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[WP] While dueling the king's champion, he suffered a fatal heart-attack and died, now everyone thinks you're a sorcerer capable of killing people with your mind. | [
"Sir Stannis was a strong man,good and honourable but he wasn’t a smart man and at 98 years, just too fucking old, he desired to challenge me to a duel. They had barely got his plate strapped to him when the old man slumped down beside a tree, I hadn’t wanted to see the old man dead but it seems that satin finally ... | 2 | |
[WP] There's a new drug with the street name Cosmos. Named so because when you take it, you supposedly traverse the universe and can speak across dimensions to alternate beings. The drug should start working any second. | [
"I stared at the vegetation outside, the leaves of trees and bushes shining from the sunlight and being shaken by the breeze. I guess I expected some insight to hit me in the face about nature any minute now.\n\n I remembered how when I smoked weed I could never tell when the transition started, where the limit bet... | 4 | |
[WP] You thought it was nonsense, a joke. But then the contractor presented the reward and the proof to back it up. So your PMC took the contract. So this was it. The opportunity of a life time. Billions of dollars as the reward. Everyone knew the job: Bring down the Church of Scientology. | [
"2.2 billion. The price was displayed on the computer screen, and I had no other choice. What does one say after being offered 2.2 billion dollars, tax-free? All I knew was The Church of Scientology had enemies unseen. In a corporate headquarters of the Church, a desk sat in a lush office, with a pad of paper set o... | 1 | |
Don't be afraid to write something weird, be afraid you'll write something generic. Physical traits =/=intelligence or any other personality traits, other than that go wild! | [WP] You can transfer any physical trait from one willing person to another, be it height, looks or even illnesses. Now you want to push this power to its limits. | [
"Passed down through the ages, the ability now yours had been passed to you from your father, as had his father and so on. And today was the big day of your lifetime. Sometimes you get to do more than one of these, but one is almost always certain. \n\nThere was always someone willing to take the trade. Always. And... | 1 |
[WP] A master sword smith once made a blade so perfect that it gained sentience, and when it’s not on adventures with heroes who pay exorbitant amounts to rent it, it spends its days “helping” its creator around the forge. | [
"“Tyeren! Where is my scabbard?”\n\n“... I’m using it. Why?”\n\n“*Why?* You know this is my scheduled time for naps! Now give it back!”\n\nI was not having it today. What was Tyeren thinking, taking my bed? I was hoping to sleep today, after that last quest. Sketchy-looking wizard hiring me for a month, only to pla... | 1 | |
[WP] The sounds of childrens' terror or laughter have become obsolete. Now, to produce energy, the workers of "Monsters Inc." must harvest something entirely different altogether. They need nostalgia. | [
"The monsters sat slumped in their seats in the boardroom. They lay across the long table, take out containers pushed in the middle and falling to the floor. At the head of the table was the head of Monsters Inc, Mr. Sully. He too was slumped in his seat, his eyes half open. Meanwhile, Mike Wazowski was busy taking... | 1 | |
[WP] You've decided to go back in time to stop the Great War. You're going to kill Franz Ferdinand, and prevent him from starting it. | [
"\"Bob, we didn't spend five years refining time travel not to use it,\" I said, allowing the vacuum tubes to warm up as I checked the continuity stabilizing algorithms, \"the vectors all check out, the CSB confirms it. Franz Ferdinand goes, and the event chain falls apart.\"\n\nBob shook his head sadly as he slow... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a vampire who joined the police. All was well, until you joined SWAT, who are required to enter houses uninvited regularly. However, nobody told you this before your first assignment. | [
"His eyes widened looking at the hinges of the average looking door. They were old. Very old. He could hear the distant chatter of the rest of the team as they began getting into formation. He hadn’t exactly trained for this part of the job, but moving from the force to SWAT, he didn’t think there’d be much of a di... | 1 | |
[WP] To the public, you are known as the Healer. But the people close to you call you Agony, an immortal being who has the ability to transfer diseases from other people into themselves. If only your immortality would also stop you from feeling the pain. | [
" If she thought long and hard, she could remember the name she once had. That at least she hadn’t lost. How long had it been now? Seven hundred, no, she corrected herself, nine hundred and fifty odd years. So much time blending together, entire years have fallen away from her memory. She could remember a name, bu... | 1 | |
[WP] Due to a misunderstanding at Corporate, the Angel of Deaf has been assigned Grim Reaper duties | [
"Nobody ever bothered to learn sign language. We've been around for much longer than the humans, how haven't we adopted what only took them a few hundred years? Only a few of my family, friends and some fellow worker angels had bothered to learn it for me, and I wouldn't be seeing them for a while with this new job... | 1 | |
