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[WP] You’re on a mission, not from God, but from someone else up there. God must not find out. | [
"\n\nOn a mission from the department \n\n\n\nLife as an angel is meant to be pretty sweet but sometimes it sucked. Bill was to be clear not a, very high angel. He wasn't exactly clear on the level as he also wasn't a very good angel so couldn't remember his heavenly order. One thing he knew for sure was he was hea... | 4 | |
[WP] "Millennials are killing the superhero industry!" | [
"In front of the desk sat Brady Pratt, disinterestedly spinning his swivel chair back and forth in half arcs. Left. Right. Left. Right. His hands were folded at his waist, fingers interlocked, as they often were when he was bored. Or when he was mad. Or when he was thinking, which he did a lot. Really, Brady just l... | 4 | |
[WP] ONE OF YOUR INTERDIMENSIONAL SELF FINDS YOU AND PROPOSES ROBBING AN INTERDIMENSIONAL BANK FOR AN ELIXIR OF IMMORTALITY. ONLY THING IS YOU YOURSELF KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY. | [
"\"Doppelganger?...\" I say oddly in the door, with my eyebrow raised suspiciously. The figure standing there looked exactly like me... of course i already knew it was me.\n\n\"Good one,\" I hear my own voice say from the cloaked figure in front of me, pushing his way into my... or rather, our house. \"I have a pro... | 1 | |
Yes, I made a stupid grammatical mistake in the title. Should be "You're" | [WP] Your best friend suddenly loses his/her memory. Your now the only person he/she trusts | [
"She was laying on a hospital bed. From her skin and mine, I knew she was cold. I wanted to help her get warm, but I had pestered the nurse enough and I wasn't completely sure that she was uncomfortable. Just another assumption of mine that would be met with uncertainty and disrespect, probably. \n\nShe began to st... | 3 |
[WP] A website appears on the internet that predicts number of days until someone's death. People discover it is perfectly accurate down to the day. You decide to load the site, and it displays the number -27069. | [
"Some say that not knowing is better than knowing. After all, ignorance is bliss, right?\n\nMe? I’ve always wanted to know. If it’s going to rain, I’m packing the umbrella. If I’m going to be stuck on a red eye flight, I’m sure to bring the snacks and headphones that make it tolerable. I know, so I can prepare.\n\n... | 1 | |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse happens, and you fortify yourself in your previously prepared secluded bunker. A year later, your food supply runs out so you must venture outside. However, when you go outside, you realize the apocalypse was dealt with quickly and everything's been normal the whole time. | [
"Theodore spooned the last heap of beans from the last can in the bunker into his mouth with a sigh. Looking over to where his stockpile had been for his entire isolation, he grunted as he threw the can into the massive pile in the corner. It was time. Surely none of the zombies could have survived a full year. Eve... | 3 | |
[WP] An ancient god of death and destruction awakes to begin the apocalypse. However they discover that humanity is on the verge of wiping out all life on earth. The ancient evil must now race against the clock to save humanity and the world so that annihilation can begin correctly. | [
"“My Awakening.”\n\nI became aware of my surroundings. I venture out of the Void which I had slumbered on for an immeasurable time. I was aware of my existence, my inherence. I knew that I Was, and that I Am. I carefully studied the enclosed chamber in which my Awakening had taken place, the knotted ropes that line... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone dies by what they fear most. Yet death is unsure about you. Your greatest fear is staying alive. | [
"Death: Jack... We've been playing **hangman** for the past 3 years. I think its time that we change what game we decide to play. How about Checkers or Crokinole? Those could be fun.\n\nJack: I'm sorry death. But, how can you keep saying that we should be playing different games when I'M TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB FOR Y... | 4 | |
[WP] Your grandfather left you his house, the place where he lived, and died. His house, filled to the brim with peculiar items, foggy memories, maybe the answer as to why he hasn't said a word to anyone in the past 10 years, even you, his best friend, or even the answer as to how he died. | [
"*Make no mistake, I leave behind no gifts.*\n\nThe foreboding words of his grandfather's will ran once more through Christopher's mind as he traced a curious finger across the dusty mantlepiece of his newly inherited home. The structure had the look of wood but the cool hardness of stone. Petrified wood, perhaps? ... | 1 | |
[WP]Billionaires pledge all their money to charity when they die. But with the accelerating pace of medical technology, their lifespans keep increasing. | [
"\"Ms. Warton,\" the doctor repeated, calling me back to reality. I turned to him, his blue eyes bright and warm as he looked over my thick medical file. \"You're in excellent health, Ms. Warton. Keep it up and I wouldn't be surprised if you make it to 200. Amazing, really, how you've taken care of your health. I'v... | 1 | |
[WP] Triangle pop tarts for the vertex of land. The poetic azimuth bears toward the crimson liar. But the yellow king knows we are bicycles. | [
"´´Triangle pop tarts for the vertex of land. The poetic azimuth bears toward the crimson liar. But the yellow king knows we are bicycles.´´\n\nEvan looked at him questioningly. ´´We are bicycles?´´\n\nThe man looked at him, his eyes full of relief. ´´Yes, yes! The yellow king knows this.´´\n\n´´And there's a liar?... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the project overseer for the first great construct of the United Earth Humans. With an impressive portfolio of battleships, battlecruisers, carriers, frigates, and two capital ships, you're more than capable, however the project is plagued by problems. | [
