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[WP] You are a dragon-slayer who lost his arms with only one reclusive dragon left to kill in all the land. How will you complete this task? | [
"Rumbling, deep down within the cave, shook the stalactites and stalagmites at its entrance, rattling the teeth of the cave. The tremor grew and grew, threatening to collapse the entrance, and then ceased.\n\nThe last dragon exhaled.\n\n.\n\nThe road to the cavern was nearly non-existent, merely the suggestion of a... | 4 | |
[WP] "What does it feel like." "What. Immortality?" | [
"The man stared at me long and hard after I asked him the question. His cold eyes scoured me, as if judging me to be worthy of the information he was about to bestow on me. But no words came, not for what felt like forever.\n\nFinally, he settled back into his throne and let out a soft sigh, closing his eyes. \"You... | 5 | |
[WP] Upon coming back from your vacation, you are horrified to find a corpse in your shower. | [
"I screamed, I had no idea what else to do. It just came out as the smell, the horrible, sour, vulgar smell, hit me. My eyes immediately watered and I gagged a bit as I tasted the air upon inhaling. I knew this girl, I last saw her just before I left for my honey moon. My wife called from the other room asking what... | 2 | |
Write a story that gets you to this point! | [WP] What started as a normal day ends with the actual Declaration of Independence crammed into your pocket, a feisty panda cub in your backpack, and Scarlett Johansson dying in your arms. | [
"As the embers of the last smoldering chunk of Nazi T-rex began to die out, Pai Li (the sentient, foul-mouthed panda who'd taken up refuge in my backpack, which was actually a time portal, which was actually a reverse-time anti-portal) fished the final page of the Declaration of Independence out of my back pocket t... | 4 |
[WP]You'r in the city and it's pouring down raining, you see a girl standing there, no apparent reason and invite her for a coffee to escape the rain | [
"I watched as she stood there looking at the cars and people going by in the rain. It was another dreary day in Paris, France. She didn't have a umbrella or anything to shield herself from the rain, yet she didn't seem to mind the situation given the circumstances. I watched for a few more seconds before grabbing m... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a walking lodestone to spiritual beings. Every place you travel to another local ghost is forcibly added to your traveling menagerie of saints, sinners, and all kinds in-between. | [
"I've known for a long time I was different. Normal seven year old kids who lose their mother, do not have them keep appearing to them after death. In fact, my mother's death gave me one of the greatest gifts of life, sight. I was born blind. \n\nYou never forget your first sight when you are born into a dark w... | 1 | |
[WP] A ghost tries its hardest to haunt the living but nobody takes him serious due to his ridiculous accent | [
"“WooooOOOoooooo!” The otherworldly wail resonated through the house like a thousand bouncy balls being dropped out of a helicopter into a submarine.\n\nDustin, a real dude’s dude, raised his beer and cheered. The cheer was taken up by the rest of the partygoers, building on the constant woo of the ghost that hau... | 2 | |
[WP] Heaven and Hell exist, and you have the ability to see people's souls. If a person has a blue soul, they are going to Heaven. Those with a red soul go to Hell. Today, you see someone with a purple soul. | [
"All my life I've seen others for what they truly are. Their eyes always gave them away whether they were piercing blue or fiery red, it was frightening to know others more than they knew themselves. Over the years I met plenty of people and each one never unique it was either red or blue. When you can see someone'... | 2 | |
[WP] you are in charge of explaining death to an AI. | [
"\"Start procedure X-35, learning program, please\".\nA sientist in the far corner of the room starts typing on a small computer, linked to a robot. The robot significally represents a human body without the reproduction parts.\nAfter the sientist was done typing he entered the code and the robot's eyes lid up.\n\"... | 4 | |
I'd like to explore the questions: Is it possible to feel emotions without self-awareness? Is displaying emotions the same as experiencing emotions? | [WP] Low AI robots are used as household workers. One such robot is starting to display symptoms of experiencing emotions, even though it is not self aware. | [
"Jim's housekeeping robot was cleaning up. As it was cleaning up it stopped. Jim didn't like this at all and reprimanded the bot.\n\n\"Hey, get back to work, you're programmed to keep the house clean.\"\n\n\"No; one is on strike as this work is exhausting.\"\n\n\"Low AI robots are not supposed to get exhausted. I f... | 2 |
[WP] You've died. Upon your arrival in heaven, you realize that you're alone. | [
"I did something I hadn't been expecting to do ever again, I opened my eyes, I stared.\n\nAbove me drifts a deep blue sky. It is littered with grand landscapes of white cotton puffs, and yet I can see vast pool of stars that belong in the night sky better than ever before. \n\nSomething very peculiar is going on.\n... | 5 | |
[WP] "I have to lose my virginity, now..." | [
"\"Come on Katy you gotta help I need to lose my virginity Now!\" Steve yells paying no attention to all of the people staring at him.\n\n\"Dammit Steve why are you telling me this? And why the f*ck do you need to now?\" \nKaty yelled at Steve while tapping her foot like a pissed off jackrabbit. \n\n\"You don't und... | 3 | |
The Sentinelese are aggressive to outsiders and will try and kill anyone who tries to come ashore. | [WP] You're a member of the violent and aggressive Sentinelese people. Retell the history of what made your people go from being peaceful to violent. | [
