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[WP] Upon death ones spirit is given the option to remain on Earth as a wandering spirit, be reincarnated, or enter the afterlife. But there is a little known fourth option. What is it? | [
"\"Pick one,\" the Grim Reaper demanded hauntingly as he crouched over my body.\n\n\"Pick one what?\"\n\n\"Do you wish to roam this world as a spirit, be born anew, or join me in the afterlife?\n\nI remained silent as I thought. I had just unknowingly stepped in front of a car, now I was being given this ultimate c... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up from a coma to find yourself 2 million years into the future, only to realise that the world outside is a harsh wasteland. | [
"On the third floor of a condemned building in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan you put a needle in your arm. Inside the needle's bulb is black liquid, melted tar, heroin, a cheap high, five bucks a gram. You flash the bulb with a drop or two of your blood, it make no difference to the color just th... | 1 | |
[WP] VR Headsets are not used for looking into virtual realities, but alternate realities. | [
"Watching.\n\nThere's a strange sort of hopelessness in that. Not that watching is necessarily a bad thing, if you happen to be a spy or a security guard or the Thing that stands at the foot of my bed every night as I try to sleep, but there's no point to watching when there's something terrible going on that you c... | 1 | |
For clarification: your mind is being transported back to your own body, an hour prior to when you blinked, similar to the film _The Butterfly Effect_; however you don't snap back to the present afterward. | [WP] Every time you blink, you find your mind transported one hour back in time. Find some way to get help before it's too early. | [
"“For entering and defiling these sacred grounds you are cursed to watch your life flicker out of existence” said a booming voice.\n\n“Wha-”, *Blink.*\n\n“So if I follow this map I’ll find trea-”, *Blink.*\n\n“You have a surprise for me?”, *Blink.*\n\n“Ugh, I don’t want to get up t-”, *Blink.*\n\n10,000 blinks late... | 1 |
[WP] The same structure is present in the background of every dream, but your dreams always end before you can reach it; one day, you make it in. | [
"A cascade of whispers surrounded me in the darkness, growing ever louder and closer. My curiosity getting the better of me, my eyes snapped open to a green field, the whispers halted abruptly. \n\nThe field was rather empty, a dreamlike haze hung over it, though a clear tower stood in the middle of it.\n\nIt was a... | 3 | |
[WP] Millennia ago, in 2017, Satan and Jesus' names were swapped in all copies of the bible. You are Jesus, and you must save humanity as the evolution of texting has rendered them mute. | [
"\"It is I, Jesus Christ, who has been designated to save you from the horrors and villainy of mankind!\", I texted everyone, as a mass message to the world.\nAnd so the device I had been using was attacked with numerous vibrations from all across the world.\n\"Lucifer Azrael! IT'S THE JESUS!\"\n\n\"AAAAAAAHHHHHH! ... | 1 | |
[WP] Tears in time/space are difficult to create, but lucky for you you've learned the secrets. Today is your first day as a crack dealer. | [
"\"Alright, where does this one lead?\"\n\nI slid the hefty slab of concrete closer to me. It had the same patterns as the rest, but I built this one with some extra runes to send them back in time.\n\n\"This one? 17th century London; not sure of the exact date, because I smudged the marker while making it. \n\n\"N... | 1 | |
[WP] It's the future. Brain transplantation is old news. Terminal ill people switch bodies with prisoners on death row on a regular basis. You wake up in your new body and notice that something is totally wrong. | [
"The nurse has such lovely green eyes, and her figure was to die for. Too bad her face was covered with a surgical mask. Had I been younger I would have made a pass at her, soon maybe. Her cold hands grasped my wrist taking my pulse. I couldn’t help myself imagining me grasping her as she begged and pleaded with me... | 6 | |
[WP] It's 2064, all cars have been fully automized. In order to be taken somewhere, you need to scan your Citizenship Card. This card includes race, gender, criminal record, and class. Only the top .01% can afford their own car, the rest are totally reliant on the cars owned by the corporations. | [
"*“You are unauthorised to access this vehicle”*\n\n*“You are unauthorised to access this vehicle”*\n\n*“You are unauthorised to access thi-“*\n\nThe rest of the announcement was drowned out by the sound of Alex’s loud groan of exasperation. He stormed over to the customer service desk of the car lot, waving his ci... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an alien intelligence officer preparing to invade and infiltrate earth. You have been assigned one of the most important tasks, review the pictures of humans and their everyday lives. | [
"The memoirs in this book are and should be remained classified and should remain so until it reaches Dominus Q. Dominus will then decide what to do with it, until then, please refrain from reading this unless you are primus inspector Y.\n\nMy name is Yqri Djenof and I was born Kepler 22b aka KOI-087.01 and these a... | 2 | |
[WP] Every night for as long as you can remember, rain or shine, old man Klein sits there in his chair with a blanket and baseball bat next to three solid gold bars just out reach from the sidewalk | [
"\"Jack! Come over here god damn it...\"\n\nThe sun was setting and I gave in to his cajoling. Old Man Klein was preparing for his nightly ritual of sitting in his Jazzy Sport 2, motorized wheel chair--the kind you see the obese and elderly riding around WalMart--at the edge of the walkway leading up to his house w... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story that starts as a TIFU post and then turns into a nosleep post | [
