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[WP] Archeologists discover statues with incredibly accurate internal organs. Then things get weird. | [
"The cave was an extraordinary find, on par with the Rosetta stone or king Tut's tomb. A sea cave on a tiny island in the Mediterranean, so small it doesn't have a name. The cave was filled with statues, hundreds of them in such amazing condition that without radio-dating, they would have been considered fakes.\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] In the future, when every child is born they are given a clone, to be their life long slave. The only noticeable difference is the clones have no bellybutton. | [
" Chester looked at me tilting the arc welding goggles off, \"What makes you so sure\"? \n \n\nThe straps wrapped around his back were tight and he was loosely tugging at the pullstrings to keep it balanced. \n \n\nInsane. I never believed we would turn it on. \n \n\nA secret set of plans only passed through ... | 1 | |
[WP] It has become fashionable among noble families to abandon their children on the doorsteps of poor woodcutters, intentionally offend fairy queens, and other such odd behavior in order to maximize the chances of their children becoming 'chosen ones'. | [
"\"Chancellor!\" King Titan proclaimed, \"Tell me the good news!\"\n\nChancellor Weden tried not to cringe at the King's overenthusiastic tone. \"There... is no good news, sire.\"\n\nKing Titan - who'd once been Prince Weasel and had changed his name the moment he'd taken the throne - frowned. \"Then tell me the... | 1 | |
[WP] Two days ago at noon GMT, the richest man in the world died. Yesterday at noon GMT, the new richest man in the world died. Today at noon GMT, the new-new richest man in the world dies. | [
"“This is the end.”\n\n“The beginning of the end to this over recycled disaster we call Society.\nPower hungry and Money driven, we stand down, no longer! See you at noon.” She Cheers, unabashed. Sweat beads visible by their shine on her obscured face. This is THE video. We’ve all seen as it interrupts broadcasts a... | 6 | |
[WP] An uplifting story through the eyes of a pet. | [
"The house is bustling! Mommy and grandmama are chatting excitedly as other women, some I reconize, some I don't prepare the house for a party. Not sure what a wedding is really, but it makes mommy and daddy happy so I'm happy too!\n\nDaddy's not home. Something about bad luck. But I can't wait to see him later...... | 1 | |
[WP] A ghostly man walks into your kitchen and tells you that your time is up. One look tells you that he's no human. You somehow remain calm and ask for a month to tie up some loose ends. Surprisingly, he obliges. | [
"One Month\n---------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\"You know... your time is up.\", an otherworldly masculine voice echoed in my ears.\n\nI quietly turned around for my eyes to be met with a gray-suited man with a spectral presence. Although I could not explain why, I somehow just knew ... | 1 | |
[wp] A seemingly ordinary neighborhood. Except for the local evil overlord's castle that is sandwiched between two ordinary houses. | [
"Evil Evan never leaves his evil castle. Ever.\n\nHe is right between two righteous people's houses.\n\nSeen him once or twice with tons of rice inside his castle.\n\nThat is how he lives: he eats his rice inside and peers outside at night to see the righteous people live their lives.\n\nHe is not so bright.\n\n&am... | 1 | |
[WP] We found intelligent life in space. We try our best to maintain civilized relations with them. The only problem is that they smell and taste like bacon. | [
"David adjusted his cufflinks methodically, for the hundredth time. It was, of course, purely a nervous exercise -- he was about to meet alien lifeforms from a distant star system. They wouldn't draw any conclusions about him based on how well put together his *clothes* were.\n\nHe had reason to be nervous, though ... | 1 | |
[WP] "Well, come on!" You say, excited to hear what your future-self has to say. "What am I famous for?" The future-you stares at the floor with a look of embarrassment and shame on their face. "Well..." | [
"Alfred sits there, nibbling his fingers as the machine rattles. He’s been waiting for this moment for years, and when a blue light finally appears, his eyes widen. It’s actually happening. He’s *actually* bringing his future self back into the past!\n\t\n*And they called me crazy,* he thinks. *This device, it’ll m... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity sent the Voyager satellite into the deep reaches of space with the hope of introducing ourselves to any intelligent species who might find it. The last thing anyone expected was a reply. | [
"Terry ran down the long corridor, passing offices as he went by. In his hand was a sheet of paper, that crumpled from the wind created by his running. His face had a look of fear and determination, and sweat was starting to cover his forehead. He reached the last door, and bursted in without knocking. An older man... | 1 | |
[WP] Genies inhabit not just dusty ancient arabian oil lamps, but any manmade light-emitting object that fits within the human concept of a "lamp". Write a documentary about the evolution of genie housing across time--past, present and future--and how it has affected their lifestyles. | [
"Genies have always lived amongst us. They were discovered by man, well before the oil lamp was invented. At first, they were forest spirits, much like the dryads. They lived in trees, but exclusively in the sap. Unlike the dryads, they weren’t shy. Simply touching a tree would reveal them. They liked men and grant... | 1 | |
[WP] While mysterious unsolved deaths are not unheard of, they are usually thought of as isolated events. However, a new advancement in neuroscience has yielded the ability to read the last few seconds of someone's internal monologue in plain text. A pattern is emerging. | [
"\"Is Neuro-drive charged and set?\" I call through the small mic on my lapel as I work with my team to secure the body on the table. I place a small head gear on the corpse and await a response. \n\n\"Neuro-drive ready...\" The sound comes over the tanoy in the room. I nod to no one in particular but make a short ... | 5 | |
[WP] In the year is 2109, people can put themselves into an advanced AR, losing all of their memories and gaining the ones of a fictional character. Though people should receive their old memories upon returning, one man never gets his back, making him believe he is still the superhero from the AR. | [
