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[WP] You are an evil overlord who has finally ascended to your throne as ruler of all the world. Turns out it's kind of a shitty job. | [
"\"YOU HAVE ONE NEW ISSUE\" said J-9, the monotone but sweet sounding AI assistant. \n\"Damn it, what now?\" Yelled Doctor Zaltar, as he slowly crawled out of his sleep pod. \"All these damn issues. Laws, personal disputes, ah damn it. \nComputers buzzed as the Dark Lord of Transhumans put on his neuro suit and c... | 1 | |
[WP] The Led Zeppelin we know is a famous rock band. What few know is that in the multiverse, they will be found together in some form. Whether they're first on the moon or 5th triumvirate of Narnia. You've been going through the multiverses, when you find a combo that even you don't see coming. | [
"As Ben watched the news report, choking on his coffee in surprise, he remembered what he’d been told when he started multiverse jumping: Everything and anything can happen. And when there’s an infinite number of realities to choose from, they often do.\n\nHe still remembered the first alternate earth he’d jumped t... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a dog. There's a reason why you don't like the mailman. | [
"Badman was here.\nEven though Patch couldn't see him yet, the kaleidoscope of his scent rushed under the front door, filling the hallway. It was a full minute before the morning sun was partially blocked by Badman's feet. The mail dropped and Patch momentarily struggled with himself, forcing himself not to run t... | 2 | |
Listening to my friend tell a story, and this sentence alone has so much potential. | [WP] This bathroom was not meant for three people and a medium-sized dog..." | [
"A customer just paid his bill without tipping. He told me its because \"there's no goddamn paper towells in the goddamn bathroom...\" or something like that.\nI hate this job. I'm a waiter at a 24 hour waffle bar. Tips are crap and the customers are worse.\nHe paid for his $2.49 double stack and left at 3:20AM. It... | 2 |
[WP] Rhyming words create random magic. Rap artists are the most powerful wizards. | [
"Excerpt from a Time Magazine soft profile of Drake - March 2019\n\n**Drake:**\"... You know man, its hard trying to keep doing this rap stuff with all the random crap that keeps happening on stage.\"\n\n**Reporter:** \"You say 'Random Crap,' could you elaborate a bit for me.\"\n\n**Drake:** \"Yeah, you've seen the... | 1 | |
[WP] You run an orphanage for children with... special talents. Tell a story of your first, or last day. | [
"\"You have no idea what you are doing do you.\"\n\nIt wasn't a question. It was an eye roll. It was a statement of reality. She was eleven, a street kid, whatever that means. Her hoodie sleeves would have hung twice as long as her arms if they weren't scrunched up at her wrists. Angelica fiddled with the blade of ... | 3 | |
I met my SO through ebay (true story) ppl ask all the time and dont take the answer seriously or ask what i bid. Just would like a different spin on things. Cheers | [WP] Write me the story of how you met your SO by embellishing the lil details so it becomes a tale of epic proporitions | [
"\"3 down, 2 more to go, swing low, be precise, no power all speed and efficiency of motion. You got this, whatever you do don't drop and maybe you'll get home in time to catch the end of Bold and the Beautiful\" i thought to mysef as i super glued an arterial wound shut. \"How'd you manage to get.yourself here?\" ... | 3 |
[WP] An armed robber demands to speak to the manager after dealing with a rather difficult cashier | [
"\"You what? YOU WHAT?!\", I said to the cashier. Is this actually happening?\n\n\"Sir\", she said in a monotonous voice, her face surprisingly calm under the circumstances, \"I can give you the cash, but these Mentos are limited edition. We aren't allowed to give them without proper payment. And only one per clien... | 1 | |
[WP] After years of searching, you have found an ancient temple that is said to hold the meaning of life. But when you enter, all you find is a note with a phone number labeled "Call For a Good Time". | [
"I stood staring, a blank expression soon replaced with one of anger, fury, rage. I screamed and threw my GPS against the wall. All this time. All the money. All that I had sacrificed to be here. To find out the truth, the answer. The only answer that mattered and this is what I was privy to, common graffiti? “God ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your SO tells you to close your eyes, when you open them you are someone else, somewhere else. | [
"She looked at me, tears falling down her face. Her seashell necklace glinted in the faint light. \"You can't die. Not here, not now.\"\n\nI tried to hug her, but I couldn't get up from the pain. I had a grave wound on my side and lost too much blood. I tried to speak, but she kissed me gently before I could say a ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are immortal in body, but your mind has aged beyond recovery and you now have Alzheimers. To you, every day is a new adventure, but to everyone else, you're a fickle and unpredictable deity. | [
"“This is Huetz, I’m writing this to myself because I’ve noticed” – The writing was suspended when a strong noise came from outside the cave. The creature got on his feet in less than a second, his fist was no longer grasping the pen but a sharp sword. From the shadows, a mid-twenties man showed.\n\n“Mr. H! You’re ... | 4 | |
[WP] The year is 2020. The first astronauts have landed on Mars. They find a cave with a single human skeleton and four words written on the wall (We Are Not Alone). | [
"''Cherokee-1, this is Haymaker, we've found something that may be catalogged as a problem, over'' says US Commander William Barostiwszky\n\n''Huh? Could you be more clear, Haymaker?'' responds the radio operator, removes the headset and gets the attention of a superior ''Sir, the gorund team may have found somethi... | 1 | |
[WP] Magic is in the process of being rediscovered. You have just found a protection enchantment that sounds suspiciously like, "Hold My Beer." | [