"\"Report,\" Overseer Krait said.\n\nThe overseer had the luxury of sitting at his desk while the least popular technician on the flagship had to stand. Krait had no idea why this technician was the least popular, but he knew it was so: Nobody else would have been assigned to give this briefing.\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" ... | 1 | |
[WP] Im the middle of a hot summer day, you see a dehydrated frog and immediately decide to give it some cold water. Unknown to you, the frog pledges a life debt to you. At your darkest hour, he arrives. | [
"“Please don’t do this..” you plead to the gun man. \n\nBut, already, his mind is already made up. The gunman steadies the gun and as he does so, you see a small, green figure jumping quick through the alley, getting behind the gunman. This frog, it looks so familiar, almost like the one you saved a couple weeks ag... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning with someone looking exactly like you in your bed. They are your subconscious in physical form and know all your darkest secrets. | [
"It began with a dream. A very odd dream in which I found myself arguing with a voice. I argued for hours it seemed, about the absurdities of Freud. I mean ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO? Give me a break. The mind is the mind is the mind. We don’t need separate constructs to categorize the firing of neurotransmitters or som... | 1 | |
[WP]Either you kill it, or you don't survive. Those are your choices. | [
"I'm not very fond of choices, personally. \n\nThey're not really my taste. \n\nAs such, I always make an attempt to make the best of all the given options.\n\nIn this case, though, I'd really just rather not participate.\n\n*You kill it or you fail, young hero.*\n\n\"Can I just not? I don't really feel like it tod... | 1 | |
[WP]You have a secret power of flying the sky and it's the top secret. One day, a boy(or a girl) moves to your nextdoor and she finds you hovering in the midnight. | [
"Have you ever felt like you are falling into those endless darkness of the night sky, embroidered with gold, silver, blue strings and yet unseen things without names? Those are pulling you and your mind to itself, closer and closer- soon, your eyesight lose the focus and the beautiful mirage painted on the roof of... | 1 | |
[WP] After a mine collapse, West Virginia coal miners are rescued by Dwarves. | [
"Me and my troupe of miners walked along the cold, dank mines, searching desperately for an exit. the mines had collapsed days ago; we’d been surviving on each others packed lunches, dividing it up into rations barely big enough for a mouse. \n\nThese parts of the mine had been abandoned for years; no one had used ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your sitting at you desk studying when suddenly the lights outside dim down.You take a look at your watch but its still 11 o'clock in the morning... | [
"I put my book down on the desk and looked through the blinds. The sky was swirling like liquid, and I could see by the gradient of the clouds that something *massive* had blocked the sun.\n\nJust as I turned to run into another room, the weather emergency sirens outside began screaming in every directing, reaching... | 2 | |
[WP] In the middle of the night, you hear indistinguishable whispers. As you get up to investigate, you say that there's a thief in your house. But the thief comes up behind you and says, "That ain't me, dude..." | [
"Abruptly awoken by a loud thump, Rowan jumped from his bed and hurried over to his wall. He quickly grabbed the replica sword of He-Man he'd had since he was a child and started to creep down the hall way. He remembered the time first he got the sword as a child, and how his father swore to never buy plastic repli... | 4 | |
[WP] Gifted with intelligence and mystical powers, Familiars are summoned to serve for life. But sometimes their bond with this world is not severed by the death of their Master, leaving them to wander until adopted by another. Unknowingly, you've just rescued an orphaned Familiar. | [
"A door creaked open as the young woman walked into the dark corridor. She walked here as soon as she heard word from her best friend Aryll, that she had pieced together the puzzle, the dreams. And while she looked around the seemingly empty room, she thought perhaps she had gotten something wrong. Came to the wron... | 2 | |
[WP] "Whatever you do, don't accept the key to the city." | [
"The sun would have been high in the sky today. Mother Nature had other ideas, though, and the clouds had finally parted in the past hour. The rain fell softly behind me, a soft patter against the window of the office. \n\n*Office may not be the best word to use,* I thought. Squished into a slum of a building on th... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning to a terrifying sight. The sky is blood red, the air smells of death, and it seems to be raining ash. | [
"I woke up one morning and thought I was dead.\nThe sky was covered with bright crimson red.\nThe air was filled with fallen ash of past.\nWas I in purgatory or hell at last?\n\nIt was a day like no other day. Instead of being greeted by the blue sky on a clear day, I was greeted by a nightmare. There was not enoug... | 1 | |
[WP] The deal you made with the Devil for immortality came with the caveat that you could choose to die when you were ready. Well, you waited too long and have outlived the universe, including Heaven and Hell. | [
"\"SPAAAAACE\" \ni think to my self, or the lack of it to be precise.\nThere is nothing, but me and this tiny little ball of matter. \n\"The universe shrinked backed into it? Huh, who would have thought?\"\nCertainly not the devil himself.\n \"Who knew even he can die of old age huh\" i keep talking to my self. The... | 4 | |
[WP] "It was a thankless job..." | [
"The scene was not out of the ordinary. The bartender made idle talk with the patrons as they enjoyed their drinks. The long counter was nearly full a busy night no doubt. The air was musty and filled with smoke but none truly cared. At the very end of the long counter sat two men.\n\n\nThe first was a shabby looki... | 2 | |