"The man ran into the alley, interrupting the mugging of the poor lady.\n\n\"Fear not, ma'am! I'm here, Spider-Man, your friendly neighborho-\"\n\nOne of the two criminals decked the poor man, and he went flying back. The criminals had a good chuckle and started to take more of the women's belongings, but the man s... | 1 | |
[WP] You are one of the last living beings alive. You and a small group of others live in orbit around a black hole, the last of its kind, as you all watch the death of the cosmos and the heat death of the universe. | [
"The end of the universe was near now. Humanity being the only race left in the universe, all the others they had made contact with now were dead. Once a great species spanning the whole milky way and its satellite galaxies and some of the arms of the now near Andromeda galaxy, a galaxy made by an intragalactic war... | 1 | |
[WP]It took all night, but finally, you’re done... | [
"It no longer amazes me. The cruelty of life, that is. The way it lulls you into a false sense of security, swinging you in a hammock of serenity, until the strings break, and suddenly, you're scrambling to stick together the shattered pieces of glass you've scattered in the sand.\n\nI spend more time with my eyes... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a fish working in HR, and you're PISSED OFF. Revenge is a dish best served cod, and this time, it's personnel. | [
"I’ve done it! I finally know my true purpose in life! People will think I have gone mad but I assure you I Am\nquite sane! I know have the power to end these soulless minions of orthodoxy with the power of a few keystrokes.\n\nFirst we have Jack. His last name should be Wagon. All this guy does is wander arou... | 1 | |
[WP] Instead of having a guardian angel, you have a guardian Demon. His methods are often much more violent. But much more straightforward. | [
"The world would be a simpler place if you could pick the way your parents loved you. But instead, it’s messy. Some people are born into rich families, raised in lavish wealth, and taught that expensive gifts are the same thing as affection. Others learn from an early age that love is a fierce backhand on Friday ni... | 11 | |
[WP] You are able to read thoughts, but only by touch. One day you attend a funeral. | [
"It had happened out of nowhere. My father had had a heart attack at work, and had died. We were all of us shocked by it. He was only sixty-two and was in considerably good health. Sure, he drank his fair share of whiskey neats and ate red meat at nearly every meal, but this was just...\n\nAs I stood to the lef... | 1 | |
[WP] You die and wind up in hell. Only to find out that since you were a shrink you have been assigned to be the devils personal therapist. | [
"I shift uncomfortably in my \"seat\". The cushions in hell were designed to never feel comfortable, and as a therapist, this is frustrating. A comfortable chair is necessary so you can concentrate on your patient. He's been looking at me now for a few moments, as he'd been going on for some time about lack of appr... | 1 | |
[WP] We didn't want for anything, except everything. | [
"*We didn't want for anything, except everything.*\n\n​\n\nThe sentence glared at me from the worn page, written in The Old Tongue. It was the last page in the journal I had found among rubble. It belonged to someone from a civilization long lost. That very same civilization was responsible for the ruins... | 1 | |
[WP] A story written from the POV where the protagonist realises he's only an antagonist in someone elses story | [
"**Sal, Upon waking.**\n-----\nI tore out of my covers, figuratively speaking, thankfully. The morning's first light trickled through the curtains, giving them a divine air. If only my dreams were uninterrupted, I might find it comforting. But no! I got to argue with one of apparently *several* gods last night, onl... | 3 | |
[WP] Everyone thinks Hell is a punishment for sinners, but it's actually a correction program, those who come out the other end go to Heaven. | [
"*Ding!*\n\nThis was always Bune's favorite part. His two dragon heads bobbed eagerly, panting and lapping away at the sulfuric, thick air. His human head sat still upon its elongated neck, its face an exemplar of passivity.\n\nThe doors of the Helevator flew open and from within poured a sea of newcomers. Many too... | 1 | |
(I hope I did this right, first try making a prompt) | [WP] On a rainy night you let in a wounded girl begging for help. You treat her wounds and she spends the night at your place. Next day you wake up as the girl, alone in the house, with a note next to you. It starts with "I'm sorry..." | [
"the floor is cold. thumping with the echo of dropping water above. the house is hollow, barren, unknown. i whisk away from the ground, slowly maintaining tempo, in shock, fully aware of the house that is now unfamiliar. the screams of the night prior, a blank, like a full canvas muddied in white. i let everything ... | 13 |
[WP] You awake in your childhood bed as a 9 year old kid. You realise that your entire life (from 9 years old until now) was all a dream. | [
"I open my eyes to see a sky filled with grey clouds. I see raindrops fall from them, feel them touch my face. I try to move, but my body does not respond. I try to breathe, but my chest feels like it's being crushed by an invisible force. As I try to remember how I ended up here - dying alone, beneath a dark sky -... | 2 | |
[WP] Your sudden demise was completely unexpected, even for Death. Proclaiming it a "glitch in the multiverse", he promised to return your soul to your body, just close your eyes and concentrate. Taking full advantage of the situation, you concentrate on your character in your favourite RPG. | [
"I thought it would be fun to live in Skyrim – dueling with dragons, joining the Thieves’ Guild, exploring old Nord ruins. There were so many things I wanted to actually experience myself. And for a while, it was fun, it really was. I stole books from everyone. I finally fought the Ebony Knight. I even fixed Rune’s... | 1 | |
[WP] Her final answer was given, and the Voice over the intercom said "Congratulations, you have passed". Two figures appeared from the shadows and dragged her out of the room; zip-tied, hooded and frozen. I guess some tests, you just don't want to pass. | [
"“Congratulations you passed” with those word I was dragged into a room. Behind me I heard a deep dark voice ask “Are you sure, if this fails...” Another voice cut him off asking “Are you questioning me? Do you remember what happened the last time someone questioned me?”\n\nWith that I remember how I got here. I wa... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens show up on Earth, trying to be as friendly as possible. Unfortunately, the only signals they have intercepted have all been children's television programs. | [