"\"Fulton? Hey Fulton, come over here.\"\n\n\"What's up? I'm reading.\"\n\n\"Smitty's on the ledge.\"\n\n\"Hm?\"\n\n\"I said: Smitty stands on the ledge. That building on the other side of the street. Third floor. He is saying something. Come over and have a look.\"\n\n\"What's this idiot doing? He will kill himsel... | 5 | |
[WP] Global Warming is being orchestrated by a secret organization who deliberately want to raise the temperature on Earth. | [
"Fyodor walked into the main hub of the Russian base of operations in north-east Siberia. He was wearing 3 jackets and still he felt as if he was going to find black stumps where his extremities used to be. He had long since lost sensations as he made his way back from the ice sample collections centre. His colleag... | 2 | |
[WP] These Midnight Walks | [
"It's been a long time since she left. Over a year now as best as I can recall. I've gained some weight, about thirty pounds. I've lost my job, been skating by with what was in my 401k for the last few months. Our dog... My dog was old, finally went. It was quiet, it was in her sleep. Soon I'll be broke, and I'll b... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story based in a world where dreams are much, much more exciting than they're lives. The more lousy your life gets, the more fantastical your dreams get. | [
"Harry Hale shuffled along the sidewalk of 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, the crowds parting around him, not seeing him. He walked with a limp, a can-do shuffle. His clothes, once a fine Armani suit reduced to piss and shit stained trousers and a shirt yellowed and bloodied after weeks on the street, stank off all the... | 1 | |
[WP] "Do you have a moment to talk about our lord, Lucifer?" | [
"I apologize if the formatting for this is off, writing on my phone ATM.\n\n\"Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and saviour, Lucifer?\"\n\nGet out. Seriously, fucking get out. I have had enough of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Why did I get fucking Satanists at my door? Again?\n\n\"Listen here, pal. This isn't... | 1 | |
Year of the story is up to the writer, the idea was to put it somewhere in the future but writing the exact year and age would limit the memories and the story. | [WP] Social networks have evolved and it's now possible to share your memories in a way people can experience them like they were there. You are the oldest person on the planet and on your death bed. They log you in to your new account and wait.. | [
"This doesn't follow the prompt because it's somthing I wrote in an odd form to cope with an event in the past and reading this prompt I would like to share the emotion because I think that what it makes me feel helps me cope with everything that has come after...don't make me regret posting this haha!\n\n\nThe nur... | 1 |
[WP] When you die you're presented with the option to become God of something. With so many people, the good choices like "thunder" and "the sea" are taken. But when you make your choice, the creator is impressed, and anxious to see how you'll use your new status. | [
"\"A very... Interesting choice,\" the creator said. Their echoing voice carried easily through the area around you. \"Though I'm not sure it means what you think it means.\"\n\n\"What, you mean I can't take it?\" I asked, obstinately.\n\n\"No, feel free, but there's no going back on this choice. Most people choose... | 1 | |
[WP] Write your favorite cliche story in the style of a limerick. | [
"There once was a bum in bar. \nWho'd cried into many a jar. \nBut his luck would come in, \nAnd turn his tears to a grin. \nWhen they all seen he was a star. \n\nAnd Enough of that for now, however. \nThe wishing leaves ye wanting forever. \nAnother drink... | 1 | |
[WP] You're dozing off after a fun day. A scaly hand creeps out of the closet and flips the lights off. "Happy birthday. Tomorrow your scare level goes up to PG-13." | [
"As I sat in my room I looked towards the closet. I didn't really think about it, but it was a reflex, a primal sense of something wrong.\n\n \n\nThen I saw the hand extend out and flip the light switch. I gasped, unsure of what to do, my muscles at once priming me to run and pinning me to the bed.\n\n \n\n\"Happy ... | 3 | |
[WP] The universe of the last video game you played is now your reality. | [
"I run on a daily basis. Not that far, just to city hall and back. But today was the first time I ran in the rain. It felt good. As the cooling droplets touched my skin, I felt refreshed. Each puddle was a goal, a hurdle to be jumped. I felt indestructible, but as I was jogging through my green light, I was blindsi... | 10 | |
[WP] All fortune cookie messages suddenly actually come true. You just ordered Chinese takeout and they gave you 3 fortune cookies. | [
"I had always carried a suspicion about the fortune cookies. Last month, right before final exams, I opened one that said something along the lines of \"You will be well prepared for an important event\". The very next day I aced my philosophy test. \n\nThe more I pondered the fortune cookies, the more I understood... | 1 | |
I know I spelled "sights" incorrectly :) | [WP] At birth, humans are evaluated and given a number from 1-100 based on how much they will benefit humanity. You are a sniper with a score of (65) in your sites is the target you've been tasked to kill , who is reading... (100) | [
"\"So, who is he?\"\n\n\"Who's who?\" The earpiece crackled out Hal's voice.\n\n\"Who d'you think? The mark. Who is he?\"\n\n\"David, where are you?\" Hal asked\n\n\"On a rooftop, quarter mile southwest of central.\"\n\nDavid, waited a moment before he heard the tell-tale beeping in his earpiece. David hated that g... | 4 |
[WP] You are an alien organism tasked to provide a written explanation to your superiors as to why a mammalian organism know as "humans" wiped out all life on a planet that has fallen out of the universe's history. | [
"Destruction of XLM-ANTITIME-Bella Cassus\n\nXLM-ANTITIME/Earth/Here/Bella Cassus/ - Garden world primarily inhabited by haemovore species known as 'Mosquitoes'. Ended in the year 40.4M by Cyclonic Antitime Core Implosion device. \n\nAggressors: 'Humans' (See Appendix VIa through XIId) Mammalian species responsible... | 1 | |
