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[WP] As a struggling villian, you try every horrendous crime in the book, but somehow, a positive result always comes from your actions. Today marks the day Humanity makes a holiday for you in appreciation and invites you to a public conference. Now's your final chance. | [
"I frowned deeply. I will succeed. I would not fail. \"You can do this.\" I told my reflection. Or my reflection told me. Whatever. \"Today is the day. Today, you will NOT FAIL!\" I shouted at myself. Yes, that the one. Either way I was shouting at myself. Excellent. Now that that's out of the way. \"You are going ... | 1 | |
[WP] You realize you can scroll up on reddit allowing you to scroll into the future and see posts not yet submitted. You see a post 8 hours ahead confirming the end of the world 24 hours from now. What do you do with this information? | [
"Casually I scrolled through Reddit while watching the tv. I looked down at my phone knowing I had randomly been scrolling. I saw a post on r/news that said “Confirmed the world will end in 24 hours!” In terror I looked at how long ago it had been posted so I could calculate how long I had left.\n\nIt had been post... | 1 | |
[WP] You were a professional gamer when you were young. 40 years later, you were recalling your past when a notification popped up: "Reload latest save?" | [
"It had been a week since the funeral. A simple ceremony, nothing fancy, just the way his mother would have wanted. However, even though the service had gone by and the body of his last living relative was peacefully resting underground, John knew that the current chapter in his life was far from closing.\n\nHe had... | 1 | |
[WP] You just got a new job in a high tech health insurance company. You received great benefits and a personalized actuarial life table using the companies AI software. Later you begin to notice that the predictions by the AI of the date, time, and manner of death are much too accurate. | [
"\"Of course, please take care\",\n\n~~Stevenson, Kenneth~~,\n\nAs Sam hung up the phone and scratched off the latest name he had highlighted on his list, a sharp sense of nervousness started to rise from his gut and up his chest. *That makes it 10 in a row* he thought to himself. Sam had gone through his latest cl... | 1 | |
[WP] As a joke, you and your friends try to cast spells and conduct rituals from different religions and fantasy worlds. It was all casual fun, until one of the spells worked. | [
"Three teenagers sat in a dim basement. The bare light bulb above them flickered on and off at odd intervals. The fire detector hung from the ceiling, it's wires exposed and the batteries pulled out. They were surrounded by all manner of strange paraphernalia such as candles, symbols, and tomes. \n\n\nJae-sun, the ... | 1 | |
[WP] Every character is the Main Character (MC). MC ridiculous plot armor/power for everyone! | [
"\"It all began with that one test. The death count in World War III had been... suspiciously low. As a literature buff, the stories I began hearing became all too familiar... people getting out of inescapable situations due to some ex-machina, soulmates inexplicably finding each other on the battlefield... Hell, t... | 1 | |
[WP] They say you're the average of your five closest friends. Turns out, all five of your closest friends are serial killers. | [
" I suppose I always knew something crazy was going to happen in my life. It was just that big feeling, from as early as I can remember. It started as really large overtures of great things I would achieve. As I got older and my ego died little by little I was still certain something unbelievable would happen, bu... | 1 | |
[WP] Work seemed normal today but by lunch, you noticed that your co-workers have been throwing quick glances and surreptitious nods your way but no one is talking to you. When you return from lunch a sticky note is on your monitor: "We're ready. We stand with you. Make Your move in the 3pm meeting" | [
"My entire day fleeted by like an ephemeral memory. \n\nI didn't usually feel like this, but I knew something was wrong. I could sense dozens of eyes on me. Glancing occasionally revealed to me that my co-workers kept eyeballing me the entire time. I wasn't sure what they were up to, but it wasn't like I could just... | 1 | |
[WP] One day your computer crashes. When it starts back up you all of a sudden have the worlds first AI/ | [
"I look at the screen of an old computer. It has no way to contact anything but my homemade connections to my home server. I'm getting annoyed, nearly a decade of my life I spent learning computers inside and out, and getting a degree and a job in computer security, and self-teaching myself about vintage computers ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've just been possessed by a demon. The problem is, everyone likes the demon more than they like you. | [
"*\"I understand it, but that doesn't mean I like it.\"*\n\nJames put out the cigarette he'd been smoking all night, and gulped the last of his drink. He glanced down at his watch and shook his head slightly, it was late and he had somewhere to be. He paid the bartender, tipping him more than usual, a lot more than... | 2 | |
[WP] You’re a prolific serial killer but you’ve been at it for years and your next kill made you realize you’re sick of doing your job. | [
"Henry sharpened a knife, and turned towards his knocked out soon to be victims. They were waking up, and staring at him with fear. He stepped over to the female, and traced her cheek with the knife, leaving a faint line of blood. He sighed, and set the knife down.\n\n“I can’t do this. Not anymore.” He dropped into... | 3 | |
[WP] As you are walking home, you feel a subtle shift in reality. Whenever you think the words "roast beef," you must roast beef within 24 hours. Otherwise, you will die. You eventually realize that everyone in the world must also roast beef to survive. | [
"It was the damn Bakers that started it all. Specifically, Robert Baker and his fucking roast beef.\n\nI was only a block away from my house when I caught a whiff of something burning. Concealed by the scent of smoke was an aroma that I *knew*, but couldn't quite put my finger on. As I drew closer to the origin of ... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re the last person on earth. One day there is a knock on the door. | [
