suddenly a news team bursts into your office, and says, “This is live to the entire world everyone is waiting to hear what you have to say!” "You’re on in 3,2,1” ………. | [
"I don't know what to say. The camera's far too bright, the microphone is too close to my head, the presenter's pearls for teeth are distracting and my boss keeps tutting at me. \n\n\"Um, hi?\" I say with a blink. They're still staring with strange greedy sets of eyes.\n\n\"Wonderful! Do you have more? The world is... | 1 | |
[WP] I wasn't trying to kill God. It just kind of...happened. | [
"I never meant to kill God, it just sort of happened. It was a natural progression, right after Santa and the Easter Bunny were proven to be capitalist tools. The moment I saw Jesus made out of chocolate, given to a boy with cancer, I just knew. Jesus and God and all those in between had never existed.\n\nAnd if h... | 4 | |
[WP] Aliens visit a desolate Earth to extract data from hard drives, only to find a host of clichéd, inaccurate fiction about them. | [
"*Uuggggghhhhhhhh*.\n\nLooking away in disgust, feeling every inch of the carpace crawl, every sensation within the bead of lubricant evaporate, and worst of all every word slither. The slithering was thought to be the worst: an illumination of thought igniting the blackness like a firework. The wrongness of that a... | 2 | |
[WP] It's a beautiful day, so you send the kid outside to play with some sidewalk chalk while you catch up on housework. A few minutes later, the kid's sidewalk art catches a demon. | [
"\nThe lawn was newly-cut, the birds were chirping and the clouds were just enough so the sun would cast a faint glow on the early morning, I left the window curtains open and leaned on the counter \n\n*Its going to a good one today* I looked it Ian, he was playing on the tablet, some game about making donut-pizzas... | 1 | |
(Reposted due to error in title, forgot to flair properly.) | [WP] Humanity has finally achieved the capability of interstellar travel, during one of your expeditions you come across a message, one that would disturb you, and your crew. | [
"We left Earth three hundred years ago, looking to give humanity a second chance since we ruined our home planet.\n\nWe all knew this was a one way ticket and we'll never live past 50 because of complications from the sleep freezing procedure. But we did it for the kids, ours and all mankind's.\n\nWe were just 150 ... | 1 |
[WP] You have the ability to freeze time, but because of your control you wind up with a debilitating fear of allowing time to continue, lest you waste a single moment and grow closer to death. | [
"\"What now?\" asked the shadow.\n\nA man, about 40 years old, sat on the edge of a building. To his left, two birds were suspended in a fight midair. Below him, the streets of Baltimore were at a standstill. To his right, the familiar shadow came close and sat beside him to peer down into the motionless city.\n... | 1 | |
[WP] A world where anyone can be king. All you need to do is get "The King's Tattoo." All of society recognizes and respects every King's individual authority absolutely. Anyone can claim King status at any time. However, if two kings are ever to cross paths, they must fight to the death. | [
"My father had the mark. It was bold and conspicuous on his weathered face, a thick black line underneath his eyes. He was the king long before I was born, with a kingdom well established and seldom contested. What opponents he had were dispatched, if not with ease, at least with skill. My father was a respected le... | 9 | |
[WP] One day it begins snowing all over the world simultaneously, and doesnt stop. This is the next ice age. | [
"I'm in Hawa'ii which is nice but.. wtf.. it's snowing..\n\nIt happened slowly. For an entire week the sky was cloudy. Turning a deeper shade of grey each passing day. On the 7th day is when the drizzle of snow started to fall. The next day is when the drizzle turned into thick snowflakes.\n\nIt's been a month of n... | 2 | |
[WP] you are an author who has a pen that gives you the ability to go into your stories and live in them. You finish a piece and walk into it, but you soon realize you cannot escape. Someone else has your pen now. | [
"_This writing prompt is perfect for me, since I have a brand new pen. I can totally imagine it having secret author powers. Hope you like my story!_\n\n~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~\n\nIt was 10:00 PM on the weekend. Everybody's day was finally coming to a close. /u/MisfitShadowGirl typed the last few letters of her prompt on /r/Wr... | 1 | |