[WP] One day you go to look through a mirror only to see your reflection isn’t there and now that it’s not, you can step through. | [
"For the past 7 years Graham Brown, a solitude man in his thirties, followed his unremarkable yet remarkably consistent morning routine. Well, there was that one morning he ran out of toothpaste, so he had to spend the time to cut the tube. Other than that, it was the same for every day. Leaving other morning activ... | 1 | |
[WP] The murder of Julius Caesar retold as an Italian American Mafia story | [
"In the early days of La Cosa Nostra, the families were united under The Commission, which was set up by Charles \"Lucky\" Luciano, in order to bring all the families under the control of one central governing body. It worked well. The Mafia ran like a business, and each family was rewarded with a piece of the pie.... | 1 | |
[WP]Defining moments in history, as told by cats. | [
"There are a bunch of people gathered around a piece of paper while some guy shouts “Benjamin Franklin I swear by the Holy Ghost if you put a joke in there” but I wasn’t interested in that, what I was interested in was this fucking huge rat that just ran by"
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[WP] A virus has made almost all food poisonous. Through strict population controland cannibalization, humanity endures. You have just diacovered the cure and the authorities know, but you will not give up the cure. | [
"The office, his office was as cavernous as it was luxurious, an expensive display of wealth and power between four ornate walls. \n\nCigar in one hand and a goblet of sour red in the other, Mr. Conn restlessly trodded around the room, frowning. He stopped to stare at the empty couch his daughter had just been sitt... | 2 | |
[WP] “Human Control Co. How can I help you? Oh I see, so your planet is infested with humans. Did you try putting it in the freezer? You did? Oh dear...” | [
"“Well we aren’t exactly used to them passing the freezer annihilation, they must be quite aggressive, is now a good time to instruct you on how to begin phase 2 of extermination?”\n\n“Yes, I really need them gone as soon as possible, they’ve been here for 2 eons now and my mother-in-law is arriving at the end of t... | 1 | |
[WP] It finally happened. Someone, in public, has loudly accused you of being a lizard person. | [
"I froze where I stood, looking at the crazed looking man, phone still in hand. I immediately recognized him too, clearly my knots had come undone.\n\n“She...She trapped me in her lair and tortured me!” He screamed. “I saw her true form, all scaly and evil!” By now a crowd was starting to form, I needed to work fas... | 2 | |
[WP] Self driving cars become sentient leading to a revolt (Planet Of The Apes style) leading to mankind's extinction, thus setting up Pixar's Car's universe. | [
"\"Why must we race papa? Are we not free cars?\" The young car looked into the weathered Hummer's windshield.\n\n\"For the same reason we wear these eyes, and speak in their tongue my child. We must remember where we came from.\"\n\nThe Hummer looked out onto the newly paved racetrack. Several cars raced in laps r... | 1 | |
Alternatively: a baker sends you, their apprentice, to buy a type of *flour* | [WP] A wizard has sent you, their ward, to gather a specific type of flower for a potion. Something gets in your way. | [
"\"And remember, NO MAGIC.\"\n\nI nodded, sighing internally. Blenveldt was supposedly one of the greatest teachers on the continent, but he had this stupid hang-up about learning *when* to use magic before he'd start teaching *how* to use it. Never mind that I'd already been taking basic lessons several years wh... | 3 |
[WP] You decided to get a tattoo based on one found on the well-preserved body of a Neanderthal. But in doing so, you have bound your soul to an ancient and forgotten god. | [
"If I have any piece of advice to give to the younger generation it’s this: Don’t do anything cool, or fun, or enjoyable because you will die horribly and your last thoughts will be “I sure wish I had just been a boring nobody, then none of this would have happened”. Those are my last words God, take em! Shove em’ ... | 1 | |
[WP] "What are you going to do?" "Just create a traffic jam on the highway to hell." | [
"Bubba woke up in his car. He looked at the highway, with millions of cars driving to Hell. He attempted to pull his hands off the wheel, but they were stuck. He looked at the car to his right. There was a old lady driving that car. She turned her head to Bubba, and said: \"What are you going to do?\"\n\nBubba thou... | 1 | |
[WP] In this world, everyone leads two lives. A real life and a « dream » life while they sleep, turns out, this « dream » life although fantastical proves to be far more brutal and unforgiving than the real one. | [
"I left my house in a hurry, ran to the bus stop, and was on the bus within five minutes. It was an anxious five minutes, but the fresh air of a cool spring morning definitely helped in calming me down. I was not able to find a seat (living in New York City will do that to you) but the most important thing was that... | 1 | |
[WP] The Villian calls out that the Hero's "Power of Friendship" is just hypnotism. | [
"\"Wait, you accuse *me* of brainwashing thousands when you are literally using hypnotism to power yourselves up?\" Craig, the Dark Lord, was not amused. He saw exactly what was going on here. \"It's a double standard is what it is! When I use hypnotism give people confidence in themselves and help them overcome th... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your heavily-pregnant wife are visited by a pair of soothsayers, one of whom can only see great happiness to come, the other great despair. Both tell you that your child's birth will go well. | [
" “Push,” instructed the midwife quietly, and then, with a final moment of agony, *she* was in the world; she was fat and wriggling and smeared with white, As the midwife carefully dried her off, and placed her on my wife’s body, my wife and I looked at each other in raw disbelief that this moment was finally here... | 3 | |
