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[WP] A lone scientist has perfected human genetic engineering, and released a 'Human 2.0' into the world to see what happens. | [
"“Friedrich!” My “father” shouted in a thick German accent. “What have I told you about these video games?”\n\n“I told you dad!” I retorted. “I want to be a regular guy. Go to work. Go home. Play some Call of Duty. Maybe one day raise a family. And I told you I go by Freddy now.”\n\n“No. Unacceptable.” He said curt... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a Clairvoyant who can see the futures of other people. A child who suddenly passes you, and you see that the child becomes the most brutal dictator ever known in the future, and what caused the child to be that dictator in the future happens in the next five minutes. | [
"The thing I hate the most about being able to see the future is that people won't stop asking me for prophecies. Literally. I've had this job for about six thousand years and know nothing about poetry. But It's my duty to fufill their requests. In fact, it's against some kind of cosmic rule to help people change t... | 3 | |
[WP] The last two people on earth are the same gender. | [
"Mariah scanned the landscape through the scope of her hunting rifle. The street was deserted and utterly still, bar the occasional wandering leaf that skittered under the abandoned cars and past the shattered shop windows that lined the street. A blanket of fog covered everything more than a dozen metres away, giv... | 3 | |
[WP] You're standing in a queue at Starbucks when someone bumps into you. You turn and it's Emma Watson. | [
"I glanced back, then looked again. She really was gorgeous. I always had a thing for short-haired girls, and hers was practically a buzzcut, just a few locks at the back left longer. It set off her clear eyes and fine jawline. From the jawline my eye naturally travelled downwards, and the next thing I saw was a bl... | 3 | |
Inspired by this film crit hulk article on Guardian's of the galaxy
http://badassdigest.com/2014/08/12/film-crit-hulk-smash-guardians-of-the-galaxy-and-the-art-of-constructing-jo/ | [WP] Tell a dramatic story through humour. | [
"Willy sat alone, sipping two cups of coffee simultaneously, burning his tongue and throat as each sip went down, the taste closer to potatoes than coffee. He stared at the empty booth across from him, filling it with all his invisible friends, and then realized he didn't have any invisible friends.\n\nWilly sighe... | 7 |
[WP] A heist in the life of the PAYDAY gang. | [
"His surly countenance looked upon Dallas with disdain, much like the look of a father whose son was pulled up for pulling pranks.\n\n\"Do you know why you failed?\" asked the mysterious benefactor.\n\n\"We couldn't hit the timelock fast enough. By the time it had run down-\"\nhe began while sitting down and playin... | 1 | |
[WP] You are 80 years old and just finished writing your autobiography. What's on page 327? | [
"Chapter 28\n\nDisappointing mum. \n\n--\n\nThe conversation was great and awful. \n\n\nI told mom how I must be an old man at heart because at the age of 22 I couldn't stand drinking shots with friends. She laughed. \n\"I cannot wait for retirement\" I told her. I'm going to have a cottage with a man-cave all to m... | 2 | |
[WP] You find a script book depicting every conversation you've ever had. You flip to today, but it's only half way through the book. | [
"I sigh as the lock to my front door sticks, as usual. It had been a really long week, and I was looking forward to sitting down with a drink and a good book. \n\n\"It's always something.\" I mutter under my breath while struggling with the lock. I finally make my way inside and was headed straight to the refrigera... | 3 | |
[WP] You didn't mean to burn it down, it just kind of...happened. Tell your side of the story. | [
"WOOOHOOO!!! True story time!!!\n\nI live in Rochester NY, every springg we are plagued with what I believe is called dogwood cotton. Its the cottony stuff that comes form local trees and covers the ground everywhere, at some points even looking like snow.\n\nAny kid will tell you that if you find a good sized pat... | 3 | |
[WP] Detail the thoughts of someone who knows the apocalypse is coming, but can't tell anyone about it. | [
"Blood was slowly dripping like tears from his beaten eye. His gut churned inside as it was getting punched again and again from the bladed rings on the hand of his prophetic killer. A sinister smile came from the victim as he looked up at his demise. \"Power is a fragile thing to hold on to, you better run before ... | 6 | |
[WP] Bruce Wayne grew up in Air Strip 1, Oceania (1984). | [
"Bruce wakes up in a pale 4th floor flat.\nHe slumps out of bed, puts his legs through his overalls, and tucks in his blue button down shirt.\nLater at work, Bruce doses off at his typewriter but quickly wakes up.\n\n2 weeks after, some cops beat the shit out of him behind a garbage dumpster and then drag his body... | 2 | |
[WP] People cannot die until they have their first kid. | [
"*Flash to later that night in the oval office*\n\n\"This years numbers are in, and they aren't good \"\n\n\"Give it to me straight Frank.\"\n\n\"Birth rates down another 18 % since last year. The number crunchers down stairs say we have another 2 years tops before we reach unsustainable levels.\"\n\n\"That soon? W... | 2 | |
[This tombstone inspired the six-word story.](http://m.imgur.com/lXzxYrL) Someone suggested that I post it here, which I though was a good idea. | [WP]. Tombstone: Wife died 1922; husband ________ (X-post from /r/sixwordstories) | [
"I watched her through each year, watching her age. Her hair had quickly turned gray, wrinkles formed around her eyes first. Then her forehead, and her cheeks and the rest of her body. With each year went more and more strength, by the age of 62, she was frail and it seemed as if her entire being could go away with... | 3 |
[WP] A world where everyone's health/ energy comes depends on how charged their cellphone batteries are. | [
"\"Sir...? Hey you!\", the barrista said, a bit louder. I look up from my watch, which was showing just a little under an amp left on my phone. Like most Cha-Starbuck's employees, she was a model of sassy alertness. Induction chargers, flat frosted glass panels tinged with aquamarine lights lined all of the counter... | 3 | |
A fib is a poem where each line must contain the appropriate number of syllables for its entry in the Fibonacci series (as far as I'm concerned, zero can either be ignored or consist of a punctuation mark).