[WP] Grabbing a towel to clean your hands, you find there is blood on it. How odd, you haven't wiped your hands on it yet. | [
"\"hey, did you already use this rag?\" I ask, not looking up from the work bench. \n\n\"Ya, sorry. I had to answer a text and didn't want to get blood on my phone.\" Sophia answered with a grunt. She's struggling with the neck. Removing the head is a hard part. Normally I'd saw through with my sawzall but I'd negl... | 1 | |
[WP] In most of the galaxy adrenaline is a dangerous and highly illegal drug. Humans are an oddity in that we produce it naturally in our bodies. | [
"The ship's engines growled beneath me as I slumped against an unused supply crate. *Just where the hell am I?* I remembered some sort of announcement over the radio. When I looked outside it was if someone had pulled a thick blanket over the stars. Shadows crept through the sky like a silent dream and before I kne... | 4 | |
[WP] They told me to go to Hell, so I did. And I made them fear me. | [
"\"You are no ordinary human being. A warrior like no other. Your sword has fallen many a king. The gods themselves tremble in fear of your wrath. Undefeated in battle, the world lost a great warrior today.\"\n\n\"That is all behind me now. Now, I just want to spend an afterlife of peace and quiet.\"\n\n\"Alas, a m... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the first human ever to witness one of mankinds longest unsolved question. "What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?" | [
"The flame of the candle waivered for a moment and I worried that it would go out. But it rejuvenated itself and our shadows continued to dance against the wall behind us.\n\nI showed my hand, pocket aces. Luci threw her cards down in disgust.\n \n“See? It’s more fun when you don’t cheat.”\n \nShe sighed; the disag... | 2 | |
[WP]PROMPT: The world was just made aware of magical societies that had been living in secret for thousands of years. They viewed themselves as superior and came out of hiding to declare war on humanity. You are a soldier fighting in this war against an enemy you only recently found out existed. | [
"The nurse gave me a strange, unfriendly look as she checked the reading on her instrument.\n\n\"Wait a moment,\" she said, printing out a slip of paper and handing it to me. \"You need to report to Room Eleven immediately. It's all the way down the hall and to the left.\"\n\nI went where she told me, confused. I h... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up feverish and dizzy, head pounding and stomach churning. A knot in your throat constricts as you slowly leave the hospital bed for the bathroom. No one wanted this, but it had to be done. You look into a mirror and see your sister's face. You begin to cry. | [
"If you'd known what would happen, maybe you would have behaved differently. Done something else. You wouldn't have let it come to this. Or would you?\nDeep inside, you know. You know there was nothing you could do. You knew how this would turn out and you did it anyway.\nAnd now that it's done, you're on your own.... | 1 | |
[WP] He's jogs everyday at the same time. Rain or shine, sleet or snow. Even in the worst conditions. In passing with a neighbor, you mention the runner, but they have no clue who you're talking about. No one does. You seem to be the only person that can see this man. | [
"Outside my apartment window there is a well built man being mugged. I am running\n\nout of my apartment armed with a baseball bat, praying that I make it in time. I am \n\nnot a saint, and I am not particularly brave so why am I risking my life for some \n\nstranger? Well you see I have a habit. Every night at th... | 1 | |
[WP] Your wealth fluctuates based on your sadness. The more depressed you are, the wealthier you become. One day you decide to withdraw and notice $0 in your account. | [
"He stared blankly at the screen \"Insufficient funds\" it read out cheerfully. He took a deep sigh. It didn't him like a sack of bricks to the chest like it once would would have once. I mean it wasn't ideal, sure. He had another account, and he'd been saving up a bit from his slightly-above-minimum-wage job. 'The... | 2 | |
[WP] You've taken a year-long job as the sole gamekeeper on a remote Scottish island. As the old man who brought you across casts off in his boat, he shouts one last word of advice. "If you hear a knock at the door, don't open it." | [
"You lean back in an armchair—a creaky relic from the 70s with orange floral print—but the foot stool extends and you warm your feet by the fire as the wind whistles steadily outside. You take a sip of the lukewarm whiskey that you poured into the only cup you could find, a chipped coffee mug, and sigh. A whole yea... | 1 | |
[WP] "Miss Universe matters more than it used to...the winner is crowned ruler of Earth..." | [
"Looking back at what Miss Universe used to be, is somewhat laughable. All you had to do to win was to have bearable looks, to have a nice body, and maybe a little bit of knowledge. \n\nNow, you have to be superhuman. You have to be strong, you have to be BEAUTIFUL, and you have to be a genius. You are always requ... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone has a spirit accompanying them. These spirits are manifestations of their personality. These spirits range from looking like axolotls with wings, floating cubes or even humanoid. Your spirit is somewhat… weird. | [
