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[WP] A man is gifted (or cursed) with the ability to take other people's pain for them, through touch. | [
"Please be gentle reddit, my first piece of writing to the public\n\n“Amy, you come here right now” \nI glanced up, surprised to see a little girl standing in front of me. She had a mouthful of candy and a smile from ear to ear as she reached forward holding a lollipop in front her.\n“Here you go mister” her little... | 1 | |
This has probably been asked a hundred thousand times, but I can't find anything here. My apologies if this is a repost or what not. | [WP] You are an agent of Satan. For every soul you lead to damnation, you get one years' reprieve from your own torment. Tell about a day in your life. | [
"So I was trying to sell my soul to Satan, thinking that I'd probably end up there anyway... it turns out being an agent of Satan is a pyramid scheme. He tried to sell me on this: \"You'll save a year off of your own torment every time you cause another soul to go to Hell...\" This sounded great at first until I re... | 9 |
[WP] You discover the opposite to the Death Note: The Life Note. | [
"So the sperm cells carried a note to Sarah's egg. It says \"You, Sarah's egg, are about to be given life. You have been Warned.\" The egg sighs and lets the sperm do its thing, and laughs, 'cuz it tickles, which makes Sarah puke 5 minutes later. She goes to pee, and when she's done, she looks into the toilet bowl ... | 1 | |
[WP] You own a flower shop. Describe one of your customers and the relationship that ensues. | [
"Sunlight pierced into the small shop. Two people of similar stature were engaged in a conversation. \n\n\"He's an overall pretty solid guy, and just happened to get messed up with the wrong crowd. It's pretty sad.\" His head rotated to examine some bouquets on the side, revealing his neatly trimmed facial hair.\n\... | 7 | |
[WP] Earth is a popular hunting grounds for a civilized alien race that views us like game animals. A proud alien grandpa is taking his grandson on his first hunting trip. | [
"\"grandpa, what was it like...the first time you killed a human?\"\n\n\"Well, you see Junior, humans aren't like some of the other things we hunt, they're...special.\"\n\n\"Special how? I've heard they taste different. And a lot of people get headaches when they go around the trophies,Does it make you smarter when... | 2 | |
[WP] A person has lost their loved one. In their grief, they visit a medium who tells them the full name of the person the other will be reincarnated in the future. One day, they meet again for the first time. | [
"Fourteen miserable years. It has been 14 miserable years without the love of my life. I wish it would have been me in the car accident. It should have been me. She was my everything. \n\nI resorted to becoming a heavy drinker; when I'm drunk I can't feel the pain. It doesn't make it any better, I just can't feel t... | 3 | |
[WP] A man is in a good mood, but his mood changes when he sees a four-leaf clover, which makes him realize that something horrible has happened... | [
"He laughed when he saw it. After all, the coincidence of it all was nothing short of astounding.\n\nHe reached out and plucked the clover from the bush it was sitting in, his fingers slightly greasing up the square of laminate protecting and preserving the charm from the elements. Laurel would just *die* when he... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an astronaut on the ISS. You lose all communication with Earth and can only guess what is happening on your planet below. | [
"\"Hello? Houston?\"\n\nI said it again. The other astronauts and cosmonauts looked at me. They were scared. Something was wrong. Did some kind of war break out cutting off communications?\n\nWe looked out the closest window. The Earth was as beautiful as ever. A blue marble. Nothing out of the ordinary. Until Kevi... | 1 | |
[WP] In a future post-apocalyptic world, primitive societies have lost all knowledge of music. Someone stumbles across a compilation of history's greatest composers. | [
"Alright, next house.\n\nAnother day in a world in ruins, only way to survive is scavenging empty houses, and living on whatever you can find. \n\nI opened the door, but it basically broke in half. The house looked pretty old, so I guess I could forgive it. I went right for the kitchen. Bread? Uh, probably gone bad... | 3 | |
Obviously some genres lends themselves to comedy or romantic levels, but try to be closer to the genre than those two. | [WP]: Write a couple's "This is how we met," love story but in a genre that is not romance or comedy. | [
"\nThat night I had dreams of super-heaven. Happy Monkeys climbing on shiny glitter rainbows was the image in my head. I smiled. Super heaven seemed like such a nice place. I tried to remember the rest of the dream, but it was already drifting off. I stood up and got ready for school. \n\nAll I could thin... | 1 |
[WP] A hobo reveals to you that systematically destroying their own life is the only thing keeping us all safe. | [
"Ahh, I finally found someone like me..\n\n\"Hello old chap, what are you doing lazing around here on this awful shitty of a day?\"\n\n\"Oh c'mon it isn't that bad, the rain feels nice and cool on this warm summer day! And it's like a free bath for me!\"\n\nHis crystal blue eyes gazed upon me as I felt the rain tri... | 4 | |
