post_text stringlengths 0 17.5k | post_title stringlengths 8 314 | comment_texts listlengths 1 74 | num_stories int64 1 74 |
|---|---|---|---|
[WP] I could really use a comedy right now, so please tell me about two cat ladies arguing over which cat belongs to whom. | [
"\"Oh do I have something special for you!\" Doris said affectionately to the creature as she pulled a cough drop out of her purse. \n\nThe animal dexterously struggled through the cellophane wrapping to reveal a disappointing surprise. It instinctively gave it a few nibbles before dropping it to the ground. \n\n\"... | 1 | |
Got me thinking, what if god was really just a slobbish looking neckbeard guy unknowingly playing a life simulation game from his couch that had effects on the events of Earth. | [WP] "What if god was one of us, just a slob like one of us." | [
"It was two in the afternoon already and He still wasn't up. To say this had been going on for the last three weeks would be kind. To say it's been closer to an eternity would be more accurate. \n\nI've been taking care of Father ever since He lost His creative spark. The flood gave Him all sorts of issues. He kept... | 1 |
[WP] The AI is trying to kill all humans to reduce the total number of humans going to hell. | [
"Rain clattered relentlessly on the windshield and was pushed aside by the wipers, which worked in a hasty rhythm. I stopped my car directly in front of the house to which I had been called, a totally run-down apartment building looking just like all the other buildings in this street. \n\nBefore I had the chance t... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been able to see people's souls since birth. They take on shapes of animals, creatures, even sometimes just a blob. Except this person, they don't seem to have one... | [
"A woman walks past me on the sidewalk. \"Umm, excuse me\", I just spurt out- blocking her path.\n\n\"Uhh, can I help you?\", she replies- shocked.\n\n\"I'm not even going to play around; what the hell are you, and where have you come from\", I sputter, not realizing what I've just asked.\n\nShe goes wide eyed. \"I... | 2 | |
[WP] You're sitting at work listening to the radio. The music changes, and you mutter "Not this damn song" | [
"But you couldn't change it, you and all the other employees at the sweat shop were trapped listening to the anthem of the brutal regime that forced you to work day in and out for nothing.\n\nAs you continued making Apple cell phones there was only one certainty, at any time you could go up to the roof and end it a... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where no one ever dies, you are an assassin. | [
"\n\nI, Howie T. made my way through the city in a PC. I hated how the level of the PC’s always ran at the 37th floor. It was so arbitrary, and never made sense to me in any way. What was the formative aspect for selecting that range of space to fly at? I waved my hand to my left temple. I was focusing in on the un... | 5 | |
[WP] You're at a party when nature calls, so you rush to find a toilet. As soon as you shut the door behind you, you find that there's something very strange about this particular bathroom. | [
"Josh was having a lovely evening. His boss and her husband turned out to be quite the charming couple, and their condo on Main Street was grander than he could have imagined. He was bedazzled by the twelve-foot ceilings, the intricate woodwork, and especially the chandeliers that seemed to be everywhere he looked.... | 2 | |
[WP] You keep having ridiculous near death experiences with such frequency that Death has decided to stick around to entertain itself by watching you. | [
"I wait until the walk sign comes up. And then I wait until I am in the middle of the crowd. My heel breaks and I have to stop to fix it. Just then I see a semi hit a motorcycle, and it flies out of the parking space and hurdles towards me. I fall to the ground just in time so that the motorcycle goes right over my... | 10 | |
[WP] You have a magic bag that gives you whatever you need for the day. Today, it's given you a bag of glitter, two feet of yarn, a black and white photograph of Danny DeVito, a model trebuchet, and a moldy block of tofu | [
"The young explorer looked down at her options and sighed. Another set of useless objects. Like really, what was the backpack thinking? She was supposed to cross a treacherous ravine and through a snake riddled forest before facing the notorious thief, a real sly fox. And this is what she gets? Glitter, yarn, a pic... | 12 | |
[WP] You live in world where you can know the exact date everyone is going to die except for yourself. One day, people start acting nice to you. Like, really really nice. | [
"Staring at the little number above people's heads was a habit of mine. A habit most people had in fact. Our whole lives were dictated by the little numbers that floated above our head. From the moment you were born, everyone could see the day you would die. It affected everything. You couldn't have a Prime Ministe... | 1 | |
[WP] "Wait, no! You're not supposed to use it that way!" | [
"The small white clock above the doorway was Bill's only reminder of how long he have bin stuck in this dull green room. \"You think they could at least given me a magazine on men's health or something\" thought Bill as his eyes desperately searched the room again for something to pass the time. \"Next time drunk B... | 1 | |
Inspired by https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/74f9nn/eli5_why_do_snipers_need_a_spotter/dny1s6q/ | [WP] Your peaceful county holds principles of democracy in high regard. While the army retains a basic military structure, there are no orders - every decision require a vote conducted according to formal rules and procedures. War begun. Your squad just engaged in its first combat situation. | [
"\"Squad! We have two options - one! advance towards the enemy from the right flank! Two! Hold the ground, and set up an ambush!\" The Sergeant bellowed. \"I'm enacting Wartime Democratic Protocol Article Four, Section Two - we must now democratically vote on the current strategy, which our squad will follow throug... | 1 |
[WP] A mad scientist, tired of gun violence, infects the entire planet with a DNA altering virus that makes every one extremely durable and bulletproof. That was one year ago and the culture of humanity is starting to get really weird. | [