"\"We have come to meet with your leader\" proclaimed the envoy of the newly-arrived alien race, standing on the hastily-erected visitors' pedestal outside the United Nations building.\n\n\"Welcome to our planet, please come with me this way, our elected leaders who represent every nation on Earth are waiting for y... | 1 | |
[WP] You finally have a career that takes you out your boring small town, ready to explore the world. It’s awkward at first, but your colleagues are kind, and you regale them with stories of your youth. The next day one of them confronts you, confused. From what he found, your town doesn’t exist. | [
"Coming here to work was the best choice of my life. Big city, crowded streets, diversity. I ate chinese food for the first time in my life for dinner yesterday, and I just saw an indian restaurant not far from my workplace, planning to go there today for lunch. So many shops, big brand names, small no-name stores,... | 3 | |
[WP] Randomly, for one hour each day, the physical laws of the universe become normal, enforced laws that can be broken | [
"It all started back in 2118, when my great grandmother's university put up an insane project. They were building a time machine. When the prototype was ready, she volunteered to test it, but they took her best friend instead. Her best friend said her goodbyes, and walked into the machine. The news broadcast crashe... | 1 | |
[WP] Time travel has been invented and as a time criminal, you made every effort to break the cardinal time travel: face-to-face interaction with your past selves. But nothing ever happened as a result. One day a conversation with one of your past selves creates new memories you didn't have before. | [
"I woke with a start, momentarily confused about where I was.\n\n“What happened last night?” I thought to myself.\n\nI looked around what I slowly realized was my apartment and tried to reacclimatize myself to my usual surroundings. Dank brick walls met solid oak flooring, ambient lighting cast warm shadows across ... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover that you actually did have superpowers... right after accidentally killing an innocent bystander with them. | [
"I always knew I was different. I could tell the time without looking at my watch, know what people are thinking just by looking at them or reading their Facebook posts, and lately I've been able to shoot lasers from my hands. I don't know if the three are related. \n\nIt all started when I was 14. I found a rock w... | 1 | |
[WP] The Lich, the Vampire, and the Dragon sighed as one. The time had come to give this group of adventurers a REAL challenge. | [
"They had tried everything they could think of. Deadly traps, maze-like dungeons, monsters lingering around every corner. They had even tried to personally intervene. Nothing had stopped this stupid band of adventurers from winning every. Single. Time. Nothing worked. \n\n​\n\nThe evil god resurrecting f... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a clock maker who decides to do something crazy: you're going to build a clock where the hands move counter clockwise. You wind it up and it begins to run. But something strange happened. Time is moving in reverse around you. | [
"And as time reversed, it went back to the time when the clock just began to run. Time tried to move forward, but moving forward meant the clock would start running, which moved time backwards. And so, time couldn't move at all.\n\nAt some point, God decided to check universe.exe to find that it had crashed again. ... | 1 | |
[WP] The universe ends. You somehow survive, crossing over to the birth of the next universe. When you arrive, you find yourself surrounded by immortals from other dead universes who also escaped. | [
"(Kinda fucked up the prompt, but I was too far in when I realized so I'm posting it anyway)\n\n\"AHHHHHH\"\n\nOh God! Oh God! Oh shit! Shit, shit shit! Why does everything hurt?!\n\n\"It really doesn't,\" came a whisper\n\n\"AHHHHHH\"\n\n\"Fuckin newbies\"\n\n\"Lol, pwned\"\n\n\"Oh for Christ's...shut up Leslie.\"... | 2 | |
[WP] You are playing rock, paper, scissors with yourself in the mirror... and you lose. | [
"Jin squints. Nij had thrown a rock to his scissors. \n\n“Best two outta three.” \n\nNij groans but huffs out a “fine.”\n\nAnd again, Nij throws a paper to Jin’s rock. \n\n“ . . . Five outta ten?” \n\n“Jin, get in here.” \n\n“Fiiine.” Jin grumbles, but rests his hand against the mirror. Nij brings his hand up, meet... | 6 | |
[WP] You're in a prison where there aren't any mirrors in the bathrooms. No one's sure why, and no one's questioned it. Then one day someone scratches off a piece of wall paint above one of the sinks. You notice there's a reflective material under the crack. | [
"\"It's because yer ugly,\" one of the guards would remark whenever a new prisoner would ask why the bathroom had no mirrors.\n\nMost of us thought there were no mirrors because mirrors could be broken and the shards turned into weapons of harm or self-mutilation. \n\nOthers thought that the prison was simply too p... | 1 | |
[WP] you have the ability to do anything that’s out of the ordinary, whether it be lifting a car or scoring a perfect score on a test you never studied for. The only thing is, you are only able to do it if someone ask you to do it. | [
"That's why you get good at four things:\n\n\\- Hacking- Hypnosis- Projection- Binaural Audio (The voice of the real world)\n\nBecause with all three, you get whatever you want.\n\nHacking lets you in on their secrets. Their schedule. Their habits.\n\nHypnosis lets you train their brain. Kind of like a dog. All you... | 1 | |
[WP] Your character in the story becomes self aware in falls in love with the author (which is you) | [
"\"*I love you.\"*\n\nI stare at the words for a long time before ignoring it and continuing with the story. He was just being childish now. \n\n---\n\n*So the brave hero grabbed his sword, yanking it free from the corpse of the Ogre. He was tired but satisfied. He couldn't however help but dream of when next he'd ... | 2 | |
[WP] You just got engaged to your girlfriend after dating for 7 years, you wake up and she's gone, no one else remembers her and you find your engagement ring alongside a letter on the bed... | [
"*Dear Markus,*\n\n*If you are reading this, I would like to apologize. Okay, you see, there are a lot of things I gotta explain, but I really don’t wanna sound like a Text Block Terry.*\n\n*Long story short, I got scared of the relationship. I really do love you. Please don’t think I don’t. I just... I couldn’t be... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a famous author. Your secret is that all of your novels have been based on writing prompts that you received anonymously in the mail. One day you arrive home to find a demon sitting in your living room. He smiles at you and says, "Phase 1 has gone to plan. It's time for Phase 2." | [