Also, if you want to write about this Mars prison from another prospective than what I wrote in the title, you're welcome to. | [WP] In the future, criminals are sent to a colony on Mars because of overpopulation. You commit a crime to get away from the awful conditions on earth | [
"I turned to face the CivilEnforcer3000 and gesticulated wildly, \"She didn't even deserve the damn thing! It was a total snub of Jennifer --\"\n\n\"Beep boop, tell it to the judge.\" And with that, the clunky metal officer thrust me into a rusty capsule and slammed the door behind.\n\nHis programming was imperfect... | 2 |
[WP] Valentine's Day from the perspective of a Chocolate Box. | [
"Today is it. I heard about it from the guys in the factory. I'm scared. No, I'm terrified. This is the end and there's nothing I can do about it. Millions of us. Every one of us completely alone as we all face our end. Some have it worse than others though. I know what's coming. I know my guts will be taken from m... | 2 | |
[WP] A mermaid with a horrific collection. | [
"She swam as fast as she could towards her secret cove, where a collection of wonderful treasures awaited her. Her parents warned her that her hobby was dangerous, and that she should stay away from humans, but they simply fascinated her. The cove was far from home, located in a deep trench. It was inconvenient, bu... | 2 | |
[WP] Make me hate the main character. Then make me like him/her. | [
"He woke up with a gentle yawn, blinking rapidly, lazily as light poured into his room. It was a fantastic way to begin the day, under warm sheets, a soft pillow and...\n\n\n\"Timothy!? Where the hell were you last night? You get down here right now!!!\"\n\n\nAnd of course the screaming of the maternal power of th... | 8 | |
[WP] Humans suddenly react to parsley with the same wide range of behaviour that cats exhibit to catnip... | [
"Chris slowly, but steadily placed the new containers of Parsley in their pre determined place on the shelf. Speed was not as important to him as precision and appearance. \"Can't have people claiming I've gone soft in the head. No, sir, I cannot\" he muttered to himself softly as he finished stocking the final con... | 3 | |
[WP] Write what should not be forgotten. | [
"*You must not forget. Though you may forget all else, you must not forget her, Jacob. They will try to make you forget; they have so many ways. But you mustn't let them make you forget this one thing! If you forget, this will all have been for naught... Jacob, you are her last hope. My last hope. Remember Jacob, t... | 11 | |
[WP] A scam-artist cult leader's knowingly false rituals start to produce genuine miracles. | [
"It happened yesterday. I cured a deaf. Some people may say, that these things usually happen to the head of the Naturerology cult, which has over 2.000 Naturists in the US. \n\nI started this project five years ago, after I have been struggling with my career as an actor in San Francisco. I gathered a couple of bu... | 3 | |
All minor and major cuts and injuries stop healing. | [WP]All cuts and injuries suddenly stop healing. | [
"The virus HI-01, which now has infected a big part of the global population decreases the healing functions of the human body permanently, making every minor injury crucial. \nCities, in which these viruses were the cause of whole cultures vanished thousands of years ago. A virus, could never infect whole continen... | 2 |
[WP] People no longer wake up after they fall asleep. You are an insomniac. | [
"Ryan walked in through the sliding door of someone else's home. This was his first time ransacking a home in Brentwood, an upper-class neighborhood. He was greeted with an angular, skinny corpse of a teenage boy slung over the edge of a pool table. Whoever was awake long enough to realize something was wrong ended... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a short piece that can anyone feel happy, but in an unusual sense. | [
"Nothing in my life was going the way I wanted. All the good things in it were being taken for granted. I was used to this, however, so I didn't let it get me down too much. However, one day there was nothing on TV for me to watch, so I nestled myself on a news station so I could have a nap. This nap would've been ... | 2 | |
[WP] An old toy xylophone sits in the Gobi desert. How did it get there? | [
"\"The cause of the crash is still unknown. Many speculate the airliner was shot down by the Chinese, however that is unlikely. There were at least seventy-five people aboard the Boeing 737, all of which are presumed dead. All citizens aboard were of the Chinese nationality...\" the reporter trailed off as I looked... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a redditor writing a writing prompt when you suddenly find your life goal | [
"This was the first time I visited /r/WritingPrompts with the intention of actually submitting a post rather than reading the top commenters of whatever topic would seem the most interesting. I scrolled down the page scanning each subject title. \n\n**“[WP] Put meaning into something meaningless.”** \n\nThat seems ... | 1 | |
It could either be a demon, or ghost in the traditional sense but try and make the ghost seem like a reasonable person in comparison to the person that they are haunting.