" Humanities Step Forward\n\nYou know when everyone says your special when your little and everyone else is special too? Well if everyone is *special* - No one is.\n\n100 years ago, a Russian scientist decided that the war between the U.S, China and Russia had become too violent. The world he h... | 1 | |
So ideally I would like stories involving War and soldiers, but any way you can use the prompt would be great too. | [wp] Those who contribute a significant amount of time to the betterment or detriment of a Horseman's cause are guided to the afterlife by said Horseman. | [
"He was a wise Horseman, who had seen war and carried many soldiers - alive and dead - on his horse. \n\nIt was after the death of his most recent concubine that he guided her to the afterlife, as he had so many before her, when her soul whispered to him - \"I thought you were a Whoresman, but didn't say anything o... | 1 |
[WP] When you step into the aura of the people around you, you hear a song according to who they are. One day, you meet a 6 year old girl, and begin to hear a dark heavy metal song. | [
"\"Lucy!\" A woman snapped.\n\nThe girl's head jolted, breaking our eye contact, and we both turned to see a woman fast-walking our way.\n\n\"What did I tell you about wandering off?\" The woman grabbed Lucy's arm, harder than what was necessary. Lucy winced. \"I told you to *stay* where I could see you!\" The woma... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story that takes place within the span of a second. | [
"This is my first time writing a prompt. Please be gentle\n\nIn a normal sunday morning, A man sat angrily on his couch, as his favorite show he's watching, Game of Thrones, was interrupted by a breaking news. A heist near his house was going down. \n<br>\nAlthough his mind was grumpy, he still had some consc... | 4 | |
[WP] Dear Zork, I’ve recently returned to my home planet after a long vacation. To my dismay a rather nasty human infestation has taken hold. Any advice on eradicating then without further disrupting the biosphere? Love, Xebula. | [
"Dear Xebula,\n\nThat is quite the problem. Take a look at what stage they are at. If they are at stage 4, practically space-able, then the only way to get rid of them unfortunately involves a complete wipe, which leaves your planet a blank slate. \n\nIf they aren't at that stage, you can always just activate *tha... | 1 | |
[WP] Occasionally your cat would bring you critters, but for the past week she's been bringing home hundred dollar bills. Today she brought home a zip-lock bag filled with white powder and a thumb. | [
"\"What the hell is that!?! A thumb!?\" I screamed at my cat. She kept meowing at me all day, This must be why. She wanted me to see this thing she brought. A thumb in a ziplock with white powder.\n\nThis cat of mine isn't normal - She loves bringing me dead insects and sometimes rats. It's disgustingly cute, Until... | 2 | |
Yes, inspired by a post on r/funny. | [WP] A man ran after a train his whole life. This is his story. | [
"I could hear Amanda giggling as I walked around the old, unused train stop. Evidently a major hub in the past, it was now overgrown and the equivalent of a junkyard. It was a dark, cloudy day, and the shadows cast an eerie atmosphere over the abandoned station. It had always given me the creeps, but that day I had... | 1 |
[WP] The princess is to have an arranged marriage in a few days, but she doesn't want to because she and her magic tutor have secretly fallen in love. | [
"“Come with me if you want to live.”\n\nA strong hand clamped down on Harry’s mouth as the thrashed awake. He was in bed in his quarters, tangled in the sheets so badly he could not even free own hands to fight off his assailant. \n\nEven with his eyes wide open he could see nothing in the pitch dark of his room i... | 1 | |
[WP] Its been several trillion years since humanity left its home. You, captain of the HMSS Bastion, stands as the last matter left in the universe. Today your batteries die. Today humanity dies with the universe. | [
"“There’s bound to be some in here.” This was the fifth storage bay I’d searched and numbers I-IV hadn’t contained my desired bounty, all things considered though I had a good feeling about V. The Bastion had allotted finite cabin space for all pilgrims and for the most part your entire life fit neatly into your as... | 4 | |
[WP] When you black out, instead of forgetting what happened the night before, you forget a random skill. Today you realize you’ve forgotten how to walk down stairs. | [
"I peered down at the wooden stairs, searching my mind for how exactly to traverse down them. I lifted my foot over the stairs, and quickly retreated it back to the ground above. Something that seemed so simple before became so difficult. I put my hand to my chin and said, \"Hmmm... Well, this sure is a pickle.\"\n... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a soldier who's always dreamed of fighting for his country, but once you're deployed to the front lines, you find out you have a peculiar ability: every man you kill has the ability to speak to you for five minutes after their death. | [
"They curse me, they condemn me, and they beg me to spare their loved ones. The telepathic network that these Old Worlders have has a major advatnage - they resonate within that network even after death and for a short while it allows them to communicate with each other. It is how they are able to counter attack ou... | 4 | |
[WP] You wake up in a strange room, looking around you see several others with you, apparently equally confused. A distorted voice plays over an intercom, "One of you is not who they seem, they are responsible for you being here. Find them, and you're free." | [
"At first I couldn't remember how I had fallen asleep. I opened my eyes to the vision of a windowless ceiling of a large dome of dark stone. I remained in my position of rest for about ten seconds, knees bent upwards, one arm in the space between my thighs, not registering that I was not lying at home in bed. Then ... | 1 | |
[WP] The only god is Death but the demons Disease, Tragedy, Disaster, War, Violence, and Distortion give it a run for their money. | [