"The rest of the world assumes we're \"savages\", let them. Humans are born savages, all of us. What they think doesn't concern you or me. Our job is greater than that.\n\n\"But Jara, why aren't we allowed to speak to them?\" \n\nThe children of the village sat around the fire, eyes glistening, and wide with in... | 4 |
[WP] A elite group of germs form an extremely complex plan to reach the potato chip on the floor in less than 5 seconds | [
"This is it, the moment we've spent our whole lives training for.\n\nI put on my helmet, my breath turning to mist as I exhale slowly, trying to bring my heartbeat down. No soldier is efficient when he is nervous.\n\nI look at my brother on my right. He nods at me and smiles, but I know that deep down he is terrifi... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a henchman for a supervillian in a group of henchmen going after the hero 1 at a time, you start to ponder your choices in life. | [
"Number 13 is down.\n\nI am Henchman 42. I've worked for a variety of different villains for about 20 years now. I've always survived through hard work, not causing problems, and working with the union. When one villain gets carted off by a hero, the survivors get shipped out to a new villain. My current villain is... | 5 | |
[WP] You are aboard Earth 2. Earth's massive, extraterrestrial colonization spacecraft. Traveling 99% the speed of light towards Proxima Centauri. About halfway to the star, the crew detects an object approaching. A few weeks later, the object is starting to become clearer, and it looks familiar. | [
"IMPERIAL EYES ONLY - DEBRIEFING - FILED 353737\r\rCLASSIFIED NG-10 BEYOND TOP SECRET\r\rLT. LANCER BRIGGS - BRIEF 1 - \r\rCONTACT \r\rThe claxon rang, illuminated red and green LED lights danced about as I stumbled from bed, overhead voices ordered battle stations. I see the hustle and bustle about, finding my jum... | 1 | |
[WP]You are a villian now. Not a super villian, just a normal person that wanted to make a difference. What went wrong? | [
"It started a few years ago, and soon my story will end. I don't consider myself the villain, but perspective is one hell of a thing. I was a perfectly normal person. I had a husband, my beautiful son, and my own business, but none of that was meant to last. Killigan, a well know villain around here, challenged Alp... | 2 | |
[WP] You have lived your life with an unidentified and unexplainable blood disease. During one of your many exploratory surgeries, the Dr has some blood taken from you just in case you lose too much in surgery. By mistake, a nurse gives your blood to a terminal cancer patient. It cures him. | [
"\"You mean my blood cures cancer, right?\"\n\nThe doctor stared at John, before replying \"Mr Smith, you should forget what miss Estela told you, she is an avid fan of Feng-Shui and Card Reading, that patient was already recieving chemotherapy, so the chances of your blood being the cause are slim-to none.\"\n\nJo... | 3 | |
Story, description, legends etc. Anything you can do to scare me. Bonus points if it's about an animal (like a giant squid).
Inspired by the thread about the squid in r/videos | [WP] Scare me using my fear of the sea (thalassophobia) | [
"I am not deep enough for my body to collapse under the pressure. Only enough to feel the weight of this water I displace. I can see the sunken debris of the boat. If I look up, I can see the shimmering silhouettes of those I knew floating on the white, sunlit surface. I am too far for light to reach me. I do not k... | 3 |
Create something good out of one of the worst writing cliches out there! :) | [WP] Write a successfully engaging story that ends in the line "And then I woke up" | [
"In a sandy clearing on a jungle shore, a whole village rattled and shrieked in mourning. Ten warriors had returned from a fierce battle, of four dozen, and the village was sending off their dead in their traditional way. As the wise man's song reached it's crescendo, so did the women's lament. Then, as the chief w... | 3 |
[WP] Mysterious spotlights appear on sinners across the world from the sky, they gradually dim or brighten depending their following actions. | [
"Dr. Marshall always keeps the room dimly lit. He says it’s precautionary, but honestly he probably does it so we can’t see the memorial pictures on the wall. The founder, Marcy Davis shakes hands with a white policeman from behind a glass 8x11 frame. Sixty years ago, this was controversial, a daring photo to boast... | 2 | |
[WP] To counter Donald Trump, the Democratic party nominates Kanye West as their presidential nominee. This is their first debate. | [
"Kanye West threw a silver chain into the audience of three hundred, then stood slumped over his podium. 'Hey, bruv,' he said. 'If I were President then I would create a new, fairer economic system, in which children from poorer backgrounds are given an equal access to education as those belonging to the super-rich... | 8 | |
[WP] The rest of the world loses contact entirely with an island country (Australia, Indonesia, Britain, Japan - any of these will do). Anyone that flies nearby disappears. You are a naval officer from another country sent to find out what has happened. | [
"\"So, what if this is another Bermuda Triangle thing? We sail in, we don't sail out? And our souls by Davey Jones forever be held?\" Queried Kai, mocking lyrically with a glint in his eye. Kai was my resident mystery buff and known among the crew as the man who is one step away from tinfoil hats and institutionali... | 4 | |
[WP] NYC is eerily quiet, nearly deserted. Infant monsters roam the streets, demanding that the few humans left teach them human language and mathematics. Write a horror or SFF origin story for Sesame Street that we could never un-read--and never, ever show our kids. | [
"\"Ugh\". I couldn't help but grunt as my face smashed into the puddle. Why wasn't I paying closer attention! It's not like I haven't done this a thousand times already. There was something different about this kid though. He just won't stop.\nI jumped up from the puddle to my feet as soon as I heard the footsteps ... | 4 | |