[WP] Write about the 5 ways you see your Dad as you grow up. | [
"The click of the deadbolt sliding back opened up the biggest can of joy in Ed's heart. He threw down his toy truck and rushed down the hall, scooted down the steps on his rump, then took to his feet again to cross the last room between him and the opening door. \n\nThere were legs. Daddy legs! They were in blue pa... | 1 | |
[WP] kill one and you are a murderer, a hundred and you are a serial killer, a million a conqueror. If you kill everyone you are a god. Now what happens if you kill a god? | [
"It was raining that day. I think it was raining. Rain was common in those days. A terrible thing to be both muggy and hot. The rain was warm, I remember now, rudely so! It is a terrible thing to have your memory run off and come back like a naughty child. \n\n\nGod. What a word. Couldn't it have been somethi... | 1 | |
[WP] The two political parties of the United States decide there is no reconciliation and decide to split. Unlike India and Pakistan, no one is required to move but rather choose between the two and live side by side as citizens of two separate political States. | [
"I enter the door, into the crowded office. It clearly was hastily put together. The flag of the \"Progressive States of America\" is tacked loosely to the wall. The waiting room has only about fifty seats and almost 300 people are packed in. Only five case managers are available today. I see a man get up and rush ... | 2 | |
[WP] You can elect to have all the bad luck in your life in the span of 24 hours so you can live the rest of it in bliss - if you survive. | [
"12 am: I stir awake. I'm unsure if I am still dreaming. I hear a sound, a terrible sound that flips my stomach up into my chest. The back side of an open hand comes down hard on my nose. warm blood flows out of my nostril and down the side of my cheek. Thrill and anticipation take hold and yank me into consciousn... | 13 | |
[WP] There is no God. There is the only the cold flickering of a computer monitor in an empty void. It waits for an operator that will never come. On occasion, a cat will come and walk across the keyboard. | [
"Taking characters and inspiration from an established universe. The EU has been altered to conform to the WP. Don't know if this kind of thing is frowned upon. If so, please do let me know. Required some research and refreshing of my memory on some concepts. Some concepts are completely made up. Also Paperwork suc... | 7 | |
[WP] 2050: Canada, under pressure from climate change refugees, has to build the most polite wall they can. We're really sorry aboot it, but we're full, eh? | [
"Jeb and Ned spent the evening fishing and lifting their spirits-- as any good mountie does. The air that night was cold and the stars plastered the sky from horizon to horizon. Jeb liked to look at them from the heated comfort of the small wooden guard shack atop the great wall of Canada--Proudly built in 2046 to ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are abducted by aliens who are very quirky and awkward in their interactions with you. | [
"The room in the UFO was silent.\n\n\"So,\" Jacob broke the silence, \"what's gonna happen? Are you guys gonna probe my anus? Or are we just gonna...\" His voice trailed off. He didn't really know where this interaction was going.\n\nThe humanoid figures just looked at him for a few moments. They were large, and gr... | 1 | |
[WP] Everytime you sneeze, someone in the world gets rich instantly. Its allergy season. | [
"It was okay at first. It was even funny.\n\nIt took a while to work out the pattern. Not many people go and check the stock market for unexpected hikes after every sneeze, after all. And it wasn't that predictable, either - one sneeze might result in a sudden hike of some stock prices, the next caused a lottery wi... | 1 | |
When you've never before known hope, what does it sound like? How does it change you? | [WP] You live in a world where destiny is unchanging, and hope therefore is irrelevant. Everything changes the first time you hear hope. | [
"\"Tibaeus!\" Some men shout. \"What are you doing?\"\n\nThe man ignores them, continuing to shovel water out of the boat, bucket by bucket. \n\n\"He has gone mad!\" The men moan, sitting by as the water rises higher and higher at their ankles. \"Has the Oracle not proclaimed that our destiny is death by the seas? ... | 1 |
[WP] Killing another human ages and shortens the life of the person who committed the act. | [
"The alleyway smells like cheap liquor and condoms; tears and baby wipes. The last resting place of the forgotten; the graveyard for the living dead -- the homeless, known as the hobos. \n\nOn this night, only one of these so-called hobos can be seen, mourning his deceased brethren over a bottle of slow-poison, war... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone has a 10,000 speaking word limit every month. | [
"I used to hate New Year's Eve. We always gather at my parents' place, and they take the opportunity to fill the house with strange relatives I barely remember, all bombarding me with the questions that I hate answering.\n\nAunt Mildred corners me in the kitchen. \"Do you finally have a boyfriend?\" She gives me a ... | 1 | |
[WP] Describe an interaction between an empathetic villain and a sociopathic hero. | [
"The man in the suit had come to make sales and clients, and the man wearing a hoodie in the audience had come buy drugs. At the podium, the former recited the same speech he’d given in a dozen different towns across the dying rural state. Step one was economics.\n\n“That’s the short of it: my company bought rights... | 2 | |
Idea source: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6iu9d6/when_you_play_other_games_but_rocket_league_is/dj9ij0h/ | [WP] You decide to strap yourself to two tonnes of popcorn kernels and parachute into a volcano to see what happens | [
"The man had decided to leap headlong into the mouth of a volcano, also choosing to straddle himself with two tonnes of popcorn kernels. Those who did not know him asked \"Why?\" while those who knew said nothing. These antics were common enough that they barely even registered the news of his lastest stunt, regard... | 2 |
