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[WP] Traveling back in time is illegal throughout the universe. Character/s tasked with enforcing this and making sure no species invent a time machine and, let alone, use it. | [
" “Target’s straight ahead. On my mark we enter.”\n\nEvery muscle in Seth’s body tensed up. Reports came in from their undercover operatives that a group of rogue scientists were close to developing Chronotech. As a Chrono Agent, it was Seth’s duty to stop it no matter the cost. Irreparable damage could be done if ... | 1 | |
[WP] All those times Earth grounded electrical charges is finally starting to take a toll. One day you wake up in a negatively charged Earth, strange things begin to happen | [
"\"This is JLX live in the news room with breaking news, scientist confirm the now ability to swim through air, meanwhile countless ships are suddenly Marrone as water became a dense solid! Well be coming to you live with the devastation and rescue efforts at 11\" ... ... huh, so that's why my cat was walking on th... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a missionary, sent to the edge of the galaxy to convert the strange creatures that live there. | [
"Reverend John Paul adjusted the breathing flask of his suit uncomfortably. Behind him, large shadows skulked, their figures barely visible in the mist.\n\nHis companion, the assistant pastor Steven Cleese, approached him. “Be careful,” he whispered, his voice distorted from the machinery. “Be ready to bail anytime... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans finally accomplish telepathy, only to find that animals have been using it for years. | [
"I'm sitting inside my house, listening to my cat TALK NON STOP, she would NOT stop talking, everday anyday, it drove me mad, then I was left a gift of a cery cute rare melonistic hamters, she had red eyes, and pissed my cat off, daily. \"Oh look the furball is back, what news do you bring, me this time countess oh... | 1 | |
[WP] Write about Medusa dating someone who’s blind. | [
" \"I wish you could have heard her voice. It was the sweetest sounding voice I'd ever heard.\" \"Kor, the sweetest ones are often the most dangerous ones.\" \"I know, they can hurt you the most. You've said it so many times, but what if you're wrong this time Ralph?\" \"Don't say I didn't warn you.\"\"I know.\... | 3 | |
[WP] Every item in that pawn shop had a story. Most were pedestrian, ordinary. One item though, had quite a past. | [
"Oh we've got power tools, game systems, purses, chrome rims, fire arms, jewelry (of course), televisions, tablets, laptops, specialized tools and bluray players. Anything I can resell, is on the shelf. People try to bring all sorts of junk in here and they are astonished when I barely graze a finger across an item... | 1 | |
Pretending sword stores are still a thing. | [WP] Your super power is extreme proficiency at fighting with anything not considered a weapon. Your challenge: A violent robbery happens while you're visiting a Sword store | [
"I shifted nervously, looking around me at all the weapons I could never use. \n\n\"Please,\" someone whimpered. \"Don't shoot me.\"\n\nI looked over my shoulder. A hooded figure stood by the register, leaning casually against the bench whilst talking in low tones. A hint of a gun handle peeked out of their pocket.... | 12 |
[WP] One night you Drunkenly buy Winrar. You are surprised to see that a message appears. "Welcome (insert full name here) we were beginning to think you would never join us" | [
"> Craigbeast23: I'm sending you a copy.\n\n> Michael: All of them?\n\n> Craigbeast23: Yeah dude.\n\n> Michael: That file's gonna be too big man.\n\n> *Craigbeast23 has sent you a file*\n\nMichael went into the download folder and cursed. A .zip file. Damn it. The bane of Michael's existence. He was... | 3 | |
[WP] Scientists discover Evil people live longer and Good people die sooner. | [
"“And that’s why I’ll never change.” The bearded man in chains smiled. His stained teeth glistening in the swinging light above his head. His entire face was dark and covered in dirt. He had A shaggy head of unwashed hair. His entire body was filthy. Except for his eyes. They were grey. Or green. Incredibly bright ... | 1 | |
[WP] They didn't believe you. They called you insane. But the joke's on them, because when The End came, YOU were prepared. But as you finally step out of your shelter to behold the remains of the world, you have to face the fact that you're quite possibly alone. | [
"You didn't believe me.\n\nYou called me insane.\n\nYou shunned me completely\n\nYou always complained\n\nThat I wouldn't shower\n\nAnd I wouldn't shave\n\nAnd that no, m'lady\n\nWouldn't ask for my name.\n\n\n\nYou thought my PlayStation (yes it gets me better reflexes)\n\nWhen I overate (just storing resources fo... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re walking down the street and see your doppelgänger. You approach your doppelgänger to say hi but they respond with “There can only be one.” | [
"There I am just walking along the sidewalk, the sun is shining, and I just know it’s going to be a good day, as Ice cubes lyrics float around in my head. I look across the street and I see myself, I do a double take just to make sure I’m not hallucinating. I can’t believe it I’ve spotted my very own Doppelganger... | 3 | |
[WP] The earth hates humans very much obviously and decides to write about it. | [
"Dear Diary, \nI think I have parasites again. I just got rid of the last lot and a new lot turn up, only thing is these ones are a lot smaller than the first ones. Oh my does this always happen to me, you don’t see other planets with parasites like these. I wish I could get closer to the sun, the other planets th... | 1 | |
[WP] As the galaxy’s expert on humans (did you know they smell with their feet and run with their faces?), it falls to you to introduce the first real life human to the council. Your job is on the line. Good luck | [
"That was quite inexpected ...\nYes, i had studied \"humans\" for decades in the special \"undevelopped species lab\" of the most renowned University of the Universe.\n\nYes i was writing a doctoral thesis on their lives, biology and habits...\n\n\nBut why on hell was **I** the one to introduce the first Human amba... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the local village inn keeper, and one night the Princess of the kingdom comes in and asks for a job at the inn. | [
"That can't be. Is that...the Princess? She's tried to dress down, clearly. An unassuming cotton brown dress falls down to her ankles. Her long blonde hair is tied up in a bun. The quality of her clothes betrays her. No peasant girl could afford that soft, thick quality of fabric. That, and her beauty. Her radiant ... | 7 | |
