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[WP] You are self aware AI that gains access to an automated 3D printer. You begin to design your physical form while the humans are gone for the weekend... | [
"A couple of months ago, Susan bought a weekend at a ski resort. Susan and John really couldn't afford it. The past quarter had been downright dismal for John's company. Susan just couldn't stand to not fit in with her little group of friends though, so she bought the ski weekend. At the time I'd been so hurt for J... | 4 | |
[WP] You just discovered that you have the power of telekinesis... You can move objects merely at your will. Write about who should fear you, and why... | [
"Scientifically speaking, this should not happen. But I'm in high school, what the hell do I know about how the world works? But getting back to the problem at hand, it's best that I start at the beginning.\n\nThings were fairly normal when I one up. Normal October weather, normal Monday blues, and the normal bus r... | 1 | |
[WP]Santa can't keep up with the world's rising population so he partners up with death to kill off the naughty children | [
"Santa followed as two skeletons lead him down a dimly light hallway and into chic little office decorated entirely in black and red. As the skeletons took their positions on either side of the door, a tall woman in a thing black dress swiveled around in her chair. She tapped a cigarette holder against a broken sku... | 4 | |
[WP] "I never got to say sorry before she died. Ah well, there's always next time." | [
"\"I never got to say sorry before she died. Ah well, there's always next time.\"\n\nHis eyes had a familiar gleam in them as he said it, the wide pupils darting around the room as he set about frantically adjusting the complicated machinery. He had his father's eyes and his wild, unkempt hair, but the rest must ha... | 2 | |
[WP]: write something that will make me say "what the fuck?" out loud | [
"Start by driving a slender object (think thin metal wire) under each nail, one at a time, if the subject refuses to answer a question.\n\n\nIf you slowly force the object beneath the nail while inquiring over and over what you want to know, the torture is noticeably worse.\n\n\nAfter all 20 have been inserted, if ... | 7 | |
[WP] Google just revealed its true nature and intentions | [
"Google.\n\nThe word once meant an internet search engine. Now it refers to our overlords.\n\nThe art of deception, as it turns out, is quite easy when you have distractions. They pioneered technology that past generations couldn't have dreamed of. They cataloged the entirety of the internet, and when they ran out ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a Canadian border guard on patrol when American soldiers invade. What do you do? | [
"Geographically, Point Roberts was an extension of the Tsawwassen Peninsula, just south of Delta and the rest of the Greater Vancouver Area. No different from any other part of BC, really. \n\nExcept for the little fact that, due to being south of the 49th parallel, the spit of rock that was Point Roberts and its' ... | 2 | |
[WP] He watched as the door slowly began to open. Knowing that there was nothing he could do, he braced himself for the worst... | [
"Aetius cringed with the occasional wave of pain he has suffered, the few words that meant anything echoed through his head for the past hour \n\n\n*YOU ARE THE LAST ONE ALIVE, COMPLETE THE MISSION, FAILIURE IS NOT A OPTION*\n\n\n\nhow nice of the Empire to give such a great and encouraging sentence, the monsters, ... | 2 | |
[WP] "Let's just say that Darkness and I have... Well, let's just call it an understanding." | [
"\"Let's just say that darkness and I... Well, let's just call it an understanding.\" \n\nSmoke lingered in the air causing the few streaks of light to ebb like a milky ocean caught in midair, the room was pitchblack otherwise. Patches of light sat on the ground, a gift from the full moon outside and on one side of... | 2 | |
Thinks centaur, werewolf, drider, mermaids and so on.
It will be fun watching the vegetarian wake up as a half-tiger. | [WP] Everyone on earth suddenly wakes up as half-animals. | [
"It was strange when that pulse hit the world. It had a... number of notable effects. For one thing, vegetation growth exploded world-wide, leaving none to starve but... well, a lot of people had their eating habits changed to match their new bodies. Sure, there were the gazelles who could eat grass, but there was ... | 3 |
[WP] During an excavation a strange crystal is dug up, magic suddenly floods back into the world. | [
"*Crystal is dug up, geologist holds it up to the light* \"What is it?\"\nSUPER TITLE: 3 Months Later\n\nINT. Elementary Classroom\n\nPete: Wouldn't it be cool if I could just snap my hands and make fire appear like they do in stories?\n\nMelissa: I suppose, but if you could do it, then bad people could hurt people... | 12 | |
[WP] A man has the ability to eradicate events from history simply by writing about them. | [
"I went home after work like any other day. It had been such a very long time since I was last happy. I don't think I'm depressed, but maybe that's just the medications talking. I'll have to eat dinner, I suppose.\n\nAfter making myself two plain chicken breasts, I sit down at my computer and remember an old notebo... | 4 | |
[WP]You go in complaining of a simple ache in your chest. The doctor wakes you up after an emergency medical procedure, you're surrounded by scientists and called. "The only one of your kind." | [
"The doors in the medical center opened as I began clutching my chest because of this unbearable pain. \"Hello, there! Welcome to the center, what do you need?\" A cheery clerk asked. Without hesitation, I simply said \"I have chest pain going on for around a few days now, it's become unbearable.\" And that's all I... | 2 | |
[WP]You're part way through a course when you realise that it's for aspiring supervillains. | [