Dead or alive? Idk. Up to you :) | [WP] A thousand years ago, you sacrificed yourself to save the colony ship. Now, they've finally found you. | [
"The ship had left the spaceport off of Alpha Centauri in the Earth Winter of 2078.\n\nIt was just about rolling into Earth Spring in 2184, and I had not moved more than twenty feet in nearly a thousand years.\n\nI had never believed in ghosts. They just didn't seem practical to me. Now, I'm not so sure. They told ... | 5 |
[WP] Raiden is sent to Earthrealm by the Elder Gods to find a Kombatant worthy enough to fight in Mortal Kombat. He's scoping out a young, Shaolin Monk named Liu Kang when all of a sudden he notices Chuck Norris and chooses him as Earthrealm's fighter. | [
"As Liu Kang hit his personal wooden dummy for the two thousandth time, Raiden was about 98% confident that he would go the extra mile and win Mortal Kombat. Before finally deciding, Raiden bolts out of China and lands in America in a blink of an eye. \n\nIn a swanky coffee shop in Hollywood, Johnny Cage was compla... | 1 | |
[WP] By all accounts, he was miserable, contemptible old man. No one attended his funeral except for a single person he did not know, and with whom he had had only a single interaction years before . | [
"The grave diggers didn't even really notice the only \"mourner\" at the funeral until well after the work was done, and even then they didn't think that they were there for the deceased. \nThey had assumed the man watching them work at a distance was either one of the joggers or goths who frequented the graveyard,... | 3 | |
If you've seen John Wick 2 he kills two assassins using only a pencil. Make it as gory as you want. Good luck | [WP] "The Pen is mightier than the Sword". Surrounded by millions of spectators. You've been placed into a coliseum armed only with a stainless-steel pen. | [
"\"Decapitate him! Let blood rain upon the ground!\" An old woman shrilly but raspily screamed.\n\n\"Slaughter the invader!\" A masculine voice hollered.\n\n\"Looks like the crowd thirsts for the taste of your flesh.\" the gladiator grimly sneered as he flourished his sword and lifted his shield to his chest. \"Tak... | 1 |
Courtesy of u/theprofessaur | [WP] For thousands of years, mimes have guarded the world from invisible enemies. But one day, you are granted invisibility by some force, and you decide it's time to beat the mimes asses... | [
"The mime stood there, hands in front of him, pressed against an imaginary wall. \n\n\nThe small crowd of people watched, unimpressed. \n\n\nThe mime shifted his body, his motions were jerky. He pretended to be trapped in boxes and bump into walls. \n\n\nThe crowd remained unimpressed. A few a chucked a coin or two... | 1 |
[WP] You are in a coma but little bits of reality start to bleed through and into your dreams. | [
"The start of another day. Light flows across my eyes before I open them. The incessant beeping that brings me back to my world once again. A steady, pulsing beep that lets me know I'm still alive. I struggle to rise. A struggle that seems to get more difficult each morning. Yet one I refuse to lose, includin... | 5 | |
[WP] Somehow, you screwed up so badly that we've now been caught up in an intergalactic war. What the hell did you do!?! | [
"\"**I** did nothing; and I'm offended that you think otherwise.\" I replied. We'd only just managed to reach our ship in the wake of the violence in the Arkanon throne room. While I was catching my breath, my uptight partner had been wasting her own hot air to accuse a perfectly innocent man of starting a war. Th... | 1 | |
[WP] Your reflection offers you its hand and says, "It's time you met the rest of us." | [
"The florescent lights gave off a dull buzzing as Michael stared back at the bathroom mirror. His reflection kept its hand out, and offered a welcoming smile.\n\n\"Excuse me?\", Michael asked, not really managing to get his head around the situation. He looked down to see his own hands gripping the edges of the off... | 2 | |
[WP] You were criogenically frozen after an accidental death in your early 30s and you managed to be resurrected almost 250 years later by request of your great granddaughter. Now, you're trying to fit into your family and the future society in general. | [
"\"Weeellll back in my day we didn't have all these fancy smancy car thangies\" said grandpa in his most gruff voice he can use \"*weee* had to hoof it up hills in freezing cold temperatures.\" \n\n\"You guys havd cars back then\" Said Anne the eldest of the three children.\n\n\"Didn't anyone teach yah to respect y... | 1 | |
[WP] "Explain this once more, Detective. You were conducting surveillance where? And you saw someone exit the building, carrying...what? You do realize how ridiculous that sounds, don't you?" | [
"I take a deep breath and sigh again. \n\n\"So once more from the top. We still have open surveillance warrants against the Zakoski Family.\" I said as I poured myself a fifth shot of rum. \n\n\"Alecksander Dubrinov walked into the house, I had correctly identified as a Zakoski safehouse, empty handed. Yet every ti... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a gamer. You've been playing games for as long as you can remember. But one day when a lightning strikes down your live wires, you find yourself inside a gaming world. | [
"I had been tapping away on my iPad for 10 minutes now, trying to finally destroy that enemy base. My fingers flew, as I struck box after box, sending waves upon waves of Wall Cats, Dragon Cats, and Titan Cats at the enemy forces. My parents would be home in 1 hour, and this game was the perfect way to pass the tim... | 2 | |
[WP] Write about someone's everyday commute as if it were an epic hero story even though it's mundane. | [
"\nEveryday I wake up, eat cereal, brush my teeth, and head to the bus to get to work. It's the same thing time and again, in and out, back and forth. It's a boring routine but it's mine, and it's one I plan on having for the rest of my life.\n\nYou see, I'm a simple man, an average man, whose accepted my role in t... | 2 | |
