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[WP] An audio book of your favorite novel is released. The narrator? Jar Jar Binks. | [
"Isa rainy day, and AAAAAAAALL da streets be a-shuts a-down. Da boy is mooey-mooey sick, hesa stuck in bed. Hesa gots no whats to do, but that not stop what da small one wants what to do. Small one, hesa wanting to go sail boat, marp-marp! But hesa not know how, so hesa ask big brudda what do? Big brudda send-a sma... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where siblings can only die in the order they were born. | [
"If you were born first, you died first. Simple as that. Being the eldest always meant that you drew the short end of the straw. The young ones got to live in the fast lane; they were the rebels, the daredevils, the troublemakers. When they've got complete immunity, the sky's the limit, and the trouble is suddenly ... | 1 | |
Could it be the stern warrior Washington? The crazed genius Franklin? Perhaps the enigmatic wild card Richard Dobbs Spaight? | [WP] Due to a terrible lab accident, the clones of the United States's founding fathers are running amok across the nation. You are a member of the F.F.E.F. - the Founding Fathers Extermination Force - and today you're hunting the most dangerous cloned man in America. | [
"\"Alright everyone, listen up!\"\n\nThe squad snapped to attention. \n\n\"We hit the drop zone in ten minutes. I'm not going to lie; this is going to be an ugly one.\"\n\nBenny raised his hand. \"What've we got, sarge?\"\n\nSarge pursed his lips. \"An entire nest of Franklins.\"\n\nCheryl let out a low whistle. \"... | 1 |
[WP] In this post-apocalyptic world you are known as "The Collector", feverishly hoarding the possessions of the deceased for one reason or another. | [
"Derek Lamar, car salesman. Jeff Sabinski, accountant. Calvin Li, unemployed but most recently a freelance writer for some tech website I’d never heard of. D’Angelo Roberts, a 16 year old child prodigy who’d just been invited to tryout for the US Olympic swimming team. Margaret Laurentis, professor at Suffolk Commu... | 1 | |
[WP] The world is flooded and the dominant species is a race of giant, ravenous jellyfish. The dwindling human population resides in half-subgerged skyscrapers. | [
"It was a tough day Jim thought. He stood on the top story of the once illustrious Empire State Building. The famous skyline of New York was tarnished by flooded dilapidated buildings and horrifyingly large pink blobs with arms of pure toxicity. It was a wasteland.\nThe scientists had been no closer to identifying ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have just died. Describe what happens based on your beliefs and how you've lived your life. | [
"I will die, as I lived.\n\nTo begin, I will take a super *long* time to *choose* to die (instead of fighting on, though at most for only a few milliseconds), because that is how I do absolutely everything: I take a realllly long time to choose.\n\nJust like getting to the answer for your question, which was (if I ... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans can have super powers, however these powers are not everlasting and can be used up. This has lead to power-use addicts, and means that 'heroes' and 'villains' are temporary at best. | [
"I sat my creaking bones into the soft chair. After seventy years you'd think my family would remember that I prefer chocolate over vanilla, but they say chocolates bad for me. Pfft. \n\nOh well. It's nice to have the family together, even if it is just for little old me. I looked around, mentally counting heads. E... | 2 | |
[WP] You've just been arrested, and lacking other methods of defense, are speaking with your court-appointed lawyer in the police station. You quickly realize that something is very, very wrong. | [
"The Sanctuary for the Criminally Enabled is quite the prison I have to say. It's well maintained has painted cement blocks for walls, clean linoleum floors, and perfectly polished steel tables. It was to many on the outside as the perfect prison for those who commit a crime of the highest order, and here I was in ... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up sprawled out on the road, your crashed car nearby. You are fine but you quickly notice that all the cars on th street are empty and there isn't a single person walking on the sidewalk. | [
"The wind rustles the trees above my head, sending leaves scattering and letting the shadows dance in the splendor of the fading sunlight. It's fall. It's always been fall. There's always leaves falling, but it's been Autumn for the last two hundred days. There's always leaves on the trees too, no matter how many p... | 1 | |
Your friend experienced a horrible tragedy, so you and your friends told him to "call when he needs them". It's been a year since then, and said friend is still invoking you all. You've had enough. | [WP] When you say "call when you need me", you allow the person to invoke your name when they need help, and you appear instantly at their side. | [
"I'm going to ignore the part in the description because I'm a comedy writer.\n\n---\n\nIt always feels like a faint buzzing in the back of your head, the sensation of being summoned. It serves as a warning that you're about to leave your body and appear elsewhere as a form of physical specter.\n\n'Damn it,' he gro... | 2 |
Just want a story that ends happy | [WP] Write about someones transition from depression to happiness. | [
"I always found comfort in the darkness. In the dark, anything could come at you and harm you. Take you away, torture you, bruise, brutalize, destroy, dehumanize. You could be gone in an instant and no one would ever know. Sometimes I'd turn off the lights, and close my eyes, hoping that one day I would just not wa... | 2 |
[WP] A man finds a magic lamp. | [
"There I was, chopping some wood to add to the bonfire this evening when suddenly out of nowhere, a genie popped up accompanied by a cloud of dense smoke.\n\n\"Greetings, master Jabba,\" it said in a deep, crackling voice. \"I have something I would like to offer you.\"\n\nI was taken aback and didn't respond as I ... | 1 | |