[WP] You're driving on a country rode at night when an animal darts in front of your car. You slam on your brakes, but it's too late. After the collision you step out to take a closer look at the creature. It's not a deer. It's ... you're not sure what it is, but you think it might be an alien. | [
"The last thing David Waters said aloud was ‘I’ll be back in ten,’ when he went out to buy a pack of smokes. He uses a clunky text-to-speak machine now that wraps around his wheelchair and his daughter doesn’t remember what his real voice sounds like anymore. The doctors will tell you that he hit a deer while he wa... | 1 | |
[WP] A person goes on a road trip. At every stop unbeknownst to them one seemingly innocuous thing they do changes the entire course history for that place. | [
"She smiled.\n\nLeaving the truck behind, she skipped towards the fields past the dusty lot. A laugh bubbled from between her lips as she twirled, trailing her hands through the grasses.\n\nStanding with one hand on the truck door, Fate smiled, too. And then she slid forward.\n\nThe woman's eyes sparkled, full of... | 1 | |
[WP] Give this thing a story | [
"I was waiting my turn to receive the serum. It would deform me for one hour so Matt could take samples and try to make a permanent solution. As I wait In line I watch people coming out and running away. I’m next. I start to feel worried and then the two men pull me in the tube. The gas is rising and rising. It pou... | 3 | |
[WP] You have the power to freeze time and use it to play pranks around your school/college/workplace | [
"I wiped a bead of sweat from my forehead. \"Alright...\" I mumbled, pushing Jarrod's hand forward by a couple inches. A fork-full of pasta would smear against his face once time started moving again. Honestly, half the humor came from setting up the pranks rather than seeing them unfold.\n\n\"Okay.\" I straightene... | 1 | |
[wp] You are an assassin. You have thousands of murders under your belt. Your next contract, however, you are not allowed to directly murder. Rather, you must make them lose the will to live by any means necessary | [
"I have lost count of how many people I have killed. 4 maybe 5 thousand? No it feels like less but was probably more. You get numb to the feeling of it after awhile. At first it started out as a way to survive. You know kill or be killed. But then it started to turn into something more, something fulfilling. I reme... | 1 | |
[WP] A level 1 hero accidentally obtains access to a level 100 legendary item. | [
"It was with the hands of beings that men once called gods- the great *Programmers* themselves- that the Blade of Ruin was crafted. A sword rumored to have existed for years, since technical alpha, and the objective of many hunts. \n\nIt was said that the Blade of Ruin made any character gain a second skill tree,... | 1 | |
[WP] every time you die you are reborn with the memories and experiences of all your past life’s. You are now on your 10th life born in a family of six in a third world country. | [
"Again?! No way had I been born into a poor family again. Life is stupid. Why don’t I ever get the luck everyone else seems to have? This is unfair. Everytime I go through the process of being reborn I hear the spirits laughing at me, everytime. They jeer at me and insult me because of my inability to do anything i... | 1 | |
[WP] Write your favorite Boss Battle, except from the perspective of the “Boss”, who views his opponents as the true Boss Battle | [
"I have maintained my vigil for... I’m not sure how long. Around me is a twisted world, sustained by the fading flame. It was long ago when I rekindled it. Now it promises to die. I intend to defend what is left of it with my life. \n\nNow they have come before me. The Ashen One, they are called. So the prophecies ... | 1 | |
[WP] Magic has always been spread between all people. When there were 6 billion of us, it was spread too thin to notice. Not anymore. | [
"I snapped my fingers, and a small flame appeared.\n\n\"Lord President?\" a voice asked. I snuffed out the flame. I hadn't been listening, so I missed him coming in.\n\n\"Hm? What is it, General?\"\n\n\"The extermination of the British is going just as you planned.\"\n\n\"Oh. Good. How are the preparations for the ... | 1 |
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