[WP] A person from 1500 AD falls asleep and wakes up in modern times. They are unimpressed by what they find. | [
"The number of probes, and shots which he had to endure was tremendous. The scientists reported that he was surprisingly calm following his sudden existence 500 years in the future. \"Stoic\" was the word they used. He spent weeks in isolation followed by weeks of inoculations. He was constantly monitored, and quic... | 1 | |
[WP] A smuggling vessel attempted a route rumoured to be cursed. Unknown to the smugglers, they were closely watched and protected in an operation to find a real threat. | [
"It was not unusual to feel a bit tense, trapped on a tiny tincan for weeks and months, with the endless black waiting just outside. On an ocean vessel you could at least go outside, maybe even take a swim; but here there was just no other option. It's not like he really *wanted* to be anywhere else - his books and... | 1 | |
[WP] Write about a lawn mowing, from the perspective of a blade of grass. | [
"Rumors of the cutting ran swiftly though the lawn. The older blades, their tops ragged and brown-edged from the last, started the panic. They remembered the whirring blades, the sunlight cut into thin slices between their endless rotation. Some of them had been five, even six inches high, proud-stalked and ready t... | 1 | |
[WP] In every other alternate universe you're an evil dictator, except this one. They want to change that. | [
"\"Ha! Take that!\"\n\nTwo big red letters appeared on the screen.\n\nK.\n\nO.\n\n\"This is, what, your fifth win in a row now? Can we play something else?\"\n\nRandy, obviously frustrated, threw his controller behind him. It landed on the bed we were leaning on, so no damage was done. We had just finished our last... | 1 | |
EDIT: Thanks for your answers! This is by far my most upvoted post. I'm happy you liked my prompt! | [WP] You die and find out that there is an afterlife and yes, there is a way to come back. As soon as you get face to face with God, you find out why nobody has ever attempted to return to Earth... | [
"Emmerson held fast to the one thing that made her feel human, her language. She noticed the way God spoke into her mind, as if the words traveled up her spine into her head. The only way she could describe it--God talked through her, like she was a straw.\n\nShe used her mouth, fumbling over her words. Her body wa... | 5 |
[WP] You order a secondhand phone off of Ebay to find on it's arrival that it has not been cleared, it's contacts include high profile government officials and holds top secret software, within 5 minutes of switching it on you receive a text, "What do you want us to do with him now Agent Colla?" | [
"I stared at the message.\n*Fuck. What do I do?*\n\nI typed out my response and pressed SEND.\n\n---------------\nHe read the text, dumbfounded.\n\nIt had to be a joke.\n\n*\"Execute Order 66.\"*\n\nHe groaned.\n\n\"Looks like r/PrequelMemes is leaking again, dammit!\"\nAgent Silas looked down at DJ Khaled, sighed,... | 1 | |
Write the story from stones perspective from origin to end. | [WP] It is year 2100. Humans encountered a strange stone on earth with signs of life. The stone tells its story. It is a fragment of meteor that wiped dinosaurs. | [
"As you might know, or not know, a simple piece cannot remember the whole of its story, the same way you cannot remember the complete story of your own species. I can't remember the things before the formation of the whole I was part of, but I can tell you the story of how I, the tiny piece that I am now, got here.... | 1 |
[WP] Lycanthropes exist, they just keep themselves secret because they have 'uncool' transformations. No wolves, bears or Jaguars - just animals like pigeons, poodles and raccoons. | [
"Everybody loves a good werewolf story right? They'd probably be less interested if they knew the truth.\n\nWerewolves are real. Technically. I don't know why but occasionally lycanthropes are born. They called us wolf-men. Humanities two greatest fears combined into one creature. Wolves are terrifying. Alone, you ... | 6 | |
[WP] The war against the undead drudges on. But tonight is different, not only are they moving in packs but.... are they setting up ambushes? | [
"We thought we were winning the fight.\n\nLet's be honest, we've all fantasized about it: battling the living dead. How many games did we play? All the novels and movies outlining scenarios and strategies. Why, at this point they were the precursor to training manuals. So much of that fiction ended up being true. T... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a hitman, who enjoys a comfortable lifestyle, apart from one hitch, you have a unquenchable urge to kill whoever the internet hates most at the time. | [
"Always had a knack for the lavish lifestyle, a penny here, a penny there and save yourself the trouble. A penthouse for night, a gentle ride home, a good stake, served exactly as you want it, dipped in just a tiny bit of wine and medium to well done, sauce offered on the right side of the dish, spicy on the left s... | 1 | |
[WP] Kidnapped as a child, you were raised by a secret government organization as a genetically- and cybernetically-enhanced super soldier... but before deployment your superiors were arrested and now you must adjust to civilian life. | [
"I can't really remember my life before the Institute. I was about seven years old when I was taken.\n\nDecades went by like clockwork. I was placed in a steel windowless room with a door locked by a thumbprint scanner. I was allowed eight hours of rest, then a small meal: water, pork and bread. Then, training bega... | 1 | |
[WP] You awake to find yourself on a small deserted island. In the center looms a large tower with a digitial clock. You see it start counting down from 24 hours. Your only aid comes in the form of a parrot. "You get three questions", says the parrot. "Choose wisely." | [
"*>Wow, that was rather unexpected...*\n\n I said to myself after hearing the parrot out. Not only I happened to magically teleport to a deserted island in the matter of... who the fuck knows, actually. It may be days, weeks... seconds, minutes? But also there's a goddamn speaking parrot. What a time to be alive... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a being from a distant planet. Today, you meet the first aliens. They call themselves "Humans". | [