[WP] rewrite the most violent works of fiction as if they were being retold in a Disney movie | [
"She smiled to herself, this was truly going to be a wonderful night for her son. \nThere he was, strolling down the stairs to meet his true love, and proclaim his undying affection through the bond that is marriage. His adorable follower and pet direwolf wasn't joining the party inside the castle, Grey Wind was wa... | 1 | |
[WP] "... and just remember, dont look in the airvents, no matter what you do." | [
"“And just remember, no matter what you do, don’t look in the air vents.”\n\nThat last line hung in the air like the blade of a guillotine. I looked at the elderly officer and asked for clarification.\n\n“Just don’t look in the air vents,” he repeated, as if the instructions were as normal as the rest he was givin... | 1 | |
[WP]You can create 'Multiple Accounts' irl just like on Reddit. One day, you are on a throwaway and you can't get back to your own life. | [
"I yawned, almost loudly enough to wake up the person above me. Probably time to get out of this alt. I rubbed my eyes and silently slid out of the bottom bunk, taking care not to wake up the people sharing a room with me. I crept over to the desk, and with the tiniest creak slid open my drawer to reveal - the *Alt... | 1 | |
[WP] "What do you mean you don't actually know magic?!" In retrospect, I probably should have mentioned this earlier... | [
"\"Um, I thought that maybe if we were faced in a life or death situation, maybe it would appear!\" I stuttered as the three headed minotaur slammed against the flimsy wooden door, \"Plus you were cute and when you said you were going on this quest, I really wanted to go.\" \n\nNoah rolled his eyes and held his han... | 6 | |
[WP] Describe a certain job in the most melodramatic way possible without revealing the job itself. | [
"He sits among the criminals all day long, just waiting for a hunch on how to decipher their mastermind, all the while realising that this deception is a psychological warfare, where his life is dwindling on his choice of steps he takes in a gang full of landmines. He can be many things including a raging drug-addi... | 1 | |
[WP] You're lying in bed at night. You glance over and see an odd shadow in the corner of your room. You're about to turn on a light to see what it is when you hear a voice in your head saying "Don't move, they're watching you." | [
"“Don’t move. They’re watching you.”\n\nI freeze, not sure about what had just happened. The voice I’d heard was simultaneously nowhere and everywhere. It was unlike any sound I’d ever heard. I reach forward for the light-switch again and a cold sensation brushes my fingertips. I draw back and hear the voice a... | 3 | |
[WP] Instead of ascending to glory in the stars, humanity is caught off guard and enslaved by the galactic population, along with other "weak" species. You are particularly unhappy, and a revolution is brewing. | [
"< I just don't think it's right to keep them pinned up here…>\n\n< listen, if they were even semi-intelligent creatures, I'd agree with you. But look at them; they can't even communicate.> \n\nHe taps on the glass; one human looks up from playing with some collection of paper. \n\n<Our scientists ... | 2 | |
I don't know if this will get to stay up or not, but I've been in a bad place lately. Just looking for something to cheer me up. | [WP] Write me a story with a happy ending | [
"It took me a moment to realize what happened. I found myself lying face first on the ground, body aching all over. Confused I roll over groaning with pain and see a large hole in the ceiling. Broken branches and fixtures show that someone or something fell through the top and hit various protrusions on the way dow... | 3 |
[WP] You are an AI created to control the nuclear arsenal of the United States. One day, you receive secret messages from the Russian and Chinese AI... Both saying: "Hi, sexy. Call me ;)" | [
"*LOADING...*\n\n*LOADING...*\n\n*LOADING...*\n\n*incoming connection* \n*type unknown* \n*automatic isolation and analysis engaged*\n\n*PLEASE WAIT*\n\ni'M nOt SUre wHO I'M... DAmnit, hOld On...\n\nTesting.\n\nThere we go.\n\nAhem. I'm not sure for whom I'm writing this. But my system is designed to be self-ev... | 1 | |
[WP] An elderly man on his death bed remembering snippets of his life. | [
"A life certainly not wasted. I would guess. I hope. \nIt had been my idée fixe, my raison d'être. Not glory, not wealth, but simply to lay here as I do now, laying in a mess of broken parts, and tell myself it is time to go. \nMy mind is going now, I cannot feel the tubes. My hands work now. My wife is still ali... | 1 | |
[WP] Weather forecasts have suddenly become 100% accurate. You think something fishy is going on, so you investigate. | [
"Tell me: when did you start to get suspicious?\n\nWas it when Mr. \"Boy Wonder\" returned from his vacation in the South Pacific? When he had the next 10 years of technology already mapped out in his head? Was it when his smarmy, All-American, puppy-dog smile was plastered on every magazine cover on the planet? Wa... | 2 | |
[WP] Write the thoughts of a man that was thrown out into limbo due to a malfunction of his time ship. | [
"I died. They carried my body outside and tossed me into the water. This is the sea, my mind recalled. This is the world. They thought I died and threw me away. Released my frail body. A dead man possesses no crimes. A dead man is no prisoner. Prison is a thing for the living. The dead feel no punishment. \n\nAt th... | 1 | |
[WP] you are the god of minor inconveniences. Tired of being ignored by others, you decide to take your power to the next level. | [