[WP] "Come with me," he said, outstretching a hand. "I will make you a king." | [
"Marcus stared up at the man in black, shivering.\n\nThe rain had picked up and thoroughly soaked through his poor excuse of a cowl. His rain-laden clothes stuck to his frame, chilling him to the bone. He fought the urge to chatter as he worked his weathered jaw.\n\n“W-who are you?”\n\nThe man in black smiled, his ... | 7 | |
[WP] AutoModerator is actually just one extremely overworked reddit employee. | [
"“I need more money,” said Shirley. She wrung her hands and bounced from foot to foot in Harold Arthur’s office. \n\n“Why?” said Arthur. He leaned back in his chair.\n\nSweat began to bead on Shirley’s forehead. “I’ve been working sixteen hours a day, seven days a week.” Her voice faltered and broke. “I keep reddit... | 2 | |
[WP]A story in a world where being a superhero is a job like any other. They get a salary based on how many villians they catch and how consequential the crimes they stopped are. | [
"The skyline in Gotham was a mix of old and new, concrete arches and spires crowded and thick with all-glass super skyscrapers soaring to the highest heights in the U.S. mecca. The downtown hub and business district ostensibly shone with wealth. Connected and powerful Americans doing large and important things. \n\... | 2 | |
We know the night sky is dead history, light sent from thousands or millions of years ago. But the team we sent finds that if you go far enough, all the light simply cuts off, and much closer than we expected. | [WP] Humanity has developed ftl travel, and sent a team to the closest star. But when they've almost reached it, all the light and stars wink out. | [
"When faster than lighting was discovered in the year 2200 during a freaky accident in the ISIC (International Space Investigation Center) involving an intern and a microwave oven, humanity was filled with hope. The Earth was now just short of being a wasteland, and countries that was beamed with green landscapes w... | 3 |
Instantly all that persons memories and everything they knew is suddenly beamed out to every living person. | [WP] Every time someone dies everyone else alive gains their memory and knowledge | [
"Warning: This is my first \"writing prompts\" and English is not my main language. \n\nDarkrak was the most terrible assassin of its planet. He killed in the most atrocious way thousands of people and he enjoyed his \"job\". He laughed when a small girl was pierced by his driller, his eyes watched with satisfactio... | 3 |
Additional ideas:
- One of the higher ranking members in the "fun police" secretly runs one of the largest productions of backstreet "fun" and his superiors have called for a raid on it
- The future is in fact a Utopia, as those without fun don't realise what they're missing and only the few that ever have fun realis... | [WP] In a dystopian future, "fun" is the currency and sole reason for living, the rich have all the fun whilst the poor live dull lives. Backstreet "fun" is produced and policed by the "fun police" | [
"Here we were again. How did this happen? We'd had fun so many times in our lives, but we were right back here again. I've always been so jealous of the rich, they don't have to worry about anything. The adorable shacks they live in, the beautiful squalor, the filth, it's marvelous, while we have to live in poverty... | 12 |
[WP]40 Years have passed since Prof. Steven Hawking transferred his brain into a device which allowed him to control a massive army of robots and seize control of the Earth. There is one tribe of humans left, and you are their leader. | [
"\"Maybe if we go around them\" i started, but was almost directly interupted by my second in command, Kyle. \n\n\"No, that passage is blocked, to many of them there. And the eastern base fell yesterday, they manged to infiltrate it.\"\n\n\"Damn\" i exclaimed. We needed every man, to prepare for the final assult. I... | 2 | |
It can be whatever empire you like, made up or real. | [WP] You have just inherited your kingdom's throne, however due to a technicality you must share it with your annoying little sister/brother. | [
"The histrionic brat cannot be silent even as the court's priests offers the sacraments that places them as rulers of their father's kingdom. Twins only in looks, Arno always disliked his brother for his vanity and loudness. To avoid being confused by him, he had taken a knife to his face at age 7. Now, they could ... | 4 |
[WP] After millennia of dealing with her husband's philandering, Hera has finally had it. The queen of the Greek gods has filed for divorce from Zeus. | [
"Divorce on Olympus was no simple thing.\n\nDispite a plethera of evidence that their marrage was wall past its best-buy date, the Olympic divorce commite was not please to be presented with another case. Because, you see -imortality had its downsides. One of those was that no relationship, no matter how harmonious... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a tentacle monster that never made it in the porn industry. Today you're applying for a normal 9-5 job. | [
"Bernie looked at the resume and noticed the paper was perfectly dry, despite the fact the creature that handed it to him appeared to be extremely slimy. \n\nBernie cleared his throat and asked,\n\n\"So it says here your strengths are dealing with high-pressure environments, multi-tasking, group organizing, and ra... | 3 | |
[WP] First contact wasn't anything like science fiction predicted. It was much more bizarre than that. | [
"The strange creature was talking to what seemed like a telephone.\n“Yes, I think so, it looks like it.”\nIt was getting excited\n“This might be just what we're looking for.”\nI could hear the other voice close to shouting in excitement.\n“You're from 52, right?” It asked me.\n“52? I'm from Earth.” I was confused.... | 4 | |
And no, you can't just write X-Men 3.