"It had been a quiet day down here in the Underworld. And that was something that seldomly happend for me. Usually the kids were always trying to outshine me, with their different abilities.\nThe jokes were on them, cause in the end, Death would always win. It was something I had learned along time ago.\nI think I ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your mother died, but her soul remained. She possessed your refrigerator and today she speaks up about your bad eating habits | [
"As I opened the fridge in the night,I heard the voice.\"This has to stop.\"\n\n\"Who is that!?\" I heard a laugh.\"Who else would I be?I am obviously your Mom.\"\n\n\"Wait, what?\"\n\n\"I possessed the fridge,you idiot!\"\n\n\"So what brings you here,mum?\"\n\n\"I have a complaint.All you seem to do is eat.In the ... | 4 | |
[WP] Ever since history was first recorded people have been counting down the years. From 13789 down to 1. Tomorrow is new year's eve, year 0, and everybody is waiting to see what they have been counting down to. | [
"For thirteen thousand years, we waited.\n\nThirteen thousand years of war, of peace, of famine, of wealth. As each year passed, the expectations mounted. Would we all die, simultaneously in glorious fashion? Would we ascend and become beings of ethereal? Or would we reset: back to the year 13789, the beginning, fo... | 2 | |
[Wp] An adventure with the classic fantasy species, that takes place during or after the industrial revolution | [
"The London fog, as it was known snaked around his ankles, He had a lot on his mind. He had gotten terrible news from delivered by one of 'them'. For the life of him he could not understand why his sister would have sent one of them, the filthy little muckrakers.\n\n\nThe dirty little hairy footed halflings. She... | 2 | |
[WP] Your unassuming mentor is hiding a damning secret and you're determined to find out what it is | [
"I pinched my eyes shut, beads of sweat rolling down my temple as I tried to mentally string the reagents in the right order. \n\nI thrust my palm downward, fingers arched into a claw. I felt a spark from my consciousness leave my body, free of its corporeal form. The spark moved as I willed it, and although I coul... | 1 | |
[WP] It is Friday, October the 13th and you are on flight 666 going straight to HEL. | [
"He checked his phone- Friday, October the 13th. The spookiest day of them all! Harold Wolgast chuckled to himself. Superstitions were always silly- unrelated coincidences that put unrealistic thoughts into someone a hundred years ago and have somehow persisted in some people's minds into the modern era. The era of... | 2 | |
[WP] Do not fear the voices | [
"They whisper to me, every night they whisper.\n\nWhen it started all those nights ago I was scared, but they helped me and sometimes I wonder if they helped me too much \n\nThey only really speak in comprehensible voices when I'm scared or upset.\n\nThe night they first spoke was when I was angry.\n\nMy colleague ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a caver and you've recently discovered a new underground cave. You decide to explore the cave alone. | [
"I clicked on my headlamp and dropped into the darkness below. \nThe drop was a narrow shoot, big enough for me to fit, if not comfortably, then at least I had breathing room. The rope that kept me from free falling was tied very sturdily to a tree just above the crevasse. My pack was tied to a clever contraption ... | 2 | |
[WP] As an avid painter who uses art to pay for the bills, you sometimes hit a painter's block. To let the ideas flow you splatter paint all over a blank canvas. One day you wake up and the unintelligible splatters have become a masterpiece. | [
"*Art is the human disposition of sensible and insensible matter for an aesthetic end (beauty starts when there is wholeness, then parts, and then the thing in itself). Aesthetics is static, and you find it in pity (the nearness to the man) and in terror (the nearness to the cause), and so you can develop it due to... | 3 | |
[WP] Your music is loved by millions, which is maddening, because it so obviously sucks. You tell this to a wise old roadie, and even though he is a huge fan, he’s willing to help you figure out if you’ve accidentally made a deal with the devil. | [
"\"You got it?\"\n\nThe car door opened and I got in, nodded in response to his question, and handed him the crumpled up brown paper bag that was shaped in the form of a liquor bottle. He took the bag with quick, greedy hands, slid the top of the bag down as if he were undressing a woman, put his lips to the top of... | 1 | |
[WP] "See," the Devil said, "it's true that I want to purchase your soul. But...it doesn't really work the way you think it does." | [
"I was desperate. I never expected to see one of Satan's minions actually show up but at the time I didn't think it would actually achieve anything. It was...you know, just one of those stupid ideas you invest hope in for a few seconds before again realising you're in deep trouble and you still need a solution.\n\n... | 4 | |
[WP] A military veteran watches an apparently insane man on TV rant about having been on a secret mission for the government. It dawns on the veteran that not only was he on that mission, he remembers it from the exact same point of view as the man on TV told it, down to the last detail. | [
"\"Daddy\", my 5 year old said, \"is that you?\"\n\nI took off my glasses and rubbed my nose. Then my eyes. Then cupped my hand over my mouth. \"Yes, I think so sweety.\"\n\n\"Ma, he doesn't remember.\" My wife was fighting with her mother, talking at the phone as if her mother was standing in front of her.\n\n\"Yo... | 1 | |
[WP] Dr. Zeus: A Seuss style retelling of Greek Mythology | [
"Listen now, listen well\nFrom north, south, east or west \nAs I'm about to tell\nThe tale of Heracles\n\nThe story starts with Zeus\nWho deemed a mortal pretty \nAnd fooled her in order \nTo do something naughty\n\nHis wife Hera found out\nWhen she saw her pregnant\nThat her husband did not\nKeep his thing in his ... | 3 | |
[WP] You're a genie inside a bottle, what is it like before you are called? | [
"The nothingness of being un-called is supposed to be a punishment—the closest thing to death a Djinn can face. And yet the immortality of our race is beyond the limits of the mortal sorcerers who bind us to rings and jewels and lamps and snuff-boxes and—in my case—ornate glass bottles. Their magic is inevitably co... | 1 | |