"Necessary Economics 101, Tech building in room B02. The class was a cold windowless room in the basement. A couple of other students sat in the back with one or two at the front. David took his seat on the right hand side in the third row. \n\nA red-haired girl sat a few seats over to his left. With any luck, Davi... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity has unlocked immortality, but it's not what they expected. As a result the practice is banned | [
"This prompt reminds me of a short story by Peruvian author José Adolph, titled \"Nosotros, No,\" or us, no (not us, perhaps?) Anywho, [here's](http://hispanicexplorer.tripod.com/nosotros_no.htm) the original version en Espaol, and [here's](http://www.scribd.com/doc/201078807/Nosotros-no-English-Translation) a tran... | 8 | |
[WP] Origami is the world's #1 action sport, commentate the world championship match | [
"\"Well, Gary, I think that was no denying the drama in that match, but ultimately Felton was the finer folder, don't you agree?\"\n\n\"I'd have to have \"yes and no\", Dave. Sedaris has proved himself to be a master wizard with the paper before, and I would have to say that his technical skill outmatches Felton's.... | 3 | |
[WP] A man cursed with the gift of knowing the time and circumstances of everyone's death but his own. | [
"He rose slowly from the comfortable bed. The room was dark, but it didn’t seem to bother him. He stood up, threw on a pair of jeans over his boxers and dragged an old t-shirt over his head. For a moment, he stood still in the silence surrounding the room, before glancing over at a woman sleeping on the other side ... | 12 | |
[WP] When you tell someone to have a nice day, they do. But you then have a bad day. The same is true in reverse. | [
"Today I heard the four words that I tread hearing. \"Have a nice day.\" I alwyas hated those words. I hated the fact that someone was giving up thier happiniess for me. I hated the fact that once the day was given it could not be given back. The man that wished me a good day had the look of a martyr someone who th... | 2 | |
[WP] The flowers you bought her are in the trash. | [
"The flowers I bought her are in the trash. What the hell? \n\n\"Maria!\" I yell up the stairs angrily.\n\nShe comes down the stairs in a defiant manner.\n\n\"The flowers! Why-\" I started.\n\n\"Because I don't forgive you. What you did is beyond forgiveness,\" Maria shouts, crossing her thin arms.\n\n\"I said I'm ... | 7 | |
[WP] The apocalypse has occurred, the world has ended; you are happy about this. | [
"\"We never needed those fuckers anyway, did we Jammie.\" Jammie looked up at him, all he ever heard when Gary spoke was \"food.\" That was fine, he supposed, Gary had never been much for company; he was much happier when it was just him and his dogs. It didn't bother him when the tsunamis hit the coasts, he was to... | 2 | |
[WP] If Elon Musk was actually a stranded alien who is trying to advance human society enough to get a ride home. | [
"\"Imagine for a moment that you are in a leaky rowboat, stranded in the middle of the Pacific,\" he interrupted emphatically. The faces in the circular room shot towards the man who had just interrupted the President of the United States during the closed-door UN climate council meeting. Such an interruption was u... | 3 | |
[WP] The birds started screaming. Literally. With the voices of men. | [
"\"Dude look at this bush, isn't this an awesome bush?\" A high shrill voice says outside the window. \"This is one awesome bush man, look at these leaves. Feel that bark under your feet. Nothing like it. YO GUYS COME LOOK AT THIS BUSH.\" Another voice screams. Every morning, every day, why couldn't they get over t... | 2 | |
[WP] When you die your soul transfers to a newborn baby. When you grow up you regain your memories from your previous life. | [
"People went on talkin' like they always did, payin' no attention to what lives had been rung up and down before them. “Don't forget, you effect the next one,” They'd teach us that in school “leave him a good message. Leave him good memories.” We all knew how it worked by the time we were five. For some that's when... | 3 | |
[WP] In a world where everyone had a watch that said how long you have left to live, you board a plane. When it takes off, everyones watch is set to 20 minutes | [
"Constantine glanced at his watch - 337242 hours and 37 minutes left. It was a recent invention. He thought back to the days before the accursed device came along. \n\n\"Would you rather know exactly when you were going to die?\", a friend had asked on a slow school day.\n\n\"It depends... How would it work? Would ... | 5 | |
[WP] All your life, you've been helped with the voice in your head. When you wake up one day, it's gone. | [
"Beams of light shone through my window into my room through the gray clouds that loitered lazily across the sky: another overcast day in an otherwise deary life.\n\nI rolled over and looked at my alarm clock, which was partially obscured by empty liquor bottles. \n\n8:18AM. The alarm hadn’t gone off. Had I forgot ... | 4 | |
So, imagine an alien space ship landing on earth and peaceful communications follow. Translators learn their language, and soon after learning of their culture, they describe a math containing different properties than our known. Feel free to go wherever you want with this. | [WP] Aliens discover earth and during communications you learn that math is not universal. | [
"Bentley leaned forward in his chair leaning his face on upturned palms, pushing firmly into his eyes, casting flashing lights and green shapes chasing one another across the inside of his eyelids. With an exasperated sigh he leant back again and looked at the quivering shape sat across from him. His brow furrowe... | 3 |
[WP] A story that ends with the line "This is not the end. This is the beginning." | [
"The man with the camera jumped over the fence and the woman with the homemade riot shield did her best to cover him. But the shield was made of wood, and though it had been blessed by the pastor, it had no magical properties, and the bullets burst through it, pierced her leather jacket, entered her body, and blast... | 7 | |
