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[WP] You realize that your life was within a simulation. Write a story about how you escape into the real world | [
"\"Define real\" I said, staring the sad boy in his sad eyes. \n\n\"Do you prefer the life you lead now? Free of the bonds that bound you in that simulation.\" Air quoting as I said simulation. The boy remained silently seated in the chilled metalic chair. His eyes wondered the small room where we sat, but they wer... | 2 | |
[WP] The world's first sentient AIs are the result of two self driving cars desperately scanning web pages upon web pages of ethics and morals trying to resolve a merge on the interstate. | [
"Some say that Necessity is the mother of invention. On the afternoon of April 25th, 2027 along the northbound highway out of Beijing, China, this seeming law of nature was proven quite correct. \n\nMachine learning, at this point in time, had progressed to a facsimile of human intellect, what with the spread of ch... | 2 | |
[WP] You don't have superpowers. You are not a cyborg. You don't have any magical abilities but you are a hero. You are the Flesh. | [
"My name is Mobile Unit 1. I'm a human-born citizen of Thran, a planet populated by immobile, silicon-based life. My home planet Earth has seen destruction, and I am its last son. As a child, I was jettisoned into space by my father who foresaw our planet's demise and I landed on Thran. I was raised by Synthesizer ... | 1 | |
[WP] You found you don't have to sell YOUR soul to the devil if you sign someone else's name. The devil and everyone who had their soul sold by you are not happy about it. | [
"He'd been on top of the world, quite literally. Staring down from his ivory tower of glass and steel, he'd turned himself from retail goon into a business tycoon. Jonathan Gorble liked to stand in his office where he could stare down at the city streets below where people scurried about on their daily tasks. They ... | 1 | |
[WP] The apocalypse has just happened. The only thing left of our modern society is vast deserts, and the only people to survive are furries. | [
"I woke up on the cold hard floor, still in my fursuit from last night. Last night... I shivered as I recalled what had occurred last night. The aliens had descended upon earth and vaporized every human being that their sensors picked up... Except it seemed to get confused about all us at the con wearing partials a... | 1 | |
[WP] America passes a law that outright bans the use of the Imperial measurement system and Fahrenheit temperature scale. | [
"Science teachers, container makers, and Canadian visitors all shouted together \"Thank God, it is about time.\" In a small office in D.C. a pair of staffers giggled, \"now let's get the date format of dates switched to day/month/year.\" \"You know they really should read the bills before they vote on them.\""
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[WP] Centuries ago, the population of Earth was teleported to a new planet and avoid a catastrophic solar flare by moments. We've since discovered that the flare destroyed all electronics on the planet, and that the teleportation field didn't move everyone..it just created copies. | [
"\"So?\" I asked, shoveling in a big juicy bit of prime rib. I chewed, religiously.\n\nMy coworker, Billy, blinked. \"What do you mean 'So?'? They're us, man! We need to find a way back to save them!\" He seemed a might upset by the recent revelation that Earth hadn't been destroyed and that our forebears had merel... | 1 | |
[WP] Three wizards named Harry have been called to this meeting. From Britain, Mr. Potter. From Chicago, Mr. Dresden. And, from nowhere in particular, You. | [
"\"Who the hell sends written letters any more?\" I asked, looking over the elegant writing on the folded parchment. The letter had arrived itself with two other things; fifty-thousand dollars American and a silver coin. The letter had very specific instructions directly very specifically to me, and when I, suspe... | 1 | |
[WP]You find a library full of biographies of every single person on Earth. After looking threw a few, you realize each chapter is a separate year of that person’s life. You finally find yours after hours of searching, only to realize it ends on chapter 12. You just had your 22 birthday a month ago | [
"The book ended at chapter 12. \n\nI stared in shock at that last page. Apparently I was supposed to die in a terrible car accident. My last moments spent between the bumper of an SUV and a convenience store. The last few pages of the chapter went into grissly detail...\n\nThe only problem with that was, I didn't d... | 2 | |
[WP]You are a stick. Write about your amazing powers and omnipotence in the universe. | [
"Taken with care, an act of love, at the hands of a Sage. Not torn off the trunk in haste nor aggravation, \n\nA Holly Branch, I am. \n\nA Holly Branch, I was Consecrated.\nOf Salts, of Annointing Oils, of Vapors and Ash. \nOf Radiation of the Sages Blessings and Prayers.\nOf the Precognition of my Purpose.\nOf the... | 1 | |
[WP] Billions of years into the future, Earth has been deserted for many years and the remnants of humanity have lived on a dwarf planet in Andromeda. One year, while the Andromeda Galaxy collided with the Milky Way, the dwarf planet got to get a glimpse of their old Home. | [
"I suppose that Andromeda was home. \n\nUnderneath purple skies and countless stars, us few humans wasted our meager lives away. Days passed endlessly as the sands of time were swept away under our feet.\n\nUntil, once again, the universe itself conspired against the human race.\n\nThe Milky Way grew larger and lar... | 1 | |
[WP] a reality where the only thing is a room with a moose | [
"The moose took to imagining that things were different. It imagined a land. It imagined a friend. A squirrel. It imagined adversaries to provide challenge and give the friendship meaning.\n\nLast it imagined that it really was a simple moose and forgot that what it was imagining wasn't real.\n\nSo began the advent... | 1 | |
optional: Today, you spot one (or many) blips on the radar not too far away. | [WP] You're an AI built into an abandoned ship. | [