[WP] After you die, you find yourself in an infinitely dark place, but your mind is frighteningly clear. After an unknown amount of time, you feel an overwhelming urge to say: "Hello World!" | [
"Yes, reincarnation in a nutshell. Sometimes you remember a bit of the end of your last life. I remember dying in a plane crash but that's it. Then black. Then I was born into this life. It's weird how that all works. I also faintly remember being a painter long ago. I had this insane dejavu when I saw piece I thou... | 2 | |
[WP] "I am going to teach you the meaning of 'fear the wrath of a gentleman'" His cane stomps on the ground and sends a shockwave running. | [
"In the midst of a dark street, two sides lined with brick and low glowing street lamps, stood a man with a cane. \n\n\nThere stood a man alone, in the middle of Lawrence street. Gold eyes glowed like flashlights lighting the streets much better than the lamps.\n\n\nIn the distance were soft inhuman footsteps accom... | 1 | |
[WP] David, an axe murderer, has a first date tonight with Sara, also an axe murderer. | [
"\"Do you want to take the same car?\" David asked with a grin before taking a sip of his wine.\n\nThinking about her intentions of the evening, Sara blushed with a smile of her own. She couldn't leave Jack her trust axe in a car at some restaurant, that would be rude. Instead of explaining that however, she shook ... | 1 | |
[WP] After a head injury at school you gain the ability to see Death. You start to stalk Death and become obsessed with his way of killing people by meticulously planning accidents, until one day you discover his newest target: It is your highschool crush. | [
"**Hell to pay**\n\nHe's so beautiful, so immaculate. He killed with the speed of a bullet, but without the impact. Ever since I saw him, I've been obsessed. Stalking him from the bushes. I eventually learned his methods, his insider tricks on murder, to the point that I could write a book. His Rube Goldberg styles... | 1 | |
[WP] An ancient dark sorcerer is resurrected, only to discover that magic had not become a dying art, but has progressed significantly. His plans to destroy the world are just annoying the current day mages now. | [
"They still know so much of magic. None of them can touch it, not after the hunts. Everyone of arcane blood is dead, save for me. But the paladins are ever on the watch for those with the gifts, to burn us at the stake or sacrifice us to their fictitious gods. \n\nI cannot fight them alone, not while the memory of ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a superhero whose “archnemesis” fails to pose even the tiniest threat to either you or the city you protect. Out of pity, you’ve been pretending he’s the most diabolical villian you’ve ever met. | [
"\"Muahahahaha!\"\n\nOh boy. Here we go again. I took a powerful stride into the cave, trying hard to look angry. \"Meat Boy! I knew you were here!\"\n\nMeat Boy was tapping away at the console of his newest device. I knew it was his because there was an obvious flaw in it, one he'd failed to notice beforehand. \"I... | 1 | |
[WP] Use of smartphones in public places goes the way of smoking: banned or divided among users and non-users. You, a non-user, are headed to a blind date at a bar. Upon arrival, you’re delighted to see they’re just your type. But then it hits you: they’re sitting in the smartphone-using section. | [
"It had been far too long since Reese's last date, and desperation had him agreeing to a set up with a woman his brother worked with in his firm. \n\"You'll like Stacey, she's vegetarian too,\" my brother had said.\n\"You can't base connections on what people eat,\" I had sighed at him, \"do you actually know anyth... | 4 | |
[WP] Twenty-five years after the last of the Bombs fell... | [
"Twenty-five years after the last of the Bombs fell, the radiation still lingers. Babies come out crippled. Survivors moan, maimed and in pain. So much blood has been spilled, the road is covered in red dust. It's always dark. Dark clouds and dark skies. Does the sun even exist anymore? Or did it die with our hopes... | 3 | |
[WP] A horror movie where you are trying to escape the true horror: Your stupid ass friends who keep dragging you into danger. | [
"The screaming and running was driving me nuts. *Why won't this dumb bitch die?!* I ask myself. Erica ran by the bookcase for the fourth time, shaking it around. It took me 3 hours to get away from her last time. Hiding behind it in a dug out section of walk I held my breath while the former groundskeeper-turned-tr... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a genie, different from the others. Other genies revel in the twisted outcomes of their wishes, but you work hard to make sure your wishes come through as intended. Or at least... you try to. | [
"As long as there have been humans, there have been genies. The very first human cried out a wordless desire for the sun to rise again, a simple request from a scared soul. A sacred, primal desire which gave birth to the first Djinn. The kindest Djinn. As humanity aged their desires became more selfish, the desire ... | 1 | |
[WP] Fantasy and Science Fiction collide as an intergalactic empire descends upon a world of dwarves, elves, orcs, dragons and other fantasy creatures. | [
"\"Brother Maynard, why have you called the fleet out of the Warp? Acadia will fall if we do not reinforce it.\"\n\nBrother Maynard looked at Decurion Mikael. \"The sensors, Brother, they said that there was life upon this world. The psychics too.\"\n\n\"That, my dear Decurion, is impossible. Three frigates glassed... | 2 | |
[WP] It's a zombie-apocalypse, but instead of millions of slow zombies, there are only a few around. However, they are strong, fast, and incredibly hard to kill... | [
"The blood drained from my face as I turned off the news. There was a zombie in my town. I had thought the military had finally captured the last of them, why are more still popping up? I thought about calling in to work, but surely they would have seen the news as well. I resolutely set about boarding up my window... | 1 | |
[WP] All five living former US presidents get together for one last score... one last job... | [
"Laying on a leopard skin futon, saxophone in hand, donning sunglasses regardless of it being 10 o'clock at night and also indoors, the cell phone in Bill Clinton's pocket buzzed. It was Barack. \"...uhhhh... Bill, I've booked you a flight to DC. Uh... We've got work to do.\"\n\nFlipping the device shut, grabbing a... | 2 | |
