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[WP] God and Satan get together for a nice dinner - only problem, it's not where one would expect.... | [
"Over the clatter of dishes and small-talk at the Johnsonville Denny's, God sits at a small corner table.\n\nIn her handheld mirror, she quickly checks herself out for the third time, fluffs her fro and reapplies her Candy Yum Yum lipstick. He's late, as usual.\n\nThe waiter, a greasy looking teen with a mustache t... | 3 | |
"Mr. Oswald, were you the only one?"
"If you mean shooter, then yes. There were others involved in planning and carrying that out, but I was the only one that fired any shots."
| [WP] You can bring back any deceased person and ask them only one question, which they have to answer truthfully. | [
"I stood in front of the plexiglass, shaking. \"Do it.\" The white-coated assistant nodded and hit the final button, surging the machine.\n\nShe jerked, spasmed and flailed. \"She'll only have a minute.\"\n\n\"I know, I did the math,\" I snapped.\n\n\"Baby?\" I asked, hand on the window. She looked up. Those angula... | 9 |
[WP] A madman rips the tag off of a mattress | [
"It had truly never meant to escalate into this, but yet it had. None of them had any idea about the true consequences of their actions, but yet they had foolishly done so without heeding it's warning.\n\nArt and Sam were two good friends who had just become freshmen in high school. Of course, they had adopted the ... | 5 | |
[WP] We look up to the sky one night and see no stars. | [
"A nice, quiet day turned in to evening. The sun moved closer to the horizon. Soon, the first evening stars would be visible. As the sun went lower and lower, people started looking at the sky for start. Not a single one could be seen yet, although there should be one or two visible by this point.\n\n\"It's such a ... | 3 | |
[WP] You have been stranded, in a submarine, for 9 months. When you can finally resurface, the world as you know it is gone. | [
"I used to be the social guy. You know the one you had never met, who walked up to you and introduced himself at that party Friday night? I was always making people laugh.\n\nI haven't laughed in eight months. The last thing that made me was when I realized how alone I was. It was such a surreal feeling. I couldn't... | 2 | |
[WP] A conversation in hell with the person responsible for your death | [
"\"What were you thinking?\" I screamed at him, tears pouring down my cheeks.\n\nI stared at him, waiting for an answer but he said nothing. \n\nI turned away, unable to stand the sight of him. \n\nFire burned from millions of pits all around me. The smell of brimstone, smoke, and burning flesh assaulted my nose a... | 2 | |
[WP] A superhero and supervillain are married. Neither knows the other's identity. | [
"It seemed like just another Wednesday. Just a nice normal spring afternoon the weather was just the right amount of breezy warmth that combined perfectly with cotton candy white clouds in a lake blue sky. An almost perfect day in Acro City except for the shadow cast by the wave army of Dino-zombots lead by Doctor ... | 5 | |
Any reasonable amount of time from ten minutes to a decade should do. | [WP] Write a story in which each paragraph takes place a decent amount of time after the last one. | [
"(Never wrote a story before open to any critiques. It ended up longer than I thought sorry.)\n\nI woke up. My birthday, finally, in my gut the anticipation I had been pushing down rushed over me. I sprinted down the stairs the grogginess I normally felt in the morning couldn't affect me on a day like today. I saw ... | 2 |
[WP] In the future, capital offenses don't result in imprisonment or execution. Instead the guilty simply have their memories wiped and are relocated. One day an otherwise morally upright person discovers that they have a criminal past. | [
"His head hung saturated with a pervasive fog. White filled his visual field as his peripherals disappeared along with him. He was dazed, yet, he was comfortable.\n\n\"I didn't know you liked milk so much,\" his wife poked.\n\n\"Huh? Oh. I guess I'm just kind of out of it,\" he replied. He turned his head slightly... | 2 | |
Detail out the situation where you try to explain yourself as the person, and what would happen when the actual person came in. | [WP] You're at a pub when you see an attractive woman sitting alone at a table, after you approach her and talk for a while you hit it off; only to find out that she is there to meet someone she met online. | [
"She batted her eyes at me, \"You know, you're not bad.\" She spoke slowly so I would hang on every word, \"In fact, you're doing really well at this whole 'bar date' thing.\"\n\nIt was good to hear, most times on these I've crashed and burned, \"well, I'm good at a lot of other things too.\" I looked into her eyes... | 3 |
I was hoping you guys could come up with some "feel good" stories about two people who love each other. Best Friends, Siblings, even people and their pets. It doesn't matter. Make my heart warm, or make it break; the choice is yours. | [WP] Write me a heartfelt story about people who love each other. | [
"She had been hurt before and he was fresh out of a divorce. Both had worked together for a few years very closely without even noticing each other until one day he found her dating profile was a match for him.\n\nOne day at work he casually brought it up and when she looked at him confused he pulled up the site a... | 7 |
[WP] The stars start disappearing. | [
"“What’s going on Justice?” Kennith said as he looked around the cold night. Justice just stood there, her long brown hair blowing in the wind and wrapping around catching itself on the corners of her lips. Kennith looked at her eyes, glazed over and obviously dry as he reached out for her hand. It was frozen s... | 2 | |
[WP] "The thing most people don't know about me," said the President of the United States, "is that I slept my way to the top." | [