"\"S'open\" I slurred.\n\nWhat in god's name possessed me to say that? I knew damn well there wasn't going to be anything good on the other side of that door. My key was still in the damn ignition. Halligan's key was still in the damn ignition. He wasn't in the bunker though. Taken the 1911 Express out and left me ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your grandmother passed years ago. One night, you get a FarmVille notification from her Facebook account. When you accept the invite, you find the most elaborate, high level farm you’ve ever seen, perfectly organized and realistically functioning, but the corn field is arranged to spell “HELP.” | [
"I mourned my grandmother every day for two years. She was my best friend and roommate. We shared a room ever since she got too sick and weak to sleep alone.\n\nI missed her more than I could bear. She was my last grandparent.\n\nI even chopped up the double bed we shared and got myself a mattress. I don't like the... | 1 | |
[WP] You were born unable to speak, unable to make facial expressions, and unable move your neck. And you are now meeting your favorite hero. | [
"The world is made up of words. For every place, person, and thing, there is a word to describe it. If you want to be more specific, you can use a special combination of words to fully describe something. You can even string together words that may not seem to go together, only to find that they describe something ... | 1 | |
[WP] 50 years ago you went to a carnival with friends and decided to go to a booth, the booth was a "Death Date Certificate" booth and you paid for one, its said "May 14th 2068", Today, May 13th 2068, when rummaging through old papers you find it. | [
"Rain hammered the windows of the apartment. A stray tear splashed across the papers as the girl tossed another stack into the trash. She knew this day would come, nothing lasts forever... but why did he have to suffer like this. Another tear found its way onto the pages. Useless stuff paper was really, hard to ... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning to find that you've swapped bodies... with your identical twin. | [
"My name is Sam Diphlem, I come from a prety much poor family in Cincinnati, Ohio, I live with my mother and my twin brother, Ross we're at our last year at highschool. We are tend to be called the DifOlam brothers (Dif = difference, Olam = World in Hebrew) although we look exactly the same, we are worlds apart, I ... | 1 | |
[WP] You run a disease charity, and whilst you haven't yet found a cure you have found a way to give people the disease. You decide to start infecting celebrities and high profile individuals, in the hope that the awareness raised and money donated can finally find a cure. | [
"The last bodyguard slumped to the ground and I put away my gas gun, brushing aside the rat's nest of tubing that connected it to the reservoir tanks on my back. I nodded to Alvin, and he administered the injection. The prion-derived chemical inside, which I typically used in small doses to ease the pain of menta... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a witch, luring young children to their deaths inside your gingerbread house made of sweets. But ever since the Food Standards Agency gave you a food hygiene rating of 0, the children have stopped coming. | [
"No man, woman, or child knew what lay hidden in the black heart of the Dark Forest. Legends spoke of a fiery evil, a calumnious monster from the depths, an immortal dead soul trapped on the wrong side of Hell. The villagers’ dreams of cutting rich timber met with nightmares of pain, funerals, and the loneliness of... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a galactically-renowned bio engineer, having cultured a dozen species from stone age to interstellar travel. Everything changed though when Species 1 returns from the grave to haunt you. | [
"The creature was beautiful. Bipedal, prehensile tail for balance, dexterous fingers for fine manipulation. The forward facing eyes of a predator set in a face with the poise of a diplomat. It was a shining tribute to his craft, yet it wasn’t his. Someone ripped off his work and Artifex the lifter was going to find... | 1 | |
[wp] The Dark Lord has come to kill the king and rip down the monuments, but this is Las Vegas... | [
"The Devil laughs as he pulls the head off of Vegas Vic and throws it into the Bellagio Fountain.\n\n\"Bow before me. Your true master is now here, Sin City.\" \n\nThe patrons of The Strip cower, ducking under awnings that offer no true hope of safety. \n\nSatan roars loudly, \"Bring me out your king, that I may be... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the world's greatest detective, thanks in part to a camera which allows you to take photos of the past. However, you may have found a case that even the camera can't solve. | [
"We flashed our credentials, ducked under the tape and entered the crime scene. It was a large closet. Cleaning supplies were stacked neatly on stainless steel racks, four overhead fluorescent lights. No windows. \n\nThere was the body, sitting in a finely carved wooden chair in the center of the room, hands tied b... | 2 | |
[WP] At a certain age, every person in the world becomes the best at something. Your mother is the best at karate, your father is the best chess player and your younger sibling is the best at gardening. You however, even at the ripe age of sixteen are the best in the world at nothing. | [
"Gather around, folks, for the best installment yet in the Ace Family series!\n\nYou remember Karate Kassidy, who breaks everything from broccoli to balls (don't get on her bad side, folks!) with a single chop. Need revenge on an abusive boyfriend or some minced garlic? She's your gal. \n\nStrategic Stephen, who ca... | 3 | |
[WP] An immortal is always reincarnated when he dies. He is always reincarnated as a slave. | [
"[Blah, wrote this in 30. Didn't re-read anything at all and expect lots of grammar mistakes. I really wanted to explore his other lives more than a few sentences but again.. lunch time writing. If there is interests I may clean it up]\n\n**1820 – London**\n\n*”I’m afraid there is nothing I can do.”* Is the phrase ... | 3 | |
[WP] At the first day and the last, there were six. The Chalice Queen, The King of Swords, The Cursed Knight, The Last Angel... And the Jokers, Red and Black. | [
