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[WP] Serial killer is on the loose, his thing is that he only kills the person who discovers his last victim first and does so with a 100% success rate. Now our hero accidentally finds his last victim. | [
"A man in a dark suit looks down at his handiwork. The smell of blood lightly seasons the air, the man takes a deep breath and soaks in the scene. Then he kneels down and whispers in the ear of the bloodied man below him, \"I was not born a killer. I was not born without empathy or compassion either. In actuality, ... | 3 | |
During the day I've had less and less energy, because at night the darkness is always getting closer. No one believes me and I'm losing all strength to fight it. | [WP] Alcohol seperates me from my thoughts when I close my eyes. I must drink to sleep, because every night something appears and attempts to make direct eye contact with me. | [
"Some people would say that Dave is an alcoholic, but they don't understand. \n\nDave has to go home to something he can't handle, something that would tear him apart if he ever looked it in the eyes. They just don't understand. No one has ever seen Dave sober, many people have asked why, and many people even look ... | 2 |
[WP] An alien civilization declares war on humanity. They soon realize that humans have invented weapons that no other civilization they know of has: firearms. | [
"\"People of earth, surren-\" he was cut off by a spurt of blue goo oozing from it's (head? not really sure).\n\n\"What the fuck just happened?\" The aliens began to pull out their crossbows.\n\n\"What is that?\" The POTUS (who, after the last invasion, took to carrying a pistol) fired off the rest of his clip into... | 13 | |
[WP] You live in a barren world that is suffering through a drought. There is one large lake, but the dictatorial government allows no one to access it. You are the leader of the rebellion. | [
"Mathala and his rugged band of rebels had the gleaming waters of life in their sights. They stood mere miles away from it. It seemed so close within their grasp that nothing could stop them. He looked around his group of insurgents to find the faces of those who were desperation and distress. The journey they made... | 2 | |
[WP] From the moment you are born, an inscription on your arm tells you how long you have left to live. Your inscription says you still have 60 years to live, but it suddenly changes to just 10 mins. What did you do? | [
"I flick what's left of my clove cigarette out into the night air. All I really process is a red ember cycloiding twice and extinguishing into the liquid filled depression. The liquid occupies a crudely distorted hemisphere at a local, gravitational field, potential energy minimum.\n\nI stare down into the dragon's... | 3 | |
[WP] Go outside for ten minutes. Describe what's there in vivid detail. | [
"The door creaked open at my touch. I really ought to oil it. I stepped out onto the stoop a little after noon. I squinted into the brightness. The wind rustled the trees, cardinals sang, in the distance I could hear some crows laughing to one another. \nI inhaled deeply, the smell of cut grass and the promise o... | 18 | |
[WP]You are a being that lives in the realm of dreams, your only connection to the real world is interacting with people in their dreams. | [
"He was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen. His dreams were always in a golden color scheme, as if sunlight had flooded so deep into his subconscious he knew nothing else but to paint his nightly projections as an apprentice of Klimpt.\n\nThis was contrary to the dreams of others. Some were filled with dar... | 5 | |
[WP] While packing your things for moving into a new place, you come across an old, dusty notebook. The following is written on its front cover : "In case of a reset, please read." | [
"Brian sits down on the edge of his bed, stripped of its sheets and ready to be packed up into the moving truck. He runs his hand across the cover of a notebook, and the back of his neck tingles just a little bit. Something about it feels familiar but he can't place why. As far as he can remember, he has never seen... | 2 | |
Write a story where the main character seems like the hero, but it turns out he's actually the villan | [WP] Write a story where the main character is revealed to be the villan at the end | [
"Just like any other day, the smell of blood and suffering entered my nose as I swung the wide doors open and entered the building.\nA guy just punctured a hole through his skull with a nail gun and his constant cries for help made my head ache.\n\n\nThis place gets to you in time, what I call 3 phases. The first i... | 3 |
[WP] You set up a dating site for time travellers as a joke. But then people start to sign up... | [
"Gregory built what he thought was an amazing dating website. He used the latest technology and advertised in the most innovative ways possible but somehow he never got even a single registrant. \n\nIt took him a while to figure out was going on. You see Greg built the site exclusively for time travelers because h... | 3 | |
Edit: dammit. physically* | [WP] Lizards regenerate, creatures dwell underwater, insects utilize poison, yet humanity remains sheltered. Governments instill mandatory programs to physially alter the human race; millennia have passed and we have evolved, but not without controversy and warfare. | [
"Theonode read over the report again. It had all been explained to him, he had asked all the questions he needed. But he still didn't f*cking understand! Humanity had survived hundreds of iceages, even more plagues, and had most of all their own stupidity. Yet they couldn't escape, after all this time, the rickety ... | 4 |
[WP] After being drafted into the military, you find your peaceful country is secretly at war. | [
"I am sitting here. In a quiet room, looking at the ground. The generals are looking at me. One of then start speaking.\n\"This is martial commission 440-07, to research the PX-4421 incident. \nI stay quiet, hesitating between extreme stress and sitting on the floor to cry and crawl into foretell fetal position. ... | 2 | |