Following is an example of the number of syllables in successive lines:
one
one
one two
one two three
one two three four five
one two three four five six and eight
And so on. In any case, the Fibonacci series starts out with the numbers zero and one; successive entries in the series are formed by adding the previous two (so the Fibonacci sequence starts out like 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34…). | [WP] Write a fib, a type of poem based on the Fibonacci series (see post for details) | [
"One.\n\nTwo.\n\nNow three.\n\nAgain - four.\n\nMore - five now, and yet...\n\nWhy does it go up - Oh God, why?\n\nMake the count stop - make it stop! Is there no mercy here?\n\nHow many days must pass - how many weeks, months, years?! She comes back to me - every time.\n\nAnd I give her a shoulder - a shoulder for... | 1 |
[WP] Write a modern tale of warfare in which the great wall of china has strategic value. | [
"Two hundred uniformed men of the PLA, clad in shades of modern green and brown camouflage, were lined up along the battlements of the Great Wall of China using a tactic that had not been used for over a century, on a fortification that had not been utilized for its original purpose since the Ming Dynasty. They sto... | 3 | |
Ideas: what is the place like? Is it choosing between heaven and hell? Which people/users do you meet there? | [WP] Your amount of reddit karma decides your position in the pecking order of the afterlife | [
"You awake to find yourself in an empty room. It is stark white and stretches endlessly in all directions. From your left, you can just barely make out the sounds of laughter. You here joyful banter and cheering. You run in the direction of the noises but never seem to get closer. As you stop to rest, you begin to ... | 1 |
[WP] You've finally found the object of your quest: a legendary weapon that the hero of a bygone age once wielded. The problem is, it hasn't aged very well... | [
"The sky had always been full of dragons and winged beasts, and so man hid deep inside their bunkers of grey stone and rock. Yet not even three foot of their hardest stone could hold against the terrors lurking in the ground. Nights were the sounds of rumbling tremors as the ancient beings of old woke from their sl... | 3 | |
[WP] The users of 9gag, 4chan, Reddit, and any other similar sites are involved in a clash to decide where content originated. | [
"The stained glass lamp hung over the table, the polyurethane coating glinting as if the sections were still wet. My grandfather folded his newspaper, turning the large, fragile page and yawning his special yawn, his throat rattling with the passage of air from the smoke and subsequent radiation it faced.\n\nI know... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a story, any story, that does not begin with someone waking up and going through their morning routine. | [
"Miss Katie Sassoon walked up to the door of her shop and stared out the glass windows of the millinery and dry goods store. It was a perfect spring day, the temperature in the low sixties, with only a few scattered clouds in the sky. Children ran barefoot through paved stone street, one guiding a barrel hoop down ... | 11 | |
[WP] You are a stay-at-home parent to a super-powered child. Your superhero spouse spends all day saving the world. Write your exasperated post to /r/parenting detailing your unique frustrations. | [
"Everyone in a marriage either marries up or marries down. I'm a 43 year old man who married down. My wife, Laura, is the modern day Wonder Woman. Most of my guy friends think I married up, but they don't see the truth. They don't see that our 11 year old doesn't listen to me. Ever since she reached the \"terrible ... | 6 | |
[WP]Your caught running naked in a supermarket and have 30 seconds to convince the police you're not insane. What's your story? | [
"\"Uh, hey officer, I, uh, I know this looks bad but I, uh, I have a, uh, legit excuse. I mean, I know this is the fourth time this week but I swear *this* time it's not just bullshit,\" I stammered.\n\nOfficer Rosenberg raised his hand to his forehead and sighed. He didn't even have to look at my sweaty, pudgy bod... | 5 | |
[WP] You rescue someone who nearly dies, only to find he is a clone of you. | [
"I knocked my sunglasses down to the tip of my nose, and she did the same. Same eyes, same hair, same height...and based off of that brief sentence I heard from her, we have a near identical voice, too.\n\nBefore a very disturbing thought could cross my mind, she pointed at my jacket's sleeve. \"Can I see your wr... | 3 | |
[WP] Every New Year's Eve, at the stroke of midnight, you find yourself at a random year throughout human history. How do you prepare yourself for the next time jump? | [
"Another year come and gone. Another year of uncertainty, fear, and adventure. Another year survived. Drake sat in the corner of a tiny hole in the wall bar, buried in the urban jungle. He had come to appreciate places like this, the type where people enjoyed their solitude. The air may be musty and the beer s... | 2 | |
[WP] A story about you trying to convince me to write a writing prompt. | [
"Writing a story about writing a story seems trite and lazy, but is in practice quite the task. When pen is put to pad, taps to text, quill to parchment, pencil to paper, an amazing thing happens. Suddenly, slowly, it happens at different times for different reasons, or for no reason at all. When it happens, th... | 2 | |
[WP] You see everything in black and white until one day, to your surprise, you meet a girl who is in color. | [
"“Your eyes are amazing.”\n\n“Excuse me?” she said looking up from her knitting and clearly a bit startled.\n\n“Your eyes, I've never seen anything like them.” I couldn't believe what I was saying, but I’d never seen anything like her in my life.\n\nShe looked away at the fountain, blushing and trying to hide a smi... | 3 | |
[WP] The human body fights tooth and nail to stay alive, because it knows something we dont about the other side. And today you find out what that is. | [
"Our birth, the moment that we are delivered into this world occurs only once, yet there are so few who can recall this miracle of being. As we age, the memories of our youth fall into disarray before fading completely away. The years, our experiences, the joys, the hopes, the sorrow, are stolen from us as our hear... | 2 | |
Let your imaginations go nuts.