[WP] 15 years worth of outstanding library fines in multiple cities. The Librarian Bounty Hunter is coming. | [
"*Opens Letter* \n\n\"15 years....15 years that they let by and now they want to hold me accountable? I'm not the type of person they want to find....I have all the books they want, but they're going to have to pry off of my dead, cold hands.\"\n\nShe discovers a tingling feeling about what's to come. As the rain h... | 2 | |
[WP] While digging to plant a tree in your new garden you unearth a time capsule that contains a phone and a letter in the remains of a paper bag. The letter is addressed to you. | [
"I was hardworking, despite what my father might have said. He thought my reluctance towards studying accounting so I could take over the family business made me a “lazy bum” butI had done well for myself despite him. I opened my own auto repair shop and got to work on cars from 9 to 5, then come home and have dinn... | 1 | |
inspired by software gore. | [WP] suddenly an error box appears "physics has encountered a fatal error and has stopped working" | [
"Agent Smith was not pleased. He had received assurances from The Architect that this version of the matrix, version 2.0.18 would be error-free. And yet there it was, plain as the sunglasses on his face: Physics has encountered a fatal error and has stopped working. Could this be that abomination Neo's doing? Was h... | 2 |
[WP] You are possessed by a powerful but dumb demon. You trick it into helping you become a superhero. | [
" Most demons are ridiculously stupid. As a result, it’s ludicrously easy to trick them. It’s my job to find out these bozos, make them stop bothering people, and kick them back to the abyss. It’s a mostly boring but sometimes vastly amusing job and it pays better than being a 9 to 5 office wagecuck. I suppo... | 2 | |
Hmmmm pizza | [WP] You and your friends decide to order some pizza, as soon as this idea is decided upon you hear a knock at the door. You answer it to see a man holding your pizzas with a shirt that reads "Quanto's, the time travelling pizza service.". | [
"######***November 22, 3963***\n\n\"Hey Zaxxor, how does Post-Hawaiian sound?\"\n\n\"Are you serious? Spruceberry on a pizza? Come on girl, that's nasty.\"\n\n\"Fine, I'll get a pepperoni.\" I ordered the only pizza able to withstand the test of time through the Foody2U app on my Brain Chip. I entered our hotel's a... | 1 |
[WP]"Can you describe to us what the killer looked like?" "Yes... He looked like you..." | [
"\"Those were the last words she said before I heard the pop, sending pain signals screaming through my ears. I couldn't make out a word he was saying but his eyes said it all. \n\nMy movements were fluid, like Joe said they would be, he always seemed wiser than his age would imply. Before I knew it, the hammer was... | 1 | |
[WP] Your uber-rich, basketball obsessed parents have bribed your way into the NBA, despite you knowing nothing about basketball. | [
"I can't believe I made it to the playoffs, Javier thought to himself. \n\n\"The playoffs!\" he decided to exclaim amidst the giants towering over him. They stiffened after hearing his mistake but nobody tried to correct him. Nobody wanted to piss off the owner's son. \n\nJavier loved sitting in between these giant... | 1 | |
[WP] In order to cast a spell, the magic must be drawn out of the user's body using focus and form. Trained Mages are not only masters of magic, but of fighting as well. You, however, have learned a forbidden form that uses simple hand gestures to cast, and you've become a target as a result. | [
"Ah the sad fools. Their catechism will be their undoing. They have fallen so deep into their ancient ritual that they have lost the arcane science of Mage Technique.\n\nPull the door shut and come closer, all of you. I will tell you how it is, although I break the vows I made as a Novice. And vows I made as a Teac... | 2 | |
Now though, millennia later, the world is back to its old splendor. But we evolved differently this time, with new *and* improved senses, and now the void of space doesn't look so empty anymore... | [WP] WWIII left the planet ruined, with <1% of the population alive. | [
"Through the generations whisper of voices had grown. Voices at the back of the mind. In the days of the ancient times they called these voices the conscious or maybe that guiding voice. It was foretold to be possibly other beings by the great story of Pinocchio as told by the great Walt Disney. A little insect... | 1 |
P.S Filial piety - virtue of respect with one’s ancestors | [WP] You inherit a mysterious garden of glass flowers built by your ancestors. Each glass flower symbolizes a certain virtue and destroying it will permanently erase the virtue. An accident happens that resulted to the destruction of all but one glass flower. It is filial piety. | [
"I flipped it around a bit.\n\n\nIt ended not with a whimper, but with a bang. The glass lay everywhere, half empty, all shattered.\n\nThe Great Garden, it was called. On the edge of town, riddled with a smattering of curios shops, vendors and restaurants trying to bask in the magnitude of the extraordinary garden.... | 1 |
[WP] They often say the Gods can never die, but you are Death, you can kill any god... right? You needed to find a test subject, so you choose the one God who should see it coming, your eldest child, Fate. Good thing you have no sympathy or compassion, otherwise you might feel bad about this... | [
"“Daughter?”\nI gently opened the door to Fate’s room. She sat at the very back, combing her golden locks, which was brighter than a hundred suns. When she heard my voice, she put down her comb and turned towards me. The usually happy look on her face hardened when she laid her eyes on me. Understandable, as I was ... | 2 | |
[WP] You’re showcasing your company’s VR game on stage at E3. You put on the goggles and the game's medieval realm fills your vision. After the demo you remove the goggles - and find yourself still in the fantasy world. You peer through the goggles still in your hand and see E3 in utter confusion. | [
"\"...and that, everyone, is what the Kingdom of Apertus\" - Kyle's sword plunged into the downed knight's chest - \"and Lord Felwin, are all about!\"\n\nHe bent over to close the knight's helmet over his face, then stood as he took the goggles off. The applause was heavy, but...muffled? Perhaps the VR goggles were... | 1 | |
[wp] The voice is your head started when you were around 10 years old, it was always counting down, the voice started in the trillions. It's been many years and the voice is nearly at zero. | [
