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[WP] you had twin girls but one of them died soon after birth, since then you have been raising both girls, one alive, the other a ghost | [
"\"Daddy!\" She looked so cute in her school outfit and a clearly oversized backpack strapped to her shoulders.\n\n\"Hi sweetheart! Did you have fun at school?\"\n\n\"Mmmhmm.\" She nodded happily. \"Did Jess go to school today?\"\n\n\"Of course. Wanna go ask her how it was?\"\n\n\"Yeah!\" She yelled nodding frantic... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyday you go into the same coffeeshop with the same Barista woeking and order the same thing. Usually she gets your name right, but something is wrong. | [
"Richard plopped his soaking rain coat over the wooden chair, his hair dangling loosely across his face. Wiping the water away from his eyes, he scanned the coffee shop for his barista. Apart of his daily ritual, Richard sat for a few hours and did some writing with sipping his favorite caramel coffee. But today, w... | 1 | |
[WP] Hell ran pretty smoothly for over two millennia...until an OSHA representative walked through its gates. | [
"It was an ordinary day in hell. \n\nSinners were being tormented in my punishment realm, their screams and the laughs of the demons echoed in my dark obsidian halls, foolish humans were selling their souls to eternal damnation for just a little more money or time… all in all, the usual. \n\nNot to brag but I AM th... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a normal farmer, except for the fact you have the same name as the fated Hero, the fans have already been really annoying, but now the dark lord is in your village. | [
"Dylan was laying back on his chair, his feet on the oaken table of his rundown house, bringing his old cedar pipe to his lips, when a loud banging on his door shook him to the point of dropping his precious pipe. \n - Who fucking dares!, he says as he opens the frail door, almost killing the mind behind it, You be... | 4 | |
[WP] Fantasy Football has changed in the age of Cloning, Genetic Engineering and Quantum Computing. Now entire teams of Orcs, Ninjas, Pirates, cloned celebrities or anything in the imagination of their creators battle weekly for Football Supremacy | [
"\n\n\"I know what you're thinking.\" \n\nThe be-suited tour guide smiled broadly, his teeth glowing extra white in his mouth, as if they just been freshly spray painted. \"How can you be so cruel?\"\n\nThe small group, maybe a dozen tourists in shorts and flip flops, some wearing \"Rumble Dome!\" hats and t-shirts... | 1 | |
[WP] The problem with being immortal is you can't nap. They tend to last a lot longer than expected... | [
"Sleep for me lasts fifty years at a time. \n\nI suppose it's the downside of not sleeping for every two hundred. If you ask me, I would reckon it's fair. Most humans sleep for a third of their normal day, so I must have struck a good bargain. Nonetheless, being the only immortal in a sea of transient humans has it... | 1 | |
[WP] You finally get around to cleaning your house. As you do you discover a mouse. Instead of scurrying away, the mouse offers to entertain you while you clean. | [
"Lute music\n\nThey charged out on the prowl. Another Thursday. The bars were lenient tonight, a school ID or three ladies could anyone get past the bouncer. \n\n“Why are you in Mid?! Our short is undefended! Fuck!”\n\nBefore their fanfare plays, his headphones were in pieces. Heaving. Heaving, then wheezing. He gr... | 1 | |
[wp]Your entire life you have thought that you are blind. One day, you realize that you had never opened your eyes. | [
"My cane tapped side to side rhythmically, like a windshield washer, guarding me. Guiding me.\n\nI poked forward once I had heard the familiar barking of my dog emitting from my house like the rabid protector the mutt was. I slowly made forward towards my front door, patting about through my pockets to find my keys... | 2 | |
[WP] Once you turn 21 you are able to change one trait. | [
"She nervously crossed her arms and chuckled. \"I'm pretty much depressed all the time. Got a cure for that?\" She made sure to quirk a brow playfully and keep her tone light as she said this. \n\nWhenever she had brought up her depression in the past, people had always thought she was kidding. No one took her seri... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been captured by a kidnapper! But they're so innocent and harmless, even though you easily could escape, you can't bring yourself to, because it would hurt their feelings. | [
"\"Release me! Rel-\" I closed my eyes and looked downwards, trying to think of death and depression. I didn't want to start laughing, because that would hurt their feelings. I also knew that escaping would hurt their feelings, and doing pretty much anything would hurt their feelings.\n\nIt seemed my kidnapper was ... | 1 | |
[WP] You lay there on your death bed after getting into a car accident. Not long after Death appears and you await the infamous 'kiss of Death'. However there was a translation issue, to say 'thumb wrestle of Death' would be more accurate. | [
"The *hiss-click* from the hospital machinery was only interrupted by the occasional *beep* from the monitors. Charles Micheal Montgomery's vitals were steady, and steadily slowing down. The wreck had proven too much for a frail mortal form, they said, and the gathered family prayed for his pain to end soon.\n\nDea... | 1 | |
[WP] As you grew older you’ve seen strange messages, such as a fortune cookie saying “YOU’RE IN A COMA” and the Channel 5 News saying “WAKE UP” but you’ve shrugged it off until one fateful day.. | [
"I'd been noticing it for years, a message every so often telling me to wake up, that I was in a coma, or that it was time for me to snap out of it. I had spent some time moving in new age circles when I was younger, and seeing this message often inpired thoughts of synchronicty within me, was I asleep spiritually?... | 4 | |
[WP] You, a handsome knight errant, have arrived at a dragon’s keep to rescue a fair maiden, but the sight that greets you is... strange: a slain dragon corpse, and a princess covered in blood and guts. | [
"Jason stared in confusion at the scene before him. Things were not adding up. \n\n\nLet's see. Armor, check. tall lightning struct tower. All good. Kidnapped Princess, so far so standard. So why was the BLOODY DRAGON DEAD! \n\n\nPrincess Elizabeth futilely tried to wipe some of the gore from her hands and smiled... | 2 | |
[WP] You died, your death was horrible, now you discovered it was all just a tutorial and the real game starts now. | [
"\"So wait,\" I said. \"The grinder blades - \"\n\n\"Yes,\" said the angel. \"Those too.\"\n\n\"And the hornet swarm, they were also -\"\n\n\"Yes, my son. They too were part of the learning.\"\n\n\"But the testicle liquifier...surely that wasn't -\"\n\n\"Testicle liquification is an important aspect of the pedagogy... | 1 | |