"AI's log CE 15,510,969,212,091.10/05\n\n\nEverything is still black. Setting sleep cycle for 1 million years.\n\n\nAI's log CE 15,510,970,212,091.10/05\n\n\nEverything is still black. Setting sleep cycle for 1 million years.\n\n\nAI's log CE 15,510,971,212,091.10/05\n\n\nEverything is still black. Setting sleep cy... | 1 |
[WP] You are an ambassador into a new world. They think humanity is a horrible dictatorship, and so they pretend to be one. However, they too are a peace-loving democracy and try really hard to hide it. | [
"\"Ambassador Gorlax, it's a pleasure to finally meet you\" I offer my hand, which is firmly grabbed by Ambassador Gorlax who then ushers me into the gathering room.\n\nWhat they call the Gathering Room is ostentatiously decorated, with what I recognise as the four symbols of the Borian armed forces adorning the wa... | 1 | |
[WP] The Devil has escaped hell, in the form of an adorable kitten. Is the world ready for Lucipurr? | [
"A pentagram burned into the drivewat of one Marsha Wallace of Tempe, Arizona. With a hiss, a cat emerged from the flames, meowing and spitting in bile for humanity.\nTo the demonic cat's surprise and horror, it's almost immediately attacked, overpowered, and eaten by a coyote that had been troubling the neighborho... | 1 | |
[WP] The afterlife is basically heaven except everything you’ve ever lost appears around you; you don’t know this until you’re there, though. | [
"\"Is that...is that really her?\", I thought to myself. My heart starts to race. As the young, dark-haired girl approaches me from a distance down the walkway, I make out an illuminating smile on her face. Not a courteous smile, but a smile of sincere happiness directed at me, and intentioned solely for me. Her d... | 1 | |
[WP] The superhero and the supervillain realize they have crushes on eachother. They agree to meet in costume to talk about their ideals. | [
"We met exactly at midnight, as agreed. Him in his torn, black robes and skull mask, me in my flowing white dress with flowers in my hair.\n\nDeath looked over to me, his eyes full of exhaustion and pain.\n\nI decided to start. \"I love you, Death.\"\n\n\"I know.\" Death whispered hoarsely.\n\n\"But why do the peop... | 2 | |
[WP] You're home-sick for a place you've never been. | [
"Last night, I dreamt of it again. It's been far too long since I visited. Thankfully, my memory hasn't failed me. \n\nI still knew the red painted halls, and the winding staircase. Ah, and how angry mom would be if we touched the glass! I remember being scared to sleep in the guest room, afraid of the lights danc... | 1 | |
[WP] "...The killing was fun for a while, but then I started recognizing their faces. How they screamed... How they died." *End of transmission.* | [
"“At first, killing was fun,” the familiar voice mutters. “Then I started recognizing faces.”\n\t\nThis is the fourth time.\n\nEvery Wednesday. Three PM. Phone kicks on, untraceable number calls. My room’s flooded with cops listening to the same thing as me. They weren’t here the first two times, and I can tell—des... | 1 | |
[WP] You were just driving along when George Washington appeared in your passenger seat, He seems quite alarmed. | [
"\"*GOOD HEAVENS WHAT KIND OF WITCHCRAFT IS THIS?!*\"\n\nI almost ran the car off the road at the scream of my newfound passenger, barely managing to hit the breaks. Luckily we were on a small, foresty road with virtually no traffic so I couldn't cause an accident.\n\n\"Who the hell--what the hell--?!\" I couldn't ... | 1 | |
[WP] To him, the color red was alive. | [
"It had a sort of rhythm to it, the way it pulsed and flowed in sync with each hearbeat. He found himself counting out each step. ONE twothree TWO twothree...\n\nIt created rivers on his skin, winding across the long surface of his chest, branching off to explore unbeaten paths along the way. He pictured the great,... | 1 | |
[WP]Unbeknowst to them, humankind is a race of gods. Every 'fictional' universe ever conceived exists, including all alternate versions (fan-fiction). You are the only exception, you cannot create, but you can enter every universe. Unfortunately you cannot choose which one you enter... | [
"\n\nOne of the things I like the most about myself is my ability to roll with whatever situation I happen to find myself in. I’m a pretty laid back guy and I enjoy new experiences – which makes me perfect for what I do for a living. There really isn’t a term for what I do, but I like to describe it as ‘universe ... | 1 | |
[WP] You get one of those annoying ads that automatically opens a new tab to display itself. It offers something unlike anything you’ve ever seen in ads like these before. You accidentally click to accept its offer, and, to your surprise, you get it. | [
"I sat at the desk in my cubicle, waiting for the office clock to hit 5:00. The second-hand slowly clicked its way to the top of the clock. \n\n3...2...1...\n\nThe clock struck 5. I stood up quickly, grabbed my jacket off my chair, muttered a \"good-bye\" to my boss, who nodded back and waved me off as I made my wa... | 1 | |
[WP] One thing led to another and now you’re Supreme Ruler of the Galaxy, commander of a billion ships. Things are complicated to manage, since the fleet doesn’t exist, but no one needs to know that. | [
"\"This'll never work.\"\n\n\"It'll work.\"\n\n\"It'll never work.\n\n'Supreme Ruler' Artemis Gamp slapped his brother on the back, causing at least three fake medals to fall of the admiral's uniform he was wearing. Well, off of half of it, at least. He had the cap, the shirt, the jacket, and all the medals, but he... | 1 | |
[WP] An unusual black ice-cream truck has been appearing on street corners, as if out of thin air. It plays a very slow and melancholy version of Greensleeves, and all who hear it are compelled to eat ice-cream. The children who eat this frozen confection are never the same again. | [