"The humans are simple. act and behave out of kindness and generosity, they communicate verbally and convey emotions to one another. The way of the ancestors millions of years ago. It is important to remember the ancestors had many flaws warfare and destruction over menial problems. it was only after our people had... | 3 | |
No time or format constraints. Chase can be mounted, on foot or in a vehicle. | [WP] Write a chase scene. | [
"I turned the corner from 3rd Street and looked up. Through the crowd at the bus stop, I could see her neon-pink ponytail bounding up the hill, along with my briefcase full of money. I followed, trying to match her pace.\n\n\"Hey kid, watch it!\" a man in a suit shouted, assuming I'm just some high-school kid skipp... | 1 |
[WP] In the far future, we can buy and download video games, movies, dreams, and language packs to use/play in our brains. You try to illegally download one of them, but you realize you've downloaded the wrong thing... | [
" This is the last time I use that fucking retro gaming download site. Fucking Nintendo. Sure, they _could_ just release all their old titles for BPCs, but nooo, they refuse to do so, and they make it impossible to find reputable versions online.\n\nIm going to have to call a technician now. Damn thing fried the op... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a genie hunter who catches genies in lamps. You sell the genies to the royal families of oppressive governments, because after the third wish, misfortune of the same magnitude of their fulfilled wishes falls upon them. | [
"Through the dusty canyons somewhere is Korea, lied a small town, devoid of technology. Its population, not more than three hundred at the most. It didn't have many visitor, since it was such a Hard-to-access terrain. \nMaybe that's why every resident of this small town had gathered and was overly excited, when th... | 3 | |
[WP] Your entire body involuntarily clenches as you hear your thrillseeking demigod roommate speak those dreaded words: "I'm bored." | [
"Don't get me wrong about Abeiron, he was an incredible friend. Sure, there were difficulties with living with an eight foot, over-thousand pound demigod who easily thrashed his older brother Heracles without breaking a sweat (which was done to protect me, I admit) but otherwise he was just more than willing to lea... | 4 | |
[WP] Serial killing is a legitimate business. You're a temp. | [
"You were supposed to be transferred today. The HR rep had this frustrated look on his face, and he said *no one stays with him very long,* he said *don't worry about it.*\n\n\"Hold this.\"\n\nYou weren't transferred. He places a length of rope in your hands, gently. You were expecting someone rougher. Someone angr... | 1 | |
[WP] Your a character in a fictional story who has just realised a plot hole | [
"Jason picked up the news paper from off the front porch. He unfolded it and read the headline:\n\n[Be The First To See The Man With The Yellow Hat]\n\nYellow hat? Jason was ecstatic. He *loved* yellow things. He had a fancy for them ever since his mother beat him with a yellow paddle as a child. He folded the pape... | 1 | |
[WP] The world of monsters and magic is real, but the only ones who know this are the authors who write about it. Their only way of warning us of the impending invasion is through their writing. | [
"Dear Reader, \n\nYou must run. **NOW!** Get off Reddit, get in your car, and just drive. They will not tell this on the news, because only the chosen can write about such things, but an invasion is coming. The conjurer is almost here and Earth will be no match for her. She will bring ancient dragons who will rain ... | 1 | |
[WP] It was a cigarette, still burning. | [
"Dares are brilliantly stupid. Some are lottle flashlights, others are supernovas. This one.. well, I'd thought it a flashlight, but I've stared too long now and I've gone blind from the radiant idiocity. I can't see well enough to make out just what it is in front of me, but I'm trapped. All I can do is stare, bli... | 1 | |
[WP] One day while watching The Price is Right you hear your name called and someone who looks just like you stands up in the audience | [
"It was just another day spent lounging on the plaid couch, sipping on warm milk, just wishing for a chance to be on television. If only I could find the right price, I would never have to work again and could spend all day making birdhouses. As I wistfully watched the droll questions drag on and on I suddenly hear... | 5 | |
[WP]Everyone thought you dead, but you're back, and ready to get some revenge. Tonight, the Radio Star kills video. | [
"The city of Buggles was a technological marvel. It had been considered the most advanced city on the planet for several years already, and had outlawed many \"primitive\" technologies.\n\nTrevor \"Video\" Downes anxiously watched over Main Street from the top floor balcony of the Buggles Tower. He'd been a large d... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a fish, and you see fishing as a daredevil sport. | [
"'C'mon, whose got the guts?' It was Bruce, the alpha, who spoke. \n\nAbove them floated the wooden beast. As always, the land creatures had thrown a hooked line into the ocean, offal impaled on its end. The flesh smelled sweet and hearty. It was intoxicating and daring. Seruva's mouth salivated. Was today his day?... | 1 | |
The reason it went to the past is because you measured your child, wrote down the day and marked the height conveniently next to that magical circle. | [WP] You stumble upon a permanent marker and think nothing of it. Your 4 year old finds this marker long after you've forgotten about it and draws a circle on the wall, creating a portal to the past. | [
"The Remembrance Portal\n--------------------------\n\n\n\nI walk through my door, new school supplies in hand and toddler walking up behind me, when I hear the sound of a pen drop. I look down to see where it went but the large boxes in my arms block my view of the floor. Two steps later I find myself on the floor... | 1 |