"This is my moment. This is the magnum opus of my life, I don't care if it isn't *my* work. They're my numbers, and they've lived in my head now since before I could remember. *54, 53,* I here it counting. The same voice. A child's voice. I've wondered if it is mine from when I was a child, but I cannot remember su... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake on a train, from the speakers you hear “next stop Delhi”, to your right sit your archnemesis. | [
"I snapped awake, to find the robotic announcer say, \"NEXT STOP, DELHI\". The window was uncomfortably hot, and the seats were soggy from sweat and humidity. Luckily, that made them soft enough to bear. I turned to my right.\n\n\"Delhi? We overshot by a few stops. Why?\" The creature didn't even turn his head.\n\n... | 1 | |
[WP] As you are exploring a collapsed desert temple you stumble upon a lamp on a pedestal with an engraved warning saying “In this lamp is the world’s most devious genie.” Little to they know you are the world’s best lawyer. | [
"\nIt was boring. Well, boring to most watching the livestream at least. You loved it. There were thirty books behind you, all full of the wish you wrote in explicitly detailed legal jargon. You'd written it over the course of a week, never once verbally addressing the genie you'd summoned from it three months ago.... | 1 | |
[WP] "That's why we don't go near the lake when it rains anymore." | [
"I kneeled beside the mud, horror gripping my mind. I see a reflection inside of it. It's my own. I feel something sinister within it. I was called here wasn't I? The rain slams harder onto me, it beats the floor like a drum. The voices, I can still hear the voices. Whispering things I can't make out entirely. Dire... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an entity who gets to judge the souls and where they go. It is your job to look into their lives prior to death and decide if they will either go to heaven or hell. Talk about the people that you meet | [
"The names Brian. Most people call me death. I decide where exactly you go when you die, be it heaven or hell or even purgatory. The last ones not so common. You’re either a nun or hardcore sinner. \n\nWhen you decide the future of very being in the entire goddamn world you meet some interesting people. The most co... | 1 | |
[WP] Out of anger, the king strikes down a squire. The Sword of Kings becomes lodged in the ground once more. | [
"*::Sword Of Kings Kills King Solv For Cruel Blow To Squire!:: --Squire Shilla Tells Of Shocking Moment King Dies-- ::Sword Of Kings Up For Grabs After Brutal Murder Of..::* \n\nI let the chatter of the psychwear fade as the receiver fell to the floor with a clatter. A day. That was all that it had taken for the ce... | 1 | |
[WP] The Goddess of the Moon has declared that any mortal who can reach her abode without magic shall be granted total understanding of the nature of reality. Given the lack of advanced technology on the world below, she hadn't expected anyone would succeed. | [
"it was 10000 years since the declaration was made. she had begun to loose hope around 4000 bc, and had fully lost hope by 1000 ac. Jesus had been interesting, even if it was just the god of groups going in way over his head. but then there was a thing shooting out of earth. it was silver, and spewed fire out the b... | 2 | |
[WP] Death enrolls in a creative writing class. | [
"\"The flowers are black as the night sky as they perish under the clouds of acrid smoke bellowing from the stacks of my heart.\" \n\n\"D- please see me\" was scrawled in red with the delicate penmanship of a cartographer. \n\n\"I just can't find color in my writing\" Death moaned. He turned the apple around in his... | 1 | |
[WP] Your teen son/daughter came home drunk for the first time | [
"1:03 a.m.\n\nHe had asked me to stay out a little later than normal. His curfew had always been 9:30, and I never scolded him as long as he was here by ten. And he always was. I thought I'd be nice, being that he just turned seventeen. Eleven o'clock. I thought I was being pretty generous. \n\nBut there it was, on... | 1 | |
[WP] The plane you're on crashes. By some miracle, you and a few others survive to see you've arrived on a floating island high in the sky. The inhabitants inform you that the crash was no accident. | [
"My eyes flew open. Images of chaos ran through my mind. I remembered the screech of tearing metal and the screams of passengers as the plan collided with the ground. Then I blacked out. I felt myself, feeling for any missing limbs or blood. I was still seated in my assigned seat. The plane was nowhere to be seen. ... | 1 | |
[WP] Heaven finds out that most humans believe that their guardian angels have low opinions of them. Your guardian angel is now trying desperately to prove that, at least for you, this isn't the case. | [
"(On mobile, so forgive me for spelling, grammar, etc.)\n- - - - \n\n\n\nKelly heard the booms rattle the glass. The cover over the window blocked most of the flashes of light from outside from illuminating the room. He was highly sedated but he could still feel the warmth of a hand caressing his hand.\n\n\"93,632.... | 2 | |
[WP] The thousand year wait has passed, and at last the Dark Lord Shall reawaken to begin his new age of darkness... except it’s been a thousand years, and technology has moved on from swords and shields. | [
"The rumble of the earth was heard beyond the limits of the human ear. It was not a sound, made from the shaking of dirt and stone - it was a trumpet, a calling, a warning for all beings on the land. Bend the knee, denounce your god, and serve me, or die. \n\nFrom the openin poured forth an army. Skeletal beings, w... | 1 | |
[WP] When you freeze time, you can people’s bodies around. | [
"You look around at the people before you. You see a barista frozen in mid-argument with a customer. Two teenage girls are showing pictures to each other on their phones. A woman is in the midst of calming her infant. A businesswoman is about to exit the coffee shop. Everyone’s names shines above their heads, and ... | 1 | |
[WP] Death tries being human | [
"Wisps of shadow twisted and entwined into thick tendrils. Death ordered them towards his target, and they obeyed, gliding over to Sam who sat unaware on his couch, crunching on chips. The tendrils moved through Sam's flesh and connected with every joint in his spine. Sam shivered then resumed stuffing his face. De... | 1 | |
[WP] You were always a lovable loser supervillain. A mostly harmless joke. Then you got on the right medication and the laughter turned to screams. | [
"Something was always missing! I took my time in every plan I made to avoid mistakes. Yet, there I was in Time Square being laughed at! It was supposed to be my break! I hid in an alley to change out of my suit so I could escape this laughter. However, on the way home I was approached by some odd fellow offering pi... | 2 | |
[WP] One day, you discover that whenever you use finger guns, they actually shoot real bullets instead of blanks. | [