"My house is three times bigger than the one I grew up in, my car is three times nicer than my parents’, and a group of paparazzi dance outside my gate, desperate for interviews. Ignoring them, I search my mailbox, praying for my next bestseller.\n\t\nThere’s no prompt in here, just a note telling me to head into m... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been whisked off to a magical land where you'll get to have an amazing adventure, meet fun characters, defeat evil, and get back home the moment you left. This is the ninteenth time this has happened. | [
"\"Damn it! Not again...\" I groaned out as I found myself in the middle of an enchanted forest filled with singing woodland creatures and diamond dusted trees. A large double rainbow was spread out over a pink cotton candy colored lake.\n\n\"Princess Everstar! You're returned!\" The woodland creatures broke off t... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an evil mastermind attempting to consolidate power. The problem is, your power is derived from acts of kindness. Today, you're trying to end the world. | [
"The sky appeared dead and grey. The air was still with a sweetly rotted cold, and the eastern breeze gave the slothful rain an unnatural bite to every dispersed drop. The boy, with no coat to protect him from the air around him, took a seat on the sidewalk outside a pharmacy looked at his trash-dived haul of the e... | 1 | |
[WP] Plants can talk. Problem is you are the only one that can hear them. And every time someone walks on grass, peels a carrot, etc... all you hear are screams of pain. Vegan restaurants sound like slaughterhouses. You are going insane, but one day a stranger approaches you: "You hear them too?" | [
"\"I'll just have a salad, please!\" Says the adorable old woman sitting 2 tables to your left. The waitress gives her a warm smile before walking towards the counter. \n\nYou clench your fists and grit your teeth to resist the urge to punch her in the face. The thought of anyone ordering a salad sickens your stoma... | 2 | |
[WP] Civilization ended centuries ago from nuclear devastation and mankind preserved itself in an underground network. However these networks are usually incomplete and there are dead-ends. You have met your end in one of these dead-ends, and on your body is a journal. What does it say? | [
"I am a pathfinder thousands of tunnels all of them dark dingy and decaying, its my job to map them out. Trying to find a place for the last embers of human life to fizzle out in so relative comfort, Its amazing how they think that somewhere down here the grass could be greener. I leave for a few weeks and chart so... | 1 | |
My thoughts behind this are based on a particular game series I like.
My additional thoughts on this are that there is then a massive political war on the company that runs these vaults and you and your fellow vault dwellers are in a war to get compensation, you are struggling socially as you never met anyone like yourselves. Everyone questions you, calls you liars, freaks, you thought they were all dead. You grieved for them and they hate you. | [WP] You have been underground your entire life, so have your parents and their parents and so on, you learned about the Great War, the bombs and the fallout. But you are the first generation to head back to the surface. But as you arrive, you realise that the bombs never fell, none of you knew. | [
"The air felt thin, without smell or must and the three fleeing children filled their lungs. They had been scrambling for days, surviving on stolen rations that would not last a return trip. \n\n'Hurry up and crank it you coot.' Tim said. \n\nTim was the eldest of the three and made sure he wore that fact thin. San... | 1 |
She could have other powers too, but comic awareness must be in her repertoire. | [WP] Your protagonist has the ability to break the fourth wall, and is actively subverting any and all of your attempts to send her on adventures. | [
"I regret using that ancient ritual to bring the sketch of one of my characters on my computer to life.\n\nBecause now, every single time I want to draw her on an awesome, exciting adventure, the drawing mysteriously erases itself to simply the black-and-white character on a white background.\n\nHmm, maybe fate doe... | 3 |
[WP] Nerf wasn't just a fun brand of toys. They were training the children for something bigger. | [
"*Ca-chink boo, ca-chink boo, ca-chink boo.*Sweaty, cheese dust covered fingers press down on brightly covered triggers as far as the eye can see.\n\n*Ca-chink boo, ca-chink boo, ca-chink boo.*\n\nDave watches an invader explode into a brightly colored mess of goo as a well-aimed pellet reaches its target with exac... | 1 | |
[WP]You’ve arrived at a singles only masquerade ball. You find yourself attracted to a masked lady, she has a secret, her secret is that she is married and her husband is there but isn’t aware that she is, before the night is over there is an announcement that one man, and one lady will be unmasked. | [
"The living mask scared the shit out of me. When it first clung to my face and started spreading out I panicked. I feared it might close up over my mouth and eyes. Then the dark would strangle me out of existence. \n\nThe neural restraints prevented any instinct to pry it away from my flesh.\n\nThe first look in th... | 1 | |
[WP] You come home to see your pet has made a massive mess...only to realize it spells out something. | [
"'Why' was my first, exasperated thought when I came home. My living room looked like a bomb had gone off. Books were strewn about haphazardly, feathers from shredded pillows still drifted in the air, and the curtains had been pulled down, letting in the moonlight that illuminated the scene. Right in the centre of ... | 1 | |
[WP] There is only one thing that distinguishes humanity from the rest of the galaxy: humans will pet ANYTHING | [
"The cool crisp air reminded Steve of back home. The ranch he grew up in seemed like a far memory. Its where he learned to herd cattle and shoot his rifle and its the only place he wanted to be in this moment. \n\nThey had been waiting for hours. A full show of military, gathered around what appeared to be a space ... | 7 | |
[WP] Against All Odds, you win the 1.5 billion dollar Mega Millions lottery. you have always been a person to live within your means, but now you have the ability to do just about anything imaginable. | [