"We did not choose this power. Training from a young age to carry the burden of a people on our shoulders, no one would choose this. All of us, the physical manifestation of the land we represent, standing in a room preparing to kill and die for our people. This is how power is earned. My opponents are no slouches,... | 3 | |
[WP] "I am my own worst nightmare." | [
"It’s not his face. It’s no maniacal laughter or metal blade or fiery eyes. It’s not even the basement with its walls closing in around me and holding me there for him. It’s not anything you’d define as scary.\n\nDo you know what my worst nightmare is?\n\nMe.\n\nIt’s me giving up. It’s me giving in. Not fighting, n... | 3 | |
[WP] Chess is actually the story of two kingdoms that are in a constant state of war. You are a pawn that wants to put an end to this madness. | [
"The sentinel carried with himself a message of life and death, a scroll that could potentially end everything, or submerge the whole continent into chaos once more. The contents inside it were forged, but if he could just muster the tiniest bit of peace between the two kingdoms, if such a thing as hope existed, he... | 12 | |
[WP] The next hero selected by the Light to fight the darkness arises, only to find that said dark forces are more righteous and moral than those that appointed the hero. | [
"“Ours is an Ancient fight \\-\\- the only fight. It has raged on since that first day of Creation when we sprang forth from the Darkness, adding our voice to the eternal rhythm, ‘I am, I am, I am.’”\n\nHe knew this dream. It visited him quite often \\-\\- his Invocation Day. The day when he was chosen as Leader of... | 1 | |
Or alternatively: you are the security administrator, and you've been called on-site as the system is under attack. | [WP] The universe is a simulation. You are the system administrator. You've just been called on-site to fix a series of catastrophic errors. | [
"A raucous noise interrupted my slumber. I hit my alarm by reflex, and stared at it in confusion as the noise continued. Oh, right.\n\nI covered each ear with a tentacle and moved to get up. What eon was it, anyway? Groggily, I slid over to my phone and hit \"receive\".\n\n UNIV/3 SECT/72 SIMUL DENSITY CRITI... | 1 |
[WP] in this world the orbit has stopped and there are 2 different kingdoms, The the morning kingdoms and the night kingdom, and Both are at war with each other | [
"\"We first knew of them, the *Nsilli*, when they emerged from the cold fog from a distance on a fateful cloudy day. Clad in black, shadowy cloaks that billowed behind them as they marched forward, they approached our gleaming fortress of the North like moths to a flame. As their uncountable ranks advanced their de... | 1 | |
[WP] You can gain insights into a person's true personality by reading their writing. You've used this abilitiy to help guide your students. One day you discover a student whose true personality is vile, twisted, and entirely sinister. | [
"One day your a teacher, the next day you are swinging upside down above a pit of... is that lava?\n\nTerry was always a pretty good student. He used to have to type everything because it was in his 504 plan or PPT or whatever.\n\nHe had allegedly develped hypergraphia, due to having ADHD.\n\nIf you asked me now I ... | 3 | |
[WP] After the evil lich lord died, his skeleton minions didn't. Now free and under their own control, the skeleton masses try to form their own society. | [
"It starts slowly, as most stories do.\n\nThey wandered aimlessly at first – their orders were to defend the Black Tower, but the Tower was gone. The Lost Bones circled the tower, bumping and clacking, forever on standby for the newest order.\n\nExcept for the Littlest One, who had been ordered to clean the halls.\... | 1 | |
[WP] Every person gains a scar when they tell a lie, everyone you've met is covered, including yourself. One day during basic training for the military you meet a man with no scars. | [
"\"Smooth,\" they called him. They would let him pass without looking him in the eye. They say he is so honest he brings out the new scars. He looks through you and you just want him to be proud. \n\n\"Daddy Smooth!\" the women in Bunk 15 call him. Handsome, hot, pure, new skin. No scars. He won't leave like their ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're one of the many synthetics that were captured by an alien gladiatorial arena where you fight to the death against other machines. You're one of the top contenders, being part of the arena for about 10 years now and todays match didn't seem any different. Except blood was spilled today. | [
"I marched for 134th time onto the sterilized circular pulpit that was our gladiatorial prison. I was the oldest, not because I arrived here first, but simply because I was the most well equipped to survive my new hosts.\n\n \nI was designated number 3609 on my assembly line, 9th generation of the 36 series. The 36... | 2 | |
[WP] Tell me about the first time you realized something was impossible. | [
"\"And now?\" The grey bearded man sneered. He pointed his cutlass at me, the sun gleamed off of it.\n\nMy eyes zipped between the other pirates, pulling sacks from the lower decks of the ship. They were taking everything from us. My crewmates had either been tossed off, or were brought aboard the invading ship. I ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your otherwise ungifted brother reveals to you that he has a superpower. He can become invisible at will. After arguing for a few days, you convince him to rob a bank. | [
"“You can’t just go about making claims like ‘look at me, I can turn invisible’ without proof. You’re 20 for fuck’s sake, we’re not kids anymore, Tim” I grabbed the back of his shirt, turning him around.\n\n“So why the hell are you suggesting I join you robbing a Chase? I know that’s your life, but it ain’t mine,” ... | 1 | |
[WP] Every organism in the universe has a common ancestor. One very old and long forgotten. | [
"You do not know my name, my child\n\nAnd, I, too, can hardly recall\n\nI am the one who birthed you all\n\nI am your life, and you, my pride\n\nAs you look to the stars tonight.\n\n   \n\nThe source from which all life has sprung\n\nAnd spread across the universe\n\nA nameless entity, diverse\n\nOf whom y... | 1 | |
[WP] You come home to find that your washing machine has devoured your wife. | [
"My God. She always joked about it but now its actually happened...\n\nJust last week, with her cute little air of discontent she joked that I might want to try doing the laundry for a change. She liked joking around about things like that. Along with the laundry she loved joking about how I should try holding dow... | 2 | |