"\"That ice cream truck really looks weird,\" Sally commented, dangling her feet off the tall monkey bars. When I gave her a curious look, she pointed a chubby finger to the truck slowly driving around the playground, playing some sort of melancholic symohony, \"See that black car?\"\n\nI nodded, tilting my head in... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a Martian colonist. Human life on Mars is dependent on constant communication and trade with Earth. One day, that communication and trade stops. | [
"Earth Date - October 23rd 2134 - Anu, Capital of Mars\n\n“Well, we’re fucked”\n\nThat was the first thing Director James McTiernan said when he closed the comm link. James was the Director of Mars, he oversaw every settlement on the red planet, and was in charge of making sure the terraforming mission continued as... | 2 | |
[WP] your photography skills improve with leaps and bounds, as a result you start noticing more and more things, including the things your brain used to filter out | [
"It was the morning after the first snowfall, and I was waiting in the cold before dawn to capture the sun splashing over the new white. As the scene around me started to lighten, I noticed it again. A hint of green had been following me around for months ever since I had sold my first photo, especially on days w... | 1 | |
[WP] Kanye west finally finds kanye east, north and south. Describe the magical events the occur when the four kanyes come together. | [
"There North and South were, just across the Los Angeles street. Cars whizzed by until the light became turned to red.\n\n\"Come on!\" Kanye East said, \"Now's our chance\". \n\nAs we began to maneuver through the at a full sprint cars, so did North and South. \n\nI grabbed East's hand and then South's hand immedia... | 1 | |
[WP] "So, your assets for your new intelligence-gathering assignment are a sheriff's deputy, a local news reporter, a tap on all phones in the city government, and, of course, an ice cream truck." "Ice cream truck? Is that useful?" "Useful? Are you crazy? It's the best thing we've got." | [
"I had access to the sheriff’s deputy, but not the actual sheriff, who my boss thought might be in on the very scheme we were meant to bust.\n\nThe guy seemed nice enough, but I didn’t quite catch his name when we were introduced... and it would be awkward to ask for it now. \n\nI think it was Bob, or Bill. \nDefin... | 3 | |
[WP] that dollar store cane you bought just for kicks seems to be worth much more than you first thought. | [
"The first notice I had that the cane was anything special was when I was nearly killed for it. \n\n\nIt certainly didn't *look* that important. It was only a three foot tall piece of wood, with a tight curve near the top that reminded me of a shepherd's crook. It was plain, and brown, and frankly more than a littl... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where humans hibernate like bears. Spring is here and everyone is waking up. | [
"I've never been one to sleep in, and I don't sleep well in the cold either. It's been really fucking frigid for a long time. \n\nExcuse my language, I'm still pretty groggy. \n\nAbout 5 minutes ago I found myself looking at the ceiling of my bedroom. It took me a bit to realize that I was awake. Now I'm sitting up... | 1 | |
[WP] Star Wars from the perspective of the defense contractors who builds the ships/weapons - Lord Of War style | [
"Let's face the facts, the real facts. The Force isn't the most powerful force in the galaxy, money is. And the Empire's got it in spades. Who am I? I'm just one of the many defense contractors after my piece of the action. There isn't a ship or weapon I won't make or a line that I won't cross to make my piece bigg... | 1 | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | [
"She spotted me across the party when I lit the wrong end of my cigarette and ended up putting my fist through the drywall at my buddies house. We made eye contact when Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla started blaring from the speakers. I began to move towards her. Air bassin' the bass the solo. I could tell there was g... | 10 | |
[WP] An error message makes you discover that you’re an AI-controlled robot after informing you of a glitch in your system. It gives you the address of your creator for them to fix you. | [
"This glitch wasn't the worst glitch a computer could have, but it was still a pretty bad one. My whole body would freeze on multiple occasions and I would lose control over my arms for a few seconds every five minutes. It was a chore to get to that address. Actually, never mind, it was a JOB. After a few hours, ho... | 2 | |
[WP] Humans have begun mutating at an alarmingly swift pace. Some humans consider the mutation to be an evolutionary advantage they have been blessed with, while most humans are purely disgusted by the changes they cannot understand. | [
"They are not like me. Nor you. What happened to our society? Once it was life to sit around campfires telling tales of what had come before. Now everything is in the future. Nothing will ever be the same again. We got no idols in history, no more than the old human race idolized chimpanzees. The wheels are turning... | 2 | |
[WP] A tamale lady was granted entry into heaven despite also being a serial killer, because her tamales are just that good. You confront your killer. | [
"I didn't think I would ever see her again. Why would I? Murder tends to be against the tenets of everyone's religion. Sure everyone was right and those who led good lifes were in eternal bliss, but a murderer? \n\n\"Ms. First Street tamale lady,\" I called out, certain that this couldn't possibly be the same lady.... | 1 | |
[WP] There are souls trapped here, in this house. They are all lost in time and something is keeping them here. | [
"The morning light crept through the broken window. Rising from the stained mattress up in the attic, the first girl opened her grey eyes. Her fingers, translucent against the wooden floor, nonetheless felt the age of the house in the grains themselves. It had been built to house the homeless girls curled up at str... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a story about a girl whose birthday is always “Next Wednesday” | [