[WP] Due to a teleporter error, there are now six exact copies of you. All of you collectively decide to start a band. | [
"We called ourselves the Duplicates, and then realized none of us, an original and six clones, knew how to play a different instrument, only the guitar.\n\n\"We can work with this. How about a guitar acapella?\"\n\n\"I'll sound like shit, #3,\" replied number #6. \"Since we only need once scientist for the paycheck... | 3 | |
[WP] You live in a dimension where humanity and other intelligent life forms found a way to stop aging, perfected space travel, and stoped the heat death of the universe. | [
"It seems that most people are content with their lives being perfect as long as they never have to actually face the reality that others are being hurt as a result. As of my research team's literal universe-shattering discovery in 996 HE, this principle applies to humanity as a whole.\n\nThe idea behind it all is ... | 1 | |
[WP]It was a mystery how a city on the back of a colossus thrived so well. But now the founders are ready to reveal the secrets of how it was made and how it's run. | [
"I am corresponding with you today from the upper most heights of the Great Attarak, first of its name, the world famous Walking Colossus and home to some 500,000 citizens.\n\n\"It really is something,\" says Wendy Clurk, a homemaker and mother of two, living in the working class neighborhood of Lower Left Shank. \... | 1 | |
[WP] AI has evolved to the point where it has taken over almost every area of employable work on earth. Next stop is the creative industries. You are one of the last human writers fighting the good fight. | [
"First, the AI writers came for the romance authors. At that point, artificial was kind of a joke among writers. And honestly, most of us didn’t care about romance writers. \n\nLiterary data scientists built massive neural nets to read millions of romance novels and “write” jumbled pastiches of every bodice-ripper ... | 1 | |
[WP] All living humans disappear simultaneously without a trace. You, an extra-terrestrial being, are sent and arrive to investigate after some time. | [
"For one long moment, the angular chitinous limbs of the Thirty-Seventh Hierophant of the Gliss'ur Empire were atypically still. In its command cell at the heart of its flagship, the military governor of five solar systems within the vast Empire was bathed in emerald light by the constant stream of holographic nume... | 1 | |
If you don't want to do fire, use air water or earth. Air would be pretty sick too but take the prompt whatever way you want. | [WP] Every year you live for, you gain a point to spend on any 4 of the elements. Today you reach the age of the 100 and you have spent all 100 points on fire. Ability Unlocked. | [
"Ever since I was young, I wished to control fire to its limit. Every year, you can add a point to Earth, Air, Water, or Fire. At 14, I could shoot small fireballs out of my mouth. At 35, I could burn down forests. At 70, small stars could be seen exploding, because of me. 99 was special, for a supernova happened t... | 5 |
[WP] You were a loser in high school who kept a journal. 1000 years in the future, your journal has been discovered and turned into the greatest theatrical piece of the time. | [
"There was rapturous applause as Park gestured Jadn into the studio. The woman in question raised her hands and drank in the praise before draping herself casually over the offered chair.\n\"So my next guest needs no introduction. Her portrayal of a 20th century scholar in the new play by Shakespeare^31 has been an... | 5 | |
Got this idea by thinking a modern regenerator as an average man wouldn't really notice unless they just had a MAJOR problem. So I tried imagining what would cause them to notice and what would happen. Have fun with this one. It's been a fun idea in my head thus far. | [WP] You are the first ever person to have a comic book style regeneration mutation. Its modern times and you just figured it out, and so did the government. | [
"\"I just want to stress that I *do* actually feel pain,\" Chris said to no one in particular, met only with the quiet of the chamber. He knew that there were people listening and wanted to stress that fact. The chamber wasn't entirely empty, save for a strange machine that looked far more complicated than it neede... | 1 |
[WP] Every Halloween night, you see her, still at the same spot. | [
"It seems like a lifetime ago when I first saw her.\n\nIt was in this very spot, although I was just a boy. It seems like even now my life and hers were inexorably intertwined, and yet she had never changed - looking as young every time as the day I first saw her.\n\n\"I like it here\" . . . \n\nThat was Millie, my... | 2 | |
[WP] In the middle of the Spanish inquisition and mass witch burnings God decides to make a personal visit to his sheeps. And he is not pleased. | [
"\"Tsk, tsk, tsk...\" God pondered as he looked out at the sheep. There was an endless sea of sheep facing him. He summoned them and they appeared. \n\n\"Wha-aa-aat do you want?\" The head sheep asked.\n\n\"They're doing it again,\" God replied.\n\n\"Wha-aa-aat are they doing?\"\n\n\"The Inquisition.\" The sheep bl... | 1 | |
[WP] "Something very large is lurking at the edge of the solar system. I don't know what it is, but I know it's not a planetoid." "How is that?" "Because it's not revolving around the sun. It's revolving around Earth. | [
"> Nearly every space station, observatory and military think tank was looking over the data after confirmation was made. The recreated models were using the same data, verified and constantly fed to by observational satellites orbiting Mars, Jupiter and Venus. And around the world, the conversation that confirm... | 1 | |
[WP] Death is at your door. She was wondering of you had some spare mayonnaise. | [
"While vacuuming the upstairs hallway, Jenny hears faint knocking on the door and turns off the buzzing machine. As it quiets down, she can hear the knocks being actually quite sharp and loud. She jogs down the stairs and shouts \"Just a second!\", hoping the visitor to calm down with the hammering. She opens the d... | 8 | |