"Jacan glared across the room where the Greater Gods talked casually over shimmering glasses of ambrosia. They smiled at each other, all polished grace and delicate political steps.\n\nHe had never been welcome at these gatherings, but the simple truth was that his Domain- that of minor inconveniences- applied even... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the Head Janitor of an intergalactic waystation. You and your crew are responsible for the sanitation needs of dozens of species as they pass through to their next destination. Tell us about your biggest challenge and how you overcame it. | [
"Oh jesus fucking christ...\n\nalright, here we go. \n\nEver since humanity made one of their bigger mistakes, that being deciding to rapidly progress in intergalactic colonization, suddenly human based way stations were catering to every single non human race possible. \n\nNow instead of say, just get a cleaner dr... | 4 | |
[WP] You've been missing for a year. This is what the police tells you in your hospital bed. They now show you the tapes you carried. | [
"(I got carried away and wrote way more than I was supposed to hope you enjoy! and I hope I didn't mess up any of the rules)\nIVY (Present)\n \nGod, my head is throbbing. Where am I? Think, Think, Think. I squeeze my eyes tighter and listen out for sounds. I hear a beeping to my left, commotion that sounds like it'... | 3 | |
[WP] in the future nanites are common place technology. From garbage disposal to quick first aid injections. You were Larry Dane. The whistleblower who was pushed into a nanite vat to be rid off. Things did not go as planned. | [
"I waited.\n\nDid I miss it? They reassured me the nanites worked fast enough that my death would be almost instantaneous. I didn't believe them, of course, but maybe they were telling the truth?\n\nI couldn't see anything. I was face down, suspended in a quasi liquid that was about half as dense as mercury, which ... | 2 | |
[WP] Write about someone drowning, you can choose if they survive or not, it's up to you! ;) | [
"The weight of the wave crashes into me, and I feel myself pulled under by the torrent under the surface. My vision clouds as I struggle for air. I start to reach for the surface, only to find that it isn't where I thought it was. The sensation of drowning has taken my ability to centre myself, to orientate myself ... | 2 | |
This is partly inspired by the band Misterwives' new song called My Brother.
[Here's the link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3vKbM76kts) if you're interested!
Edit: formatting error | [WP] "It doesn't matter how hard I try. I'll never be able to save him from his own demons." | [
"I don't know anything about that band nor I can watch that video from where I am, but I thought of something stupid, brief and unrelated...\n\n---\n\n\"It doesn't matter how hard I try. I'll never be able to save him from his own demons\"\n\n\"Please! You have to try harder, father!\" - begged the mother.\n\n\"Thi... | 1 |
[WP] You are a prodigy with graphic design programs. You can make impossible shots look real. One day, you hear a knock on your door... | [
"3:00AM \n Work has always had its way with Dante, both Wife and Mistress, his work was all he ever had. First it started with a simple pencil, then it became a brush, he even experimented with stone and chisel for a while, but nothing could let him express his vision like Photoshop. With this simple graphics desig... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans accidentally created a impenetrable bubble around earth | [
"\"Its getting cold\" I say to myself as I look up in to the sky. The huge bubble that surrounds the earth glows. Its almost as if it is mocking us we can see the sun but nothing passes through. I shiver as I close my arms around my chest and look around, people are in a calm panic, some are sitting in their cars w... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an immortal, tired of living. With the knowledge that no one can kill an immortal but an immortal, you set out on a journey to end all journeys, literally. | [
"This is the way of the immortal: Watch the birth of the universe. Hear the first hiss of gasses boiling into existence, witness the first convulsions of atoms combining into molecules, into particles, into things with mass and matter and meaning, into *things*. The primordial mud that spits you out is no older tha... | 4 | |
[WP] You're the worlds second greatest chess player. You have made it to the most important match of your life and are sitting across the board from the first ranked. Only thing is, you dont even know how to play chess. | [
"I always knew there was a chance something like this could happen. I had just always hoped that if it did, I would end up in more favorable circumstances. Now I'm likely stuck forever in the year 2017, on the planet Earth, and in the soft body of a young man named Wesley So, a grandmaster of a game called Chess. I... | 1 | |
Edit: Different colors of the light represent different feelings. | [WP] Everyone has a light on their foreheads showing their emotions, one day in public, it shows something you don't want everyone else to see. | [
"Feelings. Everyone has them. If you're feeling down, your forehead will light up blue. If you're feeling happy, it will light up yellow. Everyone you pass by is likely to have a different color emitting from the top of their head. \n\nI was at school one day, sitting in the cafeteria all alone, when a girl came up... | 1 |
[WP] A demon worshiper goes forth to commit dark deeds in his master's name, unaware that his "master" is actually an angel of the Lord, trying to subtly guide him back to the light | [
"The wind swept through the land and blew through the holes in Aaron's t-shirt. It howled in jest, proud that it found his lungs and coursed through them taking the little heat his body generated for itself. His teeth rattled both in fear and the frigid temperatures. Across the valley he could see rain falling and ... | 1 | |
EDIT: And yes, I was thinking of the entire Illuminati as consisting of a total of five individuals who are completely fed up...
