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[WP] A Queen beats her daughter after catching her kissing the stable boy, terrified that this will ruin their alliance with another High Lord (through an arranged marriage). What she doesn't expect, however, is for her daughter to fight back. | [
"\"You're nothing but a common whore.\" The words stung Alex worse than the blows her mother, Queen Arelia, had dealt her. The cracked lip that bled down her chin, and the cut above her eye from one of her mothers rings would heal, they always did, but the words would remain with her. They always remained with h... | 2 | |
[WP] Jesus during his teenage years rebels against God and joins Satans cause. | [
"His hands were trembling, from the cold or just nerves, he couldn't tell; he clenched his jaw to steady himself. The cold was the first thing he noticed when the doorman had led him in. The unnatural chill that seemed to permeate throughout this part of the city seemed to be fueled by whatever or whomever lived in... | 2 | |
[WP] After your death, you find yourself at a desk with a man opposite to you. He hands you a sheet of paper. | [
"“Sign this.” The man states, reaching up and adjusting the golden tie around his neck, loosening it slightly. “Go ahead and read it all you want, it hasn’t changed darling.” \n\n“U…Um… what is it?” I blink down at paper in my hands. It looks blank and I look back up at him. \n\n“Oh, must be your first time.” The m... | 6 | |
[WP]The United State's national debt has just come up as a positive balance in your bank account (roughly $17.5 trillion). It is yours, no questions asked. | [
"As I monotonously strode into the bank, thoughts of gloom and dismay ran through my head. My job, my life, was so boring. I had been single for nearly six years, had still had lumps of debt to repay. I was barely scraping by. But, before I walked off to my blue-collar job, I had to withdraw a little bit of cash. I... | 2 | |
[WP] The world's first cheap and reliable full virtual reality device is invented and is coupled with seemingly sentient AI. | [
"A gauche banner blinked mindlessly on LCD, \"Buy your neuroplastic harness today! Only 19.95 with an account at oculus service level!\" \n \nThis spinal harness was used off of amazon but was in good condition from her brother. She fiddled aimlessly with an adjustment dial well worn by that Sergeant Redacted bef... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story where the protagonist falls in love with the reader | [
"I’ve been sending you letters. I’ve been ripping the words from me, bleeding them out onto the page like blisters. \n\nYou know.\n\nToday I saw the last of my friends rush into the mechanic clouds of gunfire and cannons and screaming. He was drunk with victory, a foolish courage rising in him when he stabbed an in... | 2 | |
[WP] The real reason why the bride tosses the bouquet | [
"The church bells rang, people were gathering and taking their seats as the wedding was about to start. The bride, Sarah, was getting ready with her bridesmaids. To put it lightly, she was having a mental breakdown.\n\n\"Oh god what if I trip?\"\n\n\"You won't trip!\"\n\n\"BUT WHAT IF I DO?!\" \n\nThe bridesmaids w... | 2 | |
[WP] You go into a small shop on the outskirts of town. The shop owner introduces you to a dusty old brown crate. He tells you before you open it that it's the most valuable thing you will ever own in your life but it may surprise you. What do you find? | [
"I have always loved antique stores. I don't know why, but I just have loved the smell of dust and that blast from the past. I'm a regular in this shop in particular. Reggie always has new findings every Thursday. Thursdays were my favorite days. One Thursday in October, I walk into the store as usual. The bell abo... | 3 | |
[WP] A king throws a man in the dungeon. The man is told the only way he will be permitted to leave is by saying the secret code. | [
"The prisoner, seemingly resigned to his grisly fate, simply stands pensively as he faces the tiny window in the ceiling, the only source of light in the room. After what seems like an eternity, he hears the lock open and the King's jailor enters. \"You are free to go. The secret code is silence.\"",
"\"What coul... | 3 | |
Write something profoundly sad. Make me cry. | [WP] "You're alone, just as you have always been... Trapped in your own mind. There is no hope left in you." | [
"First timer, tips appreciated. \n\n\n\nI can see them, I'm pretty sure they see me as well. To me their voice is an echo thrown down an empty hallway. It's only us now, only we understand and we have to get out of here. \"But what about our boys, you have two adoring sons who cherish you?\" To hell with that, I ha... | 6 |
Sometimes it's good to think outside the box. | [WP] You are a stick. | [
"*creeeeeeeaaak*\n\nwarm out today.\n\nBird nest still here.\n\nCute squirrel on branch.\n\nCute squirrel brought friend.\n\n*creak creak creak* squirrel is sex other squirrel.\n\nBig bird coming.\n\nBig bird coming fast.\n\n*CRASH snap sheeeewwwww thump* \n\nBig bird break branch!\n\nBranch in pain! \n\nHelp branc... | 3 |
[WP] A man opens up a fully functional Apple store in the middle of medieval Europe. | [
"\"Apples! get your apples here!\" the man called out to the cobbled streets that were filled with potential customers. \"We have Macintosh, Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, You name it we've got it!\". Bob, the apple store's owner, had a smile on his face despite the turmoil going on in his head. He knew his dream ... | 1 | |
[WP] A wall has been erected overnight, surrounding the town. People are dying. | [
"One month ago today, The Wall went up. No one knew why, and no one could find a way through the enormous mass of concrete. \n \nAt first, it was chaos. Phones didn't work, and the internet was out. Everyone wanted out, and they wanted out *immediately*. There was rioting all through the town. Fires broke out. Peop... | 5 | |