It can be anywhere in time.
And Happy New Year! | [WP] You're an archeologist on a monumental dig that just might change our view of history. You discover a skeleton with artifacts that appear almost modern. One item closely resembles a cellphone. You hold it for a moment. It rings... | [
"As I hear the ancinet phone ring, I ring, answer it.\n\n\"H-hello?\"\n\nThere is a slight delay, and a his of static, but then a voice comes up on the other end.\n\n\"Hey Barney, where are you? TARDIS is leaving in 10, and... wait you're not Bareny. Where is he?\"\n\nI close the phone, then put it in a container. ... | 6 |
[WP] One day an animal begins to communicate with you and only you. It tells you a secret that could alter human reality... | [
"Tim’s 2nd run this week. He usually does 3 but he’d worked extra shifts.\n*Round to the left and a slight right.*\n\nHe kept his pace steady and consistent as always.\n*Down the slope and…*\n\nInto a spider web, thick and new. His arachnophobia kicked in as he flailed and sprinted, eyes shut tight. Trying to escap... | 2 | |
[WP]: A school principal calls a parent into a meeting concerning his son bullying other students. The father turns out to be her own old bully. | [
"This is my **first time** doing a writing prompt as I am an aspiring part-time writer. I hope it's not too terrible and **constructive** criticism is greatly welcomed and encouraged!! :D\n______________________________________________________________\n\n\nThe stoic floor stares back at the child, his reflection se... | 8 | |
[WP] Write an online dating profile for someone that cannot lie and over shares about their life. | [
"Hi! Oh gosh, is that how people start these things off? Man I am not good at this. Well, I'm a dude, although you probably knew that. Darn it, focus, okay, well, truthfully, not so good at this thing. I'm making this because I'm really not someone whose real knowledgeable about how dating works and that seems to n... | 10 | |
There is no more war and even destruction caused by natural disasters has largely been mitigated. This is a new era of human existence where peace and prosperity is the norm. Over one year since the last major catastrophe, what do news broadcasts resemble? | [WP] In the future, all of the world's problems have been solved. You are a newscaster now facing the reality that there is little to be reported. | [
"“Good Evening folks, this is Elliot O’Connor coming to you live for the six o’clock news headlines.” I beamed with a false cheerfulness that I knew no one would pick up on. \n\n“The humpback whale that was beached on a Gold Coast shore during a two day ordeal has finally been rescued after several failed attempts.... | 1 |
[WP] Write from the point of view of a child playing with toys, where one of the toys is Earth | [
"I once had this game, that allowed you to create games. It was fun most of the time. The system gave you everything you needed, and left it up to your creativity. The \"games\" I made usually only took about an hour or two before I got bored, or couldn't think of anything. Finally, I decided to try something new.\... | 1 | |
[WP] A Society where human Tongues are a symbiotic organisms that must be earned. | [
"I woke. Today wasn't just any day, today was my tongue-day. My kin were sleeping still, so I pulled myself up, and ventured outside into the still-dark forest. The dry leaf litter crunched gently under my bare feet, the trees rustled gently in the morning's breeze.\n\n\"Amber!\" came Shale's dusty voice from behin... | 2 | |
[WP] You open your front door to discover yourself standing there | [
"There she was, mangled and disheveled. Her chestnut hair was brittle and hadn't seen a brush in weeks. That wasn't the worst of it though. \n\nHer eyes--my eyes, they were empty; two glass beads staring ahead. Oily skin puckered around them while tiny red and white pimples sprinkled her face. She had been sleeping... | 4 | |
You run up to the gas station to get some snacks for a movie bender, on a Saturday. You go inside, get a soda and chips, pay and start to leave. A guy says "hey (insert your name) how was your trip home?". You have never seen this man before. "How do you know that?" "Everyone knows everything about you." "Just me?" "Yep." " You ask him a question only you would know about yourself. He gets it correct.
