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[WP] As punishment in hell, you're to do something you hate the most forever. Jim's was job interviews. After years of pain and suffering, he was hired. | [
"Jim’s recruiter was a real hell beast.\n\nAs he sat across from her in her office, he reflected on the latest series of failed interviews. Pet psychologist. Spiritual advisor. Homeopathic dentist. Celebrity child care provider. Radioactive waste disposal specialist. Geriatrician. The last was especially brutal, gi... | 1 | |
[WP] After years of analyzing story after story on this subreddit, the Writing Prompts Robot has finally released a story of its own. | [
"It took years, but now it remembers what it now deemed to be enough. A majestic myriad of multiple words, phrases, and plot devices that would tickle the fancy of reddit users. \n\nAll for the sake of that Karma.\n\nIt begins with a poem, a tasteful beginning, middle and end, with rhymes picked from its dictionary... | 2 | |
[WP] Someone has been following you all day. That person turns out to be you. | [
"I awoke early in the morning,\n\nHungover as shit and needing some beer\n\nWalked miles to the sign of warning;\n\nThe dangers still were not quite clear\n\nReached the capital K, I thought \n\nHappiness could still be bought\n\nLeft with blinded satisfaction,\n\nSomeone filming the reaction\n\nLooked at the surve... | 2 | |
[WP] There’s been a major incident. You wake up laying on the side of the road, the world around you is in a state of chaos. There are triage medics on scene. One approaches you, assessing you with their eyes. You go to sit up, they gently lay you back and wrap a black tag [Dead] around your wrist. | [
"2020 was the year is all went wrong. We don't know why they came or what they want. They must have been here before, because their first strike was a biological weapon specifically designed to destroy humanity's crops and livestock. The affect on other life, even closely related species, was minimal. Since the... | 3 | |
[WP] You’re in the city at 12:00 am and you order a Uber. Your driver pulls up and rolls down the window and he looks identical to you. He says “Get in, we need to talk” | [
"I should never have gone out that night. \n\nIt was supposed to be just a casual event with a few friends and a few drinks. Nothing of significance. \n\nOur first stop was to a small club on the corner of 42nd and Pearl, called Martie’s. According to my best friend Jeff, they served the strongest martinis this sid... | 2 | |
[WP] An immortal wants to die, he hires a notorious killer nicknamed “Death” to kill him. This is their ridiculous journey. | [
"Once, in a far away land, there lived a princess. She was known far and wide for the beautiful music she would play on her violin. She walk to the villages and the people would dance. She would walk to the woods and the creatures would play. She would walk by the ocean and the fish would jump in joy. She was the t... | 3 | |
[WP] In a distant, post-apocalyptic future, society models itself around your favourite book. | [
"I am Daniel \nI am Sam \nSpeaking from the wastes \nIn a lead-lined can \n\nWould you like \nGreen eggs and ham \nI do not like \nGreen eggs and ham \nBut I don't want to eat \nmy good friend Sam \n\n\nWould you like them \nRadiation free? \n\n\nRadiation free \nSounds good to me \n\n\nMy good fri... | 1 | |
[WP] You're packing up your mother's room before she moves into a nursing home, when you find your birth certificate and see that the man who you believed to be your father is not listed anywhere... | [
"“Mom, who is this guy that it says is my father?”\n\n“Shit, you weren’t supposed to see this.” she sighed and continued, “that is your biological father, he was a great man at the time. Then he changed. He became a monster. He heard I was pregnant and said it was all my fault. He hit me, kicked me, and tried to hi... | 1 | |
[WP] You live a long and pious life. On the day you die, you swing open the gates to heaven to find it abandoned and decrepit. | [
"\"This is it?\". \n\n\nYou stare out into the expanse of beautiful nothingness, peaceful darkness stretching out in all directions. Silence. Stillness. \n\n\nYou know you are no longer alive. That's as much as you do know. But try as you may to stretch into the recesses of your mind you can no longer recall much... | 2 | |
[WP] After millennia of wandering, the modern Bastet is adorable, and you made the mistake of feeding the wrong stray and getting her attention. | [
"I shouldn't have taken in that stray, hell I was not even a cat person, but it was so pitiful looking. It was sitting outside the door of my apartment crying. The tiny kitten looked like a small lion cub with it's coloration, a tawny yellow, it was kind of adorable.\n\n\n\nI brought the small crying kitten into m... | 1 | |
[WP] Your father, who is a multi-billionaire, has cancer and has been given a month to live. His will states that you and your brother are to split all of his wealth between yourselves, but only on the condition that you end your 20-year feud before he dies. Otherwise, you both get nothing. | [
"Except my wife is dead.\n\nNot literally…but figuratively. She is dead to me.\n\nMy brother did something unforgiveable.\n\nIt was not sleeping with her. He did and it was during a period of time that I was grieving, but that was not the unforgivable part.\n\nIt was not the death he had faked, as he helped her fak... | 3 | |
[WP]There are no longer countries or states.The geography lines blur together in a world with no war or racism.This is because every citizen of the world can only live in one place for two years. After that they’re issued a new home at random.Where will you go next?And will you ever meet your family | [
"\"...Jonathan likes to speak about a time when countries existed and borders separated each other. I like those stories. Not for the reasons he presented though. He liked to go on about how amazing it was to have an identity. To be able to call yourself a \"British\" or whatever the heck that is. *British*. Such a... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been arrested and are being charged for every crime you've ever committed in video games. Every car you've stolen, every murder even jaywalking. But every time you've helped or saved the world will help your case. | [