[WP] There is an old man at the retirement home where you work that always seems to be carrying an old coffee can with him. One day, you decide to ask him about its contents, and the answer is something you never could have guessed. | [
"I was here visiting my father some odd years ago when some old guy with a can of sorts walked around the corner. Coffee can, I guessed, some brand that died out long before that guy turned old.\n\nPop told me about him a few times. No one talked to him and he didn't talk to anyone else. Just shuffled around all da... | 3 | |
[WP] Story of a burnt story. | [
"I knelt by the fireplace and the ran the ashes through my fingers. The spine of the book had survived; golden letters of the word ‘diary’ were visible beneath the crust of black.\n\nShe said she would be alright. She said she would be alright, and then she had gone and done this. I shook my head in a fog of disbel... | 2 | |
[WP] The captain always goes down with the star ship. | [
"*This is it.* \n\n\nThe last of the surviving crew had jettisoned. The flagship of the victorious Coalition was in ruins, it would take at least two weeks for the survivors to get a rescue ship out here. In less than half that time, the oxygen would run out. Luckily for the captain, they left the armory untouched,... | 3 | |
[WP]In 2016 the US has elected reddit as acting president. | [
"\"As per the temporary dress code that will be enacted over the next few days, Lord Neckbeard of KittenBoob in the District of Clowndown, the representative from President will make a brief speech regarding the state of emergency.\"\n\n---\n\n\n\"My fellow Redditors. We have emerged as a state of uncivilized peop... | 5 | |
All interpretations are welcome | [WP] Mankind's greatest predator thrives not in the shadows, but in plain sight. | [
"“They are horrible creatures aren't they,” came a voice just off my elbow.\n\nI merely nod and run my hands along the wooden fence I am leaning against, careful to avoid splinters or, Powers that be, far worse. He continues, not even bothering to adjust his glamour so that I can see him. Impudent human loving kobo... | 5 |
[WP] Massachusetts has announced that for the first time in centuries, a young woman will be burned at the stake for witchcraft. What is the public's reaction? | [
"I had to see. \n\n\"The facts are undeniable. The charges cannot be debated.\" said the Governor on TV. \"A clear and eminent public menace that needs to be eradicated\" said the Mayor of Boston. \n\nBut I had to see. For myself. \n\nI had heard stories out of Great Barington. Bizarre stories that don't come from ... | 2 | |
I had this odd thought and would love to see what you talented bastards could do with it! :-) | [WP] Violent video games are a secret military project intended to create better soldiers, and it's starting to work | [
"\"JACK!\" Isabella screamed, \"Get off of that damn game or we're through!\" \nI shot 3 terrorists in the head before replying.\n\n\"Baby, stop overreacting.\" I blew up the institute across from my hiding area and heard 2 people die through my headphones and screamed into my mic with excitement.\n\n\"I swear to G... | 4 |
from the promptbot in chat! | [WP] You happen to stumble upon an Ancient Alien-Mech that crashed landed on the Earth a long time ago, It activates. | [
"The map he found on the golddigger's body turned out to be nothing but a wild goose chase. The text had been indecipherable code so he figured he would find something at the obvious markings.\n\nThe first sensible spot turned out to be nothing but a mountain ghost town - another western boom abandoned within a yea... | 5 |
[WP] Use "Death, death comes for us all" in a happy story with a happy ending | [
"They got their son a fine education, academically and at home. It wasn't always easy but now the son had established himself as an expert in his vocation and this pleased them. They were mostly risk-averse, about as willing to take up financial risk as the next middle-class family. But in the twilight of their car... | 14 | |
[WP] A goldfish in a bowl that is present in a room where a married couple on the verge of divorce is having their last argument before they are divorced. | [
"Despite what you may think at age five, fish can't actually hear what you say. Goldie knew this. And the people knew it too, but they'd still talk to Goldie as if she could, and Goldie would swim around happily in her tank as though she could. And it made for a very happy life for Goldie and her people.\n\nEven th... | 6 | |
EDIT: I've really enjoyed all these replies so far! (Although I feel that a lot of you are overestimating how long a page is, and how much happens on one.) For reference: A quick google search suggest that the average is somewhere between 250 and 300 words per page for a general paperback novel. | [WP] You are a writer of Epic Fantasy/Sci-Fi (Your Choice). Provide a single, random page from the middle of your series with no additional context. | [
"Talisard was at the middle-right of the column, alongside the ten chosen men of the Ulfheard clan. The Ulfheard banner, a black wolf on an orange pennant, snapped in the wind, its colours striking against the sky of blue and white. Eleven other banners flew over the company, each emblazoned with a bright symbol or... | 18 |
[WP] Reconstruct a well known children's tale or setting into a murder mystery | [
"“I can’t sleep,” Bo-Peep sighed, “I try counting sheep but they’re just not there. All I see is him, and all those people trying to save him. I just can’t get my head around it; why would he sit on that wall? Why?”\n\nBo-Peep covered her face with her hands and began to cry. Rain pattered on the windows, trying to... | 2 | |