I'm interested to see where yall go with this :). | [WP] You run into a guy at the gas station... | [
"\"How do you know that?\" I asked.\n\n\"Everyone knows everything about you,\" he replied, the corners of his mouth forming into a slightly malicious and devious smile.\n\n\"Just me?\"\n\n\"Yep.\"\n\n\"Well, then what is my dog's name?\" I inquired, hoping to all that is holy that he wouldn't say what I thought he... | 3 |
[WP] You've just gotten married and your brother-in-law is a sea captain who speaks exclusively in pirate metaphors. The families are meeting for the first time. | [
"You're sitting in your living room making idle chat with your parents and with your sister. Meanwhile, your hands are fidgeting and your eye has a slight twitch. Thankfully, your family has yet to notice. You're worried about what your family will think of their family. *What if they hate them? What if they think ... | 2 | |
[WP] You reach a moral dilemma that requires the advice of your shoulder angel and demon. Much to your surprise they both agree about what you should do instead of arguing. | [
"It didn't matter how much I thought I had drank. I knew they were there. Somewhere between the folk stories and slight weight on my shoulders, I knew. \n\"You're the one that brought us here, Nicco. But we all know what needs to happen.\" Sweltering heat radiated with every word he uttered. Beads of perspiration r... | 6 | |
[WP]All the different fandoms of Tumblr are at war but for weapons can only use things found in that fandom. Describe a battle between 2 of the warring fandoms. | [
"[Word of warning: this might be a bit nonsensical if you aren’t as familiar with these fandoms as I am (they’re fascinating to watch operate in their natural habitat, it’s been a hobby for about two years now). But then again, this is Tumblr, where up is down and anything/everything is offensive to *somebody*.]\n\... | 1 | |
[WP] The government enforces a ban on swearing. Describe a criminal underworld that is hinged upon this ban. | [
"It started with the swear jar. That little rule that kids enforce in order to get - I'm actually not sure what they got when you swore at them. Not like it really matters anymore, but it's an interesting bit to note. All it took was the president's kid enforcing it. The leader of the free world couldn't curse, and... | 2 | |
[WP] Your company creates a new driver-less car. While testing the prototype, you stop at a light and the car says something to you. | [
"Run the lights. \n\nI froze. Unmistakingly, its the voice of HALGA, aka Heuristics Algorithms Live Ground Assist. The same voice that had earlier suggested that I should brake soon to stop in time for the red lights. The same voice that has earlier suggested that I would reach my destination in 14 minutes at curre... | 2 | |
[WP] Describe what happens to you on the weirdest day ever in five sentences starting with the mildly unusual and ending with the unthinkably bizarre. | [
"I went downstairs to get my usual cup of tea but when I reached for my mug it slipped right through my hands and shattered on the floor. Deciding I'd clean it up later, I went my start my car but when I reached for my keys the front door burst open and a cold wind swept through the house. Running to get my jacket,... | 6 | |
[WP] In the year 2115, oxygen has become an expensive & scarce commodity. The government controls and sells packets of oxygen to people who can afford it. You are an Oxygen dealer - Write about a deal gone wrong. | [
"New York 2115\n\n It was a dark December, and it was raining heavily that day as me and my friend Tony waited in the ally next to Alfredo's Pizza Place on 5th street.\n\n \"Fuck it's so cold. How much longer are we gonna wait for this guy?\" My friend Tony said as he zipped up his track suit. \n\n \"First of al... | 1 | |
[WP] An astronaut suffers a blood clot on the International Space Station. Too risky to send her back to Earth the remaining astronauts must perform the surgery themselves in zero gravity while being guided by a doctor communicating from Earth. | [
"\"Houston, could you repeat what you just said?\" asked the static-sounding voice coming out of the radio. Dr. Houston was an old, retired doctor who had been recently employed by a group of shady looking folk. They claimed to be legit 'space travelling professionals' and boasted engineers, physicists and astronau... | 2 | |
They might might wake up as different genders, in different time periods, different cultures. You can assume they keep the memories from the people they have been before. | [WP] Write the story of a character who wakes up every day as a completly new person. | [
"Everyday I wake up as a completely new person, doesn't matter if its a guy or girl, or even a different year, everyday, I wake up as a completely new person.\n\n\n\nI've woken up as celebrities, notorious gangsters, playboy millionaires, the list goes on. I woke up as Michael Jordan once, with his skills on the co... | 2 |
[WP] Countries are only formed on beliefs, there are 5 main countries, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Athiest. You are only allowed to live in the country that your belief aligned to. 1 nation starts war with all the others. What does the announcement sound like? | [
"ADDITIONAL INFO -\nSince the start of the Belief system, the World has known pure peace for 1000 years. No one remembers what it was like pre Beliethium Era when ideas were mixed. \nWhen you came of age (18) you have to move to the country that you believe is the one true meaning.\n\nIt is your day of choice. You ... | 1 | |
[WP] An entity grants a man a magical ability; whoever he touches suddenly feels intense love towards him. Prove that this is actually a curse. | [
"I thought it would be cool at first. Thought it would be a hilarious idea to run through the city touching every person I ran past. I didn't realize how much it would change them.\n\nI peeked out from the tree I was hiding behind. There was a family eating lunch on a picnic rug, but they seemed unaffected. Good. I... | 4 | |
Information about the London Stone [here.]( http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Stone)
The more creative, the better. | [WP] There is a stone on display in London whose origin is unknown, and has been documented since 1100 AD. Write an origin story for it. | [
"The year is 2024 CE. In a laboratory in London the London Stone now sits. Researchers and scholars from around the world stand gathered around the rock. In the year 2015 it was discovered there is script written upon the rock but it is written in a long forgotten and even longer since spoken language. Finally, jus... | 2 |
Make us go: "Damn, that's the way to die."