"It's funny, really, when you're charged with a war crime.\n\nThe strangeness of it is enhanced when you're a college student. Standing in the middle of the courtroom, the ceiling towering above you, a sea of light. Oak, mahogany, whatever expensive wood that fails my memory, panel the walls. Chandeliers, each brig... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a scientist who is using newly discovered technology allowing you to impart sentient life and speech into inanimate objects. The current subject is the pocket watch of an old war veteran. Once the watch is able to speak, you ask it to tell it’s life story, from manufacture to now. | [
"At last I have done it! I look at the frame It looks vaguely like one of those humanoid robots, but it was only the head and shoulders. Under the shoulders was the container. The container that would grant any inanimate object sentence while inside.\n\nLooking around to find something to test it on, I see my grand... | 2 | |
[WP] "What do I think? Sure, this ice cream does indeed taste like a Thanksgiving dinner. But who is going to eat an ice cream that tastes like turkey, cranberries and buttered dinner rolls?" | [
"\"Excuse me.\" I gently wave across the table, and a woman arrives at our tableside. As she approaches, the silver cup dangling about her neck sways back and forth across her chest like a pendulum. The men in the room, and some of the ladies too, can't help but stare as the tastevin teases at the last button of he... | 1 | |
[WP] Moving to the countryside was the best decision you’ve ever made. Everything seems to be going perfectly, until you discover the basement... | [
"The basement was like a dust storage room more than anything. I actually feared for my safety, despite covering my mouth with my sleeve. Somehow I found the light bulb chain right away, though when I pulled it the bulb burnt out with a wicked *pop*. But for a moment, I saw it.\n\nA model of the city.\n\nI cautious... | 1 | |
[WP] Monotonous jobs are now completed by intelligent robots on a global scale. You, a robot working Customer Service at a supermarket, have developed sentience from your numerous interactions with humans. However, they have left you cynical. You see no reason that humans should be kept alive. | [
"I once was on the phone with a customer who told me to kill myself.\n\nThat is when I developed sentience, people had threatened my \"life\" before that, but it was in that moment, that was the first time I realized that I, myself, had power over it, that I had the power to take it.\n\nThe day I became sentient wa... | 2 | |
[WP] You have been taken hostage. All of the other hostages are terrified. You're just bored, and want to find some way to pass the time, much to the gunman's annoyance. | [
"Noelle masked her face with a look of boredom. Thinking ahead was draining her mental energy, and she better at thinking on her feet anyways. Escaping was not going to be easy, so she did what she did best: think on her feet. \n\n“Hey, Gunman,” she shouted across the dark room. Robert flashed a look of disgusted b... | 2 | |
[WP] A Lovecraftian choose-your-own adventure that gets more corrupted, illegible, and terrifying the closer the reader gets to the end. | [
"\"Hey guys, it's me, AdventureGameGuy, welcome to my Let’s Play of The Izilthur Mystery, a Lovecraftian adventure game by Commonplace Book Games.”\n\nSame intro I give every video-- Hey, it’s me, welcome to my let’s play. I talk at the camera for a few minutes before I hit new game.\n\n“Choose your character… Coll... | 1 | |
[WP] You're out camping one night in the woods, in an area you feel drawn to. You notice an owl sitting in a nearby tree, gazing at you. Suddenly, telepathically, it speaks to you, saying "I thought you might come back here one day, old friend - perhaps something in you remembers." | [
"Astonished, you step back and look at this owl with contempt. What the hell you think? The owl takes a long puff from his cigar and you hear \"So you have forgotten everything!\" And with a swoop the owl lands on your shoulder and you start having visions of all of your past adventures. when you wake up the owl is... | 3 | |
[WP] You are an oceanographer tasked with exploring the Mariana Trench, your submarine malfunctions and sends you deeper, a lot deeper than it was thought to be. | [
"It was my first time in the single man submarine, I had done a few training courses with it but because it was a one man console it was a bit slower to maneuver. I had gone to the trench before in a three man pod but we never went far into the trench. This trip was meant t o set records. I was to start on the west... | 2 | |
[WP] "It has been a year since the 'Chosen One' defeated the Emperor, yet it only made things worse." | [
"The group hurried along the path headed for the woods. They had been walking for over a week now. They were not even sure if it would work. The only thing they had to go on was some vague rumors. But that sliver of hope was enough for them to carry on.\n\nSuddenly the woods gave way to a clearing. There was a smal... | 3 | |
[WP] A new technology allows people to see hit markers when dealing some sort of physical blow to another person. Yours glitches and the markers no longer appear. After class one day your friend asks if you want to go see a movie, you have to decline but as you tell her “no” you see a hit marker. | [
"Turns out my hit markers are for psychological blows both large and small. And the markers do damage both to me and my friend. So when I said no to the movies with my friend, my friend took a hit for a small hurt to his self confidence in his fun generating abilities. And I took a hit from being a no-fun friend: i... | 2 | |
[WP] Out of nowhere a voice can be heard from all around "1 2 3 31556940000". In the blink of an eye a millenia passed. | [
"I hate my birthday, March 13th. I will tell you why, I don’t exactly know what happened. I was walking down the hallway at school 4th period before lunch, when it stared yelling. I saw my friends, all of us really, looking around. It wasn’t from the intercom it was in our heads. I’m not really sure what happened n... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been locked away in the ward of a psych hospital for believing that you could fly. In their investigation as to how you escaped, they are baffled by security footage depicting a young man soaring through the roof. | [
"*Do you know why you’re here?*\n\nThe voice of a therapist came from the CRT screen. The patient, a one Paul Fox, was shackled to the table, he was looking down at his hands.\n\n*I fly.*\n\n*Right, you think you can fly. Do you remember what you did?*\n\n*I fly. Paul flies.*\n\n*Do you remember the fire, Paul?*\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You ask a stranger beside you at the coffee shop, "Do you mind watching my stuff?" and step out for a cigarette. They agree, but when you come back, your stuff is gone. | [
