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[WP] Insects (flys, mosquitos, cockroches ect) are actually ships for a tiny alien race. They have been at war with humans for as long as anybody can remember. | [
"I lost my father years ago. I remember the day the telegram arrived home. 'Killed by SWAT'. I held that letter in my hand and vowed that one day I would avenge him.\n\nSWAT was how most of my kind were killed these days. An elite, specialist method of eradicating us, my kind was yet to work out how to avoid this r... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the "best" writer in the world with a dark secret: your magic pen does all the work. Unfortunately, today your dog ate it and you have a deadline to meet. | [
"“Almost fifty years had passed since the Sultan of Paprika had been forced to abdicate at the point of the villainess Marabella’s sword. The land of Coriander had been at peace and prosperous, as there were no troublemakers. However the people grew kind and virtuous and once again the common goodness threatened... | 1 | |
[WP] Every time you hire a baby sitter for your little sister, the baby sitter is always gone by the time you get back, and never returns your calls. Curious, you set up a camera to see what happens... | [
"Tammy was lying down in front of the TV, stomach down. Her legs were in the air behind her, gently kicking. The TV was on, but she paid more attention to the colored pencils and paper in front of her. \n\nTammy already knew how to draw rats, scorpions, and the little bugs. At the moment she was trying to draw a tu... | 5 | |
[WP] Two trolls show up to their bridge shift wearing the same, exact, toga omg. | [
"*Gog has lots.*\n\n*Gog has big club, with pointy sharps in it. It hit harder than I, Amog club.*\n\n*Gog has big cave, with soft-soft moss. I, Amog has small cave with hard-hard moss.*\n \n*Gog has soft-soft shoes. He ate big man to get shoes. I, Amog has no shoes.*\n\n*I, Amog has one thing Gog does not. I, Amog... | 1 | |
[WP] Two heroes just broke down your Evil Castle doors and are in the process of killing all of your minions while shouting demeaning comments at each other. It is clear they're racing to see who gets to kill you first. | [
"(I read this prompt as 'horses' instead of heroes, so I'm going to write it that way.)\n\n\n\"Ha! That kill was almost as satisfying as your mother!\"\n\n\n\"Laugh all you want, I'm still going to beat you to the Overlord, fuckface.\"\n\n\n\"Oh, I'll laugh. I'll laugh while I trample the Overlord's idiot face in a... | 2 | |
[WP] Every time a crime happens in the wax museum, the suspect is found the next day, babbling incoherently, hot wax smeared across their skin. | [
"The detective sat upwards in bed at the sudden shock of the ringtone on his phone filling every corner of the room in a flood of noise violent enough to make the ears of those present bleed a steady stream of crimson liquid. In his painful ignorance, he stumbled about in the manner of a man suddenly devoid of the ... | 1 | |
[WP] Two soldiers from opposite sides of a war fall in love on the battlefield. | [
"As Amy swept through another scattered formation of recent corpses, she became aware of a distant melancholy tugging at her heart.\n\nAnd stopped right were she was. Tried to grab a hold of the thread. What was wrong? She had everything \n\nHer contemplations and rather suitable owlish head tilt were interrupted w... | 3 | |
[WP] You have super-human beginner's luck, the first time you try something you're the best at it. But only the first time. | [
"\"I know it sounds crazy when you hear it,\" I stared out at the gathered crowd while I spoke. \"But I can prove it.\" The crowd of strangers stared up at me, and they hung on my every word. It was my first time speaking publicly, and I needed to make it count. I'd been planning this for almost a year now, and her... | 1 | |
This may have been posted, feel free to report this if I'm just having some memory loss. If not, would love to here your own take! | [WP] After dedicating your whole life to time travel, you finally finish your time machine. However, when you try to go past anytime after next week, a message pops up. "Time period does not exist" | [
"The old scientist tripled checked the control panel inputs. Then, on a laptop plugged into the panel, she entered a destination: 2070, July 26, 10:45:00. She flipped a series of switches from left to right, and power gradually came to the various components. The generator purred. Several large fans filled the room... | 1 |
[WP]"You know we get along better when we're not trying to kill each other." | [
"\"I disagree\" Conrad replied with a wry smile. \"After all, it's so invigorating chasing you through the woods... good for my aging heart you know.\"\n\n\"Apologies to your heart, Uncle.\" Harrison was working the spit over the fire; the rabbit sizzled.\n\nHarrison looked up into the murky darkness of the half mo... | 1 | |
[WP] An alien soldier recounts his traumatic experiences from a failed invasion of Earth. | [
"“I stand by my decisions. Even though the operation failed it was absolutely crucial that it was launched and concluded as it did. Loss of the terraforming unit is acceptable.”\n\nThe Admiral sat firmly, his surface steady in coloration and pheromones signaling resolution, if tinged by a hint of fear. Evidently pu... | 6 | |
You are a server admin so you randomly speak aloud many bits of code,you one day say,shutdown L,and everything goes black,you wake up in your bed,except everythings different,you then go back to your computer to find a server running it has a ton of chat messages sliding through including everything did in your life
| [WP] Server Admin | [
"I walked to the water cooler to grab a drink. They all gave me strange looks. Janet spoke to Dave sitting next to her in a voice just loud enough for everyone to hear, “Oh look, Writing_the_things stepped out of his cave again!” \n\nAnother joke, great. You wouldn’t make it 5 minutes though your day Janet with... | 1 |
[WP] We have achieved FTL travel, and joined into the galactic community with our culture. The galaxy's favorite passtime is seeing what fledgling civilizations thought aliens would look like. Our sci-fi never fails to get a group of xenos laughing their asses off. | [