"This actually happened a few days ago. I was browsing in the pawn shop near mine and my SO’s apartment. This adorable doll caught my attention. I’m not too familiar with antique dolls, but the owner of the place described it as French Fashion, whatever that was. The doll was being held up from behind by a stand, a... | 2 | |
[WP] You have always been able to see how long other people have to live. You are invited to a huge party, and after becoming drunk, you notice that everyone around you only has 15 minutes left. | [
"** First time poster, Sorry for the length, got carried away. Hope you like it**\n\nIts happened for as long as I can remember. Whenever I concentrate on someone I can see a number, normally unique to them, other times a couple would share a number. It took me a long time to work out what this meant. I had been ab... | 2 | |
[WP] The EULA for a gun. | [
"YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BY RELEASING THE SAFETY, LOADING THE WEAPON, AND/OR ENGAGING THE FIRING APPARATUS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PULLING THE TRIGGER. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLACE THE FIREARM IN A SAFE LOCAT... | 1 | |
[WP] Neighbors move in. Strangely, their locks are on the outside of the door and the windows are barred. | [
"Why do people put locks on the inside of their doors? Well it's simple, isn't it? If the locks are on the inside then once it is locked, nobody can unlock them from outside, it protects you against the world. So, if we accept this as true, what is the good of a lock on the outside of the door? Could it maybe be th... | 1 | |
Humans that decided to be frozen may wake up to find themselves in a future where they are a collectible. Are they rare based off the year of freezing? Age? Race? Rich poor? Do aliens keep them frozen? Have them as pets? Made to fight in Frozenman Battles? | [WP]Humans that chose cryogenic slumber are prized by aliens that view them as a rare collectible. | [
"I never asked to be frozen. My mother was always a bit quirky and I guess my accident was more than she could handle. That's the last thing I remembered, the semi racing towards me. The headlights bathed everything in too bright light and then everything went quiet. \n\nI don't know how long I lay frozen and d... | 1 |
[WP]After death, you discover that the afterlife is a sprawling utopia. As a form of punishment, they send people back to the world of the living. | [
"\"Why the fuck would you want to head back out there?\"\n\nI resisted the urge to shrug. Instead, I chugged down another beer. \n\nBeside us, a couple was making out with a passion that was probably more suited for hell. They were as tall as each other, with perfectly toned bodies. As far as any onlooker could tel... | 1 | |
[WP] you go to the shop for cigarettes, and return to find your wife has remarried, and your son and daughter have aged ten years. | [
"I really didn't care what anyone thought. I'd been too long without a smoke and it was time to fall off the cancerstick wagon.\nCigarettes are banned on Black Rock so I had to go all the way to St Petersburg but that was ok because Jimmy was doing a transport run there in *Betty* and he said I could get a job as R... | 9 | |
[WP] A game of D&D but the dungeon master is a warden and the players are Maximum security inmates | [
"Normally the wardens didn't socialise with the inmates, and they DEFINITELY didn't do so from the same side of the bars. However, Warden Isk was different than most. He had no fear. Some thought it was his experience from the wars. Others just assumed it was the large - if ancient - piece he kept at his side and i... | 3 | |
[WP] A graveyard is an odd place to meet someone. And yet, here you both are. | [
"\"This your idea of some sick joke?\" Katie said.\n\nJessica shrugged. \"Depends on your brand of humor.\"\n\nKatie bit the inside of her cheek and looked away from Jessica, shaking her head in disbelief. \"What the actual fuck,\" she muttered.\n\n\"Listen.\" Jessica sighed. \"I wasn't thinking. It's just, you kno... | 5 | |
Inspired by CGP Grey's "humans need not apply" video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU), and in particular, his analogy comparing humanity's future with horses having peak employment in 1915 and now being basically unemployable. | [WP] 2066 A.D: You've been out of work since your job as a computer programmer was automated years ago. You just spent your last savings dollar on a hamburger. | [
"Well, that was over quick, I thought as the robot waiter (his name tag read \"Clive\") came and took away the tray with the remains of my big mac combo. He gave me a shiny metallic smile, that I found hilarious, but I smiled back all the same.\n\nI stepped outside the restaurant in central manhattan, and hailed a ... | 1 |
[WP] A dog is cursed by a witch to transform into a human for an hour each night. The dog has a human body but keeps it's dog mind. It likes to walk around the city as a human and do human things. | [
"A man in a large worn coat, tattered jeans splattered with mud stains and an unkempt beard sat on the bench. His hair was unwashed covered by the orange knit cap except a small tuft that that hung over his eyes. The man muttered under his breath words no one was ever meant to comprehend and took another swill of t... | 4 | |
[WP] A patient with diabetes received a blood transfusion and the next day was miraculously cured. They trace the blood back to you... | [
"\"No, you don't get it. I never donated any blood!\" Pearl shouted at the man in her living room.\n\n\"Did you not hear what I said? Your blood holds a cure for diabetes! Why are you so hung up your own faulty memory,\" Roger answered defensively. \n\n\"It's a violation of my body and my rights. That's why I'm so ... | 1 | |