"My vagina has a magic power. Well, it isn't magic like Harry Potter magic, but it has been described as magic on numerous occasions. Once, two guys talked about my vagina after our threesome. \"It was magical,\" one said.\n\n\"Yes, a magical evening.\"\n\n\"No, her vagina. Her vagina is magical.\"\n\n\"Oh, yes. Ye... | 8 | |
[WP] Your dad suddenly left and never came back, the only thing he left was a wooden box... with something extraordinary in it. | [
"My father left when I was twenty one, and he was forty seven. I was the last one out of the house, not including him; my two sisters having done their college thing and married. If it surprised my mother that my father left her after nearly thirty years of rock-solid marriage, she didn't show it. She gathered ... | 5 | |
[WP] Write the legend of a little known Greek god. | [
"Gather around, young ones, and let me tell you an ancient tale, of the great and terrible Paul!\n\nYes, that was his name. Anyway, before there was time and space, even before the void, there was nothing. Only Paul. Understandably, Paul was becoming rather lonely from being surrounded by nothing, so He created a u... | 2 | |
[WP] Hangman is played with real people | [
"(This was genuinely the first thing I thought of... weird, I know.)\n\nJamil sat with the others in the pen. Through the bars he could see the crowd of courtiers gathering to watch the game. The king and his young queen already sat on the two thrones installed in front of the platform, and a servant stood by a bla... | 5 | |
[WP] The entire world fell into apocalypse, you have lost every link to the outside, but you do have internet connection and, being a gamer, you decide to fire up a game and talk the situation over on the game servers during a match.. | [
"This is my first response to a wp on this subreddit so don't expect much.. \n\nIt has been several months since the outbreak. I've lost any contact with the outside world and every day my hope for survivers was dramatically decreasing.. On the upside my internet connection is still working, but most websites will ... | 2 | |
...War?
...Party?
...Love?
...Bad comedy? | [WP] Every city-state is ruled by a God/dess. Your city god is a god of... | [
"\"Cheeseburgers get your cheeseburgers here,\" the town crier shouted. Our lord was a just lord, he giveth, and he taketh the burgers. Gather round and hear the story of our town and how it came into being...\n \nLike manna from heaven they fell, sides of fries and precious packages of \"heinz\", with sides of f... | 1 |
[WP] When you die, the amount of good and bad deeds you have committed is calculated and you are placed respectively in heaven and hell. Unfortunately for you, you have committed an equal amount of good and bad deeds and have caused quite a bit of trouble amongst the gate keepers. | [
"Awake!\n\nI had always imagined the waiting room after death would be blindingly white, or at least bright white in color. Alas, this waiting room seemed more like the one at the Planned Parenthood clinic on 5th and Broadway. Featuring dingy carpets, stained walls, a creaky fan and a sour old woman reading a 14 ... | 3 | |
[WP] A poor chimney sweep runs into Santa on Christmas | [
"As Larry looked up, he paled as he saw the great big red thing heading towards him. \"Oh no...\"\n\n\"Ho! Ho! Ho!\"\n\n\"God dammit, Nick!\" \n\n\"Oh shit... Larry? My nigga what are you doing here?\"\n\n\"Don't fucking touch me Nick. What the hell is your fat ass doing?!\"\n\n\"Ummm, Larry? Its Christmas, remembe... | 2 | |
Not like Percy Jackson, make EVERYTHING modern and realistic. | [WP] Write a story based on or inspired by a classic Greek myth, but with totally modern characters/events | [
"\nPenelope stood in the line at Jamba Juice ignoring her vibrating phone. Her parents needed to settle down she was an adult now and if she wanted a Tropical Harvest smoothie with mangos, squash, and carrots, she was entitled to it. It wasn’t like they were paying for her; she had been working hard for months in t... | 2 |
[WP] The villain has found someone who made him or her quit villaining around, while he or she won't admit it. Write about the confused hero's confrontation of the villain. | [
"Drakyra bared her sharp teeth and snarled, deflecting the punch thrown at her face and yelling, \"I'm serious!\"\n\nHer rival, the hero of Spark City, dubbed 'Sparx by the citizens for his supercharged abilities, refused to listen and threw another punch. Sidestepping the strike, Drakyra increased the distance bet... | 2 | |
[WP] Its time to take out the trash. | [
"The ordeal lasted scant five hours, the removal lasted less.\n\nI had it all in the bag, oh my, what a mess!\n\nPile high, food, waste and a monstrous face,\n\nGrotesque in scene it was no disgrace.\n\nI did what I did, what I had to do,\n\nNow he is dead, soon I shall be too.",
"Stan wasn't a normal fellow, All... | 2 | |
[WP] A traffic jam in the year 2163. | [
"John packed away his bedding and took up position in the bird's nest. The morning stretched out for miles all around over the vehicles like his own. His journey to see his parents would be over a few short years after he arrived, 20 years after he originally set out to visit them. Today he would move 3 miles in to... | 2 | |
[WP] A Genie grants their first wish. | [
"\"I am the great and powerful Rhazjin, who dares summons me!\"\n Good, I got the first bit down, just need to remember the rest of the lines.\n\"Uh, I did.\"\nThe client was a slimy sort. He like me had a ponytail, but where mines was a silky main, his hung limply and covered in grease. He looked scrawny under his... | 4 | |
[WP] There are three fundamental forces that balance the universe. Creation, Destruction, and Procrastination. Procrastination has disappeared and now all hell has broken loose. | [