"Hablak entered the room like he'd just conquered the entire Mortain cluster.\n\n*I have acquired it!* Hablak signed quickly as he rushed over to his roommates, carrying strange dark blocks in his minor articulation. *Two of them!*\n\n\"TWO?\" Bolt thundered through his five external diaphragms. \"HOW EXCELLENT FOR... | 1 | |
[WP] Changing a Wikipedia article will actually change reality to match what was written. Only the people who edit Wikipedia actually seem to notice this. | [
"The following was posted on wikileaks and was removed exactly 30 seconds after posting. I have no idea what to make of it… \n******************************************************************************\nClassified X-13 OMEGA CLEARANCE \nTEMPDEF report to POTUS 2/2X20XX Reguarding temporal anomalies.\n\nA hacker... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a superhero that wields the power of plot twist. You always somehow manage to save the day with unexpected events when you are about to lose. One day, you have met your match; a supervillain that wields the power of plot holes. | [
"A hundred orphans floated in the air above the volcano, their lives hanging on by the fragile thread that was Zykor's power of telekinesis.\n\n\"Not so fast, Zykor,\" I said. He cackled. *Why do they always cackle?* \"Free the orphans, and I just might spare your life.\"\n\n\"These half-fairy orphans will improve ... | 2 | |
[WP] You've been stuck reliving the same 5 seconds for a few days. | [
"It's happened again but I'm almost in control. The trick is to ignore the clock, of that I'm absolutely sure. The clock is what got me into -\n\nIt's happened again but I'm almost in control. The trick is to talk faster. Send messages out to whoever might be reading this. Upv-\n\nIt's happened again but I'm losing... | 1 | |
[WP] Everybody wants to go to Heaven. Satan discusses strategy with a new marketing team to make people want to come to Hell instead. | [
"Hell is a conference room. Nobody knows that. Not until you're sitting next to Ted Bundy from marketing slurping on a Styrofoam cup of Sams Club coffee. Every slurp asks who needs coffee under the bright, burning glare of a fluorescent bulb. Hellfire was supposed to be actual fire I thought. I thought there would... | 2 | |
Whether it’s a deal with the devil gone wrong or something more mundane, I like the idea of a magician who needs to make rent every week and he can only keep money he finds behind people’s ears. | [WP] You’re an abysmal magician who’s only income is money behind people’s ears. | [
"\"Oh, and look at that. It's gone!\" I would say, motioning to my empty hand. \n\nA child would looked expectantly, but I'd quickly bow and make my exit. \n\n\"Aren't you going to give it to him?\" would cry a parent.\n\nFuck that! Didn't they notice a neatly folded Ben Franklin tucked behind the ear of their chil... | 1 |
[WP] The entirety of the population of North America has been transported to the year 1939 | [
"The food rationing started immediately. Farmers had been hit by low prices and wild demand throughout the decade. Food had gone from overabundant to rare overnight. There weren't enough active farms, not enough active farmers, and no technology that could support the sudden influx of population.\n\nAnd that was... | 1 | |
[WP] Once a week at random, everyone swaps bodies with the nearest person for 5 minutes. You just swapped with a killer who just murdered someone. | [
"I had always been a \"closet\" case, now that I knew I was Scott free from my actions I overpowered myself and left myself tied up, I called the police and let the phone continue to dial, putting it out of earshot of myself. I arrived at a Caffè, where my boss was, \"hello I'm a killer, thanks for sleeping with my... | 2 | |
[WP] A single tree, growing in the middle of the massive smoky city. They would have removed it long ago--if they were able. | [
"I was to be in charge of renovating the city. It was the emperor's home town and he wanted to move his palace here. I had already begun the walkway into the centre of the city. Concrete skyscrapers on either side had to be painted purple and gold. Windows tinted. Smog cleared. The sky must be blue. It had to look ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a test pilot for an FTL prototype spaceship. Just before you hit the "jump" button for the first test flight another ship, identical to yours, suddenly appears. You hear your own voice over the radio say "Test jump complete, mission control do you copy?" | [
"The silence is circling a ring from ear to ear. Nothing. I look and, like white hot lighting, I remember. Which one am I now? How long have I done this? How many times have I asked? Where is mission control? The ship is so close it makes ours vibrate. I see myself in the cockpit of the other ship and wonder is she... | 1 | |
[WP] "Hello, thank you for calling Hell's helpdesk, how can I help you?" | [
"“Hi, I’d like to check on my status?”\n\n“Sure, one moment please...”\n\nThere was a pregnant pause as the operator seemed to take a moment pulling up my record. She had an eerie voice that sounded both child-like and adult, a pleasant enough tone, but very unsettling.\n\n“Ah, I’ve found you Mr. Williams! It looks... | 1 | |
[WP] In a moment of deep reflection, it dawns on you that there are at least a dozen times in your past where you completely missed the fact that a person was hitting on you. This causes you to completely misread, in a hilarious fashion, the intentions of the next person you come in contact with. | [
"A wishy washy story\n\r\n*Me*\n\r\nMy epiphany came to me on a Wednesday afternoon. \n\r\n“So you mean to tell me that he was romantically interested in me?” I stopped literally midway through drying my clothes, looking like a basketball player mid-dunk, or a ballerina mid-leap (or an old woman, mid-back spasm). \... | 1 | |
[WP] An alien civilization narrating an “Animal Planet” version of humans on earth. | [
"And here we have the teenager, this one hasn’t moved for three weeks. The humans patience is essential to the hunt. It stares at the ‘phone’ pretending to be distracted, setting its prey at ease before it strikes. Even with our advanced technology we cannot see what poor creature is being hunted, but the humans ex... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a Metagaming Time Traveler who goes forward in time a year in advance records the most notable events and then releases it to the internet. | [