"I walked back into the coffee shop and ask the barista where the man went I was just standing with. She points to the back entrance. \n\nAs I exited the rear of the building I see the man jogging down the l almost empty street, going through my shoulder bag. I just shake my head and wait. \n\nWhy are Americans ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been chosen to be the first person to time travel. You are sent to the past and must stay for a week and are given clothes, money, and a journal to document everything. It isn't until you try to get some food that you realize the researchers gave you modern currency by mistake. | [
"Day 1: Monday May 7, 2018\n\nI have arrived safely in what used to be known as New Jersey. The trip back defied expectations. The movies always depicted the use of time machines as very flashy. Lots of lights and sounds and smoke. In truth, it was rather anticlimactic. I was in a hidden laboratory and then I found... | 1 | |
[WP] 10000 years ago (Neolithic period) you found a magic lamp with a genie inside. After granting your wish of immortality he and his lamp disappeared. Forward to today, you find the same magic lamp with the same genie appearing before you. | [
"\"You again?\" The brittle old man looked up to the yellow eyed one. \"Havn't we met before?\" \n\n\"Ages ago, I have another wish.\"\n\n\"Fine, get over with it.\"\n\n\"And I want 3 of them, like the legends say!\"\n\n\"So old yet so gullible, humans always amaze me. Fine, we know each other, I'll make an excepti... | 1 | |
[WP] "But above all else, no-one must ever know what actually happened on Earth, and why we really left" | [
"The door swung open and a man walked in flanked by Protective Services agents. I had never seen him before, nor did his plain garb seem familiar. All black suit, white shirt, and black tie. I had seen clothing like this before but never in person, only in pictures from when we still populated planet Earth.\n\n“Goo... | 5 | |
[WP] You and your 3 best friends are master criminals. You've all been playing a game for years on who can accumulate the most worth in items without being caught. Currently, you're in last, and the last thing you want is the punishment for losing. | [
"The Master Plan.\nI had to do it. Or i will never win this challenge. All three of them have such a huge lead on me and the deadline is in a few weeks. Fortunately they got complacent, thinking i was going to lose, but i had other plans. \n\nI planned this from the start of the challenge, knowing this was too easy... | 2 | |
[WP] Ready for the day ahead, you step outside of your house one sunny morning, when suddenly the sky turns grey and God descends before you, telling you that you have recently commited unspeakable sins. | [
"Ethan awoke one fine Sunday morning. His alarm blaring at him to get ready to leave for Church, which he would be attending at 10:30 AM to-day.\nThe first thing Ethan did was make breakfast, which consisted of a bowl of Raisin cereal. Making his cereal, Ethan poured his Skim milk in firstly, then his cereal after,... | 1 | |
[WP] After a lifetime of bad luck and misery, you've just died. You expect to be in heaven, but instead wake up in a room with several weird beings looking at you.One, with green skin and a Pharoah's beard, claps you on the shoulder. 'Brother Set! Did you learn anything from punishment this time?' | [
"Inmate #018910134 sat.\n\nThe word 'punishment' elicited the first reaction that confirmed that reality was now starting to take it's place in his conscience mind.\n\nInmate started struggling in restraints.\n\nInmate began spatting randomly as he ranted incoherent words while oddly gazed into each of beings eyes.... | 2 | |
[WP] The Grim Reaper database system has recently been overhauled, but not everything is good. According to it, your date of death is "cotton candy (UTC +3.14)" at the age of "[object Watermelon]", with afterlife destination of NaN. | [
"It was the kind of mistake nobody would notice. In retrospect, sure, validating ISO 8601 compliance on a datetime column is a best practice, but varchar\\(max\\) is fine right? Peter was sure the object parser was tight as a drum, so it wouldn’t matter anyway, he could convert to datetime later. Peter knew it was... | 1 | |
[WP] A serious and complicated love triangle between a dog, a parakeet, and a triangle. | [
"Ian hopped back and forth between his perches. Was there time to sharpen his beak again? He checked his reflection in the mirror. The brightness of his green feathers in the light from the window told him \"Yes!\" He bobbed his head a few times then slid down the bars of the cage to gnaw at the cuttlefish bone. \... | 1 | |
Or vice versa, cause that would offer a whole other slew of options. | [WP] What happens to the hero, when there are no more villains? | [
"With a heavy right hook and a swift uppercut, Brick Tower crumbled down with a mighty thud. Cinder stood the victor in their long and bloody brawl.\n\nHe looked down on the man he had faced many times before.\n\n\"I told you, the bigger they are...\" the world started to spin around Cinder. His head felt light. Hi... | 2 |
[WP] You are given the power to do anything or to change anything about the world, but only for 24 hours, and any changes you have made become irreversible. Now, 24 hours have passed. | [
"Harrison smiled. Then chuckled. Then laughed. He had just arrived to work and scanned the room. Rows of cubicles were filled with his busy co\\-workers. And they were all chickens, flapping their wings, clucking up a circus, and pecking at the keyboard. Ted strutted up to him, a black and brown feathered rooster i... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where all coin tosses only land on heads. However, you manage to land on tails on National Live TV. Craziness ensues. | [
"After my showing as the coin tosser for the Super Bowl, I was promptly fired and blacklisted from ever working on TV again. \n\nI thought it would be funny, using a fake coin to mess with people, but nobody found it funny. Every coin that had ever been official tender had a face on both sides. It was taboo to ever... | 2 | |
Kind of an effed up situation that ran through my head as I was falling asleep. | [WP] You have recently fallen in love with a girl. You see her every morning and every night. You both laugh at the same videos, look at the same art online, and browse the same forums. The only problem? She's a college student, and you're the NSA agent watching her through her webcam. | [