"Time on a cosmological scale is pretty much unfathomable. Thankfully, size is too, so we do occasionally see something uncommon from somewhere far off. I'd always wished things could maybe go a bit quicker. I mean, did we really need all 5 billion years left of our Sun staying almost the same? Did the galaxy reall... | 3 | |
[WP] "How many of dad's stories do you think are actually true?" | [
"I woke up to a splitting headache, mouth fuzzy and dry. I was too nauseous to sit up, but I knew this wasn't my room. I realized I had to quickly gather myself, what the hell happened last night? Where the fuck am I? What time is it?\n\nI realize that I have to slowly push my self to get up and unfurl from the fet... | 2 | |
Once, long ago, there was a young chicken. Chicken Little was the name given to him by those around him, due to his age. He was the one of the few animals in the woods that wasn’t exactly in the right mind, and generally kept to himself. His friends were those that talked to him in his mind that no one else seemed to n... | [WP][EU] Re-write your favourite childhood tale, with the twist of giving one of the characters a mental disorder. (No need to state which disorder it is) | [
"Obligatory [Rugrats Theory](http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Rugrats_Theory)\n\n**THIS IS NOT MY WORK**\n--------------------------------\n\nThe Rugrats really were a figment of Angelica's Demonic and Unimaginable imagination.\n\nChuckie died in 1986 along with his mother, that's why Chaz is a nervous wreck a... | 2 |
[WP] 500 feet from the summit, your climbing partner says something that makes you turn around. | [
"It seemed like forever we climbed to the summit of Mt. Narwhal, though it would pay off. My partner, Tyler followed close behind while I shield him from the downwind and snow coming my way. All was fine until he said 6 words that shook me horribly. \"Did you le... | 7 | |
[WP] Sometimes there's one shoe on the side of the road. Write it's story. | [
"It wasn’t too long ago that I was part of something. Not something great- we never changed the world in any way. But it was something, and it existed because I was there to help it exist. Here on my own, I’m nothing. My humble story is not very interesting, I’m afraid. But it is an honest one, a real one.\n\nThere... | 2 | |
[WP] A lone soul on an uncharted island watches a ship sail by... And decides not to signal for help. | [
"What the fuck is that? White triangle. Way off in the distance. Holy shit, I'm saved. It's been six months, all alone. Just me and those thieving fucking monkeys. I can go back. My job, my TV, my apartment, I'm getting all of it back. I can be normal again. Back to the 9-to-5, back to vacuuming and shopping. Back ... | 10 | |
[WP] The dead begin rising, but they don't try to eat anyone and just wander around | [
"Grandpa, when did you first start to hate grandma? And did she always nag at you like she did my mom? The little guy couldn't help himself. I was \"grandpa\" at this point. I simply said well billy, before or after death? My grandson didn't really get it. He was quite young. Not sure if he got the whole, dead peop... | 2 | |
Lots of prompts ask and replies talk about the one aspect of humanity that will not be present in alien races that makes us special. Music, lying, warfare, to name a few. I'm hoping for humans going into space thinking the same, only to find they are mediocre, or average at best. | [WP] Humanity travels into space, meeting many other races, but aren't as special as they thought they would be. | [
"\"Every new race believes that they are somehow special or chosen. The only thing that varies is the intensity of this belief - from wishful thinking to outright fanaticism. It is my responsibility to evaluate the race and see if there is a unique place for them in the current galactic society. I have taken the... | 2 |
[WP] You just discovered the meaning of life but before you post it on facebook, an angel appears before you. | [
"I sat there, my head buzzing. If only if only if only I could make them understand, have them listen.\n\nI sat there at the computer and shivered, with my hands poised mere millimetres above the keyboard as I ran my tongue along the top of my mouth and realised I was just sitting there waiting for... Nothing. What... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a day in the life of somebody living in a future where water is scarce so every person is limited to 5 minutes of showering a day. | [
"Goddamnit I stink. \n\n5 minutes is just not enough! How am I suppose to wash out the plasma residue on my skin from working all day on dad's 2057 Chevrolet Omega? Or the smell of the vapour exhaust fumes from my new hoverboard!? I just can't feel clean with only 5 minutes of water, fucking cold water at that!\n\n... | 2 | |
[WP] You're the guy that makes Halloween special for others. You hide in the old abandoned mansion and make people walking by think it is haunted. | [
"Magic is gone from the world. There's an explanation and app for everything. Wonders like the sunrise and sunset, the daily death and rebirth of the sun, are reduced to physics and chemistry. We *know* too much, the wonder is gone from things.\n\nThis is where I come in.\n\nYou see, there's this old mansion on top... | 3 | |
[WP] A time traveler has made it his life mission to save people from sudden unexpected deaths, but one day just can't seem to save this one person. | [
"\"Control this is Taz, I'm in position.\" I checked the data on the little screen on my wrist; April 17, 2035, 22:46. \n\nI stood in the shadows by the intersection, waiting, while the rain dripped off the brim of my hat. I lit a cigarette, took a long drag. She'll be along in...\n\n\"Three seconds,\" said Contro... | 2 | |
[WP] One of the actors at the medieval faire has mortally wounded his companion due to a mistake in his swordwork, and is trying to play it off as part of the show. | [