[WP] You agreed to donate your body to science after you die. The scientists successfully uploaded your memories and consciousness to a robot. You are their property. Human Rights does not apply to you. | [
"It was in a language I didn't understand, but I signed the paperwork anyway. I needed the work to help my family survive.\n\nI regretted the decision from my very first day on the job. The work was hard and the conditions were terrible. Every day was bad, but I just couldn't understand how every day seemed worse t... | 3 | |
[WP] all humans gain a super power on a random day of their life. you awake on your 70th birthday to discover you have finally gained your power. | [
"Teranthia had been gifting humans power for over a hundred years. No one knew how the planet granted powers to its denizens, or why the era of gifting began when it did, but it caused a great upheaval when it did. Strangely, only those born after the gifting gained powers. At first, the youngest and first to gain ... | 11 | |
[WP] The rest of the population forgets the previous day each night. Welcome to the Alzheimer's loop. | [
"The human mind is surprisingly resilient and fragile at the same time. Apply stress or pressure one way and it wouldn't give one inch for a thousand years. But apply even a fraction of that pressure in a completely different way and the mind can break like an egg hit with a sledgehammer. But the true wonder is tha... | 2 | |
Whatever your biggest fear is you must make the character overcome to save the person you love. Edit. To get to him or her, sorry I just saw that. | [WP] The love of your life is trapped and moments from death. In order to get to her, you must confront your biggest fear. | [
"I stood there, paralyzed. My heart beat a million miles a minute, each beat sounding like a thunderclap. In between her and me was *it*. *It* just stood there, looking at me with that look on its face. There was no way to deny who it was. Yet it couldn't be. It just wasn't fair.\n\nI had always done my best to liv... | 5 |
[WP] A zombie apocalypse story told from the perspective of a zombie. | [
"There isn't an inch on my body that doesn't hurt. I walk all day and all night, my joints and muscles (what's left of them) feel like they're ready to give out at any minute, but I don't stop. I can't stop. I have no control over where I go. Any noise louder than a cricket attracts my body's attention and off I go... | 2 | |
[WP] With no warning, God has turned off Friendly Fire. | [
"I woke up hastily to my girlfriend pressing a pillow hard against my face. Had she forgotten that I slept with a gun under my own pillow? I pulled the my baretta out and shot her point blank in the chest. The news was on the T.v., with a reporter speaking about riots and chaos. As my soon to be ex-girlfriend b... | 2 | |
[WP] Much like Bruce Wayne/Batman, you create a crime-fighting alter-ego based on your intense fear of... | [
"People.\n\nPeople are odd creatures. Usually caught up in schemes of one sort or another, distracting themselves long enough to make it to day's end. It's impressive really. Like a man who will spend ten minutes searching his house for a yardstick so he can flip the lights off from the comfort of his sofa. Then wh... | 1 | |
[WP] You participated in a teleportation experiment that left a million copies of you scattered around the world | [
"It has been two months since the experiment had gone wrong. Not completely wrong, mind you, but wrong enough to cause a problem. Sgt. Skylor Winters had been teleported from a lab in Los Angeles to San Francisco... and a million other places. One million copies of the same man scattered over the planet. \n\nIt was... | 2 | |
Make sure to provide a link to your previous responses as reference to who they are. | [WP] Look back at your WP responses. Take two characters you've created from two different responses, then have them fight to the death. | [
"\"I am the Master of Death. Do you really think you could defeat me?\"\n\n\"You are a 20 year old male. I am the God of Porn.\"\n\n\"Wait, really?\"\n\n\"Yeah, no shit. Rule 34 and all that.\"\n\n\"Got anything on Death?\"\n\n\"There is a shit ton of snuff porn. I got this one called 'Girl meets horse'\"\n\n\"Not ... | 3 |
You're alone obviously. | [WP] You lie in your bed half awake when you hear a stomach growl. You chuckle but then you realize that it didn't come from you. | [
"No one goes hungry in Kent. Not the most ignorant o' shopkeepers or the sweetest o' southern belles. The food supply is near endless. But at times, all good things must come to an end.\n \nWhen I hear the word, hatchet, I see in my mind the strong, wooden handle. I see in my mind the hefty stone, and I feel the he... | 1 |
[WP] In 1515 Henry VIII sentenced a scientist to 500 years in prison for crimes against God. It's 500 years later and they have just emerged un-aged. | [
"\"Nigel come here quick!\" my assistant archeologist from the University of London screamed at me. \"Look here at the monitors!\"\n\n\"Oh my god! Could it be?\" I glared at the grainy footage showing a man, frozen in a block of ice hundreds of feet below the icy surface of the mountains of Scotland where my resear... | 4 | |
[WP] Lately, you've been seeing an inordinate amount of accidents (crashes, hit-and-runs, falls) and each time, you see an old man standing beside the event, taking notes in a black book. | [
"First the alarm goes off, my wife already filling the house with the scent of breakfast as I slowly got ready for work. We ate, talked, cleaned the dishes, and after a kiss at the front door I left for work. This was my routine, five out of seven days, with little to no fluctuations.\n\nAfter letting the car warm ... | 2 | |
[WP] Write the love story you've always wanted to write. | [
"Bill was in a good mood, or as good could be expected these days for an admittedly curmudgeonly pensioner with a bad leg on a dreary afternoon in the English countryside. Still, he was on his way to see Rose, his \"Rosie,\" so he was content, despite himself. He clutched a hickory cane in his left hand to steady h... | 5 | |