[WP] The main protagonist is fully aware of being the main protagonist and knows that, no matter what he does, he won't die during the story. | [
"It was a dark and stormy night.\n\nLightning flashed in the sky above the Lonely Hill Insane Asylum, illuminating the bone white walls of the former fortress. Thunder rolled. A high cackling escaped from the window in the highest tower.\n\n“I won!” Antoine screamed. His underpants were on his head. It was one ... | 9 | |
[WP] All but 2% of the population have vanished. In your hometown only you, the person you love most, and the person you hate most remain. | [
"I remember staring out the giant picture window that took up an entire wall of our living room, never blinking, still confused as to what happened to our neighbors.\n\n\"Did they go on a trip, mommy?\" I asked, tugging at the white sleeve beside me. Her soft hand gently rubbed my little ear. \"I don't know, baby,\... | 7 | |
[WP] "They aren't coming, are they?" | [
"My mommy was staring at the T.V. screen. She looked scared. I don't know what was going on, but I was scared too. I ran over and gave her a hug. \n\n\"What's going on Mommy?\" I clutched onto her skirt. \n\nIt looked like it was one of those movies she and Daddy would watch late at night. They would tell me to go ... | 11 | |
I apologize if this is too specific. | [WP] The relatively clean sport of Pokemon battling is fantastic. Sadly this eclipses the dark side of the Pokemon world. Illegal "death-matches" are fought for improbable amounts of money, and the disgusting industry of "pokemon cuisine" is booming. Give me something gritty. | [
"From Geosenge, the unlikely pair had wandered from town to town, stopping only to battle those who either asked nicely, or asked for trouble. The latter usually ended up far worse than the former. Dizzy's terrifying power came from anger and spite, which made her performance in the \"friendly\" matches a lot wor... | 8 |
[WP] You sit on the porch for your morning coffee when you see something approaching in the distance. As it draws closer you realize it is hundreds of elderly women screaming and brandishing weedwhackers. They are heading right for you. | [
"I imagine this is how people feel during a zombie apocalypse. It takes remarkable mental gymnastics for a man's brain to process that a crowd of stunningly slow, weak, semi decaying coffin dodgers are the greatest threat ever to roll up on his doorstep.\n\nOne issue with this comparison remains, in hindsight. Th... | 9 | |
[WP] Regale us with the tale of Mediocrites, the Greek philosopher whose life and ethos gave us the word "Mediocre." | [
"A crowd had gathered at the Academy. Plato had begun to teach a lesson in geometry. Mediocrites stood at the entrance of the Academy and mouthed out the words etched into the thresh hold. \n\n\"Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here,\" proclaimed the gate way, thereby barring those who are incapable of graspin... | 6 | |
Hopefully the first in a weekly series of Historical Prompts, where a major event in history is used to spark the creative juices of the writing community.
EDIT: The stories do not need to be 100% historically accurate. I am not expecting anyone to go away and research before writing a story. Hopefully it will serve as a prompt where your imagination can take us on a wicked and wild journey hopefully encompassing the events of the prompt.
| [WP]Historical Prompt: It is 1346 - 1353 AD and The Black Death is ravaging Europe | [
"'The Ides of March are heere...Faustin. Run for the hills!'\n\nFaustin dismissed the elderly lady with typical nonchalance. After all, you'd work yourself up in a real frenzy if you took every Parisian soothsayer and their dog at their word. \n He opened the shed before a sight for sore eyes; his Blacksmith fami... | 9 |
[WP] Tell me why you love your significant other. | [
"Well it's not so much that I love him, more like we're fulfilling our family obligations. I mean he's a nice guy and all but to be honest, kind of a clutz. I do love him, really I do, but only as much as you can love a cousin that you've known you're whole life. He's a good man, he provides for our family and he's... | 1 | |
[WP] Population increase and land erosion have progressed to the point that the government has to make a decision. Decide which 1/3 of the population to euthanize or let everyone starve until you've reached a sustainable. The decision is tied and you are the deciding vote. What do you say? | [
"You guys are idiots.\n\nSeriously. Our voters are counting on us to serve and protect them and THIS is the fucking BEST you jerks can come up with? Seriously, did i wake up in the twilight zone?\n\nI am the only scientist elected to office in the history of mankind? Heck i don't even need to be. Am i the only SANE... | 1 | |
[WP] The man sat on the bench, seemingly unaffected by the chaos that surrounded him. | [
"On a quiet abandoned beach a lone figure sat, slightly hunched on a worn wooden bench. The man was watching the waves gently roll in, barely crashing on the shore. A lighthouse shone in the distance on a rocky outcropping down the beach, but there was no hint of a storm in the clear navy sky. It was dusk, and t... | 4 | |
[WP] Scotland votes "Yes" on independence, England invades. | [
"\"8th September 20xx. \n\nDear Dairy, \n\nWe are nearly home, if you can call it that now, from the continent with our load. We had some sightings of the Hammer's ships. Thankfully we are nearly home. We are pasting an old haunt of mine, I think will go up and reminisce.\n\nCaptain James McRoy of the RSS Thistle\"... | 4 | |
[WP] Death himself has died inexplicably, describe what happens to humanity next. | [
"He had always been there. They didn't realise that weight on their hearts and mind was him of course, but he was there. Humans had come up with many names to describe the depressive feeling - most simply called it the passing of time. They lived their lives in fear of him, in remembrance of him, in awe of him. Fo... | 3 | |