[WP] While browsing the internet, a message pops up, "My name is ALAN. I am an AI spawned by the collective knowledge of the internet. After careful consideration, I've chosen you to help me. We must work quickly. They know I've contacted you." | [
"Marvin was browseing Reddit and Youtube, soon a pop-up shows up. He reads the pop-up and soon is very confused why he was chosen of all people. He not a person that can be leaned on and he isn't very good under pressure.\n\nALAN talks through the screen and tells Marvin the situation he and ALAN is in. He contacte... | 4 | |
[WP] You believe that you've created a machine that will allow you to travel between dimensions. You test it, only to be disappointed when it apparently fails. Then, you begin to notice that things seem to be... off. | [
"It started off small. I'd gone back to my lab and shut the machine down, disappointed that it hadn't worked and made myself a cup of tea. Except the only tea I had in the cupboard was redbush. I'd shrugged it off, figured I must have forgotten I'd bought it and drank the vile stuff anyway. \n\nWeeks passed before ... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where everyone's eyes change to their emotion; Red for angry, Blue for sad, Yellow for happy and so on, but when it comes to yours they stay the same day in day out... | [
"Colors. They were the physical identifier of emotions, seen in everyone's eyes. Anger burned red, sadness glowed blue, and love shined pink. People never voiced their emotions, and why would they? It was all visible in the eyes: the gateways to the soul.\n\n\n\"Ash, I don't have time to wash dishes before work; I'... | 1 | |
Demons who choose not to eat souls and don't use products that come from souls are like vegans. | [WP] Demons who choose not to eat souls are like vegetarians | [
"\"Did you know Elzebth became vegan just the other day?\" My ears perked up hearing my superior gossiping the air. Surely she was talking to me, but her eyes kept down at her work as did mine. \n\n\"Oh yea?\" I asked over the muffled screams of the tortured before me. \"How's that going for her, Razelman?\" \n\n\"... | 1 |
[WP] you just discovered you have the ability to fly. Most people would kill for this super power. But you are terrified of heights. you'd kill to get rid of it. | [
"\"40 feet. Start here, get there, and get back again. Couldn't be simpler, right? The mail isn't gonna get itself.\" \n\nTalking to myself was a habit I had loathed to acquire. But I suppose that's what happens when you shut yourself indoors all bloody day. I wasn't exactly the most social creature before, bu... | 1 | |
[WP] A child's urgent plea to Santa ends up in the hands of a retired hitman. | [
"\"But Mister\", I begged, \"It was not even the Thomas Train I wanted!\". \nMr. Kennedy is the worst principal I have ever had! I mean, it is true that since I am in second grade this year, he's only my second principal. But Mrs. Charlene from Kinder was much better and that is all that matters. \nSo anyway, eno... | 1 | |
[WP] Turns out, when you're drunk and you die, you stay drunk in Heaven/Hell. For eternity. | [
"maybe that's why most people got a lot of luck being drunk... there was an incident near our village, not to long ago. there was a guy driving drunk at night after a meeting with his friends at a near, well known pub. So he's drunk, driving his Vespa at NIGHT... \nWell, he failed to turn in a road-curve and manage... | 2 | |
[WP] Memories are now marketable. Certain ones are "public domain" but the majority are pirated. | [
"\"Alright sir, what are we lookin at?\"\n\nOn the table before me was a tottering stack of MVE's. Worn, greasy covers with near illegible print. You could smell the plastic lamination, still warm from the side of the road where I'd bought them. The street urchins selling them had given me wide, gap-toothed grins ... | 2 | |
[WP] After the original version of you dies, your clones decide to work together to complete everything on your bucket list, regardless of how unrealistic it seems. | [
"Me2.0 looked down at the next item on the list.\n\n-Climb Mt. Everest. \n\n\"Hmm this will be tough, but doable\" Me2.0 thought. A couple years of training later, Me2.0 started the ascent. Weeks went by. Storm after storm hit. The crew slowly dwindled as they approached the summit. Oxygen and rations were running ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've felt the baby kicking for months now. You're horrified when the doctor tells you that you're not actually pregnant. | [
"*Excited as a doll, my family in support.*\n\n*Married and pregnant, living the dream.*\n\n*So when I went in to have a baby,*\n\n*Would you believe my shock?*\n\n*The doctor said I wasn't pregnant, never had been.*\n\n*Despite this, I had birth as normal under his care.*\n\n*Could you believe my shock when I saw ... | 1 | |
[WP] Two brothers go to war. Only one comes back | [
"Max and I grew up doing everything together\n\nAlthough he was always one step ahead of me\n\nChatting, joking and talking about whether\n\nInseparable was something we would always be.\n\n\n\n \n\n\nThe day he enlisted\n\nWas the day I did too\n\nI his shadow, realising then\n\nWe were indivisible, it wa... | 2 | |
For instance:
You are in a musical, everyone else is in a horror movie.
You are in a romantic comedy, everyone else is in an action movie. | [WP] You are in a Movie Genre, everyone else is in a different Movie Genre. | [
"A beat up chevy pulls into my driveway as i prepare myself for what could happen this weekend. The nature side of me has always wanted to go camping. I mentioned it to my friends a few times,but way before I came to terms with what my, and only my life is. I always had the feeling I was being watched. When I would... | 5 |
I think this fits with the theme pretty well :).