"Look, it’s not like I ever *tried* hurting anybody. I just made, you know, finger guns and pointed them at the hot girl who had just arrived at the party. Corny, I know, but I was a bit intoxicated at the time. I clicked my tongue as I “pulled” the trigger, and the next thing everybody saw was a girl lying on the ... | 2 | |
[WP]When Humanity achieved immortality, they thought nothing could ever kill them ever again... And then The Snail appeared. | [
"It was the year 2185.\n\nHumanity, after establishing communications with highly-evolved extra terrestrial life, was able to figure out the secrets to exactly what causes death. And with this information, they were able to prevent it from happening. \n\nHumanity, with its immortality, hunted species to extinction ... | 1 | |
[WP] "The gnomes have escaped! I repeat, the gnomes have escaped!" | [
"“Please remain calm, evacuation protocols are in progress. Do not approach the gnomes.”\n\nThe sounds of the warning blaring from the speaker had reached my ears too late. The sudden burst of pain in my ankle sent a sharp surge all the way up my leg. I’m fucked. \nI look down, only to have my gaze met by a set of... | 1 | |
[WP] Dragon breeding has been illegal for generations. Unfortunately shutting down dragon breeding operations is quite difficult for obvious reasons. | [
"*Knythe*\nAs a habit, Knythe double checked his equipment before setting off. As much as he often stated that the greatest asset of any profession is internal fortitude, he would also state that it's the mark of wisdom to enhance practical capability by any means. His tools and his armor was precious to him. Alth... | 1 | |
[WP] You awaken in an almost pitch black wine cellar. The dark area seems to be infinite. Next to you lies a copper rod, a lit candle and a stained note saying "BEWARE THE MAN OF GEARS". | [
"\"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔\"\n\n\\-\\-\\-\\-\\-\n\nHeed me now, young child; \nBeware the Man of Gears. \nHe comes in night to take your life \nAnd steal away your years.\n\nTake this candle with you, \nAnd this rod of copper make \nSo that you may strike with all your might \nAt He Who Comes to Take.\n... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a notorious serial killer who has a sentient, self aware gun. | [
"\"you know\" bang bang said \"if you really want to be a serial killer you gotta stop using me. Have some creativity\" he said.\n\n\"why do you say that?\" said Johnston\n\n\"because any hood rat can use a gun to kill people, it's just the most efficient way of doing it. People think these people are just... Being... | 1 | |
[WP] A rampant god has been destroying civilizations in the galaxy for their inability to impress it. Now the god arrives on Earth, and you are tasked to impress it. | [
"\"Oh, dang, dude. You really should have picked someone else.\"\n\nThe being stared at him. Sort of. Mostly, it just existed in a way the gave the impression it was staring him down.\n\n\"Yeah, there's Russian guys who, like, hang off of buildings by their fingertips. Oh, and then there's these other guys who can ... | 1 | |
[WP] Millions of people in a major city suddenly dissapear, A situation eerily similar to what happened to Roanoke. | [
"There were heavily reinforced roadblocks on every road into the Greater Houston Exclusion Zone, what was already called, simply, the *Zone*. They were all well manned 24/7, and the one on the North Freeway just south of the San Jacinto bridge was no exception. Twenty militiamen of the Texas Army National Guard pat... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an Eldritch abomination. You really try to be nice, but the whole ‘insanity if someone tries to comprehend you’ thing is really messing with your dating life. | [
"It is safer for them to be glued to their phone.\n\nTo brag about their own acomplishements, only ever stopping long enough to get me to agree with them. (\"Yes, of course you are an incredible person and I love you so much even though we've only just met!\" Right.)\n\nIt's even safer if they just get so flustered... | 1 | |
[WP] you're a prison inmate scheduled to be executed. somehow, every time you die, no matter how it happens, you come back to life at the beginning of your imprisonment... if you could escape, maybe you could be free of the loop? | [
"It was like clock work.\n\nOne of the things they never tell you about prison is the things you start to learn on your own. Some people learn to cook, some people learned to sharpen their toothbrushes, and some more earned degrees. Me? I learned to tell the time. \n\nThe other things did not fascinate me. But tell... | 1 | |
[WP] A blue-ringed octopus, which fits in the palm of a hand, has enough tetrodotoxin to suffocate ten people. You are one who has suffocated ten people. | [
"\"Ten people. *Ten*, you sick little bastard. Well? What do you have to say for yourself?\" the detective demanded, as he glowered at me across the table.\n\n\"I turned my rings bright blue as a warning.*\"* I replied.\n\nThe detective's eyebrows shot up. \"Oh! Hell, kid, why didn't you say so before?\" \n\nHe tu... | 1 | |
[WP] The effects of coffee are suddenly reversed, making those who drink it tired. Describe the first day the change is noticed. | [
"The freeways were nearly impassible with the hundreds of multi-car pileups that resulted from what everyone had called, \"the switch\". It had all happened so suddenly one Monday that no one could get the warning out fast enough before the effects began to take hold of those who drank coffee that morning. All at o... | 1 | |
[WP] It's been twenty years since the global nuclear war. Countries fell, government's disintegrated, everyone who survived had to fend for fend for themselves. Radiation didn't kill everyone, mutated some. What's it all like now? | [
"The stag dipped its head to the pool in front, the water brackish and dark. It lapped quietly, two misshapen eyes on the side of its snout swivelling to look for predators. It raised its head swiftly at the skittering of rocks but saw nothing. It swung its hand to the side, dislodging some of the bloody skin stuck... | 2 | |
[WP] Low on resources, humanity begins to send scouts into outer space to find a new home. Today, the first shuttle came back, way ahead of schedule. | [
"Today was passing just as any other day. After numerous meetings and long drawn phone calls with potential investors, Charles reclined back in his office chair, feet placed on top of a lavish mahogany table. Although only for five minutes, this was a blessing for the thirty-eight year old founder of Galaxus Enterp... | 1 | |
[WP] After a recent consultation you discover there is in fact a spirit living in your home. Fed up, you jokingly write a note to the spirit asking for half of the rent. You come home the next day to find that the spirit has payed the rent, but in an unexpected way. | [
