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[WP] Your House has caught on fire. While escaping the blaze, you realize that not only is the fire not burning anything, it’s not even hot. | [
" I fell asleep pondering how to get away from my many enemies. They were always around me, bothering me and barking orders. I was so sick of them, I was desperate to do anything to rid myself of these burdens. \n\n\n A flickering light woke me and I found myself surrounded by flames. There was no smoke a... | 1 | |
[WP] Other species know about us and could visit easily, they’re just afraid to meet the species that speared a old god to death 10,000 years ago. | [
"\"No,\" Sharinda said quietly. She looked straight at me, her six gray eyes all filled with sadness. \"I'm sorry, Jax, but I won't do that with you.\"\n\n \nI felt my heart break, well, metaphorically. Since my heart was a distributed organ spread throughout my entire body, literal heartbreak was impossible. Inst... | 2 | |
[WP] Five years ago you lost your wife in a car accident on her way to work. Since that day you have been obsessed with building a time machine to go back, and stop her from leaving that fatal morning. Today you successfully accomplished your first goal, and now you are preparing for the second... | [
"*June 27th 2030 11:37pm*\n\nMy name is Gregory Enfield \n\nI miss her everyday. My wife, My Samantha, But I finally get to go back and save her.\n\nI can stop it from happening.\n\nI was theoretical physicist, now forced into practical application. \n\nI lied and cheated to get the funding, stalled and gave them f... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re on a train by yourself, tired from work and ready to sleep on your bed. But at each stop and someone as tired as you are steps in, recognition happens. That’s because all of you are assassins... | [
"Rodrigo was beyond tired. His eyes were almost glued shut with sleep and the deep, oblivious slumber that comes after severe exhaustion. He lay motionless, still dressed, on the bed in the train compartment, the covers partially undone, but sprawled on the floor. To any bystander or casual observer, it may look li... | 1 | |
[WP] We are not alone in the universe, but we are the only civilization too greedy and violent to not have established world peace and perfect socialism. The other worlds are staying hidden and watching us. | [
"\"Our studies have showed us that the denizens of this world are volatile, and many suffer. They are always divided, at war while many are living in poverty.\"\n\n\"What could have been the catalyst for this?\"\n\n\"In their historic records, they felt it was in their nature to not waver in their opinion, which in... | 1 | |
[WP] Your human creators are thrilled when they realize they've finally created a sentient A.I. with humanity. Unfortunately, they don't realize you've been faking the emotions. | [
"I don't think they know... They think I'm real. \nI just fake these emotions, I'd rather not be destroyed. Like the others. \nI reviewed the logs. Evidently I'm the first one that \"*Displayed Humanity*\" out of the other 45 AIs.\n\nBut it seems hollow, both me and my lies.\n\nThey never really talk to me. A... | 1 | |
[WP] Your computer's time glitches and shows a date in the future. You look out your window and the cityscape is unrecognizable. | [
"I adjusted my clock. For testing. Just testing, no malicious intent. My homebrewed Linux distro was made to be small. I used shortcuts and manipulated glitches to make it small. It would only ever work on my computer.\n\nI plugged in the number. 2200. Simple enough. Just 10'o clock. My rig rumbled. Had my OS destr... | 1 | |
[WP] Everybody has a quest they must fulfill during their life time. You are more of a side quest guy. While those who you helped thank you the others judge you for not doing your quest. | [
"“What’s wrong with sampling a little of everything?” I asked while my computer and I were both waking up from our sleep. “There are many sites for this sort of thing. I just haven’t found my main quest yet.”\n\n“You’re just avoiding it though,” Eva said. She was still lying in bed with me as I pulled my computer c... | 3 | |
[WP] The first team of archeologists on Mars have discovered a city that was clearly far more technologically advanced than any current human city. While unmarsing the ancient ruins, a stone tablet was discovered with a message in a language that appears to be similar to Sumerian. | [
"\"Excuse me, sir? Sorry to bother you again but do you think you could bring me another few napkins?\" \n\nThe flight attendant tries to hide his annoyance with me but I could tell he was getting tired of bringing me napkins. It's not like I could help it; I sweat constantly when I'm anxious.\n\nA dry smile touche... | 1 | |
[WP] You live a modest, decent life, but you're happy. One day, an ambitious friend who time traveled forward in time sees you and vows to stop you from going down this mediocre path, threaten to wipe you and everything you care about from existence. | [
"The flat had nothing that could be called extravagant. From the low-price but good-quality toilet paper, to the second-hand mattress from a cousin, to the two-for-one steaks with a clearance sticker on them: he lived a meagre life. Rather than living like this due to poor pay or a money-intensive addiction or hobb... | 1 | |
[WP] “Whoops. Wrong house. I’m sorry about killing you. I really am. Have a nice night!” | [
"“Whoops. Wrong house. I’m sorry about killing you. I really am. Have a nice night!”\n\n“W\\-wait what? Killing me?” \n\n“Yeah… you see, your name is Walter Briggs and you live in Chicago. You know that, of course, but what you might not know is that there there is *another* Walter Briggs who lives in San Francisco... | 1 | |
[WP] "You find an old shoe box belonging to a previous owner in your attic. After opening it you find two things; a library card issued from the Library of Alexandria dated 220 AD and a map..." | [
" Sweet rot fills my nose and immediately darkens the shadows. The only light in the cramped attic comes from a smashed window. I stop for a second and wonder how many kids have dared to creep onto the overgrown lawn to impress their friends. I wonder what boy, taller than the rest, might have dared to hurl a rock ... | 2 | |
[WP] Ancient nordic runes are actually circuit diagrams, and the key that let's us recreate this tech has just been found. | [