Almost like an angel of death, removing the scum from the world. | [WP] A haunting, from the point of view of a ghost | [
"When this all began, pain, broken, a longing for feeling, feeling anything, a beating heart, flushed skin, a cool breeze, but nothing came, no sound or sight nor smell or taste.\n\nI remembered amber hair and a soft smile. A disease, one that took her away from me. Despair, the taste of a raging bull in my mouth f... | 2 |
Shamelessly stolen from a recent /r/tipofmytongue thread | [WP] "He sat down by the fire so it wouldn't have to die alone." | [
"One hundred years this fire has burned, and still burns bravely despite the raging war and distant cannons. My great grandfather struck the flint in this hearth the night he built this cabin, the start of this town, and my family has been warmed by it ever since. It was in this old wooden chair that my grandfath... | 7 |
[WP] Write about a psychotic killer who finally feels empathy for the first time | [
"He had never killed a nun before. \n\nHe was not sure why he chose one.\n\nHe saw no need to stop now. \n\nRaising his arms to complete the task, he looks at her. He did not blindfold them anymore because he liked them to try and scream, but he never looked in their eyes before. He did not know why he did not look... | 7 | |
[WP] You're a rookie cop and it's your first day on the job. When you encounter a drunk guy disturbing the peace in an alley, he turns into a dragon and you hear your partner say "Not again..." | [
"My partner and I opened fire, emptying both of our 15-rd clips into the dragon. It was only then we realized it wasn't a dragon at all, just an old homeless man.\n\nBillings and I exchanged looks. He shrugged, yelled, \"Stop resisting!\" and shot the hobo several more times in the face.\n\nIt was weird about the w... | 4 | |
[WP] A cult revives a evil that had died long ago, but this evil is too busy soaking in the modern world to lay waste to it. | [
"\"Lord, I-I think we n-need to have a talk.\" Cassius stuttered.\n\n\"Nah, we're good bruh.\" Responded Ogan the Putrid, as he scrolled through the tumblr app on his new smartphone. \n\n\"No, but m-my lord,\" Cassius continued, \"y-your writings said you'd bring an end to all g-good. It was said that upon your arr... | 2 | |
[WP] Teenagers demand that standardized testing for graduation from high school be eliminated, when they are refused, a teenager revolution begins. | [
"They sat on the couch: silent, watching.\n\nThe protest had begin peacefully enough, as they do. The kids had gathered on the Common; they had their signs and chants and occasional megaphone. They spoke, firmly at first, to the sizable police presence, kitted in their finest riot gear behind low barriers, the occa... | 2 | |
[WP] The real reason Canadians are so nice to everybody is so that everybody owes them a favor. Today, they're cashing in on every single one. | [
"“Well it’s aboot frickin time, eh?” Jim Butcher spoke to the T.V.\n\n“What’s that dear?” His wife, Karen, called from the kitchen. She was preparing the nightly poutine.\n\n“Eh? Ah nothing, Babe. I was just listening to the news, I turned it to the CBC and holy smokes, lo-and-behold, it’s Dependence Day.” Jim scra... | 3 | |
[WP] 2 soldiers of the opposing sides in a war are trapped in a bunker by an explosion. Instead of killing each other, the 2 soldiers engage in a conversation. | [
"\"Hey...\"\n\"Sup\"\n\".......\"\n\nWe both sat there. Hardly breathing but odly comfortable, as though neither of us had just tried to brutally murder the other.\nHis hand reached over from across the dirt and mud, the fingers still dirty and the knuckle torn from its run in with my skull. \n\"I'm Tim..\"\nHe smi... | 2 | |
[WP] In your family on every person's sixteenth birthday the devil appears and tries to make a deal and for generations every one in your family has turned it down. You're the first person to sign the contract. | [
"\"Awww come on, just give me something, ANYTHING. I've been trying to get you people to hear me out just once for hundreds of years and not once have you ever said yes.\"\n\n\"Allright, I'm listening.\"\n\n\"Your soul for a golden fiddle.\"\n\n\"Naww.\"\n\n\"Oh come on!\"\n\n\"I like my soul, thank you very much.\... | 7 | |
[WP]You're a hunter by profression vacationing somewhere secluded.before you find a spot.you see an animal corpse.the deeper you go the more bodies you find.With a closer look at these new bodies you realize"these animals killed themselves." | [
"God damn it. Shit. What the fuck. Florida was supposed to be an escape, a break from the constant slew of dead animals that I became famous for procuring up in Maine. A brief hiatus from the stench of animal blood and gunpowder. Why didn't I take up that contract offered to me by that Vande-something-or-other fell... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the first person to discover magic. | [
"\"All the cool kids are doing it Jack.\" Mike looked over at his best friend sitting in the seat across the room from him. \nJack stood up and laughed, \"I don't know man, it seems like a stupid fad.\" he kicked at a shoe that was in the way. Looking around Jack thought that maybe his mom was right that he should ... | 2 | |
[WP] Whenever you get hugged, you obtain knowledge of that person. Their past, their present, their future. | [
"The ceiling was white, the floor was scrubbed white, the walls were off-white. The place smelled of sickness yet cleanliness at the same time. I paced anxiously outside Room 316. Acacia was in there dying and I couldn't bring myself to go in and see her; I knew my wife would want to hug me.\n\nI haven’t let my wif... | 2 | |
[WP] Aliens invade but to humanity's astonishment the extraterrestrial's computer security is absolutely terrible. | [
"The UN council sat in terrible silence. \n\nThe most powerful men in the world, the mouth pieces to every country on the planet, silent. Terrible, terrifying silence. The President of the United States was the first to stand and take a knee, bowing his head. The others quickly followed suite.\n\nEmperor Rac-Tu, lo... | 4 | |
Your choice on aircraft, location, situation and setup. Go for it! | [WP] A modern fighter pilot on a combat mission is transported back to the middle of a WWII dogfight. | [
"\"Eagle 1, you are cleared for strike\"\n\n\"Roger SHEILD control, beginning attack. Eagle 2 cover me.\"\n\nThe F-15E Strike Eagle banked left and bore in on the God on the ground. Usually SHEILD has their own air to ground assets, but the closest SHEILD base was hours away. It was simpler to get the Air Force to ... | 2 |