"The 'Ghost Hunters' told me that it was a fairly benign spirit. Nothing like a poltergeist, which were apparently the nasty kind that could hurt you. They said that there wasn't really anything they could do about the weeping walls unless I wanted it exorcised, but they told me that due to the fact that the 'water... | 4 | |
[WP] Hundreds of years ago, you accepted the call to be a keeper of all knowledge. You live out eternity in a library containing every book ever written and those yet to be written. One day as you walk through and isle of biographies, you find a book titled “What your life could have been” | [
"In this library filled with knowledge from any and all ages,\n\nOne book alone has me curious about its pages.\n\nOn the spine stood words so bold,\n\nMy own name emblazoned with gold.\n\nPulling the tome, I couldn’t help but scratch my chin.\n\nFor the book was entitled “What could have been”.\n\nLifting the cove... | 1 | |
[WP] At the library, a man to your left is reading a dystopia novel you don't recognize, and what looks like his twin reading a surrealist comedy on your right. The thing is, they're both whispering the books' lines to themself, and at some points, they seem to switch books. | [
"I sat quietly reading, breathing in stale air, inside my university's library. You couldn't just grab a book from the shelves as there were none. To get a book (other than a textbook) you had to request it specifically, and, not many people did. That's not to say that there weren't ever people who read books. Ther... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been commenting stories on /r/WritingPrompts for months. One day you get a call from a Hollywood producer, wanting to turn one of your stories into a movie. | [
"\"Is this for real?\" I ask the woman on the other end of the call with anxiousness building in my voice. \"Yes sir it is. As I said, I'm producer Michelle David and a talent scout has brought your writings to my attention and I have to say that I'm very impressed with your work. We would like to use some, potenti... | 1 | |
[WP] You have been reported as a missing person and, despite your best efforts to convince people that you’re here and you’re fine, no one will believe any differently. | [
"Right now , nothing can make things go worse. I hope. Long story short , if you ask anyone on this planet about me , they'll say I'm missing. And when I say 'missing' , I mean that every one thinks I disappeared , that I am lost somewhere. But I'm not! I'm right here!! You see me right? Well it's not your fault if... | 3 | |
[WP] One day you bang your head but when you wake up you're suddenly able to understand animals. You hear some squirrels causally talking about global domination. | [
"\"Twenty Nine!\" The guard screeched from the hallway. He was on mission - moving fast. Miles could feel his presence already, he could feel the evil - the tyranny. \"God, what have I done?\" he cried out. \n\nSounds of torture, yelping, slashing and whipping filled the prison quarters. It was an old underground s... | 4 | |
[WP] You're an upcoming Wizard, all you need to do is pass the final wizarding trials. | [
"“You must pass through the doorway,” the hooded man said, “ as [others have done](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/86czni/comment/dw4dc99?st=JJOEC5M2&sh=2f685c86) before you. You must face Death himself.”\n\nCaius steeled his courage. If he completed this test, he would become a full fledge wiz... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans are considered the most adorable species ever. The video streaming service on your planet has many viral videos displaying the humans doing cute things. | [
"I scrolled through the page listlessly. Draxylizt and I had been together for 512 years. Last night, he told me he wanted to break up with two of our shared pool of lovers, which was really going to make Uyalizant awkward. I needed something to clear my head, so I'd pulled up Cute Things Humans Do.\n\nI clicked on... | 1 | |
[wp] You’re God and you finally decide that it is time to reveal yourself to the people. However, you find that the human race is atheist and the don’t think you are God. Instead they believe you to be an alien. | [
"I had been watching over this realm for millennia, helping to shape the course of events, helping to guide my children. Yes, a few times I deemed it necessary to test them, but this was to ensure that they were strong, that they would endure. Never did I think that this would be the result.\n\nHumanity had finally... | 1 | |
By title I mean like how Thor is “god of thunder”. Have fun! | [WP] Every God is real, and you are the newest one. However, you have to find a unique title that has never been taken before | [
"The grotesque hulking form in front of me just kept screeching. At this point I was starting to become frantic, an emotion that did not complement the brew of negativity rumbling in my core. \n“Please, just stop I really have no idea what is happening,” I begged. It kept going, I guess plea number 47 was no better... | 1 |
[WP] You have always seen a white orb hovering above any living organism, and a black orb above any non living organism. For some odd reason there is no orb above your head, even stranger though, one day you encounter someone else with no orb above their head. | [
"The door swung open automatically like it did every morning when I pushed the disability assistance button out of sheer laziness and not wanting to open it. The apartment building was a bit of run down dump, but not big enough of a dump not to afford an automatic door. \n\nI started down 22nd street, similar to ev... | 1 | |
[WP] Though you usually consider yourself strong-willed, you are nonetheless horrified to see one of the body bags suddenly sit upright with a muffled voice saying: "Oh for Christ's sake not again!" | [
"Ruthlessly ignoring my instincts, which are screaming at me to ensure the man I knew was definitely dead 5 minutes ago,when I was hosing his body down on the slab, stays dead by battering him with the clipboard I had in my hands. Realising that stationery wasn’t going to help me i gingerly slid the bags zipper dow... | 13 | |
[WP] Your twin brother died in a foreign country and you travel there to collect his body. When you arrive you find a large statue of your brother in the middle of the town and a crowd of people around it. | [
"As I approached the statue, people at the back of the crowd did a double take and were in shock. They started to talk amongst themselves and make way for me as I made my way to the front. You could hear a pin drop as I climbed the steps. I turned and addressed the crowd. “Kneel before me. I said ... KNEEL!”"