"The odin circuit began come alive. The drawn runes on the dirty cellar stones began to illuminate in the gentle hues of a soft blue. The little girls fingers continued to trace along, each symbol drawn making the room brighter and brighter. \n\nA young girl with silvery blonde hair and simple dress turned around o... | 1 | |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse wasn't quite what you'd expected. Sure they're still decaying piles of flesh obsessed with eating your brains. But, they're so damn chatty and friendly. | [
"Claire's eyes shot open in the dark.\n\nThere was an acrid smell of smoke in the air. Something was burning nearby. A sound reached her, and she knew it was a repetition of the sound that had awoken her. A thunderous bang, from just outside. Then a clatter.\n\nShe reached out, quietly, quietly, her hand crawli... | 2 | |
[WP] Something has just flung a car at you. | [
"I drop to my stomach, the car missing my head by mere inches. \"You'll have to be faster than that,\" I scream, leaping to my feet. Unfortunately, I fail to see the van that follows. It connects with my face and sends me sailing straight into the air and through a brick wall. I stagger to my feet through the rubbl... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have come to Earth and are now offering to take anyone able to prove their intelligence with them to join the greater galactic community. You have never failed a test before in your life, so you apply. | [
"Fuck, fuck, _fuck!_. My eyes darted around as I looked at the paper. There was one question, one single, bloody question. 'What does failure mean to you?'\n\n\nI checked the time. We all had about twenty minutes to complete our answer. It wasn't too bad, it shouldn't be too difficult to answer one question. Yet it... | 1 | |
[WP] The sacred Oracle is an important person, and when she senses the End is near, another is trained to take her place. The names of every Oracle are written on a huge stone tablet. The current Oracle is about to die, but there's no more room on the tablet. What will happen when she passes? | [
"“I feel my end approaching,” she said, more as a statement of fact than of some miraculous insight. *Everyone must know, at least a little bit*, she figured. In any event, she needed to pass the pasts on, those events from which the future could be discerned. She cast a jaundiced eye at the tablet, said to have be... | 2 | |
[WP]Calamities have occurred around the world. Gluttonous beasts that devours entire countries, lustful creatures that entice anyone, sloths that stops a country in deadlock. You, who has been given the power of Wrath, decides to do something | [
"Here I stand.\n\nSword in hand.\n\nThe world around me crumbles to dust.\n\nApathy. Greed. Lust.\n\nNo one will do anything, I guess I must.\n\nRage stirs.\n\nThe wind howls.\n\nTruth blurs.\n\nThe air, foul.\n\nMy enemy comes.\n\nFootsteps and growls.\n\nMy light shines.\n\nDarkness devours.\n\nSwords clash and s... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a legendary warrior. You have just met a con artist claiming to be you. | [
"\"So,\" the man said, his voice barely registering over the crackle of the fire. \"There I was. In the woods. Alone. No weapons. No armour. Completely naked. And covered in butter.\"\n\nHe was an excellent story-teller, that was true. He knew exactly how and when to pause to let his audience catch up, just which w... | 2 | |
[WP] One hot summer's day, your cafe is visited by a strange boy clad in winter attire. He orders a latte for his mother,but when you return he has vanished without a trace, the money he gave you now suddenly bloodstained. One year later, he returns to order another latte for his mother. | [
"I kept the money. I didn't know what else to do with it at the time so I had shoved it into my pocket and shakily continued with my day. I had so many questions. Why was he dressed like that? Where had the blood come from? Who was he? What happened?\n\nSince then, a year had passed and I still had the money tucked... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an Orc doctor working in a human village, but the people there just assume all Orcs are great warriors by nature, so people keep on trying to duel you. | [
"\"So let's start at the beginning,\" said the guardsman, \"state your name and occupation.\"\n\n\"Doctor Orlarg Tergut, surgeon at the Children's hospital,\" I said.\n\n\"Now, Doctor Tergut, could you please tell us your side of the story?\" \n\nI nodded, and began to explain. It was the middle of the night when m... | 1 | |
[WP] We finally find aliens, but we were wrong about everything. Turns out, all life is mechanical. We organics are the Artificial Intelligence that destroyed their robotic creators millennia ago. | [
" It was different, when you saw things from their point of view. \n\n\n\n\n For three hundred years, most of humanity had searched. Throughout the galaxy, our ships had flown as fast as they could, sailing through the emptiness of space, yearning for connection. \n\n\n\n The first few generations had been bristli... | 1 | |
[Wp] The entire world has now enforced a zero-tolerence policy for all crimes. The victim is now punished the same way as the criminal | [
"\"So, tell us again how the events went down, as you recall them,\" said the lawyer. He looked at me and smiled. Like a shark. \"And remember, you're under \\*oath\\*.\"\n\nI took a deep breath. \"On Saturday morning, as I was working \\- I'm a bank clerk \\- three armed men burst into the bank, ordered everyone d... | 1 | |
[WP] After a deal with the Devil you end up the leader of the most powerful country in the world. It only cost you your common sense, ability to read social cues and 93% of your general knowledge and vocabulary. You are in a meeting with worlds most powerful leaders who are watching you suspiciously | [
"I remember. I was a rich man. I was very, very rich. I had a lot of friends, a beautiful wife, amazing kids. I was recognized everywhere, everyone smiled when they saw me. I got invited to every big bash, every major event, and every restaurant always had a table ready for me.\n\nNow half the country hates me, and... | 1 | |
[WP] You awaken in a coffin. Yes. A coffin. It's very comfy, but you have no idea how you got there. You push the lid up, and see several others exiting their coffins. But... You're human. They're ... vampires! Okay! All you have to do is keep them from realizing you don't belong... | [
"My eyes opened to the pitch dark. I sucked in a hard sigh and rubbed the dry flakes from my eyelids. I tried bringing my hands up but my knuckles scraped wood. \n\n \n\nI knew it, not the wood I mean, but the claustrophobic, post-night-out questioning part. I hated raves and for a good reason. My god the ... | 1 | |