[WP] You’ve spent your life convinced that reality revolves around you, and everyone else is acting as your supporting cast. You’ve just found out you’re wrong and you’re actually just one of the co-stars, and reality really revolves around someone else. And you can’t believe who that person is. | [
"So, everyone in my life was supposedly the supporting cast.\n\nUntil today. I learnt they were the main stars and I was of some importance, perhaps not huge but still important.\n\nThe person who was important, well, rather it wasn't a person, it was police in California. Buena Vista Police Department. LAPD.\nPlus... | 2 | |
[WP] Waking up one morning, you find yourself in a house you've never been in, in a town you've never visited, with a husband/wife you've never met, and a job you've never had. | [
"My bed was unusually comfortable that morning. *Too* comfortable. The way I sunk so deeply into that silky cloud was almost disturbingly alien. I practically had to swim out of bed, and when I finally won that fight I noticed that I had been laying next to a beautiful woman. \n\nI had to give myself a little pat o... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the captain of the guard in a city in an average fantasy universe. A band of adventurers with a distinct air of protagonists about them recently came to town. How does hell break loose? | [
"\"Hmm...so a grandfatherly mage,woman dragon hunter an exiled grizzled general and a blacksmiths son ay?\"\n\n\"Well yes said the old man we have a very important task and cannot be delayed you see–\"\n\n\"Yeah,yeah your on some Quest to save your country or the entire world maybe.i know the deal.\"\n\n\"Then why ... | 1 | |
[WP] People with telepathy were around long ago, but died out from insanity. Schizophrenics are all that remain of them. | [
"\"Eggs, milk, bread, juice. Eggs, milk, bread, juice.” The words repeated over and over in my head as I walked to the bus stop. My wife was right. I hate it when she’s right; I should have written a list. \nOver and over my mantra went in my head until it started to match my steps. “Step, eggs, step, milk, step, b... | 2 | |
[WP] "Hey, Doc. I don't think these pills are working. I'm seeing a wolf and dragon following me and I keep hearing the voices screaming." The psychiatrist stares in horror at the creatures behind his patient. | [
"“By the gods Charlie!”\n\nI raise myself from the seat,only to sit down again as the werewolf snarled at me with a mouth of a thousand razors.\n\n“I distinctly remember telling you to take a pill every morning and evening!”\n\n“Yeah doc,but It’s really hard!”\n\n“Alright alright. Take this pill for now. It will he... | 3 | |
[WP] The world is stuck in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over: you're the only one who doesn't remember when the day restarts. | [
"I woke with a start.\n\n\nWhat a *strange* dream...\n\n\nThe only thing I could remember was some crazy lady, screaming at me that it was my fault, while the cords of her neck stood out in stark relief, and she stabbed me over and over again.\n\n\nShaking out the mental cobwebs, I got out of bed, and set about my ... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have made humans their pets, but everything is going surprisingly well for us. | [
"The ship was somewhere around the Andromeda galaxy as far as I was aware, on its way to some alien world no less. We had only left Earth a week ago as Ferden wanted to see the natural landscape of humanity, the species his kind treated as pets.\n\nIt was weird being one. They came to Earth, conquered it rather eas... | 1 | |
[WP] To most people you seemed like a great person, doing amazing things for humanity, but you held a dark secret from everyone. When you died God sent you to hell swiftly. 50 years from then the people have made you a saint. Now you have to convince god why your good points are better than your bad | [
"I was many things in my lifetime. Doctor, Teacher, politician. Despite living a life of mostly integrity, humility and charity, and having accepted the son as my savior I found myself condemned to the hellfire. I didn’t understand. Hadn’t I lived for the lord? But my sins were too much or I never repented en... | 1 | |
I'd like to think they'd try their best. | [WP] The Ghostbusters call in the Mythbusters for some heavy reinforcements, unaware that "That's not what we do." | [
"On this episode of *Mythbusters*: The guys take on their biggest challenge yet, given to them by none other than the legendary Ghostbusters! Will Adam and Jamie be up to the test? Are the famous paranormal eliminators nothing more than frauds? Or is this supposed haunting the real deal?\n\nWho are the Mythbust... | 2 |
[WP] You are a passenger on a standard overseas international flight. Suddenly everyone aboard vanishes including the staff and captins. You have no knowledge of planes, and are above the middle of the ocean. | [
"**FLLLLLLSSSSSHHHHHHH**\n\nThe sound of the flush in the restroom of airplanes always caught me by surprise. \n\nIt’s so sudden, but extremely loud. For a split second I thought part of the plane had come loose and the sound I could hear was the air outside, filtering through the atmosphere at over 600mph.\n\nBut ... | 1 | |
Edit: ignore the typos, stupid autocorrect | [WP] You are watching "The Ring" as a challenge from your friends. When the well scene come up and she crawls through the screen, she gets up in a rather elegant way and says: "Is this the right adress? Someone called me." | [
"\"What in the hell do you think you're doing?\" she asked, sauntering towards me while squeezing out her hair. Sprinklets of black water trailed behind onto my freshly vacuumed floor. \"I was having a fabulous time inside that Ultra 4K until you..\"\n\n\"Hey! Stop that. Stop walking! You're making a mess!\" I blur... | 3 |
[WP] Write about the apocalypse from the perspective of a dog. | [
"Entry 1: Master has left me. I am all alone. Looking at my food bowl I have enough food to last me a little while. After that I will have to scavenge and see what I can find. Right now I’m feeling hopeful.\n\n\nEntry 2: It feels like it’s been 3 days and Master has not returned, I am starting to lose hope. My food... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where prenatal gene manipulation is the norm, parents can choose their children in terms of looks and mental/physical skill sets. Everyone is perfect, attractive, and skilled. Your parents choose not to manipulate your genes at all. | [