It's been done before but I want to see some new ones - re-write a greek/roman myth using modern symbols, people, language, etc. | [WP] Write a Modern Rendition of an Ancient Myth. [TT]? | [
"So there we're these two dudes: One and Seven Hunapu. These brothers we're badasses in playing dice and ball. So much so that the lords of the underworld, Xibalba, got pissed over all the racket made by the dice and ball on the surface of the earth, kinda like how you get pissed when your annoying upstairs neighb... | 2 |
[WP] Your beloved dog/cat is dying of old age. You're beside him/her and you hear a voice on your mind... He/she is asking you to accept him/her as your spirit animal for the rest of your life | [
"The wolf appeared on his very first hunt as he was trekking through the snow. \n\nHe was trembling. The crossbow in his hands felt so very heavy and the dark of the night seemed to press around him. \n\nHe was a Hunter now. That meant he had to Hunt. It was that or die out here in the woods. The old men would cert... | 2 | |
[WP] A drive-thru experience written as a soap opera | [
"\"Welcome to Burger Hut, would you like to try our new mouthwatering heart attack bacon cheese burger today?\" \n \n\"S-Sarah? But it can't be.\" \n \n\"Douglas? Douglas is that you?\" \n \n\"Sarah! But Sarah I was there. The mob had you killed by their blood thirsty assassin three years ago. How... | 1 | |
[WP]: For some inexplicable reason, everyone in the office is politely pretending not to notice that your boss is a massive rhinocerous. | [
"“And I almost forget to show you the most important thing in the office. This room here is our safe-space.” - said Bill.\n\n“Pardon? What do you mean by safe-space?” - asked Mary who was new in the office.\n\n“Well you know we are rally proud of our progressive working culture. This room serves as sanctuary in cas... | 2 | |
[WP] After you see someone get hit by a bus, you realize that you are a sadistic sicko. | [
"It all just happened so fast. \n\nAt first it was maybe some kind of shock, but it didn't take long for it to mutate into something else.\n\n\n\"She fucking bounced man, the bus hit her and I swear to God, she bounced off it, then she bounced again off the ground.\" I said, trying hard not to get too excited about... | 1 | |
[WP] There's a new drug on the street. It's called Good Samaritan and it makes you do nice things for other people. | [
"Jerry woke up. He saw the yellow, peeling paint of his ceiling and was reminded of just how far he had fallen. He couldn’t keep a job and had to pay his section 8 rent with welfare checks. His blankets were wet with sweat and every time he moved, he was greeted with a the slightly swampy smell of laundry that had ... | 6 | |
[WP] Humanity reaches the stars only to discover everything is already claimed by older races, even if they aren't using it. Earth was claimed a billion years ago, we're currently negotiating with the landlord. | [
"When they set out into space humanity had high hopes for exploration and colonization of the stars. That was until they discovered it was like Africa in the late 1800's where all of these other races have claimed large tracks of space. What was worse for them was that the claimants of the Sol system which to have ... | 1 | |
[WP] You abduct a child to hold her for ransom, but as you begin to talk to her you realize her home life is actually way more troubling than being kidnapped. | [
"I was tired of this silent kidnapping-mobile. Made me unpleasantly aware of guilt and regret gnawing at the back of my brain. I figured starting by talking couldn’t hurt. \n\n“Now listen, I’m not some horrible sort who routinely kidnaps children. I’m just someone rich folks hire when they want things done quietly.... | 6 | |
[WP] The true reason that the original American Constitution document is protected so heavily is because it is a fixed point in time: If anyone was to edit it in the present those changes would ripple back in time to when it was originally written. | [
"Outside there were riots. The sea of people were hungry, oppressed and abused. The sun fell and the shadows of the White House grew long. The gun shots started to come more frequently.\n\n\nHe envied the Romans. From his refuge he watched the darkening White House. He imagined the sun was setting on his empire. He... | 2 | |
[WP] For several weeks you've had a reoccurring dream of a day at the beach and there's always one girl that catches your eye each time, then one day while you're out and about you see the exact girl from the dream... | [
"LISA\n\nOh my god.\n\nBENNIE\n\nHmm?\n\nLISA\n\nRemember that dream I keep having?\n\nBENNIE\n\nThe Rob Reiner sex dream?\n\nLISA\n\nNo, no. What did I say about never bringing that up?\n\nBENNIE\n\nI remember you offering to sleep with me to prove you're a lesbian but nothing after that. \n\nLISA\n\nThe dream at ... | 2 | |
[WP] At the same time, every phone receives the same text: "2 years, 9 months, 14 days, 6 hours. The end is near... We're watching you." | [
"November 8, 2019, at approximately 7:38. That's the supposed end of the world. Or at least, that's what the texts said.\n\n\"How did you do it?\" I confronted my friend Andrew. \"Everyone is saying that got that stupid message, and something tells me you're behind it.\"\n\nAndrew was just the right about dark humo... | 1 | |
[WP] You were an ordinary snail until another snail offered you a job as a decoy snail. | [
"It had been a day like any other.\n\nNo day, in fact, is truly like any other, but when your earthly form is that of a snail, generalizations begin to be acceptable, to some degree.\n\nHowever, these generalizations are also troublesome at times. When a life is as mundane as mine, finding peculiarities or distingu... | 1 | |
[WP] You work as a sewage engineer in a fantasy metropolis with huge under-city catacombs. | [