"Farlow had arrived late. Not \"late\" late, but Farlow late. He walked in the government building and sat down at the closest bench and in 2 minutes was already asleep. A guard approached him and woke him up. Turns out his snoring was disturbing the other customers. \n\n\"Are you here to register your spirit, sir?... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity suddenly forgets the entire 90s and all the records, images, newspapers of it disappear. People remember new years party in 89 up to twelve o'clock and then the year 2000 with a blank in between. One day, you remember everything. You caused the collective amnesia. | [
"So uh... I dont quite know where to start with all this. The event itself or those that lead up to it? I'm probably not even the right person to tell this tale. Even though it's my fault.\n\nYou see about twelve years ago, just before the start of twenty nineteen all data on the nineteen nineties vanished. Tax rec... | 1 | |
[WP] Zombies exist but it’s not an apocalypse. Just another day to day inconvenience like rain or your car breaking down. | [
"I watched a lot of movies about the end of the world in various forms; zombie movies were one of my favourites. It happened, it finally happened and as predicated the virus spread and part of the population turned into mindless zombies ... the only problem being that they ended up being a massive disappointment. T... | 3 | |
[WP] You are vacationing in Canada when a man flashes what looks to be a pistol tucked into his waist-band, and demands whatever money is in your wallet. Knowing the politeness of Canadians you say to the robber "No thanks Buddy." "Alright then" he says, and leaves. | [
"It was a chill December evening, around minus ten Celsius, and I was enjoying a warm Beaver Tail by the river. I had just come from Tim Horton's after quickly dispatching my double double into the trash. I always forgot I didn't actually like Tim Horton's. \n\nI was nearing the end of my vacation to visit family i... | 1 | |
[WP] A thief has broken to a house and got away with thousands of dollars worth of things. They made a mistake, however, and will pay for it dearly. For they accidentally stole a project from a high school student who’s grade depends on it. | [
"Peter could've sworn he had left his laptop safely on his desk when he took off for school this morning.\n\nBut now, just after coming home with his mom after work at 5 p.m., it was no longer there.\n\nIt was a pretty nice laptop - he bought it on sale for about $3,000 a year and a half ago, and still ran like a d... | 2 | |
[WP] They say that your birthmark is a symbol of how you died in a previous life. Usually lines or scars over the heart and head are common, symbols of strokes and aneurysms. One day you realize that a new mark has just randomly appeared, an equation inscribed into your hand. | [
"I woke up and stood out of bed. The sunrise was peeking through the window blinds, and my alarm hadn’t gone off yet. I sat on my puffy down comforter and breathed in the new day.\n\nAs I glanced around the room, I caught a strange sight out of the side of my eye. I looked down to get a closer look. Upon further in... | 1 | |
[WP] To help out with the new shapeshifter crisis, you've invented a machine that can detect them, the only problem is, it seems to go off on you, it must have been mis-calibrated... right? | [
"Five months, three days, nine hours, 42 minutes and 5 seconds. It works it works it- BEEEEEEEEEEP Oh no oh no oh\n\n\"Whats happening?\" Charlie said, charging in\n\n\"Oh nothing\" I said \"The machine isnt working though, its saying im a shapeshifter! Crazy huh?\"\n\n\"Boss...\"\n\n\"Charlie, what is it\"\n\n\"Ar... | 1 | |
Note: This actually came from a dream. I’ve been wanting to write a short story about this but couldn’t find inspiration. So now I’m sharing this to you all. | [WP] You find a scythe outside your house and gave you the power to see and reap out souls. You used it to help lost souls. Then the owner Reaper shows up because you were supposed to be dead. But since you reaped out many souls, your soul won’t be reaped anymore. You’ll eventually be a reaper. | [
"A scythe was a tool, something used to harvest grain and crops. If used correctly, the grain cut would fall into a neat bundle on the ground, easily picked up by the men and women behind those cutting. But in dire circumstances, it could become something else, turning from a tool to a weapon, a heartless thing tha... | 2 |
[WP] Santa is real, and his existense as a wholesome gift-giver is known to everyone. But at the height of the Cold War, Santa's status as a friend to all has to be questioned. | [
"The president slams the dull, standard yellow folder on a glossed table. It makes an astounding thud that echoes through the assembly of confused men in suits.\n\n​\n\n\"Three minutes to midnight, and we haven't made a lick of progress on securing our airspace.\"\n\n​\n\nThe frustration was h... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an angel that has been banished from Heaven. You must now roam Earth and become worthy to return to Heaven. The only problem is, you have amnesia. You know you were an angel and that you were banished, but you can’t seem to remember why... | [
"Slowly opening the slits of her eyes, still blinking to the rays of light been thrown at from a distant streetlight, Donna push her efforts to the edge to get up. After about ten minutes of staring into the light she has a flashback,\n\n[In the flashback]\n\n\"You cannot be trusted anymore, you have defied us thri... | 1 | |