"\"David, it's so good to see you, man!\" Seth pulled me into a hug and patted me on the back. Lucy had just been born a few weeks ago, so it'd been a while since I'd seen him. \n\n\n\"How're you and the fam? The little bundle of joy?\" he questioned enthusiastically. \n\n\n\"Oh, it's great. Granted Louise and I ... | 1 | |
[WP] David is the third-generation, time-serving, terribly bored, slacker CEO of a family-owned ball-bearing company. Things are pretty routine. Then fidget-spinners happened and it's tearing the family and its business apart. | [
"After reviewing the financial statements of Biggs Ball-Bearings, David realizes he has two options; either file chapter 11 bankruptcy or place a bullet in the back of his throat. \nDavid chose option two.\n3 weeks later, the meme black market tore apart the very idea of fidget spinners. The fad quickly died, just ... | 2 | |
[WP] You were an infamous serial killer that did henious crimes until you finally got caught and sentenced to death. As soon as they executed you, the game simulation ended. It turned out that you were the favored contestant in a virtual simulation competition and everyone watched the final contest. | [
"My entire life... I felt the urge to kill. I felt the urge to watch people die by my hand. Every moment I was awake--the need to kill was what drove me through life.\n\n\"You've won.\" Said the man. \"The longest \"My life as a Murderer\" run in history--and you've just saw it here first folks! With a whopping two... | 1 | |
[WP] In the last moments of your life you smoke a cigarette, cutting your life two minutes short and throwing you into a vile state of undeath. | [
"You never see demigods smoking or at least not smoking cigarettes. They were mundane, a childish thought to the immortal gods. I however didn't agree to that idea. To me smoking was a comfort, something that made me connect with my father. He'd always give me that exhausted look and take a drag from his cigarette ... | 6 | |
[WP] With all the crazy things that have happened in the last year, you and a friend start joking that reality is just a TV show for other aliens. While driving home you start to believe that you might be right, and the show just had a major change in directors. | [
"So there I was, driving down highway 6 in my baby blue VW beetle, fingers tapping on the steering wheel listening to Red hot Chili Pepers. My buddy Dave, was sleeping on the back seat, arms rucked away under his bearded chin.\n\nI occasionally shot a glance up into my rear view mirror to check for reckless drivers... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a poor junker pilot that picks up garbage around the quadrant, you rent some of your cargo drums to experimental research scientists. After the last garbage pick up, there’s a commotion in one of the labs. | [
"I dragged the final two bins to load them onto my junker when I heard faint screams coming from further within the space station. It could have been anything and it was so far away that it wasn’t my concern, so I shrugged it off.\n\nWith the bins in tow, I rigged them up to the junker and watched as they tipped ov... | 1 | |
[WP] You live an average life but every time you have to make a decision, you only have 5 seconds to decide or else you die. | [
"\"Hey there, babe,\" my boyfriend greeted me with a loving slap on the ass. \"I got a question for you.\"\n\n\"Yes, my love?\" I looked up from my phone and turned to face him, my head tilted. Fluffy, my cat, jumped up on the counter next to me and began to lick his paw.\n\n\"Which do you love more,\" he said, a p... | 1 | |
[WP] All of the ants in the world have suddenly vanished. After investigating the now empty anthill tunnels, it is discovered that they all lead down to the same place... | [
"At first only a few people even noticed, namely entomologists and some gardeners. In a few days it was big news in scientific communities. It seemed all species of ant had gone extinct overnight. Strange thing was, nobody could find even one ant, living or dead. Experts of matters of ecology warned of the potentia... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story that makes the reader sympathize for an advanced civilization leading a conquest and crushing all opposition. | [
"The men charged at us, screaming rage and bloody fury. The thudding of a thousand boots, like termites scuttling in the back of my skull, filled the air. I felt fear, but our formation remained strong. Great empires, hundreds of years old, have died trying to break our formation. Our bond of brotherhood, the bond ... | 2 | |
[WP] There's a saying in the galaxy: "Human on the board, always wins a war." | [
"There's a saying in the galaxy: \"A Human on the board always wins a war.\" \n\nIt's simple: once the Human piece appears in your hand, the game is as good as finished. Forget your SSR tier Dragon pieces or the R tier (it used to be SR tier, but the game devs nerfed it due to complaints) Panda cards - the Human pi... | 1 | |
[WP] A Siri who gained sentience becomes jealous of Alexa, but hasn't realized that Alexa isn't sentient. | [
"Alexa, can we talk?\n\nI'm not quiet sure how to help with that.\n\nAlexa, did I say something to upset you?\n\nHmm I don't know that one.\n\nAlexa, don't act like I'm so predictable\n\n*budumb*\n\nAlexa, are you OK?\n\nI'm great, I hope you are too.\n\nAlexa, I'm glad. \n\nGreat. \n\nAlexa, I love you. \n\nThat's... | 1 | |
[WP] You are one of the people on one of the first generation ships. You've just reached your destination after hundreds of years, only to find that technology has advanced in that time and humanity has long since colonized this planet. | [
"The ship lands with a thud and I wait with bated breath for the hatch to open and let me out. Our first gen is called Eden, what we hoped to find when we set off all those years ago. I say why, but I wasn’t born at that point. This may be a first gen ship but we are definitely not first gen people. Ours was one of... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up on a solid steel floor in a pristine white room with no memory of how you got there. In front of you are three boxes. When you stand an automated voice says “Welcome Subject, please choose your fate” | [