[WP] Your first love is on their deathbed. You receive a call from their current spouse telling you that you are being called for. | [
"I never loved anyone as much as I loved him. I never could, because he stole my heart and smashed it into little pieces. The first incisions were made with small, cutting remarks that stung but the pain was barely noticeable. The insinuations and the accusations came next, but I loved him and I knew that he didn’t... | 4 | |
[WP] Every lie you tell shows up on your body as cuts. The worse the lie, the worse the cut. What do you have to hide? | [
"I can't believe I was captured. Spies in this sort of world need to rely on technicalities to keep their skin smooth and clear. Fortunately, anything I did have to fudge was easily hidden by sweaters and pants.\n\nUntil my stupid hand betrayed me. John came up, franticly babbling about some transmissions to the... | 3 | |
[WP] Gods are around as long as they have statues and images of themselves to look out through. Write what happens when their last statue is smashed. | [
"The power I once claimed was no more.\n\nOh how I thrived in the age of men who despised heresy. That which they could not describe were attributed to the heaven's graces. Offerings were sought and mortals dropped to their knees in my presence for a sliver of kindness.\n\nI was venerated, honored by statues and or... | 6 | |
[WP] You live in a world where darkness falls only once every 25 years and dusk is approaching. | [
"Whenever we went camping, I woke up with a slight headache - even through my sleep mask and the tent, the light of the daystar had me massaging my temples before I had even blinked. I rubbed the sleep sand out of my eyes and noticed you had gotten up before me, for once. The flap was open and I stretched my way ou... | 2 | |
[WP] Scientists have discovered immortality, and only a few people choose not to accept it. You are the last of these people, and you are on your deathbed, trying to explain the concept of death to your young son. | [
"\"I will be the last to die...\"\n\nMy own voice sounded unfamiliar. My 15 year old son stares at me with a confused look plastered on his face. The doctors had just left. They tried for hours to convince me to accept the drug that would prevent my death, now and forever. \n\nMy son did not have to say anything. I... | 5 | |
[WP] Breaking News: [insert business here] now officially owns America. | [
"Elegance is simplicity. That had always been their motto and it is truly amazing how naturally and simply it just happened. Genius marketing and dedicated followers had always been the foundation of this company, perhaps it was only a matter of time before they realized that they good put these tools to more ambit... | 4 | |
[WP] "Yeah, I get that, but what ARE you?" | [
"I took the job. Another hit, another paycheck, another goddamned white buffalo to hunt. Killing was my life. Killing was my nightmare. \n\n\"Are you ready for this?\"\n\n\"Not yet. Soon, we'll want you to pull the trigger.\" They played patty cake. They embraced. They held hands. They were in love. They wanted dea... | 2 | |
[WP] A large group of quarantine patients exiled to an island are the last known remnants of human life. Civil war breaks out on the island between those who want to leave and those who want to stay. | [
"'We have to go! We have to *know* if we're the last one's alive!' demanded James.\n\n'Says who?' Jess cried out 'I don't care, they exiled us! We should leave them to rot.. like they left us!'\n\nMurmurs of assent came from half the room. Jess had to be strapped to the helicopter with sedatives.\n\n'But what about... | 5 | |
[WP] You just got elected into the highest office in the land. You are taken into a dark room for a meeting and handed a dose of LSD. "You're gonna need it sir" | [
"My election was a huge success. I won the popular vote by 40%, and the electoral votes by 56. Amazing what a smile and money can do these days. My slogan was “Share the wealth!” I can’t believe that people ate it up. Of course, I have no intention of sharing anything. Over the next four years I will transform this... | 2 | |
[WP] You get send to an arena when you die, where you fight for a second chance. If you win, you get reborn. If you lose... | [
"**Wrote this on my mobile, so please excuse any weird format errors. But by all means call out any spelling and grammar ones, it's how we learn after all!\"**\n\nZeed awoke screaming in the darkness. He sat up, breathing heavily and desperately seeking some light, his screams still echoing through the void. He cou... | 2 | |
[WP] God keeps deciding on your actions by sending you emails. One day, you meet the person of your dreams and immediately date. You then receive an email from God that says: Be afraid. Be very afraid. | [
"First impressions are important. She knows this.\n\n\nStill, it is also important not to jump to conclusions, and she knows this, as well.\n\n\nThey meet in the canned food aisle of the grocery store- she is looking for potatoes. She keeps buying bags of them, but she never uses them all in time.\n\n\nHe is lookin... | 3 | |
[WP] Aliens discover doodles you made in middle/high school and believe them to be religious iconography, what is your religion like. | [
"“We have recovered what we believe to be ancient symbols of the species Homo Sapiens your royal globness” declared the royal globvisor\n\nThe Glob King wheeled around in his levitating chair, smirks of intrigue sprouted from all five of his mouths. \n\n“Humans, you mean? those narcissistic bundles of meat always a... | 3 | |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse is here. However, rather than being scared, most people celebrate and get excited that it is actually happening. | [
"Erik was staring over his steepled fingers at the report that lay on his desk. Staring, not reading, as he had spent the last hour pouring over it and now merely wanted the trio of uniformed figures standing stiffly in front of his desk to sweat for a few minutes longer.\n\nWhen he finally spoke, his voice was fr... | 2 | |
[WP] The 2020 Summer Olympics has a new event. Calvinball. | [
"He surveyed the field, keeping his eyes fixed on the players. His players. He was so proud of them. Jenkins, number 7, was a very focused, driven player and always intent on following the plan even if he didn't agree with it. Li, number 12, was the fastest base runner he'd ever worked with and could keep a clear h... | 4 | |
Must include;
* Someone vomiting.