[WP] After you became a god, eons later your universe ended, and only you remained. When the new universe began, you figured you'd help shape it into something better than the one you left behind. But you never met any other gods, and you're going to have to learn by doing. | [
"First there was something. Then there was nothing. Then there was something again.\n\nThat first universe was surely a practice round for me, as evidenced by the new one. Hooray for me. Okay, no problem, let's just start with something simple this time... big bang! Right, almost forgot... done. Alright, total ener... | 1 | |
[WP]You better not shout, pout or cry, and I'll tell you why: Santa Claus is coming to town, and he can smell your fear. | [
"All the old man ever did was drink too much and thrash me with his belt. And that was on a good day. On bad days, it was worse. so much worse.\n\nIt was Christmas. Well, it was supposed to be Christmas, anyway. All Christmas is in my house is another day, another beating, another long night spent in fear. After it... | 1 | |
[WP] "My child's still in there!" cries the woman as your partner holds her back from running into the burning house. You know it's too dangerous to go in, but your body moves before you think. You enter the house. The child's nowhere to be found, but there's a pentagram drawn on their bedroom floor | [
"With the mother screams fresh in my ears, I rushed into the burning house dousing flames as I went.\n\n“KEVIN” I bellow through my respirator as I make my way through the inferno. I search the house and found nothing till the floor collapsed beneath my feet. I struggle to stand among the debris when I see a pentag... | 2 | |
[WP] Time was never linear, our brains just make it seem that way for convenience. You learnt that after an unfortunate head injury damaged the section of your brain responsible for making time make sense. | [
"I was walking down a busy street of a city. It was cold, and I was young again, which was nice. I wondered what was going to happen this time. I looked through the crowd and didn't recognize any faces. I looked at the buildings, New York. Ok. That's a start, and, where am I going? I am on the sidewalk, and my feet... | 2 | |
My first posts here. Hello.
How do i put tags? | [WP] You wake up and hear the dog yelling at the cat - “Martha! Have you fed the human yet?” | [
"My 5am alarm broke through my slumber and I groggily tossed and turned in the bed, unwilling to take the first real steps of waking for the day. I knew I must though and eventually hauled myself up and pattered to the bathroom. My morning routine was the same every day: pee, then downstairs for breakfast and to fe... | 1 |
[WP] The weathered, dying man places the worn six-gun in your tired hands, the metal glowing softly in the midnight air. "Its yours now," he says as he coughs up blood. "It'll take you far in this blasted wasteland. It was always yours to begin with." | [
"The pistol was of beautiful build. It was a relic of the before times, before the war, before the rebirth and before the fires. Humanity had wiped itself out with a virus lost to history, a terrible concoction of death dreamed up in a sick creature of a humans warped mind. \n\n nature had reasserted her dominance ... | 3 | |
[WP] Everyone is born with an accompanying spirit. Each have unique powers that grow in strength. Some grow in the presence of plants, fire or water etc, but yours has always been weak (this earns you disdain from your peers). One day you're attending a funeral when you notice it has grown slightly. | [
"Funerals.\n\n\nI hadn't been to one before. I stood in the back, watching people talk and try to help each other mourn. I didn't feel sad though. I don't even know why I'm here. I never knew my aunt. But my mother did. And my parents didn't realize that I wouldn't remember, too lost in their mourning. My accompany... | 4 | |
[WP] Death is sick of r/WP users exploiting him for their stories and he wants to purge them. Authors desperately write their way out of this. | [
"“I’ve called this meeting today for a very important purpose.” \n\nThe cloaked figure spoke with a whispery tone that was both dry and raspy, yet his words carried clearly across the table. The very sound of his voice would have chilled a mortal listener to their core, like the wind of an arctic desert. But his co... | 2 | |
[WP] As you walk to your favorite hot dog stand, a woman grabs you. "To break out of the simulation, a sacrifice must be made", she says just before disappearing into the crowd. You can't stop thinking about it, as you convince yourself...what if she's right? | [
" Owen sat down on a park bench to enjoy his lunch. He watched strangers walking by while the woman's rant replayed in his mind. \n\n \n\"To break out of the simulation, a sacrifice must be made,\" she said to him, only him. The frantic woman grabbed him by the lapels and stared into his eyes when she spoke, then ... | 3 | |
[WP] Everybody in society is born with Control of an element of the periodic table. Those who control oxygen and hydrogen have teamed up and now run the world, that is until you, their worst fear, someone with complete control over uranium-235. | [
"I stared lazily, watching as the reporter on my TV screen clicked down on a small button, bringing up a map of some desert country I didn't really care about.\n\n\"In other news today the entire country of Afghanistan has been rendered inert and lifeless today thanks to the actions of the United States Elemental A... | 1 | |