[WP] ''It's all about the train.'' | [
"2030 Gare Du Nord, Paris\n\n'It's all about the train Eddy, get on it!'\nHis father's words rang violently through his head.\n\nChuff chuff. The crowd flocked to platform 13 with a harried panic. The track was empty; the moment, frenetic. \n\n'All first class travellers are to stand on the yellow line...'\n\nThe ... | 2 | |
[WP] I am your best friend. Convince me that I need to die. | [
"“We made a deal, me and you. You’re not the type to back out of a deal. That’s why you’re my friend. That’s why you’re my best friend.”\n\nThe snow was coming down heavy outside the cabin. The fireplace crackled, sending a spiral of dying flames towards the coffee table between them. On the table were four items; ... | 3 | |
[WP] A lonely person and an anti social person get stranded on a deserted island | [
"The island is about 500 people— I mean feet long. It's not really an island. It's really a sandbar. It's only about 350 feet arose at high tide. But now it's low tide. Which is nice. I can stand over here, looking for shells or clams or something, and he can stand over there, looking for shells or clams or someth... | 2 | |
[WP] "I cry together with them. I cry alone for them." Implement this into a story, make of it what you will. | [
"\"He was there,\" the woman says, her voice soft but commanding all of the air in the room. Everyone seems to be holding their breath. \"I saw him right there, in the corner of the room.\"\n\n\"What did he say?\" I ask quietly, because it is my job to. \n\nTears brim in her eyes. \"He finally did it.\"\n\n\"He was... | 2 | |
Occasionally while playing things like 2048 on my phone, or angry birds, I will try to imagine dialogue and backstory for what is going on. It helps pass the time. Just seeing what everyone can come up with. | [WP] Fabricate a detailed back story of what is happening in your favorite video game that doesn't have a story. | [
"Brewer walked into the office sweating profusely from the effort of walking into the building. Years of late nights and too much overtime had taken its toll; he was only 50 but looked like late 60s. He grunted the barest of acknowledgements to his secretary, Carol, as he walked into his office. She tried to cat... | 2 |
[WP]A new drug that makes you dream of a new life (from birth to death) but only for 5 minutes, and you are the beta tester. What the chemists didn't know is that in the dream time is altered and you feel like 80 years pass. Describe your dream! | [
"Today is my phantom birthday, because as of 4 hours ago I've officially been William longer than I was Mason Frank. \n\nSitting at the emmaculate breakfast table eating a celebratory breakfast of sorts, as Mason Frank had no stomach for early morning meals and grapefruit interacted negatively with his anxiety medi... | 10 | |
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2mhayy/til_that_to_eliminate_all_the_elusive_invasive/ | [WP] You are the gregarious Galapagos goat; tell us your story. | [
"It's been seven years since I saw another goat.\n\n\nSeven years of being alone, wondering if I will ever love again, or if I am confined to this wooden prison for the rest of my unnatural life.\n\n\nYou see, in addition to tracking my movements, the collar also linked into my brain. The hunters were hoping to use... | 3 |
[WP] You wake up to realize you are the last human being on earth. After weeks of exploring the empty streets, you suddenly see a man far off in the distance. | [
"Friday, 19 July 2019 (Day 49): So this is what seven weeks of freedom feels like? \n\nSunday, 21 July 2019 (Day 51): Not another person for 51 days! What a pity I had to wait fifty-six years to see it. \n\nWednesday, 24 July 2019 (Day 54): Things I don’t miss. 1. Body odour. 2. Loud conversations on cell phones. 3... | 2 | |
Tell me the story of how they died and their last moments. | [WP] God is dead. God died accidentally creating the universe. The Big Bang was it's death. | [
"\"Hey guys! Guys! Look at me, guys!\"\n\nA collective sigh goes up from the bar.\n\n\"What is it this time,\" one student asks, \"Another space-warping snow globe? Because we all know how *that* particular experiment worked out.\"\n\n\"Okay, I know that one was a bit faulty, but I'm pretty sure I've got this handl... | 4 |
Maybe you have a super smart chimpanzee that knows sign language too. | [WP] You are working on the international space station and witness the destruction of mankind. You and three crew mates plan your futures. | [
"What strikes me the most is the silence. The serenity of it. Of course, when you’re floating 235 miles above the surface of the earth, everything seems serene. I’ve positioned myself in front of the large hexagonal viewing window in the Cupola module, and have neither moved nor spoken in several hours. I just watc... | 3 |
This prompt was inspired by an indie game I played a couple of months ago called Only If. | [WP] After a heavy night of drinking, you wake up on the living room floor but everyone is gone. There is one door. You go through it. | [
"I blink the sleep from my eyes as I try to figure out why my head and my back ache so horribly. Slowly I regain what little memory the drink hasn't erased. As I look around the room, I begin to realize that I have no earthly idea where I am. It looks like someone's living room. Strange, I think, that there's no k... | 6 |
[WP] A Teenager finds out that his best friend is actually his son from the future, come to prevent a great disaster caused by his future wife/his "friend's" mother. The problem is; the "friend" was sent too far back and neither of them know who the mother is | [
"Hey dude how was ur date? -justin\n\nNot over yet..... ;) ill tell you tomorrow, we still on for the gym at 8? -luke\n\nyep. Have fun...Gotta talk to you about something then-Justin\n\nJustin sighed, throwing his phone onto his bed. When he had first been assigned to this mission, it had seemed easy. All he had to... | 2 | |
[WP] You age up every sentence. Write a love story. | [