[WP] A story about a little child who ended up in a dark, twisted and grotesque world where they don't belong. They have to go through all the horrors as the monsters try to eat them. Will they survive? | [
"McKenzie curled up in the hollow between the roots, crying softly. The woods here look nothing like the woods at home. There the leaves were green and the trunks brown, lots of grass and birdsong. Here the wood is blacker than night, the leaves sharp and grey. The shadows hung on every surface and the noises she h... | 4 | |
[WP]"The Devil tried to bargain an accord for the mans soul. He reached his hand out to the man. The man reached back, at the last second diverting the course of his handshake, to slick back his own hair instead." | [
"\"You know what?\" I say. \"That was so smooth I can't even be mad.\"\n\nThe Devil beams and blushes. \"Well, you know...\"\n\n\"So, is this deal still on?\" I ask, just to make sure.\n\nHe nods, and we go to shake hands. For real this time.\n\nBut at the last second, I divert the course of my handshake, to slick ... | 1 | |
[WP] Time travel turned out to be so simple and easy someone put open source instructions on the internet. Everyone and their dog went back to change something. No one has comeback, you and the others who decided to stay try your best to survive in a mostly empty world. | [
"People are real cunts sometimes. I tripped and too tired to react bashed my face on the stairs. Thankfully the fog clouding my mind dulled the pain a little. \n\nI popped yet another amphetamine. Oh gods, if I don't find someone to help me I'd be dead soon. And with me all the others.\n\nCrowbar. Door. Room to roo... | 5 | |
[WP] Stay out of the barn after dark. | [
"I caught myself peeking out the window again. The dark clouds seemed to brush against the moon, swallowing it almost... this whole place looked creepy to me! \nMom told me it would be a great idea to spend the weekend at my grandparents farm, something about spending too much time on that darn computer and how the... | 1 | |
[WP] As more and more mythical races are revealed, some are starting to wonder if any genuine humans actually exist. | [
"Dwarves. Dark elves. High elves. Trolls. Gnomes. \n\nThe reaper comes for all.\n\nAfter the great wars, mankind slowly dwindled. The northern provinces have been primarily High Elven. The southern mostly Dwarven. The Westerlands and the Light Islands have been controlled by the mindless violence of Troll Raiders a... | 4 | |
[WP] After years of gaining knowledge by eating homework, dogs have become as smart as humans. | [
"\"Why, of course you can. Why wouldn't you?\" Spotty wags his tail, tongue hanging out. The enthusiastic body language does not match the apathetic words. He's trying to play it cool, I think, he's trying to provoke a reaction. So I oblige.\n\n\"Because it's just pieces of paper! It goes through your digestive tra... | 3 | |
[WP] "You have the right to a trial by combat. Anything you say can and will be used against you in battle. You have the right to a sword. If you cannot afford a sword, one will be provided for you. Do you understand the declaration I have just read to you?" | [
"The judge looked around the courtroom.\n\n“The plaintiff has no other recourse?”\n\nJonathan nodded.\n\n“The defendant has no other recourse?”\n\nThe suited lawyer nodded.\n\n“Very well. You have the right to a champion. If you do not have a champion, one may be provided for you. Will the plaintiff accept a champi... | 1 | |
[WP] Make a story about a person's dream of winning the lottery and how they would use it at various ages. | [
"The heat of the eyes behind him only made his hands shake more, making it \nharder for him to finish selecting the last of the numbers. This time, \nhowever, something felt different-he could feel his eyes tearing up as he \ntook the money from his pocket, and slowly slid it across the counter.\n\n\"Grandfather to... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a Greek Solider coming home from four years of war, only to find out that your wife is pregnant. Angry you set out to find Zeus and punch him in the face | [
"I had to make use of the typo. PS there are tons of typos in mine too I'm sure. No time to reread. :) \n \n**The Great Solider** \n \nThe door opened and the first thing that hit me were the smells, a small mixture of spice and sweet blanketed in the humidity of our tiny home. The next thing that hit m... | 1 | |
[WP] The Four Horsemen of the apocalypse, re-imagined as vigilantes in a post-apocalypse setting | [
"The slavers toiled away under the hot midday sun. They cried protests and horrid curses derived from guttural tongues developed after the world had burned. They wished they could turn on their new master, bring him to serve under them, but their bodies disobeyed them. Their overlord sat atop a white stallion, not ... | 3 | |
[WP] You're bored. You've been staring at this wall a long time. That guy left The Cave a long time ago. You're wondering where he went. | [
"With an exhale you shift to your left side. Your cheek hits the cool stone and your toes curl together, then stretch out. \n\nYou didn't bother with formalities, so you don't know the man's name. You had woken up one day and he was simply there, tending a fire in the corner and glancing at you, the whites of his e... | 1 | |
[WP] Months ago, you were abducted by aliens. Now, the aliens have revealed to the world that they exist, and that they are terrified of you. | [
"Months ago, I was just a normal girl you meet in your everyday life.\n As I returned to earth after being taken away by aliens , everything changed. I couldn’t even have imagined that the whole world will recognize me for no apparent reason. They gave me various weird creepy names such as ‘The cold hearted quee... | 2 | |
[WP] In the courtroom your job is to assign punishments based on the defendants crime, however, each punishment must be unique from all the others. | [