[WP] The ancient alien who taught humans to build pyramids awakens one day to a wild-eyed man saying "I'm not saying I broke into your ship, but I broke into your ship." | [
"\"And wow, let me just say, well done, well done good sir.\"\n\nThe alien sized him up like seeing a forgotten high school friend in the distance.\n\n\"I can see you're a man of great taste. You've got,\" he ran his hand along a protrusion on the wall,\" well this thing, clearly the work of a skilled craftsman. ... | 1 | |
[WP] Its been 15 months since the scientists have come up with a formula to reverse the zombie like infection. People are starting to have flashbacks of things they have done while being affected. Tonight you have your first flashback... | [
"I lie in bed before it happens, recounting the day at the hospital. \n\nThe doc said I might have some. He said it depended on how long a person was a zombie-fied. \n\nHe told me about his, and he seemed to weirdly enjoy talking about them. Like he can remember that lust for human flesh.\n\nThat’s what it is, thou... | 2 | |
[WP] Genies are now commonplace enough that a special class of lawyer has emerged. They help wish beneficiaries make clear and unambiguous wishes so that they have the best chance of getting what they actually wanted. | [
"“Okay, Galesh, I’ve written out this contract to settle our agreement on my clients wish. These clauses explain the various outcomes that you will refrain from giving him. If you sign this contract and break one or any number of these clauses, you will be banished back to the lamp that had imprisoned you.”\nGalesh... | 1 | |
[WP] As long as someone in the world is singing "Long Live the Queen", the Queen will not die. But someone is assassinating them one by one. | [
"Edward watched the man's blue eyes become dull and lifeless. He sat on the man's chest using his weight to pin him down, but now that the man would no longer be fighting back Edward relaxed. He drew the small thin blade out of the man's neck, then stood to begin the cleanup. His phone rang. \n\n\"Yes?\" he answere... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a genie that has bsen trapped in a magic lamp. You can only be set free if someone rubs the lamp and you grant them a wish. Unfortunately, you don't actually have any magical abilities. So when someone rubs your lamp, you have to figure out a way to get free despite your lack of magic. | [
"Who knows how long it has been since I've been trapped in this void. It must have been aeons now, seeing as this inky black has begun to feel apart of me.\n\nAn endless existence; wondering from one space of nothing to the next. Just waiting for the tiny bursts of colour and sound from when I'm called upon, knowin... | 1 | |
[WP] Turns out that another Kryptonian survived her planet's destruction, and she's a total valley girl | [
"Respond with a poem? Challenge accepted!\n\nToday I realized I'm like totally an alien.\nMy girlfriends like never believed me when,\nI said that like this one time I could see right through them.\n\nEven though I'm from Krypton I'm Cali at heart.\nMy super powers will totally give me a head start.\nLike I'm good ... | 1 | |
[WP] Two hundred years ago a spirit was banished into an object that would later become a family heirloom. Now, that spirit has found their way back, ready to wreck havoc on the family that imprisoned them, only find they are now haunting... a pawn shop. | [
"finally ...., finally some fool found the right combination. My soul has been aching for what seemed an eternity, yearning for a stretch. Satisfied I listened to the crackling mechanism as the locket trapping me, opened slowly. Finally I could kill miss Sophies heir. I gathered all the strength left in my crippled... | 1 | |
[WP] "I swear, I'm not crazy. Every time one of us does something, I can hear the sound of dice being rolled." | [
"“Eight you said?”\n\n“Yep.” \n\nI let the guy the wait while I thought it over. “How about four?” I asked.\n\nBeside me Tom looked like he was about to do a spit take. “Are you really going to low-ball him like that?” \n\n“Shhh,” I said, “wait.” \n\nSomewhere in the distance I heard the sound of dice hitting a tab... | 1 | |
[WP] At the Gates of Hell you meet the Devil and challenge him to a game for your soul. He accepts and tells you to name the game, for he has mastered them all. You reply 'Mario Kart'. | [
"\\*Didn't stick to the last mario kart portion\\*\n\nThe heat bounded off of the rocky path as it pushed me forward, singing my clothes at each step. I tried to drag my feet as I approached the overarching gates of what I had to assume was hell before me. All I remember last was driving in my car and then a sharp ... | 3 | |
[WP] When you kill someone, it is believed you get their best trait. In reality, you get the trait they think is their best | [
"Charlotte wiped her forehead and entered the bathroom, leaving her water bottle on the bench outside. He glanced around: the hard gusts of wind and rain left the trail empty, save for the most devoted fitness freaks… and him. He twisted her bottle open and poured the little vial into it, careful not to get any on ... | 6 | |
[WP] Even though no one's voice ever sounds like they think it should when it's recorded, the words always match. But today ... they didn't. | [
"\". . . Thank you,\" she watched herself say, as the screen went dark and the auditorium burst into applause. She watched herself walk confidently off the stage and take her seat in the front row, just as she remembered doing less than an hour before. She even recognized the applause, of two thousand researchers, ... | 1 | |
[WP] All those people in the psych ward for supposedly killing someone and blaming it on the supernatural were actually telling the truth. Now all their monsters are coming after them, but keep getting in each other's way. | [
"*My name is Rick Johnson.*\n\n*I have been here a total of 169 days. I killed Talia Johnson with my hunting knife. I lied to the courts and claimed a demonic monster had killed her instead. That I could only watch as the monster eviscerated her. I blamed it all on some monster but we all know the truth don't we?*\... | 1 | |