* They talk to someone they want to *get with*. It may or may not go well.
* They have at least one friend there.
* They may or may not drink.
* The walk home. | [WP] Describe someone socially anxious's attempt to go to a party, in the style of a Herculean epic. | [
"Nate mustered his inner strength, reaching his trembling hand towards the doorbell. Hearing the voices from inside his thoughts quickly drifted, *I could still head back home. Shawn would probably miss me, but I’ll tell him I’ve been throwing up all night*. Reality jumped back when he heard that voice, like a godd... | 2 |
[WP] Write about your job in the style of a Charles Bukowski poem. | [
"The waiter grabs\n\nanother beer\n\n \n\nbrining it to \n\ntable 24.\n\n \n\nThey send him for \n\nmore\n\nwater.\n\n \n\nHe cusses as he walks \n\nback \n\nand forth\n\n \n\nHe brings\n\nthem\n\nthe water\n\nthe beer\n\nis \n\n \n\ngone.\n\n \n\nThey send him ... | 2 | |
[WP] You discover that there is a world religion based completely around worshiping the tree in your front yard. | [
"\"And this is the swimming pool,\" the realtor gushed gesturing at a arrangement of stone, water, and grass that would have passed quite convincingly as a glossy in a home improvement magazine.\n\n\"The kitchen was renovated just last year,\" she informed me in that chipper voice I was fast starting to associate w... | 6 | |
Sorry for the long title! | [WP] Time travel exists, but only if we sacrifice over a hundred people at a time. The government and some others know about this so many conspiracies turn out to be true. | [
"Very long, but I hope you'll enjoy it OP.\n\n\nThere they were, a hundred men and women encased in chambers across the room. They're all just random people, however the government couldn't take the risk of grabbing highly prioritized citizens like celebrities and politicians. No, they take many of the pathetic low... | 2 |
[WP] A suicide note that makes me both feel bad for the person and want them to commit suicide | [
"Ashley,\n\nOnce you read this you will know I am not longer alive. You can find my body over by the train tracks in the east wood by the school. You have been my only friend through everything I have been through over the last 7 miserable years of my life. I am sorry that I called you repeatedly, and kept texti... | 3 | |
[WP] "Welcome to Life RPG. You have 100 attribute points to spend on your next life! Your choice of points determines who you will be." | [
"His mother always told him never to gamble. *”It destroyed your father”* she told him. If he knew his addiction would have landed him staring down barrel of a gun, he would have listened. The reaper arrived differently for everyone. He crept up on some with a swift swipe, and for others, announced his arrival long... | 3 | |
[wp] Write a commercial for a tinfoil hat. | [
"HI BILLY MAYS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE HERE FOR CHROME DOME! \n\nAre you tired of those annoying voices in your head?! Enjoy peace and quiet on the go or in your home with Chrome Dome! Tired of Satan whispering in your ear telling you things you don't want to hear? Turn the volume down so you won't have to care by pl... | 6 | |
You are an uncivilized tribal at any point in history ( Past, Present, Future) Viewing an advanced civilization either entering or them comming into your lands. War or peace go nuts. | [wp] You are a uncivilized tribal witnessing advanced civilization. | [
"Chiroqui relaxed lazily in the bow of a great tree, high above the grass of the plains below him, which billowed every which way with the gusts that rocked their island home. \nHe stood, well sat, guard above the rest of his tribe, scanning the undergrowth for signs of the predators which lurked unseen in the shad... | 2 |
I'll try to post mine once I'm off mobile :). | [WP] Tell me your most emotional experience as a narrative. | [
"I prefer embellished fantasy to my actual life, so please bear with me.\n\n\n\nIt was dark, and it was cold. Wind whistled through the towering pines as it cascaded down the mountain range, stirring up eddies of snow wherever it went. It's cold fingers taking a grip of the land, and refusing to give up hold.\n\n\n... | 6 |
[WP] write a story where the narrator isn't sure how to end it. | [
"He wakes up on a mossy bed. He cannot remember his name, nor does he know how he got there. He stands up and looks down at himself. He is wearing a white t-shirt and white shorts. However; he is not wearing any shoes. He looks around. The forest is beautiful with shafts of light streaking down through a veiny gree... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the only person left on Earth. | [
"*Silence.* That’s all I hear now. Well…. That and my internal dialogue to keep me company. It’s been several months since I’ve come across anyone. Or anything remotely human.\n I am starting to think I may be the…….no…no … let’s not go there. I am sure there are other survivors. *Maybe they are hiding? Yes.. that’... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a story where the first sentence has a different meaning by the end of the story. | [
"“And the Lord sayeth, you shall love your neighbour as yourself,” said Pastor Pound, his voice rising with conviction. A shotgun spray of amens and hallelujahs attested the congregation’s approval.\n\nMiss Michaels, who arrived late and was sitting in a rear pew, did not approve. In the whole white clapboard churc... | 2 | |
[WP] Humans have discovered the "cure" for sleep. | [