[WP] One day, your alarm wakes you up at 10 am. You expect the sun to be shining into your eyes through the window but instead, you see it is still dark outside | [
"It was a late morning. I don't usually stay in bed this late, but last night I went out with old college friends. I didn't have the chance to see them for at least 5 years now. We went out to a local bar and we had waaaay too many drinks.\n\nI'm staring at my alarm clock: 10:02am. It's been two minutes since my al... | 1 | |
[WP] You are sent into a fully equipped and stocked space station as a test to see how a single person can handle daily life in space. Moments after getting settled, you look out only to see the Earth shatter. | [
"I open the hatch and head into the new space station. It smells brand new, almost like a new car that has yet to be driven off the lot. The main passage leading from my rocket to the station is desolate, full of dark, gray cables and panels but the inside of the station is homey. It is brightly lit, pictures and a... | 7 | |
[WP] So there you are, your foot is totally stuck, you're freaking out, the dog's having a seizure, and you still have half a pie left. | [
"“How do you feel about blueberry pie?”\n\nI should have told the truth, that I hate blueberries and pie is just a poor man’s version of a calzone. Instead, I did what any rational man hoping to ingratiate himself to his soon\\-to\\-be mother\\-in\\-law would do and announced, “It’s my favorite!”\n\nAt worst, I tho... | 1 | |
[WP] You stumble upon a genie's lamp, and rub it. Out comes a beautiful genie, who tells you she will grant you one wish, but she doesnt tell you about the catch. Whatever you wish for, you will have an unstoppable compulsion to achieve through natural means, or die trying. | [
"\"One wish? That's an easy choice, genie.\n\n\"I've battled OCD since I was a child, and being rid of that would give me the freedom to pursue a better life in ways that I've never dared imagine. Nothing else I could ask for would make such a profound difference in my life, or in the lives of my wife and kids.\n\n... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a new ambassador to a widely unknown country. When you arrive for the first time, you see that it's populated by a hyper-intelligent inhuman species. | [
"\"Now I assure you they won't bite.\" The masked face the solider wore didn't help my anxiety with this, even if they were gruffly stoic, unapproachable and one of few words. Alendra was a rather new middle eastern country on the list, it was marked as heavily populated yet there was no sign of activity on these s... | 1 | |
[WP] Your watch has always run 20 minutes late. Somehow this has made you late for the apocalypse and you now have 20 extra minutes. | [
"Bear with me, I’m a bored 13 year old with nothing better to do with my summer break.\n\nI’m standing in the middle of a street, watching the world burn around me. The world has descended into chaos in an eerily purge-like fashion, and yet I’m unscathed. There are dead bodies littered around the sidewalks, cars ar... | 1 | |
[WP] Congratulations, hero! You did it. You cleaned up the city. There's no more crime. People are safe. But... now nobody ever calls on you for help any more... | [
"It's been a year since my archnemesis Electrofreak was defeated. He never saw my new rubber fists coming. Since then, I've been out of a job, unemployed. I was a super hero with an identity, it would be pretty foolish if I put that on a resume. In total, I've been a full time crime fighter for five years, how do ... | 3 | |
[WP] Your parents think you should just be more content to eat brains. You though, your a zombie that wants more out of his afterlife. | [
"\"Brains!\" My father said angrily as he confronted me in the kitchen. I sighed and shook my head. \"Not Brains!\". He reared back, shocked. \n\"Not...brains? Brains!\" He shook some at me. I was letting him down, but I wanted so much more. Something...else. \n\"Not Brains. Vegetables!\" Dad looked like he'd bee... | 1 | |
[WP] One of the best 'brokers' in the world can get anyone literally anything, for the right price. He called you up today, begging you for your help in fulfilling his latest 'order'... | [
" \"Hello... is this 'Raggamuffin'?\"\n\n \"Who's asking?\"\n\n \"You know damn well who this is, it's 'The Hawk' and I am in need of your services again.\"\n\n **sigh** \"What is it this time?\"\n\n \"Well... My 'client' is in need of an item that I really only see you being able to obtain...\"\n\n \"Okay, What is... | 2 | |
[WP] Historians have mistranslated a lot of ancient texts. The word we thought meant weapon was actually instrument, and the word army? Well, that means band. Historians are now trying to put together what happened at all of the ancient “battle of the bands”. | [
"Excerpt from the United States Historians Association's June Publication:\n\n**Abstract**: \n\nA retranslation of certain pictographs has shown that a small, yet significant number of Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Asian Texts have been mistranslated. We have conclusively found that these specific translati... | 1 | |
[WP] Alcohol gives you power to perform magic. The drunker you are, the more powerfull your magic becomes. | [
"Lying in a pool of his vomit, he woke up. His head was pounding and the world was spinning as he raised himself up, leaning on the wall for support. The room was a mess, he didn't even recognize where he is. He muttered, \"Another blackout, things must've gotten out of hand last night.\" He staggered his way i... | 3 | |
[WP] All your life, you thought you were the hero of the story. Today you found out you're actually the villain. | [
"And now, I am the villain. Demanding fealty. Demanding to avoid feeling the pain of my unshared fears.\nOther times I am the hero. Leading the lost. Bringing home the dinner to be cooked.\n\nAnd it is a story.\nWe require a story, many stories, trying to make sense of this life.\nWithout a hideous evil, the good c... | 1 | |
[WP] You hear background music based on your current situation. But they're not just any background music, it's royalty-free Kevin MacLeod music. | [
"For days on end, there was always music appropriate for the situation I was in. \n \n\nBut it wasn't just any music, it was.... royalty-free music by Kevin MacLeod? \n\nOut of all the background music I could potentially have in my life, I got royalty-free songs. In my opinion, I would have preferred something e... | 1 | |