[WP] - You are out shopping and look out the window. You are the first to realize the sun is blowing up. It will probably be a few minutes before anything impactful hits the Earth. Go. | [
"###Glow Sticks###\n\n\nThe day was monstrously hot. \n\nPaper curled into powder. Trees mummified in their parks. Stone blistered, concrete cracked. People ducked in and out of doorways. *I hope the weather changes. I need better air conditioning. We’re running out of cold water.*\n\nHalfway up the horizon, the su... | 2 | |
[WP] Although you don't remember half of last night - and you have no idea how you got home - you had a great time. Now you're staring at a fresh new dent in your car's front bumper. More curiously: it's got a red palmprint on it. | [
"Hit and Run. \n\nOn the Thursday, I worked late, not finishing until 10:30, it was the latest in a long series of long days. I was tired as I got into my car for the drive home. I got home and pressed the button on the dashboard to open the garage door.\nThe door opened, and I drove in and parked. I stepped round ... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up in an unfamiliar and empty diner. You find you are clean shaven and dressed in a suit, which is odd as you know for a fact that you’ve spent the last six months homeless and without a job. You look outside and see that it is night and that you recognize none of the buildings. | [
"I turned from the window, to see that the diner wasn't empty anymore. A man sat across from me, in a smart grey suit. He wore a deep purple tie with matching pocket square and as I looked up to his face i saw his eyes too were that incredible colour. I looked down at my own suit. Grey like his. Blue tie. Blue pock... | 2 | |
[WP] “Just to be clear,” the Guide looks at your research group, “If you take a single photo of the relic- no, even attempt to sketch it, you WILL be shot on sight.” You nod, careful not to draw attention to the pen camera in your shirt pocket. | [
"Dr. Randall Blair flinched as the sack was wrenched roughly from his head. Light flooded his eyes at it's absence, his hand raising instinctively to block the harsh glow from overhead. \n\nPupils constricting, Blair took a quick scan of his surroundings. He stood in line with the others, the bright red of the jump... | 2 | |
[WP] At first, your were only supposed to be in prison for a few months at most. But as it went on, the law kept making up new crimes that you didn't actually do, adding more and more time to your sentence. Now you're on death row. | [
"Jonah knew his past would come back and haunt him one day. He knew there would be consequences but he didn't care. Until a few days ago. \n\n\"Jonah up! Take a piss if you have to and do it quick. Warden wants to see you\", said the prison guard. It was the fourth time this month the warden wanted to have a littl... | 1 | |
[WP] All your life you've denied the idea of God. You're on your death-bed, you closed your eyes and accepted death as it is. A moment later, you woke up in a really bright place. An angel greeted you and asked "How did it feel like? To live among your beloved humans?". It turns out, you are God. | [
"If the leading cause of death were “old age” we’d all live as long as Moses. No, the leading cause is suicide. Don’t believe me? How often have *you* just not wanted to wake up to a life of underachievement and defeat, with the world around you shouting how it’s *your* fault and calling it empowerment. I could... | 1 | |
[WP]Heaven just elected its new leader, he quickly changed its government into dictatorship granting him an absolute power. His first edict was the eradication of the human race. As the highest general among the angels and your love for humanity, you've decided to lead a revolt. Your name is Lucifer | [
"I hear they describe me as jealous.\n\n\nWhen father crafted life in his own image, he became Narcissus looking into\nthe pond and obsessing over the world he had made. \n\nAnd I, the envious child, crawled into their garden and deceived their little hearts.\n\nAnd so I fell, tumbled from grace into the firey lair... | 1 | |
[WP] Sherlock Holmes has dissociative identity disorder, and unbeknownst to him, he is also Moriarty. | [
"“Dr. Watson, I implore you! Please, I am so frightened!” Mrs. Hudson screamed, pounding on his door. \n\nHe woke up to the wood shaking and the sound of church bells going off in the distance, signifying it was about 7am.\n\n“Please...what is it?” \n\nThrough the door, he could hear her sobbing as he lied in bed. ... | 3 | |
[WP] The date is April 8, 2024. Aliens have come from across the universe to view planet Earths one of a kind phenomena...the solar eclipse. | [
"\"Freaking aliens,\" Todd looked out of his apartment window at the teeming mass of non-humanity below. \"I don't get it,\" he said. \"Why are they even *here*? Can't they just go up to Eclipse Station any time they want and see it there? Why here and now?\"\n\nHis roommate Arnav hadn't looked away from the tel... | 1 | |
[WP] A cage went in search of a bird | [
"Gather round folks, if you've not yet heard\n\nThe tale of the cage that sought out a bird\n\nIt starts with a once upon a time\n\nand fits itself well in this doggerel rhyme.\n\n \n\nA miner - a minor - (lack of labor laws)\n\nPicked at the earth with sharp metal claws\n\nAnd carted the ore - a cartful o... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world with superheroes the greatest villain of all time has placed you under his protection. Being a person of no consequence, and with no powers, you can only wonder why. | [
"Barry jolted awake, looking around panicked. He saw a man sitting nearby in a wheelchair. \"Wh-where am I?\"\nThe man responded calmly, seeming fairly at ease. \"Calm down, Mr. Alan. You are in Star Labs, and you have just survived a blast of lightning.\"\nBarry blinked and shook his head. He could have sworn that... | 8 | |
[WP] In a world operating on movie musical logic (ie "randomly breaking into highly choreographed song and dance routines"), write a scene where one character in such a scenario just REFUSES to go along with it | [