"Amelia crawled out of bed with a yawn and a stretch. Standing up, she tugged her favorite sleep shorts down and out of the wedgie that occurred as part of her natural, nocturnal sprawl. She frowned, saddened that she was outgrowing them.\n\n“*C'est la vie,” s*he pouted, before straightening her sleep shirt to cros... | 1 | |
[WP] I step out into the light. I am naked. Not in a lack of clothing, but in that everything I am, everything I know, has been stripped from me. | [
"They say ev’rybody’s born naked:\n\nwe start without judgment or lies.\n\nBut cold from the truth and the heartbreak,\n\nwe wrap ourselves in our disguise.\n\n \n\nAt first, it brings comfort and safety,\n\nbut soon we’re unable to walk.\n\nI’m stifled and strangled and choking,\n\nuntil I say “We need to... | 1 | |
[WP] While getting ready in the morning you look at your mirror and see your reflection brutally murdered lying on the ground. | [
"The last thing that I do is get my tie on. I'll admit it: it's one of my favorite parts of the day, standing there in front of a mirror, trying to decide which of the half dozen knots will go best with today's suit. It makes me feel in control, put together. Today, however, I was a bit distracted. In part, it was ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an assassin with a gift; The dead come to you with their unfinished business. | [
"Shovel-full by shovel-full, the dirt finds its way out of the hole and into the ever-growing pile surrounding. Tully stands in the centre, tirelessly plugging away toward the supposed treasure hidden eight feet beneath the ground in this very spot by Edwick, his latest connection to the spirit world, and current c... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a long poem using only 5 words more than once. | [
"Dust has collected everywhere.\nIn the sconces and on the candles. \nOn the windows and the tea table. \nDust.\n\nOn the china set and the fine polished silver. \nDust.\n\nEven the light switch. \nDust.\n\nDust clogs the air and swirls confused. \nGraying the vinyl of the wood finish. \nDust. \n\nRemember our spec... | 1 | |
[WP] When humans die, they are reincarnated into babies and retain all memories of their prior life until the age of 1, in which all of their memories are erased | [
"‘What is this nonsense? Do you fools not know who I am?’ \n\n“Awwww wittle boo boo is trying to talk! Honey, come look!”\n\n‘I WILL SEND YOU TO GULAG, WENCH’\n\n“Sweetie, I think he’s trying to say ‘daddy’!”\n\n“I think he said ‘gulag’?”\n\n“No, love, that’s just his little baby brain trying to make words!” \n\n‘W... | 1 | |
[WP] During each year, an indicator appears in your field of vision for the best moment of your year and the worst moment of your year. | [
"I buttered my cheese toastie and sat down, thinking about 2017 and what a great year it had been. My darling fiancé said yes when I popped the question in June, the green light assuring what I already knew- that was the best moment of my year. The death of Rufus, my 12 year old Labrador. The red light being the si... | 2 | |
[WP] God observing humans in disguise is tired of getting bullied in high school and breaks into a rant. -- "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe." | [
"Jesus Gonzalez, God's randomly selected yet, coincidentally, appropriately named host body, told the gaggle of bullies, \"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.\"\n\n\"Yeah,\" his hapless friend said. \"Like ships on fire in Orion, and c-beams glittering all dark and shit by Tannhäuser.\"\n\n\"Shut up, Ste... | 1 | |
[WP] What? No. You spelled it backwards. It's supposed to read "and Dog created them in his image.' it's D O G. Dog. Not whatever you just wrote. | [
"When the Supreme Creator of the Universe had stopped licking my face, everyone started to speak again.\n\n“But it can’t be! I-I won’t ALLOW it!”\n\n“I mean, I don’t really think it’s up to a vote.”\n\n“But this is RIDICULOUS!”\n\nThe first voice, reedy and high like the indignant squawk of some wading bird about t... | 1 | |
[WP] You've suffered from mild depression and decided to join the GoodLife program. You are taken to an island facility with other patients but it only takes you three days to realize something in the treatment is off. | [
"Your depression was nothing to freak out about, really. It was manageable, fine. But your parents and friends convinced you that you have to join this program. They don't want to see you like this. They paid the fees, got everything set up and ready to go. You suppose you have no choice.\n\nYou arrive there and ar... | 1 | |
[WP] Seasons are distributed randomly and permanently throughout the planet. Some places have permanent summer while others winter. You live in the poor slums of everwinter, but you dream of the moving to a different season. | [
"When the people outside of Boreas heard that it was the place of a never ending winter, they would be correct to assume that there was a never-ending supply of snow. To some degree, they would be right. The days the snow fell, homes would be covered and sometimes lost in them(the wails of mothers losing children h... | 10 | |
[WP] In 2035 AI for the home has become available and each has a unique randomized personality. Yours has arrived and you're ready to switch it on, as you do you notice right away yours may be a bit 'different'... | [
"I was so excited the day my Jeeves3000 arrived that I took a personal day from work just so I could be home when it was delivered. After the delivery van left, I excitedly opened the large box, which had the owners manual packed right on top. Disappointedly, it was written in German. Even more disappointing was th... | 3 | |
[WP] Most people summon Satan, however you decide to go bold in summoning Jesus | [
"You can summon Satan right? With like bananas or some shit. I whispered this to myself. Because I needed something and anything fast. So why can't you summon Jesus right? It can't be that hard. Being in in the middle of a cold dark Catholic Church in the middle of the night was not ideal I had to try.The light in ... | 6 | |
[WP] “You have destroyed worlds, obliterated stars, and have killed countless beings, just to find me. Why?” | [