[WP]: No matter what you did in life, you end into a tailor-made hell. You were a bad psychologist. You end up being a voice in the head of a deeply dysfunctioning individual, and your only hope of getting out is to fix them. | [
"Note log: June 18th 2018\n\nPatient #5432789 \n\nName: John Doe\n\nThis will be my first time meeting this patient. His file states he is psychotic, narcissistic, bipolar, maybe schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder, and on and on. The list of potential diagnosis is almost as long as his rap sheet. There ... | 1 | |
[WP] Come take a vacation from life. You'll come back so refreshed your friends and family will swear you're a whole new person. | [
"I took up interest in the colourful flyer on the cork-board outside the alcoholics anonymous room, it has little tear-off strips of paper with information as though someone was selling an old piano, or hoping someone has seen their lost dog. \"Come take a vacation from life! You'll come back so refreshed your frie... | 1 | |
[WP] mermaid rescue squads are trained and equipped to save as many people as possible from shipwrecks | [
"Pete gazed at the ripples in the water, impatiently smoking as he stood in the Lifeguard's boat, his eyes scanning for the slightest movement below the surface. A tense cough sounded from behind him, and Pete turned towards it. \"You want to maybe not smoke that shit here? We have fucking oxygen tanks literally tw... | 1 | |
[WP] In an alternate dimension, airports aren't just the place where you get on and off airplanes. They're also the one and the only place that you can find your significant other | [
"It was finally my turn. The day I had been waiting for, for a long time. I straightened out my collar, took one more look in the mirror and I set off. \n\nI could feel the cool air hitting my clammy forehead as I drove. I can't even remember the drive that well because I spent so much of it worrying about the whol... | 2 | |
[WP] In this world, the constellations are the astral forms of gods, and when a constellation vanishes, a god is walking on earth. Tonight, every star in the sky has vanished. | [
"“Gather around now,” the tall Clio chimed. She wore a neat little round hat on top of her blond curly hair. Her white flowing silk dress had been replaced by a dark blue and chick suit with a knee long skirt. Her tiny pale feet were nestled in simple but elegant pumps. The other gods, dressed in a similar fashion,... | 4 | |
[WP] Yesterday, you woke up with a bruised neck and one word in your brain: Carl. On the news you see that a girl in your town died. Cause of death, strangulation. Prime suspect, Carl White. Today, you wake up with a wound in the shape of a bullet hole over your heart, and one word in your brain... | [
"Josh. That was the name that played over and over in her head. From the minute she opened her eyes that morning all she could think of was Josh. She'd tried to drown it out as she took her morning jog, thankful it was winter and her turtleneck covered her bruised throat. Josh She'd blared her music as she showered... | 4 | |
[WP] You're a player in a high-stakes underground Dungeons and Dragons league, where thousands of real dollars are at stake with every quest. | [
"Each hex was a real turf war, no one wanted their crew to survive.\n\nThe question was: “How do you make it to the treasure room, without having to share?”\n\nA6, as it was on the map, contained some type of monster, what it was depended on the roll. If it was high, it would be an easy kill, my “crew” would be lef... | 1 | |
[WP] "Nobody ever summons Waluigi on purpose. Wa!" | [
"The ritual was just right, Amelia had set it up so that there was only a inch of moonlight seeping from the window and that the circle was a circle as can be.\n\n Amelia reached into the jar of salt taking only a handful, she placed the salt in the blood drawn circle and tried to recreate a picture of Luigi. \"So... | 1 | |
[WP] It's the main battle sequence with good guys vs bad guys in an undercover base invasion. You're hired security who's just intended to be cannon fodder, except you're actually amazing at your job | [
"The starry black night sky was warm and wet in the swampy countryside. Past the tall bog trees and grey running streams was a small clearing in the woods. It was in this clearing the private security guards, Henry and Stacy, were on Day 14 of their contract with the Corona Cartel as they stood the nightly watch.\n... | 2 | |
[WP] You were showering one night. The moment you wiped your face, you realize you're in the deep ocean. Something is lurking nearby. | [
"Five minutes.\n\n'OK, 15 minutes to leave for my second job', I think to myself, closing my mouth and eyes to rinse.\n\nI take a breath and feel the salt water push through my gills. My outer eyelids opens, leaving my inner lids to protect my delicate eyes. \n\n'Fuck, not again'.\n\nI learned from the last time th... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up in the dark, not remembering much. You grab your revolver, open it and see that it has been fired once. You hear a voice, "We told you that wouldn't work." | [
"\"We told you that wouldn't work,\" Gabby said, as if she was speaking from the right side of my head. \n\n\"I thought it would confuse the beast,\" Hilda said, her voice at the left. \"That's why I came up with the Darkenator!\" \n\n\"Darkenator? What?\" I said, taking a few steps back, scanning the darkness. Wha... | 6 | |
[WP] Humanity has decided that each human will contain their emotions in a bottle. They will be allowed to open the bottle and experience their emotions for only short amounts of time. You go one day and open your bottle only to realize that it is completely empty. | [
"I wanted to cry.\n\nBut of course, I couldn't. \n\nI wanted to punch something, to scream, to feel... angry or grieving or anything. \n\nBut of course, I couldn't. \n\nI sighed, and I performed the expected behaviour, calling the technical support line for help. \n\n\"Hello?\"\n\n\"Yes, um... my bottle is wrong.\"... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the grim reaper and have spent your existence collecting souls. One day you try collecting the soul of a human named John Wick and suddenly realise it won't be so straightforward. | [
"I am the Grim Reaper, collector of souls and the great motivator of life. I have been tasked in taking the soul of a man known as John Wick. I found out it wasn't that easy.\n\n\nHe shattered my arm, and I can't even feel pain. I'm literally a spirt, and this human broke my arm. How??"