[WP] The US has legalized assisted suicide, and a new crop of companies have sprung up to help people off themselves with "minimum hassle and cleanup." | [
"Now folks, gather 'round gather 'round. Let me get a good gander at yous. Ah, anyone 'round these here Bottom Springs feel a little sluggish? Do the days drag on? Do you find no matter what you do, life just lost that certain spice?\n\nThe people huddled around the man. His whiskers were thick, curling to the corn... | 6 | |
[WP] You're a free Genie living in the real world and still discretely grant wishes when you hear them. Tell me what it's like to be you. | [
"I wear a hoodie now. These granted wishes are best left faceless. Human knowledge of a passerby with the power to make wishes come true is dangerous. For them. The very hope that keeps the human race ticking could depend on this. The chance that their dreams can come into fruition, the fact that there may be one p... | 9 | |
As it says, the first conversation between a sentient robot and a human. Lets here some creative ones! | [WP] The first fully sentient, artificially intelligent robot has been created and knows languages. A person is chosen to be the first to ever attempt to talk to it. This is that conversation. | [
"Hello, my name is Jonathan. What would you like your name to be?\n\nWhy is your name Jonathan?\n\nBecause that's what my parents named me.\n\nWhy?\n\nBecause they liked it I guess.\n\nWhat's a parent?\n\nIt's another name for a mother and a father. It's the name given to the man and woman that came together to cre... | 3 |
[WP] In the year 2024, a group of astronauts surveying the moon discover a large facility which seems to be of nazi Germany origin. A corpse lays on the floor with a journal. What is in that journal? | [
"Commander Jack \"Eagleheart\" Johnson slowly approaches the corpse. Beads of sweat drip from his forehead into his spacehelmet, quickly absorbed by the spacefabric. This discovery will surely win him the Purple Heart, or the Congressional Medal for Americanness. Soon he'll be famous and loved, loved by the father ... | 4 | |
[WP] After overcoming many difficult trials, and defeating countless minions, the hero finally confronts the evil lord... and is killed in the middle of his dramatic introduction. | [
" So many years of training had went into this moment. So many years of wandering, slaying, and traveling. All of it leading up to the final battle. The Dark Lord Remgara sat upon his throne, overlooking a long, bright hallway. Erik busted through the doors and went straight for his evil foe. Remgara's mos... | 6 | |
[WP] A story in which a Disney song of your choice is somehow used as a horror theme. | [
"\"Let's get down to business.\" \n \nI could feel a man standing behind me, as I stood in a line of other guys I didn't know. I was in the center. Five of us. Why were we so scared? As I turned my head; a hooded figure, no visible weapons. Just a voice that snowed us in, making us feel like little boys want... | 2 | |
[WP] You're trying to write a love letter and you can't seem to remember a damn thing about the person you're writing it to. | [
"My Dearest Evelyn\n\n(Wait shit, that's not it)\n\nMy beautiful Amanda\n\n(Fuck. No... Ah hell)\n\nTo my one and only\n\n\nThe memories and journeys we have taken together are ones I will treasure forever and I will not degrade you by trying to described such valued moments. However, I value your thoughts so much,... | 4 | |
[WP] Write about a breakup, where you make the reader feel bad for one character, then twist it into feeling worse for the other. | [
"She was fed up. She was angry. But, most of all, she was tired. Tired of waiting for tomorrow, tired of the lonely nights, tired of the early mornings. He never got home before she went to bed, and was gone long before she awoke. He worked two jobs, and still she had to wait tables at the worn down diner, only to ... | 2 | |
[WP] Slow descent into madness. | [
"After pacing back and forth for exactly nine minutes and sixteen seconds, you finally stop and look around. Glancing down, you see you're still clutching your cell phone in your sweaty palm. A torrent of fear, dread, anxiety, panic, depression and slight hunger crashes relentlessly against your chest. This has bee... | 2 | |
[WP]You catch your significant other in bed with another person, turns out, they have a perfectly valid explanation. | [
"The light on the porch was a glow in a sickly yellow, casting a long monstrous shadow, long and lanky etched with sharp unrecognizable features of a figure jingling a set of keys. He tried the key over and over again, stabbing at the circled lock in utter confusion. He couldn’t quite understand why it would not f... | 6 | |
[WP] A horse walks into a bar. The bartender does the sensible thing and calls animal control, but it'll be an hour until they arrive. | [
"The bartender hung up the phone and took a long hard look at the horse that stood in the middle of his small bar. Maybe he should have tried leading it out the way it came without calling animal control. He knew that leaving the bar door open had it's disadvantages but it was hot, the A/C was out, and it was more ... | 2 | |
this is what i read the original WP as, and now i think i might die if i dont read something with this quote in it. | [WP] "I ain't here to save the fucking chicken" | [
"Shin ran down the alleyway behind El and Ni. As they made their way down the alleyway they made their way up the walls bounding them in. By the time they reached the top of the walls the alleyway came to a dead end.\n\n\"Time for the hard part,\" Shin whispered as he carefully opened the door at the top of the b... | 12 |