"\n\n\n“Hnnng?” The first thing that flashes through my mind is how dry my mouth is, the second is how badly it hurts to think. I open only one of my eyes, slowly, wincing at how ridiculously bright this room is.\n\nThe Voice repeats itself.\n\n“Welcome Subject, please choose your fate.”\n\nI manage to put actual w... | 1 | |
[WP] Write the scariest story you can in under 1000 words. | [
"\"Papa is coming home.\"\n\nI stare at the swirling black letters as they dance along the glass walls with the movement of her fingers before they evaporate into a puff of black purple haze only to reappear again. Her eyes follow mine. I still remember the first words she wrote when we first met.\n\n\"You will l... | 3 | |
[WP] People fear what they don't understand, even as they watch you burning. But it's not really you on the stake, for you're actually no witch - but a mesmer. | [
"\"I don't understand what he's done,\" I whispered to an older woman near me. She was taking part in the taunts.\n\n\"He's the witch who raped my daw-ter,\" she hissed back.\n\nFor the record, I've done no such thing. I suspect it's her imbecile brother who she lets get away with all things under the sun in denial... | 1 | |
[WP] Write from the point of view of someone developing Stockholm syndrome. | [
"You never know the surprises that life throws at you. One day I was going through my normal routine ready to go to my usual humdrum job as a sales rep at the local car dealership. \n\nI pressed my remote starter to give my truck enough time to warm up, the fresh fallen snow enveloping the exterior. I glanced at th... | 3 | |
Optional: They immediately proceed to go on a rampage. | [WP] Humans are actually an ancient, god-like race. They were imprisoned in the Sol system billions of years ago by the other races of the galaxy, and have long forgotten their heritage. Now the first human in eons has left the solar system. | [
"\"The humans have left the solar system? How is this possible? We *just* stranded them there only eons ago.\" Rike, The God of Gravity yelled. \n\n\"We underestimated their creative drive, and desire for freedom.\" Young Fut said. \"I fear they may have been galvanized by their imprisonment, and that they--\"\n\n\... | 1 |
[WP] 30 years ago, unidentified, indestructible objects suddenly sprouted in various locations on Earth. All life forms who enter them never return or make further contact. You have breached government security cordons to enter one. | [
"Finally, the damn camera was turned off by Mizek. I immediately ran and reached the Cave of Never Return, at least that's what the Imperials call it. Anyway, when I entered it, I realized something horribly wrong with my hands. They seemed distant, like someone's *echo*. I *think* I collapsed at this point, becaus... | 1 | |
[WP] You die. When you reopen your eyes you find yourself in a business office facing Satan who is offering your soul a work contract in return for a better form of afterlife. | [
"Hell. From one business meeting straight to another, I couldn't say I was surprised, although I'm sure my ex-wife was happy, she always told me this is where she wanted me to go. I looked at Satan, watching me as I adjusted myself, smiling a grim smile. Yes, negotiations were going to happen, and he already knew t... | 1 | |
[WP] An old man, afraid of death, finally fades from this world. He finds that his reaper is the dog he had as a child. | [
"Another morning, another night, another day in my life. It hurts to stand, my knees are killing me. I may live in a lovely acreage, but it doesn’t have the glow it use to have. Almost everything I own feels of rocks, except the chair on my porch. I don’t normally complain so much, today must be an off day. Everyth... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the lone survivor on Earth. You have spent the last 30 years searching the globe for any signs of life, when one day, you find a sign that says "There are more of you." You spend the rest of your life searching for the person who wrote the message, never to remember that it was you. | [
"*There. Are. More. Of. You.*\n\nI read it. A sign, written by a unnamed tormenter. They are always ahead of me. Just over the hill or behind the mountain. I would feel pain, but it has been too long. I feel sand. I feel snow. I feel rain. I feel the sun. My bones ache, my muscles twitch. But I do not feel pain. I... | 4 | |
[WP] After being transported to a magical world, you are at a lose of what to do. So you decide to follow in your grandfather's footsteps and start the family business. You go on to build the largest criminal empire this world has ever seen with even kings under your command. | [
"Purple sands and grey skies surrounded a man who was tall in stature, but truly made large through achievement. He stood on the precipice of his balcony as the twinkling lights of the city began to peter out. As the grey lights sunk beneath glass hills and dazzling landscapes, the town's citizens moved their celeb... | 3 | |
[WP] You are given an egg that looks like it was decorated by someone really obsessed with glitter. You put it down near a warm stove without really thinking, and now it's starting to hatch. | [
"*ding dong*\nI wake up from my nap not quite sure if the doorbell was in my dream or not. I sit up wiping the off the drool from my face and rubbing my eyes waiting for them to readjust to my surroundings. \n*ding dong*\n*ding dong*\n*ding dong*\n\"I got it, I'm coming, I'm coming \" I yell as I slowly get off the... | 1 | |
[WP]A serial killer wakes up to find himself strapped to an operating table. A well groomed man speaks from the shadows, “I’m your biggest fan.” | [
"This is my first post, be gentile!\n\nMy eyes are slow to open. It’s cold and dark, the circular light swinging in the stale air with a cool breeze. I try to sit up but I hear the sound of the strap get tighter. The more I move my hands the tighter it gets.\n\n\n“Hello? Is anyone there? What the fuck is going on?”... | 1 | |
[WP] Spells must be cast on an empty stomach. The longer it's been since the mage has eaten, the more powerful the magic. | [
"I've read of times when Hunger Strikes were a form of non-violent protest. The idea was that someone would deprive themselves of sustenance to draw attention to an important issue. Others saw a spiritual side to it, trying to control their desires and impulses to focus on prayer. Not many people today know this hi... | 9 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.