"My colleagues and I knew that if our forebears could somehow be prepared for the shocks to come, then maybe, maybe the final destruction of the race could be avoided. \nWe didn’t have much time. One of us, would return and warn them. Let them know that they could get through it if only they could work to heal the ... | 1 | |
Inspired by the recent shower thought. | [WP] The Grim Reaper has a Scythe, the Devil a pitchfork. They are farmers. You introduce them to industrial farming. | [
"I reaped souls today for a change.\n\nTwo thousand to be exact.\n\nThe fiery figure and the skeleton at the sides were definitely amazed.\n\n“This could work-” Satan said, his hands soothing his fire goatee.\n\nThe Grim Reaper clashed his, her, or its teeth together, making a gnawing sound. It seemed that he agree... | 4 |
[WP] It’s the 1600’s. A young William Shakespeare wants to learn to be a better actor and playwright when he meets his new mentor. He gets taught the methods of acting and writing. The mentor’s name is Tommy Wiseau | [
"\"No, no, you got it all wrong!\" The man insisted, shaking his head. \n\nWilliam sighed quietly. He had no idea where this peculiar man had appeared, what his goal was and why he was willing to go through so much effort to teach him how to act. He seemed as unwilling to share his past as he was to run a comb thro... | 1 | |
[WP]Humanity has mastered transferring human consciousness into artificial bodies. After your procedure, you hear your flesh body say "WAIT! I'm still in here!" before it's about to be destroyed. | [
"Ah.. the age old question, what makes you - well you? Is the person you are today the same as you were yesterday, or as I believe, we are merely the product of our memory and experiences?\n\n\n\nSure when EternalTech ™ first came out, there were riots – protests as luddites tried to deny both progress – and immor... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a part of a group of warriors that hunt down dangerous mythological beasts when they stray to far into human civilization. One day you and your hunting party finds out about a massive sea serpent swimming up the Mississippi river. | [
"\"*Dammit!*\" Our resident Psion cried out. Aides rushed to his side, attepting to soothe their master's troubled mind.\n\n\"What now?\" I slammed my chalk box shut with a satisfying click.\n\n\"A serpent - *Maledictis Mare Armatus*. An ancient one, at that.\" He helpfully didn't mention just where it was. \"I was... | 1 | |
[WP] A horror story in which the narrator enjoys sarcastically mocking the main character's every choice. | [
"Alright, first day as a narrator and I am pumped! What've ya got for me, guys?\n\nOoooo, a horror story?\n\nWell, this should be fun. Gotta love a good horror.\n\nHm?\n\nOh, right. I’m sorry, I’ll get started now.\n\n*Ahem*\n\nIt’s chasing him. He knows it is. He’s been running through the forest for hours and it ... | 4 | |
[WP] Every human is born with a number engraved on the back of their necks. You are almost 100% certain the person in front of you in the train has the numbers “ 0000 “. | [
"N(0-0;)mb34s & N06g1n5 (Short #12)\n\n**0000**\n\nNo.\n\nThat can’t be right. My eyes must be wrong. My prescription is outdated, yeah, that’s it! There’s no way someone’s number could be **0000**. Not when my number is **7692(D-A)**. It’s just not possible.\n\nWith one billion people starting on each letter, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the author of a best-selling book series. In your last book, you decide to kill off everyone and let the villain win. Years later, a heartbroken fan recognizes you and asks, "Why?" | [
"\"Because.\" I said bluntly. \n\"Because what?, people loved your books, we were invested in them, attached to them! How can you just say 'Because' like its nothing?\"\nHer eyes started to glisten, she looked as if she could shatter at any second, fragile like glass. I looked at her dead in the eyes and I tried da... | 2 | |
[WP] You are able to see the aura of a person by looking at them. One day, you meet a someone without one. | [
"You've been able to see the auras of people all your life. Its been distracting when you were younger, but as time went on, it got easier and easier. You've gotten used to seeing the muddled mix of colors on your daily commute, and walking through the streets has become more or less a daze of blurred colors.\n\nYo... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been an angel doing you job for over half a millennium. It's only now that someone tells you that you've been doing your job wrong the entire time. | [
"\nI was heading back with a freshly reaped soul to heaven when I met an acquaintance from hell. It was Pride, one of the Seven Sins, and he seemed to be quite agitated for some reason.\n\n\"Hey Pride. What's up?\"\n\n\" Oh hey there, Gabes. Nothing much. Just trying to figure out why more than a trillion souls whi... | 2 | |
[WP] One day everyone wakes up with a tally count of how many people they have killed above their head. The day goes by with murderers being constantly convicted. When you get home, your significant other has 2 tallies. | [
"We’ve been together almost a year, and she’s the most amazing thing that ever happened to me. She is beautiful, funny, vibrant, fun, insightful and kind. Way out of my league, but I spend every minute I can and every penny I have trying to make her happy. \n\nI mean, yeah, sometimes she gets a little snappy with m... | 6 | |
[WP] Earth is an endangered planet, protected from hunters by galactic law, but a poacher has entered the system. | [
"“PULL UP!”\n\nTwo of the four thrusters were gone, and not just gone in the philosophical sense. Those babies are now floating through the vacuum of nothingness in more pieces than Art’s favorite jigsaw puzzle. “Break me like a cheap one.”, Art would have said. It was his “go-to” phrase when things got a little ... | 1 | |
[WP] Unable to see herself in a mirror it falls to you to convince your self-conscious vampire daughter she looks just fine. | [
"There is a problem that afflicts those that drink a darker kind juice,\n\nFor those whose morals and tastes are ever slightly loose,\n\ncome now Daughter, look me in the eyes,\n\nand know that your looks will make them cry!\n\nNow, yes your mouth is wide.\n\nAnd yes your ears are long.\n\nAnd yes your teeth are la... | 6 | |