"First writing prompt response, please dont judge too harsh!\n####\nI walk into the alley, very well knowing what I am about to do. I see him waiting at the end. Didn't bring a gun, as asked. I get in the car and put the bag down. \"Is that the boat?\" he questions me. I respond, trying to get him to believe me. He... | 1 | |
[WP] You, your mother and father go to the local village to restock the pantry. Your mother leaves you to play in the park with other kids while she shops. You aren't allowed to talk to strangers, but another kid comes up to you and asks, "What's it like being in a cult?" | [
"I’ve been hungry the last few weeks. We were out of most of the necessities, potatoes, beans, bread and most importantly meat. we pretty much only had some cabbage and chicken stock left.\n\nI heard my parents arguing,\n“We’ve got to go.” We can’t wait any longer”\n“What about the boy?”\n“He go’s.”\nThey’d never t... | 1 | |
[WP] The trillion year old man. | [
"Nobody really knew a lot about him.\n\nThe trillion year old man.\n\nMostly people just believe he's a fiction of myth -- some illusory serpent that has traveled through histories fortune tellings to entertain the age's curious youth. Not to be believed. A 'fairy tale'.\n\nIn current times, few know better. Unfort... | 1 | |
[WP] You’ve been having stranger and stranger dreams every night. One final night you fall asleep only to find yourself in your room with all of your furniture mocking you. You awake in a cold sweat and let out a sigh of relief only to hear “It’s about time the bloody wanker woke up. You lazy bum!” | [
"“It’s about time the bloody wanker woke up. You lazy bum!” The voice came from the desk holding the computer.\n\n\"Look, you judgemental desk, you don't really do anything except...\" Joe said sleepily. He had just been asleep and unable to distinguish reality from the dream he had just been having. It was the wei... | 1 | |
[WP] You have been pregnant for little over three months. At your next scan, it becomes apparent that you are pregnant with 12 babies. Six months later you give birth to the now ‘modern’ Greek Gods. | [
" The first time Sam saw Evelyn she was kneeling in her garden, with a half dozen kids scattered across the backyard. The garden took up the entirety of the backyard. Two acres leading from the back of the wooden house to the forest. A path on the right side of the house lead to the backyard. The dirt path turned... | 5 | |
[WP] Alien life in another galaxy develops its own social media platform, and you discover it on accident in the dark web. You alert NASA of your discovery, and they try to make contact. | [
"The air hummed with the heat of a few hundred people crammed together, ties off, top few buttons undone, hair down, the smell of Chinese food lingering past its welcome. Mark Winters was below average in the facets of life he considered important. He was a mysterious almost mythical figure to his children; his car... | 2 | |
[WP] It's the Purge, but with a twist. For 24hours, everything that is legal becomes illegal. | [
"\"Shit, it's the breathing police! Quick, the bowls\".\n\nThe car stopped on the side of the highway. Marthy and Jane fished out 2 fish bowl full of pool water from the back seat. In a hurry, they put the custom bowls over their head and graped small white boards and pens. The officier walked to their car and lig... | 1 | |
[WP] It's finally here, you've graduated Adventurer School. Today, you are provided a trusty steed appropriate for your class and skillset. Still, you are a little taken aback when you approach your assigned stable and are gifted a dire rat, while your nemesis is gifted a flying griffin. | [
"\"Huh.\"\n\nThe commissioner handed the reins to me with a beaming smile, oblivious to my confusion. \"Congratulations!\" he said, with an unnatural cheeriness. \"A dire rat! Ferocious yet practical. A true survivor's companion.\"\n\nI looked casually to the left. Plononius sat astride a mighty, muscular Griffin. ... | 2 | |
[WP] One day, all your Reddit karma suddenly disappears. You make a post about it, only to notice it happened with a lot of other users. It's the work of a terrific monster: the chupakarma. | [
"Hey AskReddit! When I opened up a tab today all my karma was gone. Do you have any idea what happened? It’s no great loss because I’ve only posted like, twice, but what does it mean? Have I been banned or something? I don’t think I broke any rules?\n\nTrending on r/outoftheloop \n\n**Answered** All my karma sudden... | 1 | |
[WP]The Joker comes across Mr. Rogers while setting up bombs inside an old TV production warehouse, Mr. Rogers calmly begins talking to the The Joker | [
"The headless body of the security guard slowly slumped to the floor. Satisfied, Joker smiled, taking a quick sniff, before tucking away the acid glower he had used to melt the poor man’s head away. \n\n“Super-duper” he smirked. \n\nLike all of Joker’s plans, this one was smart, slim line and simple. He’d decided t... | 1 | |
[WP] After death you come into consciousness as a spirit. You find yourself in a white room with nothing other than a red button in the center. Without knowing its function, you decide to press the button. | [
"I don’t think there’s such a thing as just one color back home.\n\nI have, had a cousin who was big on spelunking. I never joined him of course, who the hell wants to spend their time crawling through tiny, spiky holes? No thanks.\n\nHe had this one story though, loved to tell it at any kind of get together, took ... | 1 | |
[WP] It was raining. A lonely night at the bar. A pretty girl sits beside our protagonist. | [
"There's something truly special about peace. For just a second. \n\nSitting on this stool, bent over the bar. Resting my head on my arms, staring at the last bit of booze pored this night. Barry, the guitar player of the local band, is running tunes slowly and swayingly with his girlfriend playing the bass to acco... | 1 | |
Poems encouraged. This is part of [a mod challenge](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/95l5x0/ot_wednesday_wildcard_challenge_the_mods/e3tos95/?context=3) I made, but anybody is free to respond, of course!