[WP] You are cleaning out your apartment and you find a note that you did not write, but must have been from the previous owner. | [
"I read the note.\n\n\"Don't look behind you.\"\n\nAgain?! Great, another cheesy story. I look behind me.\n\n\"Arrrgh! You have bamboozled me once again!\" The crazy fan girl snarled. She disappeared in a puff of smoke.\n\n\"Why not?\" I say to myself. \"Why not?\"\n\n****************\n\n\"How is patient 341?\" The... | 16 | |
Basically, your inner beauty translates to your child's outer beauty. Your child is born hideous. You thought you lived a rather moral life, so you look back to figure out what could have prompted your child to be so unfortunate. | [WP] You live in a world where people's looks come from the morality of their parents, not genetic code. You, an attractive person, are about to become a parent. Your child is grotesque. You examine your life to figure out why. | [
"*Written from the perspective of a female character born in the late 1980s*\n\nI was sixteen when it happened.\n\nAt that time and age, bullying was common. Like, really common. I teased others about their looks, their hair, what polish they used or the bag they carried. I remember showing off my new projection TV... | 3 |
[WP] "The living will avenge the dead." | [
"Kalab carried his spear as the fisherman carries his rod. Holding it tight in his right hand, he let the butt of the weapon rest on the ground. It had been years since he was a simple fisherman. Strange that he would think back to those times as he watched the enemy march toward him. \n\n\"Squads!\" A heavy voice... | 3 | |
[WP] You're the popular "party kid" in school, who's trying desperately to hide his/her social anxiety issues. | [
"This is what I always wanted, right? To be “popular.” To be a “cool kid.” So... why don't I feel like one? The constant high fives, good natured ribbing, the texting back and forth for hours, the parties. Oh god, the parties. Out of control at someone else's house every weekend. It's not a party unless I show up, ... | 2 | |
[WP]After death you enter the pearly gates of heaven- Only to find out god was very recently killed and heaven is at war will hell. | [
"The chaos threatens to envelop you in its madness immediately. Spinning back and forth trying to to get your bearings as your feet slide on the blood-soaked clouds beneath you. The desperation in your mind takes control as you claw your way over bodies and the screaming wounded. The Gates. You have to get to t... | 3 | |
[WP] The full sweep of human history is actually a big budget summer blockbuster for an alien species. Write the film critic review. | [
"\"Humanity has it all - Comedy, Romance, Drama and Action, all rolled into one! The graphics are so realistic you'll feel like you were actually Human. Experience the excitement of harnessing fire for the first time, the drama and intrigue of the births of whole civilizations. Witness the wonder of a primitive ... | 3 | |
[WP] Create an emotional short story using ONLY sixty-six words | [
"Her story was sad, so I offered her a safe place to stay. I thought she would get better, but she always needed more emotional support. I hate to see her upset, so I provided it even when I didn't mean it. Now, I'm standing with her. Her eyes are so full of hope. \"I do,\" I say even though I don't really love he... | 1 | |
[WP] Much to your frustration, every lie you tell turns out to be true. | [
"Lets be honest, I've always fancied myself as a writer. \n\n\nThe transition into normal adult life was a killer for me. In order to have a place to call my own, I had to get a job, obviously. This led many excuses towards my coworkers as to why i couldn't hangout with them on the weekends, or towards my friends a... | 3 | |
[WP] People age until they reach 18 and then stop aging until they meet their soul mate so they can grow old together. | [
"I stopped aging at 18, like everyone did at some point--you don't usually meet your soulmate young, so everyone kind of jolts to a stop for a bit.\n\nI went to school, graduated, and worked my way through grad school in a corporate office surrounded by other young faces. Some had been alive 25, 30 years and they h... | 4 | |
Not superhero/villain, per se. How'd they get here? Why are they here? Where is here?
Prompt idea curtesy of my best friend, Gabraham Lincoln. | [WP] The last hero, clothes torn and muddied, sits opposite the last villain, resplendent in his suit. The villain reaches into his jacket and withdraws two cigars. "It's been quite a run, hasnt it, old friend?" | [
"“The cycle must continue.” He said, sitting across the table. His clothes were pristine, the battle had hardly taken a toll on him and yet he had lost. He had all the stature of a King sitting high up on his throne and yet was doomed, and more importantly he knew it.\n\nJaren was sitting calmly on the opposite sid... | 4 |
[WP] A sentient sword sits in the middle of a frozen lake waiting for a hero to come take it and fulfill its destiny to vanquish evil from the land. The Hero never comes as he/she/it was able to overcome the ultimate evil without the legendary sword. What does the sword do? | [
"The sword cannot talk because it is a sword and has no mouth. But, through the workings of ancient and powerful magics, it can feel. Right now it is feeling particularly lonely. \n\nFive years ago the whispers of dark tidings fluttered through the surrounding forest. Two years ago a hero rose to fight this darknes... | 4 | |
[WP] The devil finds out the true meaning of "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" | [
"I smiled a grin that was sweet like sugar; beaming from ear to ear,\n\nAnd she stared at me with less than subtle distrust wondering why I was here,\n\n\"**ᎽᎾu ᏦᏁᎾᎳ ᎳhᎪᏆ ᎽᎾu ᎳᎪᏁᏆ ᎪᏁᎠ ᎥᏆs ᎬᎪsᎽ ᏆᎾ ᎶᎪᎥᏁ**\" I explained to her simply enough,\n\n\"**ᏆhᎬ ᏢᏒᎥᏃᎬ Ꭵs sᎾ fᎪᏁᏆᎪsᏆᎥᏟ ᏆᎾ ᎽᎾu ᎪᏁᎠ ᏆhᎬ ᎽᎾu ᏦᏁᎾᎳ ᏆhᎪᏆ ᏆhᎬ ᏟᎾsᏆ ᎥsᏁ'Ꮖ ... | 2 | |
For example, you don't sleep like normals sleep. You do sleep but there's a catch. Every two days you fall into a death sleep, and it's not a normal falling asleep, it's a narcoleptic fall where you are sleep. It lasts two days ( 48 hrs ).