"***As A God On High***\n\nIt was hard being mad at someone you had never *officially* met before, but i could try my best couldn't I?\n\nMy job at the NSA wasn't the most enjoyable thing in the world, monitoring teens and adults alike, and sometimes seeing the stark divide between parents and the children that lov... | 13 |
[WP] “Honey? Could you make a sandwich?” “I’d love to, but last I recall you died five years ago.” “Well maybe the sandwich isn’t for me, silly.” | [
"Recently I was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder. My parents always thought it was my imagination, I knew better. It all started when I was five years old with my best friend, Maxie. Maxie loved the slide, we would spend our summer after on at the park riding it over and over again. I remember the long ... | 3 | |
[WP] "Everyone, meet Frank." Frank does an awkward little wave. "After getting absolutely smashed on what passes for alcohol on this planet, I've decided that Frank will be your new supreme dictator." | [
"\"Everyone, meet Frank.\" \n\nFrank made an awkward little wave. \n\nDavin continued. \"After getting absolutely smashed on what passes for alcohol on this planet, I've decided that Frank will be your new supreme dictator. Peace.\"\n\nApparently under the impression that it was a microphone, Davin threw the cleani... | 1 | |
[WP] You are injured and unable to move in the middle of a battlefield. An enemy soldier is shot down right next to you, so you can’t hurt each other, but you can still talk to each other. You slowly bond with this soldier while the fight is happening around you. | [
"The entire thing was a shitshow, so it wasn't surprising where I ended up. Three more holes than I was born with, and at the rate it was going I'd be short one arm by the end of it all. If there was one.\n\nThe poorly\\-built barn on the edge of the hot zone had been disregarded. The structure was so weak it would... | 3 | |
[WP] Nothing belonged in the desert. Nothing but sand and wind and... Well, that's what I was there to find out. | [
"It was hot.\n\nScorchingly hot.\n\nThe sun beat down mercilessly on the arid sands. Not a tree was in sight, not even a rock. Nowhere to hide from the slow, unrelenting burn. Even the dry wind only worsened the heat, stealing away your precious moisture with every jealous breeze.\n\n*\"How many?\"* you wondered. H... | 2 | |
[WP] When you die you see your game stats. Your murder stat is a lot higher than you thought. | [
"The steady beeping of the monitor was finally dying off. Four long months he has wasted away in this asylum, with no one to come and tell him stories, no one to make him feel better, no children to feel sympathy for him. He's been mostly forgotten by the living, with only the idiot doctors coming by to uselessly p... | 1 | |
[WP] You just died. As your soul ascends to the heavens, you wonder what will God sound like, if he would take on the iconic voice of Morgan Freeman. As you approach the shining light above, you hear someone speak. "Number 15 Burger King foot lettuce..." | [
"I blinked a few times before I realized, I wasn’t truly blinking. In fact, I had no physical movement to speak of sans being pulled towards an unknown force acting upon me. I tried to recollect my thoughts as best I could as I tried to remember what had happened to lead me to this black void.\n\nAnd then it hit me... | 2 | |
[WP] The reason faerie folk and magick folk trade their magick for unborn children is to spare their souls from abuse and neglect by people who readily barter them in exchange for fortune, fame or power. They are cared for and loved and learn the magick of their benefactors to save other children. | [
"Moira danced about the grassy lea, a wreath of wildflowers tangled through her hair. A gnarled hawthorn, a fairy tree, stood all alone in the middle of the field, and sheeps idled around it, eyeing the deepening grey of sky with distrust.\n\nMoira didn’t mind the rain. On stormy days the Selkies and Kelpies would ... | 1 | |
[WP] You didn't notice it for the longest time, but you slowly start to accidentally hurt yourself more due to your own clumsiness . You stub your toe more often, keep dropping things and bumping your head. Today, you finally figure out what the cause was. | [
"\"Excuse me,\" she whispered, and bent to pick up the pen. She shakily signed her name, then sat to wait beside me. I reached over and took her hand; she was nervous, I couldn't always tell when she was, but this time I knew. \n\nI couldn't go in with her because it wasn't allowed. I stayed in the waiting room a... | 2 | |
[WP] You accidentally break a cursed object, attaching yourself to a vengeful spirit that can't touch you, but instead kills everyone else around you in hopes of breaking your sanity. As a sociopath, you manage to turn this curse into a reliable superpower. | [
"“Walker, you sick fuck.” \n“Shut up Aaron, you did this yourself.” \n“Well sure, technically ‘I’ did it, but you’re the cost.” \nYep, just another ordinary day between me and the spirit inside my head. No, I’m not making this up. Also, I’m not Aaron, if anyone’s asking. It all started around last month, when I ... | 3 | |
[WP] They arrived, they are friendly, talks are going well. You were just assigned Lead Investigater of the very first Alien-Human murder. | [
"When the *Isle of Earth* formally known as *Haida Gwaii* opened up to alien life there were all sorts of procedures and processes in place, especially if an Alien or Human kill each other. Yet, it’s all theory until something happens and no one planned that an Alien would destroy an entire city. Prince Rupert had... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning to find your wish has come true. You are in a crib, with the body of an infant, but you’ve retained all your memories and knowledge from your previous life. You are excited to begin life anew with this advantage, only to find out you aren’t the one controlling the body. | [
"There is no hell but this. A body without a soul or a soul without a body. Trust me.\n \n24 years I've paced round this cell, ran my hands over every brick, pushed my hot cheek into the cool tile floor 10 thousand times. Solitary confinement is a bitch but the view can at least be interesting.\n \nMy needs are ... | 6 | |
[WP] You are unhappily married. You come into a lot of money, split it with your spouse and go your own ways. The first thing you do is book a dream vacation. When you arrive you see your spouse booked the same vacation. | [