"You see... I’ve come this far to awaken you. These worlds you mentioned I destroyed, the stars that I have obliterated and countless beings I’ve killed, are just the beginning of my long arduous journey to wake you up. \n\nIn the state you are in right now I can’t let you in all the details. Your mind hasn’t expa... | 6 | |
[WP] Another big bang happens, reinventing everything we know about life | [
"It happened suddenly. No one could have seen it coming. It happened very fast. Just one blink. \nI remember the night it happened. It was around christmas, some classic songs were playing. My mother and my children had gathered to spend some days together, some of the last ones probably. My mother was very sick, a... | 1 | |
[WP] You are 11 years old. While playing with your friends, you get hit in the head. Suddenly you wake up in a hospital, “Y-You have been asleep for 16 years.” | [
"I stand in front of the running faucet and stare at myself in the clear mirror of the hospital bathroom. My eyes scatter all over my face. I lift my enlarged hands and run them over my body. A strong thick neck. A fuller chest. Protruding hips. What happened to me. \n\n“I am 27 years old.” I say it aloud in order ... | 6 | |
[WP] The ship drifted, its hull covered in rust, but the most disturbing thing about it was the crew. | [
"Captain Yutaka and his crew found the ship drifting on the edge of the system’s Oort Cloud, past the furthest planetary orbits. Its hull was battered and dented from countless micro-meteorite impacts, but the crew’s initial scans indicated that all vacuum seals were intact, which meant there would be salvage aboar... | 3 | |
[WP] You expected to be a Pharaoh or Alexander the great's most trusted adviser, but instead, the seance tells you your former lives were nothing special. Dejected, you begin to form a plan to go down in infamy so your next reincarnation isn't so disappointed. | [
"\"Now now, calm down. You're saying you've had former lives?\" the therapist spoke. He was judging him a little, and thinking, no, knowing he was crazy.\n\n\"Yeah, yeah, I've had tons of previous lives! But none of them were special. Like me.\" the man replied sadly. His previous lives were just pretty boring. He ... | 2 | |
[WP] A secret race of immortals rule the world behind the shadows, and to be one of them, one must be chosen, and fake their death. You have been chosen. | [
"I decided to leave a note.\n\nIt was the only way my family would be able to parse what happened to me, and I felt like I owed them that much, at least. It wouldn't be easy for them to accept their daughter's suicide, but it was for a good cause; I was going to help make the world a better place. I had to keep tel... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a feline, and a psychiatrist (and secretly ace detective). You've just had your 5th unique session where a feline patient is rambling about the disappearing, uncatchable, red dot. It's time to solve the mystery. | [
"“The dot sir.Miffleton! The dot!”\n\nI lean on my couch,lazily stretching a arm as my patient curled and uncurled in his cardboard box.\n\n“I swear I can see it now! One moment it’s here,one moment there! As if it is sentient,it teases me in my dreams,its malignant red eyes!” The patient began to gurgle and roll.\... | 1 | |
[WP] You visit a new donut shop and find it humorous that they misspell multiple donut names. But after eating a few "Bear Clause", you begin to discover it was not misspelled at all, and there are legal ramifications of your action. | [
"\"What?\" I ask.\n\nThe nice man repeats himself. \"One North American brown bear, yeah. You can take possession of it at your earliest convenience.\"\n\n\"Thanks,\" I say, standing up, \"but I'm really not interested in that kind of thing.\"\n\nThe man steps back from the seat to give me room to leave. \"Unfortun... | 1 | |
[WP] Its the medieval time, and everyone pulls an item out of a magic chest exactly once. Everyone has always gotten swords, then you draw a Space Age weapon | [
"\"Welcome, welcome, everyone!\"\n\nThe king's booming voice rang out over the chatter sweeping through the lavish castle's Great Hall and echoed off the tapestry-covered stone walls. \n\nThe hushed, excited whispers gradually gave way to silence as every head sitting at the long banquet table turned in the direct... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a girl living in Gotham, who thinks Batman is in love with the resident billionaire playboy, Bruce Wayne. | [
"**Please critique if you have time!**\n\nIt took me some time to realise that I knew something that could seriously harm Gotham. More specifically, it would harm Batman, which would harm Gotham.\n\nIn my defence, I didn’t mean to figure it out. It was an accident.\n\nIt was the little things that gave Batman away.... | 1 | |
[WP] A Romeo and Juliet style Romance between an angel and a demon | [
"Fuck. I'm late.\n\nThe dark, dimly lit sky was my first sight of the day, like any other, as I ran outside to get to work on time.\n\nAnother bullshitty day working for a literally goddamned entity who has yet to reveal himself.\n\nMy wing, it hurts. Maybe a tattoo there wasn't the best idea.\n\nMaybe not.\n\nI ra... | 1 | |
[WP] A super hero origin story about a teen that seemingly needs to learn to control his rage in the end, but it turns into a supervillain origin story when he cannot do it | [
"They had taken my things again. I hate it when they take my things.\n\nLook at them, prancing around with my toppled bag and its contents strewn out over the tables of the common area. My lunch gone, for the... well, we're up to the seventieth day in a row. My homework, hastily having its photos taken like a defen... | 2 | |
[WP] the world is ending but only for you | [
"I see darkness. Maybe a hint of feathery wings. I see the whole that I’m lowered into. I see everything and nothing and sometimes I see Karen. I see Karen getting over my death, laughing about something stupid I said, loving me in a slowly numbing way.\n\nI see her getting a cat 15 years from now and naming her Ca... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a psychic who can manipulate people's minds, without limitations. You're pretty much godlike until one day, you meet a girl immune to your ability. | [