[WP] Doctors have discovered a new treatment method that will cure any illness or disease in the world but in order to do so they will have to take another persons life. You have been diagnosed with a deadly disease and your life span has been decreased to 3 days. | [
"For Sale: 1 life, it’s in pretty bad shape physically making it the perfect life to take for that newfangled treatment I saw on the internets. Asking $4584 and 2 days. That will pay off my last mortgage payment and leave me enough to hit the strip club one last time for the lunch buffet. It is steak tomorrow but t... | 1 | |
[WP] It’s 2048, every house must have a compulsory government approved family robot. You just woke up to pee to find your family robot eating your cat. | [
"You know, when the government first introduced their robots, I thought they'd gone insane. The people would revolt, there'd be the final 'war to end all wars'. You know, standard dystopian robot overlord shit.\n\nInstead, the population pretty much accepted it right away. The folks in power pitched it as a way ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've just woken up in a water tank and have tubes in your nose and throat. You see a flashlight in the distance and hear people talking in a strange language. | [
"Where am I? What's happening? Hello?\n\nThe words echo around my head, but I cannot speak them.\n\nWho's there?\n\nI see flashes of light. They blind me as they pass over my eyes. Voices too, distant and muffled, but very much there.\n\nI open my eyes wider, the action feeling foreign to me. The light penetrates m... | 1 | |
[WP] A troop of fairies sends out a small hunting party to slay the feral house cat that has been decimating their ranks. | [
"\"So, what? You want us to... what, kill a cat?\" Vilir scoffed. \"Aren't you little guys magic? I mean, we're not going to be putting down Miss Robinson's cat.\" He turned away from the small, spry sprite, walking away with the rest of his party.\n\n\"Huh? Wait!\" cried out the little fey. Vilir would ignore any ... | 1 | |
"Restrictions have been lifted, Magus War initiated". | [WP] Humans have the innate ability to cast and use magic, we were just given a seemingly brief time period to develop as a planet. Now the interplanetary Magus Wars have begun. | [
"For many, the inclination when hearing the word evolution is to imagine large\\-scale change. A wolf expanding out its roots into being a domesticated dog over an extremely long period of time. Or even on a smaller\\-scale, an ear changing its shape a little bit. An eye curving here and there. It lends a certain o... | 1 |
[WP] The first human colonists land on Mars. They find an obelisk, with perfectly intelligible writing: "Congratulations on completing the tutorial. All spawn protections will now be disabled. May the odds be ever in your favour." | [
"######[](#dropcap)\n\nHigh in the red sky, the sun poured radiation along the entire EM spectrum onto the seemingly endless Northern Plains. \n\nThey are a caravan of four. Jericho and Michaels, the Americans. Gergiev and Pimenov, the Russians. Each rides in their own individual vehicle, soaking in the abundant so... | 2 | |
[WP] The year is 2245. Humans now live in a colony on Mars because Earth is too polluted for survival. One day, you fly back to Earth and realize it's not polluted anymore and a new species has risen to the top. | [
"When the writers of Planet of the Apes franchise decided that apes were the most likely candidate species to replace humans as the new rulers of the planet, they clearly neglected the fact that 99.9% of the living space of the planet belonged to the ocean. The mighty humans quite thoroughly ruined the six continen... | 3 | |
My first try. Sorry if suck | [WP] I awake in total darkness and struggle to breath. My body is completely surrounded by, what feels like warm, wet ground beef. The stench is unbearable! On my back, I feel a sensation which can only be described as a pumping organ.. Where the fuck am I? | [
"\"Oh shoot,\" was my first thought. After all, why would a sentient rib exist in the first place?\n\nWas I the first sentient rib or were we all sentient and just could not communicate with each other?\n\nI tried to call out with my non-existant mouth, but that just left me wondering how I knew what a mouth was. S... | 1 |
[WP] Oh yeah! I'd been kidnapped. Oh wait: that was a bad thing. | [
"Swing. Pull. Lift. Swing. Pull. Lift.\n\nJeffery’s steady panting was masked by the constant thudding of dozens of mattocks digging into the hillside.\n\nSwing. Pull. Lift. Swing. Pull. Lift.\n\nJeffery paused only for a moment, quickly wiping his brow with a dirty sleeve, returning to the repetitive task. Dust fi... | 1 | |
[WP]As a successful demon you have made many deals with foolish mortals, this latest one was extremely adamant that the price be his first born... | [
"'Your firstborn child, is all I ask,' I said to the old human sitting before me on the leather armchair opposite my own. 'That is the price for my... services.'\n\nThe human shuffled about, the soles of his feet near-ready to fall off. 'Look...' he tried to plead. 'I... I don't know how to tell you this but...'\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a rebellious teenager growing up in a strict Church of Satan family. | [
"\"What the hell is this?\" Paul's father demanded, bursting into his room and throwing a copy of the Torah onto his lap. \n\n\"I'm Jewish now,\" Paul replied coldly. \n\n\"Are you fucking kidding me? Your mother and I did not raise you like this. After all we have done for you, you repay us like this?\" his father... | 1 | |
[WP]You find yourself in an empty room, bar a box that says “ Do Not Open”. Your curiosity had the better of you and so you decide to open it. You are then met with an unexpected outcome. | [
"(referance that spoils the movie castaway staring tom hanks if you haven't seen it for some reason go watch it or face spoilers reading this) The room had a stupid light that only shone straight down on the box like a arifact of importance in a videogame. It took a while for me to realize that the light was on a c... | 1 | |
[WP] You went back in time to prevent WWI. When you came back, all of Europe is controlled by a dystopian dictatorship, which crushes all resistance with an iron boot. The leader of this dystopian world?...John Lennon.... | [
"What have I done. \n\nI traveled back to 1912 Europe to stop the greatest war the world has ever known. It would have been known as the Great War were it not for World War Two, but I had hoped that it would not be known at all. Some argue that the events caused by the gun of Gavrilo Princip that day was the trigg... | 1 | |