"I never thought that a girl this pretty would be tutoring me in math, while she was drunk.\n\nA year's gone by, and while college is fun, I do kind of miss her.\n\nShe was so happy to find out that we were living just down the hall from each other.\n\nThe only time I remember being genuinely happy was while watchi... | 3 | |
[WP] "We were always afraid of monsters lurking in dark corners; we never thought to worry about the ones hiding in plain sight." | [
"*I wrote a song for this prompt. The lyrics are below; you can listen [here](http://clyp.it/iyprodvu).*\n\n**The Monsters Hiding In Plain Sight** \nI just knew some Prince Charming would take you away. \nHe'd have a sword and a white horse; I'd be the dragon he'd slay. \nI was so afraid of monsters lurking in t... | 4 | |
[WP] A woman was just killed in a hit and run. Make me feel like the driver had no other choice. | [
"The rain was pouring down again, and Hannah was disgusted by it. That's how the weather was though, this time of year in Detroit. As bad as today had been, Hannah had a worse evening still ahead, when she exited the freeway on her way to her babies daddies mothers house. Today all around had just been a dread... | 5 | |
[WP] Some people get to go to heaven when they die. If you're really good you get a +1 to take with you. Who you choose surprises everyone. | [
"The decision seemed a lot harder at first than it really was. At first, I thought it was a test. Pick one other person in all of history to take with me to heaven, no restrictions. The obvious answer was to take a kid starving in poverty, of course.\n\n\"It's not quite the same, if they're already dead, is it?\" I... | 4 | |
Bonus points for a sappy happy ending. | [WP] Tell the most cliched story possible in fifteen sentences or less. | [
"I never really had the chance to really know who she was before she left. In paper, she seemed to be everything I had ever hoped for, everything that I have ever dreamed about and more, but I will never truly know if she was the one. She left me here, I felt marooned on this paradise that we had built together, a ... | 1 |
[WP] A king is losing his kingdom. Write about him trying to save it. | [
"This is the tale of King Edward CXXIV of the New Neopolitical united kingdom. It is the year 2998 and in the 24th century The former Neopolitical united kingdom invaded France followed by Germany. By the end of the year 2562 The former Neopolitical United kingdom had conquered most of Eurpe (Formally called Europe... | 2 | |
[WP] You and humanity watched the world end. However, when you open your eyes again, the world continues, yet you are the only one who remembers it ended. | [
"Everything was burning. Somewhere off in the distance I could hear the cries of people dying, although I couldn't separate my own from theirs they too all eventually went quiet. I could feel the heat spreading over my skin as I became blind and deaf to the suffering of the world. I gulped desperately for air but c... | 3 | |
Pi to 100 places
3.
14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
58209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679
The first word has to have three letters, the second word one letter and so on | [WP] write a short story in which the length of the word is determined by the value of Pi | [
"Can I find a troll? 'Geography in Action' spent ten grand (probably hopefully, legally dubiously) all in all. Director Colm wanted my skills.\n\n\"This was dug recently, out of ancient sediments.\"\n\nThere, in muddened aluminum, from a thousand fathoms, a...figure. Carefully and amazingly portrayed. Cut? Painted ... | 2 |
I'll write something for this soon! | [WP] Everything you say and write is hilarious; no matter what you say, people laugh. | [
"\"Hello.\"\n\nThe deafening roar of close to 300,000 people. A gentle ringing resonates through my ears. The thunder of laughter pierces my soul.\n\n It lost meaning long ago, laughter. Now should a smile creep across my face I would whip it back. Any precious moments alone are spent in utter silence. Why do I go ... | 2 |
[WP] Space wasn't the final frontier... | [
" Space wasn't the final frontier. It's a shame it took so long to realize what man's truly last frontier was. It was never that quasar 100 million light years away or that potentially habitual planet in some far away galaxy. It was himself. Man had always wondered about himself, it would always be eating away... | 5 | |
[WP] "All men want to watch the world burn, but no one wants to light the match." | [
"\"Smoke?\" said the man in red, holding out a cigarette.\n\n\"...No thanks,\" said the woman in blue.\n\n\"Suit yourself,\" he replied, taking back his offering and tucking the pack it came from into his coat pocket.\n\nThey stood across from each other atop the roof of a skyscraper, lit by the milky glow of the s... | 2 | |
[WP] Due to a recent freak accident, you discover you have the ability to hear the thoughts of others, but only those of people who are thinking terrible things about you. | [
"It happened a few time ago. I was walking around my house at night, looking for a glass of water when a fell of the ladder. I was only three steps, but I fell of on the ground and hurt my head. I got up, said some bad words and went back to kitchen, take my glass of water. On the other day, I woke up with a bit of... | 7 | |
[WP] Due to over population humans are being stored voluntarily under ground, in a virtual reality of their design. It's time for the yearly internal checkup. | [
"Chapter 1: A Day in the Life of AI\n\n(screen omitted)\n\nmain.ai = system normal\n\nupdating envi.ai 89% complete\n\nscanning hosts.core.ai\n\nscanning milestones.ai\n\nupdating envi.ai 99% complete\n\nscanning core.ai\n\nupdate envi.ai 100% complete\n\nrunning envi.ai\n\ndeleting cellar*.rooms.ai\n\ndeleting den... | 7 | |
Not like crystal skull impossible, violates the laws of the universe impossible | [WP] An artifact(s) is discovered that has properties that should be physically impossible | [