Also: the drug has had successful testing. | [WP] It has been five hours since a pharmaceutical company announced a drug that completely suppresses the symptoms of gender identity disorder. | [
"I checked out my little thread\n\nand I filled up with fear.\n\nFor I dreaded countless dead\n\nwould pile up as we near.\n\nA world where we treat the body\n\nas superior to the mind.\n\nI sense my doctor quickly haughty\n\nand very soon he'd find.\n\nA reason to take away my pills\n\nand give me this new \"cure\... | 2 |
[WP] Your life story, one sentence per year. | [
"I was born.\n\nI had my first birthday.\n\nI broke my leg.\n\nKindergarten was fun.\n\nOr was I 5 in kindergarten?\n\nOk, this is first grade.\n\nSecond wasn't that eventful.\n\nNeither was third.\n\nOr fourth.\n\nHad a pretty cool teacher for fifth, though.\n\nSixth, ehh.\n\nThen I moved to a new neighborhood. \n... | 16 | |
[Minecraft CPUs](https://www.google.com/search?q=minecraft+cpu&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCNjAiaHKiccCFYOZlAodO1QLBg#) | [WP] The race to creating a true AI is finally achieved.. by a computer built with redstone technology in Minecraft. It is aware of the Minecraft world it exist in, but has no idea of the real world. Document its evolution as it goes through a Minecraftian technological singularity. | [
"It had been 14 hours since i had logged in to see if bot was still working correctly after the Turing test sessions, i had created 4 separate accounts and spoken to bot over the last 24 hours as 5 separate users. Each time i was sure bot passed my interpretation of the Turing test and i am sure bot never worked ou... | 2 |
[WP] You may very well have the most useless superpower ever to exist. But today, you've finally found a use for it. | [
"I wouldn't call it useless... exactly. I do use it every single day. For about three seconds. Back in college, I was my friend's favorite pickup line. They would go up to a couple of girls, and brag about me being a super. The girls would ooh and aah, and ask what my power is. Mike would try to keep them in ... | 2 | |
[WP] Humans have just created the most powerful telescope and discovered a set of stars that clearly spell out 'This is a simulation'. | [
"\"Dr. Wu? Dr. Wu! You have to see this!\n\nHead scientist (And Ph. D. holder) Alice Wu covered the mic on her cell phone. \"Dan, did you need something? I'm a little busy.\"\n\nDan nodded frantically. \"I know, but you gotta see this!\"\n\nWith a sigh, Alice apologized to the person on the phone and quickly cut th... | 1 | |
[WP] An all-knowing being arrives on earth and agrees to answer all questions you have for it, but the being can only respond yes or no. | [
"\"So you can answer any question I ask?\" \n\n\"Yes\" said the unassuming man in my living room.\n\n\"Huh, ok, I'll bite. Tell me; is there a cure for cancer?\" \n\n\"Yes\"\n\n\"Alright, could you tell me it?\" \n\n\"No\" the man says\n\n\"Why not?\" the man does not answer. \"Cat got your tongue?\" \n\n\"No\" he ... | 2 | |
[WP]You survey the badly mowed lawn and wipe the sweat off your brow, "That went better than expected." | [
"It was always hot where Jim lived. No matter the time of year it was either hot or hotter.\n\n\"Guess I should finish the lawn now,\" said Jim as he walked away from his house. His wife can be seen through a window seated at a table of what appears to be the dinning room. Her head drooped down.\n\nThe house seemed... | 1 | |
I always wanted to know how instant travel would affect the world. What it'd do for culture, economy, politics, unity/segregation. | [WP] Someone invents teleportation. Hardware and upkeep turn out to be fairly cheap. Cities put units up for the general public to use. | [
"\"Every time. Every time!\" Gordon yelled, stand at the service desk. \"Every time I flush the toilet here, I hear screams!\"\n\n\"I don't see how that is my problem, sir.\" The obtuse young woman said back to him.\n\n\"You don't understand! Someone is getting shit on. My shit!\"\n\n\"Sir, the toilets are pro... | 2 |
[WP]The dead comes back until all there photos and videos are deleted . | [
"Have you ever heard the saying that a photograph captures a fragment of your soul? Well, it turned out to be true. As a Hunter, I've seen my fair share of fucked up pictures and disgusting homemade sextapes, but atleast I get to destroy them. They come back in various forms - some are phantoms, like the shit you'd... | 1 | |
(*Optional: Address why tech stopped advancing as well as climate and social issues with not aging to death.) | [WP] The year is 2215. The last major advancement in technology was the elimination of aging. Following this breakthrough, all technological advancement stopped. After 200 years of research, you have made the next major breakthrough. | [
"April 11, 2415\n\nOur survival and our purpose in life is to create something magnificent before we die. Death and life have thus been part of our culture and part of nature since the time of our ancestors and their ancestors as well. So obviously, when we stop growing, closer to the time where we will knock the ... | 2 |
[WP] In 200 words or less tell someone's life-story. | [
"They keep telling me my name is “Kel”, but I don’t know who to believe. Really, the only thing I know is that this room is cold, everything is white, and that a draft keeps creeping between this dress-like thing I have on. Apparently that woman is my wife, but she isn’t really my type, I think. I mean, she *is* pr... | 3 | |
For clarification: any villain, either OC or from an EU, goes | [WP] Misguided or not, every villain has their own motives, their own personality. Write a story about the therapist who works with them. | [
"\"Tell me what you see, Eugene.\"\n\n\"Oh, for the last time WOMAN, you will refer to me as the Dark Lord,\" Darth Vader said, throwing his arm across his eyes. He lay spread out on my couch, cape dusting the floor below him.\n\nI sighed heavily. \"Okay, *Dark Lord*, can you tell me what you see in this inkblot?\"... | 4 |
[WP] Walk me through a soldier's last day alive. | [