GL! | [WP] It's over, your character is on the doorstep of death and defeat. Make him/her go out in the most badass way possible. Any enemy/setting. | [
"It's amazing how aware you are of your own existence when you know it's going to be over soon. How often are you really aware of your breathing, your heartbeat? How about your eyes, your hands? Every individual hair, every bead of sweat.\n\nEvery bullet you load. Every blade you sharpen.\n\nNick is loading more gu... | 2 |
[WP] Make me cry in two paragraphs | [
"December To most, happiness. A growing expectation of things to come. Old friends, older memories, and ancient celebration around the turn. Nights spent lying in the cool winter air discussing the events in our lives, both the good, and the bad. Advice given, grins exchanged. A carefree time in life.\n\nNow, inste... | 6 | |
[WP]When you died your body was frozen down. You now wake up to find out your brain is used as an AI in a computer game. This is your encounter with the player. | [
"I woke up suddenly and violently shook for a second. The last I remember was a loud gunshot, a piercing wound, and the curling claws of the bitter cold. I tried to open my eyes, but nothing seemed to happen physically. However, my brain seemed to sort of click after a few moments. An image flashed in my thoughts w... | 2 | |
[WP] Overnight, the world's oceans have been replaced by vast forests inhabited by strange creatures. You are on an expedition to find a lost ship in what used to be the middle of the Atlantic. | [
"Gary smacked his swollen hand to his neck. He cursed. The mosquitoes have been at the little group for days now. He didn't understand. He didn't understand anything about it. \n\nJust yesterday they had been sitting in the apartment, their little zone of comfort. A space to blow of some steam, an place to relax. O... | 10 | |
[WP] Give your main character a secret that she wants to desperately keep away from the world. She slowly begins to realize that other people are well aware of her secret. | [
"Another clue. How could they know? They can't know - I'm being paranoid. I mean there is nothing wrong with it and it's a harmless bit of fun. God! - it would be so embarrassing if someone found out! Why? Why does every single one of my interactions seem to be allude to the entire world's knowledge of my wickednes... | 8 | |
[WP] You have been in a deep sleep for thousands of years to finally be awakened by a loud voice. "I rubbed this stupid lamp, where the fuck is my genie." | [
"\"I rubbed this stupid lamp, where the fuck is my genie.\"\n\nNot the nicest of ways to be woken up from a three-thousand year sleep. And why is it that I'm consistently woken up at the very best moment in my dream? I had just been freed from the confines of this prison that is my lamp by a young prince and his b... | 1 | |
Can be the viewpoint of anyone.
First post to WP! | [WP] License plates aren't randomly generated by a computer; they follow a government patented algorithm based on the person (this is confidential). Protagonist figures out what it means and it is horrifying. | [
"*Fuck. Where did he come from?*\n\nBryan had been through this before. He activated his turn signal and pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. For a second Bryan had hoped that the red and blue lights of the police car were meant for someone else. But his hopes were dashed as the cop car pulled in behind hi... | 3 |
[WP] Tired of being seen as children's fantasies, Fairies announce themselves to the world, and declare war on humanity. | [
"\"Lord Lilian, You don't understand that we are on the losing side in the war right now!\", bawled General Larry,\"The fairies have not lost even one battle since the Battle of Thames.\" General Lee claimed,\"I was the one who pulled the strings in the Battle of Thames. The fairies are superstitious creatures. The... | 2 | |
I'm hoping to see some interesting responses for this! This prompt was inspired by this image - http://i.imgur.com/FIedxCp.jpg | [WP] Soldiers that are mortally wounded during battle must fight The Grim Reaper to decide their fate. | [
"**I even added a voice to the grim reaper, thresh from league of legends has really cool quotes/voice so I used that for the sake of some extra ambiance, you can even listen to [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQHRajcOjCM) song for added effect.**\n\n*It isn't until the booming drums of war start to fade, do... | 2 |
[WP] A religious extremist dies and ends up in Judgement. His chosen deity is the judge; however, the jury and lawyers are all deities from other religions. | [
"Dr. Joseph R. Freeman earned his PH.D. in Applied Physics from Yale in 1973. \n\nIrony struck Dr. Freeman at 63.925 miles per hour. The vehicle exiting the highway did not slow for ducks, crows, squirrels or pedestrians. A chunk of Dr. Freeman’s flesh was now stuck to the “Science Bitches!” bumper sticker. \n\nDr.... | 2 | |
God and Lucifer give up on their eon long grind, and decide to take a break. However, they cannot just abandon their jobs completely, so they need to find suitable replacements from members of the human race. This is their story.