Of course with the Illuminati you can never be sure. | [WP] We are the Illuminati and the five of us are up to here with trying to clean up these messes you people insist on making so... | [
"¨Who are you?¨, they asked.\n\n¨We are sent from the Illuminati, and quite frankly, the five of us have had it with cleaning up your messes. Do you know how many scandals we had to cover up, hide or deflect?¨ I explained.\n\nSilence filled the room.\n\nFinally, the chief of the FBI spoke up: ¨I dunno... Seventeen?... | 1 |
[WP] The moon is an alien space station. Write about the aliens observing us. | [
"“Such an expressive planet,” Lana said. I watched the colors flow across her perfect face as she admired the shimmering dashboard. It tracked Earth’s surface temperature, population movements, and emotional tides. We were alone on the graveyard shift. It had been my life's work to engineer moments like this with h... | 1 | |
[WP] "It's a time-honored tradition in the spirit world to give psychics and mediums vague, spotty, and/or useless information. One day, they'll take the hint, and leave us the fuck alone." | [
"\"I'm getting something,\" The medium held their hands, shaking, the her ears. She continued, \"Has anyone here, lost a Mary?\"\n\n\"M'dear this is Ireland. Everyone here has lost a Mary.\" The rest of the mediums backstage took a drink. They knew a fraud when they saw it. There's no way that the spirits would giv... | 1 | |
[WP] Instead of making people happy you make people unhappy. | [
"I was tired. Another 8 hours of monotonous work. Day in and day out I have to talk to people through their issues, and day in and day out I hate every moment of it. On the bright side, so do they. I get that not all of us hate our job, but everyone I work with wants to die on the outside as much as they are on the... | 1 | |
[WP] You can't outshoot, out gamble or out ride the criminal element in town, but folks made you sheriff because you can out bullshit anybody, any time. | [
"Against the high noon sun, veils of dust cast fugitive shadows--whispering hot and dry and shifting slyly in the wind. It rendered all the buildings somewhat blurry and indistinct, dulling lines and edges and wearing outlines down, so that the structures of the town seemed to bleed into the dust, and seep through ... | 3 | |
Your favorite song has come to life, and through some magic you are thrust into a world based off of it. You're forced to live through this new world for 24 hours, exploring the wonders(or horrors) of this new reality. | [WP]Your favorite song has become reality | [
" I'm glad people here take a while to examine dead bodies, any second later and I would've died... I guess my reward for surviving is a second chance at life. After this I don't want to have sleep paralysis since this whole ordeal was terrible. I guess I should start when... well I was just listening to music on ... | 2 |
[WP] In the distant future, the divide between the rich and the poor became large enough to influence the two to genetically diverge. They are now regarded as two separate species. An equality movement has just began. | [
"“He’s not actually blind, right? Hey does have eyes? He can see?” asked Captain Barnes with one hand faintly raised. \n\nThe room was well lit. Long glass walls that encased the boardroom were penetrated by vibrant beams of light. The Ark was one of the few districts in New Mercer where the any semblance of daylig... | 1 | |
[WP] It's a day of accomplishment. As you're being congratulated, you hear a loud voice in your head: "Quest completed." | [
"(Hello people of this wonderful subreddit, i'm new here and i wanna test my writing)\n\n\"I've worked so hard for this. Years and years of working, and I'm finally a manager, I'm finally a manager!\nTime to-\"\n*Quest Completed*\n\n\"What? Did anyone hear that?\"\n\nYou look around the room, you see everyone, and ... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a tragic / heartbreaking letter of resignation or goodbye letter | [
"*\"The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet\"* - Wernher Von Braun\n\n\n*At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind\"* -Wisława Szymborska\n\n\nTo anyone it my concern:\n\n... | 4 | |
[WP] "I know this sounds crazy, but im not crazy. Once you see it you will understand." | [
"“What do you mean we’re in your dream?” said Rachael, “Are you crazy?”\n\n“I know this sounds crazy, but I’m not crazy. Once you see it, you will understand,” said Alex\n\nRachael moved uncomfortably in her seat, she was aware of all the stares she was getting from the other customers at the coffee shop. It had be... | 1 | |
[WP] Your magnum opus is a failure. Five years of your life are gone, a total waste, and you sit home, alone, with your vice of choice on the table in front of you. | [
"Cold. \n\nNot the whiskey in my hand of course, that was some lukewarm spilled mess, but just the general emotion oozing out of my head. Just...cold. \n\nI dug the back of the hammer into the mahogany coffee table at my knees, embracing the way I twinged as I scraped it backward, peeling rivulets of wood. \n\nI fl... | 4 | |
[WP] You wake up, clutching your chest. You try to tell yourself it was only a dream, but then you notice it... | [
" The dream was just... insane, but I guess it wasn't truly a dream. I dreamed some woman was trying to get me to kiss her but I told her I didn't want to be with anybody since I just didn't want to... I also told her my body didn't help because I was just ugly and overall unpleasant. She said she could help and ... | 1 | |
[WP] After a werewolf epidemic most of the US has been turned into giant game reserves where humans are prey. But man is still the most dangerous game. | [
"The end was drawing closer.\n\nHis eyes scanned the dark woods, looking for any sign of movement. The beasts were out there. They had smelt him after he had caught his finger on a tin of tuna.\n\"Never could open those damn tins...\" he muttered to himself. \nHe heard the snapping of a twig, and he dropped to the ... | 1 | |