"Parry, riposte, counter six, counter four, lunge. Every movement was choreographed to perfection, Ron and I had practiced this routine for months and could do the steps with out eyes closed. Each strike flowing into a counter or dodging by a hairsbreadth. Our forms danced across the sand as we dripped sweat onto t... | 2 | |
I mean cloud, not could. | [WP] Write a short poem on "every could has a silver lining" | [
"Well, you probably meant \"cloud\", but I ran with it anyway:\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nBehind every \"will\" and \"won't\"\n\nPast every \"should\" and \"shouldn't\"\n\nThere is an inkling\n\nA thought\n\nA whisper\n\nA flicker... | 1 |
An idea I came up with after seeing [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2kabpy/2_000yearold_ancient_roman_face_cream_with/) post. | [WP] Archeologists discover 2,000-year-old face cream from Rome with fingerprints still visible. Just for fun the prints are ran at a crime lab, coming back with a match... | [
"\"The thing about randomness,\" *il ministro della Sanità* - or, the slightly-sweaty, pale-faced Surgeon General of Italy - was saying, \"is that it doesn't necessarily have to be a different result every time. The chances of two people having similar features is not impossible, it is just very unlikely.\"\n\nThe ... | 3 |
[WP] Lucifer finds an apology letter from God, addressed right after he was banished. | [
"\"Hey, can someone get me the mail?\" Lucifer called, tapping his claws on the arm of his throne. He hummed and looked at the throne room. He had gotten it cleaned just a few days ago and he could already see some dust in the crevices of the skeleton chandelier hanging from the ceiling. He'd have to call in some n... | 2 | |
(grade point average) for our worldly friends. Happy Writing. | [WP] You live in a society where you must maintain a GPA of 3.0 in college or you are killed. Today, you and your best friend are receiving the end of term grades. | [
"We all received our scores at 08:00, straight to the wrist watches given to us on our first day of high school. None of us slept the night before, we partied and then we said our goodbyes, just in case. I’d spent the night on Windmill Hill and listened to the slow, silent whooping of their vast white blades. Alex ... | 2 |
credit: Sarah Selecky mailing list | [WP] Write about a character who has a secret | [
"\"Gee, Uncle Allen, that sure was a day!\"\n\n\"Ha! It sure was, Kitty! I hope you've learned your lesson about how curiosity killed the polecat! Well, there's Ma Smith ringin' that ole dinner bell! We best be gettin' along. From all of us here at the LO Ranch, ride hard and dusty trails!\"\n\n\"Cut!\"\n\nKate's s... | 3 |
It can be anything, ex: school shooting, mass murder, bombing, suicide, murder, etc,. This prompt has been posted before but there weren't many submissions so I wanna see if I can get any on this one. | [WP] Write a story about something dark. It can be anything. | [
"The world had ended. It was simple as that. With the press of a few buttons nukes where launched, and in there wake panicked countries hastily formed short lived alliances and launched a flurry of nuclear ordnance. The sole survivor (as far as I know) was me. I can't do much, 99% of the world is covered in radiati... | 3 |
[WP] "I am a God! And I will be feared as such!" | [
"“I am a God! And I will be feared as such!”, Alex spoke to himself while waiting in the cafeteria line. It was about 7:50AM—give or take a few minutes—and he had a chicken biscuit in hand. Alex had just arrived at school, Ritalin pulsing through his veins, heart beating to the sound of his own drum—at least that’s... | 4 | |
Ghosts, demons, evil spirits, etc.; This fact has been forgotten by modern man. Feel free to set this in whatever time period you choose. | [WP] Dogs were domesticated not for companionship, but because they can detect ghosts. | [
"Spock raised his eyebrow at the sight of a nameless crew member petting the dog.\n\n\"Never seen one before?\", asked Uhura.\n\n\"On the contrary. In fact, there was a time in our history where Vulcan housed these creatures. They became extinct once we grew out of primitive ways and became logical.\"\n\nCaptain Ki... | 5 |
Anything goes. Anything. | [WP] When a ten year old child is visited by nightmarish beings, he or she proceeds to traumatize the visitors. | [
"(NSFW) \nThings that go bump in the night, the creatures that lurk among the shadows of your bedroom, and the quiet creeping you hear right as you lay your head to rest. These were all things that would scare any normal child, but not Cindy. \nCindy was born on a cold January night, when the entire city of New Yor... | 2 |
[WP] You are at the Pearly Gates. You find out the only reason you get to go to Heaven is because a previously deceased loved one took your spot in Hell. | [
"Days come and go. What are days they really? Nothing but hours, minutes, and seconds. Day after day, minute after minute. We are all slowly dying, we will all slowly be nothing. We are a passing face on the street. That guy you call an ass hole in the parking lot. We are your boss, your maid, we are everything you... | 3 | |
Hey. I love this sub reddit and I feel lost in life sometimes. Just nice to see other people's creativity and aspirations. | [WP] your hopes and dreams. 7 sentence limit. | [
"To do what makes me happy.\n\nTo travel to places I never thought existed.\n\nTo find the perfect woman.\n\nTo do my dream job, Acting.\n\nTo bring joy to other people.\n\nTo always be positive in the darkest times.\n\nAnd to be able to look back on my life and think \"hm good job Lawrence, good job\"",
"What if... | 4 |
[WP] Write a funny story in a serious setting or a serious story in a funny setting. | [
"We were the last. The last of an ancient race, ridiculed, scorned and hunted by mankind. Our number dwindled now to only a handful. How did it come to this? A riddle none could now answer.\n\nOurs was a peaceful race, content to sing our ancient songs, known to us from birth, known to us as babes even before words... | 11 | |