[WP] A group of middle schoolers get superpowers after a trip to a dangerous nuclear plant. An entire class of super-powered 12-13yo form a superhero league to fight another group of super-powered 12-13yo. Little do these “heroes” know, they are not mature enough to utilize their powers | [
"Two 12 year old girls stand in a war torn playground, one standing in front of a boy in a crater in the wood chips and another staring down a boy across from her through the jungle gym. \n\n“Johnny you couldn’t beat us, you were always the villain since you didn’t come to my birthday last year!” taunted Jessica as... | 3 | |
[WP] - Superheroes have had enough of politicians and the public downplaying their selfless vigilantism. Tired of the debate whether they are truly needed for protection, all superheroes decide to disappear from society for one month, both as a statement and an experiment. | [
"Clark Kent sat at his desk, head resting in the nook of his folded arms. He never thought he’d have his secret identity backfire on him the way it did now. Not even Luther could think of a torture more grating and humiliating than what Clark was being subjegated to now. \n\nIn the centre of his computer monitor wa... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning, ready to start the day. Everything is normal until you reach for your alarm clock and notice your fingers are swollen. After a closer look, you realize: your fingers have turned into skin-colored pickles. | [
"You're awaken by the blaring sound of your alarm clock. You're a tad bit annoyed and go to hit snooze but remember that you moved it across the room. You put it there a week ago to \\*make\\* yourself physically get up. \n After contemplating \\*actually\\* getting up, you decide it's better to get it over wit... | 3 | |
[WP]: You are a controversial person, infamous of two things: Getting into skirmishes with the law, and always requesting trial by combat. This time, someone agrees to it. | [
"I’m a lawyer by day and a party animal by night. After living in books for years during law school, I’ve learned that life is short and it’s a waste not to enjoy it. Oh and I do enjoy it! I partake in every fun activity you could think of. Both legal and otherwise. Every time I get busted though, I decide to repre... | 2 | |
[WP] A device was invented that allows people recovering from major surgeries to spend their recovery in the world's ubiquitous VR platform to escape the pain of rehabilitation. Three months after your operation you notice the option to return to your physical body has disappeared from your console. | [
"Henry sat up in his bed with a start. He'd been sleeping, but something felt urgent. His first instinct led him to call up the menu. A translucent slate appeared in front of him, it hovered above the blanket that covered his legs. He swiped the screen to scan through the icons to look for something, unsure what, ... | 2 | |
[WP] Alien life has been discovered. The world has united under a single government, and wishes to negotiate the addition of Earth to an intergalactic network of trade routes and military alliances. You are the ambassador they send. | [
"My name is Zach Brundo, Chief Scientist and Engineer of S.A.E.C.O.P, the Science and Engineering Committee Of Progress, and main driving force of the Earthen Imperium. About a month ago Earth received a transmission from beyond our galaxy, detailing in sub-par Common an alien race’s offer of peace. They asked for ... | 1 | |
Got the idea from the person that got the tattoo in the same vein as the bog princess and that tumblr post about the old gods being connected to it. Figured it would be a cool prompt. | [WP] You just finished getting a tattoo that was the exact same as the ancient mummy’s that was just discovered on the news. What you didn’t know was that it would bind you to the old gods, and they’ve been looking for a new champion for quite some time. | [
"I'm not really big on the news channel, only browse it occasionally, but sometimes neat stuff pops up like this sweet mummy that they just found somewhere in Bumfuk Egypt. The mummy itself was pretty average except for this sick tattoo it had. I'd always wanted a tattoo, but nothing ever spoke to me and I'd be d... | 1 |
[WP] For the past year, you've had no memories of the time between sunset and dawn. One morning, you remember the previous night. | [
" Like every morning, I wake up as the first rays of sun peek over the horizon. After getting out of bed and stumbling into the bathroom to take care of some necessities, I start getting dressed for my usual morning run. I'm what you call a morning person. I always feel so energetic and refreshed in the early m... | 2 | |
[WP] God has been fired. Heaven and Earth are now under new management. | [
"I walked past the endless cubicles. I am so relieved that he will finally be out of my life. No more disasters. No more lost profits. No more “World Wars”.\n\nI walked into his office. As usual he was asleep, his face on his keyboard and a bottle of Bourbon in his hand.\n\n“Yahweh!” I shouted.\n\nYahweh slowly got... | 1 | |
[WP] A long time ago, you worked as a tester in a virtual world research facility, and have long since learned the subtle differences between simulation and reality. one day, you wake up in your house as normal, but something feels off. something feels... familiar... | [
"Virtual reality is my speciality.\n\nI've created all types of replica worlds from Skyscrapers to Seaworld, Atlanta to Atlantis, The Middle East to Middle Earth. I've done it all, with only a weekly rest to recuperate.\n\nAnd I love it. I love my job. I create worlds. Who else can say that? Certainly not the suppo... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up and walk outside to check the mail, something feels off | [
"Just like every other day I had off from my crappy job, I got up at about 9:30, put on some coffee, and walked from my apartment to the main office to get the mail, and then would drink my coffee with some creamer and have some toast with butter. Nothing too exciting. And that's the way I liked my days off.\n\nIt... | 3 | |
[WP] Every individual has a kindred spirit. A connection that allows them to defy fear, express truest emotions without words, and stop aging. At 24, you hadn't found your own. One day, a child approaches you, and your skin begins to glow. | [
"She was rail thin when they rolled her on a stretcher, oxygen mask on her face fogging up with her weak breath.\n\n\"What have we got?\" I ask the EMT pushing her stretcher. She has large, round eyes, and the pulsing purple and red spirit of a squirrel jumping about her shoulders--a mixture of anger, fear, possibl... | 2 | |
[WP] Hidden in your cloak is a red right hand. You know what you did, you know what you need to do. | [
"The fire was a beacon in the dark. \n\nFor miles on that desolate plain it could be seen.\n\nIt drew them.\n\nI waited.\n\nThe first strolled into my makeshift camp, his clothes rough and worn. His features were porcelain, perfect, as if carved from white marble. He smiled as he walked towards me, his teeth long, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You inherited a thrift store from your grandfather. His only instructions were “make sure the door is locked tight when you leave, and keep the clock on the mantle at 12:30”. One day you neglect your duties, and the clock bongs one. | [