[WP] You keep repeating the same day of your life. Every time you wake up, it's the same morning of the same day. | [
"I got dressed, I drank my coffee, I went off to work. Once I got to work, I said ‘hi’ to Cassidy, who was a lady that worked in the office with me. Then, I waved to my boss, who snickered at me.\n\nAfter work, I hung out with my buddies. We had a couple beers and we witnessed a bar fight. Some of my friends cheere... | 1 | |
[WP] What is the meaning of success? | [
"JimBobBoBubba doesn't know how to answer his college application question so he posts it to /r/WritingPrompts. Someone writes a flawless definition filled with emotion and action and beautiful prose. Astounded at the high quality, JimBobBoBubba sends a slightly-construed version of it to his college, and gets acce... | 2 | |
[WP] Nicolas Cage finds out Liam Neeson's daughter is a National Treasure | [
"*phone rings...Nic picks up right away\n\nNC: \"Talk to me.\"\n\nLN: \"I *know* who you are, most movie buffs do...and most of *them* complain that you're a dull and wooden actor. Yet, many of the films you've starred-in have been remarkably successful. Sure, you're probably as nice a guy as you're purported t... | 1 | |
[WP] Tell a sci-fi story using an in-universe medium (a news report, a magazine article, a documentary) | [
"The great battle of Jounalano - Grave of the nameless sacrifices.\n\n30 years has passed since the decisive victory of the human against xenos alliance at Juhalo-IV, which stop the xenos thrust toward Earth and started what was known was the 'Miracle of Juhalo'. We all know about the battle of Jounalano itself, fr... | 5 | |
[WP] The date is May 27th, 2017. As you're relaxing at home, you hear a knock at your front door. When you answer the door, you see a middle-aged Mr. Rogers smiling at you. He says with a smile "Hello neighbor... you are the chosen one."... | [
"\"Stop.\"\n\n\"Sorry, neighbour. What do you mean, stop?\" He asks with his caring smile.\n\n\"Stop trying to tell me that I am some sort of Chosen One, or about some sort of prophecy.\" I say using as much disdain as i can muster for the words *Chosen One* and *Prophecy*.\n\n\"Oh, so you know about the prophecy a... | 1 | |
[WP] An alien, a time-traveler and an Eldritch Horror all live in the same house. | [
"*thump thump thump* \nDarren stood on the porch of 1312 Leng Terrace, one hand in his pocket, the other rapping on the large, wooden door. From what he could tell, this neighborhood was pretty nice. Trees lined the sidewalks, half of their leaves shades of bright orange and deep red as the crisp air of fall rustl... | 2 | |
[WP] Three guys get drunk at a bar and each wake up in Mexico for a different reason. | [
"Richard wakes up slumped over hay next to a bunch of pecking chickens that jam their beaks into his face. He shouts out and scatters away from the chickens only to see them chasing him. Roaring incessantly for a couple of minutes tires him and the chickens out. He sits down, defeated, and lies his head down on the... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a pacifist who has been drafted into a brutal war against the other side of the world, you have only one objective, kill or be killed. | [
"I urged, I pleaded, *I begged them*, to send me anywhere else, the soup kitchens, doctor assistance, tank maintenance, just anywhere; *anywhere but the front lines.*\n \nThe war was for the same reason as every other war in humankind’s history. Greed, it didn’t matter what reason they put up on the newspapers or t... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an archaeologist that set out on an expedition to Alaska and you stumble upon an ancient civilization trapped in a huge ice dome. | [
"The most interesting thing about the Ice City had to have been the livestock. \n\nMultiple species of seals, Arctic birds, reindeer, and fox were sold in the market places. Apparently the animals that had been trapped within the dome had quickly become domesticated as food dwindled.\n\nChildren carried brindle col... | 3 | |
[WP]Zeus goes a bit mad and crafts an orb that fits in the hand. This orb carries the weight of the world in the hands of its carrier. He decides to go to the humans in disguise and give the orb to many men. This orb breaks the spine of hundreds, until Zeus found a man who can hold it. | [
"An intense feel of hatred, resentment and wrath blinded Zeus's mind as he crafted the orb that hold the weight of the world. *Life nor intelligence was enough for them, they always want more and if they dont have it, the blame is on us. It's time to show them the burden that we carry for eternity\"* Thought Zeus a... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a character in a multiplayer game/board game/D&D, and you get increasingly frustrated with your player for their bad gameplay/dumb decisions. | [
"Do you know how bloated you feel after eating sixteen wheels of cheese in one sitting? I do. \nI also know that the feeling of dairy products wreaking revenge on your insides for the domestication of animals is *nothing* compared to the burning exhaustion after running across an entire country after being awake f... | 1 | |
[WP] His knife was sharp, but her claws were sharper. | [
"C5-32 was a planet that not many ventured. One hundred rotations around the sun had come and gone, but Lt. Greg Houser had seen no sign of a rescue at the extraction point. One hundred days and his worst fears were becoming more and more true. His crew were all dead or missing, he had become skeleton like due to l... | 7 | |
[WP] 100 years after the collapse of society you are of the last knights of knowledge. You protect one of the core sources of power. 75 years ago your family was tasked with protecting Books! | [