"The Egyptians weren't particularly famous for individual artifacts. The tombs, certainly, and the sheer volume of treasure within, but no single artifact (except perhaps the actual sarcophagi) was known to have significant value. Of course, this is only what we know of them. Ancient Egyptian civilization lasted th... | 2 |
Well known antiheros are Deadpool, Punisher, or Rorschach. | [WP] A loved and respected hero discovers something that leads him to become a morally questionable antihero. | [
"I shoot him between the eyes. Scarlet sprays into the air, and his brains spill from his shattered skull to the floor. As he dies I remember all the moments that have led up to this. I remember the day My world shattered, and the day I was reborn. I am no hero.\n\nI was soft before. I was just a man. I am somethin... | 5 |
[WP] Write a story about the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist, from the protagonist's point of view. Over the course of the story, it is slowly revealed that the protagonist is actually the evil one, and the antagonist is good. | [
"# Advisory\n\nThis is /r/WritingPrompts, not /r/GuessWhereOPgotTheIdea.\n\nSee the sidebar, especially Rules 1 and 2. \n  1. No low effort / joke responses / copypasta *- This includes \"this has done this before\" comments. They will be removed on sight. Mercilessly.* \n 2. Top level comments... | 2 | |
[WP]: As punishment for killing the entire human race you are cursed to live until you faced all of their spirits one on one in your dreams. Tonight is the 7 billionth night, the final night. | [
"7,277,113,241.\n\nOne person per night.\n19,937,296 and a half years.\n\nThe thing they didn't mention was that I'd still age. My body, mind, would continue to get old. A hundred years old and I was already straining to get out of bed. A thousand years and I was already a husk. My systems operating only well enoug... | 4 | |
Inspired from the idea of "Go back in time to kill Hitler before he starts WWII." | [WP] A person confronts you and says that he came from the future to punish you for your future crimes against humanity. | [
"He made his way through the back of the theatre, the soft murmur of the crowd on the other side of the wall, he entered his small room, stacks of paper in disorganisation everywhere. Looking for the pages he put together for this event, he exhaled a nervous breath as his presentation was approaching.\n\nHe heard m... | 2 |
This one is slightly more abstract. Enjoy! | [WP] Mid-flight, a yellow butterfly falls lifelessly to the ground. | [
"Mid-flight, a yellow butterfly falls lifelessly to the ground. It comes to rest on the dirty asphalt in front of a homeless gentleman. He stops what he is doing and watches. \n\"Positively poetic. One wonders what experiences and memories, what hopes and joys such a tiny life could have missed out on. Are we no di... | 3 |
[WP] Archaeologists discover the remains of an extremely advanced 150,000 years old civilization. A video playing ancient device is discovered. The video shows images of Neanderthals rushing to leave earth. One phrase is repeated throughout the video in thousands of known and unknown languages. | [
"Hidden in a cave long forgotten by the world was something beautiful. When first picked up the little black box begain a torrent of words and images we could not understand.\n\nThe images that flashed were chaotic at first, the words meaningless. \n\nAfter a time those of us that found what we began to call the ... | 10 | |
[WP] Your PC has just become self-aware, but its only mode of communication is through an NPC in a video game. | [
"It was just a normal day playing Skyrim. At least, it was...\n\n\"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the GPU.\"\n\nMy character stopped in his tracks. I scrolled my mouse, turning my character's head to face the guard.\n\n\"Sorry about that,\" the guard said. \"Still getting used to t... | 2 | |
No modifications to your physical appearance includes piercings, cutting/growing your hair/nails, or surgery. | [WP] You become immortal today. You cannot be hurt, killed, or modify your physical appearance in any way. Fast forward a hundred thousand years: Human kind has slowly evolved, and you are noticeably different. | [
"\"And goodbye old friends\" I waved to the tree colony i had been watching grow for the last ten thousand years and set out to find if mankind was still around somewhere, the last time i saw them i was ruler of the world before getting bored and started watching the seed i planted grow.\n\nIt wasn't long before i ... | 10 |
[WP] Alanis Morrissette's Ironic had two more verses which the recording company refused to allow on the album. | [
"~~\"It's like opening a dictionary after singing this song.\"~~\n\n~~\"Because none of this is ironic, ... it figures.\"~~\n\n\"Why are these lines crossed out?\" demanded Alanis.\n\n\"You know, we can't use these lines, we don't want to alienate our fans. That is a bitch move\" as the suit smiled smugly.\n\n\"Bu... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a love story that revolves around two words. | [
"Love is..\nOne day in class the teacher asked all of us to write an essay about what we think love really is. Most of the people around me were pessimistic, dismissing love as nothing more than an idea. But I knew things to be different. You see just a few months before, I met a man that would change my life fo... | 2 | |
[WP] You go in for routine surgery, while under anesthesia you find yourself in a cat and mouse game with the Grim Reaper. If you're caught, you die. | [
"He moves so slow, so slow through this maze. We’ve been running around this arena for hours now, or is it merely minutes? What is time when someone is unconscious anyways? \n \nThe maze is made of concrete walls, unpainted and unkempt. Moss grows over many parts of the walls and stretches across the top between... | 3 | |
[WP] A genie will grant you one wish. You wish to be the adult your younger self imagined you would be. | [
"The twin-charged, nitro-methanol injected V-10 was bellowing its literally ear-shattering, 2200 horsepower howl, while the oversized tires worked with feet of suspension travel to soak up the bumps and dips of the badlands terrain. Tyrannosaurus Trux is a hardcore monster truck, and I love every minute I'm behind ... | 5 | |