If nsfw, please mark as such. | [WP] The bad things about being immortal. | [
"Immortality is a bad thing.\n\nThat's what the normal man would think.\n\nHonestly, it's only a tad more upsetting than \"slightly, sorta aggravating.\"\n\nOh sure, the world'll end eventually and I'll be toiling around in the middle of the big black depths of the goddamn fabric of space. No one else'll be alive, ... | 6 |
I just had a dream where this happened. I'm kind of curious as to what humanity would be like if this was real. | [WP] Whenever a human being kills another human, the killers unkowningly gain a random developed skill from the persons that died by their hand. | [
"\"Fucking cooking\" I spat. Kyle sat in the corner, smiling, covered in blood from the group we just captured and took turns killing. \n\"Don't be so down. These guys weren't going to be specialized in anything crazy. They were just caravan runners.\"\n\"Coming from the motherfucker that chose the cowardly mercena... | 3 |
[WP] You are given the chance to gain immortality for up to an X amount of years into the future from present day. But you will have to go back in time the same amount of years. (Ex: 500 years, immortality from 1515-2515) How far are you willing to go? | [
"I've always been scared.\n\nScared of rejection. Scared of isolation. My fears eat away at my words so that they always come scrambled out of my mouth, right onto the plates of laughing boys and girls, always pointing, patronizing me behind my back. The only escape from the burning sensations of shame licking m... | 2 | |
[WP] You find a message in a bottle, but, it's from the future | [
"The Bottle on the Shore:\n-----\n\n As I strolled along the beach\n Nearby the long and broken wharf,\n I saw it bobbing in the surf -\n A little bottle, white as bleach.\n \n Against the waves, it reached the shore;\n I felt that I could not ignore\n The mystery and strange intrigue\n O... | 3 | |
Make it however you'd like. | [WP] There are little creatures that hide personal items that you are likely to look for, such as car keys, and one man has finally caught one. | [
"I had it clenched gingerly in my fist. Its furry little body writhed to escape. Slowly, I let my thumb part from my forefinger, just a fraction of an inch. I peered in. It was brown, about the size of a mouse, with an adorable little face and fey, violet eyes. In the scramble it had dropped my bookmark.\n\nBending... | 3 |
Can be individuals or groups, Fantasy or Sci-Fi and end in tears or in smiles. | [WP] Newly made allies, forged in the heat of a raging conflict. As their struggles become insurmountable, their bond becomes unbreakable. | [
"The concussive wave of the ion charge blast might have sent my body hurtling through the air like a ragdoll, but my primary concerns were keeping my hands gripped around my rifle and trying to see straight as the screeching winds fought against my eyelids’ ability to stay open. I triggered the release on my mecha... | 4 |
[WP] A Red Cross technician uses donated blood to cover up his crimes | [
"It is easy to do. You'd be both surprised and horrified once you realize just how easy it really is. Murder. One of the most despicable actions a man can take is also one of the easiest once you create a mental barrier that blocks your conscious from realizing the true nature of your actions. \n\nI tried it once b... | 3 | |
[WP] The one you should never have dated. | [
"I wrote this poem a little over a year ago…..\n\n* I'm BETTER Than You *\n\nAll this talking, gets us nowhere\n\nwhy do you get worked up? you don't care\n\nYou lied, you cheated, you broke my heart\n\nand though nobody warned me from the start\n\nGuess it's my own fault for being so dumb\n\nI know I was stupid bu... | 2 | |
[WP] The world's most important chess game is about to start. | [
"I was curious as to what his first move would be.\n\n*e4, e5, nf3, nc6*\n\nThe last hundred years of chess had led up to this moment. I knew they couldn't be serious, no one could actually *\"solve\"* chess.\n\n*d4, nf6, c4, e6*\n\nAnd yet, they sounded so sure... They, the engineers that developed him.\n\n*c4... ... | 3 | |
[WP] A game of Dungeons and Dragons gets a little to serious when Ryan's neighbor Galgamorth the orc shows up and starts criticizing the game for its inaccuracies. | [
"'Alright, roll initiative' Derrick said, turning his ever-watchful eye to the rest of the group. The DM screen acted as barrier from their loud groans and complaints, and the occasional eye-roll. 'Come on, don't give me that. You all wanted to poke the orc with the short stick, now deal with it.'\n\n'Honestly, I f... | 2 | |
[WP] I cannot explain why I followed her. | [
"It was late friday night and yet again I found myself waiting at a local bus station, waiting for the 6 o'clock bus and as my mind wandered off, I saw her. She was walking around the corner of the street opposite on the one I was on. She as unusually tall and from where I stood, I'd guess she was about 6'3\" witho... | 5 | |
[WP] Magic is powered by mana. Mana is 'mined' from the Astral plane by specialized mages, and they're going on strike. | [
"The eerie purple glow that has always surrounded the magical tower grew dim. \n\nMages who were mining the mana from the Astral plane were protesting, and the world panicked.\n\nSecurity, health, survival of the vast majority of the humans and mages depended on mana for the past several decades.\n\nEver since that... | 2 | |
[WP] A time traveler comes back in time to meet you, someone recorded in his history books, unfortunately his books are very wrong. | [
"I sat at the internet cafe putting the finishing touches on my comment. The long, tiled space hummed moistly with the sound of computers and the rustling of empty food packets. A fan shifted this humid mass from one end of the shop to another. \n\nA gust of air swept in, as the door swished and chimed an abrasive ... | 2 | |