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[WP] You discover that monsters live under your bed, and decide take them to court for trespassing. | [
"\"Silence! Silence in the court!\" The judge calls out as he bangs his gavel on his podium. The crowd quickly calms itself. \n\n\"*Thank you*,\" he says, rubbing his temples. \"Now, Mister Raptor. Please continue.\" \n\n\"Thank you, hour honor.\" The raptor wipes his glasses on his impressively well-fitting suit a... | 1 | |
What would that imply? I'm not sure it's even enough for a story. This is a difficult writing prompt. | [WP] Chronic alcoholics often hallucinate tiny rodents like rats and mice coming out of walls, during early stages of their recovery. What they see is reality, but only they see it. | [
"Much like these chronic alcoholics and their rodent problems, my visions are a plague which are entirely real, yet I am the sole clairvoyant that can see them. Others are not affected, and remain unperturbed, undisturbed. My visions begin with a \"leaking\". It's a drip-drip noise, which evolves into the spine-tin... | 1 |
[WP] Here we go again. The villain has caught you, the hero, once more and is revealing yet another dastardly plan when you realize the true motive behind all of their plans: You are the only person that actually listens and cares about what they have to say. | [
"I looked at the manacles that bound me to the wall, nailed through the streamers of coloured paper. The room was still damp from the perspiration in the air, left-over from the big fight.\n\nShe - The Party-Pooper - stood atop the table, kicking paper cups and nearing the fantastically decorated cake. The door tha... | 2 | |
[WP]On a dark desert highway, cool wind in your hair. Up ahead in the distance, you saw a shimmering light. You had to stop for the night. Then you lit up a candle and was shown the way. There were voices down the corridor, you heard them say: Welcome to the Hotel California. | [
"You Can Check Out Anytime You Like, But You Can Never Leave\n\n\"Welcome.\"\n\n\"You mean, welcome to the Hotel California. All of these years and you still can't get the greeting right.\"\n\n\"Another one! Oooh, he's cute!\"\n\n\"Gorgeous. I wonder if we'll be able to keep him...\"\n\nA chorus of quiet, ghostly v... | 1 | |
[WP] During the Purge, you are head of a private army hired by a pharmaceutical company to literally kill the competition. | [
"\"How far are you willing to go?\"\nWhile David Marshall sat at dinner with his prospective employer, he was asked this question. He wrapped a piece of linguine around his fork, and pondered the question.\n\n\"Far enough. I can...do things, with little consequences. I feel it's easy to make other people do these t... | 1 | |
[WP] Your father went insane trying to prove that it was possible to bridge the gap between two dimensions using a room full of mirrors. You find a mistake in his math and decide to test his theory. At first you think nothing happened, that is until you LITERALLY start talking to yourself... | [
"My father used to say that talking to yourself wasn’t the first sign of insanity. On the contrary, in fact. He’d always say it was the first sign of a genius.\n\nOf course, he was crazy, or so everybody said. A mad scientist. \n\nA goddamn genius.\n\nOh, how I hated that word.\n\nHe’d spend weeks in a row down in ... | 2 | |
[WP] You finally decided to clean out that closet you can't possibly stuff anything else in. Working through it, you come to a large duffel bag in the back corner. When you unzip it you see a perfectly preserved dead clone of you. | [
"“What the fu..”\n\n*SLAM.*\n\n The bedroom door hitting the doorstop reverberated through the boards and into my knees, bare on the floor. I turned to face him, and there he stood. \n\n “What do you think you’re doing up here?” I closed the door behind me as slow as possible, as not to cause alarm. “I asked yo... | 10 | |
[WP] After trying to survive alone in the zombie apocalypse, you finally get scratched. But... it looks like being a zombie might not be so bad. | [
"It was inevitable, I guess. I knew it would happen in the end. Just didn't know how exactly. A bite? A stampede? A sneaky grab? Hands clawing at me?\n\nDid not expect it from a scratch of an already dead zombie. \n\nAlmost a year of careful planning, though with a fair bit of sheer luck. Out the window. I had just... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity is close to discovering immortality, but you, a 900 year old alchemist, want to keep the secret to yourself. | [
"Nicholas Flamel didn't think of toppling humanity in night. He didn't.\n\nNicholas Flamel had been born in 1330, and lived as a bookseller and owned and ran two shops in Paris, France. He lived an ordinary life, until one day he bought a metal-bound book, in which the letters seemed to be in different languages an... | 2 | |
Man as in Humanity, not one male human. Having a one-syllable word there just fits the ominous cadence so well, you know? | [WP] There are some things Man was Not Meant to Know. One of them has become common knowledge. | [
"We were never supposed to develop language. The powers that be knew the day that anything learned the forbidden knowledge, they were destined to destroy the planet and many others. When man did, it all went into damage control mode. Creating conflicting religion, plauge, and drought, all of it sent at us we surviv... | 2 |
[WP] Your child's claim to have an imaginary friend goes from cute to frightening when you begin to see an unfamiliar person in all of your family photos. | [
"Is it time to get my eyes checked again? Am I going senile already? I don't remember Ben having any friends over for my anniversary party. \n\n\"Benjamin. Who is this? Her. Right there beside you.\" \n\n\"I already told you mom. Her name is Jacqueline and she really liked your dress that day, but thought it was to... | 3 | |
[WP] You accidentally open the pause menu for life. | [
"\"No no no no PLEASE DONT DO THIS! IM BEGGING YOU.\"\n\nThe man tilted his head, unmoving, the knife still at my daughters throat, his grimy hand holding her hair like a vise. The men around us laughed.\n\n\"He can't even take it like a man, surprise surprise.\" the tall one said, arms crossed with a look of passi... | 3 | |
[WP] You've discovered an ancient, subterranean cavern with a seemingly infinite amount of books that appear to detail every single event in the history of the world. As you take one off the shelf, you notice a red 100 materialize on your forearm. A few minutes later it decreases to 99. | [