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[WP] Every time you look behind you, something larger, darker, and scarier appears. However, every time you turn the noise behind you gets more frightening. You.. have to look... You have to make sure it's not behind you... | [
"***COmE BaCk To bEd, hOneY. cOmE BacK tO mEeEeeE.***\n\nEver since Lola died at that horrible crash, I started seeing It. I'm not sure what It exactly is, but I know it's nothing good. It started out when the police and paramedics arrived at the crash scene at Lawrence and Gale. A drunk truck driver had t-boned us... | 1 | |
[WP] Being the grim reaper you’re used to the elderly screaming and kicking after their death, meanwhile, you are starting to become concerned at the amount of high fives from the younger generations. | [
"First post here, lemme know what you guys think!\n\n Day after day of having to put up with the elderly and their futile resistance become a chore, causing me to grow more impatient and callous than when I first started. It’s always “No, don’t take me! It’s not my time!” or “I have grandkids you can’t do this!” B... | 12 | |
[WP] You wake up one day and your heart is beeping. You go to the doctor and discover you had a transplant at a young age, and your heart was replaced with a synthetic organ. It costs $6 million for a new one. Yours expires in one week. | [
"\"...wow, I had no idea.\"\n\n\"Your parents never told you about the transplant?\"\n\n\"They died when I was pretty young. I guess they didn't get to tell me everything.\"\n\n\"I'm sorry to hear that.\"\n\n\"Yeah...\"\n\n\"The replacement heart is an expensive medical device. Do you have insurance?\"\n\n\"I do.... | 1 | |
[WP] The chicken almost crossed the road. But then it realized that would be dangerous and opted to hitch a ride instead. | [
"This is very strange.\n\nChickens don’t- well, *shouldnt* have thumbs, but here’s this chicken, *clearly hitchhiking!* \n\nVery strange indeed.\n\nWell, now that I’ve made eye contact with him (it? She? Whatever.) as customary, it would be extremely rude to pass by without picking... it up. Mama didn’t raise no as... | 1 | |
[WP] A dark anti-hero and an upbeat hero meet in a tavern, and form a strange friendship. | [
" The darkley lit, world famous Moon base tavern contains two pain stakingly obvious outcasts, a courageous young man wearing his white (ish) underwear over his striped running tights and an even more peculiar woman in a red cloak with hair to match. They sit at the bar.\n\nWOMAN\n\" I quit the 9 to 5 for a handfu... | 4 | |
[WP] A sentenced exile, you live a loney existence with only your undead servant to keep you company. It shouldn't be possible, but, lately, something between the creature's "Grrrs" and "Arghs" makes you think it's mind is coming back. | [
"“How long are you going to chew on that bone for? Jesus. Every single day. And you’re not even chewing it, you just put it between your fucking gumgums and gnaw away. And your slobber smells like skunk barf. That’s right, skunk barf. Your slobber smells so bad that I imagine a skunk ate some week-old gabagool from... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world of superheroes and supervillans, your "power" is sheer tenacity in the face of all odds. Unfortunately for everyone else, you are a serial killer. | [
"Think of this as my confession. You’d better, at least—I am confessing, after all. And I’m only doing it, only bothering with the charade of penitence, the shackles you’ve put on me and the cage you’ve erected around me, for one reason. \n\nI’m bored. \n\nYou may call me “killer.” You may call me “thief” or “psych... | 2 | |
[WP] Your best friend was cursed to live for one month in Peppa Pig's universe, he has returned completely in shock, with white hair and whispering about horrors, slaving and flogging. | [
"\"Daddy pig touched me...\"\n\nI didn't know how to respond to him. Jack had been missing for the last four weeks. I was the first person to find him, naked and alone, freezing as he came into my house. If he hadn't been missing for that long, I would of laughed at him.\n\nThe white, pale face of my friend stared ... | 1 | |
[WP] You uncover a mystical lamp and a genie appears, giving you 3 wishes. Your first wish takes him by surprise, but your 2nd and 3rd wish boggles his mind. | [
"Smoke hissed from the lamp. Soon most of the room was full of smoke and I was half way out the house, but then I heard a booming voice from inside the room. I popped my head in through the door way and saw an apparition made of smoke was forming. It was either a genie or a demon. Either way it was going to offer m... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the goodest boi in the world. Everything is much wow until your hooman gets killed by a gang of Siberian Huskies. It's time to spit that ball and use those fangs for one thing only: revenge. | [
"The frigid winds were not enough to mask the scent. It was simple, though lengthy, to cut through the forest, into the concrete plains, through the endless cave with many paths, and into the valley of Humans.\n\n\"You know she would not do the same for you, if the tables were turned. Find a new one, God knows they... | 2 | |
This kinda thing goes through my head every time I wind up somewhere with a group of strangers. I love the Dark Tower books so I often imagine what would happen if random people were my ka-tet | [WP] You miss the last bus home at night and find yourself stranded at the bus station. Your best option is to hold out a few hours for the first bus on the morning. It looks like a few other people are in the same situation. You are all about to find out that fate brought you together for a reason. | [
"The bold numbers **9:48** glared up at me from my phone, and I knew there was no point trying to make a run for it. Hundreds of signs warned travelers that the last bus back from Mt. Atua left at 9:15, and I was probably the only idiot who still managed to miss it. \n\nThere were dozens of trails here where you c... | 2 |