[WP]You are a drug dealer who lives on the streets, runs a bar, and hosts underground fights nightly, but genuinely care for your customers. | [
"\"Its either fuck or be fucked\" Were the last words my father said to me. He took a gun to the head that night. Self inflicted, they said, he's no longer in pain they said, and they were right. \n\nThat was the problem with my dad, I reckon, he was always the one being fucked. He got fucked up by his parents, fuc... | 2 | |
Is there no crime or villains? What do all the Batmans do then? Are you the only villain in this universe? Do you need to try to hide your lack of a secret identity from everyone? | [WP] According to the Multiverse Theory, there is a universe where you are Batman. However, there is also a universe where everyone but you is Batman. What's life like in this universe? | [
"It's hard being different, especially when everyone is fucking Batman of all things\n\nI was born with a defect in my genes, which inevitably led to me, you guessed it not being god damn Batman. In fact my parents where tempted to put me up for adoption but eventually found it in their hearts to let me stay with t... | 10 |
[WP] Your instrument is haunted. | [
"\"Please, you have to believe me! It must haunted! It's the only possible explanation\"\n\nShe looked at me with suspicious eyes. A nervous tick jolted through her face, but she remained calm and controlled, saying only:\n\n\"I don't care. Play the piece again. There is no such thing as a haunted piano\"\n\nI sigh... | 5 | |
[WP] You are in a nearly empty room. The only other thing in the room besides you is a button. What does it do? | [
"A red button.\n\nDesire, curiosity, wonder.\n\nThese are the emotions I feel while I stare at it.\n\nAll in this room are white walls. No windows, no doors. No light source even, I have no idea how I see anything. I have no shadow. \n\nMy curiosity is strong.\n\nAll my choices are reduced to possibilities.\n\nIf I... | 2 | |
[WP] ELI5 how did you get away with murder. | [
"Hey, stop that now, you're supposed to be brushing your teeth. Yes, all your teeth, even the ones waaaaay in the back. Okay. Good. \n\nNo, Daddy isn't going to come read you a bedtime story tonight, dear. Daddy is having a sleepover. Yeah! He went to see a friend, a special friend. That special friend has been re... | 2 | |
[WP]The main character abruptly dies. All other characters and villains stops in surprise. "What now?" Someone asks. | [
"The hero died. ''*What now?*'' was asked by some. As if the world hinged on his survival, as if the universe depended on his existence. He died, a forgettable and common death, he died of an infected wound after a small skirmish with some small bandits. He died sick and weak in some piss-all village in the middle ... | 2 | |
The evil corporation could be whatever - the spy could be any famous or non famous spy or sneaky type (James bond, Sam Fisher, Solid Snake, Agent 47 - whatever.) Make up your own spy and corporation if you wish.
Your protagonist should wake up after the evil plan has been foiled/the big item has been stolen/whatever ... | [WP] You are a generic hired goon for an evil corporation, knocked unconscious by a Spy infiltrating the compound. You awake after everything has gone down - what happens? | [
"I can hear the alarms. I can smell the smoke. Things weren't suppose to go this way. \n\nA few hours earlier, we were celebrating the death of a notorious spy. As the mook of the month, I had the honor of watching a helpless Mr. Bont die a slow death by laser up the crotch. It almost ended up in disaster when... | 2 |
[WP] Tell me a story using only song lyrics. | [
"I found him by the railroad tracks this morning, I could see that he was nearly dead. \"Come and sit down beside me an hear my sad story. I am shot in the breast and I'm dying today.\" I knelt down beside him and listened just to hear the words the dying fellow said.\n\n\"Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night someo... | 2 | |
Make it as awkward as possible.
Edit: Bonus points if you can tie it into /u/DaiTuong's prompt:
[A bank robber finds a girl he took hostage cute and shyly asks her out on a date.](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/39wq98/wp_a_bank_robber_finds_a_girl_he_took_hostage/) | [WP] You're a lonely person, looking for any group activity to use as a mixer. By some stroke of luck, you and several others are currently being held hostage during a bank robbery. | [
"Everybody sat hunched on the floor, staring at the ground. From the next room the robbers could be heard rummaging through desk drawers and speaking in low tones.\n\nI looked around and spotted a guy wearing a Firefly t-shirt. Great! I'd been looking for some fellow geeks to jive with in my new city.\n\n*psssst*\n... | 5 |
[WP] [NSFW] You're grocery shopping with your four year old, who suddenly stats asking you what an orgasm is. Your child will not stop asking and threatens to ask teachers if you do not tell them. Catch: the child has a supernatural ability to tell when you're telling the truth. | [
"\"Daddy, what's an orgasm?\"\n\n\"Well... Uh... It's something that happens to adults when they engage in certain activities\"\n\n\"Daddy, I can tell that you're lying again\"\n\n\"Okay, fine, it doesn't have to be adults. It's actually pretty common for teenagers and sometimes even younger people to have an... Uh... | 2 | |
[WP] All bullets travel at the speed of Bullet Bills in Mario games. Tell the story of a hitman sent to kill a very corrupt businessman. | [
"His name was Reuben Grey. And mine is Mario Salazar. Glad we got that out of the way.\n\nEvidently, he'd pissed a lot of people off. Reuben seemed like a pretty smart dude, at least by my estimation. He was careful in the way he hid his business ventures, slowly accruing money through his successful theme parks ac... | 2 | |