[WP] She wouldn’t admit it, but very few things gave her the comfort that curling up in a sweater did. Especially when the sweater wasn’t hers to begin with. | [
" Sylvia Collins has always had a penchant for extreme excitement. She was always the first to jump, the first to climb, the first to strip and run through the streets at a party. \n \n Sylvia also had a dark secret. \n \n She killed for the first time when she was 14. It was ruled an accident, but sh... | 2 | |
[WP] One morning you’re an average guy, and the next you have the ability to fill any container you touch with clean, drinkable water. | [
"I do not know how long I have been down here. I do not know where here is. I only know I am alive by the hope that were I to die, I would move on to some place else.\n\nIn 2022, some time in the spring, I discovered I could fill any container I touch with clean, drinkable water. The water was completely from thin ... | 3 | |
[WP] You have the power to speak anything into existence. You say it, and it happens. Over the years you've learned to communicate with other means then speech. Only problem is, you sleep talk. | [
"\"I want to exist.\"\n\nAt that moment, I existed. Where was I? What was I doing there? I didn't know anything, so I said\n\n\"I want to imagine something\"\n\nI heard an explosion after my thought. I imagined more and more. Particles from the explosion started forming shapes, but after me imagining other stuff, t... | 9 | |
[WP] Aliens have infiltrated earth, but mostly to make a documentary on the wildlife there. They get most of it wrong. | [
"Kinlidalh Ippaakääj has worked tirelessly for 397 cycles to ensure that the sentients of the Galactic Union get the latest, most accurate information about xenobiological matters of interest! His expose on the breeding habits of the orefirogifr species has won him at least four thousand (give or take 3997) awards,... | 2 | |
[WP] ...And that's when a mannequin fell out of the sky and smashed into the hood of my car. | [
"The body.\nI was sitting watching TV, some crappy foreign program with subtitles, when I heard a loud crashing noise from above. \nThen there was another loud crash, I was covered with debris as a body came through the ceiling and landed with a thud in front of me. \nI looked at the body in shock, it was the body ... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your spouse were given a choice by death, one of you must die, and the other must live forever. Collectively, you decided you would be the one to live. | [
"Centuries later it is still raw\n\nMy choices feel much less secure\n\nTo linger on forever more\n\nAnd remember how she cried\n\nBefore she quickly died.\n\n\\-\n\nA coward I was on that day\n\nWhen moral obligations sway\n\nIt's black and white, no longer grey\n\nI wanted to be alive\n\nAt her expense survive.\n... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a cyborg half-orc detective trying to solve the murder of a fairy magitechnician on a moon colony built to extract mana crystals. The deeper you go, the stranger the mystery gets. | [
"Of all the cyborg half-orc detective agencies on the moon, she had to walk into mine. She was a knockout. Bright pink hair. Green eyes. Slim. Six inches tall. She began sobbing as soon as she sat down on my stapler. Said her girlfriend had been murdered two days ago and the police had been bought off. I brought he... | 1 | |
[WP] Nuclear devastation has ravaged the world and brought about the apocalypse as we know it. Somehow, you seem to be the only one who has noticed. | [
"The technical term is A.T.N.D., or Advanced Traumatic Negligence Disorder. Or at least that's the term I made up to describe the indescribable. People walking about their homes, down the street, eyes wide open, hair beginning to fall out and skin beginning to blister and sore from the radiation, but just continuin... | 1 | |
[WP] A medieval army invades the modern world | [
"When the \"army\" marched into California, almost everyone had laughed. Or thought that it was a really interesting, big LARP session. There were about a thousand men dressed in chain mail, with swords swaying at their hips. Several sat atop horses, which were the only really intimidating part about them. The one ... | 1 | |
[WP] "No, for the last time, I am NOT using my teleportation powers to get you a damn cookie!" | [
"\"Please Father! It's all i've ever wanted in life!\" my son shouted at me, tears streaming down his eyes. \"James, i'm sorry. They'll find us if I use my powers here. I'm sorry my boy, i'm so sorry....\" tears now forming in my eyes, simply unable to look at my son's face anymore as I clutched him closer to me. L... | 1 | |
[WP] On your doorstep you discover a box. When you open the box, it’s that one product you were considering buying earlier. You discover that whatever you think of, the box gives it to you as long as it fits in the box. Rumours go around that you have a magical box and now everyone wants it. | [
"*Hmmm*, I thought, *what should I do?*\n\nI thought for a moment, then opened the box and pulled out a magical *collapsible* box which I unfolded on the front lawn. There it stood, a gleaming cube eight feet on a side.\n\nThen I thought for a moment and opened it to find a magical collapsible *storage building* wh... | 1 | |
[WP] "You actually did it." | [
"I felt my thoughts becoming fuzzy, hearing a soft voice but barely making out whats being said.\n\nI could feel a soft touch on my arm and look down to see a drop of water, and another and another. I want to tell them it doesn't hurt and won't ever hurt again.\n\nIf only they could let me go they would also be fr... | 2 | |
[WP] You are Princess Lucy. Tell me about your morning routine. | [
"I awake feeling dread in my stomach. The world outside is still pitch black, but I suppose it's morning technically. I force myself to rise, and a crippling pain hits my heart as my feet find the floor.\n\n*You're still not with me.*\n\nI stand up, and I begin heading to the bathroom. My walk is slow and shaky; it... | 1 | |
[WP] While playing with your two-year old outdoors in the rain, you jokingly tell her to turn off the rain. “Dada, turn off da rain!”, she exclaims and the rains suddenly stop. Your face turns ashen as you watch the clouds dissipate and the sun appear. | [