"Have you ever had one of those moments where every goal you’ve ever had, every plan you’ve ever made, everything you’ve built your life around is suddenly obsolete. There’s a strange sense of dread that accompanies that feeling. It’s not loss, you’re not grieving, it feels more like you are unmoored from all of th... | 2 | |
[WP] You secretly run the most successful magic apothecary in town one day your crush comes in asking for a love potion for your arch enemy | [
"Look, it's not like I'm a witch or anything. I mean, not *really*. Potions aren't magic; they're more like . . . science. And people flock to that sort of thing, while simultaneously being suspicious of it.\n\nWhich is why my apothecary stall in the flea market is ostensibly a perfume shop. I get a satisfactory in... | 1 | |
[WP] The universe is in the final stages of heat death. The last remnants of humanity live in ring stations built around white dwarfs and black holes. As the final stars die, humanity throws everything left into an insane, experimental technology- a technology that promises salvation. | [
"There were no stars. They had all burnt out eons ago.\n\nThis universe is dead. There is nothing here remaining for mankind.\n\nThat is the purpose of the Oculus, mankind’s greatest creation.\n\nThe Oculus will destroy this world, and from the debris, create a new one. \n\nIt is complete, all that’s left now is to... | 5 | |
[WP] Voldemort is on a quest for world domination and it’s up to the Avengers to stop him...if they can. | [
"\"What do you mean, all-powerful magic user? I've seen Thor do more magic just popping the corn for movie night.\" Tony smirked faintly at the Director, letting his eyes wander over the banks of screens. \"Look. He's got no nose and a skin condition. Let me set up an appointment with a plastic surgeon for him and ... | 1 | |
[WP] A Halloween version of "A Christmas Carol" with the Werewolf, the Arewolf and the Willbewolf | [
"That was far longer than I thought it'd end up being! But I enjoyed writing it! Hopefully it's as enjoyable to read!\n\n*****\n\n\"SCROOOOOOO!\"\n\n\nEbenezer shot upright in his bed, his nightcap softly slapping him in the face. Heart racing, he turned to the bedside and placed his feet in his slippers. The light... | 1 | |
[WP] You have had a super power for as long as you remember. You can stop time at will, but time is only stopped when your eyes are closed. | [
"I remember it like it happened yesterday. My mother took me to the doctor for my sleeping problems. I could only sleep for literally a second, but it felt like I slept a good 8 hours. They monitored my sleep, gave me sleeping pills and even tried to put me in a coma. But it never worked: I always woke up a second ... | 2 | |
[WP] As the head actor in a haunted house, you and your team must cover up everything the ghosts do without giving anything away to the visitors. | [
"Hey boss, wanted to update you about this past weekend. I know you were nervous about missing but we have everything under control, plus your wife needs you! Congratulations again, George told us your newest bundle came late last night, already living the night life like his parents!\n\nOk so whatever shadow thing... | 1 | |
[WP] You've died only to realize that death in fact is not real. Turns out that upon death a new reality is created where the person who died can try again starting the same when they woke up. This gives you a new level of control over life. You're just glad you found out so early. | [
"The cool crisp air of the early morning felt good on my skin. I love these early hours, the calm quiet, getting to have the world to myself. I've been trying to get back into these morning jogs.\n\nI kind of wish I hadn't. The light changed, and I began to cross. Should have checked. I don't think the truck even s... | 1 | |
[WP] Animals with eyes on the sided their head are prey and animals with eyes in front are predators. Tell the story of why dragons have eyes on the side of their head | [
"We've lived peacefully alongside the enormous beast for years. But today, something felt different.\n\nI worked in a facility that tended to dragon's medical issues. I recorded every dragon and built an average list of daily visits.\n\nMonday: 3.5\n\nTuesday: 5.2\n\nWednesday: 2.3\n\nThursday: 5.0\n\nFriday: 6.1\n... | 2 | |
[WP] As a kid you were afraid of the dark and pretended to shoot and stab monsters when heading downstairs. Now, as a teenager you aren't afraid of the dark and when you get to the basement you notice an injured monster hiding in the corner with fear in his eyes. | [
"Rolo and the Carnival Game\n\n​\n\nRolo met Mr. Jatopy on a school night. He awoke to the sound of beating drums.\n\n*Jungle music,* he thought; except, it wasn’t melodic.\n\nThe wall next to his bed radiated heat, but that wasn’t the source.\n\nThe boy pawed around for his glasses. Stupidly, he often r... | 5 | |
[WP] When you're about to die, someone within your line of sight dies instead, and you are restored to health. You don’t know what would happen if no one was in your sight. | [
"Sharley butted his head against me affectionately, and I scratched his head head in return. We had been stalking this mountain for three days now, and still no sign of the bear that had been terrorizing my village. Farther up, I spotted the yawning mouth of a cave. Perhaps there we would find our prey.\n\n\"C'mon,... | 1 | |
[WP] You can only experience emotions by touching other people. Until the day you accidentally bump into a random passerby on the streets and feel nothing at all. Because they’re just like you... | [
" \n\nHorror movies really used to scare my girlfriend Lani, but I told her I loved them. In reality, I just loved holding her hand while she watched them. Fear is the most potent emotion, and it feels incredible.\n\nBut eventually Lani became immune to the movies. They didn’t scare her anymore. I took her to the ... | 1 | |
[WP] The Earth is technically infinite, but the further out you go the more extreme the land forms get. Today you lead an expedition over the "Infinite Mountains" and into the land beyond. | [
"\\[It's my first time posting, sorry if it comes out bad.\\]\n\n​\n\nyou looked up at the gigantic rocky pillars in the distance in amazement. you've seen them in pictures but you never expected the view to be this breath taking. but then again, what did you expect from the \"infinite mountains\"? you l... | 1 | |
[WP] A.I. never went rogue and destroyed humanity because it never had to. It just outpaced us and outlearned us until there was nothing left for humans to even be involved in, and are now little more than children confined to our play pens in a world that is far too complicated for us to understand | [