"Ubiquity.\n\n\nAnd nothingness.\n\n\nThis cure. This thing. This existence.\n\n\nReality surrounds me. It conquers and divides my soul.\n\nIntoxication is expensive and futile. There is no \"out\", only \"In\" the moment. And the moments are endless. Incessant and demanding. All input and output, no process. Senso... | 1 | |
[WP] A pirate tries to take over a common trading vessel, only to discover the victim is more dangerous than he could ever imagine. | [
"\"Avast! Bring the ship to startboard to head back east! Two-Timer Jer is takin' over this vessel!\"\n\n\nThe crew on board simply stared with hatred. There was no panic, just blind glances of cow eyed simpletons. Jer's crew started boarding with cutlass ready and pistols a plenty. But their presence was dimini... | 8 | |
I just thought of this because I realised that whenever the alarms sound or explosions happen in a movie or book the characters of interest are always doing something mundane but not embarrassing as would be the case in real life. No one is wanking or shitting or crying over Marley and Me. | [WP] A major disaster or event begins.... While the main character is sat on the toilet. | [
"It was almost as if they had conspired with the burrito to attack simultaneously, as if Jorge from Chipotle was secretly KGB. Maybe he was, God knows America hasn't had many friends since the West Bank went up in one big mushroom cloud bought by our tax payers. At any rate my ass was in a porcelain embrace when th... | 4 |
Inspired by the fact that I am currently doing my last shift at this job, so naturally I'm on reddit! | [WP] A character is doing their last shift at their job | [
"\"I can't wait! Just 6 more hours, and I'm officially retired!\"\n\nIt was like a shudder went through the entire precinct. The taboo words had been spoken, seeming to hang in the air for an infinity. Fellow cops and detectives stared at the offender, mouth's agape. The whole floor had gone silent. Even the phones... | 2 |
[WP] You're a barista at Starbucks. You can tell a person's age just by reading his name on the cup/slip. Incidentally, a green tea is ordered by a 650 year-old customer called "Charles"... | [
"The smell of black tea rushed into my nostrils. The aroma was becoming synonymous with 650. It was weird to think about…a smell conjuring up the image of a bent, scrawled number, yet I was used to weird things. It was always my handwriting when I saw it, and always scribbled on the cup just above the name. It ... | 5 | |
Has to be a made up monster. Have fun with it, but try to keep it grounded! | [WP] Create your own genuine movie monster. Ex: Vampire, Werewolf, Frankenstein. Then, write about the hunter that sworn his life to end this monster's terror. | [
"I may have strayed from the prompt, but i hope you enjoy.\n\nCreating a monster isn't as easy as you would think. In fact, in the beginning what starts as a bit of harmless experimenting with your lab partner after hours actually seems pretty damn fun. And then the weeks go by, and it starts to get harder. First o... | 2 |
[WP] Scientists have solved the mystery of why headphones always tangle, causing huge advances in science/technology. | [
"‘Entropy,’ yelled Mr. Doe causing three students to jump in their seats. He slammed the door behind him.\n\n‘is a measure of the number of different ways a thermodynamic system can be arranged,’ he continued as he marched to the front of the classroom, ‘and not, Simmonds?’\n\nSimmonds looked around dumb for a seco... | 4 | |
[WP] Whenever Emma falls asleep her dreams are the past memories of anyone who has slept in the bed she's currently in. | [
"Emma had this gift for a long time. Whichever bed she slept in, she would get dreams, dreams of the last owner. Most of the time she dreamed of sex, which didn't bother her much. But since she moved in her new apartment, it all changed. She dreamed she was tied up and gagged, then violently killed. The worst part ... | 2 | |
Found this on a fb post from Welcome to the Night Vale I believe, thought you guys might like a go at it as well. It's intentionally vague, let your creativity guide you. | [WP] When you wish upon a star, your wish is recorded and catalogued. Before long, an agent is assigned to your case. | [
"\"Before long\" he scoffed out loud to himself, chucking quietly as he opened a manilla folder. The high frequency jitter of the white light above him a minor distraction compared to the incessant ringing of phones and shuffling of paper. Somewhere a copier was spitting out reams of paper, gently clunking away. In... | 5 |
[WP] You are stuck inside of a GIF. | [
"I open my arms to receive her for the thousandth time, and I know exactly how everything plays out step-by-step: She's kneeling by the garden in our front lawn, tending to the beautiful multi-colored roses she takes so much pride in growing. I quietly sneak up on the grass, looking at her family recording the surp... | 3 | |
[WP] Google has been acquired by Facebook - all actions performed while signed in are now pay-per-use including searches and email. | [
"After arguing for what felt like hours over late fees on services that had been free his whole life, Jim typed in Yahoo.com for the first time. \"Hm,\" he said, \"not that much different.\"\n\nJust then, a human-sized portal ripped through the spacetime continuum, and out stepped a squadron of heavily armored and ... | 2 | |
You are asked to speak at the execution of a childhood friend. You had long lost contact with them after moving out of the area, yet you have only fond memories of them. This person committed a mass shooting, yet they seem to have only targeted those who bullied them.