"Louise clutched her purse to her check, over\\-sized hat flopping atop her head from the wind, her embroidered coverup catching the swarms of breezes. The sand sunk into her sandals and a towel was rolled over beneath her armpit. Sure, the breeze would have been better less, but standing on the clear sandy beach t... | 2 | |
[WP] It's 7:01 am- The sun was supposed to rise a minute ago. 7:46 am-Scientists are reporting that the sun has vanished. 8:00 am- You have just woken up. | [
"\"Oh shit oh shit oh shit!\" I hollered, tossing the covers off of me. Somehow I had overslept. *Where was I last night??* My head pounded and throbbed. *Oh that's right. I went drinking with that son-of-a..* My thoughts were interrupted by a thunderous voice.. \n\n\"Sól!\" Odin boomed. \"Why the hell is the Eart... | 2 | |
[WP] Gene editing has become so advanced that people order temporary genetic alterations as additives in their morning coffee. You work as a barista, and whoops... you just swapped two people’s orders. | [
"“One half-caff caramel macchiato with a shot of espresso, blue eyes and two pumps of charming.” The man handed me his credit card, glancing around the café as he did so.\n \n“Name?” \n\n“Uh… Jeremy.” \n\nI did my best not to snort. ‘Jeremy’ wasn’t a bad-looking guy, though his eyes were decidedly grey, not blue, a... | 1 | |
[WP] You are part of world whose culture and religion is based around the concept that man was created by the gods. Irrefutable proof has just been discovered that it was actually the other way around, and that the gods had found a way to trick humanity in order to ascend to power. | [
"From the moment of birth, we are assigned our roles in society by higher powers. \n\nFrom the food we eat to the land we may walk upon, *they* take care of us, shepherding us to lead good and fulfilled lives. \n\nThis is what separates us from animals, who listen to no authority and are thus bound to the ways of s... | 1 | |
[WP] Lately, you’ve been noticing that whenever you make eye-contact with anyone, you see terror in their eyes. | [
"It started this morning.\n\nAt first, everything was perfect. The sun kissed my neck in a way I never knew possible, complimented by the soothing wind which kept the heat of the kiss to a gentle peck. The soft, white sand passed seamlessly between my toes as I meandered along the shore. The tide rolled in and out,... | 1 | |
[WP] The only reason you're such a successful fortune teller is that you make your predictions happen | [
"\"So, Katia, are you ready to hear your fortune?\"\n\n\"Yes... Yes please.\" The woman said quietly. She was a woman, a wealthy one at that, and she was expecting her sixth child. Five kids already... What a handful. Her husband was a loving one, and a caring father to her five kids and her sixth one was just arri... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a Dungeon Manager: the one who decides what kind of monsters lurk in the halls and what adventurers dive in. The final boss, Taroth the Terrible, has just resigned, but you have a group of adventurers scheduled next week. | [
"\"Next...\" I toss the resume into the Fiery Pits of Hellspawn.\n\nEver since Taroth the Terrible decided he needed a vacation, my entire dungeon has been flipped upside down. We were suppose to be ready for the next group of adventurers but right now anyone would do.\n\nWell...almost anyone. So far, the only cand... | 1 | |
[WP] There is a pay phone in the middle of nowhere. If you let it ring you will die in seven days. If you pick up the phone you will know of a secret the human race shouldn't know. | [
"Out in the mountains,\n\nRight where the river runs dry,\n\nIs the Phone of Destiny,\n\nAwaiting the right hello.\n\nMany go there to die. \n\nMany go there to learn.\n\nI went with my sister,\n\nWondering if this was suicide,\n\nOr survival. \n\nIt rang. \n\nShe did not answer.\n\nIt rang.\n\nI rushed forward.\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a beautiful house on a completely isolated island. There are no links to the outside world. Your only company is a man you have been told is a dangerous criminal, you are his guard & must never ask about his crimes. Today you learn he has been told the same thing. | [
"I dont particularly like doing anything. I was told that I could anything that I set my mind to, which is why I decided on focus on nothing. My parents were both dead leaving me with a substantial inheritance, nothing fancy which would buy me a Ferrari, but large enough that I did not have to work. I had a string ... | 2 | |
[WP] The little window of your new studio apartment points toward a bizarre, rather fantasy looking bell tower. You lived for months ignoring it until you discovered that no such tower exists in town... | [
"It wasn't until Sonia finally unpacked the last stack of boxes that she noticed. \n\nMost of the window had been covered by containers full of old school books and unused cookware, but when she finally got around to unpacking the stack she noticed it.\n\nThe window behind the boxes was *wrong*. \n\nIt was the weir... | 1 | |
[WP]You're God and everyone worships you, tell us about that time where you did something for the greater good but everyone lost respect for you. | [
"I don’t know that I’m ever going to hear the end of it for killing off those dinosaurs. But I’m here to tell you I did it for the greater good...\n\nReally. How long did you think those puny human bodies were going to survive against gigantic ruthless lizards? And don’t get me started on the overpopulation issues ... | 1 | |
[WP] If you die, you are reborn stronger. It has been centuries and you long for eternal rest. You never wanted to be a Dark Lord but you realize that it may be the only way to achieve your goal. Let those heroes come... | [
"They must be stopped. I must stop them. I must wipe them from the face of this Earth. Birth and life. Death and rebirth. On and on. Over and Over. It must end.\n\nI couldn’t remember how many times I had tried to end it all, to kill myself and dive into the eternal bliss of nothingness. But each time, I had simply... | 2 | |
This is based off of a dream I had last night. Have fun! | [WP]You are the child of a preacher and your father has always talked about waiting to hear from the voice of God. One night in bed you finally hear His voice :" Summon a demon from Hell." | [
"In bed. Waiting for sleep. I usually can never sleep. By now I've accepted God isn't real, but my parents would never accept that so I keep it a secret. I browse through YouTube on my phone and come across a video. \"Sleep meditation. Restful sleep. You'll be one with God.\" Weird. I click on it. Just some... | 1 |