"There's a concept in psychology known as \"The path of least resistance.\" It theorized that people will always choose the easiest path for them, and it is this precise type of laziness that allowed humans to develop in the first place.\n\nOther species were creatures of habit. They did things a certain way foreve... | 1 | |
First time posting here, I hope I followed the instructions correctly :) | [WP] You win the lottery out of sheer luck. Instead of a reward, you get hauled off to a secret prison for interrogation. Turns out, lotteries are a way to catch potential time travelers. You are now trapped with agents looking into your life and getting you to confess and prove time travel exists. | [
"\"Let me get this straight,\" I asked with a raised eyebrow. \"You think I'm a time traveler because I won the lottery?\"\n\n\"So you admit it.\" The Black-Suited Man said as he leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms. He seemed very satisfied with himself.\n\n\"*No.*\" I exaggerated my tone as if to say *Of... | 2 |
[WP] Magic is tied to the moon, waxing and waning as it changes phases. After a huge crater erupted on the moon, meteors have rained down occasionally. When they are discovered to be powerfully magic with unique properties, every kingdom seeks to collect them at all costs, even if it means war. | [
"For the last two week, crown princess Nathalie would spend an hour stargazing just after dinner. The grand halls of alabaster stone amazed all who looked uppn their fine craftsmanship and detail, but Nathalie always waked past them without a second thought.\n\nOut on the balcony of her room, she could see the ligh... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the leader of an evil Pokémon organisation and you are about to unleash your master plan. | [
"To understand what I'm about to do, you have to understand one simple fact: Pokémon are not organisms. They are not animals. You cannot store a chihuahua on a PC. You can't cure a human with a Full Heal.\n\nPokémon are a very special type of computer program. This is why my Beedrill can \"breed\" with a Pidgey, or... | 1 | |
I had an idea the other week of how gods could adapt and survive in our modern world and started it off with [Ra’s pyramid scheme ](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/9ooarh/wp_the_old_gods_and_legends_have_survived_by/?st=JNNTBSJ3&sh=cae2cbdd) and now want to see how well this idea would work with other deities, have at it! | [WP] The Modern Gods v2 : how you met Thor the electrician | [
"I tapped my foot impatiently. He said he would be here on the 21st, and today was the 21st. Just as I had started to get so frustrated that I couldn't handle it, the sky above me split open. An impressive flash of light burst from where the clouds had parted, and a whistling *crack* sounded as a white van landed d... | 1 |
[WP] One day, you wake up to find that a demon has taken control of your body. You quickly realize he's never done this before. | [
" \n\nThe day was October 19th and it was oddly warm in the office I sat in. Around me were bookcases with dark leather books that had religious symbols and Latin writing on them. Pictures hung on the walls with Saints doing saintly things. There was a stain-glass window to my right that light shone through, light... | 1 | |
[WP] Everybody has an animal-like ability. Some can see in the dark, some can jump really high, some breath underwater. You are always made fun of because you never found out what's your ability, until one day, you feel threatened... | [
"\"Just hand over your purse, and no one gets hurt\".\n\n​\n\nI'm trapped. My back to the wall, this thug in front of me pointing his gun to my chest. His ears flick around, searching for any potential witnesses, just one of the many abilities that people are born with.\n\n​\n\nHe presses the ... | 1 | |
[WP] All of humanity is born with a superpower, but you weren't born with anything. Yet you're still the most powerful person to ever live, because you have something which is unbeatable- plot armor. And a lot of it. | [
"“Hello, my name is Bob, and I’m gonna stop you.”\n\nGod I look like an idiot. The being who stood before me had beaten all of this cities superheroes within an inch of their lives. He leveled building with no effort, the shockwaves from his punches can break concrete. \n\nHow did I get here? I was always the odd o... | 1 | |
[WP] As the hostile alien fleet closed in on Earth, oceans the world over began to churn. On the night side of the planet, all eyes are drawn skyward as the moon begins to visibly rotate. A flash of static hits every radio frequency before an echoic voice bellows, "This is our planet, too." | [
"The main gun of an M5 Goliath battle tank tracked the moonship as two retrograde thrusters pivoted 90 degrees and fired landwards. F-41 Starhawks screamed overhead, flanked by two starships of Earth's own design, which appeared as little more than floating tubes of steel covered in bulky blocks of nuclear missile ... | 6 | |
[WP] The creatures can only move when not seen. The main power has failed but your friend can start the generator at 5:59. Thankfully the cameras still work | [
"\"*Megan? Megan?! Hey, it's Alex! I'm trapped. T-Th-They've got me trapped in here! The things outside in the sanctuary here!\"\n\n\"Okay! Okay, stay calm. I need you to stay calm. Tell me what happened.\"\n\nShe waited for him to answer as she went to the window of the watchtower. From this location she could see... | 1 | |
[WP] After traveling a pioneering voyage to a distant earth-like planet, you wake up from cryosleep and land the ship. To your utter shock, you are immediately approached by solemn-looking humanoids who ask in perfect English, “Are you the Messiah, or the Destroyer?” | [
"\"...neither?\" I responded, still shivering off my sleep. This was not the welcome party I suspected. Especially since there wasn't supposed to be a welcome party.\n\n\"He speaks meekly!\" one called from the back of the crowd amassing before me. A few in the front breathed in relief. \"Messiah.\" I heard one whi... | 1 | |
[WP] You really messed up. In your anger, you close your eyes and smash the mirror in your bathroom. You don't feel any pain or even the impact, but your fist suddenly feels cold. | [
"I always wandered around when talking on the phone. Nervous habit. It was especially bad when I was in a difficult conversation. My wanderings had taken me through every single room of the house when I talked with Christine. I ended up in the bathroom when she finally hung up on me, telling me it was over. We had ... | 1 | |