"I was suddenly woken up by my 2 year old running in and jumping on me this morning it’s her first time seeing rain. The world has gone dry it hasn’t rained for years and this is such a special occasion. So I got up and put some clothes on and put her rain gear on. \n \nBoth of us standing by the front door I... | 1 | |
[WP] As a drunken joke, you make a little shrine to the ancient goddess Ishtar, sacrificing chicken nuggets in her honor. When you wake up, she's sitting on the end of your bed. You're her new prophet and you've got a lot of work to do. | [
"I rubbed my head with the ice pack, the pulsating thud of my migraine coming through clearer than the woman across from me.\n\n\n\"So, when you sacrificed the chicken nibblets, my source material formed in this realm.\" She smiled innocently and went off on a tangent how she looked up prices of pamphlet printing a... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone in heaven wears a tag that tells the way that they died. After being in heaven for 20 years, one day you run into a guy with a tag that says spontaneous combustion | [
"I narrowed my eyes as I sat across the room. Curly blonde hair with black frizzy tips, reddish brown eyes, light lips and tanned skin; nothing out of the ordinary. Well, more than ordinary if I am being honest. So I did what quite a few girls wanting to have fun at the bar would do.\n\n\"Hey stranger, what is up w... | 1 | |
[WP] Area 51 has just stared offering guided tours... | [
"\"Folks, I hope you all are as excited as we are,\" the tour guide in a bright yellow Polo shirt said. He greeted the gathered crowd in an open hangar bay. He smiled. \"We've spent a lot of time and resources to put his tour together, but we think it'll benefit everyone. My name is Tad, and if you've got any quest... | 1 | |
[WP] Fountains of youth have become common around the world, granting those who drink it permanent youth, with a price. You refuse to drink from one, and have become the last man on earth who can reproduce. | [
"They consider me a conservative. But I just think that mentality is all wrong. When I was a younger boy, I watched as they replaced the flow of water into the Buckingham fountain with eternal liquid. My pops was disappointed at the site, as he was disappointed that such a timeless piece of architecture has been tr... | 1 | |
[WP] Your best friend is convinced that everything is created by their imagination, and that nothing is truly real. In your search to find proof of reality, you only find more and more reasons that they’re not wrong. | [
"Sophia calls me at 7:45 on a Saturday, and five minutes later I am sitting on the couch in her tiny studio rubbing the sleep from my eyes, watching her pace to and fro. Normally anyone daring to disturb my sacred weekend mornings can expect an offering of my most inventive curses, but Sophia isn't anyone and this ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are able to see everyone's remaining lifespan in hours. After getting out of the lavatory on an airplane, you see that everyone has 1 hour left to live. | [
"It had to be the excitement that did him in. He struggled and pushed against the weight, but nothing would come out. His stomach hurt. He looked at the door and how curved it was. Outside was light with sun through the windows and blue sky everywhere and the slanted shadows of agitated passengers. \n\n\nThat smell... | 1 | |
[WP] A unknown creature living by a isolated stretch of highway, uses a "lure" to tempt drivers to stop in order to devour them. You are driving down this highway. | [
"*YOU'VE REACHED JOHNNY ON 96.8 \\- CLASSIC ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK ALL DAY EVERY \\-*\n\nBzzt.\n\n*Morticia Mallows here with another freaky fable for you all. Scary stories to keep you company on the lonesome drive \\-*\n\nBzzt.\n\n*\"Whats that coming over the hill, is it a monster? Is it a monsterrrrr?!\"*\n\n...... | 7 | |
[WP] You are in a form of cryo-sleep on an interstellar journey of several years. While your body rests in a pod, your mind is entertained in a virtual reality. You're beginning to feel like something is wrong. You should've been woken up by now. | [
"\"Hey! Lisa! I haven't seen you in a while!\"\n\n\"...\"\n\n\"Hey, can you hear me?\"\n\n\"...f-f-f-ffgg\"\n\n\"Ah. Is it lagging again? If you can hear me I'll be waiting in the Korean servers so join me there.\"\n\n... *Ding*\n\n\"Hello?\"\n\n\"Oh Lisa I couldn't hear anything before. You alright?\"\n\n\"Yeah gi... | 2 | |
[WP] For as long as you could remember, you heard a voice in the back of your head that told you the solution to every problem you’ve had. Gaining complete trust in trust in it, problems arise when it starts leading you astray | [
"\"Jesus?\"\n\n\"Yes, my son.\"\n\n\"I'm cutting the tether.\"\n\n\"What? Has the Devil gotten to you?\"\n\n\"There is no Devil. There's not even a 'You\".\n\n\"Noooooooo!\"\n\n\"I'm facing life, from now on, for what it really is. I'm taking responsibility for my own actions, and acknowledging that only death awai... | 2 | |
[WP] You discover a new flavor. | [
"I had just ordered a sandwich. Nothing special, just the usual. I had not expected the rush of deliciousness that flooded my senses. I gasped as my brain comprehended what I had just experienced. I had to speak.\n\n\"Amazing...I've got to tell someone about this!\" I thought out loud. So I did.\n\n\"Hey all you pe... | 1 | |
[WP] You are immortal, it has been almost five billion years since you were born. Write about how you experience earths final moments. | [
"I remember a great many things. It started with a bang. Light shone from the darkness, colours that people had long forgotten shone through, sound as light as a leaf rustling on the wind was at once dwarfed by the cacophony of planets and suns forming. In those early years I had no concept of time. What may have b... | 1 | |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/8narht/my_landlord_was_replacing_our_sink_and_sent_me) | [WP]You see a flying saucer above you, the hatch opens and the alien you expect to see... is a cat. | [
"Your fate is surely sealed \n\nyou feel the icy grip of fear\n\nthey float above your field\n\nthe aliens are here.\n\n|\n\n\nThey've visited before now\n\nthough others laugh with scorn\n\nwhen you speak of when, on your plow\n\nyou saw circles in your corn.\n\n|\n\nThe sweet taste of vidication\n\ndoesn't last f... | 1 |