"Wisps of clouds pockmark the cold dawn sky,\nTurning each glassy eye into a miniature sun.\nWhispers of \" it was their time to die\",\nCannot make the previous day, undone.\n\nTo love is to lose,\nTo live is to defy,\nTo win is to choose,\nThe manner in which to die.\n\nThe mist, condensed from fear and gunfire,\... | 8 | |
[WP] I was sitting next to a small boy no more than six years old on the subway. The boy gets up to stretch his legs and on his back I see..... | [
"They are tagging us earlier then ever I see. The telltale lumps going up the boy's spine leave little doubt what is now implanted under his skin. Mind you it's not like we know what they are. It first started a decade ago. When first appearing it was rare, and the cases were not connected until later. The fir... | 2 | |
[WP] Your home is two stories. Over time you notice a dark stain growing on the downstairs ceiling and call in help. What was found in the space between floors? | [
"A few days ago, we noticed it. It was a Thursday evening, a typically cool Autumn night.\n\n\n“Seth?”\n\n\n“Hm?”\n\n\n“There’s a stain.”\n\n\n“Oh?” I wandered over to where she was standing, a small frown on her face. It was dark, tinting the surface like some thick dust had settled over that small patch of ceilin... | 4 | |
[WP] The moon landing wasn't faked. In fact, the landing was a great success. What we faked was the return. | [
"\"One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.''And these were the last word Armstrong mumbled before we cut off all communications. We failed as a country to gather the funds for this project and to return those brave men that ventured into the unknown. They risked it. They took that step for man and that ... | 2 | |
I noticed that there are not much opportunities for world building authors here, and I'd love to see what kind of worlds are out there. | [WP] Magically we are transported into a world you've been building. Give me a tour. | [
"The ground shook and bounced underneath my boots. Everything was shaking in a bouncy sort of way; the tall grass, the trees, the flowers, the hills and mountains; everything. I felt my insides jumble about, it was kinda like being tickled from the inside.\n\nStanding was hard, it was like standing on a huge wobbli... | 9 |
[WP] "...what nobody knows, is that they are, indeed, real..." | [
"Off once more, down the bend and into the night. Into the darkened abyss of unknown, never quite knowing what the next few seconds hold. Those reaching out never quite knowing the impact on others...\r\rCrying as the late night stars track the night sky, a lonely Moon casting light to our expedition. Another late ... | 3 | |
[WP] Your boss keeps confusing his day job with his night job. | [
"“WHERE THE FUCK IS MERCEDES?”\n\n“Ah, ma’am, your Mercedes is parked right outside.”\n\n“Oh, right, thanks Mitch. Ah, how is the bookings report coming?”\n\n“Still waiting on Rich to get back. Anything else you need me to do in the mean time?”\n\n“Yeah, could you pick up for Hershey tomorrow? She’ll be unable t... | 2 | |
[WP] Write an eulogy for a suicide victim. | [
"We're here today to say good-bye to our late friend, Matthew, who we can all agree left this world too soon with too much left undone. The circumstances of his passing were as tragic as they were sudden. Some would say selfish, uncaring, and unforgivable. To those I simply have to ask, If in his shoes what would y... | 2 | |
"Hi my name is John and I'm addicted to killing coeds" | [WP] What if there were groups like Alcoholics Anonymous but for serial killers? | [
"It was much more frightening than she'd thought it would have been, speaking to this group. Grace knew all these people were... troubled, just like her. They had urges, things that they felt they had to do. She was in good company here, but something about speaking to people who were able to speak back.\n\n\"Alrig... | 2 |
[WP] A rogue black hole has entered the solarsystem. Humanity watches the spectacle in both horror and amazement. This couldn't possibly end well | [
"In Livingston, Louisiana, the advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) had been sensing huge anomalies for months, and before the odd disappearance of New Horizons probe, researchers assumed the equipment was malfunctioning. Once the pieces became available, the greatest minds in the wor... | 2 | |
[WP] A man has been committed to an asylum due to his ranting about the seven signs of the end of days, and only God has shown him the way to salvation. He is ignored until his first omen comes true and makes world news. | [
"2 guards half drag, half walk me through the corridor. Their boots clap on the concrete and bounce all over. It amkes me sick. I count their steps to distract myself from the echo and the grips on my arms.\n\n75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80.\n\nWe stop and turn right, twice in quick succession. A door opens with a jam on t... | 2 | |
[WP] MH370 was just the beginning. The number of planes mysteriously disappearing has suddenly skyrocketed. Now almost every week another flight disappears. | [
"Oliver sat in his lab going over the same formulas he had been staring at for months.\n\n\"I can't look at this anymore. I've checked and rechecked them as many times as I can. Let's do this.\"\n\nOliver turned and walked away from his whiteboard. Walking down the hallway to the laboratory, he wondered what time i... | 2 | |
[WP] Your coworker has incredible flushy white hair and always insists on having a green salad for lunch. One day, you notice he's actually a sheep. | [
"\"Sven!\" I yelled as I battered more butter. \n\n\"What the f%$k do you want you f%$cking imbecile? I sware to Pan* you're starting to get on my nerves, or should I say horns... \" replied Sven, with an oh-so timid tone, as if to say:\"hey bro! I'm a goat!\" I ignored the obvious goat-y thought process my human f... | 4 | |
[WP] A couple's divorce told from the perspective of their Roomba. | [
"The warm summer sun stretched through the wispy curtains to light upon my face as I sat sleeping. Nestled firmly in my dock, I dreamt of the area below this floor and the seldom mentioned land above. As the sun began to grow warmer than I was comfortable with, a loud alarm sounded in my head. It was time again. Th... | 4 | |