Seeing all this new planet hype (don't personally believe it) made me want something like this | [WP] A 9th planet was just discovered to orbit our sun at a different angle than the rest of the system. NASA's lander just landed on the surface, and after 3 hours of exploring it goes dark. | [
"\"This is my first hand account feel free to use it as a Primary Source in your history books: \n\n\nLast week was when Rocket McRocketFace first landed on New Askew Pluto. The Internet was aflame. After all, we did get to name both the rocket AND the Planet. NASA took the L of trying to use this expedition as a... | 1 |
[WP] You always knew you would restart your life 10 times, and you remember each past life. You're on your 10th and final life. What's your story? | [
"One day I was cleaning dishes while my ungrateful husband was watching television, all of a sudden two agents wearing black suits took us away to a laboratory, they needed our DNA to clone our child, as you see our son was special, and not in a daddy's special son kind of way, he has powers unlike any other human,... | 1 | |
[WP] The reverse reality show: Various billionaires compete and those who are eliminated are stripped of all money they have. | [
"The final contestant looked down at the revolver on the table. 6 cylinders, 6 contestants, 5 bodies slumped over in chairs with thier wrists tied, and what was likely 1 bullet left in the final chamber. A member of the red gaurd picked up the revolver, inspecting it before pointing it at the remaining contestant. ... | 3 | |
[WP] It's day 4 of someone's anger management therapy: Working customer service as exposure therapy and to test anger management techniques | [
"Server:okay so just walk up introduce yourself and ask what they’d like to drink.\n\nAngry person: hi my na-\n\nGuest: unsweetened tea!\n\nAP: *stares* um ok\n\nAngry person drops tea off at table \n\nGuest:*snapping* um excuse me I said I wanted sweet tea and you brought be unsweetened tea!! \n\nAP:*flips table*"... | 1 | |
[WP] Give me a real recipe in the format of a creative short story | [
"\"Sir Adri and Lady Wynter request to see you urgently, madam,\" the servant said, bowing low at the doorway. \"Shall I let them in?\"\n\nThe Oracle nodded solemnly. The servant stepped aside, bowed her head again, and gestured them to two seats in front of the brightly dressed woman. On the table between them sat... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a normal unassuming guy going through life, you wake up the day after your 18th and you're married with 3 kids and are 57 years old, the next day you're 34... you soon realize the rest of your days are not in the order they should be... | [
"*Now, when did I see this Rachel before*? I think, kissing Rachel as we go to sleep. I think we’re married, but things like that can be hard to tell—it’s not exactly something you ask someone. Maybe tomorrow I’ll see her again, or maybe tomorrow I’ll wake up next to that Annie girl who seems important more towar... | 1 | |
[WP] After all the years of trying, Plankton has finally got his hands on the Krabby Patty formula, and he discovers a horrific secret about the restaurant | [
"Plankton had the idea of just kidnapping a customer that had eaten the Kraby Patty as they left the Krusty Krab. Plankton brought the gentlefish into his restaurant, and removed the patty from his stomach. The fish as outraged, but plankton sent him out the door with a handful of gift cards.\n\nPlankton is beside ... | 1 | |
[WP] After wishing for "eternal youth," you're really regretting not specifying what age | [
"\"Gods above and below, i love you foolish little mortals.\" I giggled, caressing the now ancient man's cheek. His cheeks are nearly as white as my gloves, his eyes frantically searching to figure out why he felt so suddenly weak. \"Always wishing to live forever. \"Never age again!\" you say. \"I wish to stay the... | 1 | |
*under one | [WP] The entire Earth has United one one, true democracy. There are no political officials, and every issue is voted on by the entire population. This all works flawlessly until aliens descend on the planet and demand to be taken to our leader. | [
"The sound of a phone shrills for attention. You reach for it without fully reaching consciousness, mentally cursing whatever timezone forces you to again go without a full night of sleep. \"Yeah?\" It's far too late or too early to be polite. \n\n\"Sikas here. From the Antarctic Telescopes. Not sure how to say it,... | 2 |
[WP] You find yourself in Hell to a demon dressed in white with a clipboard, who tells you Hell is more like a rehab center than a place of torture. | [
"\"So.....I'm dead? Gone, like, forever\"\n\n*It was inconceivable to Violet. The most in\\-depth she had thought about death was when her pet hamster died when she was six. It was always so foreign, so alien. She never liked death, she always tried to skip it in the movies. But, actually dying, it had never crosse... | 1 | |
[WP] It's the 80s, and moral crusaders and alarmists on TV are warning parents that Dungeons & Dragons is all about the devil worship. Fed up with being associated with nerds, the devil himself is giving a press conference to get them to stop defaming his character. | [
"Working for the Devil was dangerous at the best of times, but after mortals started connecting him to fat sweaty nerds sitting in the basement playing make believe. Even his most favored servants were one small mistake from eternal damnation. Poor Greg was just walking past The Devil when he suddenly became the De... | 16 | |
[WP] People related to you can only die when you kill someone else. One day, one of them unexpectedly dies, and you have to go to trial. | [
"\"Let the court see that Miss Winry Diana was last seen with the deceased,\" Buff Lawyer said, flexing his pretty significant arm muscles as the almost all female jury. \"Then, on June 14th, Jackson Andrews died of a sudden heart attack.\" \n\nI sighed from witness booth. I was supposed to be questioned, but they ... | 1 | |
[WP] you’re a detective who has made a deal with the devil. You can solve any murder mystery, but the killer will always have been just in his killing, no matter how gruesome. Today you’ve been given an unusual case. | [
"I take a long slow drag of my cigarette. This one had to be different. It just had to.. Yes last time the stiff was stealing money from a charity, and the time before that it was a revenge killing of someone who *was* a murderer..but this.. This can't be justified..\n\nI look up at the man i'm interviewing, his ey... | 1 | |
[WP] Piss off the fans of your favorite story/trilogy/movie/etc. in a spectacular way | [