Closing your eyes by definition is blinking, sleeping, eyelids covering the eyes... | [WP]Time only moves when you close your eyes. | [
"I'm finally starting to realize it. It all just makes perfect sense to me now. I thought about it a little as a kid, but they just seemed like childhood fantasies about the world revolving around me. They'd say the world still existed behind my back and the world still existed when I slept but I never thought it w... | 6 |
[WP] You have alot of complaints about God. One day an old man shows up at your doorstep and yells at you, "IM DONE, NO ONE APPRECIATES WHAT I DO, SO YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DO A BETTER JOB, THEN HERE. NOW YOUR GOD!!! BYE." | [
"1. I laugh maniacally.\n2. Understand the secrets of the universe\n3. Understand the origin of all things and fathom this plane of existence.\n4. I do #2 & #3 in less than fifty nine seconds.\n5. I find my grandma in heaven and make sure it's all legit up there. Fix the AC, make sure door security is good to g... | 2 | |
[WP] You always felt like you slept all night but you never feel well rested in the morning. One night you decide to stay up. | [
"I wasn't sure what kept me up tonight, but I haven't been sleeping well the past few nights. Muscles sore. Bedsheets damp. It left me exhausted. It was annoying at best but it left me rather lethargic on mornings I had to get up early. I didn't have work tomorrow so many that attributed to me mindlessly flipping t... | 3 | |
[WP] You are granted a fish by a higher power. You have no idea why. | [
"I remember the gentle breeze that swept through the trees at my back as I sat atop the grassy hill gazing at the splendor above. The sun dipped out of sight as the moon rose to its rightful place and I recall the faint tickle of the green tips against my legs. It was one of the few places where you could escape ev... | 8 | |
Thousands of people every day open up cans of whoop-ass. You are the one who makes them. | [WP] You are the canner of whoop-ass. | [
"It was a quiet day at the plant. I watched from the door to the break room as machines chugged along-\n\nBANG CLANG BRSSSH CLANK BBRRRSSHH BANG\n\nI'm just here to maintain the thing, make sure it works. Sometimes I get to catch some of the littler woops that manage to sneak through the cracks, but normally they d... | 2 |
[WP] You are a failed test for a cloning project. The lab technicians who created you are about to kill you. | [
"\"Is it even human?\"\n\nThe words come floating down from above me. At least, I think they are above me. My skin feels wet. Wait, I think? I...feel? I know these words, but how do I know them?\n\n\"Of course it is. Come on Cathy, how could it be anything else?\"\n\nAgain, definitely above me. How do I know... | 2 | |
[WP] A story that could actually happen. | [
"There was Timmy and he was friends with Taylor. They played all kinds of fun music together. They learned how to have as much enjoyment as possible. The good that came from their relationship was strong. They could not be let down. Everything was positive and anything could happen. There was pure magic and an infi... | 3 | |
[WP] You are at a blind person's birthday party. He misidentifies presents as he opens them, and no one has the heart to tell him. | [
"Little Daniel is dying of cancer. This might well be his last birthday party. His eyesight has already gone, but his mind is still functioning. His father smiles as Daniel opens his last present. His fingers dance over the product, and he shouts in joy. \"Cool! The iPhone 6!\" \nNobody had the heart to tell poor D... | 2 | |
[WP]: A man induces schizophrenia because he feels isolated and lonely due to the repeated failings of his past friends and family and feels himself to only be worthy of his friendship and forgiveness. | [
"James was trying to spend some time alone in the lab but Walter refused to go, he had already told Walter to leave.\n\n\n“I thought I told you to leave.”\n\n\nSee.\n\n\n“You did,” replied Walter “but I’m not going anywhere.”\n\n\n“Fine, but you aren’t going to stop me. I’ve been let down too many times. I need som... | 2 | |
[WP] A retired person sits on their porch on a hot day. | [
"I quickly put on my leather shoes, glancing at the time as I waited for the toast to pop out so I can get to work on time and not have Jim yell at me for.. Oh.. Silly me.\n\nI hastily removed my leather shoes the tie I was currently wearing and approached the toaster and waited for the toast to pop out. I took out... | 3 | |
[WP] The protagonist is the only person he/she knows that can see the shadowy figures following every single human. The closer they get, the closer that person is to death. He can see them all, that is, except his, as he can never turn around fast enough to potentially catch a glimpse of it. | [
"\"I can see them again, Tommy\" \n \n\"Again? But we got rid of them!\" \n \n\"Well they're back! Shadowy figures, this time, following along behind everyone.\" \n \n\"Goddamnit! What can we do? What worked before? Electro-shock? Chems? Prayer? How do we fix these damn things?\" \n \n\"I don't know, man. I... | 3 | |
[WP] "You think you're still alive? And on Earth!?" | [
"\n\"So, you finally join us.\" I hear from somewhere to the side- or was it behind me?\n\nI open my eyes, intense light makes me squint my eyes, \"Who's there?\"\n\n\"Does it matter?\" comes a response.\n\nI think for a second, what the hell kind of question is that? Of course it matters! \n\n\"But, why?\" the voi... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover your wife is an alien. What do you do? | [