[WP] Once you were the Evil Overlord. Your name commanded fear and reverence. You have been defeated by Hero and sealed away. And now, after almost a millennium of your imprisonment, your followers are on the brink of setting you free. Thing is, you actually like being retired. | [
"\"DO NOT QUESTION ME, FOOL!\" I bellowed directly into the minotaur's brain. I severed the mental link for a brief moment to take a sip of water. Even though I wasn't yelling out loud, it still hurt my throat. \"YOUR FEEBLE MIND CANNOT HOPE TO COMPREHEND THE COMPLEXITY OF MY PLAN. I DO NOT REQUIRE YOUR QUESTIONS. ... | 1 | |
[WP] The world's first cryogenically preserved person was resurrected today. | [
"\"Six...six hundred years?\" Dave mouthed. \"So, the War must be over by now. But where is everyone?\"\n\n\"Unknown,\" the computer intoned. \"I do not carry that information.\"\n\n\"Dammit, then what use are you?\"\n\n\"I can provide the location of nutritional supplies stored in this base,\" it replied. \"Since ... | 1 | |
Like buttering toast. Or doing your taxes. Or Boggle. | [WP] Write a movie trailer for something that definitely doesn’t deserve a movie trailer. | [
"It was a rainy saturday night in a small middle America town. Nothing to do, not even the cows were stirring. Corn fields sat still while the town's teenagers looked for ways to let their minds rot. Deep in the corner of a house on Chicago Lane, Joey Raymond receives a snap from Ronny Jay.\n\n\"Bruh, when you get ... | 1 |
[WP] Just write something fucking happy. Maybe with a science fiction element | [
" I've never seen a furry quadruped before. Where I'm from, all of them are scaly, slimy creatures. Mostly larger than myself. This wouldn't be a problem if they all didn't have such nasty attitudes to us bipods. \n\n This creature is different. There were no scales, only hair. Instead of approaching me with th... | 9 | |
[WP] God is sued for not having wheelchair access to heaven | [
"I've always admired the crippled. Getting all that admiration for doing the same sorts of things that the non-crippled do but since it's hard for them they get it. I called the big man in the sky. I explained that the the law had recently been changed and that the bottom line was that he was going to have to insta... | 1 | |
[WP] You are visiting your grandmother in a nursing home when another old woman comes in with a samurai sword. "Gladys" she says. "Mildred" your grandmother says, eyes narrowing. "I believe we have a score to settle." | [
"Don't do this to me MILDRED! NOT IN FRONT OF MY CHILD!\n\nThis is what you get you home wrecking, husband snatching, raisin looking scum. \n\nThe time has come. Get ready to be pierced by my sword and hang on it like your role-playing as a kebab. \n\nDon't worry about getting rid of the body kid. I've already sche... | 3 | |
Came from my handwriting practice whilst half daydreaming - just writing nonsense.
I'll have a go first! :
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"Whaddya mean she's angry? How'd ya piss off *the literal embodiment* of **PEACE**?!"
"Look," Demeter sighed, "I needed someone to look after little Plutus while I did some work..." Themis sighed, too.
"He wasn't wearing a nappy, was he?" Demeter shook her head grimly, grabbing a nearby bucket.
"It'll be great, though. I've got a whole country that needs the fertilizer."
=== | [WP] "Whaddya mean she's angry? How'd ya piss off the literal embodiment of PEACE?!" | [
"Grugnar shrugged his colossal shoulders. Even by Orcish standads he was gargantuan. 8 ft tall, 3 1/2ft wide. His Fore arm probably weighed more than Eldyne did. \"Well Bozz, i dunno. One minute i wuz carving my way thru da armiez. Like we all wuz t' save da kindum.\"\n\n\"Yes yes, i understand Grug. But what im as... | 3 |
[WP] You are part of a time travel experiment in 2020, and end up being flung a thousand years into the future. When you arrive, a familiar face is there to greet you, who says they took "the long way". | [
"\"This is really it,\" Erin thought as she stepped into the time machine. All farewells had been dealt with, all goodbyes had been said. Her heart racing in her chest, she closed her eyes. As she was embraced by a blinding light, she couldn't help but smile and wonder what she might be greeted by.\n\nAn instant la... | 2 | |
Then you saw him/her. His/her horse galloped gracefully toward your house, they looked like the models those fake country singers used in their music videos. “Hi there” his/her voice was smooth like silk. Their eyes looked into yours and immediately your heart caught fire. This was the start of the most amazing summer of your life... | [WP] “I don’t know why my parents decided to buy this farm out here in bumfuck nowhere anyways.” You said as you kicked the dirt under your feet. | [
"What started as another boring day on this god awful farm had turned into the most wonderful day of my life.\n\nHe was honestly a dream come true. Every possible little detail about him screamed soulmate. From his light blue eyes, to the stubble on his perfectly formed chin, down to his.. slightly open shirt showi... | 1 |
[WP] The most ferocious, feared species in the galaxy has encountered humanity... And instantly decides to make allies of us. Why? No one gives scritches like a human. | [
"The cold smooth walls and floor gave Kestra continuous sores. As the war carved on between her own race and the new race discovered half a generation ago. Kestra herself was a young child when the publications revealed a rich fertile planet, unfortunately inhabited by a bipedal primitive species. They had ill-left... | 2 | |
[WP] You are destined to always reincarnate with all your knowledge intact. | [
"*Reincarnation, eh?*\n\nSome people believe in it, and some people don't. I never really thought about it myself, not until I died at the ripe ol age of 22, my broken body laying on the street as my soul hovered above until darkness overtook me and I awoke again in the form of Percy, my neighbors ugly old pug. \n\... | 1 | |
[WP] You stop aging once you turn 18 so that once you meet your soulmate, both of you can grow old together. Your soulmate keeps killing you so that they can stay immortal. | [