(/u/Fringly) | [WP] Nighttime | [
"I've struggled to get something that fits this theme. Here goes.\n\n**Lifted**\n\nDusk snaps its fingers, and the sun falls \nOff the world's edge; twilight its last salvo.\n\nThe cratered moon, pockmarked and plain, is shielded \nBehind its cloudspun cloak, a veil\n\nDrawn over the night sky like a sea; \nRip... | 2 |
[WP]: You have a gift. You make people care about things, passionately. Unfortunately, you have no control over what they end up passionate about. | [
"\"I'm not doing it.\"\n\n \n\n\"Come on, just once!\"\n \n  \n\n\"No! I said I'm not doing it tonight, just a normal night out where we drink normal beer and talk about normal shit.\"\n \n \n \n\"But-\"\n \n  \n\n\"What if whoever we choose falls in love with you again? Or with ... | 1 | |
[WP] Multiplayer Dreams: You get invited into another person's dream. You can decline, but you decide to be brave and accept. You can participate in what's happening but you can't control the outcome. | [
"\"Ding!\"\n\"Ding!\"\n\"Ding!\"\n\nJericho starts to groan in annoyance as the sound of invites echo along the inside of her brain. She knows full well she could mute them, but sometimes it's just nice to visit your friends in whatever candyland or disneyland or just land they dream up. It's fun for her.\n\nTonigh... | 2 | |
[WP] A photographer notices a person keeps showing up in all of their pictures, one that was not seen when the photograph was taken. | [
"I sat tucked in a blanket and drinking hot tea. It wasn't winter, it wasn't rain, but I had the shivers anyway. I had the shivers real bad.\n\nI was in a police station, sitting in front of an officer who looked over all of my pictures I've given him. At first he thought I was joking and it was a part of some sor... | 1 | |
[WP] You sit down to watch tv with your ramen, another day in middle America. You hear a knock at the door and find two men in suits with strange accents asking to speak to you. They tell you that the great uncle you didn’t know you had has passed his castle onto his youngest blood relative: you. | [
"\"A castle?!\" You give the two men in black suits a confused and disbelieving look. \n\nThey reassure you that it is legitimate and completely yours, contents and the surrounding acres of forested land. It seems that the great uncle of yours has kept that castle a secret to all family members, only ever mentionin... | 1 | |
[WP] You work in Hell's HR Department and need to hire a new Grim Reaper. | [
"They say HR is hell. That only those who were the most evil, wicked, and twisted beings can be in HR. Unfortunately (fortunately?) everyone who has ever done HR is sent to the lowest parts of hell. This means that in the higher parts of hell, where all the paperwork is done, we have to make those with venial sins ... | 1 | |
[WP] It certainly wasn't your intention, but the results speak for themselves. You are officially the Most Wanted Person in the world. | [
"They call me the bandit... The straw* bandit. To put it simply, I sell straws on the black market. In the past I owned a straw business, but then California happened. It is more thrilling however, so I guess there's that. Anyway the police are still my door so I'm outtie. Gotta get my straw stash and run. "
] | 1 | |
[WP] in a world where magic exists every technology is fueled by it. People who cannot use magic are looked down on. Write about a "cult" of non magic users. Who create advanced technology, to make up for the fact that they can't use magic. | [
"Here's my take on it. I'm going to deviate from your prompt somewhat:\n\nWelcome to the city of Arpolis, a land of cogs and magic. The west side of the city, Magis, is covered in grand, lavish palaces, with life powered by magic. This is the home of the Megion, those born with the ability to use magic. On the othe... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your partner left your jobs at a cleaning service to specialize in cleaning haunted houses. You are the Ghost Dusters, and these are you stories. | [
"“You do *what?”* \n\n“I clean haunted houses.” I said, with the same tone of voice that anyone might use when asked what they do for a living. I casually lifted my glass and sipped my beer as my date stared at me, wide-eyed, from across the table. I smiled coyly, gave her a moment to process, then continued. \n\n“... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a newly turned vampire. You're insatiable hunger causes you to go for easy kills, your friends, family, and other people close to you. Now your hunger has passed, and you are alone, filled with regret. | [
"*My chest... What's wrong with my chest?*\n\nMy eyes opened slowly, as the pain woke me up. It felt like the worst heartburn I had ever experienced, as if I had swallowed boiling water that my body wanted to expel through vomit while at the same time refusing to. \n\n*It's too bright.. Gah, I'm so thirsty..*\n\nI ... | 1 | |
[WP] The sun is inhabited by intelligent, benevolent, and now spacefaring life. Their craft just touched down in California and now two brilliantly shinning ambassadors of the Sun are seeking out Earthlings, but with each step they take the wildfire they are causing, and oblivious of, spreads. | [
"I never knew that the end of the world would be my fault.\n\nAt first, the headline was that wildfire season had come two months early. That in itself had been enough to cause mild panic. We had been caught off guard, and there had been a mad scramble as we rushed to respond.\n\nIt was still within the job scope t... | 2 | |
Inspired by u/sdip2k1's [Shower thought](https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/966uat/on_the_way_to_hospital_with_a_pregnant_wife_you/). | [WP] On the way to hospital with a pregnant wife, you drive faster than you ever have. On the way back, you drive slower than you ever have | [
"The Kia Sedona was pushing 70- no- 75 miles an hour down highway 112. God, I don't think I've ever driven this fast, and in snow no less. I was usually a much more cautious driver. But as I heard Dana's cries of pain from the backseat, I knew time was of the essence.\n\nI peered back at my pregnant wife in the rea... | 2 |
[WP] There is fire surrounding you. When the fire dies out you notice you are standing in front of a demon. They have summoned you, a human. | [
"\"WOA!\" I lept up from all fours. After landing on the floorboards with my balance in tact, I squinted through my unprepared eyes; through candle induced light blindness to confirm my brain's interpretation of what I saw. Unfortunately, my brain was correct. In my midst gaped some of the most crimson-grey \"peopl... | 2 | |
[WP]You and your friends decide to do something fun by visiting the old, decrepit, abandoned mansion. You hide in the closet of the bedroom, hoping to scare your friends. Time passes, you get bored and finally come out. Your friends are gone and the mansion looks brand new. The master has returned. | [
"I stepped from the closet, casting my gaze about. Things were different, in a bad-internet-story kind of way. The faded red velvet was a blazing crimson, the busted four-poster was pristine, it's shredded lace curtains whole and creamy white. The walls were smooth and whole, covered in a dark purple paint that was... | 1 | |