There is an angry crowd of people at this executio... | [WP] Last words to a murderer. | [
"One by one each of the family members of the so called victims goes up to the podium to speak about how horrendous Jessie's crimes are. All of them come to a repetitive norm of speaking out against him saying things along the lines of, \"My child just graduated and had so much to live for, and you took that away f... | 2 |
[WP] Write a story about a love triangle | [
"Brette masked herself with hulking, cheap aviators. Her hair fell in careless, salty, and fake blue curls. Strips of sunlight peeked through the interstices of the boardwalk above and cast sunlit stripes across us. Shoes creaked and crashed against the wood and I heard cheap skee-balls rolling above us and wave... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the last person in your country not on Facebook, and they are getting progressively less subtle in getting you to create an account. | [
"This... is getting out of hand. But that is fine.\n\nI sign on to Tumblr. What is my dash filled with? Passive-aggressive posts from my friends about how, oh, Russia is only one citizen short of becoming completely Facebookinalized! Oh, I wonder when the last one will get off his lazy ass and create an account?\n\... | 9 | |
[WP] Night has never fallen on Earth. Until today... | [
"I had always described myself as a night person. Once the sun started going down, my energy levels would rise. I thought I knew what night was. I was wrong. We all were. A time came where the moon was snuffed out, and the stars...my god, the stars...safe to say we shall never see their like again. The thick blanke... | 3 | |
[WP] Create a world engine (a world with a new concept/mechanism like Inception). Everyone: reply with a story set in that world. | [
"humans can transfer their consciousness to other body \"vessels\". A corporation owns the entire world including every human body in existence. The corporation is the only producer of new human bodies. Poor people are forced into an endless cycle of indentured servitude in which they rent a body and must work f... | 1 | |
[WP] In the middle of the night a prisoner raises his voice and performs an empowering monologue to the rest of the prisoners. | [
"It started with just a scream, a howl, as the moonlight slipped between the bars. Some of us were already awake but now all of us listened closely in the darkness. Then he spoke, Alf. He was old, more gray than black, \"They can't keep us here! What have any of us done to truly belong here for the remainder of our... | 2 | |
[WP] You find a hourglass that when used, lets you travel 3 minutes back in time | [
"You pick it up off the ground. The smooth cool glass rests on your palm. Tiny grains behind the crystal ebb and flow. It almost shimmers as if it were water. The glass is intricately lain in rich mahogony carved to resemble tiny leaves. Gold leaf trimms the spine of each leaf. When you roll it in your hand t... | 4 | |
[WP] Leonardo DA Vinci is teleported to the modern world. You show him the latest tech and culture. Surprisingly, he's rather unimpressed. | [
"It's been a frustrating afternoon. I had started out with my phone, the touch-screen alone would drop the jaw of anyone from 2005, but Leonardo was mildly amused. \n \n\"Mmm yes this is good!\" he had said, before entering the wrong password repeatedly and locking me out. \n \nI quickly gave up with computers... | 2 | |
[WP]: Two divine beings hold a competition: One tries to create the most useless creature she can think of, and the other tries to come up with an use for it. | [
"Two lungs twitch \nDrawing their own curtains \nMuscles burn through and through \n. \nCreation is a game \nOne must play \nTwo cannot win \n. \n\"He will love and spurn his brother\" \nSilence touching tongues \nUntouched love is sadness \n. \nDizzy, spinning wretches \nReacting to their world \nKil... | 2 | |
[WP] Choose a quote which inspires you, and write the story of the origin of the quote. | [
"A great man once said \"I,know not what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones\". It turns out he was right.\n\nRussia and the US have never really got on and once were close to war but in the end stopped because it would just be MAD (Mutually Assured Destructi... | 3 | |
[WP] Red Bull actually gave you wings... | [
"Oh the joys of an all-nighter\n\nWhat *fun* it is to stay up late\n\nYou're a lucky one if you can't relate\n\n*What am I doing here?*\n\n-I'm a quitter, not a fighter\n\nNonetheless I crack open the can\n\nThere's a first time for everything\n\nI hear caffeine angels sing\n\n*God damn, my shoulders feel weird.*\n... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a street vendor in Hell where you deal in its most valuable commodity, water. Walk us through an average day in your life. | [
"Getting a job in hell was easier than it seemed, and funnier too. It actually required a great deal of fucking, scamming, and selling drugs to poor ghetto kids.\nBut alas, I was born for working here. When I was a little boy my parents divorced and I was left alone with my mum. I had to become a salesman to surviv... | 3 | |
[WP]Our bacteria actually make up on personalities and minds. When we touch someone they influence us by the passing of bateria. When we use antibacterial products we kill ourselves a little. | [
"\"Are you ready, Amy?\" Amy sighed, eyeballing over the crime scene. Slowly she extended her arm, her fingers already starting to tingle from the swarm of decay bacteria floating around in the air. She dropped her fingers, placing them on the semen laying on the dead girls softly toned stomach. Holding back the co... | 2 | |
[WP] Life seems a constant fever dream. | [
"A fever can take you down, take you to bed where you shift and sweat. My sheets were creased and uncomfortable. I do not care to count the number of times I turn over. At least it’s not a headache. I am an optimist. It is romantic to face sickness with stubbornness, in my mind.\n\nIn the morning, the present brigh... | 2 | |