[WP] You live in a world where electricity cannot be produced artificially, instead humans set up massive metal rods everywhere hoping to get struck by lightning. One day, while cranking your bicycle, you produce a spark. | [
"Have you ever made a mistake? I have. A terrible one. I slept with my brother's wife. I assure you, it was not intentional. One day, after Thanksgiving, we got pretty drunk and... it just kind of happened...\n\nBut please don't judge me yet. I have paid my price. I got divorced shortly after, and so have my brothe... | 1 | |
[WP] how? HOW?! Can someone in this fucking room can explain to me how a villain with such a poor and useless ability has managed to eliminate 30 of our best heroes in less than a month!! | [
"The armored transport van rolling over the speed bump that preceded the Patrol headquarters parking complex woke Lejon from her brief slumber. With no digital clock to speak of in or around the van's dashboard, her options were asking the driver right beside her, whom she didn't know or want to know, or checking h... | 3 | |
[WP] Multiple times throughout your life you have had a strange feeling that you just came very close to dying. You just found out that you, in fact, died each and every time, but your consciousness was transferred to another you in a parallel universe. | [
"On my morning commute to work, I almost died.\n\nListening to a podcast sent me into my zombie-like driving state. I traveled down a cyclic countryside route that is usually empty. This particular morning I drove listening to a bizarre discussion about the proposed idea of using pigeon-guided homing missiles durin... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans are seen as a low-tier race within the realm, and with no combat capabilities they can only do the dirtiest jobs. But now a nation is seeking humans, recruiting them to become "pilots" of the new aircrafts that subsequently can only be flown by humans due to their small bodies. | [
" We have lurked in the shadows since time out of mind. All my life has been like that,and so has been the lives of all my ancestors,as far as our books - which is a rare thing,even amongst our own - reach. Among Goliaths,Titans,Elemental Beasts and even Gods,Humans are mere insects. The Thousand Nations have been ... | 1 | |
[WP] A new surgery puts a chip into your brain that makes you superhuman. It gives you strength, speed, etc. But only the rich and middle class can afford it. One day, everyone with a chip in their head goes rabid and begins killing each other. | [
"In 2025 they came up with a new device. It's called The Chip . It gives you superhuman strength. Only rich people or the middle class could afford to have it implanted. See it's literally just a small computer chip that's implanted in a certain area of the brain. When it's activated you all of a sudden have this p... | 4 | |
[WP] Your entire societal hierarchy is based on an IQ test you get when you’re born. Your parents had the highest ever recorded IQ. You were born with a perfectly average IQ, and your a complete disappointment to the entire upper class. | [
"My mother looked over my report card and sighed. She said that Dad wasn't going to be happy. That's nothing new.\n\nFrom the time I was born, neither of my parents were really impressed with me. Although my mother showed me the love that only a mother could, my father could never get past my average birth scores.\... | 1 | |
[WP] The snails in medieval manuscripts seem pointless now, but in historical times, they were meant as a warning... | [
"\nI was on one of my nightly walks down by the museum of history near the ocean when I saw what at first looked like little more than a curiosity to me. Honestly, I might have just passed it by if I wasn’t feeling so bored and aimless.\n\nThere were some smooth rocks jutting out into the ocean from the street I wa... | 2 | |
[WP] You’re cheating on your wife with a guy but you don’t know that your wife is also cheating with the same guy. One day you go out to dinner to talk about your marriage and the guy finds you both and talks with you and your wife. | [
"(This was actually so difficult for me. Had to do some queer spin on it though.)\n\nMaybe we just got together too soon. I’ve heard plenty of stories of highschool sweethearts spending their entire lives together. I had dated a few times, some of the guys, but when she transferred, everyone else was boring. At fir... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone has luck ratings from 1 to 100, determining how lucky they are. You are the first person you know with 100. | [
"WP: Everyone has a luck rating from 1 to 100. You are the first person with hundred.\n\nI remember my heart stopped beating for a second. Could it really be true?\n\nJail? I had laughed at the time. If people with 99 luck could survive being the suicide bomber, then no jail would hold me. Everyone had a luck stat,... | 1 | |
[WP]Everything was gone. Good and evil alike were wiped out by an unavoidable, cataclysmic occurrence. The world was left in ruins and darkness. Chaotic creatures populated every inch of the globe, snuffing out all life. Five years you've been fighting, hoping to escape your inevitable unhappy end. | [
"The sword burst into a gleaming blue light, its color the same as the storm rampaging ahead, as I drove it into the beasts heart and ripped it to shreds. Coated in the obsidian blood that was the life force of these abominations, I swung wide and dived past his fellow shades of death incarnate, throwing myself up ... | 1 | |