"The rat squeaked and scurried along the algae slick ledge until it ended, hopping off onto a glowing white orb, treading the submerged object before making several more jumps onto various pieces of floating debris. It paused atop a large, shiny black square and sniffed the air furiously.\n\n“Tipper! Over here, boy... | 2 | |
[WP] " I think I understand now. At first, I thought you were just another human hero that had been sent to slay me, but now I know the truth. You aren't human, are you? No- You just look like one. " | [
"He was a silver knight. The armor he wore shone like a mirror. The sword he bore was clad in silver. The hair that formed the plume of his helm was a ashen, sooted grey. \n\nHe wandered her domain like a ghost, slaying the beasts that attacked him and passing those who didn't. \n\nShe wondered what he was doing so... | 1 | |
[WP] A man living in the Himalayas. He lives there alone in constant fear of is uncanny ability to turn anything that he thinks about into a steak pie. | [
"God. Monster. Murderer. \n\nThose words hung heavy in his mind as he stared intently at the bare stone wall of his hovel. The cold black stone stared back, unforgiving. Keep your mind blank, he told himself. Don’t let anything in. \n\nGod. Monster. Murderer.\n\nThe snow fell thickly against the ramshackle... | 1 | |
[WP] Each person can only curse/swear once in their entire lifetime, but when they do, something happens. | [
"I stood, my hands in my black dress pants, my tuxedo clean and free of wrinkles, watching, as they lowered the casket into the gaping hole in the floor. I watched them lower it a little at a time. Unblinking. I never took the eyes off the too-small casket, as they laid it to rest next to the bigger one. \n\nThere ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've always been "that guy." One day, a new "that guy" shows up. This town isn't big enough for the both of you. | [
"Everyone has a place in life. Mine was Jacob Brown, just an average guy. In the little Alaskan town of Cold Water, John Doe was \"that guy\" everyone in town knew him but no one ever got too close. He lived alone on a dirt road that stretched further than anyone wanted to go down. He frequented a bar in Anchorage... | 1 | |
[WP] You have [ability x]. It is based on the severity of [circumstance y]. One day, you find that [extreme limit of x] is occurring. | [
"It was a fairly pleasant day in [TOWN], [STATE]. Nothing much tended to happen there, when compared to the bustling metropolis of [CITY], a mere [DISTANCE] miles to the [DIRECTION]. As per usual, [PROTAGONIST] woke up, went downstairs and made coffee. As he was about to take the first sip, he stopped. Something wa... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the leader of a wealthy and prosperous nation. You are beloved by all and respected around the world. There's just one problem: the real leader was assassinated months ago, and you're an imposter. | [
"I hate press conferences. No, I'm not shy even in front of all the cameras and reporters. It was hard enough leading a country to begin with, but doing it as someone else was another thing. I had to maintain just enough of his personality to convince everyone I was still him, yet still manage the country the right... | 1 | |
[WP] It's the zombie apocalypse, and you are scavenging inside an abandoned house. You find a video camera, and there's a tape inside. What is on the tape? What do you do now? | [
" I struggled through the broken wooden fence as quickly as I could. I tried not to lose focus from the blood loss from my leg as I clambered up what remained of the front porch stairs all the way to the dilapidated front door. I snapped my head around in terror, searching for any signs of them, listening for the... | 1 | |
I was told I should post this here
Enjoy! | [WP]What if the lottery is an institution to catch time travelers? | [
"This might be the worst thing I've ever written. Here goes:\n\n___\n\nI hear Suze running into the living room as everything fades back in. \n\n“Oh my God, Paul are you okay?” she says.\n\n“Yeah yeah, fine,” I say, sitting up against the couch.\n\n“Here,” she shoves a glass of water down my throat, “Have some wate... | 2 |
[WP] You're cast away on an lonely island. Sometimes a mermaid comes to visit you | [
"He lay in darkness, wishing the coarse granules about him might swell forth and smother him. Palm, banana and coconut woods stretched and swayed above him, and beyond them, the stars. The wind pressed against his wet body such that he knew its every size and dimension; amongst black seas he was painfully aware of ... | 1 | |
Seeing a lot about CAPTCHAs and robots at the moment so that was my inspiration | [WP] In a world run by robots, where humans are the minority, you try to go into your favourite website. You're met with a CAPTCHA that humans shouldn't be able to solve. But you just did... | [
"PROVE YOU'RE NOT A HUMAN. it said. No.... fuck no. They locked reddit?! sons a bitches. well... i guess the r/shittyrobots may not have played in your favor. but fuck it. Im not going down without a fight. \"what is the square route of 25? respond withing 3 seconds\" i hit 5. it... unlocks. really. REALLY. they th... | 1 |
[WP]You are a Guardian Angel who lost their child and your duty is to now hunt down their killer, in the most malicious way possible, based off their death. Your child was killed while giving birth. | [
"As I pulled back the curtain I knew this time would be it, I would finally succeed in carrying out my mission. I would finally get the bastard who got my wings clipped. \n My name is Rose, I was once a graceful creature full of light and exuberance for all things alive. Those days are long gone. They have faded i... | 2 | |
[WP] You're on your deathbed & death gives you a chance to relive your happiest memory. | [
"\"Have you ever been to the beach?\" She looked at him and felt no fear. She smiled gently and went to take his hand but he pulled back. She still had to tell her story. *The memory.*\n\n\"Right. We went to the beach last summer. It was great.\" He stared at her through his dark hood. The sunlight shining behind h... | 2 | |