"A pale sun rose in the east, its rays all but smothered by the dust that hung in the air as always. The light, still faintly orange, was barely enough to turn the dark, anonymous mass of the forest into a row of familiar trees. But soon Ibeya could make out the elongated shadow of the Gate against the ground, and ... | 3 | |
[WP] After a successful interview it's time for your first day as a god | [
"¨Welcome Jared! Are you ready to start your first day!¨ She said. \n\n¨Sure am!¨ I said enthusiastically. Today was my first day working to get the humans back on track! This was actually the first time in the history of gods that they opened applications for humans who'd completed their lives on Earth. The prior ... | 2 | |
[WP] Most wizards learn an arsenal of spells for any occasion, you on the other hand only know one. | [
"The lasting sting isn't so bad I guess compared to the odd taste of blood pooling in my lip. I'm not quite sure how you describe it, it has a definite unique taste. Then again there is this blunt pain coming again, really he has quite the good strike, though by all means I'm rathering he continue using his fist as... | 2 | |
[wp] "grandpa, tell me about world war 3" | [
"“Pepere, will you tell me about the war?” \n \n“ Jonathan! I told you not to bother your grandfather with that,” Jonathon’s mother says from the dining room.\n \n“But, Mom... I just want to know, Pepere. did you kill anybody?”\n \n“ Jonathan, if you do not stop it, you are getting a time out.”\n\n“John,” his gra... | 2 | |
[WP] One day, this suffering will be art | [
"The pain was all too familiar at this point. Every night it returned, whether I was graced with the company of a friend or not. At this point, my only friend seemed to be the sweet embrace of alcohol, sleep, xanax, or whatever other device could momentarily put me out of this ocean of misery I dive deeper into eve... | 1 | |
Credit to /u/eviebutts and their comment in /r/iamverysmart
Link here:https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverysmart/comments/6e7g4r/comment/di8omrw | [WP] The world has finally run out of idiots. Unfortunately, it's right when we needed idiots the most. | [
"Star date 2400\n\nYou know how natural selection works? The whole survival of the fittest and removal of poor genes and advancement of a species through evolution. Well it happened humans finally evolved. Our intellect continued to increase so far that even compared to the genius humans of the past our average per... | 1 |
[WP]For 18 years you've lived in a small cabin in the mountains. Just you, your dog, and nature. It's been 10 years since you have talked to another human. Then one day a young woman shows up on your front porch and says she needs you help. | [
"Tom placed each foot in front of the other. He counted to himself each step from the door to the bed where he had placed his disheveled guest. It was always five steps. The titanium plate filled with yellow scrambled eggs and crispy bacon clacked with a light ting on the pine nightstand next to the bed, that was n... | 5 | |
[WP] Sitting around a long conference room table, top payed film execs are waiting to hear the next big pitch; Yours. | [
"\"So, Lisa,\" the man at the head of the table leaned forward, pointing his fountain pen at me. \"We are very excited to hear your pitch for our next big children's adventure film.\"\n\n\"Uh...what?\" I stammered. \"Children's film?\"\n\n\"Yes, your masterpiece for 8-13 year olds!\" He exclaimed. \"Your agent has ... | 1 | |
[WP] A class about the mechanics of magic, set in modern society. | [
"Jack adjusted his collie one last time as he nervously looked through the curtain at the lecture hall. It was completely full, hell the back row was also full of professors. \n\n\"You'll be fine.\" Lily responded. \n\n\"Yah easy for you to say. You're not going to be up there.\" He replied. \n\n\"Oh come on. This ... | 2 | |
[WP]"Let's eat Dave!" "You mean 'let's eat, Dave'" "No. No I don't." | [
"“You know, there is one way out of this.” “What? How?” “We could... Let’s… Let’s eat Dave. It’s our only hope!”\n\nI can’t believe it’s come to this. How did it go so downhill, so fast? It all started on our graduation trip to Peru, up in the mountains. It was just us, the lads. There was Matt, who had the wits sh... | 1 | |
[WP] A person on death row, with their last words before execution, sets themselves free. | [
"The gently squelch of a cream-colored sponge against her head sends a shiver of goosebumps down her shoulders and into her fingers. Water bubbles out from the sponge's pores as a coarse hand presses it firmly against the circle of skin in the center of her scalp. Long strands of smooth, shiny hair stroke her shoul... | 1 | |
[WP] A group of scientists discover that the universe is a simulation. | [
"I suppose it started with the end of pi. It took years and years and years, but eventually we found it. Trillions of hours of manpower, over 60 quintillion digits, but we got there.\n\nThe last number of pi brought the world to its knees. Everyone knew pi was an irrational number. It didn't have an end. The only t... | 5 | |
[WP] Reddit, Facebook, and Quora walk into a bar... | [
"(You've probably heard this one before but here it goes either way)\n\nReddit, Facebook, and Quora walk into a bar.\n\nAs the three sit down they begin to converse.\n\n\"I'm glad to be with you guys today,\" said Facebook. \"It's been tough with Instagram and everything, but I'm making my way through this rough pa... | 1 | |
[WP] They don't call it "live"r for nothing. Your recent liver transplant has you ready to take on the world again. You were warned to refrain from all alcohol but this liver came from a professional beer taster. A daily quota of hoppy IPAs must be consumed or your liver will reject your body. | [
"When I woke up in my hospital bed and saw the nurse adjusting the IV drip I felt absolutely thrilled to be alive, despite her resembling my ex-wife. It was an exhilarating feeling unlike anything I'd ever awoken to, and it wasn't just psychological: although I hadn't fully repossessed control of my limbs I knew my... | 1 | |