[WP] A college frat party, except it’s narrated like a nature documentary. | [
"On today's episode of Planet College, we take foot in a new terrain, the Frat House. Many organisms are known to dwell in this climate. Micro\\-colonies grow within the confines of the kitchen where a young Pledgling will soon destroy them as the Frat Brother shows dominance by making them clean their quarters. Th... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an artist who likes to use real people as a reference on how your characters look like. Little did you know that the backstory you give your characters slowly takes over the life of the person you used as a refrence. | [
"Based (partly) on a true story.\n\nOne year ago I found this really cool card game online. It's an indie game where you collect dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals and fight them. It was really cool and I quickly became friends with the artist and creator.\n\nThe artist in question was named Brooke Console. Sh... | 2 | |
During your service you uncovered your god's terrifying secret. | [WP]For hundreds of years, the people of your town have worshipped sentient tree-god, growing in the centre of the town. Every 10 years town's people choose a new gardener to tend to the tree's needs. You were chosen in this decade and started to care for the tree, which whispered it's needs to you. | [
"\"Hey\" Jane looked around to locate where the sound came from. There was nobody in her sight. \"Hey, it's me. The tree\" \n\n\"What the...? Did someone leave a speaker here or something?\" Jane looked around the tree to see where the sound was coming from but found nothing. \n\n\"There is no speaker. Just look a... | 1 |
[WP] You're a werewolf. You can't predict when you transform, as it can happen anytime. Nobody believes you, until you cause chaos at work. | [
"No, no...not here...not now, I thought to myself in a panic as I dashed into the men's room. I checked myself in the mirror and I could see the fur already starting to grow in, my teeth growing sharper. Just an hour away from one of my most important meetings ever. This would've been the one that would've secured... | 1 | |
I'm tired of alien invasion stories. What would it be like if the aliens were explorers, much like we always depict our future selves, searching the cosmos for life? Would we still fight/kill them? Would we study them in labs? Would they study us? Could we treat them as equals or possibly befriend them?? | [WP] In the continuing search for other life in the universe, a team of explorers and scientists traveled through space looking for habitable planets. One was found. They've just landed and they find intelligent life: humans. This is Earth. The team are aliens. This is the story of how we met. | [
"<Incoming Transmission>\n\nSol III was where we met our terrible fate in this galaxy. We were jubilant at the thought of extraterrestrial contact. They were not far beyond our technology either! The Zel’Narian Collective would finally have a companion to explore the stars with: Humans. \n\nOur preliminary sc... | 1 |
[WP] You are the god/goddess of destiny. Describe a day in your life. | [
"\"I have weaved the patterns of life throughout the ages. I have defined and destroyed the most significant moments through millenia. I have determined ever detail that has led up to the most devastaing and the most awe inspiring events throughout history. Many of those moments were lost as your history derailed i... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity is going with virtual reality for a happier life. You are a beta tester. Uploading yourself to make sure nature and animals are rendering. You spot an old man fishing on a pier. This isn’t right. You are the only human uploaded. He speaks: “Sit down son. Lets talk about happiness.” | [
"\"What about it?\" I say, moving forward with tentative steps, feeling the crunch of the grass. The grass feels real, the air is crisp. Nobody told me about an old man fishing. Is this part of the program?\n\n\"You gotta sit first,\" says the old man, with a wink.\n\nWhy not? I wonder. It's all just virtual realit... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have studied humans and animals for years. They're constantly baffled as to the adoptive nature humans. The aliens most brilliant minds sit down and ponder the question of "Why do the humans care about what they could easily destroy?" | [
"\"Commonly known as the Kleptomaniacs of galactic subsection-13, the species known as \"Human\" seem to spend a vast amount of time hoarding whatever they can get their appendages on.\"\n\nGlrgzrum shook it's feeding appendage in annoyance as its intellectual superior gurgled on. Why should Glrgzrum concern itself... | 1 | |
[WP] You are working on the ability to transfer consciousness, when you uncover something unsettling: Consciousness doesn't persist between periods of sleep. When someone sleeps, their consciousness 'dies' and when they wake a new one is 'born'. You struggle to cope, while trying not to fall asleep. | [
"The average lifespan of a human is 16 hours. I was already ten times that. The thought should have filled me with pride over the achievement but instead all I felt was a cold dread full me. My time was coming. With each falling eyelid and aching muscle I knew death was steadily approaching like a train in the dist... | 1 | |
[WP] Years after your death, God kicks you out of Heaven. The reason being that people have started a religion about you. | [
"It could have happened to anyone, really. People get kicked out of heaven all the time. It's like getting grounded. Ever seen a ghost? Yup. Grounded.\n\nMaybe I'm out for a bit longer than everyone else. But how could I have known what would happen? OK, so I kinda knew. And, yeah, maybe I was warned a few times to... | 1 | |
[WP] In an alternate universe, humans are oviparous (lay eggs) | [
"\"Honey, one of the eggs moved!\"\n\nI came running in from the next room and looked into the incubator. The eggs looked the same as they had all week, oval, brown, about the size of chicken eggs. They lay in the bright heat lamp in little indentations in the holding tray.\n\n\"Ok, let me know if they move again,\... | 1 | |
[WP] A zombie outbreak has ravaged the world. You are a survivor who met an unfortunate ending. Now reborn as a ghost and having nothing better to do, you decide to follow your zombified corpse around. | [