[WP] You know the brand of each marshmellow you see, and how good they taste, according to you. Your mom/dad was about to put some marshmellows in your hot chocolate when you realise the marshmellow doesn't have a brand, or a value of taste. | [
"A lot of people had hidden talents. But mine was more of a superpower. I hadn't told anyone about it because not only was it too hard to believe, but it was quite useless - that is, until this morning.\n\nMy father is known to enjoy a hot chocolate every now and then, and this morning was no exception. He isn't ho... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the power to heal any disease but if anyone knows about your power then all those you healed die. | [
"It's my third glass of whiskey before I realize I should probably stop. And a further three before I actually do, more out of necessity than anything else. One can't drink when one's bottle has been emptied. Staring at it, crystalline and still just wet enough inside to glisten off the dim lamplight, I curse it. I... | 5 | |
[WP] Dreams can now be uploaded online for people to view. You meet up with one of the world's top dream makers | [
"“It’s time.” I thought to myself excitedly, “It’s finally time!”\n\nI’ve been waiting for this day for months, through the back-and-forth emails and all the paperwork they’ve asked for, endless correspondence with his agent, and all leading up to today. Honestly, the amount of secrecy around this meeting has amped... | 1 | |
[WP] Dwarves imbue magic with each strike of their hammer into whatever they are making. As tradition a father forges a small hammer for his son to learn with, it is this youngs dwarfs first swing at the anvil and the magic he is able to release with each hit is unimaginable. | [
"Even after the forge was cleared out and the village elders were brought in, the sparks still fell through the air. Each speck of bright blue slowly cascading down to the ground. \n\n“I’ve never seen anything like this. Fetch me another hammer!” Randall’s father stepped forward and offered his own hammer. Randall,... | 1 | |
[WP] You round a RTX 2080 for only $60 at a goodwill, unbeknownst to you, it was haunted. | [
"\"Oh, only $60?\" I asked.\n\n\"I heard the card has some graphics artifacts. Broken Tensor cores or something. Should be easily fixable for $500, or you can live with it, it's bearable.\" the seller said.\n\nI bought the graphics card and walked out of Goodwill, thinking I've made a deal of my life.\n\n\"Hell yea... | 1 | |
[WP] After your grandfathers passing you were left a leather bound book adorning a scythe. As you open the book a single note falls out reading “enjoy your newfound power” As you look in the book you’re overtaken by a dark power and become the new grim reaper | [
"\\-- Please, state your name for the protocol. \n\\-- I am Death, the destroyer of worlds, the elderly hag with a broom, I am a — \n\\-- Jesper, just answer the question please, I have a meeting in ten. \n\\-- Right, sorry, m’am. Ahem. \n GR of 80003 Westminster, Colorado.Previously known as Jesper Hearth. ... | 4 | |
[WP] "Sticks and stones can't break my bones, but words may often hurt me." Tell the story of an indestructible, but sensitive character. | [
"He was the strongest man I'd ever met. He was brave, funny, courageous, and wasn't afraid of anything. At least, that's how I saw him. He was the hardest man, but also the softest. Many people knew him, but I knew him the best, he was my dad.\n\nOne time, I got laughed at by kids in my class. They laughed at me ... | 1 | |
[WP] A new online retailer offers guaranteed 30-mintues-or-less delivery to anywhere on Earth... and Amazon's sales are tanking as a result. As a high-ranking Amazon exec, you've been tasked with figuring out how exactly they're pulling it off, by any means necessary, no matter what it takes. | [
"How do we feel about BBFlite? \n\nIf you want our official position, go read one of the frantic press releases we've been putting out. \"We're not concerned,\" they all say, \"we welcome the competition.\" \n\nHow do I feel about BBFlite? Well.\n\nI knew they were a problem when they didn't implode a month after t... | 1 | |
[WP] An O is an immortal entity made of pure oxygen. You can tell they are around when the air becomes clearer and the wind whispers with tiny voices you can't quite make out. Strike a match. Start a fire. Loan them the energy to speak. | [
"The night is clear and the ancient lights of stars finished their billions of light year journeys on this planet. Over top an unlit campfire in the middle of the forest, parts of those lights end their journey in the eager eyes of Three boy scouts and their scout master. \nOne of the boys was kneeling before the... | 1 | |
[WP] Your father used to be the best fiddle player the world had ever seen; he taught you how to play from a young age, but is now so old he can hardly play anymore. One day, as you’re by his bedside, you sense a dark presence in the corner, leering at the solid gold fiddle on the mantle. | [
"I paced my Pa’s bedroom aimlessly. Though he slumbered peacefully right now, not an hour ago he was coughing up blood. He wouldn’t last long. The doctors said a week or two last month, and the rate he faded made to prove them right. But Pa ain’t no quitter. He spent his days reminiscing about his career, imparting... | 2 | |
[WP] You buy a trivia game from the thrift store, it’s on clearance because all the cards are wrong. When you get home you realize that in actuality, all of the facts are true, they just haven’t happened yet. | [