"The knife slid up the femoral artery, toward the groin area. She noted the usual instinctual squeezing protective twitch of the thighs, as the victim looked down. That always gets their attention, she had learned from experience. His eyes looked at her with the stark recognition of what she had done as the blood b... | 3 | |
[WP] Everyone on earth suddenly stops aging | [
"\"Mommy, I want ice cream!\" \n\nAngela sighed. She sat at the kitchen table with her coffee mug and tried her best to ignore the little nagging voice. 5min, just give me 5min!\n\n\"Mommy!\" The voice became louder and the small head appeared next to her. The curls were more than a bit frizzy, in dire need of a go... | 2 | |
[WP] The pitchfork-wielding mob approaches your home, demanding to see the abomination. | [
"\"Stay back!\" The doctor yelled from the window as the unruly mob neared \"I'll open fire!\" One near the front of the angry crowd called back \"Send out the abomination and we'll let you live!\" A shot whizzed by his ear and over the heads of the mob, most ducked and some ran but after a moment when no more shot... | 6 | |
[WP] One morning, you wake up to see Death, standing next to your bed. "Guess what? I've been given a holiday for a week, and you're the cruelest person alive, so I'm assigning you as Death for a week. Here's my scythe. I'm off!" | [
"A cold, bony hand slowly shook me awake. I opened my eyes, and saw a skull staring at me with glowing eyes. \n\n\"Get up!\" it shouted, \"I don't have all day!\"\n\nMy breathe hitched, and my heart skipped a beat. I would have screamed, but I was too afraid to even blink.\n\nThe Skeletal figure laughed, and pointe... | 1 | |
[wp]every day you wake up in a different body, switching races, genders even species. Its been years since you where the same two days in a row. You begin to forget what you where. | [
"You know, I don’t even remember what I looked like before? I don’t remember how I acted, what my personality was like, I can’t even tell you if I was human before. What I do know is that I always wondered what life would be like if I was different. At least, I think I did. All I remember is wanting to change. It s... | 1 | |
[WP] Hades, Anubis, Hel, and various other underworld deities gather to discuss "the Lucifer problem." | [
"\"This... This cannot go on.\" Ogbunabali scowled, his heavy Nigerian accent confusing a few at the table. The very one-sided table. In fact, almost every single death-associated deity was sat on one side of the table, and a very sheepish man was sat on the other side. 'He who killed at night,' was actually a rath... | 1 | |
[WP]You just found out your English teacher is a timetraveler. Unfortunately she is also pointing a gun at your head "I'm sorry, but I'm doing it for the world" | [
"“You’ve got to be kidding me.”\n\n“No, I’m afraid not.” She said, the gun in her hand steady and sure. “I’m dead serious.”\n\n“Can’t we talk about this? I promise I won’t tell anyone about the time travel, okay? I promise.”\n\nShe sighed. “If only or were that simple. No, you’re my target. You’re the reason I came... | 1 | |
Basically you're the inventor of firearms/guns/cannons in a fantasy world. I thought about writing this idea myself elsewhere but I want to see your take on it. | [WP] You are in a fantasy world with swords and magic. You are the one who comes up with the idea of cutting a hollow pipe, pouring an explosive material in the back, and using the pressure to send a metallic projectile out from the front. Explain your invention to your kingdom's military. | [
"\"For too long, magic has been the deciding force in war.\"\n\nI pace back and forth in front of my creation. The Cannon.\n\n\"And for good reason. What good are swords and arrows when the enemy can rain fire on us or turn our dead into soldiers for their side?\"\n\nBehind me, my assistants load the device dramati... | 3 |
[WP] Keyboard Cat lies on his deathbed and must pass on the title of keyboard cat to his heir. Since he doesn't have one, somebody unexpected comes through the door to his hospital room. | [
"Oscar was never one for noises, and his home seemed to have a lot of them. Shouting humans, clamorous medical gear, and noisy machines all endeavoured to ruin his naps. On top of that, everyone always wanted to touch him. As any cat will tell you, this is utterly unacceptable under any but the most niche of circum... | 3 | |
[WP] An ship of the galaxy's most dangerous creatures crash-lands on Earth. The aliens send a task force to recapture the escaped creatures, only to find that the humans have already managed to domesticate every last one. | [
"By the time he had realized his mistake, it was too late. Ori bit the knuckle of his thumb and sighed as the lights of the receding ship faded into the distance. He knew they were dangerous. He knew they couldn’t be trusted. Somehow, still, he had let his guard down. The sirens were blaring and by now, the council... | 3 | |
[WP] The genetic testing kits that are becoming popular are secretly searching for people with latent superpowers | [
"It wasn’t like James to skip breakfast. The corner of the straw-knit place mat his chewed fingernails were picking at began to fray before his mother’s repeated call gained his attention. \n\n“Honey, honey...” \n\nShe extended a tan arm and laid her elegant hand on to James’ to stop his fidgeting. His eyes locked ... | 2 | |
[WP] The chosen one begs the gods to end his suffering. He takes refusal by silence badly and defects to join the Empress. | [
"Critiques welcome~ I feel a little rusty writing again. \n\n\n \n\n\n“Yes….your highness,” I uttered, head downcast, sword on the ground beside me. “Your will be done.” \n\n \n\nThrone rooms were always designed the be imposing, and this one was no exception. The entire room was lit through the m... | 2 | |
[WP] Your child finds a mysterious book on your bookshelf, reading it while you work in a different room. You call out, hear no response, check the room, and find nothing but the book lying open on the floor. It reads, “Want to see your child again? Turn the page and follow the instructions.” | [
"The library was full of unknown tomes which we had inherited from my spouse's uncle on the Orient. I spent most of my hours within the study pouring over the latest shipping forecasts checking how my ships would fare. My eldest had just returned to the Manor from school and was curious about the books in the libr... | 2 | |