| [WP] God and Satan decide that they are just tired of it all, and need to find suitable replacements. | [
"\"So tired. So extraordinarily tired. I am so tired.\" The thought repeated over and over again. Millennia of intricate rules, delicate balances, imperceptible nudges here and there, the joy when everything went to plan, the even greater joy when serendipity created greater things that were never even part of the ... | 3 |
[WP] Christopher Columbus went mad on the voyage that discovered the "New World". When he arrives, he never sends word back to Spain of his discoveries and decides to become God-King of the "New World". | [
"The ship had been overtaken in the bay. The men, in their eagerness to kiss dry land, had flooded ashore with their delight on their sleeves.\n\nThey feasted on coconuts and seagulls that first night. The remaining ale drowned the sailors in their victory: they were the first circumnavigating Europeans to reach In... | 2 | |
[WP] Describe the daily life of someone who can see subtitles for any spoken words they hear. | [
"I got out of bed and stretched, going into the bathroom. \"Ugh, my hair's such a mess!\" I said, ignoring the words that appeared backwards in the mirror before me. I'd got used to it, everything someone said, everything I heard would appear before me. Real life subtitles. At times, it was useful. . . but in a cro... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens first contacted the human race. The only transmission received was, "help." | [
" It had been nearly 20 years since the message was received at the World Science and Technology Academy Space division in Ulm Germany. Top level code breakers and linguists had been at work since moments after the Electrical Engineers and Physicists had determined the transmission was in fact non-human. It was ... | 3 | |
[WP] Autocorrect has become sentient and is hell-bent on causing maximum chaos. | [
">first time doing a writing prompt. Please be gentle.\n\nIt was to be their greatest achievement. The two nations had been locked in cold war for more then half a century. Their broken economies could no longer bear enforcing or suffering the sanctions, peace and the subsequent trade agreements were the only... | 6 | |
[WP] An individual is traveling backwards through history but not in a typical way. They are born and live, always dying on their 25th birthday only to be reborn and live through the 25 years that occurred before their previous life. (e.g 2000-2025 -> 1975-2000 -> 1950-1975.... etc.) | [
"A curious case am I\n\nAnd I cannot describe how or why \n\nBut every 25 years\n\nI suddenly keel down and die\n\n\n\n\nEveryone else never comes back\n\nBut that is something I lack. \n\nI am born again new, in the past\n\nAnother 25 years I'll last\n\n\n\n\nI always meet a girl\n\nAnd we always give it a whirl\n... | 3 | |
[WP] The revolution was a success. The old regime has been overthrown. You were the leader of the rebellion and just realize you've made a huge mistake. | [
"We fought for years. To destroy those who opposed us. But it was for nought. The reign of terror had come again.\n\nThere was a general emperor they called Napoleon. He led us out of the chaos which inveloped France. But it didn't turn out. At Prussia we lost. Millions had died, but he made us continue our campaig... | 12 | |
[WP] Write a story where the first and last sentences are both "I threw it on the ground" | [
"I threw it on the ground. My anger consumed me and took over. Before I knew what had happened it was shattered in more pieces than I would ever care to count. Immediately my anger subsides in the realization of what I’ve done. Her ashes are scattered across the floor among the ruin of the vase that held them. I wa... | 2 | |
Happened in my dream... | [WP] Your friend passes, but he/she remains alive in technology, so you can still text/call them, but never meet them in person | [
"I'm looking down at the contacts list of my phone, clearing out some old ones that I don't need anymore. Then I see her name.\n\nKate. Her contact picture shines on my screen, and my thumb hovers above her phone number. Why should I even try to call the number? It's been almost a year. Her family must've canceled ... | 12 |
[WP] You are the worst mascot ever. You are stuck in the suit. | [
"The last thing Frank ever wanted to be was one of the dudes in a mascot suit at basketball games. Instead, he wound up one of the dudes in a mascot suit at hockey games.\n\nBut fuck hockey, and fuck hockey fans. Week one he got in a fistfight with a fan who poured beer through his eye holes. Knocked the guy down t... | 2 | |
Inspired by this New Yorker cartoon: http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gauld-four-undramatic-plot-structures-1200.jpg
Select one of the below prompts, and make it interesting somehow:
* The Hero is confronted by an antagonistic force and ignores it until it goes away.
* The Protagonist is accused of wrongdoing, but it's not a big thing and soon gets sorted out.
* The Heroine is faced with a problem but it's really, really difficult so she gives up.
* A Man wants something. Later, he's not so sure. By suppertime he's forgotten all about it. | [WP] The Four Undramatic Plot Structures - choose one! (details in comments) | [
"\nAt that point the Masked Things In The Dark had taken him, his soul wrenched from where it should be, and taken to a place where it should not. The Things In The Darkness had tortured him for what seemed like a dozen eternites., they had entered his mind, and torn him apart from the inside with his deepest fears... | 10 |
[WP] The world's population has gotten so high that the universe has run out of souls to reincarnate into newborns. | [
"Arthur paced back and forth nervously along the puke-green corridor. His hands wrapped, one over the other nervously cracking knuckles. Only the whites of his eyes were visible as he proffered fervent supplications to God. Any god. \n\nHis eyes, framed by dark lids, betrayed his proximity to insanity. Harsh, viole... | 3 | |
[WP] Someone with telekinetic powers makes their living rigging sporting events. | [
"\"Is that some kind of joke?\" The man scowled.\n\nI returned his gaze with an equally stiff expression.\n\n\"Not at all.\" Yep. That seemed to hit the spot.\n\nIt was quick and most people wouldn't have noticed, but I wasn't most people. In the briefest moment, his eyes changed from those of a man who took me as ... | 2 | |
[WP] The moment of realization, that your oldest, worst rival who undermined you at every turn, knowingly made you reach your true potential. | [
"\"He's not that good\" he used to say. This was almost a motto he mumbled every time I did something out of the ordinary. A remarkable example that I recall is me saying to a group of friends that we needed sun to not breaks our bones. He had said that was not true. I explained to him our bodies get vitamin D from... | 2 | |
