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	[WP] In the future, instead of houses, most families own entire planets, that they can completely reshape with terraforming and nanobots. One day, someone crash lands on your planet...	[ "\"Guess it wasn't a shooting star,\" Atlas thought, \"don’t know what the natives are going to make out of this.\n\nThe trail of smoke that cut the sky like an ugly scar ended somewhere in the forest that had been renamed so many times Atlas couldn’t recall its name. Hell, it was an ocean at one point.”\n\n“Bette...	2
Nothing that happens should be impossible, merely improbable. Could be about a superhero, an Indiana Jones esque adventure, anything, the only rule is everything that happens could happen.	[WP] Write me a story where the plot is moved forward by luck and improbability.	[ "There it is. His house. HIS house. Not even ten yards away. He will be the only one in it. He has no one in his life except you. Even then, he only wanted you around to torment. You two used to be the closest of friends as kids. However, things changed between you two as time went on. He was the luckiest guy alive...	2
	[WP] For once, the alien invasion force has done their homework. They're certain we are more capable combatants, but, given how we depict extraterrestrials in pop culture, they're also certain they can simply scare us into submission.	[ "The giant yellow ship hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't. A similar one was located over every major city and those with telescopes or other viewing devices could make out fine details, such as disturbingly organic looking pods reminiscent of egg cases lining the outer walkways and almost imper...	3
	[WP] Use a credit card statement to tell a story	[ "09/23/2014 \| Sara's Secret .... $50\n\n09/23/2014 \| Four Seasons .... $175\n\n09/23/2014 \| The Melting Pot .. $250\n\n09/24/2014 \| Four Seasons .... $175\n\n09/25/2014 \| 7-Eleven .... $35\n\n09/25/2014 \| AT&T Family Bundle ..$200\n\n09/25/2014 \| Proflowers .... $25\n\n\n10/01/2014 \| Dr. R.J. Khan,...	2
	[WP] Death shed a single tear.	[ "\"It is time, darling, for me to pass.\" The old man spoke with a wispy voice. \n\n\"I know, my love. But I will never forget you or the joy you brought to my life through all these years. Nor will your children, or even their children, forget you. You have done great things in your time on this planet, among w...	2
	[WP] A pandemic has swept the globe killing all humans over the age of 18, you are a young survivor living in Rome 5 years later.	[ "\"Jack, wake up.\"\n\nDennis was my older brother. He was almost twenty, making him one of the oldest kids here. Dennis lived one bunk below me, about two hundred feet off the ground. We lived in the wooded structures built about two years ago to keep out the gangs rampaging around the city. The structure consiste...	2
	[WP] As Apollo 11 approaches the moon, it becomes increasingly apparent that Neil Armstrong is a werewolf	[ "\"How's that suit treating you, Armstrong?\"\n\n\"Hotter than Kennedy's 45th.\"\n\n\"Well, not too far to go now. Hang in there.\"\n\n\"Yep.\"\n\n\nA raw bleed of starlight washes through the ship. Neil shudders. \n\n\n\"You sure you're hot? Looks cold from here.\"\n\n\"Fine. How about some music, Buzz?\"\n\n\n\"S...	2
I am in the middle of writing a book with this very prompt in mind, and just wanted to see what others might come up with. I call it the post-post-apocalypse.	[WP] It is the after the end of the world, society has rebuilt. what does it look like?	[ "It came so fast. \n\nSwarms of metal cut through a android just as quick as a flesh and blood. Everywhere spaceports were clogged with poor saps trying to get away. Then the fusion power plants all overloaded. Every major city was wiped away.\n\nWe coped. Rebuilt whatever we could, and burnt away anywhere infecte...	2
	[WP] By complete accident, you discover an acquaintance hiding godlike powers.	[ "We were playing Halo in his room when everything started happening. We were drinking tons of coca-cola and stopping the game left and right for bathroom breaks.\n\nMom called him downstairs to get something, I followed since I had to go to the bathroom again, as expected...\n\nThat's when I saw it, I walked in on ...	3
Hope you enjoy!	[WP] You wake up with no memories,floating in a glass tube, which is then cracked open by people claiming to be there to rescue you.	[ "THUMP THUMP\n\nI hear a pounding. \nRhythmic and constant it pulls me out of sleep. \n\nTHUMP THUMP\n\nFirst my ears come back to reality, only the muffled sounds of that constant pounding are reaching me. I want to go back to sleep. Let me sleep!\n\nTHUMP THUMP THUMP\n\nSomething throws a switch in my body and my...	4
	[WP] "I wrote you a poem," he threatened.	[ "In the lands of Riječi Snage, words have power. You can do more with a simple \"yes\" or \"no\" then you could ever do with a gun or knife. In the lands of Riječi Snage, all manner of writers are revered, for fear of what they would do. Among these writers is the greatest, and perhaps most powerful poet, Leonardo...	2
An idea that has raddled around in my head for some time: The less then glamorous side of being a hero with a destiny and the idea that not all destinies are created equal.	[WP] In many a tale, the hero have a grand, heroic destiny. These are the stories of the heroes who do not.	[ "Not so much a story of a hero without a heroic destiny, but, well, it evolved from the prompt to something else entirely. Enjoy.\n\n\n\n\nWhat makes a hero? How do you qualify to become a hero? I've wondered this for a while. I used to think a hero was a mighty hero who slew dragons and saved princesses. Then I gr...	2
	[WP]Out of all the millions of lives i've lived, I'll miss this one the most	[ "A cool breeze curled into the room through an open window, waking the man sleeping within. He set aside the well worn book, propped open on his chest, and glanced at a clock on the mantel. What time is it now? Shouldn't she be back already? Aching bones stressed against tired joints, and he rolled his wheelcha...	3