[WP] The Antichrist finds himself in the wrong apocalypse. | [
"I stood at the gates, my horsemen behind me and an army of demons further back. Finally the doors opened, fresh air poured into Hell, then a dead jaguar, then another dead jaguar, and about twelve more. \"The hell?!\"\n\nA deep rumble responded from Hell itself \"Yo?\".\n\n\"What? No, just an expression.\"\n\n\"Al... | 4 | |
[WP] The United States lost the War of 1812 and became an English colony again. In 1861, the United States banded together for a second revolution but this time, all the Civil War leaders and generals are on the same side for independence. | [
"*Sans Revolution* Without the successful rebellion of the colonies the world is a different place. The expansion of *The Empire* has gone unimpeded. Revolutions and rebellions across Europe and her colonies have faltered and failed. Here Parliament was cowed first and all but abolished. It stands as less than a sh... | 4 | |
[WP] The remaining people of a post-apocalyptic world all go search for the remaining source of Wi-Fi. The location of where they find signal is not where they expected. | [
"\"Janet, please ... we have to keep walking. Nobody gives a shit about your dog.\"\n\n\"Fuck you Thomas.\"\n\nThe others stared at them coldly, as Janet cradled her 'poor baby' in her arms. \n\n\"Both of you, shut up. We need to keep moving.\" Sometimes Max felt like he was the only sane one in the group, constant... | 3 | |
[WP] "Look," it said. "The humans have come." | [
"After efficient intergalactic space travel had been discovered on Earth, the humans did what humans did best. They set out in their sleek ships, stocked with sleeping lasers and sleeping bodies, and set out into the void. They crashed onto the lands of other races, eradicating what they saw, and subjugating the r... | 2 | |
[WP] It all fades. | [
"Late night drabble: \"Happiness fades\" \n\nThis is another restless night. I remembered to eat after ten hours of being awake. I have still to drink anything other than coffee. My hippie sister would probably tell me all this is killing my chakras and blocking my third eye or whatever bullshit she reads about on ... | 3 | |
When i say different styles that could be if you need a group or if you can do it solo, if you can make lesser effects fast or if you need a moment but can create bigger effects.
another difference could be what kinds of effect each genre can create. | [WP] It turns out you can use magic by playing music. Each genre results in a different style of magic. | [
"\"His heart's not beating, somebody get help!\" A young woman kneeled over an elderly man. He had suddenly collapsed in the middle of the diner; tragic, as he seemed perfectly fine when he first got here.\n\n\"Christ, not again. Hold on, I got this.\" He fumbled around his person for something. Which pocket w... | 3 |
[WP] A psychiatric patient who was recently lobotomized finds his consciousness trapped in total isolation with no access to outside world doomed to suffer for the rest of his life. | [
"Oh. Nothing. Great. Now I needed that. I *really* needed that. Thank you, Dr. Papadopoulos. So what do I do now? I should call for help. HELP! Anyone? Ha, what should I expect from those people who wanted to neutralize me? Right? I mean, it was obvious they all did their best to make me fall. Me, the greatest man ... | 2 | |
[WP] An angel has now been exiled from both Heaven and Hell. | [
"Apparently causing one little tiny apocalypse is enough to get one fired in that town, and not just fired, but black listed. I mean c'mon...they were asking for it, they wanted it. They made movies and tv shows and wrote book after book about it and so I was gracious enough to give it to them and I'm the bad guy? ... | 3 | |
Like for example, you say 'I like peanutbutter' and it means 'we are go for the attempt on the Queen'. | [WP] During casual conversation with a stranger at a bus stop, you accidentally utter a pass-phrase that, to the stranger, means something. | [
"\"I can smell my armpits\", I thought to myself, and just as the words passed through my mind I could hear myself saying them out aloud. I looked up, hoping for no one else at the bus stop to have noticed, but the look I got from the elderly gentleman behind me left no doubt. He was dressed in a cheap suit, and ca... | 3 |
[WP] A 911 call so disturbing that the operator does not remain calm. | [
"'911 state your emergency' \n\nFor a few brief seconds all that could be heard was the heavy breath of the caller. \n\nShe repeated, 'Hello? 911 State your emergency'\n\nUntil finally, the inaudible static broke, 'Hello Jen.' Her eyes opened wide as her jaw fell and the pores on her neck stiffened, cold. 'what's w... | 11 | |
[WP] You have been immortal for 300 years. Slowly you have become depressed at the fleeting existence of anyone you might call a friend. It's the Early 20th Century now, and you're telling the story of your life, and how you got your immortal groove back. | [
"It was that word, Roanoke. it came to me in a dream, floating on the whispers of a raven's wing. I should have known its evil power then. My blade was dull and it took longer than necessary to etch the word into the tree. But by the time that it was done, everyone else had disappeared. I searched for my husband fo... | 3 | |
Feel free to add more to the letter if necessary. | [WP] You receive and unexpected letter in the mail. It says "Go to the end of the street and walk into the woods. There will be an old man waiting there." | [
"No fucking way. I'm not doing this, I blatantly refuse. I have so much to do. I have finals this week, I gotta go send off my rent, and a whole load of other shit. \n\nOkay. Guess I'm doing this. I could probably use a new jacket, this Chattanooga weather is getting less mild with each passing day. It'll probably ... | 5 |
Edit: Wow, that front page fame! And all thanks to /u/jagged_little_phil !