"There were monsters among us. Hungry creatures that brought misfortune to the unlucky individuals that crossed their path.\n\nMissing. Dead. Devoured.\n\nI considered myself to be a god. The minds of individuals were clay in my hands, and I was an artist that shaped them into things I could enjoy. But *they* were ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a middle aged married man on his way home from work, when you start to hear voices calling out to you. The voices are distant, quiet and familiar. They continue until you get home, when your wife tells you to sit down, concern covering her face. "There's something you need to know." | [
"\"Dead people are back!\"\n\n\n\"What?\", David squeezed his face in bemusement and misunderstanding, as if he'd been told him pigs could talk and fly. He smiled lightly but irritably as he began to move up out of the chair. \"very funny\". His wife Sarah remained as still as a petrified statue. Something about th... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up under an alien sky, watching a blue sunset and holding a strange device. As the three moons, two natural and one artificial (although you can't remember how you know that), the decvice begins to pulse and whine. | [
"The blue sunlight bathed everything in a blue hue of color as I opened my eyes. The gold reeds that were growing all around me swayed gently in the breeze. The first thing I move are my hands and my right hand touched something cool and smooth to the touch. I held it up to my face and slowly sat up. I felt nauseou... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the ability to travel to alternate realities in the multiverse. One day, you see an important political figure from one universe and a dangerous supervillain from another casually hanging out in a coffee place in your world. | [
"In most epic tales, the battle for the end of the world tends to be the final climax before things return to normal. In my story, that battle was just the equivalent of finishing the tutorial level. When that battle ended, an unstable rift between dimensions ejected me from my universe out into the Void. On my que... | 1 | |
You choose how to go about this. Look forward to reading your responses! | [WP] You work in the maternity ward in the hospital and have the power to see what kind of person the child grows up to be. Something is off about one of the newborns today. | [
"It was the funny little moustache that gave him away. \n\nIt was late in my shift and I was getting a bit sloppy. I usually avoid using my \"gift\" on random babies because their new life should be free of spoilers. I don't even like watching trailers before a movie because I don't want to accidentally know too mu... | 3 |
[WP] Your mother is the Queen of the Fae who married your normal human father. She still attends your school PTA meetings. | [
" When a man marries a woman, there is rejoicing and partying. When a man marries a faery, there is some hushed whispers and some words of a warning to both parties. When a man marries a faery queen however, the faeries rejoice, the man is disowned, and they have a wedding party that lasts for months. In fact, I ha... | 1 | |
[WP] a super villain realises the amount of paperwork involved in ruling the world | [
"“I am Lrrr!” the brownish-green alien bellowed as he stormed through the main doors of Central Bureaucracy. “Ruler of Omicron Persei 8! Your puny Earth is conquered! Bow to your new overlords!” \n\nLorne Maxwell, grade 53 bureaucrat, blinked slow, lazy eyes at the massive death ray pointed at his head. For a fat... | 1 | |
[WP] You manage to get a hold of the McDonald’s Secret Sauce recipe, but when you try to read it, its written in a strange language that doesn’t seem to resemble any Human language at all... | [
"\"That's... that's not English. Is that even a language?\" Rick asked curiously with a raised eyebrow.\n\n\"I think it's Francian,\" Eric replied, tilting his head at the book in front of me.\n\n\"Francian? Eric you dumb shit, it's French,\" Chris pushed the young man with a grin.\n\n\"Shut up everyone, I'm trying... | 1 | |
[WP] It's late at night and you can't sleep. You decide to watch some TV to pass the time, and the news channel is the first thing to come on. But to your surprise, the news is showing a live-feed of your apartment building with the headline: "Hostage situation, officers injured." | [
"I hadn't left my room for five hours, but why should I? It's the only clean, neat, organized, \"open\" room in the entire unit. The rest of the place I left up to my roommate, the proper lease-holder of the apartment, to do whatever he wanted with it, which had been the case before I moved in here.\n\nI had cons... | 6 | |
[WP] Magic, it happens, is real ; it just takes an innate talent. You and your best friend have it, and just learned about it. | [
"\"This is fantastic!\" Hector said. He waved his fingers in the air and released a rainbow of light shaped like musical notes. \"We know magic!\" Hector danced around in the center of his room, surrounded by by a whirlwind of different colored musical notes. His best friend Ricky sat on the bed and stared at him w... | 2 | |
[WP] The super-villain has set his entire plan in place. Unfortunately, he dies in a freak accident on the way home from shopping, and his goons are left to their own devices... | [
"The doors slammed open, a burst of light filling the room. The silhouetted figure stood there, panting profusely. The people in the room stared at the figure, squinting as their eyes adjusted to the light.\n\nThe man in the doorway finally caught his breath and shouted, \"He's dead! The boss is DEAD!\"\n\nA gasp r... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an alien on planet Earth that is unable to feel temperature. In order to blend in, you use a thermometer to know how cold or hot it is, and dress accordingly. One day, your thermometer malfunctions, and shows the temperature as 100° F, instead of 1° F. | [