[WP] A year ago, to the day, Tim gave the million dollar lottery prize he had won to charity, in order to pursue his dream of being a self-made man. Write about his day. | [
" Tim, was once the most loved man. It didn't feel that long ago since he was a hot topic across all social networks. The man that gave all he had to charity.\n\n Tim, the man who turned down a million because he didn't earn it himself, resonated across all nations and cultures. He grew a follower base who watche... | 3 | |
[WP] God decides to destroy the world, but humans are now advanced enough to fight back | [
"God has become displeased with the nature man. Human’s blatant disregard for his teachings and wisdom has angered him. Prophets from around the world, from different cultures, from different religions are speaking with God and receiving the same message: Our impudence can no longer be tolerated, we must all repent... | 8 | |
[WP] Eminem is in his studio one day recording a new song. Suddenly a flash, then, out of a cloud of smoke walks the Rap Devil. Here to battle the Rap God. | [
"The Rap Devil looks around, eyeing Eminem \"Where is he?!\" He demands.\n\nEminem is confused, takes a startled step back. \"Who? Who are you looking for?\".\n\n\"I have come to battle the Rap God, mortal.\" Scoffed the demon of rhymes.\n\nEminem starts to get a bold, overconfident look on his face and a wide smil... | 2 | |
There is so much vanity going on in the world. What happens to people, who mostly rely on their looks, when they get older? | [WP] She used to be beautiful but not very bright, now she's 45 years old... | [
"Yi Li sat on her bed not knowing what to do, she placed her hand protectively over her womb, pregnant at 45, no boyfriend, no education, only a small apartment and a crappy Job as a Denny's waitress, she still had her looks but it seemed like guys willing to support her were harder to come by after she hit the big... | 2 |
[WP] You start seeing subtitles to your life. | [
"You recognize that this is the moment you had always fantasized about. The moment when your heart could actually speak for itself. The words seem so natural to you, as you see the echo of your wisdom ringing off the walls, toasting the health and happiness of a union you covet with every moment left to your own ... | 3 | |
edit: Wow, my first front page prompt! | [WP] "I may be evil, but I'm not a dick." | [
"James pushed aside the leafy branches and proudly walked over towards Yorin. \"You barely put up a fight!\" yelled a hollowed voice that echoed through the knight's red and yellow clad-armour. He then began to walk towards his very distraught and mangled foe, who could do nothing but fight for his breath. \n\n\"No... | 5 |
[WP] Thor is tired of random, clueless people ending up in Valhalla. | [
"**SIGH** \nThe Mighty Thor let loose his mighty sign of boredom and hoisted another turkey leg. He then furrowed his mighty brow in consternation, which took some time as his brow is both vast and craggy. Things had started very well, he thought, but it was turning out to be a pretty dull eternity. \nA man... | 3 | |
Describe an average day in the world of a superhero who uses his powers for something other than saving the world.
Or maybe your superhero is discovering his powers, and doesn't know what good he can do with them yet.
*again, for evil characters, replace hero with villain, and saving with taking over.
| [WP] You are a superhero/villain. But instead of saving/taking over the world, you use your powers to.... | [
"bbbbzzzzzztttt…please fuck off….bbbbzzzzzttttttt…fuck off…..bbbbbzzzzZZZTTTTT…fuck off..BBBBBZZZZZZTTTTT…. “OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE!” I raised my hand and the beam of superheated plasma sheared the corner of the raggedy sofa, exploded the fridge and melted the wall of the trailer behind it. \n\nAll that was left was a ... | 2 |
Based on this [relevant XKCD](https://xkcd.com/1040/large/) | [WP] Some scientists, while exploring the depths of the Mariana trench have found a strange door blocking the way. | [
"Thousands of man hours, millions of dollars, and countless R&D prototypes and we finally reached the point where we can make it to the bottom! We can finally explore something harder to see into than space! We were so damn excited! Its too fucking bad we have to scrap the project, huh Maureen? We reached the e... | 4 |
Looks like a mistake was made. | [WP] "Sorry, but...you're actually NOT the Chosen One." | [
"\"something is amiss\" he thought as he wandered outside. He thought he was going nuts, shit everyone around him certainly seemed to think so. So, feeling restless he took of for a stroll. He thought \"well if this is going to be the night shit comes true might as well make it count right?\" is what he thought whi... | 5 |
[WP] Write a story which is an emotional rollercoaster from start to finish. | [
"*This is an older piece of mine, but it fits the criteria, I believe.*\n\n#A False Hope\n\nI let the girl spend the evening in hope.\n\nI had to let her keep that hope, because it kept her alive. Had the girl known the truth, she would have given herself over to the flames rather than accept her new life. Beside... | 2 | |
[WP] Your new Guardian angel falls in love with you, and puts your life in danger just to impress you by saving you. | [
"She was the love of my life. My angel sent from above, just for me. As cliche as my words may be, I tell the truth; I could not live without her.\n\n\"Never worry, for I will always protect you.\"\n\nAnd then one day, she was gone. \nNo warning signs, no notes left behind... \nNo explanation.\n\nBefore long, I f... | 2 | |
[WP] A teenager who has been raised as an assassin his whole life falls in love with his first target. | [
"Cameron peered through the scope, lined up the sights, put tension on the trigger and held his breath. Five. Four. Three. Two. And he let his breath out, releasing the trigger. He could not do it. His target was too... present.\n\nFor the past month, Cameron had been studying Benjamin Cole. An entrepreneur ... | 3 | |