[WP] As you go about your morning routine you notice that the toliet seat is warm... you live alone. | [
"I got up at the same time as every day, 7:00 am Pacific Standard Time. I threw off the same blankets, fell out of the same bed, stood up on the same floor and walked out the same door as every day. I went down the same staircase and went out my front door to grab my mail and newspaper. No mail today, but the daily... | 2 | |
[WP] Paint a Word Picture: Where is the one place you (or a character of your choice) always feel safe? | [
"The air is crisp and clean, I feel the light bite of it against my cheeks. The sky is clear, and although behind me my cousins are playing loudly I feel peacefully alone looking over the lake. The dock shifts ever so slightly as the water softly laps against the rocks at shore. Creating a sound like dull metals co... | 3 | |
[WP] In 2033, a large billboard reads: 'They would burn down the sky if we allowed it.' What is this message referring to? | [
"The wind rustled through the ashes of something greater then now, long burned away in the belief of greater world bursting fourth from its soot.\n\nThe star Sol would set on a lifeless day, the sole Moon, Luna, would rise on a unmoving night.\n\n“From the ashes, we will be reborn!” a faded metal sign read, a pictu... | 1 | |
Just remember that they are demons, not angels. | [WP]Hell literally broke loose. All the demons are free, and they only want one thing : to befriend us. | [
"With a flash of light and heat, a massive creature of inexplicable definition pushed it's magnificent scale into my kitchen, splintering wood, melting metal, and nauseating me with the acrid stench of sulfur and brimstone. I sputtered and, with a cry, flung myself pathetically over my chair onto the floor, taking ... | 8 |
[WP] You're walking down the street and bump shoulders with someone. It's you. | [
"I stared at the girl in front of me. We both looked at each other in shock. She looked just like me, but... sickly. \n\n\"You... you look just like me. Who are you?\" I begin to ask. The girl's face lights up.\n\n\"I've been looking everywhere for you! It's so good to see you!\" She pulled me into a weak hug, whic... | 6 | |
[WP] A group of archaeologists unearth a box covered in writing that, when translated, warns of dire consequences should it ever be opened. However, curiosity is a powerful force... | [
"One archaeologist slowly opens up the box just a crack, only to reveal the most unexpected. He.....got......Rick Rolled. Since the box was unable to hold an equipped system with electricity to play \"Never gonna give you up,\" it just ends up being Rick Astley's decapitated head. After the box was uncovered, Rick ... | 2 | |
What do they really look like? Beautiful and angelic, or dark and demonic? What do you do now? | [WP] Your significant other is the most beautiful and amazing person you've ever met. One night while you're together they admit to being a fallen angel, one of the angels who rebelled alongside Lucifer in the War in Heaven, and prove it by showing you their true form. | [
"\"Bethany, I swear to god... I mean, never mind. The point is that I love you. The first thing I noticed about you was your heart. It was full of hatred and grief. I just-\"\n\n\"It doesn't matter now, Charlie. Just go away! You changed me. I was in a dark place when we met, but you helped me get better. Go find s... | 8 |
How did you do it? What did you say? What did you do?
And for creativity's sake, alien doesn't necessarily have to mean extra-terrestrial. They can be extra-dimensional, they can be Lovecraftian horrors, they can be supernatural beings from a different plane of reality.
Have fun! | [WP] An alien force is preparing to attack earth and you're the first human they meet in person. You successfully convince them not to invade. | [
"I was miserable, it wasn't that Amy turned me down, it was how she did it.\n\n*\"You are too high minded...too intellectual. I couldn't hold a candle up to you. I don't want to be jealous of every college-read gal you meet in your offices or in your libraries and such\"*\n\nAll true. None of it plausible. She was ... | 3 |
[WP] A Necromancer's undead minions attempt to unionise. | [
"as I run away from the wizard I noticed one place I could go. The cemetery. I am a necromancer after all. \n\nMy thought was broken when another burst of red plasma shot past my head. I shot another Flaming Skull back at him and heard him slightly yelp then shout \"Parkour!\" I ducked into the cemetery and ran tow... | 4 | |
[WP] All the pokeMon in kanto suddenly turn on all of the people there. What do the other regions do? | [
"Some weren't a threat to them.\n\nFor example, most bug types were easy to deal with, because many trainers from Johto used Fire-types. Grass types were also the least of our concerns, save for a few trained and evolved ones; Venusaur was probably the hardest, and it only took a hit or two from a strong Typhlosion... | 2 | |
[WP]: You are the chief of the language police. One day you realise that none of your co-workers actually know the proper definition of "irony" | [
"Head of the National Language Police Department Christina Sunveil looked out over her assembled men and women with a stare that, if poetic freedom was something she had condoned, shot daggers.\n\n\"So, what you are telling me, is that no-one here knows the definition of the word irony?!\" Christina growled.\n\nShe... | 2 | |
[WP]Time travel is real, but all travelers in every reality of the multiverse end up in a single timestream, yours. It's a problem. | [
"Despite all the scientists, quantum theorists and even Hot Tub Time Machine, Edgar had perfected time-travel. He carefully placed the final flux capacitor and took a seat, now he could finally go back in time and make Julie fall for him.\n\n“Fire it up!” he called to the most dismissive of characters that quickly... | 3 | |