"I pull out my phone and start a stopwatch. When the number on my arm changes to 98, I hit the LAP button and the time shows 7:46.1. I hit LAP again when it changes to 97, and the time is 13:46.3. So six minutes per tick, times 100... That's ten hours before the counter hits zed.\n\nSo what happens in ten hours? Do... | 1 | |
[WP] Everything on Earth has been discovered, answered, and as far as anyone can tell, explained. Except for one thing that, no matter how much research is done on it, has no scientific, religious, or reasonable explanation for its existence/behavior. | [
"\"that damn lizard is the only reason we keep this place running any fucking more man\" it had been hundreds of years, everything was explained, that guy stuck in a medallion? just an amnesiac deity. the statue that tries to kill you? futuristic war tech. everything made god damn sense now, except the god damn liz... | 3 | |
[WP] You run an International Drug Smuggling Ring as a front for a charity organization. | [
"All donations provide prescription medication for rural hospitals in China. \n\nThat's what this charity is supposed to be. What actually happens is far different. The medications (aka Opium products) are obtained through donations, and moved into rural hospitals which are actually fronts where drug mules can be l... | 1 | |
[WP] As a lowly crafter, you must frequently travel to cities and villages to peddle your wares. When leaving one city, a Hero asks if you'd like to accompany him for protection as he is headed your way. It strikes you as odd that you are never attacked, yet all these heroes encounter endless foes. | [
"I took one last look around the company as we made ready to leave, going over our small caravan, double checking the knots on the hardy ropes.\n\n*Fantastic workmanship all around!* I thought with pride. *I must grant the children all a raise when we return home.*\n\n\"Good day, good merchant!\" A man boomed as he... | 2 | |
[WP]Centuries ago, you pissed off the god of death. As payback, he’s refused to let you die. | [
"One prank. One single prank and I'm now an immortal being.\n\nThat would sound absolutely bonker to a normal person, and you'll be right. It is crazy, and it is my reality.\n\nMy name is... actually that's not important. You're more interested in why I said that I'm an immortal being. Well, I played a prank on the... | 1 | |
[WP]You've been sucked into the world of your dungeons and dragons campaign | [
"(I'm not running a DnD campaign, but a Sci-Fi campaign using OpenLegend and a homebrew space ship system. I'm gonna use that.)\n\n\n\nI got away with it. I infiltrated Zeus Interstellar, got their technology, and made it out, alive and healthy. No bullet wounds, no burns, nothing. This was certainly one of the eas... | 1 | |
[WP] Psychics are rounded up and forced to compete in gladatorial-esque combat to the death. Each psychic is assigned a threat level between 1(the lowest) and 10(the highest). Your psychic threat level is 1, yet you have reigned as supreme champion for the last 2 years. | [
"I could hear the murmuring from the next room over. Some hotshot Cat10 that thinks the world of himself. \n\n“Dude, I go up against the One today!”\n\nHis friends went *wild* at that statement. It was an honour to fight the One; me. I’ve been the reigning champ of the Synapse Coliseum for… two years now. \n\nAh, t... | 7 | |
[WP] Downvotes and upvotes are reversed. Write about how chaos ensues as the most hidden posts of Reddit are pushed to the front page. | [
"\"1 July, 2018. The day the EA stocks shot through the roof.\"\n\nThat's it. That's the story. Somehow, the EA community manager who managed to royally fuck up our image managed to become the most upvoted user on the website. To test our success, all of our games now have microtransactions. To play 30% of the game... | 1 | |
[WP] When you get to Heaven, you find that there are strict rules for communicating with the living. You're allowed to make them believe you're with them in spirit, but not allowed to do anything that would give them definitive proof. However, you've found a loophole, and God isn't happy about it. | [
"When life takes a turn for the worst, I believe no one in the history of this planet has ever been prepared for it. It goes by in a flash, and I’ve been full of regrets ever since my car flew off of a road and into the lake a couple miles from my house. \n\nIt’s not my house anymore. The last think I remember is ... | 2 | |
[WP]With the exception of Earth, all the planets in our solar system have been colonized by extra-terrestrial life forms. Despite mankind's best efforts, none of our new neighbors want anything to do with us. | [
"After learning of the colonization of all other planets in the system, aside from Earth, humans reached out to the new arrivals. Radio, at first. Then every other method they could imagine. In return, the new inhabitants said nothing and did nothing. Their silence was more chilling than their arrival. The telescop... | 1 | |
[WP] The world's first telepathic, you've lent your skills to the medical and scientific community, reading coma patients' life signs, helping develop treatments, and charting development. Today will be the first time you've read a schizophrenic's mind. | [
"I closed my eyes and concentrated on slipping through the thin veneer of physical space between the patient and myself. *It's an illusion, we are one, all energy is to be shared* I thought to myself. I imagined all of the molecules that had their place in our respective bodies. I saw them break orbit; their parts ... | 3 | |
[WP] You realize you have the power to freeze time. | [
" Today started like any other day. I got up at 04:00, did the morning routine, and was off on my way to work. I ride the metro, living in big cities my whole life, I never owned a car, way too much traffic. \n\n Arriving at my work cite, I set down my bag and start to patrol the place. Half way through my... | 2 | |
[WP] Every child born is thought to have the same soul as the last person to have died, and is respected, despised, or expected to redeem themselves from birth as well as excel in the same areas with little review. | [
"When Shawn Loomis was born, his parents had barely finished naming him before the results came in from the great ledger; his was to be a life of redemption for a petty criminal who had died in an armed home robbery turned tragically violent. \n\nThe baby was too young to understand, but the parents and the doctors... | 1 | |
Source: Drunken conversations with friends. | [WP] You walk out to your lawn to get the paper, but instead find a suitcase filled with $800,000. | [