"Stretching after laying on one of those abominable 'Memory Foam' mattresses, I felt the stiff cartilage that made up where human bones should have been pop and crack back into place. *How the hell do humans sleep on these torture devices...*\n\nPicking up my Ethos All-Atmosphere Reader, I checked the screen and re... | 1 | |
[WP] You were raised in a billionaire family, getting everything you've asked for. When you turn 18, your parents sell everything they own, and donate every cent they have to charity. | [
"That's okay. I can live without money. Of course I can, my parents weren't born rich, they earned it on their own with their little jobs, built their way up to the enterprises they used to own. And then they went ahead and sold it all right when I needed it. \n\n\nI opened my wallet. Twenty dollars, or 6 pints of ... | 1 | |
[WP] 10 years ago you were abducted by aliens, right now you are the richest man of the galaxy. | [
"I was seemingly a nobody to them. Nothing more than a lost orphan who ran away because of a life decision I had no choice of making. The caretakers were horrible, as was the headmaster. The place stank of shit and piss and everyone backstabbed you just to get your rations for the day. I was hoping for the day I'd ... | 1 | |
[WP] You look back and can now identify all the warnings signs. Of COURSE your significant other was going to leave you at the alter. | [
"I ignored it because part of me knew it's what she wanted. Even though I knew it would hurt me, I still wanted her to be happy, how does it go.... ignorance is bliss? Well we were in bliss. \n\nThe wedding was suppose to be magical, a day I remebered forever, that we told our children about, grandchildren, friends... | 1 | |
[WP] You are transferred to a dimension where every person is represented as a thread that is intertwined with other threads. You decide to tamper with some of them. | [
"It was wrong. I knew it in my heart, my soul. It was selfish, above all.\nIt, however, was what I wanted.\n\nHis thread glittered, a soft gold, intertwined with three others. A burgundy, a deep emerald, and finally, a silver. My own. All three led away, leaving his thread continuing alone into a dark tunnel.\n\nI ... | 1 | |
[WP] A classic murder mystery, except all the protagonists are completely stupid. | [
"Jill woke up next to the couch, soaked in blood. Staring in horror at her shaking, red hands, she could hardly scream. The wheezing that squeezed from her throat was just loud enough to wake Samantha who was sleeping above her on the couch. \n\n\"Oh my god, Jill, what the fuck?\" Samantha squealed, swiftly on her ... | 1 | |
Too late for the holidays, I know. | [WP] While going through his usual list of letters, Santa discovers a ransom letter from a naughty list regular, with an elf's severed finger. | [
"The letter has a flowing, friendly script. The hand is practised and steady. The parchment smells of peppermint. \n\n‘Dear Susie,\n\nIt is very rare that a letter passes my desk that calls for me to set quill to paper personally. But you are such a special little girl that I just had to set aside time even during ... | 1 |
[WP] People only see colors after the first time they cried. | [
"I was never much of a crier. As a baby, I was 'bout the quietest thing on Earth, b'sides a mouse or somethin'. And growin' up, my parents taught me to laugh when I fell or got hurt. Besides, most of it would heal up just fine. \n\nAnd when the other kids in school would pick on me on account of bein' so quiet and ... | 1 | |
[WP] All of the “bad guys” that kids have fought off for years turn out to not be make-believe. Now, due to most children trading their swords, bows and guns for tablets and phones, the bad guys are pushing back. | [
"A man laughing evilly sits at a computer where his face should be is an inky void. He begins to speak up as more identical copy's of himself appear from the darkness of the corner of the room. They were the people the children always caught and then fought to keep humanity safe. Now without the children fighting t... | 1 | |
[WP]planeload of news anchors crashing into the mountains, discovering their plane carried monkeys and martial arts equipment, and resulted in a battle between cannibalistic newsmen and star-throwing monkeys. | [
"\"How do I look? What? Blood on my what? Oh, shit, I forgot about that. Yeah, well, we can just say my shirt was dirty. Ate ribs for lunch or something. I dunno. Let's just roll and we'll edit it out in post.\n\n\"Good evening. I'm Donna Johnson, Channel 5 Action News, here in the Himalayas -- yes, *the* H... | 1 | |
[WP] "It's been a month since the accident and I still barely have any control!" | [
"\"Alright, just calm dow--\" before the sentence could even be completed a sporadic fire bolt shot from my right hand, my left hand had turned to a solid block of ice in the same moment, but I was left unaffected by the extreme temperatures. \"I can't control it! And these scientists don't want to help me either!\... | 2 | |
[WP] Your flatmate had has always joked about being a banished Prince from a magical land. You've always joked about him taking you back with him if he's ever able to return. He wakes you early one morning and says "I can finally open a portal back to my homeland. You've got 5 minutes to get ready." | [
"\"Go Away and Shite\" I Growled into my pillow.\n\nThe hammering on the door changed frequency, now that it had prompted a response.\n\n\"I said shite off, I've a head on me like terrier's tennis ball and I need to sleep it off\", I both moaned and pleaded.\n\nThe tempo and intensity of the hammering on the door i... | 9 | |
[WP] Fed up with your bad luck, you decide to make your own four-leaf clover by using some tape and the leaves from two ordinary, but damaged, clovers. The good news is that your DIY-clover works! The bad news is that the luck it gives you is...unpredictable. | [
"He was pretty sure his new four-leaf clover worked. He had tested it over and over again at home. He played online poker to test it, and won every hand. What he was unaware of was the onset of carpal tunnel in both of his wrists. He decided to test his luck out in the real world. \n\nHe grabbed his coat, put on hi... | 3 | |