[WP] Its grin showed too many teeth | [
"As I checked my watch again, it gave me the time and told me that Rei was about ten minutes late now. I crossed my arms against the cold yet again and looked up and down the street. She had been on time for our first two dates, and the other two times we decided to meet up, she had been very early. It was a little... | 2 | |
[WP] John is a depressed man in his 20's. He is under the illusion the entire world is against him, he finds out it's not an illusion. | [
"Its strange, Margaret thought, you would think then when your worst fears come true, that it would crush you. Instead, she felt calmer then she had in years. Maybe even decades (without the help of a fifth of vodka or psychotropic drugs that is). It's like the weight of the world had lifted off her shoulders. Sh... | 8 | |
Werewolves, vampires, Bigfoot etc... | [WP] On the verge of losing a war against a superior alien race, Mythical creatures show themselves and fight for our planet. | [
"This was going to be it. Earth's final stand, to fight for humanity, to fight for the freedom of mankind. People from all over the world had come together to fight for what little remained of our home planet. The congregation had been dubbed the \"United Nations Defence of Earth Retaliation\" or U.N.D.E.R for shor... | 8 |
[WP]: "I think they used to be people." | [
"\n All we ever knew was the night. The rest remained wandering somewhere in the vast realm of our memory, which we prefered to see as just a forgetful dream, some kind of other dimension where light still adorned our children's faces. For why should I believe that the innocent and distant life I used to live is my... | 7 | |
[Ff] in two paragraphs, each paragraph being narrated by a different character, write the same story but from two different perspectives. | [
"The graceful beauty of her form stirred passion inside of me as I watched her run. She ran for pleasure, her legs long and sleek, her head held high. I couldn't help but admire the way her scanty coverings left her muscles bare for me to enjoy. I grinned from my seat at the window... if she did this every day, it ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're driving down the highway and you believe you see yourself walking along the sidewalk. | [
"This prompt reminded me of something that happened about 25 years ago.\n\nFunny story time.\n\nI was at a local video store, browsing the new releases when I look up and spot someone in the other aisle staring at me.\n\nIt was like looking into a mirror. Almost.\n\nThe guy was a little taller than me, and maybe a ... | 5 | |
[WP] You never forget your first car. | [
"\"You'll never forget your first car,\" Bill explained to me on my 17th birthday. Bill, my neighbor, the fifty something year old mechanic. Also a stoner who I would kick shit and toke up with once in a while. My mom told me that she had a vehicle lined up for me. We were going to go get it after she got off work... | 2 | |
[WP]You're in the stall of the bathroom and then... | [
"I hear screams, I am scared. There is a low humble that sounds like an engine anndd.... BAM! One hundred and ten stories of pure steel are resonating against whatever just happened. I cannot even think, all I know is that I need to get out. Next thing I know I am in the hallway where the fire alarm is blazing and ... | 2 | |
[WP] Every time someone dies, they queue up to become a child's imaginary friend. When it is their turn, they have until the child stops believing to influence the child. Write as either the child or as the spirit. | [
"its lonely, inside nothing. this must be how genies feel stuck in their bottles. rather, it was lonely at first, then it felt more like waiting in a queue by yourself. I've been waiting a long time now though, wasn't i supposed to be released by now?\n\ni guess i should explain really. on a bright sunny day, a six... | 2 | |
[WP] The world has been given 24 hours to live. You are a scientist who has to broadcast a speech confirming the terrifying news. | [
"As I step up to the podium in the white house press room all is quiet. There are no cameras flashing, no people shouting. The lights felt like a thousand degrees against my skin. I'm sweating through every pore\n\nClearing my throat I lean forward to the two extending microphones out of the podium and begin to spe... | 4 | |
[WP] Whenever someone dies, their image disappears from every photograph, digital or otherwise. On your birthday, you notice your image has vanished from every picture. | [
"You always get caught in a rhythm. I always thought that I created my own beat and melodies. It never felt like I was being drug into a monotonous cadence that dulled every fiber of my being. \r\n\nIt started out subtly: First, it was moving out, shattering the fragile worldview that your upbringing created. Then... | 2 | |
[WP] Write about or express your love for someone who can/will never know how you feel. | [
"You are one of my best friends, you don't know how I feel, but yet although I may be young and naive, this feeling I get when I look at you, this desire to tell the world you are mine is like an everlasting flame nobody can blow out. I see you and I think \"I wish she knew. I wish she felt what I feel. And yet, I ... | 3 | |
[WP] Scientists discover an algorithm to match each person to the job that best suits them. This is the sole way in which careers are now allocated in society. Today is your first day working as a... | [
"nothing. That is what the computer said. It was the first time it happened in, well, ever. There had to be something wrong. How can I not be good at anything. I excelled at all my subjects in my primary school. I thought I was going to be a scientist, maybe even a teacher. But how is THIS possible! There has to be... | 4 | |
We have yet to know what makes this person a killer.