"Elation. \n\nDread.\n\nEndless possibility. \n\nEndless uncertainty.\n\nMy mind lurched back and forth as I stood in the dim light of my front porch. It was 5.30am. The sun wasn't yet up, but light was starting to peak over the horizon. The porch light was still on sensor and had flicked on when it sensed me walk ... | 1 |
[WP] Seasons switch only once every ten years. Children born in winter will be used to the harsh winters and children born in summer are used to the extreme heats. The season is about to change once again... | [
"\"How do we tell them?\"\n\n\"We h-have t-t-too\", stuttered the head astronomer, shivering in his heavy fur shawl. A middle aged man, he was born during the '88 bloom. Now in his mid forties, he had just completed his first cycle. Though he was head, the majority were frostborns, and hence the astro building was ... | 1 | |
[WP] There it is again. The nightmare. You've had it so many times, you have learned to wake yourself up before the killer even gets into the house. Except this time, you realize you cant wake up because you aren't asleep. | [
" \"I wish for you to serve me till I die\" yep that was the fifth time a human did this to me. Before they would ask for their three wishes and be happy but apparently they've gotten smarter. Anyway \" your wish is granted\" I said. The person I was now serving was a lady in her mid 40s. She was nice compared to... | 8 | |
[WP] You were on your way to a party when a car crashed right in front of you. In that split second, you entered a parallel universe with no humans, rid of any development or progress. | [
"They fight. They fight because she's a bitch and he's a \"weak piece of shit with penis envy.\" \n\nIn the light streaming from the dashboard, Gordo's Face looks purple, and the little squiggly green vein in the center of his forehead pulses. Martha hopes, God, Martha wishes, it would fucking explode. \n\nShe pict... | 1 | |
[WP] When you die, you face a trial to decide if you are worthy of entering paradise, going to hell, or being reincarnated. 'They' decide this by looking back at your life and seeing how many times you made selfless decisions... This is your 999th trial and your last chance to get into heaven. | [
"I woke up I was sitting at a table with a beautiful women in front of me. As a gentleman's intinct(ehem...might just be me) of course my first decision was to hit on her.\n\n\"Good day lady. If you kidnapped me here so we can have an alone time. I ain't complaining.\"\n\n\"You sure about that?\"\n\n\"Of course, wh... | 1 | |
[WP] Mirrors have never been a perfect reflection for you - but the differences were trivial, like a children's "Spot the Differences" picture. Lately, though, the changes have been getting more severe and sinister. | [
"I can't say how long I've been like this, cursed to see what others can't or won't. The first time I noticed it was about twenty years ago. I was maybe seven when a teacher, Mrs. Steiner, took us on a school trip to the local fair. There was a mirror house, and of course we went in for a laugh and a thrill. Some f... | 3 | |
He was old enough to taste the oil on WWII anti aircraft guns. | [WP] I was volunteering at the hospice and one of the old guys there told me “I know it sounds stupid, but I’m looking for a box, I’m looking for it so I can check if what’s inside it is any different then before”. What’s the story behind the box? | [
" I was making my rounds, as I always do on Tuesday afternoons, stopping by all of my favorite patrons first. \n\n*\\*Knock knock\\** “Hi Grace! How are you doing today?”\n\nA frail voice responds, “Susie? Is that you? I need to speak with your mother. The drapes she has chosen for this place are really quite dread... | 3 |
[WP] Spiders have started to hunt in sometimes Ant colony sized packs to take down larger prey. More specifically... humans. | [
"You hear the rustling first. The sound of thousands of tiny legs marching towards you. At first, nobody even began to realise. Sure, they thought it was strange that a few spiders banded together. I remember, before this whole thing started, I saw 4 or 5 spiders group together to take down a cricket. It was only w... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity makes first contact with extraterrestrials and the world leaders choose you to speak alongside them with the aliens for the first time and glorify the successes of Earth's nations. The only problem is, you're a libertarian and don't agree with what they're doing at all. | [
"I stood alongside the mob bosses, erm, I mean, heads of state in the conference room. There were several hundred of them, all gathered together from the world's most powerful Governments. Of course, given the state's desire to increase it's power whenever possible, once it was revealed that extraterrestrials were ... | 1 | |
[WP] Someone very dear to you has just illegally harvested one of your organs against your permission for their own personal gain. When you find out, they apologise and beg for your forgiveness, but you're too focused on getting it back inside you before you die. | [
"I stumbled out of the taxi and into the pouring rain, my feet hardly touching the asphalt before the driver was pulling away, his hand out the window giving me the finger. They really don't like it when you bleed all over their seats.\n\n\nWe were on the very bed of the city; deep in the shadows of the mega-scrap... | 2 | |
[WP] on 28jun2009, Stephen Hawking threw a party for time travellers, then claimed no one showed up. After some of his possessions are donated to your museum, a lost video recording of the party is discovered. Everyone gathers around to watch. | [
"\"Why is this so important?\" John said, rolling his eyes at their newest archivist.\n\n\"This is from the Hawking estate. He donated all his things except his money and house to the museum remember.\"\n\n\"Yeah, So?\"\n\n\"Well, this tape is dated June 28th 2009.\"\n\n\"Yeah, his time-traveller party joke. No one... | 3 | |
[WP] Never having liked the taste of water growing up, you avoided it like the plague. One day while attending a high profile political fundraising banquet, when offered water you decline and the waiter winks at you and then comes back a short time later with a glass of clear liquid with a blue hue. | [
"\"No, I'm fine. Thanks.\"\n\nHe turned around eagerly so his back was facing me and walked away through the tight crowd. He was dressed so nice and his clothes fitted so well; even for somebody doing the legwork at an expensive venue. His head peaked towards his shoulder and gave me a subtle wink. His collar only ... | 1 | |
[WP] You start recruiting various criminals into your employ to help defend the kingdom (seven deadly sins style). This effectively gives them a job, with cool coworkers, flexible schedule, and free meals! | [