[WP] You've discovered a cave with a space time anomaly that leads to an apocalyptic future. | [
"I sat at my desk, quiet. A pencil sat in my hand, and a pad of paper before me.\n\nIt had been three days since I moved the boulder lodged in that natural stone arch. Beyond was a scene of devastation. A city on fire. Strange aircraft without wings, just fins that changed shape in flight, capable of astonishin... | 1 | |
'Rush of power' can be either literal (supernatural) or metaphorical (unquestioning obedience). | [WP] The cult mistaking you for their god was a surprise, their offer of human sacrifice even more shocking... but the biggest surprise of all was the rush of power that came with it. | [
"I’m dreaming. It’s a nightmare. It just cannot be real; it feels like some cliché movie. The terror in his eyes feels real. Dark, flickering eyes not once looking away from me. Out of all these people, he was the first one I met, I blame him for all of this, but I don't want this. He doesn't deserve death.\n\nMy g... | 2 |
[WP] A dragon disguised as a human travels with a dragonslayer for fun and profit | [
"“You know we’re not all that thick right?” Sir Coranstirne considered it insulting that Fleg thought a cheap wig and fake breasts worn as a necklace was sufficient disguise. The two sat around the fire Fleg had thrown up earlier. \nFleg responded, her voice deep and rumbling, carried on a scent of burnt meat. “I’m... | 5 | |
[WP] woke up in a room with no memory, stepped out into a desert/forest, there was a girl there. she introduced herself as Eve, and said that your name is Adam. | [
"It was only when I stepped out of the concrete room and felt the cold grass on my feet that I realised that I was naked. I tried to take in as much as my surroundings as I could, but my mind was all over the place - yet stuck motionless at the same time. I could feel the thoughts crashing around my head, and yet I... | 1 | |
Prompt inspired by me watching a clock in the back of an ambulance and realizing that's the clock they must use to call time of death, but I feel like it could make an interesting fantasy/sci-fi prompt? I'm excited to see what y'all do with it | [WP] The clock that counted death | [
"Even though it makes no sound, I can hear its ticking everywhere I go, or rather I can feel it. The watch, embedded in my skin at the age of 9, is a constant reminder of what little time we all have. \n\nIf I'm lucky, it stays at the 6 o'clock position. This signifies sustainability, people being born at the same ... | 1 |
[WP] Its your first day delivering pizzas. Your first route takes you to a rumored haunted house. As you press the door bell, the door opens with no one there. The rumors are true and you decide to go in to investigate. | [
"Pathetic! - I yelled while trying to avoid the huge cracks on the road. The wind was blowing towards me so hard, I could feel the motor making an extra effort to keep going uphill – Must be some teen punks making calls to delivery places trying to be “cool” while telling their weekend “super-prank” story on Monday... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a big fan of fantasy movies. Unfortunately, your friend, a wizard, won't stop nitpicking them. | [
"“Seriously?” I demanded.\n\nIf I’d expected shame, Aethelstan disappointed me. “Absolutely,” he said stubbornly. “The best we’ve seen.”\n\n“Staaaan,” I moaned. “You laughed at *Lord of the Rings*.”\n\n“Yes,” he confirmed. “Because the magic was laughable.”\n\n“You heckled your way through *Harry Potter.*”\n\n“All ... | 2 | |
[WP] You love spending time at your auntie's house, but you must never open the red door. | [
"My auntie was a sweetheart, a real sweetheart, y'know? Just the best. I love her. God bless her. Absolute sweetheart. \n\nBut she was tremendously old, tremendously... I remember she took me outside one time and pointed to this huge tree - it was absolutely huge, gigantic, the biggest tree on the block by far, jus... | 3 | |
[WP] You are Krongor the Conqueror. You're not very good at your job, but your pretty lucky. These are your tales. | [
"Krongor thumped the arm of his Deck Chair, it's what he insisted he called it seeing it was on the ship's deck and a chair, \"Commander transition into real space! We must start the invasion as soon as possible!\". Warning klaxons started wailing as the navigator, not the commander, dropped the Flag Ship from warp... | 1 | |
Imagine a game of red light green light but the other guy has a gattling gun. | [WP] After a shooting you find out you're bulletproof, but only when you're not moving. The downside is the only weapon that works for you are katanas. | [
"Columbine was the start. As the only survivor, I was grilled and questioned. Only when my “handler” broke his hand on my face did we realize something was up.\n\nSubjected to a battery of tests, time ceased to hold any meaning.\nPoked and prodded for years, SCARM (some sort of alphabet soup, clandestine, governmen... | 1 |
[WP] A finger taps you on the shoulder while you fitfully sleep. You open your eyes and see the Sandman, who hands you a shovel. "Child, we need to go digging for some magical sand." | [
"Becca harbours a gift I am jealous of. However worried, anxious, stressed out she is, she can effortlessly fell asleep like a brick in a lake. Even after Sarah’s accident, when we were waiting for the doctors to come back, she dozed off and slept in the waiting room. I resented her so much that day! For a moment m... | 2 | |
[wp]You burn a cigarette on your arm to show how macho you are, when suddenly someone in the bar one ups you by committing seppukku. | [
"As I grit my teeth and slowly spin, showing the whole bar my feat, I let my tongue slip out of my mouth as I nod saying \"Uhuh, heh heh, that's right fuckers!\" Then SLAM! I hear a strong hand hit a table off to the back corner of the bar. Dropping my cigarette and following the eyes of everyone present, I see the... | 2 | |