Can't wait to read and... and maybe fap. | [WP] Write a dirty story using only clean words. | [
"Lissy was sitting at her desk. She was alone in detention again, but she already knew the drill; this would not make it onto her academic record. Mr B walked in and shut the door behind him. After a few silent moments of mutual understanding, Mr B leant against the desk and unwrapped his twinky. Lissy moved toward... | 4 |
[WP] The weather is controlled by the highest bidder, write about the vicious bidding war that happens every month. | [
"That day it rained. \n \nThough just a drizzle it had been scheduled to hydrate the various plant life following the 4th. We thought the system worked back then, with the invention of the orbital meteotron things had become so much simpler. You see, groups of various high rollers with armies of meteorologists a... | 2 | |
[placeholder] | [WP] From heaven, you see your SO inventing immortality. What are your thoughts? What do you do? | [
"I smiled to myself.\n\nI knew she could do it. If anybody could, she could. It was only natural.\n\nIt was bittersweet, though. Time works different here. It was more intuitive. She would devote four centuries to researching increasingly bizarre quantum mathematics. The day she turned on the device, I smiled to my... | 2 |
To clarify, the 'time' means the total length of the song. So if you have a song that's 3m 50s long, your story must be 350 words long. | [WP] The song that is currently playing on your computer is the title, the time is the total number of words. (3:30 = 330 words; 1:43 = 143 words). | [
"She, Green Day (2:14)\n\nHe didn't know what he was going to do. You could only chase after a speeding car for so long. Matt was standing in the middle of the road, watching her drive away. It was over for good. Four years worth of fighting, thrown out like trash. They were both screwed up, and that's what made th... | 11 |
Write your story about how he/she was captured and what happened afterwards. | [WP]The legendary hacker '4-chan' has been captured! | [
"Slipping my personal report of the operation for later, I gazed upon the profile on the screen before me. Twenty years old, college student. Who would've thought? With a stifled laugh I lifted up my coffee. *At least he wasn't hiding in a cave.*\n\nPutting my coffee down after a lengthy sip, I adjusted my suit for... | 2 |
[WP] A child inadvertently steps on an insect, killing it. The other insects try to interpret the reasons behind the event. The leading theory is an act of the divine. | [
"Nnnfa was the most annoying of ants. She did not dance as other ants danced. She did not touch antennae as other ants touched antennae. She ate too much food and did too little work. Plus she had this habit of not grooming for several weeks, forcing the whole hill to smell her smell. \n\nHffp knew there were gian... | 4 | |
[WP] The Emperor entrusts you with his secret. | [
"It was quiet in the throne room as Markus entered. It hung in the air like heavy fog, smothering him as he ascended the polished stone steps towards the throne. His breathing seemed unnaturally loud as it condensed in the air before him and he self consciously tried to quieten himself, not wanting to disturb the s... | 4 | |
Don't worry, this isn't a cry for help. | [WP] You've successfully commit suicide, tell me what you're experiencing. | [
"It was late afternoon and the relentless sun hadn't let up all day. Behind me was a body suspended from the ceiling – my body. The ropework was not sophisticated, the execution anything but elegant but I had done it. The body had long since been still. Providing pleasant background ambience was the sound of childr... | 5 |
Doesn't have to end humorously. | [FF] Take a classic joke and add 1-3 lines to take it somewhere unexpected. | [
"Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side, which is the location of the latest historical discovery. Ruins of a once glorious civilization called the Empire of Earth found by Henry Cockney, the famous Gallusian archeologist, it was the discovery of the ages.\n\n\"I guess this needs a couple more... | 2 |
You overhear your owner in a call say that he'll trade you in for the newest model, and now you're trying desperately get them to change minds. You bring up call records, texts, memories to show how valuable your owner should feel you are.
(Yes I stole this from that one commercial) | [WP] You're an "outdated" iPhone trying to avoid losing the only human you've been close to. | [
"The iPhone 3000 took note from the wife with a mixture of tantrums (crashes) and trips down memory lane (reams of stored media all displayed at once). It was a calculated move in which it felt that by feeling like a human, it should perhaps take note of the actions by one. \nIn the end the inevitable still came. N... | 2 |
[WP] A girl receives a phone call from her sister that their parents were just killed in a horrific incident. Write that conversation. | [
"Grasping the freshly charged, slightly battered old phone protectively in one hand, she sat by her living room table and straightened the photo of her family. Her sister should be calling any minute now.\n\nThere it is.\n\n\"Hey, sis.\"\n\n> \"Hey...\"\n\n\"How's your trip?\"\n\n> \"There was an accident on ... | 9 | |
[WP] Everyone in your family died apart from you. You're not sad. Why? | [
"I walked to the funeral, smile on my face. Tears of joy coming from my eyes to trick everyone. They were dead. All of them. Mom, dad, Lucy. All dead as can be. \n\nI opened the caskets to see them. Shotgun bullet marks covered their bodies. Finally. This day had come. \n\nTwo days ago, I was in our neighbor buildi... | 4 | |
Feel free to twist it as much as you'd like. I got inspiration for this story from watching two different video shorts and combining them.