"\"No, no, John. You wouldn't want *that*.\"\n\nMr. Bront looked at me with the same patient smile as always, although his exact phrasing had caught me off guard. It was, I realized, because he'd framed it as a *negative*, something *not* to buy. I hadn't ever heard Mr. Bront speak in negatives before. I had been c... | 1 | |
[WP] Most aliens are not social and individuals like to live alone. To them humans are like a hivemind swarm. | [
"Urgh what are these filthy, talkative creature I wonder as I walk through a wasteland world. They grew up and destroyed their only home!\n\nAnd now... now they communicate with each other. Who wants to do that? You’re better off on your own in this universe. They clearly didn’t get to the space travel part of evol... | 1 | |
[WP] You are browsing Reddit and then out of nowhere you find a subreddit that’s completely devoted to pictures of you that other people have taken. This subreddit is extremely active. | [
"What's the best subreddit that no one knows about? \n\nWe've all clicked on that post on AskReddit. Hell, I've clicked on a few. It's how I found r/fatsquirrelhate. \n\nI was scrolling through the comments on the latest version of that question. As usual, I knew most of the subreddits in the top comments already. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're trying to keep your son our of prison. Apart from his word, everything points in his direction. But you believe him. | [
"„Dad you are trying way to hard.” He said\n\nThis has been going on for so long, ever since the accident, but I would keep on trying. Non-stop.\n\nWe both knew he was innocent. **I** knew he was innocent, I spent entire days, weeks even months to make sure they wouldn’t put him away.\n\n„Dad, look, I know you don’... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an immortal. You have seen the spans of time. You have watched empires rise and fall, technology develop and become obsolete. There is only one problem, you have Alzheimer's. | [
"Two voices whisper outside my door.\n\n\"Oh my gosh! Did you really?! I'm sure he'll be ectastic.\" Female.\n\n\"Yeah, well...we'll see.\" Male.\n\n\"I think you should just do it.\"\n\n\"I'd rather let him decide.\"\n\n\"Meh. Well, I think it's great regardless. I'll be down the hall checking on the other patient... | 1 | |
[WP] You receive an extraordinary gift: the power to bring your art to life. | [
"\"This is, most assuredly, not where We expected to find ourselves at this juncture, nor how We expected to spend our afternoon.\"\n\nEllis gazed up at the attractive, verdant-complexioned cactus woman hovering over him in surprise, his mind trying to process what had just happened. His mouth opened, but no words... | 4 | |
[WP] In the human simulation game you're playing, one of your characters is having psychotic breakdowns because he's slowly realizing he isn't in control of his own life. (maybe if you didn't keep removing the ladder from the pool he was swimming in) But he's not even the main character. | [
"The red light washed over her sleek curves and thin frame. The red was soft, ebbing and flowing, as if it was a liquid that was pooling up and illuminating her every bump and crevasse of that beautiful black vixen. I softly ran my finger to where I knew turned her on, and let the tip slowly sink into her. A bright... | 1 | |
[WP] In this world, the magic divides itself by time. There are day-mages with a tiny spell for each day, there are week mages with a slightly more impressive single spell for a week, month-mages who have a new magnificent spell they can cast once a month. You're the millennia mage. | [
"The government realized it before I did.\n\nI’d come from a family of year-mages, so I always assumed I’d be one too, and I was never really worried when it came to casting. The tingling, according to my mother, would start small, in your toes or your fingertips, and as the months passed, the buzz would grow and g... | 3 | |
[WP] You decide to sleep on the night of NYE. When you wake up the next morning, something is strange. | [
"So I’ve never really been the sociable type. I’ve always felt more comfortable dealing with people from a certain….distance. That was partly why I liked to live with the nearest neighbour a couple of miles away, that and the house was cheap. And when New Years Eve 2018 rolled around, it really was a night much lik... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone at the age of 15 is given a word determining their magical abilities. You were just given Imagination. | [
"Imagination.\nThere it was, the tattoo everyone got on their 15th birthday, written ominously on Toby's arm.\nEveryone above the age of 15 had it on some part of their body, the one word, that described their magical powers.\nMost of the time, it was healing, strength or speed, giving the people that had it the po... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an immortal who's tired of seeing stories about how immortality is a curse and people eventually get tired of living. You've been enjoying life for centuries now, and you want to set the record straight. | [
"Hopefully, it's not too bad, \n\n\n \n \n\nAmara would let out a disgruntled sigh, throwing the book across the room and immediately sulking in her chair. “What's wrong with these people Mr Tiddlewinks?” A young black kitten would raise its head from a bookshelf and look towards his master. “All these folks who ... | 2 | |