We don't even know he/her is out there, except for the bodies that turn up or the people whom go missing.
They are the first of this kind of killer..
| [WP] The most fearsome serial killer is the one yet to be caught or studied. Write a little sample from the day and life of an unstudied, unknown killer. | [
"The young woman was walking home. She always went this way. She could have taken a bus home from the diner, but the route was very roundabout and it was faster to simply walk. Besides, she liked to see the stars, such as they were here in town, and feel the cool breeze in the air. As she was walking, a man just 20... | 2 |
[WP] A powerful gangster is fed up with corruption in the government and starts to blackmail/threaten politicians into making society a better place | [
"\"What's our status on the Robertson problem?\" Larry Winton asked his secretary, as the two hurried through the busy New York streets.\n\nWinton was a man of false faces, switching from mask to fleshy, insincere, expertly-crafted mask as the situation demanded. Were you to hit the magazine stands that week, you'd... | 4 | |
[WP] A short story with an extremely unsatisfying ending | [
"Sparse patches of dark green grass littered themselves around the train yard. An especially dark and cold night gave way to crisp morning air as the sun bent its light over the horizon. An array of orange and red light illuminated a small boy seated with his legs crossed by the massive trains; he wore an oversized... | 7 | |
[WP] Write about a day in your life set five years from now. | [
"I wake naturally, as though I had been awake for hours, to the soft gray light of a new morning stealing around the drapes and curling up at the foot of my bed like a cat. It's on days like these that I look into the mirror and see my father staring back at me. The flecks of white in the hair, the once-muscular bo... | 5 | |
[WP] A young boy, later turned fisherman has dreams all throughout his life. One day while sailing with his father at sea, they are ransacked by pirates, and left on the debris of their remaining ship. They stumble upon an island where all of the fisherman's past dreams, and nightmares are alive. | [
"The fisherman wakes up, sand in his clothing on the shore of an island. The palm trees softly sway in the wind and the sun shines from high above onto his back. There's no sign of the boat or his father, no sign of anything anywhere except for the island beneath him and the journey ahead. The gray clouds seem b... | 2 | |
[WP] The bar was full the night he came in | [
"The bar was full the night he came in. \n\nHer name was Lola and she was waiting for him, like she was every night. She didn't lean in to wipe the snow melting on his shoulders. Instead she looked at him, not saying a word, like he was just another stranger. He leaned in instead, and kissed her. She was like a cat... | 2 | |
[WP] Does God ever wonder who created him? | [
"Humans,\n\nThe trick to a wonderful creation lies in a formula I drew up overtime. The secret is to create things that create other things and so on, like Nature. Science, you know.\n\nAn example you humans might be more familiar with is that literature you create. You look at the stories, pick them apart, talk ab... | 2 | |
This is really open ended, there are a lot of cool possibilites with this one though I think | [WP] In the year 2125 everyone works and socializes through aerial/ground drone technology. You have just been framed for the first murder in 100 years. Expose the truth. | [
"***1 Confirmed Kill***\n\nThe message flashed on my screen brilliantly.\n\nI, Fisk Arkhail, have become the first murderer in 100 years. However, nobody will know that it's me. \n\nFirst, let me give you some background. I'm a hacker. I went to RIT, and I got my masters in drone programming there. I am 25, and was... | 1 |
[WP] Life is an endless cycle. Birthmarks are scars from how we died in our left from our last past life. It's simple really. You die and then you wake up, never remembering what happened. | [
"The instructions were crystal clear. I would know the target by the jagged scar on his left cheek. I knew nothing about the man, but apparently, he had pissed off somebody with power. Somebody with *a lot* of power. But that somebody was going to make sure that this would be the last time I ever had to do this sor... | 2 | |
Start with the title or end with it. | [WP]"What do you mean we're out of milk?!" | [
"\"What do you mean we're out of milk?!\" he said, completely confused as to why I would bring something so trivial to him.\n\n\"I mean exactly that Mr. President.. we, as in the United States, is *literally* almost OUT... of milk.\" Saying it out loud sounded absolutely ridiculous. Frankly it didn't sound any bett... | 3 |
[WP] Undeniable proof of Hell's existence is found. In the wake of global societal chaos, you go to visit your brother, an inmate on death row. His execution is in three days. | [
"Calling it front page news would be an understatement. It was front page, back page, and every page in between. Even the most ardent atheist couldn’t reject it. Black coffee and toast, as usual, though I couldn’t say I’d been hungry in days. The friday Times was only three pages, and consisted in it’s entirety of ... | 2 | |
[WP] After years of searching, you and your partner find the Holy Grail. Congrats. | [
"We were using scalpels. Scalpels! Fixing a rift in history itself at the rate of milimeters a day. Even one petrified splinter could not be missed. The area above us was a no-fly zone. We might as well have worn hazmat suits.\n\nIt's undeniable this time. We had gradually climbed the mountain of evidence, followed... | 2 | |
[WP] "Hatred hollows you out. Then it fills you up." | [
"*Audio Archives of Scientist Richard Engolstadt*\n\nDay 37\n\n0346 Hours\n\nLocation: *Classified*\n\nBreakthrough has been achieved! The cranial restructuring has been successful thus far. Subjugation of subject 36 codename Mike Charlie is nearly complete, and control of subject via neural shackles is underway. ... | 5 | |