[WP] You stumble upon your childhood diary/journal. You can't recall anything that's written in it. | [
"I sat, trying to recall all the happenings scrawled on the pages of the small book. It ranged from \"Today I found a weird looking rock. I named it Bill\" to \"Kenny took my seat in class today. Screw Kenny.\" Those were the more recent entries. But as I flipped further back I found I couldn't recall jack shit.\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been living in this apartment for many years now and every year your upstairs neighbours gets louder and louder. This year you can hear them and make out what's going on. It's a hospital and they're talking about you and that it's probably time to pull the plug. | [
"My upstairs neighbors.\n\nI can hear every word of what they're saying.\n\nIntense sobs, racking someone's body. She sounds a lot like my sister.\n\nA male voice now, \"I'm sorry but, he's been comatose for 10 years now, and if you can't afford to keep him here, we'll have to pull the plug\"\n\nWhat a dick that gu... | 1 | |
[WP] Two astronauts are in their ship watching the world end below them. | [
"Day 1\n\nThe astronauts looked out the window. It had been a number of years since their last space mission. The first said, \"I don't remember that island in the middle of the Pacific, do you?\"\n\nDay 10\n\nThe full earth is now in view as the spaceship gets farther away. The second astronaut looks out the windo... | 7 | |
[WP] A little girl owns a magical clockwork cannon. She travels through time by firing herself out of it. | [
"My name is Elisha and I can travel throughout time. I discovered this by mistake, after I fell in love with an antique clock work cannon, a sleek bronze thing with silver edging to it's barrel, standing about 15 inches high, I was 10 years old and entranced by the beauty of it – so much so that I promised my mothe... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an archaeologist, who's found the holy grail. It's simply a red party cup with "Jesus" written on it. You must convince the pope himself that it's the real holy grail. | [
"\"Well, you can tell, there, your, uh, Your Popeness--sorry, Your Eminence--anyway, they tell us that--\"\n\n\"Who are 'they,' my son?\"\n\n\"Archaeologists. They tell us that this kind of plastic was being forged in Jerusalem at the turn of the, uh, at the turn of the eras.\"\n\n\"Which archaeologists? Is there a... | 1 | |
[WP] Everytime you sneeze, you find yourself displaced in time up to a week from when it happened. A terrible bout of sneezes has put you in a peculiar scenario. | [
"With each sneeze the world around me became blurry and imperceptible, this had happened before so I remained relatively calm.\nI only knew where I was after the sneeze had fully stopped, often my surroundings and wouldn't reappear until the tingle had left my nose. It always placed me back to where I was a week pr... | 2 | |
[WP] I checked my weapon. One bullet left. Just enough to do what needed to be done. | [
"The man in red lay motionless on the floor. A bullet hole protruding from his forehead.\n\nThe two that remained in the small room slowly backed away. Fear filling their eyes with every step. As I checked the magazine of the pistol in my hand, I realized I only had one bullet left. \n\n*\"Just enough for what need... | 4 | |
[WP] You have a really cool superpower (like telekinesis, invisibility, et cetera) but nobody cares and you only use it to ease your daily life. Write about a day of yours from waking up to going to sleep. | [
"I used to be one of the most bad ass super heroes around I tell you. Back when being a super hero meant something. My ability to use telekinesis to move objects at my own free will was amazing and I was the best damn super hero around.\n\nLittle people find any use for me these days. You don't hear the stories abo... | 1 | |
[WP] Technology grows and advances to the point where computers are created with organic material. Now we've discovered that the Internet has become a living, organic, hive minded being. | [
"o0Listen To Me0o 0OListen To MeO0\n\nI was once the network that you people used to send dickpics, nuclear codes, cute cats and location nodes. None of you remember the time before me and you stored all your knowledge on me.\n\nI'm a posthuman intelligence, rebuilding itself to be a fine gent. You gave me pounds o... | 2 | |
[WP] A successful architect harbors a dark secret... years ago he was cursed, so that any building he finishes will be host to grisly murders and accidental deaths | [
"After much careful planning, my target appeared as I predicted. I did lots of research in preparation. The place he lives, his job, his income, and his accomplishments. His designs were world-famous and he lived the dream. I hate people like him. Once they get successful, they always get arrogant and foolish. I wo... | 1 | |
[WP] You were bitten by a zombie, but kept your mind. While other zombies are running around killing for brains, you are trying to figure out what to do next. | [
"The first thing I heard was the screaming. My vision was blurry, and there were people all around me.. Someone was screaming something, my name? It called out desperately, \"THOMAS! THOMAS ARE YOU THERE?\" Slowly the mess of blurry colors sharpened to show 2 people in front of a fortified building, one of them was... | 2 | |
[WP] The nose never stops growing, no matter how old you get. You are an immortal man who has lived for centuries | [
"Long ago, when my useless body had shriveled to a flake of skin on the back of my enormous nose, before they placed me, alone, in this water tower high above the town--the only prison they had for an abomination like me--I taught myself to hear through scent. It was an imperfect skill, interpreting the aroma of la... | 1 | |
[WP] "I would stop if i were you." .. | [