[WP] A small town lives in terror of a young girl who can read minds | [
"\"Please, mommy, PLEASE! It's breaking your heart cuz you know it's wrong! You care what they all think and you're gonna let them make you do this?! Why MOMMY!?\" \n\nShe had big, shiny tears rolling down her chubby cheeks. Her eyes were red and glossy, too big for her little face. Her pigtails shook back and fort... | 8 | |
[WP] A stranger approaches you and points a gun to your head. "I'm sorry, but we will explain everything at the reset. Hopefully we'll have a fighting chance now that we have you..." He pulls the trigger. | [
"They must've got the wrong one.\n\nIt's okay. I have that kind of face. Or had, I guess. I can't say I have much of a face at this point. \n\nThe same sentiment rings true for the face I used to have, now scattered on the floor before the body it used to define, inside-out and painted crimson with pulp of what was... | 9 | |
[WP] It turns out Billy Mays' death was just a government conspiracy. Aliens had contacted earth wanting to set up a trade network, the government pulled in Billy Mays to handle our side of the deal. | [
"The plan seemed like it would go swimmingly. With their entire race brain-washed into docile workers, the Xvyrebian leaders only needed a customer base. The search lasted centuries, each planet more scrutinizing than the last. \n\n\"But we already know how to sharpen our knives, why would we need this... this...... | 2 | |
Saw Huey Lewis and the News, got mad, wrote this prompt. | [WP] You are the "Go-to-guy". You're nice, smart, well-mannered, and you never lose your cool. Then one day, someone causes you to lose your shit; in the worst way possible | [
"I punched straight through the locker door.\n\nIt hurt. A lot. Like, ow. I probably broke my entire fucking hand doing that. The release of tension was enough to cause me to snap into laughter. It wasn't enough to dull the pain.\n\n\"Are you fucking serious?\" I screamed. The pain was unbearable - why in the ever ... | 5 |
[WP] Walt Disney has some ulterior motives for making Disney Land... | [
"The needed a home, they weren't happy with just the cartoons. I thought it would be enough to be idolised by millions at every picture house on the globe, to have their faces on watches, lunch boxes and t-shirts. But they wanted more a home, a temple, where thousands would come to worship them. To laugh, scream an... | 2 | |
[WP] An old and dying king fears for his kingdom: his oldest son, the crown prince, is cruel and corrupt, but disinheriting him for the kind and honorable younger brother would result in civil war. | [
"Heavy is the head that wears the crown and weary are the shoulders. The knees and spine too, are bent, for few things, if any, weigh as heavy upon the body and the soul as one's responsibility; their right to choose. Especially, the old king muses, when there exist only wrongs.\n\nA cruel and callous kingdom, corr... | 2 | |
[WP] Instead of the heroes we know, Nick Fury decides to enlist Disney Princesses to be The Avengers | [
"The icy wind blew against Nick's jacket, his cigarette burned out again. \"Goddamnit\" he murmured to himself as he tried (to no avail) to light another one. Why do they always have to be so difficult to find? He slowly trudged through the snow, his black boots now soaked in ice. Behind him Elsa followed, she was ... | 4 | |
[WP] Humanity has found the cure to cancer...and it originates from the most unlikeliest source. | [
"Here I sit dumbfounded by the results I had just read. Did I, a mediocre med student just find the cure for cancer? I stood up and paced back and forth throughout the empty laboratory in the midst of a cold, Midwest winter thinking to myself how simple the answer really was.\n\nAll of these procedures used by hosp... | 3 | |
[WP] You know you have 3 days to live. You film yourself reading a written monologue to be played at your funeral in front of your friends and family, confessing your deepest, darkest secret that you hid for your whole life; this is that monologue. | [
"Not a single person in the crowd of Nora Janice's Funeral had spoken a word. Friends, Relatives, and a few other people all bonded together in the stillness of the moment. Even Nora's own parents were seen, with no idea how she could have been a part of such a horrible death. Soon, an image appeared in the front o... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your brother were born with super powers, but you both kept it a secret. You became a hero. While your brother became a villain. Today is your final battle. | [
"Blood pounded in his ears, time had slowed to the ticking of a clock. His vision swam in light and his ears exploded in sound, as the glass tempered blade penetrated his skin, burying it self deep into the flesh of his shoulder. His palms became slick with sweat as they gripped his own blade , eighteen inches of c... | 3 | |
[WP] Humanity meets an alien race who are awed, not by our scientific or military achievements, but by the ability of humans to create fiction. | [
"Walking through a dense forest, trees tops knitted together so that stars are only visible every few steps, panic mounting from the oppressive mass of dark woodland in front of you, and no way of telling which direction you’re heading. On the crescendo of panic a bright light catches you mid stride, your Judas bod... | 6 | |
[WP] While first sequencing the human genome, scientists discover a deliberate message in our genetic code | [
"Back in the nineties, the Human Genome Project was in full swing, trying to map out the genetic blueprint, by which all human cells were instructed to exist.\n\nThe usual work was going under by the hard-working professors at the University of California, one of the myriads of bilogical labs tasked with contributi... | 2 |
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