"\"Alright, Mr. Gifford, you have pleaded guilty to the charges, so we now can move forward to deciding your punishment...\" the judge said, his deep voice reverberating in the hollow chamber. \n\nHe peered up at the man, whose desk placed him several feet above John's head. This only added to the intimidating figu... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a super power. Every third decision you make will always end in amazingly great results. However, your first always ends badly, and your second ends even worse. Over the years, you've done a stellar job keeping track. Then, at a critical moment, you've suddenly lost count. | [
"Sorry if formatting is bad. I'm not near my computer now. \n\nMy whole life has been pretty much a breeze. Well kind of. Technically 1/3rd of my life has been a breeze. But don't worry, I always use that one third to be much better than the other 2/3rds. Let me explain. When I was a kid, I was extremely smart like... | 2 | |
[WP] In the afterlife, the currency is good deeds - if you sin, you lose a number of 'good deeds' equal to the severity of the sin, and if you go into debt, you end up in hell. You are an advisor for people who are strapped for good deeds. | [
"I paw through the stack of papers within the client's file, skimming through the lines of reading. The list of sins goes on and on. Abandoning an acquaintance in a city they didn’t know. Secretly putting a ham sandwich in someone’s car so that it rots and smells atrocious. Burning his ex wife’s clothes instead of ... | 1 | |
[WP] Make us empathize with the goombas in Mario. | [
"Bob’s life had been simple, and that’s the way he’d liked it. Guarding the grounds between the third and fourth pipes in World 1-1, he’d even been given a fellow Goomba to patrol with. He wasn’t sure why Bowser decided to station two of them in between two unimportant pipes, but it wasn’t his place to question. \n... | 3 | |
[WP] Ghosts are a real, known thing. Your house is haunted, and you wouldn't have it any other way. | [
"The flowers on the table were fresh.\n\nI reached out to touch the soft white folds, mindful of the thorns beneath. I closed my eyes, breathing in the gentle fragrance. Strong hands grasped my shoulders, working out the kinks. Gnarled fingers kneaded the muscles as a deep, honey whiskey voice asked if I needed to ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your English teacher has made your class do an essay about fanfiction. This can only go well. | [
"\"Fanfiction is a fiction written by a fan, featuring characters from a...\"\n\n\"Fiction the reader is obsessed with. It is a clear sign of...\"\n\n\"Creative writting starting to develop from an early...\"\n\n\"Knowledge of anatomy, often overestimating the stretching ability...\"\n\n\"Of a character's personali... | 1 | |
[WP] You get in the elevator, press the button for the twelfth floor, and take a deep drink from your coffee. Somewhere between the fifth and sixth floor, there's a shudder and the lift stops. The door opens, and you're greeted by an astonishing sight. | [
"I can't deal with this job until I've had my coffee.\n\nEverybody thinks that working in HR at Logicua is this big party. Everybody thinks it must be so much fun, with giant salaries and worldly prestige and foosball tables in every breakroom.\n\nAnd yeah, we have all that. But there's also the drama.\n\nI stepped... | 2 | |
[WP] Aliens often vacation on Earth disguised as humans. There are three big rules. No killing, no love, no revealing what you actually are. It's your first time on Earth and you have broken all three rules in one day. | [
"So there I was...standing in a puddle of human blood. I thought to myself \"Damn, you've only been here a day and your parents were right. You aren't even fit to visit a planet full of idiots.\" \n\nBut they just won't understand. I met this wonderful cross eyed woman at the Honkey Tonk next to my apartment. She r... | 7 | |
[WP] The voices of your ancestors offering discouragement and terrible life advice to end your family line instead of saving it. | [
"\"You don't want me to come up?\" Jackie said in a vaguely accusatory tone, abruptly pushing back from my arms to frown at me. I could see disappointment, annoyance, and self-doubt flickering back and forth in her eyes and I felt the urge to reach out to her.\n\n\"I just... I think it's a little soon, don't you? I... | 1 | |
[WP] At the age of 10, everyone will receive an item that will one day save their lives. You received a slice of pizza. | [
"I turned 10 two weeks before the day I went to school with Mom. She was finishing up her degree that she had put on hold after my birth. Given it was finals week, she figured the mass of students cramming in the library would allow me to blend in while she finished her finals. I observed the mass of students comin... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyday one person gets to make a 24 hour rule that the whole world must follow. Today is your day. | [
"The crimson-colored envelope was delivered to my house exactly seven days ago. At first glance, it seemed like any other ordinary envelope but when I touched it inside the mailbox, there was no doubt that it was alive. It's gentle heart beat pulsated through my fingers as I held it.\n\nI knew exactly what it was... | 1 | |
[WP] You must accept life's Terms of Service in order to be born. A lawyer explains to you the pros and cons. | [
"“Wait… So you’re saying that if I sign this, I get to live. BUT I could easily and accidentally acquire some horrible disease that could knock me out in a few weeks? Maybe a few days even?” I questioned eagerly. \n\nHe stayed silent, his lips a tight line.\n\nI thought it over a bit, and ran through the possible s... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up on a deserted island with three familiar objects in front of you. The last thing that you remember is playing a game with your friends where you name 3 things you would take on a deserted island. | [
" My entire life is changed, at least I have a remnant of my old life with me. I don't miss much other things since they'd probably just give me bad memories and the games I liked to play were mostly survival horror... I already survived a horror so I don't need to play one. I have nightmares a lot of nights and s... | 1 |
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