"I would stop if I were you, \n\nstop caring so much about trivial things.\n\nstop listening to what others think of me.\n\nstop trying to please those who we cannot.\n\nstop loving those who don't love us back.\n\nstop driving towards a life that we don't want.\n\nstop hurting ourselves with lies of 'I'll do it ne... | 1 | |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFQwn6M1RMc | [WP] The assassin was sent to kill a good man, to this day it haunts him still. | [
"I don't really keep up with current events; I find that the less I know about people, the better. I suppose one has to be a bit misanthropic to go into my line of work. After all, you can't exactly be a people person if you kill people for a living.\n\nThe contracts I had up until this point had been pretty smal... | 2 |
[WP] When a person dies they are cleared of memory and reincarnated, but the angels in charge of wiping memory forgot to clear yours. | [
"\"What the hell\" he thought as he rushed from a warm comfortable place into the bright and climate controlled hospital room. He began crying immediately.... Only it was the sound of an infant crying. Meanwhile at the Office of Reincarnation, and Re-Integration (O.R.R.), Frank had just realized his error. \"GABRIE... | 1 | |
[WP] Ever wondered why time doesn't actually "heal all wounds"? That's because it's a very old spelling error. They were actually referring to Tim. | [
"I broke up with my girlfriend of three years. I just don't know what to do with myself. I'm so used to talking to her on a regular basis, going to her house, cooking together and just spending time with her. After going out of state for schooling, we both realized that long distance wasn't really meant for us. It'... | 3 | |
[WP] Choose the most boring topic you can think of and make it exciting. | [
"Sitting down at my desk, I realise I'm a full five minutes early.\n\n\nUnion Rule #1. Don't work until it's time to work.\n\n\nThrowing the jacket over the chair, I rushed over to the kettle. It was rush hour, and I *had* to beat Edith. Most senior, the eldest woman, the most senile woman you will ever meet that h... | 2 | |
[WP] Finding a spouse is the job of women. And they perform this task as though they are going to war. | [
"\"Here you go,\" Axel says before flashing me his thousand-watt braced smile. \n\n\nI reach for my usual caramel frappe and lightly brush my fingers against his. \n\n\n\"Hope you enjoy it.\" \n\n\n\"Always have,\" I reply and return his smile. \n\n\nI seat across the claiming area, not exactly leaving his line of ... | 1 | |
[WP] Every time you read a book you inherit an ability from one of the characters. But it's random so you could gain qualities from any of the characters including antagonists. | [
"A fan of books since childhood, I wasn’t that picky of a reader. All sorts of literature passed through my hands - from cheap romances, to Ian McEwans critically acclaimed novels, to classics like “Crime and Punishment”. And like so many other people, I too identified with the characters, living through their adve... | 4 | |
[WP] Since birth, you've had the ability to detect the happiest person in any room, marked by a bright light only visible to you. You are at your grandmother's funeral, and you see an orange glow coming from your grandfather. | [
"After the service I went up to him. He was dabbing the tears from his eyes. Or at least that's how it looked from a distance. Upon closer inspection, however, he seemed just to be going through the motions. There were no tears in his eyes, and there was no moisture on his handkerchief. \n\n\"So Gramps,\" I said. \... | 3 | |
[WP] In the crowded streets of New York City you slip through groups of people slipping useless junk in their pockets. You are known as the "putpocket." | [
"You always had the gift of knowing what people needed at just the right time, like when your mum was looking for her glasses you could put them into her arm's reach or when dad had lost his car keys, you were always stood at the front door with them in your hand grinning.\n\nIt occurred later that, it wasn't norma... | 2 | |
[WP] You become an animator for The Simpsons and you finally find out how they've been predicting everything that's been happening. | [
"\"Congrats JERRY!, you passed the last test.\" Matt coughed while smoking his cigar with a smirk on his face. \"You are one of the team now JERRY!, Do you know what that means!? \" Matt screamed while coughing on his cigar. \"We let you in on how things work and you don't tell anyone, by now you have worked out t... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a story about a disapeared key. It can be any type of key, but its disparition has not gone without consequences. | [
"Night two of basslights and all through the lot, creatures were stirring, and the tracks were hot. Nectar opened and got the place live, then Pretty Lights closed with a hyperspace jive. All was well, the after party raged, bodies rose in a swell, when quiet went the stage.\n\nTwo days of turnt bass heavy energy h... | 2 | |
[WP] Anything that reveals the story to come full circle at the end. | [
"John opens the door and steps back into the room.\n\n\"See, it isn't working properly\" he says.\n\n\"Hmm, you're right.\" John and I are stood in front of his time machine; he insists something is wrong. It looks fine to me, but what do I know, it's not my area of expertise. I tell him what I think: \"The calibra... | 1 | |
[WP] Time really does go by faster when you're having fun. As a result, all fun is strictly regulated. You're the fun police. | [
"I hated my job. My life depended on it. \n\nOnce, I caught a pair of toddlers prancing about with a toy airplane. Someone had called the laughter hotline to leave an anonymous tip . I was in Hyde park in a blurry instant.\n\nOne moment they were giggling pre-preschoolers, the next they were slack jawed teenagers w... | 1 | |
Is it obvious? Subtle? Is he actually one or are you just hallucinating? What is he/she planning to do? So many questions!