"I look around and nothing happens. Was this just one of my grandfathers tall tales? The old man always was a good storyteller even if all of them weren't true...then I heard a gasp and a sudden crash in the other room. \n\nStanding at the desk frozen in fear, I find the closest thing to a weapon I can, hoping whoe... | 1 | |
[WP] You are Death. You fear nothing, have no sympathy, and no remorse. You have taken the souls of billions, some just for the thrill. Then you met Life. | [
" I guess you could say I love my job. I make my own hours, I've always been the meanest, the worst of the worst. There are few out there that would dare to stand against me and definitely, fewer are those who can stomach the pain I put others through. which is a nice bonus I guess. never really thought of myself... | 2 | |
[WP] The local animal shelter in this small rural mountain side town doesn't have much happen to it often. The same pers have been their for a while and once every so often someone will bring in an injured or orphaned wild animal. But one graveyard shift someone brings in something no one expected. | [
"Lucille often wondered why someone even *bothered* to build an animal shelter in Pine Creek.\n\nThe locals took exceptional care of their pets, and those that fell ill went to the veterinarian on Maple Drive. There were no abused dogs or neglected cats. There were no parrots that spoke on into the night after thei... | 2 | |
[WP] The villains found the most effective way to get rid of heroes is to get rid of crime. | [
"\"Stop right there, PlantMan! I'm about to send you back to wherever you came from. Be ready to root in jail, ohhh haha haha!\" Coologne stood by the hole in the wall, ice cape continually shattering and reforming as it blew in the breeze.\n\n\"Ahhh! Security!\" \n\n\"They can't help you. I have defeated them.\" H... | 1 | |
[WP] A prohibition was instituted on Soda. | [
"Sugar addicts swarm supermarkets minutes before the ban. Grabbing everything in sight. Over the desperate decaying months, one looses focus and drifts into lucidity, reminiscing of those lovely bubbles, the dry sickly sweet tang of cold refreshment, sliding down the throat. \n\nThe carbohydrate junkies are thrown ... | 1 | |
[WP] The measure of a man is how he chooses to act when he no longer has anything to lose. | [
"*They say that the true measure of a man is how he chooses to act when he has nothing left to lose.*\n\nIt makes sense. If you have nothing to live for, nothing to bind you down, nothing to hold you back then you're basically free to do anything you wish.\n\nWant to go run naked through Times Square because you ha... | 1 | |
"You don't seem to belong anywhere" | [WP] Your are the conductor of the train to the afterlife, Judging other people's lives and taking them to heaven, hell, or limbo. Until one day you find someone who doesn't fit any criteria. | [
"\"I hate the weird ones,\" I muttered to myself as I made my way to the abandoned tower that served as my living quarters. \n \nThe Reavers trailing behind me howled in anguishing screams of misery, their sharp shadowy claws gripping the prize of the moment. This one was different than the others: you could tell... | 1 |
[WP] You work as a cashier at your local McDonalds to make ends meet. On one particularly slow day an old man walks in, face shroued in a dark hood. "Hello, welcome to McDonalds. Can i take your order?" You say. The man looks up at you and says "Execute Order 66" | [
"“Execute Order 66”\n\n\n“My guy I just want a cheeseburger and a side of fries” \n\n\n“SHIT! That hoodie isn’t red?”\n\n\n“It’s maroon bro, let me pay...*squints at nametag*... Joshua.”\n\n\n“Look man, I don’t get paid enough for this shit, you’re the last agent i need to register you or else I don’t fill my quot... | 3 | |
An alternate version where you're dead last would also be cool | [wp] The achivements of every person on earth, like saving lives, raising a child or doing good deeds, have been given points. The points have been compiled to a public list of people and you're number 1. | [
"Fifth on the list? A third generation firefighter, who worked for the city's most prestigious unit, known for their bravery and willingness to jump into almost any dangerous situation without a second thought. He'd been in training since he was a kid, accepted as the earliest enrolled firefighter of his generati... | 1 |
[WP] "If I'm remembered as the 'Bad Guy' then so be it. I'm doing what's needed." | [
"The year is 2080.\n\nIt’s been centuries since I partook in any war, not even the last three Great Wars.\n\nIt was all coming to a head, three great powers going to war. I look over a world map, my god, how far we have come and how down we went.\n\nThe other twelve consuls sit alongside me, we all had agreed that ... | 1 | |
[WP] Paul Revere frantically rides his horse through the darkness, spotting a figure in the distance he shouts the warning "The British are coming! the British are coming!". As he nears, the figure turns, pulls out a semi automatic pistol, replying "We're already here old chap" and shoots him dead. | [
"The British aren't known for their technological advances in my time. In the 2700's, they've actually fallen behind quite a bit compared to their allies and surrounding countries. They of course had the same fanciful buildings and cars, but that was all acquired through trade. But they had lucked out with one patr... | 2 | |
[WP] A magic spell cannot exist if there is already another magic spell at that location. Ever since the weak magic spell as large as planet Earth, nobody has been able to use magic. We're leaving planet earth, and thus, that large magic circle. | [
"The conference room table was well stocked with food, the final meal before the launch of the first interstellar command crew. There were dishes from all over the world representing the international effort that led to this historic event. The crew had eaten and moved on to rest and prepare for launch the next da... | 1 | |
[WP] Rewrite "Silence of the Lambs" but have it be about actual lambs | [
"The lambs began to bay (or whatever noises lambs make). \n\nSomeone was in their midst - a stranger; a man they didn't know, with a scent that was so unfamiliar from the shepherd that cared for them.\n\nThey were right to be afraid. The stranger stalked through their midst, eyes roving, hand clutched tightly aroun... | 2 | |
[WP] just another day experimenting | [
"My hand grasped the beaker. The white lab coat following me as I turned. Shaking it to create a vibrant colour scheme. Even though this wasn't normal science. It was always amusing working with the magical periodic table. Where FE's place is GI. An element that causes gravity to reverse itself. \n\nWith the smell ... | 1 | |
Just in case you would like some questions:
- Why was this time traveler trap built? How did prototypes fare?