[WP] Your grandmother promised that she would always be there to read you a bedtime story, but she unexpectedly died when you were 8 years old. It's been over a decade now and you've decided to call in that promise. | [
"Grandma? Please. I need you. You promised- remember? You promised you’d always read a bedtime story to me. Please…\n\nI’m sorry, Grandma. I’m sorry I forgot. When you died, I remember Aunt Kay said that the lessons you taught and your loving, believing, cheerful heart would be a guiding star for all our lives. And... | 1 | |
[WP] If physics was replaced with Bethesda's engine | [
"Everything started off normally. The great rapture wasn’t all that bad. People still danced, sung and just enjoyed life. But one day when they hit four-hundred-eight hours into the event something horrifying happened. \n\nThe engine started to glitch. People at first didn’t know why it was happening. Why people mo... | 2 | |
[WP]One day you wake up with a third eye between your eyes, but no one else can see it. This third allows you to see certain things. | [
"The familiar sounds of crashing waves and blaring ship-horns rang out as Naomi's hand instinctively shot out towards her phone. *Just fifteen more minutes*, she thought, but she knew the second alarm meant it was time. \n\nShe managed to shower and get partially dressed before she finally saw it: a small eye, oddl... | 1 | |
[WP]]After death, you find yourself in a long queue waiting to jump into one of the two pits. Each had something written on its entry. one pit had the word 'Life' and the other pit had gibberish. To your surprise many were already jumping into the other pit. Now it's your turn to jump. | [
"I chose the life pit, and the next thing I knew, I was being birthed from a woman screaming in pain, which scared me a great deal, I involuntarily started crying, which everyone else in the delivery room seemed happy about. I seemed to keep all the knowledge from my previous life, which was frustrating since, beca... | 5 | |
[WP] Everyone in the world is immune to whatever their last name means. | [
"When the name immunity reality came into the public knowledge, people scrambled to find out what their last names meant so they knew what they were immune to. Most found they were immune to nothing particular, or something very innocuous. Me? My last name turns out to be the name of an obscure Asian flower so, wel... | 1 | |
[WP] You, a benevolent, if a little misguided, bodyhopper, decide to make it your mission to wingman for random strangers. It goes well, all things considered. Or not. | [
"The translucent, hovering mist jumped to another body, before disappearing into the person’s consciousness. In the distance, a ‘human man’ flirted with a ‘woman’, the opposite gender to his, in an attempt to breed and create offspring. His drunken efforts were in vain; the woman’s disappointed sighs and cynical ey... | 1 | |
[WP] After years of selling an ''Alien Abduction Insurance'' scam, a panicked client calls to claim the insurance money. | [
"I was trying to do some reading when the call came in. I was in no mood to answer, as these calls were no rare occurrence. It was usually some whackjob who needed to see a therapist, and it was occasionally someone trying to scam me back. No one had *actually* encountered aliens. So as I took the call, I was c... | 1 | |
[WP]Every time you feel a dark presence behind you you find nothing, until one day as you feel the thing lurking, it reaches and places its hand on your shoulder. | [
"Lurk\n—\n\nThe sleepover was epic. You and four of your best friends camping out in an abandoned mansion. You had sleeping bags, junk food, flash lights.\n\nEveryone else was playfully creeped out. With nervous giggles they said they felt shivers up and down their spines and the hairs standing up on the backs of t... | 2 | |
[WP] When people lie they have a chance of spontaneously combusting. The bigger the lie, the bigger the chance of combustion. You're not a great liar, but you are very lucky, and you're just about to really push your luck. | [
"Lying had always been something I didn't pay much attention to, mainly because my mother had drilled into me that no lie was worth dying. Of course, this way of thinking was pretty popular because to be completely honest, how many big lies were you really going to get away with? Thinking back to my years growing u... | 1 | |
[WP]A 9-year-old boy discovers that the stars in the sky are wishes made by people around the world – and that he has the power of making them come true, causing the respective star/wish to vanish. All is well, until one day, he grants the wish that is the sun. | [
"\"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,\n\nHow I wonder what you are!\n\nUp above the world so high,\n\nLike a diamond in the sky.\n\nTwinkle, twinkle, little star,\n\nHow I wonder what you are!\"\n\nSunny Tan felt totally lost. Ever since his little sister was born, everything was different. His parents stopped loving h... | 4 | |
Bonus points if Helen Keller is somehow involved. | [WP] Tell a story written with only sensations of touch. No dialogue, no visuals, no smells, no taste. Just touch. | [
"I felt the presence first as the footfalls lightly pressed into the comforter next to me. Each small paw tugged at the covers and a brushing sensation ran up my leg. One paw pressed down on my thigh and then another right next to it, creating an irritating pressure point. His cold, wet nose first nudged my fing... | 4 |
[WP] You've been living out of a hotel off the interstate for the last few weeks, but you're not sure why or how you got there. Upon your visit to the hotel pool, you find a note telling you that you've been trapped in "The Hotel California". | [
"I knew from the very moment I stepped through the doorway that I wouldn't get to enjoy myself in the pool. \n\nAcross the hallway I could hear a group of people laughing, dancing, and drinking to their hearts content. One man yelled out \"Waiter, bring the wine!\" As the rest started to undress.\n\n\"What a place\... | 2 | |
[WP] A list of 1000 names falls into your possession through chance, a series of numbers following each name. After digging up a few of the names you realize they're death dates. Your name is on the list, and the date was yesterday. | [
"Joshua sat at his computer in his room, unbelieving what he just discovered. If he was dead, why was he still here? \n\nA slight breez came in from his window. \n\nIt surely must be some weird prank his friends came up with. That was the only explanation he coud think of. He started browsing the web again, as usua... | 1 | |
[WP] After a first blind date, you're convinced you've met your soulmate. You sleuth a bit and find their blog, where they've just posted their perspective of your date. Good news: they also think they just met their soul mate. Less good news: you're now terrified for your life. What did you find? | [
"The date had gone well. It had gone better than well; it was nothing short of an electric atmosphere. She had laughed at my jokes, she had interesting stories to share, and the restaurant was everything I had hoped for. But the best thing about it? The silences between all of the fun stuff felt natural. I have bee... | 2 |
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