"\"No! No! Just put it down, you... Oh, goddammit, no.\"\n\nThe boredom of a localised haunting might have been better, in retrospect, than choosing to follow my shambling corpse wherever it went. It certainly would have been less humiliating. I drifted helplessly along behind the shuffling husk I had once called h... | 1 | |
[WP] Just as we domesticated dogs, Humanity has been domesticated by a seemingly superior species. Document our descent into pets and work animals. | [
"Corporal Josh Adams fiddled with his communicator and got it back into working condition.\n\nHis heart burned with frustration, grief and fear as he thought about the situation he was in.\n\nTrapped on a Earth conquered long ago by \"benevolent\" alien overlords known as the Krag, the population reduced to mindles... | 1 | |
[WP] The year is 2200. You live in a world where all animals can communicate with humans and developed their own society. One night you drunkenly accept an internship at a advertising firm however when you arrive on your first day you realize you are the only human intern. This is your diary. | [
"Dear Dairy, I mean Diary,\n\nToday is my first day at PharmTech, a pharmaceutical company that once used to test their products on animals. Currently, it is run by animals. Imagine me, a white man, working amongst these roaming creatures. They’re supposed to be the minority group. They’re supposed to be begging fo... | 2 | |
[WP] Your life as a milkman is boring and monotonous, that is until you knock on the door of a customer and the skeletal image of Death greets you. | [
"\"Hello Ms. Jones, here's your milk.\" Louis placed the crate of milk on the doorstep and rang the bell. His voice was monotonous and drawling, even when he tried to sound upbeat. He hated Ms. Jones perhaps the most. Wasn't the joke that the attractive mother had affairs with the milkman? Louis had never been that... | 1 | |
[WP] time is literally money (you can save it, invest it, loans, etc.) The poor die young the rich live forever you are rich but feel emapthy toward the poor | [
"First time ever really writing, please leave a constructive comment :)\n\nA room of white,\n\nwith chairs of black,\n\nA man waits,\n\nto hear her fate.\n\n\nWhat can I do?\n\nThe man asks himself.\n\nI have immense wealth,\n\nand nothing more.\n\n\nA nurse in white,\n\nWalks through the night,\n\nWith bad news to... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a serial killer whose day job is at Target. Things have never been easier, and you laugh about it all the time | [
"The first target I ever picked out at Target, oh ain't I clever, was a chainsmoker. The guy needed a cig so bad he didn't even notice the damaged plastic that surrounded his pack. I learned quickly that smokers aren't your best pick though. He fired one up right in front of the store and I kept an eye on him while... | 1 | |
[WP] A genie once gave you the ability to see 5 minutes into the future with the twist that if anyone ever finds out, you die. You're on your way home with a random person you flirted with at the bar when you see the two of you suddenly being murdered. | [
"\"How you doing?\" I said as I wrapped my arm around the beautiful tall woman who stood to my left. She smiled at me shyly. I was a handsome man, so I didn't blame her for feeling coy. \"Do ye com here oftin?\" I flashed her my best smile but the world was tilting. Suddenly, I was lying on the concrete with nothin... | 4 | |
[WP] A new 'Sleeping Pill' came out that lets you take it as a 'sleep supplement' without having to ever sleep. Everyone is taking them, able to be more productive. You don't trust or take them and start seeing the side effects. | [
"&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I took my wife to the ocean.\n\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; It was the one place she loved more than life itself, perhaps even more than she had loved me. The decision was made unceremoniously, and before I knew it we were on the roa... | 8 | |
[WP]You are a bounty hunter who goes from one galaxy to another. You just discovered that someone put a bounty on your head. | [
" I burst through the casino doors, desperately seeking a place to hide I had my camouflage mask on, taking the appearance of a regular customer of the casino. In the distance, I could still hear the commotion going on outside. Bounty hunters. It appeared my head is worth a small fortune.\n\n Numerous women... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the best at what you do. No Djinn, Genie, Loki, or Māui has been able to trick you. You're feared more than any god, or god slayer. You punish in ways worse than death. You are a lawyer specializing in mythical torts, you punish with debt. Today, however, you have a rather unusual client | [
"I've worked with strange cases \\- strange being an understatement. But this one? This one took the cake. \n\nHere I was, doing lawyer things, when my secretary poked her head through the door. \n\n\"Constantine, there's a client that wishes to see you.\" She gave me a meaningful look, the kind that warned me that... | 2 | |
[WP] People have begun to develop superpowers. Surprisingly, most people use their powers to prank people. You are considered one of the least powerful superhumans, but are feared worldwide as the most effective prankster in human history. | [
"When I first emerged I didn't even know what my power was. I had the normal echoing thud in my head and woke up on the floor a minute later with the expected mark on my body - the two concentric circles with an arrow inside - just under my ear. Typical emergence. Odd place for the mark, but no power.\n\nOr so it s... | 1 | |
[WP] Once there was one. Then there were three. The three were bound by the pillars of reality the great ones call The Pillars of Reality. No one knows why these three were chosen buy hey they were and boys gotta eat amirite? This is the story of Scalene, Isoceles, and Equilateral. | [
"The Scalene: From a planet of lost origins, the last of his people wiped out by the Blockos of the galaxy of Drood. He is a trickster, a strategist, and doesn't hold a solid form, he alternates between a gaseous form and a liquid. He can slip in and out of places and people without being noticed. (Maybe ability fo... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re a baby orca, and you just saw your first boat. | [