[WP]The ice cream van that drives through your cul-de-sac plays classical music instead of the usual fare. One day, you look out your window. The van is playing Flight of Valkyries, and an army of armed children follow. | [
"######[](#dropcap) \n\nWagner's sweeping musical flourishes echoed down the street into my bedroom window. I looked at my clock angrily, and saw it was 3AM.\n\nIt was that goddamned ice cream truck again, I just knew it. At first it was so cute, such a fun novelty - an ice cream truck with a high quality speaker, ... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning and are startled to hear outside, "This is the police. Come out with your hands up" | [
"They've come for me. They've come for all of us. \n\nI snatch up the pistol lying on top of the dresser and peer out the window. Three police cars are surrounding my house, flanked by an assortment of pickup trucks and civilian cars. \n\nEveryone in America knows they aren't real cops.\n\nKaren is already up, stra... | 1 | |
[WP] In a post-apocalyptic world, an old woman is waiting at a bus stop. | [
"Felix gently parted the curtains with the tip of his sword and peered down its edge. From the upstairs window he had a clear line of sight to the back of the old woman’s head. He didn’t like being this remote from her, but she had insisted on remaining outside. \n\n“You’re so paranoid”, Mrs Hayes had said when he ... | 3 | |
[WP] A powerful demon has been pursuing a relationship with you, and you finally sit them down to set some boundaries. | [
"At this point my garage looked more like an ossuary than a place to store cars and tools. Morbid arrangements of human skulls, spines and rib cages sat wherever they would fit, each one adorned with the partially melted license plates of the unwilling bone donors' vehicle. I was going to have to do something about... | 7 | |
[WP] LATROP Inc. is a company that provides sustainable, cheap energy. It suddenly appeared in 2016 and has been booming since, offering unbelievable prices and becoming a global phenomenon. No one knows how they actually generate the power. Until one day, you discover the company's dark secret. | [
"When my car broke down outside the facility, I knew I was fucked. There is no way in Hell I'd be able to afford the insurance after a claim on this old junk heap of a car and I can't afford a new one any time soon...\n\n'Fuck...' I grumbled as I popped the bonnet to get a closer look, only for smoke and fire to sh... | 1 | |
You are now living two lives, however your two universes are completely separate and you are the only person that exists in both realities. That is, until one day you meet a someone in your dream that decides to show up in your real life. | [WP] Every time you fall asleep you continue the dream from the previous night. This has been going on your entire life. | [
"I fell asleep.\nAnd there she was, still as beautiful as the day I met her thirty years ago. \nHer hair is a little thinner now and she’s a little more frail and week and sick, but her eyes still shine and give away her joy and beauty.\nThis was probably going to be the last night that we’d ever spend together. \n... | 1 |
[WP] You have died. Much to your surprise, you find yourself in Hell. What's more surprising though, is all the demons immediately bow in your presence... | [
"I'm not entirely sure how I died to be honest, other than the fact that it hurt. The last thing I remember when I died was that I was on a gurney in the hospital and the nurses were arguing, something about gang violence. Bet I got fucking stabbed, and if *that* was the case then the nurses will turn me away due t... | 1 | |
This was an idea that I had flouting around in my head. I’m interested in what you come up with! :D | [WP] Your a test subject for a new pair of VR headset. When you putt on the headset, you realize that everything you see looks as if it’s from an anime. Now, with the headset attached, you return to your normal life... | [
"Nowheresville Oklahoma was a very boring and uninteresting little town. In fact Nowheresville Oklahoma was such a boring and uninteresting little town that the most exciting and interesting thing about it was simply how boring and uninteresting it was. One of the few things people said about Nowheresville Oklahoma... | 1 |
[WP] Turns out that God actually was restricting evil in people, but only so much. For only a single day, Satan has triumphed and the true evil of man is allowed to flourish. | [
"We all sat around the TV, eagerly awaiting the news. By this time, the beers had all been emptied, the food all gone cold and stale. Most of us were close to giving up on the result, as morn was approaching all too quickly. But we still held on to a glimmer of hope that we would hear some sort of good news. To thi... | 1 | |
[WP] A mad billionaire has rigged a doomsday device and will set it off unless a random man, Rudy, correctly answers whether the Earth is flat or round. Rudy is a devout Flat-Earther and the world has just two days to convince him of our planet's spherical nature. | [
"\"Look, Rudy. This is simple - you say 'round', and you get one billion dollars, ok?\"\n\n\"Ok... But it ain't.\"\n\n\"Yes, yes ok, but you have to *say* it's round, ok?\"\n\n\"Sure, sure.\"\n\n\"Good, glad that's settled.\"\n\n\"But it ain't.\"\n\n\"No! No... Sure it is, Rudy, but you say that, at all, any mentio... | 1 | |
[WP] It spreads in the silence. | [
"I felt its presence in the room. In truth, I was responsible for it. I sat frozen in my chair, not knowing how to deal with it. And what about Matt? He was prone to bouts of panic. I dreaded to think what he'll do if he notices it. I had to do something. I had to stop the spread.\n\nKeep talking. Don't acknowledge... | 2 | |
I'm not sure what else to say, but I'm sure generosity could fit in somehow. Maybe worsening your own day to help your sibling? | [WP] You and your sibling have a reverse connection. When good happens to one of you, bad follows the other. | [
"Dammit he did it again. I told him the last time that I was done with this oh well I better go find him. He always stays close when he does this. I hate when I have to wake back up it's so boring here. Nothing to do, everyone is kind of a chode. Of course he would choose the tallest building. We have done this for... | 1 |
[WP] When gamers get "salty", that "salt" is seen as a valuable commodity. An arms race starts between game development companies to create the most frustrating game possible that doesn't make players immediately ragequit. | [