[WP] A story that starts with "she (or he) was dead. I was not sad, nor crying." | [
"She was dead. I was not sad, nor was I crying. Maybe it would have hurt years ago but not today, not now. \n\nBack then she used to talk to us, treat us like her own special slice of heaven, like we mattered to her. She used to laugh at my jokes, come home with a smile, leave with a kiss. She lost all of that when... | 6 | |
[WP] You wake up and find you have suddenly been teleported to the last video game you played, and must survive for the next 72 hours. | [
"He said it'd be easy. He said it was get the gold, put it in S.T.E.V.E., surface and get paid. Sounded too good to be true. I should have seen the red flags after the captain handed everyone guns and flares. The flares I could understand, we were heading into dark waters off the Mexican coast. The guns were 'for o... | 23 | |
[WP] Tell me a story that at first seems simple and straightforward, but actually has a deep, subtly underlying message. | [
"I stared at the clock on the microwave still lost for words. I mean, I knew she would be back eventually. I was still thinking about what I really wanted to say to her. We had just gotten into a heated argument about chores and shit. This was kind of a cyclical thing in our relationship. We would spike up and down... | 5 | |
[WP] In order to to unlock your DNA and have children you must first pass a test. | [
"Today was the day - the day that I'd receive my DNA unlock. Others had gone through the process of having it unlocked illegally, or in some cases, through \"favors\". I wasn't like that though. If I had to do something, I wanted to do it the most obvious, most legal way. Maybe it was my common sense, maybe it was ... | 4 | |
What are they like? How do they dress? Etc. | [WP] Without naming it, describe your favorite color as a person. | [
"She was never meant for the background. Sure, she may not be as bright or flashy as some others, but she's a front runner through and through. A subtle thing, a beauty understated. You could pass her on the street a dozen times and never notice, but if you took the time to see her, to notice her, perhaps your p... | 17 |
[WP] Every time someone has sex, you gain a telepathic mind link with every other person who has had sex with that person, and can identify and communicate with them immediately. After a one-night stand, you make a shocking discovery. | [
"\"Spencer? Spencer, baby, what's wrong?\" \n\nMary's eyes filled with worry as her fling for the night stared blankly at her, his lips were quivering, sweat formed at his temple. \n\n\"Are you okay? Do you need a glass of water?\" Asked Mary as she struggled out of bed, \"please say something....\" \n\n\"you... yo... | 1 | |
[WP] a small child awakes from being clinically dead screaming that it was empty and nobody was there. Soon similar stories spread from across the world and the truth slowly emerges; there is nobody left in heaven. | [
"\"How could this even be possible? Do we even know for sure if these dead people are telling the truth? I think these people are just crazy in the head.\" Bill O'Reilly could be heard shouting over the TV playing in the diner.\n\nIt was a typical Tuesday breakfast for Dr. Adam Lam at the diner-- scrambled eggs and... | 4 | |
[WP] in a world where everyone who downvotes a good story idea is immediately consumed by supernatural hellfire, one author can finally write in peace | [
"I didn't bother to turn on the TV. The results were obvious. Fires had broken out throughout the world. But no one connected the dots. I knew though. Fire had consumed all those who dared to downvote a good story prompt.\n\nFinally, I took a deep breath, and prepared to start writing in peace. Only problem: there ... | 2 | |
I think /r/writingprompts overuses twist endings. Don't be another m. night shamalyan. Just write some good stories without relying on gimmicks. | [WP] Write something that doesn't end in a twist. Rather, focus on the story-telling. | [
"Four specimens of the collective entity known as BOB, which ultimately consisted of all plant life in the universe, manned the controls of the Battle-Cruiser hovering just outside the ellipse of the rocky moon of the planet they designated “BX2.” It was a blue-water planet on the fringes of a spiral galaxy, not kn... | 3 |
[WP] Three little wolves and the Big Bad Pig. | [
"Mother lay dead, ripped open from throat to tail. The stink of death filled the clearing. Father had gone the same way three days ago, and before him Brother Moon and Sister Brook. We who had hunted this forest forever, were being hunted. This we knew now, our hope in some horrific coincidence having bled out with... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up and look into the mirror. A red "Admin" floats above your head. You have just become a server admin to the world. | [
"As I awoke this morning I felt an eerie sense of calm, like that which one feels before a storm. It was 8 AM and my alarm was sounding like every other Sunday reminding me that I needed to get up for my morning run. I began to notice something was off as my eyes finally began to obey my mind and remain open examin... | 7 | |
[WP]In the near future, secret libraries are used to store all the dates and times of everyone's deaths. You are a guard guarding the area one night and due to your curiosity, you sneak a peak inside. You see your name with the date set for that night at a later time. Suddenly, the alarm goes off. | [
"Humans are born curious just as any living being on this planet. We've heard many times how curiosity killed the cat, but tonight it's different. Curiosity frightened me. It warned me. My death is near and my reaper just entered the facility. I scurried my way into the hallways to find a place to hide. I started s... | 3 | |
[WP] A strange ship beaches on the Oregon coast carrying humanoid beings and showing signs it came from deep in the ocean. The beings know our languages and say they've "been watching from below." | [
"The Emergency Action Notification system was activated. Everyone stopped as the annoying buzzing silenced every television show and every radio station.\n\nThe drone of the system only stopped to replay the first message over and over:\n“The President of The United States has issued the activation of the Emergency... | 1 | |
[WP] Members of an uncontacted tribe ponder the nature of a plane flying overhead. | [
"The giant bird circled overhead.\n\n\nIt was unlike any bird anyone had ever seen. It flew high, like a condor, but gave off a strange buzzing sound. It shined in the sun, almost like water.\n\n\n\"It is a demon bird.\" said the medicine man. \"It was sent from the underworld as a omen.\"\n\n\n\"I will kill it!\" ... | 2 | |