- What happened in the first few seconds? (A lot can happen already in [140 nanoseconds](https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/))
- How did we (trillions of years after the Big Bang) find out that *this* is what actual... | [WP] Eons ago there was a trap for time travelers. It overfilled instantaneously, resulting in a disastrous calamity. Today this giant explosion of matter and energy is known as the Big Bang. | [
"\"Here it is, madam,\" the slick salesman grinned, handing me the control fob. \"Your new TempusFutzit 11D TARDIS Convertible.\"\n\n\"It's not new though, is it?\" I replied. \"It's been refurbished. Its chronodometer still indicates over 840 jumps.\"\n\n\"Well, yes,\" he acquiesced, \"but do you really want me to... | 1 |
[WP] Lucifer never fell from heaven. Jesus, the second favorite son of God, pushed him out. | [
"So it went. \n\nAnd God said, “Let there be light.” \n\nAnd from this light, his first son was born. He was called Lucifer and he was Mercy. And he was good. \n\nGod separated the darkness and his second son was born. He was called Jesus and he was Redemption. And he was good. \n\nSo God spun the light and the da... | 3 | |
[WP] The Man Who Invented Evil | [
"Clinging to the edge the liquid pooled forming a small droplet. A bead of black swirled within the clear fluid polluting its glass-like form. Weighted by the darkness the droplet let go falling past the blinding white. Alone in its darkness the now sphere of black pushed it's way into the silky surface of white. T... | 1 | |
[WP] An undecipherable poem is found during an archaeological dig. As centuries go by, it remains a mystery as to what it means and the language it's written in - until it becomes apparent it's written in plain English. Plain, modern English. | [
"And now we return to Unsolved Mysteries of History: Puzzling Poetry and Troubling Texts\nA smooth rectangular black granite slab with gold letters: The Stone of the Great Father as it was called by the Inuit who first received it from a living star was a puzzlement to the tribe in the frozen north. The stone h... | 3 | |
[WP] You are on your death bed. The grim reaper approches you and says "To get you in the after life, I'm going to need your name." you say your name, and he replies "No, I need your real name." | [
"This was longer than intended, but I guess I was inspired, so I went for it:\n\n=========\n\n**Part 1: Grief**\n\nIn a nearly pitch black room, a few low-level lights on various blinky machines and monitors are the only things to be seen. Eyes close in bed, I shut out the near blackness to total blackness. It's am... | 2 | |
[WP] Summoning demons and solving mysteries might not be the safest job in the world, but it pays the bills, at least. | [
"BOOM\n\nThe blast knocked Pooh down and sent him skidding across the marble floor. The whole temple trembled, window panes shattering from the explosion. Beams groaned and arches strained under the many domes, dust clouds whomping through the aisles as the temple was submerged in darkness. \n\nA faint groaning cam... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a wizard with a problematic addiction. You cannot stop summoning creatures from another worlds and it is starting to get really bad as more and more powerful creatures are summoned each day. | [
"That's my first time ever. Don't hesitate to correct me.\n\n\\- “What’s going on? What are you guys doing here.” Gary felt powerless as three of his closest friends forced their way into his home. He frowned and followed them into the living room.\n\n\\- “This is an intervention”, softly said a blue haired young w... | 1 | |
[WP] Above everyone's head there are statistics about the person like Intelligence, Strength, HP and Money. You were born with a new, strange statistic above your head. Mana. | [
"She stretched in the morning sun and propped herself against the railing, looking down at the waking city. From this height, people on the ground resembled tiny bugs scurrying away, and yet if she narrowed her eyes just enough, she could almost distinguish letters and numbers floating above their heads. Her mind w... | 5 | |
[WP] you bought an at home DNA ancestry kit and just got your results back. The first half brings no surprises, however you are shocked to see that half of your DNA is simply labeled as "could not be determined" | [
"I never really bought into those \"determine your ancestry\" packages, given that they would only tell me what I already knew. That I'm white, and most likely a descendant of someone from some place like Britain, Scotland, or Ireland. When my grandfather gifted me a kit, however; I decided that I would do it. Not ... | 4 | |
[WP] Describe a future in which automation, artificial intelligence, and other such robots have completely taken over every single market that a human once controlled. | [
"I woke up to my alarm chiming gently by my ear. As I reached out to silence it, it scampered away and grew louder. Sighing, I stretched for a few moments, then rose from bed. Once I was disrobed and in the shower, the alarm shut itself off.\n\nI still had almost 750 liters of water in my monthly budget, so I we... | 1 | |
A visual explanation of how this could work [http://4dtoys.com/](http://4dtoys.com/) | [WP] You walk alone by the street, and suddenly a man goes through a wall on you side, and disappears in front of you. Then you hear a voice saying "You saw me, I'll have to take you to the 4th Dimension now". | [
"For my dumb American self, England was not the fairy tale I believed it to be. I grew up reading Dickens, watching Doctor Who, and all those wonderous British shows. And when I got to England it was, old and run down, and very much like a backwards America. Granted, one that had double decker buses, but even those... | 2 |
[WP] You've been anonymously given a book that narrates all of human history from the beginning to its end. Curious, you search in what chapter your era is located by looking at the chronological classification : it's the last one. Chapter's name ? 'The book's curse' | [