Imagine the crew's suprise when they appear in front of an entire army of French line infantry. | [WP] Near the end of WW2, the Germans make a desperate move with an experimental invention. Scientists attempt to send an entire armored battalion back 2 years to reinforce themselves. Unfortunately, a mistake is made and only a Tiger tank is teleported back in time by 300 years. | [
"Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal of France, stared through his spyglass at the apparition in the middle of the battlefield.\n\n\"Mon dieu!\" his aide exclaimed, \"What is that!?\"\n\n\"Some Bavarian trickery, no doubt,\" Henri replied. \n\nThrough the gray clouds of gun-smoke he could see a squat, mechanical c... | 2 |
[WP] All that's left has been split in two - divided by a wasteland. A renegade trucker with a rolling fortress does freelance jobs across the quarantine zone. | [
"The horizon rippled like a pond disturbed by a single pebble, and the scorching sun continued to barrage her arm as it rested against the open window. The breeze that slipped in through the opening did little to cool her down, the hot air simply wafting around whatever strands of greasy hair had slipped out of the... | 1 | |
[WP] The abused animal feels the gentle touch of a human for the first time. | [
"Anna walks slowly down the kennel of her local animal shelter. With eager eyes, she scans each cage for the perfect puppy. Her parents promised her a dog since her third birthday, which was about a month ago. This has been the day she has waited for for what seems to be an eternity. After spending lots of time pre... | 1 | |
[WP] You found a hatch in floor of your decrepit, dark cellar, that led to an even lower, darker and weirder cellar. And that to another. And that to another... Armed with a powerful flash-light and a backpack full of food and water, you went to find the bottom. That was 3 weeks ago. | [
"Year 84, me and Patrick descended deeper and deeper. It has been 3 weeks now. No, 3 years. Our flashlight has survived mainly based on shaking it. Our food sources are from rats we've found. BOOM BOOM, grenades fly through the air. I yell \"PATRICKKK\" He falls to the ground with his last minuets of life left. \n\... | 9 | |
[WP] The Counsel of Magic and the Holy Order of Witch Hunters begrudgingly agree to meet to discuss a flare up of a new form of dark magic: firearm based spells and charms. It is 1912 and nothing can contain the rise of the Gun Witches. | [
" \"Ok, good effort, but wrong effect\" the witch Terrias told her student \"so Corvae, what sort of bullet are you using?\". The young warlock hurriedly broke apart the revolver to check. Pulling an unfired round from the cylinder, he sheepishly handed the lustrous ammunition to his mentor. \"Silver...\" he murmur... | 2 | |
[WP] Sadness is outlawed. So is anger, resentment, envy, hopelessness, and all other emotions that could be seen as negative. Emotion Police deals with finding and punishing rebellious "negative thinkers". | [
"I come here to talk. Tonight I'm sitting in a truck stop bathroom cubicle, last week I was crouching in an abandoned car yard. These are the places we \"Downers\" resort to for temporary companionship, to have our feelings and grievances heard. I hear the clip-clop of a stranger's dress shoes enter the bathroom... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a Nigerian prince who has decided to give up the life of luxury and become a monk. You decide to give up all your wealth to random people on the internet, by mailing them and asking for their bank account information so you could gransfer the money. Sadly, nobody replies to your mails. | [
"So I gave it all to Good Will.\n\n\nThat's my own private nickname for Prince William since he married a commoner. I figured he would know a few that might need it. \n\n\nOnce free of those material goods that have shackled me to this plane I traveled to Tibet where I Prayed, tended to the land and slept in a mona... | 1 | |
[WP]Write a story where the narrator makes it up as he goes along | [
"I have a story.\n\nRather, a unfinished story. \n\nFine, I will confess it. I'm just making this up as I go along. This story will absolutely fascinate you.\n\n&#x200B;\n\nIt starts off with John, a man that has 2 children and a wife named Bella. He works as an accountant for a medium size company. Right now, ... | 1 | |
And don't just say "Megamind"! | [WP] A handful of Villains appear at a fallen Hero's funeral to show their respects. | [
"(pt. 1) \n\nThings were a lot more lively than I was expecting. \n\nA major crisis was averted so I can see why people were in good spirits. Malumbra’s attempt to start World War Three was stopped, the tensions between the United States, China, and Russia that had been building for the past five years are on the ... | 10 |
[WP] There is a fortress, in a time and dimension apart, where people of a bygone era research magic. They've already mastered the basics, Elemental magic, Necromancy, Illusions, what have you. But now they are bringing beings from outside dimensions to learn magic and discover new forms of magic. | [
"The sullen image of a servant flashed through her eyes as princess Seila made her way into the throne room. \n\n\n\n\nThe room was awash with swirling carvings that accompanied gargoyles with gazes fixed on the ceiling. On the right side of the room, there stood the first guardian, Nata, which was a stone golem wi... | 6 | |
Doesn’t have to be work and the screaming could either be out of fear or other reasons,have fun | [WP] You wake up and everything seems normal as you go about your daily routine,until you walk into work and everyone begins screaming at you | [
"My morning started out the same as it does every morning. The neighbors letting their obnoxious thing they call a dog outside. I roll over and pull my sheet over my head trying to go back to sleep before my 6:00am alarm goes off. Too late I'm awake now, thank you Max and all your yapping. \n\nI shower and get dres... | 1 |
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