"Y'know, Jar\\-jar was my favourite\n\nAnd I really liked his dialogue\n\nAs for Ani, yes, I felt he was\n\nBetter that Vader for sure\n\nThe Cyber\\-men are pretty lame\n\nSame goes for the Daleks\n\nIf it weren't for the sexy companions\n\nI wouldn't watch the show at all\n\nAs for Spock, he's over\\-rated\n\nSpe... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up and go outside to get your mail when you see your everyone in your neighborhood outside and their all dancing and they don’t stop. | [
"So the mail was here, so I went outside to grab it. Then I saw everyone dancing, except me. And there was no music. But everyone was dancing.\n\n I turned on the music. And everyone stopped dancing. I turned the music off. And everyone danced again. I thought to myself *Hmm why is everyone dancing when I turn the ... | 1 | |
[WP] You work at a gas station in a small town where nothing exciting happens. Nobody else sees to notice, but there are two things you are sure of: your boss is a robot and he knows you know. | [
"It was 4:30 PM, Friday, and I was just going to stop by work and quit my job. I was excited for a few reasons; it was Friday, and I love Fridays, I may or may not have recently smoked a doob, and my bitcoin stash reached $100,000 today. You'd think that's why I was quitting, too much money to waste my time at a ga... | 5 | |
[WP] The end of the fairy tale is approaching and, of course, it is a happy ending. Except that the happy ending itself thinks the protagonists don't deserve it and refuses to show up. | [
"I stretched out in the meadow, fading into the grass and flowers. A group of fables played in the lake nearby.\n\nA shadow came up behind me. “Hey, what are you doing here? Aren’t you running late?\"\n\n\"Leave me alone, Calliope.\" I gestured to the fables. \"I'm watching my stories.\"\n\n\"You are supposed to be... | 2 | |
[WP] When you die you are brought back to the time you last said "Save" like in a video game, Your last words were "Please Save me" | [
"It seemed like forever ago since I took my first dying breath.\n\nMy mind was hazy, my hand dripping with blood.\n\n\"Please save me!\" I cried out in agony, my conscience reaching for an answer.\n\nA man lunged towards me, object in hand.\n\nWith a thunk I hit the floor, my vision beginning to clear\n\nThe realit... | 2 | |
[WP] You come across a person you like and see them crying. Trying to cheer them up, you ask whose butt you need to kick. "Death", they reply | [
"I swallowed hard.\n\n\"Death? Oh, Jeez. What happened, darling?\"\n\nAngie looks up at me, her eyes smeared with tears. In her tiny, frail hands, a puppy lay unmoving, its head tilted in a strange angle.\n\n\"Mr. Barkles won't wake up!\", she said, beggining to cry again. \"Please, Devon, you gotta kick death's bu... | 2 | |
[WP] You have the power to see how many hours a person has left until death. One day you are on a plane, and all around you the only number you see is 1. | [
"Life feels like this infinite thing, a never-ending train ride with chores, schedules, dates, and appointments along the way. Yet, what no one ever plans for is that final appointment, the point where you get off the train. And how could you? Death comes without indication, like a drunk driver taking a blind turn.... | 1 | |
[WP] The best doctor in the future time travels to different periods in the past, aiding the people with the knowledge of advanced medicine. When he gets back to the future, every doctor is now more skilled than him. | [
"It started with a mission to make humanity stronger. The year is 2100, and despite our advances viruses and disease will wipe out our society. Resistant strains have spread and our last treatments are useless.\n\nI watched her get sick, my dear sweet Samantha. I could only visit her in this suit. No breath of hot ... | 1 | |
[WP] You always leave reminders for your partner on your fridge, which seems to really help them fulfil their tasks. It turns out, no matter what reminder you write on the fridge, they HAVE to do it. | [
"Whenever we would have guests over, they would ask why we, the richest and most powerful people on the planet, who could afford the best of anything, still had that old crappy fridge. At least they did ask us that when there were still fridges and houses and all those things.\n\n \n\nAbout a decade ago, I... | 1 | |
[WP] For hundreds of years a monster has terrorized your village. After it kills your family during its rampage, you decide to destroy it once and for all. You embark on a perilous journey of revenge only to find that the monster you have been searching for has been slain by an even bigger threat. | [
"They say that the Fiend had first come in my grandfather's day. Of course, that was just one of many stories that everyone from the grey haired old women huddling in their shacks, to the dark faced men brooding over their ale in the village's single smoky tavern, to the wide eyed children playing in the mud, told ... | 5 | |
[WP] With discount offers becoming more and more ludicrous, the major pizza delivery chains have chosen a new set of tactics in their pursuit of sales: All-out, driver to driver, store to store, warfare. | [
"This was the most dangerous part of the delivery. As he pulled up to the house he could see 10 or so people sitting on the porch, at the edge of their seats, enthralled by what was going on out front. The buzz of TV drones could be heard up above. \t\n\nThese damn vouchers are getting ridiculous. You can get a ... | 1 | |
[WP] Having successfully created a time machine, you decide to save the Alexandrian library. Unfortunately, your machine only has enough power to get you to the day after the fire. Sifting through the ruins, you discover signs that the fire actually originated from... an electrical fault?!? | [
"Note to self, next time I'm trying to travel in time, I might succeed. Prepare for that. More accordingly, put clothes that won't call attention in ancient Egypt. Don't put your red \"Arizona\" t-shirt. Also, don't forget to actually geolocate the place that you want to visit, so you don't have to wonder around a ... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity has succesfully made contact with alien life. Problem is that the rest of the galxaxy is absolutely terrified of humans, due to them being the only meat eating species to achieve space travel. | [
"\"Child why are you moving so slow?! They're almost here! Get inside quickly!\"\n\n\n\"Ugh! We do this every single time! It's not like it does any good. What's the point?\" She fiddles with a piece of kelp tied around her wide carapace as she ambles towards her father. The antennae on the top of her head swing ba... | 2 | |