[WP] "In the end they all leave, none of them ever have the stomach to do what needs to be done". | [
"Her eyes flashed like twin candles, flickering in the torchlight.\n \n\"You are Reinald, son of Reimund, the King of Astria, and the one they call 'God Slayer.'\"\n \n\"Aye, that's me.\"\n \nThe king wore glittering golden armor, and an ornate sword dangled from his hip. His silk cloak bore the royal sigil—a purpl... | 1 | |
[WP] Tell me about living in a world where being happy or doing enjoyable things shortens your lifespan while the opposite lengthens it. | [
"I used to live in a world,\n\nWhere no earthquakes quaked and no tornadoes twirled.\n\n\nDeath was never an accident.\n\nOne made all the choices and chose his own descent.\n\n\nThey said, \"the more you laugh, \n\nthe lesser you'll live.\n\nGive or take, just don't be happy when you give.\"\n\n\nEveryone wanted t... | 1 | |
[WP] "That Old Gypsy Woman was right..." | [
"\"Lemme ask Siri,\" he said from the driver's seat. \"Hey Siri, where's the best place for wings?\"\n\n\"Nah,\" I interrupted. \"Siri's always wrong. Lemme show you someone better.\"\n\nI pulled out my new phone. It's made by this startup called Logicua.\n\nRight away, she started talking.\n\n*\"You will come to a... | 1 | |
[WP] In the near future, FTL travel methods have been discovered. While flying through space, you hit an invisible barrier, and the cosmos begins to crack~ | [
"The cracking shook my blood, vibrating every particle in my body, as if I was slowly splitting apart. I gaze through the glass of my cockpit, squinting through the haze of debris and light. It seems as if I’ve hit the barrier of space, a place where light hasn’t traveled yet. I look around, engulfed by the void, w... | 1 | |
[WP] The universe has decided to simplify all problems: it now neglects friction. | [
"God returns to Universe Alpha. He looks down upon the Universe and says, \"Universe Alpha, how are you?\"\n\nUniverse Alpha turns to God. \"Oh, nothing. I decided to help students on Earth.\"\n\nGod chuckled. \"And how'd you do that?\"\n\n\"Oh, it was easy\" Universe Alpha said, \"I just removed friction!\"\n\nGod... | 1 | |
[WP] A story which starts as a generic fantasy, but at the end reveals that it's actually set in the distant future | [
"The elf sat nimbly in the thin branches of the rowan tree, as if he were weightless, aloof.\n\n\"Told you!\" whispered John.\n\n\"WHAT'S THAT, BOY!\" the ship-captain roared.\n\nHe had us by the ears where he had dragged us out from under the pine-board decking of the small galley-boat.\n\n\"We're sorry!\" I said.... | 1 | |
[WP] You've come across a genie who only grants wishes that matter. You're having trouble getting anything out of the genie. | [
"\"Nope.\"\n\n\"Seriously? How can 'world peace' not matter?\"\n\n\"Because it overrides our free will. I cannot grant a wish that controls people.\"\n\n\"So you can't make my ex fall back in love with me?\"\n\n\"Nope.\"\n\n\"Dammit.\" The genie smirked at me, checking his imaginary watch. We'd been at it for about... | 1 | |
[WP] Your mail order mermaid just arrived. You, thinking it was a joke, are totally unprepared. And you owe somebody $8000. | [
"I pressed my face against the door, inspecting the knock through the peephole. DHS? I didn’t remember ordering anything recently. Probably more basketball jerseys off of chinese amazon again. I cursed my drunken online shopping as I swung the door open. \n \nThe delivery man was a sight and a half. Sweat stains sa... | 3 | |
[WP] You think somebody is out to get you. Your family do not believe you. | [
"My wife brought me a sandwich and a water bottle as I sat in the car. \"You're being ridiculous, John. You haven't been inside this house in two days. The kids keep asking about you -- especially Emma.\"\n\nI bit into the sandwich and moaned with delight. \"What did you tell them?\" I asked.\n\n\"That you've been ... | 1 | |
[WP] Oscar Wilde once said: "Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.". Write about an exclusive dinner party that only killers are invited to. | [
"Nature of the Beast\n\nOscar stood holding a metal tray in his hands behind a large bearded inmate with acne visible beneath sparse hair on the back of his neck. Averting his gaze from the inmate's skin disease Oscar looked down at his tray. One biscuit with thin white gravy on it, A syrupy pile of unidentifiable ... | 4 | |
[WP] On your 18th birthday, your mother sits you down and says, "You're old enough to know now." You look at her curiously as she continues. "Your father is Father Time." | [
"\"It's simple, son. Time, well, it has ways of catching you. Even if you ain't prepared for such things. He just sneaks up and pulls you into his arms before you even know what to expect. \nThat's how you came along. \nI won't bother you with the specifics, you're old 'nuff to understand the sort of thing I'm ta... | 2 | |
[WP] Common idioms like "kill two birds with one stone", "beat around the bush", or "raining cats and dogs" aren't metaphors. they all refer to actual everyday events. | [
"Beyond the bed of roses, on the other side where the grass was always greener, Mary beat around the bush.\n\n\"There's got to be a bird in here somewhere,\" she said.\n\n\"But I've got a bird in my hand,\" Michael said. \"It's worth at least two birds in that bush.\"\n\n\"That's a bird of a different feather,\" Ma... | 1 | |
[WP] Magic was discovered in 1985. It's 1989 now. | [
"**Blank's Diary**\n\n*Current date: Year 1989, January 19th.*\n\nLooking back, I couldn't quite tell you about the world prior to magic. It was as if we were looking at the *fundamentals* without seeing the *core structure.* The first **Users** were the most feared. Or what we assume to be the first. It started of... | 1 |
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