"\"He is totally checking you out!\"\n\nI know my sister liked to mess with me but maybe she was right, he had been staring at me all day. Sure, maybe he wasn't conventionally handsome but Mama always says that's not what love is about. I think- I think I'm gonna make a move- \n\n\"Get it girl!\"\n\nMy heart is bea... | 1 | |
[WP] you're about to enjoy an anniversary dinner when you hear your husband scream from the living room "honey, where a my supersuit?!" | [
"I understand. I need to help him in any way I can, I'm his wife and I need to support him. After all, he cant do it alone.\n\nI was almost done wearing my dress. It was brand new, meant specially for this occasion. I hear a call \"Honey, where is my supersuit?\". We've been together for Fifty years now, and I'm co... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an insomniac who has to try to creatively find ways to cope with your lack of sleep. The best way of doing so that you've found, is visiting your made up world that houses countless mythical creatures. | [
"Today wasn't any different than most days. It was 3 in the morning, and to my annoyance, I had been lying awake in bed for the past few hours. Perhaps it didn't help that I was on my phone the entire time, or that I had a bad diet, or that I was constantly thinking about the stresses of work. I know a lot of peopl... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity achieves interstellar travel. You find out why alien civilizations didn't reach out to Earth. | [
"\"what do you mean you didn't want to?\"\n\n\"Why would we want to?\"\n\nEveryone in Earth's situation room were perplexed. What the fuck are they talking about. \nThe chief nervously tapped the microphone button to continue the conversation. \n\n\"Well, didn't you want to know what is happening in the universe ou... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a superhuman with incredibly fast self-healing, but have a very low pain tolerance. Tell his/her story. | [
"I worked in a steel factory once, where I got my hand cut off and screamed bloody murder, as a person will, and when the guys made it to the back all they saw was an inch long scrape across my elbow that wasn't even bleeding. They harassed me so much after that I wound up quitting. \n\nDo you know what it's like t... | 1 | |
[WP] Your latest shipment to your supernatural gift shop consists of a shield generator in the form of a top hat, a perfume which temporary causes the user to grow massive, a book possessed by an angry ghost, a robotic horse skeleton, and a vase filled with flesh eating dust. Try to sell these. | [
"The empty cloak hung in the air with an air of bemusement, putting the seller off his stride. \n\"So, umm,\" he smiled nervously \"will the owner be back shortly, or...\" \nThe Cloak frowned at him, halting his already nervous speech. *How does a cloak frown? It doesn't have eyes!* \n\"I *am* the owner of this ... | 1 | |
[WP] They always said she'd be late to her own funeral. You thought they were joking, until today. | [
"\"Hurry up!\" I yelled at her from behind the door. \"God, Jeane, you're going to be late to your own funeral!\"\n\n\"God, I'm coming, I'm coming! I just gotta finish putting on my clothes.\"\n\nI barge into the room to see Jeane still flopped out on the bed, towel wrapped around her body. She was scrolling instag... | 2 | |
[WP] All those “like to die instantly” posts that haven’t been working were adding up, so when you die, you are greeted by a confused Death | [
"A tall man walks up to me. He greets me with an awkward smile. 'You know, I've been expecting you for a while. Although not so sudden.' His smile turns from awkward to sad. 'What went wrong?'\n\n'I've wanted to die for so long. But I couldn't bring myself to take my own life. I thought that one day, one of the pos... | 2 | |
[WP] You've lived an amazing life full of adventure, danger and riches. One night, as you're recounting tales of your bravery to one of your many close friends, they reply "Wow, almost sounds like a dream. Ever tried pinching yourself?" As you try, everything around you starts to unravel. | [
"/b/ It was all a Dream\n\nHenry's jaw had been open for about ten minutes now as he stared at me in disbelief, \"the moon,\" he stated blankly.\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, swirling my brandy.\n\n\"You went to the moon,\" he said again.\n\n\"It was OK,\" I shrugged.\n\n\"That's crazy,\" he shook his head. \"If I went there... | 2 | |
[WP] You have an unusual parenting strategy: brutal honesty. But as your kid gets older, they become brutally honest with you too. | [
"My technique in raising Jacob had always garnered some interesting reactions from family members and friends. Some people, like my mother believed that the sole use of brutal honesty in raising my son would surely result in him developing psychological issues or resentment towards myself. My lifelong friend Todd a... | 1 | |
[WP] In between the time your heart stops and your brain shuts off, you face the final boss, the devil himself. Beating him grants you immortality. You are the first to beat him. | [
"With the feeling of immortality, came pride. Before I saw new light, my new immortal, yet finite, mind corrupted pride into arrogance. With this sense of arrogance, I woke up to the new world. My world. Or so I thought, until I realised that I couldn't .... \"Wake Up\"\n\nI tugged and pulled at my lifeless limbs o... | 1 | |
[WP] Nicholas Cage stars in the third National Treasure, where he discovers he was the real national treasure all along. | [
"Nick Cage waited. There was a treasure nearby, he could feel it. He couldn't see it, but he had been looking for years. The warnings others had given him were not listened to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway. \n\nNick was a treasure hunter for fourteen years. When he was young, he looked at t... | 1 | |
[WP] You have died. Like all people, you have been sent to hell. However, instead of having your punishment chosen for you, everyone must pick the severity they believe they deserve. You are the first to get it right. | [
"Wha! Where did everything go? Just a moment ago, that car rammed straight into ours, and now it’s just me, floating in an endless expanse of darkness. I can’t even see my hands in front of me! I *am* still wearing my long-sleeved jacket and jeans, though, which was to not draw attention. Is this what it’s like aft... | 9 |
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