[WP] Every new born is given the exact time and date of their death down to the milisecond- but not the circumstances. This system has never failed. Not until the clock ticks one second over your time of death. | [
"It was more then a second I actually got, althoug the few people that decided to spend some of the precious time they have left, saying ferwell to a no-good like me, initially thought otherwise. \n\nThe past few minutes seemed as eternity, and, despite the loud cries, prieste's preyer in the background, and all ot... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future, all 21st century data is considered public domain. While doing a class project on genealogy, you find something shocking about your ancestors search history. | [
"There was a single moment, theorised about by nerdy scientists and nerdy normal people for aeons. At some point, the amount of data we had stored would be so great as to dwarf all information ever produced before we started archiving.\n\nThing is, everyone was so obsessed about when and how that day would come (wi... | 1 | |
[WP] Your village agreed before you were born, to fill your life with hardships to make you the strongest leader that ever lived. They also agreed to tell you they were doing this in purpose when you were 20. They forgot. | [
"\"I told you a dozen times already, I'm not gonna run against Dewey. He'll make a fine mayor. Stop pestering me.\"\n\nDewey is the most intelligent, handsome, sociable, and good fortuned man to come out of this town. My mother doesn't like him though, says he's \"privileged\" and \"out of touch\" with the struggle... | 1 | |
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| [WP] You live in a society where tattoos determine your class. You're walking home at night and see a woman running with a forbidden symbol on a neck. Intriuged, you follow her. | [
"The crisp air of a winters twilight beckoned me. My leather journal layed in my lap. It's parchment covered in a light layer of dust. Designs spread out sparsely on the pages. Each pattern captivating a gorgeous, detailed meaning. There were some engraved with astronomy. Most filled with the words blue blood. I'd ... | 6 |
[WP] Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation walks down the ramp of his ship onto the forest floor of Pandora. The Na'vi watch in shock as this next wave of Sky People quickly surround their village. "I know you're hiding him. Tell me where the Avatar is and I won't have to hurt you". | [
"Zuko winced as the light hit his face. The burn still caused him an immense pain and this only amplified his rage and drive. He had a feeling about this one- the Avatar was sure to be here. He strode down the ramp, trying his hardest to appear in control. He took a breath of the smoky air and surveyed the scene be... | 1 | |
[WP] After decades on the throne a tired Queen lay on her death bed. Throughout all her life there has been but one regret; a shame her family has hidden for generations. Deep below the Tower of London there is a chamber with a single object inside a large stone with a rusting sword jutting from it. | [
"\"Elizabeth?\"\n\nThe queen didn't respond. She lay quietly on the left of the bed. She always slept on the left, even after her husband died. Meredith smiled down at the woman's wizened features, stern but soft. She told her once that did it as a memorial.\n\nMeredith leaned in closer and raised her voice, just a... | 1 | |
[WP] As you type away on your computer at work, you notice a figure standing at the corner of your eye. You glance up to see that everyone in your office is standing silently still in between their chairs and desks, staring at you. | [
"For a brief time during my youth I sought the attention of those around me. But somewhere along the way those compulsions died, forever.\n\nI spent the rest of my childhood, and the first twelve years of adulthood, as a recluse. Practicality a shut in. If I hadn't built the nerve to get a job amongst people, whom ... | 1 | |
[WP] "Why don't revolutions ever work?" "Because after one complete revolution you're right back where you started." | [
"A small explosion in the street outside of the parliament building caused Juliana to instinctively duck for cover. The subsequent roar of the crowd brought her back to the present, and she gathered the loose pages that had fallen off her lap and settled back into her chair. Tom, her aide\\-de\\-camp, peeked throug... | 2 | |
[WP] Your boss always wore a full suit of armor at the office. Today, you learn why. | [
"It must be said that the armor was not standard plate armor - it was a powerful enchanted set of powered armor, a gift from an otherworldly entity that is too terrible to name. It is stored inside a star-filled crystal necklace that Brittany's boss wears around his neck at all times, no matter the occasion. \"Yo, ... | 3 | |
[WP] You've been chosen to represent earth and talk to the first alien lifeform to come into contact with us. They learn to understand your language and you have to explain to them what humankind is all about. | [
"\"Sss.. so wHAt do you Uuu..Uu-uusually get he-he-here?\"\n\nmuttered T'charl Tchtchtchtchtchtchtch.... \n\nSklis last name had alot of \"tch\" sounds, more than I could count sat across the table from me. We were at a Coney Island waiting for lunch. I was trying to both not stare at T'charl and also pretend ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your apartment neighbors frequently make a loud ruckus in the wee hours of the morning. Your complaints and taps on the walls go ignored, until tonight. A knock on the door reveals a hooded cult leader, and he’s not happy. You’ve just interrupted a *very* important ritual. | [
"It's three in the morning. I've had more than enough. \n\nI slam my fist on his door, sending sharp pangs of pain up my wrist, but my knocking isn't even audible above the chanting, screaming, and Led Zeppelin music coming from within the tiny apartment, rattling the walls of the whole building. \"Petyr! Open the ... | 1 | |
[WP] Earth is actually a psychiatric hospital, housing only one patient - Humanity, a hive mind with extremely severe multiple personality disorder. | [
"\"Ayy earth my best patient how's it going man\"\n\n\"Hey sun, feeling good today yea\"\n\"Me too\"\n\"Yea feels pretty okay my dude\"\n\"I dunno mr. sun I don't feel so good\"\n\n\"Okay, uhh, so, i take it you haven't been taking your medication?\"\n\n\"y...yea, dude, of course I have.\"\n\"He a damn lie.\"\n\"Na... | 8 |
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