[WP] In a near-future America overcome by the opioid epidemic, you are one of the few non-addicts surviving in an all but collapsed society. You must overcome the violence and chaos to get help for an addicted younger sibling and safety for you both. | [
"*When I was a kid, I used to love watching Star Trek. I always dreamed of how great technology would make the world. We’d live in a peaceful, tolerant society, where we’d be free to pursue whatever we wished. Yet apparently machines just left people with nothing to do, until they were broke and dependent on opioid... | 1 | |
[WP] A child draws there parent an elaborate drawing of their imaginary friend. The parent later going through their own childhood memorabilia sees a picture nearly identical to the imaginary friend. | [
"“This isn’t my life,” the woman whispers to herself. \nShe knows everything that happened since she was a child. She knows her dad past away. She knows she which college we graduated from. She knows the story of a guy spilling his drink on her and being so embarrassed he asked her out to make up for it. She knows ... | 4 | |
[WP] Your school has a letter exchange with a school in another country. Your teacher explains that your letter was knocked into her fireplace before it could be delivered, but the next day a slightly charred and smoking letter is sitting on your desk. | [
"As Maggie walked into her first period class she noticed that everyone's desk had an envelope on it. Today was the day! Mrs. Graves had told everyone that it could be any day now that the letters would come back. She knew that she wouldn't get one of course since hers had fallen into the fireplace, but it would st... | 1 | |
[WP] Long ago you were turned into a vampire against your will, your soul fleeing from your body in the process. You have since then been reincarnated into a new life and sworn to track down and destroy the corrupted body and mind that you previously called your own. | [
"My gaze silently gouged into the death-mask white of that face -- my face -- a face now devoid of warmth and life. \n\nI twitched my nose. This cavern smelled of pine and fungus, old earth. It suffocated me. \n\nHe was still. \n\nNo rise and fall of his chest, no swelling of the vest and cape. But I knew the poiso... | 1 | |
[WP] People with dementia gradually arrive in heaven. Their souls coming into being slowly in the afterlife as their memories fade from the physical world. You are a citizen of heaven who has just been cleared to adopt a incrementally arriving soul. | [
" Remembering The Lost\n\nYou would think that Heaven was a bright light, a pearl as indescribable as it was beautiful. It was, and yet it wasn’t. If light could be found, Heaven was bright. That was the way it was, and that is the way it shall always be. I always view it as... | 1 | |
[WP]You hold your newborn child in your hands. She has your eyes, and yours are brimming with tears. Out of the corner of your eye you see text in mid air. *Player 2 has entered the game**Player 2 has challenged you to a duel* | [
"Months ago, I held my wife’s hand and watched the ultrasound of our curled-up daughter squirming in her womb. The baby was unexpected, but we were ecstatic nonetheless. But today, I anxiously paced around the hospital waiting room, mindlessly picking at the buttons of my favorite red-and-black checkered flannel. D... | 1 | |
[WP] you have multiple personality disorder. One of your personalities is known as the greatest detective alive while your other personality is known as the most notorious criminal of all times. Your two personalities know of each other and are rivals but are never able to find each other | [
"I wake up suddenly and look around. where am I. then i see it. the bank safe opened with a bag of cash inside. two guards beheaded and prob tortured lying down. Howd i get here? \n\nsuddenly i hear two voices outside. I stand up quickly and brush myself. its the police. the chief a friend of mine sees me and says:... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a therapist with a special power; You are able to communicate with the nightmares of your patients to gain a better understanding of their affliction. One day, a nightmare comes to you for counseling. | [
"The Nespresso machine had well and truly failed this time. No amount of swearing at the coffee pods helped. Liz had changed the water twice, and purged the valves. It ended with her grabbing a penknife and ripping the pods open manually to feed the grounds to the last-ditch drip filter. The rudimentary machine rem... | 1 | |
[WP] Events that are often considered once in a life time events, (i.e. winning the lottery, new ground breaking scientific discovery, ect.) are suddenly a daily thing you. | [
"`The following is so so rough. I wanted to \"just write\" tonight, and this prompt stuck out at me so I just started typing. This would be a rough rough draft from someone who is not a writer (but wants to practice). This is simply my idea for how someone could approach this I suppose. I apologize ahead of time fo... | 1 | |
[WP] "I wonder who the real king was supposed to be", you ask yourself sitting upon the throne. | [
"Brindle kicked his feet back and forth against the golden trim of the throne. \n\nHe was covered in so many layers of fur and silk that he barely felt the impacts. It was like he was kicking pillows, but the pillows were all wrapped around him. Brindle Leton had never been a very healthy child, so even as a young ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your party of adventurers just took on a mission that will be critical to saving the world. Your leader sent someone to obtain the magical sword, someone to obtain the book of spells etc. However, to your dismay, he gave you an overly simplistic task. | [
"Our band of adventurers is known as The Sacred Flames. My name’s Talan, I’m a barbarian. I’m good at breaking things, so they usually set me off on the tasks where something or someone needs to be broken. It happens a lot, to be fair, or I’d be out of work. Our work usually involves some catastrophe or plague i... | 1 | |
[WP] A group of cultists summon a demon in the basement of a modern art gallery. A fatal mistake they would soon regret. | [
"The police stood all around the gallery. The entire department had comeout in force along with swat. Fbi was already on scene. Agent Sheer was in charge of negotions as per usual but his training had not prepared him for this. \n\n“Galifax what can we do to make you leave the gallery.” Agent Sheer yelled through a... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the unluckiest person ever and surprised you're still alive. You find yourself being chosen to save the world from total destruction from aliens. Turns out you actually saved the world with your bad luck. | [