[WP] You know that you're going to die tomorrow. Today, you're spending time with your best friend, the person who will kill you tomorrow. | [
"We started working through the bottle of fine Scotch when the last light remained in the summer sky. Now a canopy of stars hung over us and the whiskey sloshed around, about a third of the way down the bottle. Max was already facedown in the grass, undoubtedly trying his hardest to resist a trip to the treeline to... | 4 | |
apparently people aren't sure who aaoron sorkin is:
Writer of West Wing and The Newsroom (among others). Famous writer with a really distinct style. Watching The Newsroom and the wife and I were joking about this being a writing prompt. | [WP] If Aaron Sorkin wrote porn. | [
"OPENING SHOT OF THE WHITE HOUSE LOBBY, EARLY IN THE MORNING. \n\nCJ CREGG WALKS BRISKLY THROUGH THE ENTRANCE, IMMEDIATELY JOINED BY TOBY. THEY PEDECONFERENCE ON THE WAY TO CJ'S OFFICE. \n\nTOBY: You seen the numbers from HUD? \nCJ: Toby, I literally just walked through the front door. \nTOBY: So have you seen... | 2 |
[WP] Upon dying you find that you're allowed to choose which religion's afterlife you go to. | [
"I wish I could say that my last words had been something profound, but in actually what i said was \"Oops\"... and now I was staring at the charcoal silhouette of what had been my mortal remains on the wall of the particle accelerator's collision chamber.\n\n\"*Well, that's a new one*\" \n\n\"New what?\" I asked..... | 12 | |
Also show me what s/he does to cope with the loss of whom s/he considered to be his/her one true friend. | [WP] Tell me a story where a character gets very depressed over the untimely death of his/her nemesis' because they had a bond better than best friends. | [
"So his old pal didn't make it. Harvey looked at the corpse, charred so much that the only way he could tell it was once a handsome man with golden hair and a permanent frown was the sword, unblemished, by its side. “dam shame” he thought, “he never managed to full fill his promise to make me into a goody goody.” T... | 9 |
[WP] A tiny civilization thrives on a small comet roaming the solar system. A giant alien creature named Philae lands out of nowhere. | [WP] A tiny civilization thrives on a small comet roaming the solar system. A giant alien creature named Philae lands out of nowhere. | [
"\"It's been three months since that... *thing* has been up in the sky,\" I said as I looked towards it. \n\n\"What do you think it is?\" Thratxi said to me, clearly unnerved by it.\n\n\"I dunno. It hasn't bothered us yet, why worry about it? Go back to sleep,\" I said, and both Thratxi and I dozed off.\n\n---\n\n\... | 2 |
[WP] "are you the sandman?" | [
"A little girl, asleep in her bed was the only person in the room. Her room was painted pink with yellow horizontal stripes, only two of the them, running around the whole room at about halfway up the wall. She had a standup light that was in the shape of a sunflower standing in the corner of the room closest to th... | 2 | |
glhf | [WP] You hold the secret to the universe and everyone will trust whatever you say, but you are not allowed to tell them through any form of communication | [
"It had started with a single person outside of her yard, as still as a statue, and when Tara had come out and asked what the he was doing standing in her yard, he had simply shrugged, thick beads of sweat trickling down his face.\n\n\"I don't know,\" he replied. \"Waiting.\"\n\n\"For what?\" Tara asked back.\n\nH... | 1 |
Take any stance you like on this from the bat shit crazy women to the devil himself. | [WP] Monster energy drinks are the work of Satan. | [
"\"How did she discover our plan!?\" Satan bellowed to his second-in-command.\n\n\"She was able to decipher the language of the demons...We still don't understand how she discovered it. She must be of divine kind.\" Satan raged with fiery contempt. He had planned this many earth years ago. To create a drink, ma... | 6 |
[WP] as the universe approaches heat death, a decision is made to kick start a second big bang. | [
"Mack squinted at the display. In front of him, it showed an incomprehensible circular graph of various colors, numbers, and inflection points.\n\n\"That's it?\" he asked incredulously.\n\nThe researcher standing behind him beamed proudly, unaware that Mack was unimpressed, \"That's it.\"\n\n\"But how does it work?... | 2 | |
[WP] Millennia ago one of your cavemen ancestors submitted a patent request for fire. It has finally been processed successfully and you are the heir to all rights of fire. | [
"I'lll give it a shot.\n\n\n\nMr. Joel Johnson is a relatively simple man, He never cared much for the pieces of paper his fellow man seemed so obsessive about. He lived as modestly as his job as a firefighter permitted. He was happy this way, his mother always told him that money cannot buy happiness. She never ca... | 2 | |
[WP] Jesus returns. Men execute him for zealotry. God decides to solve the human problem once and for all. | [
"\"Damit!\" God cursed as he heard the news. once again his son, the savior of humanity had been slaughtered. he thought to himself, this is it, this is where the line is drawn. God was furious with humanity. \"No longer shall i give them mercy! for they did not give mercy to my son!\" with just a thought, the seas... | 3 | |
[WP] An undercover cop is given an obscure word or phrase to drop into conversation only if things go badly and the mission is aborted. However, for some reason, the natural flow of conversation with the people he's infiltrating makes it very hard to avoid saying it. | [
"This is actually true. I know of a police jurisdiction where \"I'm OK\" is code-speak for \"I'm being held hostage.\" A new officer was involved in a foot-chase and dispatch was trying to determine what was going on and he instinctively says \"I'm OK!\" The dispatcher starts paging the local SWAT team and they're ... | 5 | |