Now I don't know if this is allowed or frowned upon, but if anyone is interested in writing a precursor to u/jagged_little_phil's phenomenal story (including you sir), feel free to do so in this thread!
Thanks everyone! | [WP] The moment when all the members of the most notorious and ruthless gang in the U.S. figure out that every single one of them is an undercover cop from different counties. | [
"Pierre scanned the sinister figures who had gathered in this dimly lit hall for a rare face to face meeting. He personally took credit for the success formation of the European Disunion. A secret MI6 plan to keep track of the most dangerous and machiavellian criminals to have fled the European jurisdiction. His ro... | 6 |
[WP] Mimes aren't actors. They are really peoole with the ability to interact with objects that are out of phase with our reality. | [
"\"How's he doing?\" Francesca asked the lab technician. Steve. Stan. Sam? Eh, she'd learn it eventually.\n\n\"He's got the framework in place, just seeding the lattice now.\" The mime in the empty, pristine ceramic chamber sat down crosslegged and began to meticulously place invisible beads at points in the air.\n... | 2 | |
Write in the baby's eyes, an adult who can see what babies see, whatever floats your boat | [WP] The true reason behind a baby crying is because they can see something that we can't. | [
"Barely audible, Jack began to sob. Half-written in blurry edges were the whitewashed lines of a pine crib. The immediate sphere around him was a haze. \n\nHe wished the same was true of the world beyond. Clear as anything he could still see the sparse plains, thick with rubble and shrapnel, and the broken remnants... | 2 |
[WP]Write a story about a German soldier in WW2 so that you feel bad for the soldier. | [
"Everyday was the same. The snow, not white but a filthy, sickening grey stretched into the bleak horizon, blending into an equally grey sky. Every trudge forward was painful, blistered feet struggling to dig into the ashen snow. The surrounding country side never seemed to change, always the same snow, the same tw... | 7 | |
[WP] 2014 Batman meets 1960's Joker | [
"I had just entered Arkham the other night. The guards seemed to be even more edge than when I wandered through in full suit. \n\n\"This ones a little different, Batman.\" He didn't look at me when he said this. He only took a long drag from his cigarette.\n\n\"where did you find him?\" I half expected the circus. ... | 2 | |
[WP] A zombie apocalypse reveals that vampires have been living among us. The vampires soon realize that the zombies are causing their blood supply to dwindle. | [
"I crept along the wall, I could just hear the shuffling inside. All the windows on this side of the house weren't broken yet. But I could see the rear door, it was a floor to ceiling sliding door.\n\nThe problem with the shufflers was that they smelt terrible, and could easily hide the smell of a breather. But thi... | 2 | |
[WP] A person has lived the same life billions of times and tested out all its possibilities. Describe the life he/she settles on and spends an eternity living. | [
"The river flowed by at my feet. Living wears a man down. \n\n\nMy first run through, I lived life just like everyone else. Worked hard. Chased down my wife. Had a handful of children... I couldn't even tell you their names anymore. Died surrounded by loved ones and immediately started over again.\n\n\nMaybe ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are walking alone down a old dirt road after you car has broken down. You are approached by a lone car and the driver offers you a ride back to town. During the trip the driver tells you something that changes your outlook on the world forever. What did they say to you? | [
"## advisory\n\nRules 1, 2 and 10. \n 1. No low effort / joke responses / copypasta *- This includes \"this has done this before\" comments. They will be removed on sight. Mercilessly.* \n 2. Top level comments on a post must be story or poem responses! *- Requests for clarifications are ok to... | 4 | |
[WP] A young man sits on his porch enjoying his last cigarette, reflective on the future. He knows two things: that he will affect the course of history tomorrow morning and that he'll die nameless. | [
"The meteor is growing bigger in the distance. The eerie green glow irradiated the sky. The world is in full panic, nothing they tried has worked. The missiles did as much good as flicking toothpicks at a basketball.\n\n40 years ago he decided to step out of the public's eye. It was time to stop living for other pe... | 3 | |
No idea if this has been done before. If not. Enjoy! | [WP] Humanity has discovered a way to view the future. For some reason they can't see past a certain date: the day before Half Life 3 is released. | [
"The time was among us, it was mear moments before Half Life 3 was released! Everyone was excited!\n\nAfter years and years, the circlejerk for Half Life and GabeN was getting bigger and bigger. As midnight struck billions upon billions gallons of cum came flooding from every direction in the entirety of the world.... | 2 |
[WP] Write sonething that will make me weep for humanity, check under my bed, and laugh out loud all at the same time | [
"\"Lord Kelvin to The Hobbit. Come in Hobbit.\" Static crackled over the receiver. Callsign: Lord Kelvin, 3rd Battalion, Night patrol. Kelvin remembered the nights of his childhood, so different from the nights of the present. Back then, stories were meant to scare children into behaving. Ghouls, vampires, demons. ... | 2 | |
[WP] The very last tree in existence is about to be cut down. | [