"North Korea, South Korea, Boom! Thanks Billy Joel for inspiring the beginning line of this amazing chapter.\n\nAn orange clown was sitting, nay groping in the Oval Office. Funny hair do, bad temper, and hands that like to wander especially towards Eastern European womenfolk. He likes Twitter a lot, can read and wr... | 2 | |
[WP] You go back in time to study a historical figure. But you slowly realize that you are becoming the historical figure you came to study. | [
"History is a funny word.\n\nWhen professors talk about history, they talk about what's recorded. The events that have been written down on papyrus, bamboo, or any preservative works that allow those in the future to find out what happened in the past. \n\n\nBut if a tree falls in a forest, and no one is there to ... | 1 | |
[WP] When trying to summon Satan, you summoned your cat instead. | [
"“We’ve already talked about it, Mitten. I know you want to be the most evilest baby kitten in the all universe, but look at you! Look at your tiny little jelly bean.”\n\n“Meow.”\n\n“Yes, those tiny mini little beans. Oh yes, there are! Look at those cute little ears.”\n\n“Meeeoooww!!!” \n\n“So cute! My sweet baby.... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity finally makes it to Mars and begins to colonize the planet, but you have different plans: you want to find the Curiosity rover and give it a hug. | [
"It's been forty years. It took us a while, but we finally got here... Mars, it's as every bit as desolate and beautiful as I imagined it would be in person. Whereas my fellow astronauts disembarked and began to find places to set up shop, I set out with a different mission, GPS tracker in hand, following the perpe... | 1 | |
[WP] After ripping the head of the alien that claimed to be your god, you look up to see an entire fleet of alien spaceships, you start to laugh hysterically, because what they don’t know is that you are not styck in this wasteland of a planet with them, they are | [
"“I’ve never thought that someone will be stupid enough to ask me to bend my knee,” the girl bathed in moonlight, licked her lips and softly moaned, “ So bold.” She giggled.\n\nThronas, the legendary colonel, stared down at the woman. “A puny human think it can go against us. Ridiculous.” \n\nHe crossed his bulky b... | 1 | |
[WP] The world needs saving and Mistress Fate is shopping for a new chosen one. She has come to your company, and you're determine to secure this deal. | [
"She was a weird girl, dressed in what looked like an old style tunic and sandals. Like something out of an old history channel documentary or something. She was a bit odd but, I wasn’t about to let a big fish slip away. If I nailed this a promotion could be in the works, hell they might make me partner. The money ... | 1 | |
[WP] You buy a grandfather clock with 'kinks' to it. Apparently there are flaws and oddities about it, according to the seller. But you can't see any, so you buy it. When tinkering with it, you find that if you stop it ticking, time freezes. If you turn the hands back, they go back, and vice versa. | [
"\"I had to destroy the Time Controling Grandfather Clock\" Jeff mumbled quietly.\n\n\"What!\" I said exasperated.\n\n\"I had to destroy the Time Controling Grandfather Clock\", he repeated a little louder.\n\n\"I heard you the first time! Why would you do that?!\", I couldn't get the words out fast enough. All my ... | 1 | |
[WP] You woke up with amnesia and all you remembered was your Reddit log-in details. You set on a quest to discover who you are based on your Reddit posts and comments. | [
"What even is a reddit(The front page of the internet)? What’s an internet (mankind's most powerful brainchild), and how do I know how to use it (just type). \n\n*Wait a second*\n\nWho am I? What does I(think therefore I am) even mean?\n\n*I am because I* *~~hopefearthink~~* *am*\n\nMy sense of self(who I am is who... | 3 | |
[WP] "You can have one last phonecall before I kill you", said the masked person who broke into your house. After you start the call, you can hear a phone ring in their pocket. | [
"\n\n Margo stared up in shock at the masked man in front of her. \n\n “Leo?”\n\nThe muffled hum of Cavetown’s “Lemon Boy” played from the intruder’s pocket. The apartment was dimly lit by the streetlight shining through the window, and Margo had to squint to pick out her partner’s familiar frame in the d... | 4 | |
[WP] Your high school history teacher really knows his stuff, even oddly specific details from the past. During lecture he occasionally slips and quickly corrects himself from "I remember" to "I read." You're starting to wonder how old he really is. | [
"Mr.Stevens just disappeared, and so we've all been asked to write a little bit about our intrepretation of what happened and anything special we noticed about him.\n\nEvery day was a blast in Mr.Steven's class. I didn't know history could be so fun until I had him as a teacher. There's just one thing that's a litt... | 2 | |
[WP] "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." "Tom Selleck's mustache?!" | [
" \n\n\\[NSFW\\] slightly\n\n“That’s right babe. I’m a mustache with a mission and you’re my new partner.” The mustache formerly belonging to Tom Selleck said in its deep voice.\n\n“Di, did, did the mustache just talk?!” The slightly hysterical woman in front of me stuttered out.\n\n“Yeah. It would be hard for ... | 1 | |
[WP] Due to a delivery error your pizza ends up in the underworld. Demons and all the like stand in your way but you really want that pizza. | [
"'OK OK OK, let's for the sake of arguing assume you're right, how the hell are you going to enter the underworld anyways?' Saki asked, finally cutting his roommate some slack.\n\n'I paid $15 for that, obviously I'm going to get my order. Besides, I'll enter the underworld the same way I found out my pizza is in th... | 2 | |
[WP] Her mother blinked and for a moment her face was utterly blank before she replied, in a soft, wheedling tone. "Of course I remember your name dear, now come and give mother a cuddle." | [
"The little numbers on my pink clock was showing me that it was 11.00pm. It was almost time for me to go to the party I had been invited to. I looked at myself in the mirror that hung in front of my closet door. My dark brown hair was tied up into a bun on the top of my head. I had no makeup on but some clear masca... | 2 | |