[WP] An extraterrestrial invasion has forced the world's nations to reveal their most secretive and powerful weapons. | [
"I sighed.\n\nThis meeting was dragging on like nothing I've ever seen, and I say that as an observer of these United Nations talks.\nIt was all about that recent alien invasion, and quite frankly, I'd rather be home helping my sister and her husband get ready if we have to run.\n\nA man, Jacques from Portugal I be... | 8 | |
doesn't matter how. just looking forward to what ever you guys come up with, usually you do a pretty good job. | [WP]Giant Enemy Crabs the size of skyscrapers attack cities all across the world. tell how humanity discovered their weakpoint and attacked them for massive damage. | [
"It's been a week now. Seven days since the crabs got here. They've shut down the water supply and cut off transportation in and out of town. The only place woth food is a grocery store being guarded by the king crab on the far side of town. Everyone keeps telling me I'm the chosen one. I'm not so sure. They say \"... | 3 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse strikes at a point in history when humanity is most vulnerable | [
"Urgok had always known he was different from the rest of the tribe and it wasn't just the sparsity of his fur or his ugly recessed brow. Urgok had big ideas. What if tribe fed the glowy red spirit that comes after the sky splits? What if plant things so when tribe come next year, have more fruits and nuts? Urgok t... | 6 | |
[WP] You trudge through an icy tundra, slowly freezing. Eventually overcome, you drop to the snow and take your final glimpses of the light. | [
"*So cold...*\n\nHe chattered through his teeth, huddling in his wool coat with layers of clothes to stay warm but only bitter cold greeted his flesh with numbness. Harsh winds whipped everywhere, spraying ice into his face with frost and he couldn't feel his blackened nose anymore. \n\nHe opened his eyes a crack t... | 5 | |
[WP]. You are a middle aged man sitting at a bus stop, you just found out your son died in a violent way, describe the setting from his point of view without directly stating what has happened or his emotional state | [
"The leaves were falling again. It always did at this time of the year, when the winds and the cold would drive most folks shivering into the warmth of their digs. It wasn't too cold this year, I reckoned - perhaps the Hegemon was right this time. Maybe the world was warming up, with all of us going to a horrible, ... | 5 | |
[WP] An expensive cryogenic procedure is now possible, allowing people to skip 10, 20, or 50 years into the future. | [
"\"I would travel 10 years in the future so that I could be done university,\" yawns out Ethan.\n\n\"Why would you travel to the future at all? What's wrong with the present? Is this relationship not doing it for you?\" Yasmine prods, putting her hands on her hips.\n\n\"Ah, ummm... Nothing, babe. Cryogenic future j... | 4 | |
[WP] The main character is a supporting character who follows the "chosen one" through his/her journey. | [
"I had been following Julmus around for a few months, ever since I met him. I called him the Bearer of Justice, for everywhere he went, justice prevailed. He never liked the name, said he wasn't doing it for the glory, but because somebody had to stand up for the people.\n\nWe travelled from village to village with... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a timecop, having chased a serial killer throughout history. He started with Hitler and other mass murderers, but now, after a decade of chasing, you've finally caught up to him when he's about to kill the child who will grow up to cure cancer. | [
"It was me. I was the monster. Only, it was different. \n\nI am Richard K. Blake, of the Citystate 3 temporal police force, and this situation was not something I had expected. \n\n\"Blake, I don't want to have to kill you again. It really fucks with my head. I'm not a savage, you know. I'm just from a world that's... | 2 | |
[WP] Mythical creatures have started appearing around the world, but they lack the majesty of their story counterparts, and are ruining the ecosystems they enter. You are a mythical rights activist fighting against "myth culling" laws. | [
"The men that held back the crowd were a mixture of army reserve from this world and officers from Centauri’s dimensional patrol. They were all clearly uncomfortable standing between a mob and a giant lizard, but the men from Centauri looked like they felt far more prepared to handle the situation. These officers h... | 2 | |
[WP] The clock stops ticking | [
" The clock ticked with more persistence than it had ever done before. Each tick was a steady reminder of the amount of sleep I was losing. Blaming the clock for my recent case of insomnia would be an excuse. He was the reason for my sleepless nights. The reason that I couldn’t sleep in the bed we had shared for so... | 6 | |
[WP] The spirit of Santa possesses one individual every year on Christmas to carry out his duties. This year, it's you. | [
"I was merely browsing /r/writingprompts when i felt a strange warmth came over me. I looked up from my laptop and come to see a hefty old man in a red suit. I instantly know who its supposed to be but I back away quickly dropping my laptop in the process. He puts his hands up and says,\" Dude. Dude. Chill I'm sant... | 4 | |
[WP] Your story only has 26 sentences, each one starting with a different letter and is in alphabetical order. | [
"About a year ago, I had a weird experience. Be open minded, please, because it's a little odd. \n\nCarla was her name. Dispassionately, she demanded a sexual experience somewhat more exotic than what I was previously used to, but I had no reason to deny her. Even then, however, I was still nervous. Fingers flicked... | 5 |
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