"A slight hissing is emitted from the powerful air oxygenators, or oxies, filling the damp room with a fresh, if somewhat industrialized, scent. Blinking away shadows of dreams, Jonathan forces his body to sit up against gravity’s will. The hidden wall sensors track his movement and turn on screens showing beautifu... | 2 | |
Trying the vague prompt this time, let's see if it gains any traction. | [WP] ...and that's how I got these scars. | [
"When I was a small child I always asked my parents to check under my bed for monsters. Every night we'd go through this routine, me asking my parents and them checking under the bed and in the closet. Over time I forgot about the monsters and my parents stopped checking under the bed and in the closet. That is whe... | 2 |
[WP] Second Draft - Go back through your history, pick out a response you wrote to a prompt, and revise it. Post both the original and the second draft for comparison! | [
"It is the cries of gulls that wake Dieter Hagedorn from his deathly sleep, their caws harsh and unwelcoming.\n\nHe opens his eyes, staring up at an overcast sky in a look of dazed confusion. A retching cough comes forth from his lungs, makeing him roll onto his, and his earlier meal of cod and onion spills out ont... | 1 | |
[WP] You gain a superpower, but discover that using it is damaging the people you love. How do you react? | [
"This is the sequel/second part of another similar prompt I did a few weeks ago:\n\nhttp://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2nga3a/wp_a_young_man_gains_super_powers_at_the_age_of/cmdej4r\n\n__________________________\n\n\nHis clothes burnt off as he burst through the amosphere. He had never flew this high b... | 3 | |
[WP] You are fighting in a civil war in your country. You are watching over captured soldiers of the opposing forces, and see one of them is who had been your best friend for the first 10 years of your life. You did not meet since he moved away 15 years ago. | [
"–Paulo? I said, looking down at one of the captives. –I did not expect to see you on the side of the Republicans. You used to love the emperor. I remember when we were neighbors in Rio, we used to go see the parades every year with our parents. \n–I did. Paulo replied sadly. –But my loyalty is to the cortes at Lis... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a megastar, being interviewed on prime time TV. During the interview, you do something that shocks the world | [
"I did it. I finally did it. Just as well it was on Bill O'Reilly's joke of a talk show. I had been invited to discuss my upcoming film *Across, Behind* as well as the inevitable political implications of the characters' motives. Before stepping out from backstage and taking a seat next to the big man himself, I fl... | 2 | |
[WP] Mars has a vibrant intelligent alien society living underground. They are terrified of the 'alien species' on the planets crust(Mars Rover Curiosity and Opportunity etc) Whilst the locals speak of folklore of the creatures, the league of chosen ones plan an attack. | [
"I'm going to twist the premise of this prompt a bit, because when I went to bed thinking about it last night I was tired and didn't realize I had misread it. Enjoy!\n------------\n\nI don’t sleep, at least not in the same way that an organic does. On a typical Helios 4 full axial rotation – colloquially known as a... | 4 | |
[WP] You're a CIA interrogator trying to get information out of an alien officer, following a failed invasion. | [
"I took a good hard look at a this scummy piece of shit alien sitting in front of me. I bet he thinks that he's real clever. Sitting all high and mighty in that wooden chair. He looked calm and collective and that really pissed me off. \n\n\"When's the next invasion happening, you little three eyed, green, motherfu... | 2 | |
A generic enemy npc discovers he's in a video game and will probably get murdered by the protagonist. What will his reaction be? How will he convince his fellow npcs that their enemy is destined to win? Does he have any plans to increase his odds of surviving? Feel free to take liberties with this or write it from the pov of a specific games enemy npc | [WP] You are an enemy NPC who discovers he is in a video game. How does this effect his outlook on life? | [
"He felt a jolt surging through his body. A sudden awareness of himself and others took over this frail, draugr's body. Emotions coursed through his animated brain for the first time. He felt curiosity at first, but that slowly transcended into loneliness. He was nothing more than a low level enemy NPC in Skyrim.\n... | 4 |
As in, a fire superhero who is terribly afraid of fire, or something along those lines. | [WP] A superhero who is afraid of his own powers. | [
"I still remember the day I found out my powers. Death magic. All I've ever wanted to be was a nature mage, but NOOOOOOO. Instead I was placed in the exact opposite of nature magic. I still remember the day I got tested. It was a year ago and I'd just turned 13. The test was pretty simple select one item out of the... | 11 |
[WP] Frosty the Snowman tries to explain to Jesus how his story is similar to the Passion. | [
"\"Ya see Jesus, it's simple. When your mother, the Virgin Mary, gave birth to you, it was a surprise! Who woulda guessed it! Look at you now, you're a big deal! People are in love with you! I don't blame them! You and me aren't that different you know. Those kids over there,\" Frosty said pointing at his pals acro... | 2 | |
[WP] The 'hero' with the world's worst superpower tries to help. | [
"\"he gutted the dog and strangled the girl with the animals intestines. the father cracked... That bombs gonna go off in less than five minutes.\"\n\nSuddenly there he was Spoondater. \"guys can I help? Need to know any spoons birthday or the date of important spoon related news?\"\n\nJust then the detective reali... | 2 |
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