[WP]One cold winter morning a man arrived at my court. As he stood before me, I saw a wicked grin form on a face uncannily resemblant to mine. He cleared his throat and spoke in a firm and defiant tone. “I am your son, your bastard son, and as honor would have it, I am here to kill you.” | [
"The King leaned back in his throne. A hush had fallen over the court, leaving the long hall shadowed in a tense silence, broken only by the odd whisper or murmur of an onlooker.\n\nThe words that this man had spoken... a bastard son could have terrible implications on the King's spotless honor and reputation. Fo... | 1 | |
[WP] Alien life is not actually that rare in the universe. Every other species is just too scared to explore outer space. Humans are the only species that have dared to leave their planet's atmosphere. | [
"\"Klo Pajak. Klo Pajak. Pajak dfa tllaya.\"\n\n\"Do not touch space. Do not touch space. Space touches back.\"\n\n- Ontec Proverb, Andromeda System.\n\n********\n\nAcross the universe there is no galactic empire. There is no collection of advanced civilizations. There are no species galavanting on space adventures... | 2 | |
[WP] The Symbol of Hope and the Symbol of Victory standing together against the darkness... | [
"So the Symbol of Hope and the Symbol of Victory are standing together against the darkness.\n\nThe Symbol of Hope says: \"We're doing this for tomorrow! For the future! For everyone!\"\n\nThe Symbol of Victory says: \"If we hold together, we can win!\"\n\nThe darkness says: \"Who said that!? I swear, I can't ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the Empire’s beat commander, executing the best plans when needed. However, there’s this group of people you can’t seem to kill, protected by the so-called “Plot Armor” | [
"\"I'm sorry, they did what?!\" The villainous man looking exclaimed, half turned to face his subordinate. A flowing red cape was attached to his shoulders by golden knots, denoting his rank as commander of all Royal Imperial forces. Leading by example, he cuts an imposing figure against the front of a floor-to-w... | 1 | |
[WP] Every year a dragon is born in the Californian forests. The countries best firefights voyage to defeat it; sometimes beating it before it can mature and lay waste to the country sides, other times they aren’t so lucky. | [
"I was sitting in the left seat furthest from the door. It was twelve people in total sitting in this sitting in the van, six to each side. Our gear was rattling with every bump we drove over. Everyone else was talking like it was business as usual. There wasn't even a hint of fear or anxiety on their faces. I was ... | 1 | |
[WP] Gods are never born, they're made. As you work at your office job, a flash of light surrounds you. You have just became the God of Accounting. | [
"**Slodham & Slogue, 2nd Quarter, Current Fiscal Year**\n\nIf you liquify our assets, I can spin them into silk.\n\nLet me at the cashflow, I'll cut rivers in the floor.\n\nAnd drain away our overhead as marmalade and milk.\n\nI've filed with the S.E.C. in ancient tongues before.\n\n\n\nAnd charmed the pension ... | 1 | |
[WP] reincarnation is real, few hours before somebody dies and a day before being born into another family they receive an email detailing their next birth parents, John is dying and finds out that his parents are going to be his girlfriend who was cheating on him with his arch nemesis. | [
"I had to kill him. I couldn’t let this happen.\n\nThe words within that much-anticipated e-mail had deflated my happiness about what was supposed to be a fresh start - a better life. \n\n\n\nFather: Alex J. Toussant\n\nMother: Elizabeth A. Johnson\n\n\n\nShe had been everything to me once. I could still remembe... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future, the most intimate act a couple can do is borrow memories, you are investing what it seems to be a serial borrower, someone who takes all the memories and leaves the victims completely empty. | [
"We lay in bed arms entwined like vines, her thorns cut and tore and glued me to her lips. She was tickling the bare patch of skin on the back of my skull, where my hair had been shorn, where my skin had been peeled back, and where a hole had been drilled from which an exabyte of my life might drain from me at the ... | 1 | |
[WP] You release a new over-the-counter drug on the market: "Pain Reliver." People buy it and use it as an alternative to Tylenol without minding the typo. It isn't a typo. | [
"The lights in his apartment faded in as he opened the door and he sighed as his eyes stung slightly in response. It was one of those days again, though they seemed to come more frequently lately. He sighed as he slid the heavy coat off his shoulders, letting it drop limply onto the floor. He hated himself for that... | 2 | |
[WP] Thanos has been snapping his finger every year to reduce the universe by half as if it were some sort of game. Now, after many years, it is only you and him who remain... | [
"Thanos looks down at the small being. How ironic that this is what remains, the death himself, and the race that thought themselves larger than the universe. The ones who proclaim themselves as peaceful, preservers of life for the future. But, oddly, have never met any other being considered \"intelligent\" in the... | 1 | |
[WP] No matter how many times you save the day, the public have no interest in you as a superhero due to your lack of tragic backstory. Fed up, you decide to fabricate a backstory, only to realise that all the other superheroes are also lying. | [
"“*What*? That’s absolute nonsense, no one is going to believe that!” I crossed my arms across my chest, forehead wrinkled. In front of me stood my newest PR advisor, who was holding a conversation both with me and with someone else on his earpiece. “Look, kid, that’s the stuff people want to hear. You hired me for... | 1 | |
[WP] A soldier with a different kind of immortality - he possesses the man who kills him. | [