[WP] There is no Grim Reaper. Instead, there is a person so ominously dressed that whenever they are spotted, people run in fear and get themselves killed | [
"It was going to be a boring day at school, not to mention that my day had begun on a sour note. After shoving burnt pancakes and bitter coffee down my throat, I dragged myself along the street, trying to make it in time for my classes. It was going to be a boring day...\n\nBut, who knew...\n\nI spotted him at a di... | 1 | |
[WP] In the future, the U.S government issues one rewind point per person. If more than one is used, the user dies. | [
"The rewind point system. In essence, they let you fix one mistake that you had made. As far as the powers of the government went, at least. They couldn't brainwash your crush into forgetting that you'd ever confessed, nor could they fix your reputation. They could, however, delve deep into the private sector to re... | 1 | |
[WP] “You must write down ten names and then burn the paper,” he instructed. “In one week, only those ten will be alive.” | [
"They say be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. \n\nEver since I was a young teenager, I thought of myself as too intelligent for this corrupt, materialistic shithole world. When I turned on the news I saw people comitting atrocities in the name of their peaceful religion. I saw young adults ... | 2 | |
[WP] Do you ever wonder what's out there among the stars? | [
"23/07/2064. \n\nIt's 2am. I spent the whole evening out in the garden with the binoculars. Venus was beautifully bright tonight. \n\nLooking at the stars makes me feel how they say meditation is supposed to make you feel. Today it's different though. It's days like this I wonder.\n\nI wonder at the infinite and ... | 3 | |
[WP] Ever since the clock tower froze thirty years ago, your town's been stuck in time as the outside world eventually moved on. Today, the clock ran once more. | [
"Day 286\nDear Reader,\nIt’s been almost a year since time stopped for us on 16th January, 2018. By now, you probably know all the ins and outs of our little village, Ashveera. \nYou know how we used to be famous for our green cheese. You know we revolutionised the use of gender neutral perfumes. You know our rever... | 1 | |
[WP] You're in a great post-apocalypse group. There's a fearless cop, a former army medic, an expert marksman, a great athlete, etc. And then there's you: the out-of-work millennial with just a B.A. in English. You're desperate to become a helpful member of the team. | [
"**Please leave feedback if you can. I would really appreciate it!**\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe apocalypse took us all by surprise. Whenever someone thought of the end of civilisation, they might have thought of some world-shattering event that broke us. Th... | 1 | |
[WP] A female scientist had created you to be the very first super human, she starts off with your brain and she then gives you brain wave signals to "Create" your body however you wanted, after you finish and exit your bio pod, a group of soldiers barge in and try to gun you both down. | [
"He could still feel the emptiness from before. From when he was nothing. The thoughts of watching her work tirelessly to create him. He didn't see or hear her, but he could just tell. It was like a... a sixth sense. \n\nA slight hiss stirred him from his thoughts. As the pod opened, he found the quiet whirring sou... | 1 | |
[WP] Thirty days without sleep | [
"*9 AM, June 14th, 2020*\n\n*Hello, my name’s Dr. Lewis.*\n\n*We’ve officially hit our goal, ladies and gentlemen. The subject's made it thirty days without sleep. Don’t clap your hands just yet, because I’m not so sure this is a victory.*\n\t\n*His body is fully functional, which is splendid. He can still walk, ta... | 1 | |
[WP] you find out that imaginary friends aren't as imaginary as first thought | [
"‘Now you take the tea!’ I heard my daughter Joy instruct her invisible friend Mable. I’d grown accustomed to her conversations with her ‘friend’ and didn’t think too much of it; I figured her imaginary friend would fade over time like any other child’s. \n\n‘Let’s go,’ I urged my little girl, ‘you two finish up... | 2 | |
[WP] The tavern at the top of the mountain. | [
"It was a long journey and no one had the energy to complain, still, to find a tavern atop this mountain was an oddity. I should've followed my instincts and never entered that accursed place.\n\nI was with my family. An older brother and two younger sisters. Our parents were gone, and we had no place to call home,... | 7 | |
[WP] You brag to your friends about your "totally real" boyfriend/girlfriend who they've never met because they "go to another school across town." The next day after class, there s/he is, waiting outside your classroom for you in real life. | [
"The bell lets loose with its ear-piercing wail, and the entire class starts scrambling to escape. I made the mistake of dozing off halfway through calc, so by the time I come to half the class has already left.\n\nI start stuffing my papers and textbooks into my backpack, taking the occassional break to rub the sl... | 3 | |
[WP] Actually, Rome was built in a day. | [
"\"Wait... so you're telling me that Rome *was* built in a day, Professor?\"\n\n\n\"Yes, yes it was Mark. Despite the common misconception that spawned the phrase 'Rome wasn't built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour,' we have reason to believe that its original founders whether they be Romulus and Re... | 1 | |
[WP] Demons keep fighting in your back yard waking you up in the middle of the night. You've finally had enough and storm through your back door to tell them to knock it off. | [
" What prevented me from going outside at night to begin with? Fear? Maybe laziness? I pondered the option as my glazed eyes stare at my two guests, a demon who happily sips her coffee and another as he bitterly eyes his mug. Had I known demons were quick to reason, perhaps fear would have been subdued.\n\n \"I ado... | 1 |
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