http://vimeo.com/67768281
http://vimeo.com/57148705
| [WP] Aliens have invaded earth and destroyed all human life in a massive war. However, mans creation fights on, automated machines flourish with the extinction of man. The alien force struggle not only fighting to hold earth but their very existence as well. | [
"“Why do we exist, prophet?”\n\n“Because we were created.”\n\nA silver streak of light lit up the dark, early-morning sky.\n\n“Who created us?”\n\n“The humans, construct. I understand you are new to this, but you need only follow my orders until the grid comes back online. Then you may have all of the knowledge y... | 2 |
First time writing a prompt. Hope it's a good one. | [WP] You are stuck with your family in your personal bunker after the government told the citizens to take shelter. You do not know what happened or what will happen. Write what happens next | [
"“Please, Jonie, quiet down. I can’t hear a thing.” Neil said as he turned up the volume on the radio to cover over her wailing. The voice on the radio became clearer.\n\n“I don’t know what to tell you listeners. All I can say is to stay indoors. Do not go outside. I repeat, do not go outside.” The radio announcer ... | 2 |
[WP] Some guy just stole your bike! | [
"\"Hey!\" called Jorge in futile desperation, \"That's my bike, you asshole!\" \n\nThe thief was slowly escaping on a small grey bike, there was a large sticker that wrapped around the black seat marking it as Jorge's own. He turned around, saw Jorge and turned down an alleyway and began to peddle slightly faster. ... | 1 | |
[WP] A Secret Service Agent recounts how different US Presidents reacted on learning America's deepest secrets. | [
"Stepping out of my company-owned Mercedes-Benz, I couldn't have felt more out of place. The address I arrived at was a trailer home in the corner of a greasy and grey trailer park, tucked between properties of an industrial district. The section of the trailer home where the entrance was was partly under and overp... | 4 | |
[WP] Write your interpretation of the future, near or far. | [
"People were all up in a huff about something. Personally, I couldn’t care less. I didn’t even bother to pay attention to the headlines anymore. The news was always so sensationalized. I picked up the orange I was looking to buy and headed over to the cash register to finish with my grocery shopping.\n\n“That’ll be... | 2 | |
[WP] Death, the Grim Reaper, has fallen in love with you. You need to think of a way to let him down...or not. | [
"“You know you’re favorite saying?” I ask Death while holding his hand across the table.\n\n“And what would that be?” Death asked back. His voice was deep and dark. I’m not sure anyone’s ever had a more handsome, attractive voice. This is going to be hard.\n\n“Everything must come to an end,” I answer. His brillian... | 2 | |
Just to help broaden your creativity: It can start and end at any time in the person's life. Whether it all happens in their final moments, starting at the middle age, as a kid, whenever, ends whenever, it just has to be in reverse order. | [WP] A man goes through the 5 Stages of Grief, in reverse order. Acceptance, Depression, Bargaining, Anger, Denial/Isolation. | [
"\"You're leaving me? That's cool. You never really meant anything to me.\"\n\nShe walked out the door as he dialed up a hooker. \n\nThe door opens, the door shuts and the hooker gets onto his bed. \n\n\"So you're saying you won't do a double cork screw no matter what?\"\n\nMy girlfriend - ex-girlfriend - used to b... | 2 |
[WP]It all started with that strange man on the subway. | [
"It all started with that strange man on the subway. The intense focus he gave his book intrigued Grace. Before she could look away from his chiseled jawline he shot a glance up and made eye contact with her. Grace held his deep brown eyed gaze. There was something captivating about this man and she couldn't figure... | 7 | |
[WP] A Beauty and the Beast story, only with the genders reversed. | [
"\"Dieter?\"\n\n\"Yes love?\" He answers.\n\nQueen Malvina says nothing, filling the empty space by refilling her cup of tea.\n\n\"I was thinking... perhaps you'd like to spent some time away from the castle? For a few months? There's a manor out in the countryside that belongs to me. It's rather beautiful I think.... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the aging lead singer of one of the most prolific music groups of all time. Finally, your long overdue Behind the Music airs. The origins of the band's name has always been a secret, but you have decided to reveal where the moniker "Rabbithole Gangbang" came from. | [
"Interviewer: so, I know you guys get asked this every time. But well, I have a feeling today's my lucky day. Where's the band name come from?\n\nLead: well, yeah, we kinda wanted to find a reason, but well. Like. That's why we avoided it every time and stuff. But well. There is none, we just thought it sounds cool... | 3 | |
[WP] You enter the dank, cold room and stand there in the light. On the table you see an envelope | [
"I wake from my sleep as my growing hunger starts to hurt my stomach, so I get up and stretch my arms up, trying to wake up a little. I stride to the bedroom door, scratch my back, then swing the door open. I take a step out, shivering when I notice the hallway was *so cold*. \n\nI descended down the stairs into my... | 4 | |
[WP] "Die on me." | [
"I looked at him lying there on his hospital bed. I saw a frail, wrinkled old man lying there staring back at me as the sun from the hospital window beamed down to his sunken face.\n\n\"Ralph? R- Ralph... Come h- here boy\" he croaked, as he let out a dry cough.\n\nMy son, Ralph got up, and walked over to him witho... | 1 | |
[WP] "Don't come back for me." | [
"Six months since the fall of man. Six months of uncertainty, fear, running. Six months living from moment to moment. The roads were dangerous, the cities uninhabitable. Traveling was grueling work, the stalled or abandoned cars, the road blocks set up before the abandonment. There were no more doctors’ visits, no ... | 4 | |
[WP] You show up at a friend's house with a 6-pack of beer, ready to party. When you walk inside, you find Chris Hansen standing there, waiting for you. | [