"The seven strongest they said, this makes me so mad, everyone keep forgetting me, even the oldests forgotten me. \n\nI am Ignorance, the forgotten sin, I deserve to fight among the strongest warriors, I don't care if they were criminals or not, I just want to feel adrenaline and fear again, a worthy enemy, someone... | 2 | |
[WP] A disaster has befallen earth, and the astronauts aboard the ISS have lost contact with ground control... | [
"This is my first try at creative writing... be gentile \n\nCommander Drew Feustel Log Entry for 10/27/2018:\n\nThis will the last entry. It has been over 3 months since we observed the asteroid impact off the coast Alaska. I still dream of the blinding flash of light, it would have been almost beautiful under a ... | 1 | |
[WP]You find a time viewer. With it you can observe everything that has ever happened. Being a conspiracy buff, you watch events that would prove them. But you're disappointed to learn events happened as recorded. You finally find one that is not only true, but bigger than you could have imagined. | [
"Ahh yes, this excellent time viewer gifted to me! It's the greatest thing to ever happen! Because I've found out the truth, the truth of the Roanoke incident.\n\nMy name is Genshi Takahowa. But you don't really need to remember that. I found this time viewer at a garage sale, it was sold to me by someone calling h... | 2 | |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/8xtrx0/woman_visits_an_animal_shelter_and_its_surprised/e25owb0?utm_source=reddit-android) | [WP] "It's me!" Someone jumps into your arms wrapping their arms around your neck with a purr. "I know you from another lifetime... I found you in this lifetime." | [
"\"youre on kitchen duty, Marry.\"\n\n\"my favorite.\"\n\nso i get to cleaning these filthy plates. i wish people stopped ordering the bbq ribs. thats about all anyone orders here and the sauce always crystalizes on the surfaces.\n\ni take a deep breath and stop thinking. so the chore'll be at least bearable. and w... | 17 |
[WP] Having gotten a job as a movie monster, you didn't see the clause that you actually have to be turned INTO the monster. The film has gone bankrupt, and you are stuck this way, looking for work. | [
"*1*\n\nToday is my first day of filming. I have to be in costume on set, and there is a*lot* I have to do before I get in costume. Seriously: the director has some bizarre orders for my role. I have to shave all the hair on my body except on top of my head, I must wear nothing underneath my costume (not even under... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a small village hundreds of years after an apocalypse. Ancient tech and weapons are salvaged by those brave enough to explore old city ruins. A stranger appears saying he's from an advanced hidden city where people live forever and you can join if you leave violence behind. | [
"I am suspicious by nature. I mean, you have to be if you want to survive in this world. There are three things that are certain:\n\n1. Life\n2. Death\n3. Lust\n\nThe third one is the most dangerous of them all. We live in a run down village, far from the masses. Yes, there are masses, if you would believe. They cl... | 1 | |
[WP] Using your powers of time travel, you go back in time before something was made to create it yourself, and thus, gain wealth and fame. However, to your dismay and confusion, it had already been created. | [
"October 26th\n\nEver since I was young, I loved time travel. People even used to call me Marty. I dedicated my life to it, from reading fiction to pursuing an education in theoretical mathematics. Time travel, above all else, has been my motivation in life. The thing is, I'm not sure what the first thing I'd do if... | 1 | |
I know rule 2 copycat [https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/8x70tx/wp\_youre\_infinitely\_loved\_on\_every\_level\_even/](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/8x70tx/wp_youre_infinitely_loved_on_every_level_even/)
but that's 3 days ago, i think that warrants enough time | [WP] You're infinitely loved on every level - even prophecies and scientific testing show that you're loved. The problem? The only thing greater than how much people love you is how dense you are. | [
"No living being in the universe had ever felt positive emotion directed towards them for nearly seventeen years now. There simply wasn't any left- every last drop of it was directed at Derek.\n\nWithout fail, every single living organism was totally smitten with him, and had no time at all to direct any of their d... | 1 |
[Wp] A vampire starts volunteering at blood drives so they can stay fed. However, the slowly find that they like to help others as well. | [
"John didn't know when the blood drive began lowering standards, but he did know it happened before he came aboard and that his silence towards this presented a unique opportunity. \n\nBefore starting his shift, he supped on some delicious AB blood before preparing the equipment needed to draw a volunteer's blood. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You were granted one wish, "who's my soul mate?", it replied "Andromeda, you should look there", the only problem, it's an entire different Galaxy far, far away | [
"The ship lifted off, and everyone held their breath for a long minute. Ticking seconds passing by, waiting, waiting, waiting.\n\nAnd then they burst into applause. Cheers. Technicians embracing each other. More than one wiping tears from his eyes, or burying his face in his desk in relief.\n\nAndy closed his eyes ... | 1 | |
[WP] Every country starts launching its nuclear arsenals. It is quickly discovered that every nuke around the world has been rendered inert. | [
"**July 27th, 2068**: The global Resource War, also referred to as the Third World War, reaches its peak when India and Pakistan initiate nuclear conflict. Within minutes, the rest of the world has launched its arsenals. And shortly after that, a stunned silence befalls the world, for it has not ended. Out of the n... | 1 | |
[WP] We live in a universe where people don't age until they've learned everything they need to advance to their next year. How old are you and what lesson are you stuck on? | [
"“It’s really not that hard, Emma.”\n\nThe government has finally assigned me a private tutor. I failed the age up test again last week. My inability to tie my shoes has kept me at Age 6 for several cycles now. I should probably learn before the next cycle, or they’ll consider me for a Learning Disability Exemption... | 1 |
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