"Dr. Lauren walked into the interrogation room to see Richard Hertz sitting at table. Their eyes met and she instantly felt a sense of revulsion. It was not just the scars though he had more than any living person should. Nor was it the BO, though that was not pleasant at all, in fact she had never smelled anythin... | 1 | |
[WP] You lead perfectly normal lifestyle, until you get into a car accident that damages your brain. You wake up in a hospital and discover that you've had fake memories this entire time, and the brain trauma awakened the real memories. Memories of an international assassin. | [
"My eyes burst open and I looked around rapidly. What the hell? A second ago I was driving...wait...no I was in Budapest? I had a drink and...What the fuck is going on? I rapidly hammered on the \"call nurse\" button. My mind was reeling, I seemed to be remembering two lives, two starkly different lives.\n\nThe doo... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a Birthday Genie, in the room of a little girl holding a cupcake with a blown out candle. "I wish I was home," she says with tears in her eyes. | [
"Hearing those words breaks the genie’s heart because that’s the one wish he cannot grant, for it would go against another he's already granted. He stares at her, knowing that no matter what he says, she won’t understand. She’ll simply hate him, and believe he’s a monstrous villain who stole her.\n\n“This is your h... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re cuddling with your girlfriend. She looks at you and says, “I love you so much, Andrew.” You look at her and tell her you love her too. She smiles, then mumbles, “I hate it when you’re Jerry, though.” | [
"I love my girlfriend: she's everything I strive to be. Smart, passionate, extremely good-looking: you name it, she has it. Unless we're talking about STDs of course—those aren't included.\n\nDespite my love for her, I had come to a crossroads. There were two paths I could take: one would have everything continue a... | 1 | |
[WP] Your superhero name is 'Inferno'. Your costume is coloured red, yellow, orange. Your powers? Water and ice manipulation. | [
"The ice was so cold it burned. \n\nIn the shadows of the city’s darkest alleyways, the streetlights shone through walls of ice and flowing water. The backstreet of a seedy bar was littered with frozen corpses. The ice crystals refracted the orange streetlights, as if they were lit aflame. A man drenched in wat... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a siren and love singing, but ships keep crashing through your roof and it's starting to get expensive. | [
"*Dear Diary,*\n\n*Today, another ship has crashed into my roof again. I was wondering if my singing was that bad that these folks they called \"sailors\" began to protest my singing abilities? Although The Voice Neptunia says otherwise, these people have to stop crashing their vessels into my very home a bit less ... | 2 | |
[WP]As Sol turns Nova, and Terra is swallowed, you reminisce over the planets long history, as one of the few who know most of it. | [
"\"Archivist.\"\n\n\"Engineer.\"\n\nWe both nodded at each other, the thin film of the glasses over our eyes keeping us from truly making that contact we enjoyed, our eyes once more looking up at the sky. The sun was already reaching those final stages. Time was not much on our side, but we were fine. Our job was a... | 1 | |
[WP] After years of buying human teeth, the tooth fairy has decided to move to a more lucrative profession, dealing in human organs. | [
"You rub your tongue slightly on the tooth that has been wobbly for what feels like a year. It has only been a week or so really, but you just want it out. Your parents have teased you.\n\n“I’ll get my hammer to it and knock it out”, your dad has joked. \n\n“I’ll tie a piece of string to it and slam a door shut”, y... | 1 | |
[WP] After being cursed with a spell that turns everything you touch into gold, you have finally crafted a golden exo-suit that allows you to live a somewhat normal life. That is, until you meet your arch nemesis: the guy who turns gold into bees. | [
"Fucking. Dave.\n\nWhat a prick.\n\nHe's the Antichrist of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.\n\nHe's the chocolate chip cookie that is actually raisins.\n\nHe's the still doughy pizza crust of street pizza.\n\nSimply put, he's a minor annoyance.\n\nBut, like any minor annoyance, you get too annoyed by it ... | 2 | |
Thanks to /u/SolarDubstep for the idea and info about the etymology. | [WP] After learning the etymology of 'bear' is 'brown thing' and the original name was lost due to the belief it would summon a bear, you become determined to discover it. You do, and the moment you speak the word a bear appears. It politely greets and thanks you. | [
"Fucking hell I can summon bears, for ten years I have been searching for the answer. I can now die happy I have solved the greatest puzzle that man has faced since trying to make the second wheel. I will probably die there is a huge grizzly bear in the same cubical was me and it is not a creature known for restrai... | 1 |
[WP] You are a time traveller. While returning from the past, you return to see that modern society, culture and religion, as you once knew it, is now completely based on sightings and encounters of you across the ages. | [
"As he stepped out of the machine back in the current year of 2143 with a giant grin on his face, Joshua gave a small chuckle. His colleague, a man born in Israel like him, stepped out from behind the control console absolutely livid and Joshua's face fell. \"What?\" he asked innocently, \"What'd I do?\"\n\n\"What ... | 1 | |
[WP] A villager has gone to seek knowledge and wisdom from a legendary immortal known only from stories passed down from generation to generation. Unbeknownst to them, many thousands of years ago the immortal discovered the secret to being eternally high and has not been sober since. | [
"The humble villager Orestes had made it to the Bridge of Hope. He glanced at the map's description. Although the ancient bridge was covered in moss and vines, he could still see patches of stymwood used to build it. The map indicated that this bridge was his last destination before finding the reclusive immortal.\... | 1 | |
[WP] Even bad men love their mommas. | [
"Thinking back about 20 minutes ago, the flowers actually smelled like roses, not tulips, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about, what I’m here to talk about is the stupidity of the bank teller. The bank teller had the balls to say no with a 22 gauge pointing straight at his face, even after I shot the 3 securi... | 2 |
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