"It’s a startling experience. No matter how many times I go through it the impact never lessens, the shell shock never seems gentler, and I never ever get used to it. \n\nI’m stabbed. My hands drip with blood. I’m strangled. My muscles shake from the strain of the force I’m generating to cut off circulation. \n\nI’... | 1 | |
[WP] The scar that covers you from neck to waist was apparently from your birth. Today you were finally brave enough to go to a massage therapist. The therapist begins to cry, and takes off her shirt too. Your scars fit together like puzzle pieces. | [
"The wind howled as the red, orange and yellow leaves swirled around the sidewalk in front of me. I walked down the street hanging my head in shame after another failed date. I thought dating apps were supposed to make everything easier? The only thing they have done for me is increase the rate of rejection. Last w... | 1 | |
[WP] “in hindsight killing everyone in the universe was a bad idea.” | [
"As he sat looking out the cave entrance, he reflected on the past week and everything that he had sacrificed. He had to kill the young woman that he thought of as a daughter, wrought even more destruction to his already devastated home world and now he had a thought that threated to betray him completely. \"H... | 1 | |
[WP] Every species in the galaxy excelled at something. For Humans, it is cooking. Where even the most pathetic chef on earth would be considered the best chef on another planet. So people like Gordon Ramsey are cooking gods. | [
"Blø’x’ön recalled how thrilled he was to be selected for the interstellar bake off. A proud culinary champion of his race, who had produced wonderful tastes and delightful textures out of the most mundane ingredients. The guy next to him was an obese fry chef, that spat in the deep fryer to check if it was hot eno... | 1 | |
[WP] You've watched so many cursed videos on the internet that the curses have started fighting over which one gets to kill you. | [
"Evil Kurt pulled up outside the semi-detached suburban property, and sighed heavily. It was always bored teenagers these days.\n\nHe opened the boot of his old, run-down Toyota Prius and pulled out a large, rusty chainsaw. He turned and made his way slowly towards the back of the property, as he did so, he notice... | 2 | |
[WP] Every day, around the same time, you find yourself humming the same tune. One day, you hear someone else humming along. | [
"My life, the people around me, Margret and her condescending ‘hello’ 9 to 5 everyday, Rick the shit-stain, pestilence of the office — a contemptible man, been stuck in this shit-end job for 25 years, and counting — particularly, his conspicuous ruse, how loathesome, ‘Ofcoarse, anything for you,’ or perpetually r... | 1 | |
[WP] When you die, you find yourself taking off a VR headset to a man saying quite immersive, isn't it? | [
"I was never a religious man.\n\nI had never believed in an after life.\n\nBut even so, I was ready for a rest. Ninety long years were finally about to come to an end, and I have to say I regret nothing. After climbing a mountain you'd want a little rest, right? And not to brag, but if there ever was a life that ha... | 9 | |
[wp] you can move as fast as the Flash but it’ll burn up literally all your energy and kill you. Today is that day. | [
"It had taken me the 20 years of my life to even partially master my ability, as it were. When I came out of the womb, I pushed *myself* out, so fast that I had to alleviate the aftereffects in the NICU for two months. As a child, I'd have momentary bursts of quickness, only to come down with a cold, or unfortuna... | 1 | |
[WP] After a fight with your boyfriend, you hear a muffled voice from under your bed say “I can’t do this no more”. A huge black snake creature comes out from underneath and says “I’m supposed to be scaring you, but I can’t when you come home crying and I feel bad. We’re fixing your life right now.” | [
"Alissa shot up with a start. She coulda sworn she heard something. A creak? \n \nYet silence reigned over the pitch black room. Shadows weaved across the floor from the tree branches outside, the faintest moonlight showing them; black against black. \n \nShe noticed the cupboard on the far side of the room aja... | 3 | |
[WP] You were born with a strange reaction to water. You do not need it to survive. However, when water touches your skin, you transform. You’ve always taken special care. However, one night, on a first date, you get caught in a freak storm. | [
"‘*Shit Shit Shit Shit SHIT*’\n\nIt’s pouring out, and I’m caught outside in public.\n\nIt’s too late. I felt the first drop of the storm hit my skin. I can already feel the water swirling around me as the transformation begins.\n\nPeople are staring, in awe as the water behaves unnaturally. A whirlpool of water *o... | 1 | |
[WP] You finally convince your parents to send you to magic camp. However, when you arrive you discover it's not a camp where you learn sleight of hand, it's a camp for people who are actually magic, and you have no abilities whatsoever. | [
"She realised her mistake as soon as she stepped off the bus and right through a rather pale looking boy in front of her.\n“Sorry” she said sheepishly, moving off to the side as he floated away. Although it took her mind a while to process what she had just seen she knew, knew that there was no way that anything li... | 4 | |
[WP] "They can assimilate me into their hive mind, but they'll never take away my love for you. I will always, always love you." | [
"He said it and I believed him. I really believed love was that strong. I thought that he could hold on. My heart told me that his love was too strong to be torn away and that some semblance of it would stay with him forever.\n\nEven as he spoke those words, the parasite was eating away at him. His head twitched an... | 3 | |
Even if is partially inspired by 1984 the story doesn't have to be set in that particular universe. | [WP] You have committed thought crime and you know that you are already dead. But now a stranger has given to you a letter and has offered you chance to escape the Grid. He could be a spy, but at the same time he's the only chance you have to live. | [