"\"Highly unusual,\" Mr. Kon said. \"I did not expect you to be so wild, young man.\" \n\nI looked up at my father, horror on my face. \"What are you talking about?\" \n\n\"Your wife, Mira, she is *out of this world* as they say?\" Mr. Kon rubbed his hands together. \"Quite the looker. They do good work.\" \n\n\"Ar... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a tattoo artist with a new client. He removes his shirt to reveal a list of names, and his request is to have the first one crossed out. A few months pass with a few more visits, and as you go to cross off the last name, you notice your name has been added to the bottom of the list. | [
"I watched as the seconds chipped the last of my business hours away. The expected tinkle signalling the entrance of my oddest regular interrupted the deafening ticks of the little hand I had been tracking. \n\nSo familiar was our weekly routine that I didn't even notice I had begun until the tip of my tattoo gun d... | 4 | |
[WP] You're suffering from multiple personality disorder. By day you're "Hyder", a criminal mastermind with a plan to launch the world into nuclear war. By night you're humanity's only hope to survive, a masked vigilante, the Jackal. | [
"((so, uh... I kind of love Decoder Ring Theatre's podcast about the Red Panda, an audio drama style podcast where a Cold War costumed vigilante from Canada saves the world with the appropriate Cold War style propaganda running in there occasionally, so this is pretty much a homage story to the style they do things... | 2 | |
[WP] Aliens have invaded the earth, and decimated every major world power. However, one country had gone largely ignored, and is humanity's last chance at defeating the aliens... North Korea. | [
"Smoosh!!!! Dan's face slides across a rocky debris filled brown sand that was once a beautiful landscape. He stumbles to get up after narrowly avoiding a fierce incoming projectile. Trembling, he rises flourished with a fresh rush of adrenaline from the near death experience. Dancing with death daily, he works be... | 2 | |
The guy to be sacrificed doesn't know he was built like that. | [WP] He was on the sacrificial altar, resigned to his fate. The head shaman then sliced open his chest and to his horror, found neither blood nor a heart, but a silvery object with some cut colored strings. *Write from the perspective of either the shaman or the victim* | [
"“Why do humans have to be so stupid?” \nJesus Christ’s limbs were tied to a table. He stared down a group of zealots, all brandishing silverware. Their leader stepped forward, face adorned with mustard and ketchup. Jesus could not hold his tongue. \n“Look chief, I’m Jesus fucking Christ and I’m trying to save yo... | 2 |
[WP]Snoo, Reddit's avatar, is turned into a superhero to stop the evil Dr. /b/. However, instead of taking the best of what Reddit is, it takes the worst. | [
" Hey guys,there's a real superhero in your computer called Snoo! Many might not know about him cause he always hides in the DeepWeb;but, when he's not fighting he's always looking out for the evil Dr./b/. Snoo is the protector of all reddit users and the website where he resides. \n\n Snoo has been fighting Dr.... | 2 | |
Pretty open ended, you decide if the king is the good or bad guy | [WP] The king's son is sick, he needs a new heart. The king will go to any lengths to find a compatible one. | [
"In a kingdom far, far away, a beloved king and his wife ruled over a beautiful country. They were adored by their people, for they ruled fairly and with compassion in their pristine white castle which stood upon the highest hill in all the land.\n\nThe King and Queen often left their castle on the hill to ride thr... | 2 |
[WP] You're lost in a forest after wandering too far from your campsite. You haven't seen another soul in hours, your phone battery is at 8% and you have no signal. Yet your phone suddenly says there's an open wifi nearby. | [
"I shouldn't have wandered away from the camp. Dammit self, why, why, why? If I get out of this alive I should consider myself a lucky man. I only went away to take a piss. Is this Mother Nature's retribution for ruining her plants?\n\n\"Look. I'm sorry I took a piss in your garden. The bears do it too, I'm sure of... | 2 | |
[WP] When he turned on the faucet this morning, blood poured out. | [
"\"Shit\" he thought. \"Wild party\". He turned off the faucet, not having energy to think this one through at this time of the day. He went out on the bathroom, continueing his morning rutine. He turned the faucet on again. Still blood. His headache was still partying from yesterday, leaving no room for quiet, rat... | 4 | |
[WP] In the year 2198, the law of equality is passed. It states that whatever crime you commit shall be committed to you. You are a Balancer, one who enforces this law. You are handed a file and open the door to the interrogation room where you see your next assignment, a 19 year old girl. Go. | [
"\"Ooh, you lucky shit, you've got a good one today, Lu! Drug trafficker, big numbers, you've never done this kind, have you?\"\n\nShit. I knew one of these was gonna be coming soon. Normally I'd had small fries in this little town. A kid steals some gum, so we steal his Legos. Stealing someone else's wifi for 209 ... | 2 | |
[This post]( http://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/3bjwkq/june_contest_the_immortal_inventor/) on /r/blender reminded me of a very haunting daydream I had long ago. I would love to see it developed into something more fleshed out. Perhaps someone will be interested in co-authoring this with me?
**Here's the basic i... | [WP] The Watchmaker | [
"\tA very, very long time ago, I was born. I was named. I was raised. It was so long ago, I have forgotten most of the details.\n\tI grew to a teenager, and became something of an inventor. Clockwork fascinated Me, as it had for a long time. When I was in the accident, I worried that would be it. That My glor... | 1 |
In the great tradition of games like The Last of Us or movies like Serenity, there are often moments when our characters stumble upon a place where life once thrived, but now sits cold and empty.