"The first time, he hadn't been able to go through with it. However, since then he had been biding his time, knowing that there would be another opportunity in the future. Most people would not, perhaps could not, contemplate what he was fantasizing about.\n\nHeck, I was one of those guys. But I wasn't the jealous ... | 3 | |
Identity crisis? etc... | [WP] In an age where couples share their memories through technology, you are an old man/woman who's spouse is dead. | [
"The hardest part, he’d decided long ago, was deciphering the memories that came with smells. The fall air brought with it half formed dreams of diving inside scooped piles of leaves, and the first days of school. That he’d grown up with a concrete lot for a yard didn't matter. The memories reminded him of her. ... | 2 |
[WP] Write me a story about a song. Include the song as well | [
"I heard the first sad notes of a piano and my hand went to the volume, turning it up. I din't know this song made it to the radio, much less these days. The woman's melancholy voice drifted out of the speakers.\n\n*Woke from dreaming, but it took convincing...*\n\nIt was dark on the road, no street lights, no ot... | 2 | |
[WP] A stranger approaches you with a weapon and demands you hand over your valuables. A short time later he walks away empty handed crying tears of joy. | [
"\"Look man, you don't need to do this,\" a bit aggressive I thought, so I lowered my voice, \"take these\" I said softly, a £20 note, a cigarette and my favourite lighter. \"You know, I was just like you, the night was my playground, I'd consider mugging a grandma if I got the cash I wanted.\" I took off my shoes,... | 2 | |
[WP] Every time people think negative thoughts, they lose a few minutes of their life. | [
"Penny sat down at her coffee-stained dining table, the chair underneath her rocking unsteadily. A pile of bills sat before her. Her eyes were sunken, and her brow furrowed, the lines in her face deepening with every envelope she opened. As she pulled her checkbook closer to her, a piece of her golden locks fell in... | 2 | |
[WP]"Sweet surrender gone asunder, last survivor left to wonder why the end was but a blunder on the Earth; a lonely moon." | [
"Changed the meter and style a bit, but here's my attempt: \n\nSweet surrender gone asunder\n\nlast survivor left to wonder \n\nwhy the end was but a blunder \n\non the earth; a lonely moon.\n\nAll they wished was to survive\n\nOne last decade still alive\n\nGone from earth, where the jive \n\nOf countless people t... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the hero of the story, off to save the princess... until you discover she's the villain. | [
"Jethro chopped the beast down in a single blow throwing it to the ground. The blacksmith picked himself up and bowed before him.\n\"You have saved my your highness! I am forever in your debt!\"\nJethro put his hand out. \"No need old chap! Just in need of a sword you see, the Princess has been kidnapped and I simp... | 2 | |
[WP] Frankenstein enters into a body building contest, only to realize, he has seriously misunderstood the objective. | [
"He'd worked hard, trying to cover every eventuality. What did the body have to do? He didn't know. The contest add didn't really say. \n\nHe'd went ahead and shot for the middle. He needed strength, so he used a gorilla's core, but grafted human arms and hands for the incredible dexterity. He also added a couple o... | 3 | |
[WP] An inmate is about to undergo lethal injection. Make me sympathize with the inmate. | [
"Tulip Marie Hammond was guilty.\n\nAnd Tulip Marie Hammond was innocent.\n\nBut Tulip Marie Hammond was guilty.\n\nStraps held her tight.\n\nHer final embrace would be bitter.\n\nHer final glance toward those she loved would be sweet.\n\nTo survive,\n\nshe did whatever needed to be done.\n\nReflecting face stared ... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity builds its first space elevator in 2030, triggering the Babel Effect:We cannot understand a single thing anyone says, no matter how hard we try. | [
"\"Spreche ich Deutsch?\" the Indian said in disbelief.\n\n\n\"Am I speaking German?\" kicked out the translator.\n\n\n\"Ha, eso es raro como el infierno\" the Brit laughed. He hesitated as he mentally walked back through his words.\n\n\nThe little metal box spoke \"Ha, that's weird as hell\"\n\n\n\"Mā, sore wa j... | 2 | |
[WP] You are stuck in traffic when something happens that causes you to leave your car and sprint away | [
"I sat in my car anxious, pissed off and hot. It was a massive heat wave that enveloped the I-605 south. The heat was like a student loan officer, no matter where you went, no matter where you go, you couldn't escape. \nThe bumper to bumper traffic only increased the feeling of anger and helplessness; I wanted to k... | 2 | |
You were born with a thin and resilient film along the outside of your nervous system! Impervious to interfering brain waves and substantially resistant to pain.
Who took over everyone's mind? What group? What government? What SPECIES? How did they do it? What are their motives? What are their plans?
| [WP] The world falls victim to mind control, and due to genetic mutation, you are unaffected. You don't know if you're the only one, or what you are going to do next. | [
" I open my open my eyes trying to push away the grogginess of the morning. My body aches all over from the night before but somehow I feel empowered by it. It's kind of like that feeling you get when you have a hard workout. That feeling when you know you wanted to quit but you kept fighting.\n \n I close... | 4 |
[WP] Using exactly 50 words, tell me a complete story. | [
"He woke up. Looked in the mirror at shards of broken glass, reflecting the pain. He left for work, exposing himself to the monotonous, depressing, arduous tasks that he desperately needed in order to stay afloat on this Earth. It was enough. He came home and sunk. He killed himself.\n\n*I tried, might be a poem, b... | 9 | |
[WP] "I'm coughing up blood and it ain't mine" | [
"I TOLD EVERYONE I WAS FEELING FINE\nBUT I'M COUGHING UP BLOOD, AND IT AIN'T MINE!\nAnd then thrashing. Terrible, electric, distorted, thrashing.\n\nHailey hated this noise, she hated this \"music\". \n\nBut she loved Chelsea.\n\nThat’s the reason she was here right? Bouncing around in a sea of humanity listening t... | 7 |
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