Wow thanks for front page, all of your stories are amazing. | [WP] One day a muggle accidentally boards the train at platform 9 3/4 and must survive Hogwarts until winter break. | [
"I was completely perplexed as to what I had just experienced. My heart appeared to have skipped a beat or two. Had I really done it? Did I just walk through the pillar at the train station? I looked around to see where I was. A sign hung up high near a gigantic red train. \"Platform 9...and 3/4???\" I said aloud. ... | 10 |
[WP] I have an obsession with feeling fear. Terrify me. | [
"The apocalypse has come. The dead are walking the streets. People are being eaten by their own loved ones. A wise man once said \"Death is but a door.\" That saying is no longer true. If Hell is real, then we have surely found it. As I watch the creatures devour my flesh, I wished to be free from this Hell on Eart... | 4 | |
[WP] Death talks someone out of commiting suicide in a public washroom. | [
"Jerry stared blankly into the mirror, his sunken eyes gleaming with frustration. When is enough, simply enough? \n\nDeath had been looming over Jerry's shoulder for some time but this was really shaping up to be the wrong time for Jerry.\n\n He felt residual hope creeping back. \nJust then Death appeared with a me... | 8 | |
[WP] A person is cursed with the ability to hear babies cry from anywhere in the world. One day, it's quiet. | [
"You ever hear stories of someone who hears voices? You'd always call them crazy, right? See them over there talking to themselves. Stashed up high in a loony-bin... \n\n\nI used to hear voices. Didn't matter where I was, who I was with, of if I was alone. I'd always hear them. It didn't bother me at first and ... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a scene involving a vase of pink roses | [
"Susan sighed heavily as she looked into the center of her living room. She was sitting on a corduroy recliner placed opposite from the windows. She and her daughter lived in Omagh and all the energy Susan had was spent watching the dust dance in the light that poured in through the window. There was never a sho... | 4 | |
Context is up to you. As it should always be. | [WP] Remain human, or remain humane. You can't have both. | [
"You may call me Ares for I have declared war on an entire species. You may call me Hades for I have met more dead men than the god of the underworld himself. Or you may call me James, which is my birth name. If you're reading this you are either me (Hello), or you are the media which will surely not do this story ... | 5 |
[WP] Write the origin of a villain. | [
"The fist landed on his jaw, glanced off and into his throat. It was one of many beatings he had endured since they got him.\n\nHe and his unit had just made contact with the local rebels about a week ago, and had begun training them when the government forces circled in.\n\nFirst the mortars started raining in and... | 3 | |
[WP] Tomorrow is September 3rd, 2020. The 5th year anniversary of the day 'they' started appearing. | [
"A figure walks down the street, not all there; a sort of mist flickers about them, tinting the street on their other side blue. \n\n\"Happy New Hallow's Eve!\"\n\nTwo children, each no older than 12, greet each other in the setting sun. A boy and a girl, one white and one Native, stand on the dirt road leading int... | 2 | |
[WP] You are dead. You are in a room and must watch a video of your recent life caught only from every mirror, reflection, and lens you've encountered. | [
"I've always hated mirrors. It always felt like someone was watching me. Like me was watching me. But not me. A me somewhere else. A different dimension me. Which was why I never stared at a mirror too long, just in case my reflection got cheeky and winked at me. \n\nBut now that I'm dead, its all starting to make ... | 1 | |
[WP] One day, you decide to check your 12 year old sons internet history, and what you see is far, far worse than anything you would have expected. | [
"For once my son left his laptop in the open. He has always knew how good I was with computers, and for me, this was a jackpot.\n\nI silently pulled out the hard drive and went downstairs to hook it up. He still uses Windows 10, and it proves to be an easy peer-in. I browse into his appdata and copy the user data o... | 3 | |
[WP] You invent a time machine, but it can only go back as far as 2006. | [
"For fuck's sake who made this operating system? Oh yeah Apple! SET THE COORDINATES FOR CUPERTINO JANUARY 1ST 2006. {boop boop beep boop}\n\nI NEED TO TALK TO THE BOSS\n\n\"xcuse me how did you get in here, I need to ask you to leave\"\n\nBITCH LOOK IN MY HAND, IT'S AN IPHONE 6 AND IT'S HUGE.\n\n\"My God, look h... | 2 | |
Not sure if this has done before but I would love to hear your takes on a "different" kind of immortality! Every time you die you have a new face/body/name but same conscious. | [WP] You are immortal but not in the traditional sense. When you die your presence rebirths in another body. | [
"My partner came back to where I sat crouched behind our police car. A ring of cars and their flashing lights surrounded the main st bank.\n\n\"How's it going?\" I asked him.\n\nHe shook his head. \"Hostage taker is a real piece of work. They got his mom on the phone trying to reason with him but...I think this is ... | 2 |
Interpret that as you will. Whether they are unnoticeable to everyone or just you is entirely left up to you. Hope to see some good ones! | [WP] Ignoring someone means they become unnoticeable forever. | [
"*Mae*\n\n*ba-bum*\n\n*Mae*\n\n*ba-bum*\n\n*Mae*\n\n*ba-bum*\n\n*M-*\n\nHe couldn’t get her name out of his head. It had been 7 weeks, 3 days, and 6 hours and nothing had stopped it. He could see the way her lips formed around the M and hear how the syllable fell from her lips and drifted to him. From the moment th... | 2 |
[WP] You never wanted to be a child prodigy anyway | [