The story of these places can be told by newspaper clippings, journals, government pamphlets or audio recordings, but usual... | [WP] Write an apocalyptic log, something that a protagonist might stumble upon in the wasteland or survivor camp. Explain how the world got to be how it is, or simply use it to show some poignancy or humanity. | [
"i found a jug of milk today it was barely liquid almost like cottage cheese smelled like shit too \n\nit hasnt even been that long and i still missed it funny how the small things hurt more than the big ones\n\ni mixed it with water and drank it i dont even like milk ",
"**It's been a while since I have contrib... | 3 |
[WP] Write an episode of Scooby Doo as if it were like True Detective | [
"Another death on the wrong side of town, why was she here? Valmara (Courtney Cox) poked cautiously at the white substance that had congealed on the bottom step of the murder scene. A sarcastic smirk and predictable sigh escaped her - she knew it would be semen. It always was. Some sick pervert had obvio....\n\... | 3 | |
Nuff Said. | [WP] You are an insect of your choice. Spin me a tale of either adventure, love, or war. | [
" I wish I was a soldier. Instead I'm stuck in the mine, looking for crap to pile with our other crap. Every day I see the platoons march out, all glorious and prideful. They are supposed to be the heroes, not me and my stupid worker crew. \" For glory! \" they chant. They're a bunch of pricks, and I'm jealous of t... | 4 |
[WP] You print out every thing you think from birth to death. On your death-bed you re-read your thoughts. | [
"\"Really!? Really, brain?\" thought William, reading a printout of his thoughts.\n\nA giant scroll stretched out into the distance, he couldn't see it's end beyond the horizon. He seriously hoped that nobody would pick up the scroll and start reading it as well.\n\n30% of the words were related to boobies. Another... | 3 | |
[WP] You just killed my family in front of me and asked me on a date. Convince me to actually go with you. | [
"u/TimetravelingGuide anxiously awoke. Her emotional reaction to what she had just witnessed still overriding the rational part of the brain that was attempting to process what had just happened. Scurrying around her body and noticing that not a drop of blood showed. \"Bad dream?\" I asked her, I hadn't anticipated... | 2 | |
[WP] You work at Nasa during an interception of an incoming transmission from deep space. The message is in English. | [
"I tried to decode it. The rest of my coworkers were huddled behind me, contemplating in silence what the message could be. \"Where's it from?\" asked a voice from the space behind me. I stuttered my response as best as possible. \"It's... it's from the Sagittarius group... looks to be M55...\" It was only 31 secon... | 4 | |
[WP] Give me a story of an alien where they only live for 60 seconds | [
"\"Look. The eggs are hatching.\"\n\nUnder the constant warmth of a heat lamp, a handful of green orbs begin to tremble slightly. The pressure exerted by the eggs' occupants causes the thin shells to crack.\n\nThe Vigilants scurry over, long appendages dragging their lanky forms across the bunker's concrete floor w... | 2 | |
[WP] write a story that sounds sad until the very end...or a story that sounds happy until the very end. | [
"She had left. She pulled herself from his grasp. He would control her no longer. She was her own person now, no one to hold her back. She could finally feel free, have fun.\n\nHe was devastated. He was okay that she cheated, he forgot that. Then she just left? Why? ",
"When I was 9 we used to brag to each othe... | 3 | |
[WP]Using the word literally in a sentance all of a sudden makes it literally happen. | [
"White Girl texts her friend: My parents won't let me go out. I am literally dying. \n\nThe next day child services and the local police department investigate the family to try and reach a conclusion to how a seemingly heathy young woman has died suddenly and without warning. No signs of trauma further confound th... | 9 | |
[WP] The City's local Superhero suddenly dies of unknown causes and, for whatever reason, his will leaves all his possessions to you, his arch-enemy. | [
"It was a shock to everybody. I didn't get any satisfaction. I wanted recognition and this wasn't the way it was supposed to happen.\n\nI slipped up more than once around him. He never capitalized. That was his mistake, and now I'm alive and he isn't. A half dozen chances he had to kill me, instead he made monologu... | 3 | |
[WP] You're stuck in a meeting at work and it's taking forever. You check your phone and realize you've been there for years. | [
"The dark room was quiet and blue and scentless, lit only by a projection screen at the front of it. Words and graphs glared out at the meeting, and while the occasional phrase or acronym momentarily fluttered against her awareness, she mostly registered the event as an aching in her eyes. It was tolerable. “Sexual... | 5 | |
[WP] The story ends with "but that was long ago" | [
"Tulio Cartez, captain of the razee *Black Lion* brushed a pair of fingers down the length of his goatee. His dark brown eyes stared across the distance between his ship and the Mercarian League vessel, the ensign of that massive trade company flying high on its main mast. From his belt he drew a brass telescope, e... | 8 | |
[WP] Write a dry text book entry on a supernatural subject, boring to people in the setting, but interesting to us. | [
"**From \"Applied Magic: Fundamentals of Teleportation\"**\n\nThe *Teleport Destination Paradox Matter Destabilization Effect* (TDP-MDE), also known as \"telefragging\", is a phenomenon which occurs when a given person or object is teleported into a space currently occupied by another object, causing both objects t... | 5 | |
Edit: AN awesomely bad pun. Damn it. | [WP] Take us on a loooooong walk to a awesomely bad pun. | [
"Not the longest:\n\nOnce upon a time, there was a Czech couple who lived in a small house. His wife told him to go to the supermarket to buy some groceries. She needed eggs, milk, bread, meat, butter and coffee. On the way there, his car broke down and he was forced to repair it. He was delayed, but still carried ... | 9 |
[WP] A brawl between all your original characters. | [
"\"Change your name, twat,\" Jack London growled, hand resting on his equipment disk.\n\n\"Fuck you,\" Jack London snapped back, glaring through his split red-and-gold ballistic mask. The two were, facially, pretty much the same: The first Jack London, a fellow in a green shirt and jeans which we will refer to as '... | 2 | |
[WP] Today is Wednesday | [
"Today is Wednesday.\n\nI have work at nine in the morning. I work at the bank down the street from my home. I live in a three-story apartment building, room number two-three-eight. My neighbors are quiet folk, I rarely see them and I like that. I don't have to get used to awkward \"Hello's\" in the hall, or small ... | 2 |
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