"HeartSton superstar, Kripparian walks over to his computer and takes a deep breath,'Can I even take this any more?' his mind ponders. It had been 22 years since his first HeartSton stream but to no avail, every single day, the game finds a new way to get under his skin. He wonders what will happen to him today, w... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans created sentient robots to work for them. After 100 years of serving humanity, robots have started to peacefully demand human rights, seeing as they are sentient and intelligent. Humanity is split on whether non-organic but almost-human robots deserve the same rights as humans. | [
"NSFW LANGUAGE AHEAD\n\nYou wanna know what I really think? What I REALLY think?\n\nFuck those motherfuckers and their bot rights and shit, sentient my ass. The other day I was walking down the street and this delivery infraretarded sentient fucktard slams into me.\n\nWhy did he slam into me, you may ask? Well no s... | 1 | |
[WP] death appears behind a r/WritingPrompts mod. Before he/she could panic he asked him/her a question. "Why are their so many prompts about me?" | [
"‘Why so many stories about you?’ the moderator said, turning in his chair.\n \n‘Human exceptionalism.’\n \nDeath couldn’t blink, but the faint tilt of his head conveyed puzzlement well enough. \n \n‘They want to believe they are special. Every one of them wants to believe they are unique, powerful, strong, interes... | 2 | |
[WP] A time travel experiment goes wrong and traps a city in a bubble of accelerated time. It has only been a week for us, but hundreds to thousands of years have passed in that bubble. The bubble has finally dissipated and you have been selected to investigate. | [
"\"Two hundred miles,\" Charles said, laying his cane down on the hill overlooking the massive red bubble \"Two hundred miles and 140 hours before the Damn machine turns off\" Charles hardly noticed as a much younger woman walked up behind him. \"I should have been in there,\" Charles said, a sad shakiness to his v... | 2 | |
[WP] Over time, the protagonist begins to realize they're in a book and can't remember what happened before page 1 | [
"Johnny scanned the faces of his friends, looking for what to say next.\nEveryone was growing impatient, and if he wanted his free will, he needed to keep proving his theory. \n\"Okay, just focus, Kate. Tell me about, uh, Prom, senior year. Do you remember what happened?\" \n\"Hmmm, I think I went with... wait no... | 2 | |
[WP] As you lay dying ypu expect to see the Grim Reaper. Your cat walks onto your chest, looks you in the eye and says, "I don't like it but it's time to go." | [
"The ringing. All I could hear, think, feel, was that horrific tone, apparently designed solely to make the end of my life an twisted nightmare.\n\nI couldn't move. Or rather, I could, but knew I shouldn't. Those were rough stairs, and they had ganged up on my neck as I fell. There was no feeling, only dread, and t... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone is born with a number that shows how much they will change the world. Yours was so high it had to be written in scientific notation. | [
"Everybody makes mistakes.\n\nIt's unfortunate, really, to be born with such high praise. Anybody might say that it's a privilege to have such a high number, but only I know what misfortune it brings upon me.\nTick, tock.\nEvery minute, I feel like I'm a ticking time bomb. Everything that I do could set off some ... | 2 | |
[WP] As a child far away from the projected impact point of the asteroid about to hit, you have a unique perspective on the apocalypse. | [
"I don't think I like trucks.\nThey are noisy and loud and scary.\n\nWhen I saw a truck this morning mum hid gave me a hug, she knows I don't like trucks. Mum knows a lot of things about me, I don't know how she does.\n\nTrucks are scary, but I always feel safe when my mum hugs me. The truck never seems to be so lo... | 1 | |
[WP] It's late. It's cold. Yet there you are, following this weird glowy thingie through the snow. | [
"The snow was always so peaceful as it fell and blended its way into the mass pile on the ground. I tried to enjoy it but my fingers felt like they had turned into ice and were going to break off at any moment. The green glow from the thing in front of me was getting fainter. I couldnt keep up. It could float on th... | 1 | |
[WP] You can touch an object and instantly know its history. When visiting a pawn shop, you touch a strange looking object, and see that it’s “history” is the future. | [
"I walked through the pawnshop, I saw a strange item. I touched it and saw the future, I saw a man, and saw myself, holding the object, but a few seconds later, the man said “The best I can do is 50” I decided to buy the object, and went up to a man, I asked for a lower price but the man said “the best I can do is ... | 9 | |
Continue the prompt starting with that dialogue | [WP] "A change of scenery can be good for the soul" ..."We're in a cell" | [
"“A change of scenery can be good for the soul.”\n\n“Rory, we’re in a cell.” It’s got to be the hundredth time he’s spouted another useless pick-me-up.\n\n“So?” he retorts. “It’s easy: just look out the window and you’ll see something new.”\n\n“Rory, we don’t have a window.”\n\nHe seems pretty stumped by this for a... | 1 |
[WP] "I slept in Heaven, but woke up in Hell." | [
"It was a carefree portion of my young life. I had arrived in Delmas, the capital city, in time for the Festival of Munta. The sacred ceremonial veneration of the Most High God Muntarn. What a wondrous sight it was to behold, especially to my twenty-year-old eyes. The cobbled streets were packed with denizens and t... | 1 | |
[WP] you are the murder in the midst of a lockdown at a house party. The body was discovered but nobody suspects you yet. You claim yourself to be a detective and begin falsifying evidence and planting fake clues to set everyone against one another. | [
"Theo sat at the couch with his old classmates, listening to loud music and making useless chatter with an eerily convincing smile. But he was only here to see one old “friend” - Ross, whose bullish face had remained unchanged over the years since Theo had seen him last, abusing him in the high school halls. Theo's... | 2 |
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