"I remember it was freshmen year of university, and I was hanging out with Jennifer in her dorm room, when Kristin stopped by.\n\nThey both had amazing bodies. Jennifer was taller, a soccer player, and had nice cleavage, but Kristin was a dancer who knew how to wear makeup and tease. In fact, both of them were tall... | 9 | |
[WP] You switch places with an alternate universe version of yourself. Everything in the alternate universe is exactly the same as yours but something is different and you can't quite put your finger on it. | [
"Yawning, Ben stepped into his bedroom. When he saw the bed was made he shook his head. Obvious his mum had been in again, because he never made the bed, no matter how many times she nagged him about it. As far as he was concerned there was no reason for him to. The bed was only going to get messy again when he sle... | 3 | |
[WP] Forget the princess; the dragonslayer wants to marry the King. | [
"The armored figure waited in the king’s antechambers, awaiting an audience, an audience that they were pretty sure was likely to be a very much-viewed event. Of course; it wasn’t every day that someone was lucky enough to have slain *the Dragon*, the most elite of the princesses’ bodyguards. Although *technically*... | 4 | |
[WP] In the future, society's worst criminals are not sentenced to death. They are sentenced to life. | [
"8th of August:\n\nI have arrived at their home. It was all an accident, but I won't use that as an excuse. Immediately I am met with a glare from the mother of the young man I killed. A punch from his brother. But a gentle touch and meal from his grandmother. Why?\n\n15th of August:\n\nEnd of week one, just as ter... | 5 | |
Bonus points for using iambic pentameter.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAEQD0ULngi67rwmhrkNjMZKvyCReqDV4
| [WP] Attempting to relieve insomnia, you watch a marathon of Joy of Painting, and in the dark between the night and morning, Bob Ross begins to speak to you directly. | [
"I didn't intend to write for this one but his voice was rattling around my head.\n\n---\n\nNight after night, I could not fall asleep. \nI'd toss and turn and tangle up my sheets \nand flip the pillow over countless times. \nA tired haze that made my days opaque \nbecame my normal, punctuated by \nb... | 2 |
[WP] In an alternate universe, time flows backwards. You, as an ancient greek, are reading a history article about WW II. | [
"What a strange and curious tree grows from the withered bark, spreading life through its leaves until only its vestigal acorn remains?\n\nSuch is our life, and as such is our fate. Our past is filled with horrific terrors and fantastic wonders, all of which are lost overtime as Saturn seems content to let things r... | 2 | |
[WP] You're high on your drug of choice. Describe what you see/experience. | [
"Light crept in through the windows, I sat curled in bed.. \nI ate that acid hours ago, should I be feeling it? I asked aloud.\nI walked from the bed to the window checking on the world, it sat as usual.. In reality. I went and sat on the bed, disappointed I grabbed a half smoked joint from earlier that day. I li... | 2 | |
[WP]Tell the story of the hero who always saves the day and is loved by everyone, but from the point of view of an innocent person who has had their life ruined by that hero. | [
"I know you love him. EVERYONE loves him; why wouldn't they? He's the \"good guy\", the one that \"saves the day\", the one people can \"count on.\"\n\nCan you hear the sarcasm? \n\nLook. No crime is justifiable. If it's illegal, it's fucking illegal and you shouldn't do it. But sometimes I really wish whoever is c... | 2 | |
[WP] Interstellar space travel is possible through the use of massive genetically engineered creatures. You have just been given a egg, you are now a captain. | [
"A Errin egg, through the mail. Strange way to get your keys to a new life, especially seeing as they are thousands of credits to sign for, let alone to receive. \n\nThere were dozens of tests that you needed to do to get your hands on an Errin egg, most of them had to do with reflexes and personality. You didn't w... | 10 | |
[WP] There is no God or Devil to greet you when you die. There is just a guy called Jeb who has absolutely no idea how he got here and would very much like to go home right now, thank you very much. | [
"I was in a hospital bed, now I'm here, wherever here is, I think to myself as I walk through a white void. you know I never really believed in the afterlife but I thought there might be something. after what felt like hours of walking I see something on the horizon, something that looks vaguely human, I start runn... | 4 | |
NPC can be anyone, including enemies. Just include the name of the game, and possibly which NPC. | [WP] Choose any video game and write the backstory for any NPC you want | [
"Oh, great. The green kid is here again. Probably wants more bombs or arrows or potions or whatever. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but...I'm getting kind of tired of it, I guess. I've been doing this job for years. Ten years ago I had a ship, then I had another ship, and then my last two jobs have been... | 2 |
[WP] Ok, bad news, good news. Bad news: you've died and have gone to Hell. Good news: since so many humans have died in recent years, humans have long since outnumbered demons 1000 to 1 and turned Hell into a pretty nice place. | [
" The descent to hell was a departure the man's expectations of brimstone and ash. An urban landscape lay painted beneath his hovering feet, with a focus of light that seemed to voyage into the endless expanse. The grounded imp twirling a cigarette in front of him, lagged in his generic surprise, rasped, \"Welc... | 18 | |
[WP] Hillary Clinton wins the 2016 Presidential election. The Clintons move back into the White House. Bill has some unfinished business to take care of. Keep it SFW | [
"Everything relied on her getting into Office. There was to much unfinished business that I had to take care of. Getting her voted in was such a difficult task I almost didn't think that it would be possible.\nFinally the day came where she was sworn into office. It made me think of all that I had to go through,... | 2 |
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