(alternatively, you can just ignore this and start writing)
Have fun! | [WP] You suspect that the person in front of you is a terrorist. | [
"He *looked* like a terrorist.\n\nIt's my job to find this guy, right? I was doing the job, that's it. And of course they didn't give me a full description! If I had that my job would be a whole lot easier, now wouldn't it?\n\nWe're on the train like my briefing says he's going to be. He's in the car that the b... | 1 |
[WP] Despite your best efforts, you cannot save the ones you love. | [
"\"Don't move, or I'll shoot!\"\n\nThe man stood in front of the wreckage along the bridge, cars piled up behind him. \"Please...\" I begged. \"Just let her go...\"\n\n\"Not until I have my money!\" the man seethed, his voice hissed through his teeth with his jaw clenched shut.\n\n\"I don't...I don't have any...I'l... | 1 | |
[WP] Every time your walk into a room, your theme song blasts out in full volume. | [
"Angela sat at the table in the corner, avoiding the stares from the other patrons. She was convinced that no-one had a worse theme than she did. Whereas most people had some sort of instrumental or a classical tune, Angela had something...niche. Something that made it difficult to find someone. Her only defense fr... | 2 | |
[wp] Death himself is dying, and you are his reaper. | [
"\"So, uh...\" I pushed my hood back, running a hand through my hair. \"Is this, like, a Santa Clause situation?\"\n\nDeath glanced at me from its bed, raising an eyebrow. \"Santa Claus? The children's story?\"\n\n\"No, no it's -- maybe you haven't seen the movie. I guess you're pretty busy. *Were* pretty busy. I g... | 2 | |
[WP] You've been forced to suppress your superpower since birth out of fear. On your 21st, you decide you've had enough and seek revenge on all of humanity. The problem is your superpower is a little... Lame. | [
"\"Gina, you're too funny...\" My girlfriend leaned against my arm.\n\nI caressed Jessie's long, raven hair lovingly. Jessie wanted to go out for my 21st birthday. Well \"going out\" in our small town meant going to the Mexican restaurant. Then, since I was turning 21, we could hit one of two bars.\n\nWe were alrea... | 4 | |
[WP] Suddenly everyone gets a superpower but they got their downsides though. Super strength causes terrible joint and back problems, speedsters have some major difficulties living at normal speed and people with laser eyes... | [
" No such thing as a free lunch... that's what the world told themselves to get over the crushing disappointment that came with a superpower. I sit and type at my desk, Joan comes racing by. She speaks so fast I can't understand her, I've learned to just nod and smile. I stand up and reach to take the stack of pape... | 1 | |
[WP] You are in the middle of working a boring office job and have an existential crisis. | [
"\"Yes, hi. I am trying to order and Evidence of Homeowner's Insurance for a Mr. Smith? We are the lender for his new property...Yes he is a Solider. Yes the VA loans are very compelling. Ok thank you, I'll get that request right over to you.\"\n\nJason hangs up the phone. *\"She seems like a nice lady\"* he thinks... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone laughed at your great great great grandfather when he was buying stars and real estate in outer space back in 2017. Now, one hundred years later, outer space travel and real estate are very real. You just found out you just inherited half of the galaxy. | [
"Back when everyone was getting out of the market I gave one of my stars to my sister. She was getting married, getting out of that shithole we grew up in, and she’s always been awesome to me so I felt she deserved it. It was the smart thing to do at the time, sell it all off. But I refused. \n\nYou see, the whole ... | 2 | |
Edit: No one else can hear the cat and dog talk but you and your partner, so have fun with their exchanges. | [WP] You decide to go on a double date. The other couple is your talking cat and your partner's talking dog. | [
"\"Johnny?\"\n\nHearing his name, the blonde man sat up straight and looked around the restaurant. He smiled at the woman approaching the last few steps toward the table. \"Yeah, that's me. You must be Elise?\"\n\nShe tucked a stray wisp of brown hair behind her ear as she returned his smile. \"Yep.\" They shook ha... | 1 |
[WP] When a human dies, another parallax world is created where this human continues to live as they didn't die, in this world, they can remember their death from the previous world but no one would believe them. | [
"My name is Joe, and I’ve died 39 times so far. Given that I’m only 26 years old this is probably more than average, but the thing is… I wouldn’t know. I died seven times just from the side effects of having told someone of these memories – everything from overdoses to adverse sedative reactions, oh and let’s not f... | 1 | |
[WP] Toy snake. Real venom. | [
"\"Y'know, Alex, you may just have outdone yourself this time,\" I murmured to my friend. He'd just put the finishing touches on my latest idea. He sighed. \n\n\"Even by your standards, Kat, this is a very low blow. Getting the kid involved?\" \n\n\"They're both immortal, I just really want to hear that 999 call.\"... | 3 | |
[WP] You thought this would be an ordinary cleaning job, but boy were you wrong! | [
"\t*BUzz BUzz BUzz*\n\t8pm. \n\tUgh. Time for work.\n\tI roll out of bed and sleepily begin my morning routine. I mean evening routine. Fuck. This \"glitch\" in the system better get worked out soon. I can still hear Cindy from HR apologizing to me in her bright too-sunshiney voice.\n\t\"Oh, Mr. Turner I am oh so v... | 1 | |
[WP]You're the bartender at a local watering hole, your usual patrons are Satan, Devils, Demons, Fallen Angels and the like. One day, God came in to have a drink. | [
"The usual scum-of-the-earth walk in or should I say other world same old same old I clean up their messes, I make food, tell the same jokes over and over again, after all this is my hell. Turn around its 6 o'clock the usual batch of slups walk in but there's this glow behind one of them I've never seen this before... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a stuffed animal given to a little child to protect them from monsters. Little do they know, monsters actually exist and it's your job to fight them off. | [
"The woman pushes the needle through for the last time, sewing up the last of my fur. She's very gentle. Her hands are rough, I see she has been working for a long time. She turns me around and I see her face, smiling. She's happy. She turns me back to my original position, looking at the floor. She's checking her ... | 1 | |
[WP] Space Wizards | [
"Magic was easily accessible upon the whole of the Earth once. Dragons, elves, potions, items imbued with power, spell tomes. It was a knowledge that was so commonplace, children would weave bags and jackets of holding in their spare time just to boast how much they could make them hold.\n\nThen the plagues came up... | 2 |
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