[WP] The internal monologue of a trouble young man while he is making a grilled cheese sandwich and is indecisive on how to make his meal. | [
"I wonder if I let the dog out today? Eh, I probably did. He'll be fine, right? Fuck, I can't worry about that. I'm hungry though. I wonder what there is to eat? Jesus Christ, doesn't anyone go food shopping here? This is unreal.. when she gets home I'll need to ask if we can go out to get something. I wish my lice... | 2 | |
[WP] - You are a 13-year-old babysitter and every month, on the full moon, a set of parents asks you to watch their child for the night. You begin to suspect this is not a coincidence. | [
"Jane was sitting at home studying for her upcoming math exam when her phone rang. It was the Gimalkins again. They were looking for a babysitter while they went out for the night and they wouldn't be home again until the next morning. Jane has only ever been to their house once. It was the easiest 20 bucks she's e... | 5 | |
[WP] When you were drunk you kidnapped a child. The kid likes you more than its real parents. | [
"\"Ok, what's this about kidnapping a little gir-\" Teddie walked through the door, kicking his shoes onto a little rack in the corner before dropping the little plastic bags on his arms. \"Oh for fuck's sake.\"\n\n\"Trust me, I cannot explain this.\"\n\nSitting on a small couch in a tiny apartment, was scruffy-h... | 2 | |
[WP] God's suicide note | [
"God's Blog - A Daily Diary\n\nJanuary 27, 2015 - I done with this. All the begging over stupid stuff that they have the power to do themselves, like passing an exam or getting a job. When I do get thanks, it's for things I never did nor care about, like having someone pull out of a parking space close to the mall ... | 5 | |
[WP] "Why do they call you Hugo 'The Undying'" | [
"Yeh know me name, boy. Yeh heared me tales. Yeh've seen the paintings on the wall's of castles. But have yeh even stopped yerself and asked the real question? The question every man has in his heart, and refuses to ask even in his darkest hour? The one the slowly nags at the back of the mind, the itch you aren't a... | 2 | |
[WP] Due to a prophetic mix-up, the hero ends up with a weapon of darkness, and the villain gets one of light. | [
"The stone door came down with a crash. Amidst the dust and rubble a man stood in a wide stance, breathing heavily and with a huge grinning smile on his face. He points a bloodied sword at the priests inside the temple’s secret chamber.\n\n“Death comes for you! Run now and leave me to my prize, for I shall cut and ... | 2 | |
[WP] People's looks depend on how good of a person they are; Good people are more physically attractive than bad people. | [
"Across the way in the vast garden she spies a young man pilfering apples from the towering fertile trees. Small in stature and unfair of face with angry red blemishes he falls to his knees as she approaches.\n\nHe pleads she spare him his life for he is but a poor farmer enticed by the promise of the sweetest appl... | 9 | |
[WP] in a world where men and women must pass a test proving their stereotypical gender role at the age of 18, one man desperatly tries to fake his way through the "Talk about sports with the guys" portion of the exam | [
"\"What teams do you support?\"\n\n\n\nRob panicked. He hoped the dim lighting and long shadows of the room would hide this.\n\n\n\n\"Uh....my home town's\"\n\n\n\n\"What is their mascot?\"\n\n\n\n\n\"Bears? Yah, bears.\"\n\n\n\n\"One sport for the entire town?\"\n\n\n\n\"Uh...no, they just all have bears for their... | 3 | |
[WP] You possess a special power and used it to build your career. One day you suddenly lose the power. | [
"when i was ten years old i discovered that i could manipulate technology. i took my fathers old phone and pulled it apart into multiple pieces without even touching it. Then it went back together.\n\nOnce i turned 15 i had learned how to control my power and use it to further myself. I turned an old typewriter and... | 4 | |
See title^ | [WP] As one of the unlucky few, a chosen juror, you and your group deliberate for many days, almost ready to submit your verdict, until you spot something on a seemingly unimportant piece of evidence. | [
"His hand trembled.\n\nHe held the photos for what seemed like an eternity - they'd been anonymously dropped in his mailbox. The prosecution would have had a field day with these - somehow, they hadn't found the photos.\n\nHe frowned, slammed his hand into the table, and pushed the photos aside. Reentering the room... | 1 |
Feel free to find a name for this disease
EDIT: sorry for missing an "a" before "scientist" | [WP] An epidemic which gradually lowers people's IQ bursts out. You are scientist who works on finding a cure. You find out you've been infected. | [
"February 3rd: patient admitted presenting with acute headaches and balance issues. Initial diagnosis inconclusive, sent patient for CT and xray of head to ensure no damage. Prescribed mild pain reliever for headaches.\n\nFebruary 5th: patient diagnosis still inconclusive. fMRI came back inconclusive, with nothing ... | 4 |
[WP] While mining for gems deep in a natural cavern, a rat scurries past. You hurl a fireball spell to torch it, and in the corner of your eye you catch sight of a peculiar artifact - which you quickly come to find may have world changing implications if used. | [
"Grinning manically, I charged further into the tent with purpose. My master, my *previous* master I should say, glared at me with a fiery hatred. The workstation was in tatters, the ancient books of magic burned to ash, herbs and spell components lying inert in pools of salt water.\n\n\n“How **dare** you, Thomas, ... | 2 | |
[WP] A man allows a soldier to escape with his life during a war, years later he is telling his story to his son's classmates, one of the fathers in the room stands up in shock as the story goes on. | [
"\"Sir, may I help you?\" Naran ventured.\n\nThe short, stout man at the end of the room kept standing, eyes wide, mouth agape. Finally, he seemed to get himself together and said, \"I think I'm the man you're talking about. I was one of the soldiers guarding the pentagon that night. It was very dark, like you said... | 2 | |
[WP] You're in unimaginative Redditor trying to come up with a writing prompt | [
"So here I am writing a writing prompt about writing about writing a writing prompt. Well the prompt does suggest that what I am writing is still valid, I guess I could write about anything. Lets see, I guess to get Redditors interested, I should write about cats. Nah, its been done too many times. I should talk... | 2 |
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