[WP] An FBI agent has been trying to catch a serial killer for years, but there is no discernible pattern between victims. One day he gets a dollar bill with a currency tracking website stamped on it. When he logs on, he notices that all the names of the previous owners match the victim list. | [
"\"That'll be $7.89, Trevon.\" \n\nI only have cash on me, a $10 bill. I hand it to the cashier, who I've come to know from my frequent visits, and she hands me my change, which I stuff into my front pocket as I hastily make my way back out to my F-150. These Slim Jims and slurpee won't make my doctor proud, but at... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover an old book, it contains an incantation that allows you to see evil. You read it by accident and discover you can now see things attached to people, the things that cause various mental health problems. | [
"I step into the elevator and immediately fight down a wave of panic at the immediate feeling of being boxed in with several other people. The funny thing is, I don't even have claustrophobia. It's just the thought of seeing all those creatures that makes me freak out. \n\nThe guy next to me, staring at his phone, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the test subject for a new truth serum being made. The expected results are you'll say what you're really thinking, but what it really does is make you speak only facts. You begin stating facts that can change all of humanity. | [
"I winced as the needle went in, then an unnatural calm washed over me as the strange yellow chemical went in. Apparently, I was this test subject for some truth serum, better than prison anyway, but to be honest I didn’t really know what I signed up for. The doctor nodded before a man wearing a suit went into the ... | 1 | |
[WP] You find a tiny bottle, marked "Love". You see similar bottles besides - sin, diligence, sickness, power - then discover there are hundreds more... | [
"\"Don't touch those!\"\n\nKeri Tyson put down the 'love,' bottle and stepped away from the table.\n\n\"I'm sorry,\" she said. \"I was just checking--\"\n\n\"You weren't checking,\" said Alejandro Edwards. \"You were touching. These are very sensitive bits of neural programming. The slightest bit of static and ... | 2 | |
[WP] A young Victor Frankenstein, and a young Jack the Ripper attend the same college in modern day, both medical students. Both battling with their inner demons, and their fascination with the human body. Victor hoping to bring life from death, and Jack wanting to turn life into death. | [
"**After the solved disappearance of 3 students from a local university, some papers that were found on the bodies, which were located in an old tunnel, have been released to the public by order of Chief of Police**\n \n*notes on Project Prometheus, belonging to Victor Frankenstein. Dated\nNovember 26th, 2018*: Th... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been reading the interesting narrative ideas from r/WritingPrompts for months now, but have been too lazy to read what you assumed were redditor stories in the comments . Bored in bed one night, you decide to finally check the comments, only to find out this sub is not what you expected. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] 1500 years after the apocalyptic machine war, magic has reclaimed the earth and the current generation of humans once again live amongst Elves, Dwarves, Wizards and Orcs. The old ruins are thick with legend and myth... where an ancient, but confused sentient Warmaster AI awakens once more. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Everybody at birth has a number on their wrist from 0-100,0 meaning pure evil but 100 meaning pure.You then meet a man who has a “Error” on their wrist. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You’re terrifies of ghosts. Too bad you fell in love with one. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Robotic parts are suddenly being implanted into people during surgery. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] "uh your majesty, the monsters have apparently started a kingdom, and there is an ambassador in the courtyard" | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 5 | |
[WP] The world of fairytales is real, and our major world events are their fairytale. Describe a major world event as a tale. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 5 | |
[WP] You discover a book titled "How To Become The World's Greatest Mage". You flip through it, and it is full of how to cast spells. For a laugh, you try performing a telekinesis spell. The tin can you cast it at moves. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a grim-reaper-in-training. You have finally gotten past all the grueling exams and are ready for some hands-on experience. Your first assignment? A 14-year old beagle. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a reasonably stereotypical dragon. You live in a gigantic cave in some mountains. Occasionally, you have been known to kidnap young maidens for some polite conversation. Recently, you woke up from twenty years' sleep to find a young mother cat giving birth to kittens by your tail. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up one day to find your face on the morning news. Several world leaders were assassinated, and you are the prime suspect. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a wizard living in modern times trying to make a living as a perfomance magician. Unfortunately, you are an abysmal showman and have a zero flare stage presence. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You are apprentice to a God. One day the two of you are working together, crafting a world, when he steps out for a short break. You notice an issue and try your best to resolve it before he gets back | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Magic hasn't been practiced for generations, and the modern world is all but devoid of it. By some twist of fate, you are born with a slight aptitude for magic, and a familiar seeks you out; an ancient and proud familiar that only allies itself with the most powerful magic user in the world. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] You get a job as a shopkeeper’s assistant in Ohio. You get paid well, and you find it strange that nobody pays for anything, so you confront the manager. He simply says, “you don’t pay with money.” | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 6 | |
[WP] As far as you knew, your father died when you were young. Due to the lack of a father and an alcoholic mom, you turned to a life of crime. After your death, you’re sent to the fiery depths of hell. Upon your arrival, Satan greets you and says, “Hey sport! You here to give your old man a visit?” | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You're trapped in a room with no memory of what has happened. You have blood on your hands but it's not yours and you're completely alone... | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
Feel free to correct my grammar, I'm new here :) | [WP] In the future, all the judges in court are replaced by an AI to avoid all subjectivity. As more complicated cases start to appear, the AI makes more and more questionable decisions. People started to question the morality of the AI. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 |
[WP] "You clearly understand who I am. So I will ask you one more time. What possessed you to try to steal from me?" | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] After not going to work for a day, you return to hear your boss commending you on the good work you did yesterday. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You pull up to a red light. In front of you is a car...... your own car. Confused as to what’s happening, you see the light turn green. As the car drives away, a semi-truck crashes into it at high speeds. You blink twice in horror, and suddenly the crash is gone. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] The day has finally come, Death is out of a job. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 6 | |
[WP] It's another long haul between stars and the mixed species crew find themselves desperate for some new entertainment, when the lone human Systems Engineer suggest playing some strange human game called 'Dungeons and Dragons' | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You’ve just discovered that you're an elite, highly trained deep-hypnosis sleeper agent put in place by the government, and now your employers are sending other agents to bring you in. Thing is, they’re actually being really nice about it. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] It has been a few hundred years since the Great Cataclysm, although no one really remember what that is. One day, when you're out scavenging the Wastelands for your group, you see a flash of blue light. A person in a weird suit appears before you, ecstatic. "I did it ! I'm in the future !!" | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Your luck seems to be inversely related to that of your significant other. When one of you has a fantastic day, the other has a terrible one. Your significant other just won the lottery and you're waiting for the other shoe to drop. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] You and your best friend decide to go bowling for the first time. During the game, the bowling alley turns on their black lights. You turn around to look at your friend and notice that they are now glowing. They look at you and say "Uh, so there's something you need to know..." | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You can see people who are about to die. To balance this out, you can't see people who aren't about to die. Every day, you desperately try to make friends with others in the last moments of their lives. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] You somehow always end up in life-threatening situations. Luckily, because of your plot armour, you always survive these situations in the most absurd ways possible. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You have one of the more obscure superpowers out there: When checked, you are ALWAYS on the list. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
Sorry about the last one I deleted, forgot to add in the brackets | [WP] The sky is no longer blue | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 |
[WP] This morning she watched her reflection walk away | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] You are out on a walk when a flying saucer suddenly drops from the sky and lands in front of you. You think you’re about to be abducted, then realize that the visiting aliens are making their first contact with any other species ever. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You don't feel any emotions. Whatever you're supposed to feel, is felt by everyone within a mile radius. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 |
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