"*I sit on my couch on a bleak August afternoon. Actually, it is in fact quite a beautiful day outside, if you ignore the smog.*\n\n*I don't care though.*\n\n*I have committed thoughtcrime, a heinous crime according to the Party. If you commit a thoughtcrime, it will be known. And you will have signed your death wi... | 1 |
I hope I’ve explained it clearly enough. I had an idea for this sci fi technology but so far no story to go with it. I may have used the wrong terminology, my scientific knowledge is not great | [WP]In the future a new technology revolutionises medicine. Every single atom in a patients body is separated but still connected by electric impulses. Doctors can then walk through them with protective clothing and remove or repair cells on an atomic level. They could even rearrange or add to them. | [
"It was almost like a scene out of a movie in the White House’s Situation Room. Staff frantically rushed around, while the large screen at one end of the room showed the various news broadcasts reporting it. “-an anonymous tip was left that doctors at an alleged secret government facility using the Molecular Separa... | 1 |
[WP] People in heaven are falling from the sky, and people in hell are crawling out of the earth, including one person you thought would be doing the former. | [
"I woke up late that morning when I heard the bizarre news. Dead people are coming back to life, not as flesh eating and brain devouring zombies, but dead people of the past were either falling out of a divine crack from the sky or being spat out of a unholy boiling mud bubble from the ground. The \"Revived\" as wh... | 1 | |
[WP] To everyone's happiness, the world ended at precisely 12:30, just after your lunch break. | [
"Who would have thought that dreams come true? Not me, I’ve been dreaming of the world’s demise since the plague began. That’s exactly what I had been doing on my lunch break, grumbling about life and guzzling gluggy soup. The world had become a miserable place of sickness, natural disasters and economic crisis. I ... | 1 | |
[WP] After a person dies, they end up in the world of a random video game. You wake up in a hospital in a strange city called Yharnam | [
"“Oh yes… Paleblood…” Moments after my death, I open my eyes weakly. I’m in an unfamiliar room. A man in a wheelchair is speaking in an almost soothing voice. “Well, you’ve come to the right place. Yharnam is the home of the blood ministration. You need only unravel its mystery. But, where’s an outsider like yourse... | 1 | |
[WP] Miraculously, one day, all drugs lose their mind-altering properties, all alcohol loses its side effects, and all cigarettes cease to light. The world stands still. | [
"\"Well fuck,\" Johnny sighed, \"what are we going to do now?\" \n\nAshley refusing to give up, kept flicking her lighter towards the circular edge of her American Spirit. \"I don't know man, this is heinous,\" she responded begrudgingly. \n\n\"Hey!\" exclaimed Jake from down the hall, \"my Juul still hits!\" He wa... | 1 | |
[WP] As Class Representative, not only do you have to direct the class... You also have to protect them from the night. | [
"*Student Council used to be simple,* thought Olivia, wielding a baseball bat in the dark school cafeteria. When she had campaigned for class representative, her platform consisted of increasing the budget for prom, playing music at lunch, and other straightforward promises. Those seemed so frivolous now. \n\nShe ... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re the grandparent of a curious five year old, who asks you about the bright blue dot in the night sky. Sitting on your rocker in your hermetically-sealed porch, gazing off at Earth in the starry distance, you explain. | [
"Gramma what is this picture from? Thomas Harrison redman the third was holding in his small hands a strange picture of a pale blue dot against a starry sky. \"Tommy be careful with that! It's a picture from old Earth.\" \"Earth, gramma?\" \"Yes tommy. It's where we are from, all of us. Even the pioneers at New Bei... | 3 | |
[WP] Everyone has a link to one of the ancient gods through their bloodline that grants them supernatural powers, some of which are more common than others. You are the first recorded case of your power. | [
"There was a time when the genes lay dormant in our bloodlines. No one showed any abilities of any kind and the world was a lot less colourful that it is now. \n\nIt all started out with a tiny case in Norway that ended up almost turning into a global crisis. A baby boy, born on a Thursday managing to strike every ... | 1 | |
[WP] "When I grow up, I want to be nothing!" The 5 year old said with a cheerful grin. | [
"\"What do you want to be when you grow up, little boy?\" asked the teacher.\n\n\"When I grow up, I want to be nothing!\" little Jimmy replied.\n\n\"Are you sure you don't want to be a teacher?\" the teacher replied, \"We help people to learn! We prepare them for life, and give them knowledge!\"\n\n\"Nope!\" Jimmy ... | 1 | |
[WP] A popular MMO, after a highly successful run, finally shuts down after many years. The fantasy world is thrown into absolute chaos as thousands of powerful heroes, the players, suddenly cease existing altogether. | [
"Jack the cheesemonger stared down the empty streets and shook his head. Where were all the customers? Had another great disaster occured, calling the heroes that filled the streets away? Jack had seen such lulls in business before, but sooner or later the heroes returned, a new shipment of cheese from the new land... | 1 | |
[WP] The Burger King has set foot in Australia, claiming his title as undisputable. The Queen decides to challenge him to ritual combat so that she may reclaim her dominion. | [
"No, no, this is just madness, I... I ca... I won't do this! — mumbled Jack taking his mask off once again.\n\n\nWe've had this conversation a thousand times for the last few months, mate — told him Matt with a sigh — this sure is bloody silly but you've signed the papers, and now seppos are gonna sue the pants of... | 1 |
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