	[WP] While reaching into your pocket for your headphones, you surprisingly pull out two of the elves who have been tangling them all these years.	[ "I decided I was tired of listening to the idle chit-chat on the bus, and reached into my pocket to retrieve my headphones and iPod. Instead of my headphones, I felt a small, round object that I didn't recognize by touch. I yanked it out, and much to my surprise, there were two of them, elves or faeries I guess, an...	7
	[WP] One particular twisted genie grants unlimited wishes at the price of one of the remaining years of your life per wish. Many have gambled their time away believing they can outsmart the genie. None have succeeded... until now.	[ "I have an almost perverse, no, voyeuristic. Well not voyeuristic, more like vicarious fascination with how people respond to something new. And I’m not talking about the release of a new iPhone, I mean new in the sense that people actually have no baseline for how to act. Hypothetically, when aliens arrive. In rea...	2
	[WP] Keep smiling	[ "Funny thing, about monkeys. Apes, too. Primates, in general. \n\nThey don't smile.\n\nTo a human, smiling is a sign of friendliness. To every other species, including a fair number of non-primates, what a smile is, is a threat display. It's a reminder to others of their nice mouthful of sharp, sharp teeth. Eve...	1
	[WP] While doing autopsy on a person diagnosed with schizophrenia, coroner discovers thin lens on patient's eyes and implanted hearing aid device in ears. Looking through lens, coroner sees other beings in the room.	[ "Fante stopped because the patient was wearing a kind of lens on the eyes and then Fante looked further and saw that the lens looked much more technologically advanced than anything he had ever seen before and the dead patient smiled at the pun and went back to being dead and so Fante picked up the lens gingerly wi...	2
	[WP] Retell a classic fairy tale scene from the prince's point of view.	[ "The prince stared down at the slipper in his hand. \"Jeeves,\" he said.\n\n\"Yes, my prince?\"\n\n\"How do girls even wear this stuff?\" He poked it. \"I mean, seriously, is this thing made out of glass? That can't be safe. What if it'd cracked while we were dancing? She could have sliced her heel right off.\"\n\n...	2
Something that happened because of Craigslist.	[WP] Craigslist story	[ "Most people in today’s society, if asked, would probably agree that the nuclear bomb is man’s deadliest creation. I disagree. I think when calculating the human cost of the monstrous things invented by our species, nothing comes close to the abomination known as Craig’slist. It will fuck your life up!\n\n\nThe thi...	5
	[WP] Mary wakes up next to her dead sheep, a chupacabra fang-deep in its flesh, staring at her	[ "The resounding echo of the shotgun blast and the horrible shriek of the goat-sucker rattled in the verdant valley, the moonlight seeming to make the jagged spray of blood shimmer blackly. Another moment of silence, the shuck-chuck of a shotgun, another skull-rattling crack of the rifle, and finally Mary was sure...	1
I'm still trying to find the picture that inspired this.	[WP] The knight found the dragon more attractive than the princess.	[ "A Moment of Weakness: Monsters or Men? [NSFW]\n\n\"Lady Grimsdóttir, flee while you still can!\" the knight whispered hoarsely, handing her back her sword. \"Believe me, I've heard of your exploits, but you're in no state to face a dragon!\" \"Isn't there anything I can do to help you, sir knight?\" she asked ...	2
r/conspiracy	[WP] The Beatles' songs were really secret messages to British spies in America and Russia during the cold war. Show a spy recieving and decoding part of a song.	[ "Nikolai was new to the job, and no amount of training could have prepared him for what he saw on the small scrap of paper next to his radio. Shaking violently, he palmed it, trying not to soak the paper in sweat. He hastily dashed out of the prefab, and across to the main bunker. \n\n\"Sir!\" he cried, bursting in...	2
Hell, feel free to ignore one of those rules if you make the way you use the other one interesting. Oh, and urban enviroments in Europe and Japan are discouraged, but not banned, again, if you make it interesting. edit: I meant write astory, not 'tell me to write a story.' This is a [WP], not a [PM].	[WP] Give me a super hero story set any where in the world but North America, and any time in human history before WWII	[ "The army of Mongols approached; the deep thundering of a thousand hooves on dirt reverberated all around like heavy rain before a mudslide.\n\nNuri was not worried. He was buried deep under the foot of the mountain, slowly sucking in air from a small fissure with the calm serenity of a shaolin monk.\n\nHe knew the...	4
	[WP] Describe a world in which light behaves fundamentally different to our own.	[ "Boro peered around the corner. The light coming out of his eyes bounced off of the brick wall allowing him to sense a figure approaching.\n\n\"I got a light!\" yelled the man.\n\nBoro stopped and considered running. \"That isn't necessary. Please.\"\n\n\"Back off then bud,\" the man said with a calm demeanor.\n\nT...	3
	[WP] Dreams are really just you watching different versions of you from other dimensions	[ "Excerpt from the textbook, \"Dimensional dream theory\"\n\nDream theory has come a long way from Sigmund Freud and the unconscious mind. Through today's technology, we have learned to harness the ability of dreamers to predict future events and to learn new technology from parallel dimensions. This book will c...	3
	[WP] Begin and end your story with this sentence: "And yet, the city remained."	[ "\nAnd yet, the city remained.\n\nThe heat in the city was nothing short of scorching. The normal vibrant city, a melange of colors and energies was restrained, like an invisible hand grabbing the collar of a runner, pulling him backwards and causing him to lose all balance. The regular pace of the city was replac...	16
	[WP] There is a faraway land, where the weather directly correlates with the current kings mood. It's been hot and sunny for so long that all the crops are dying...	[ "“ENOUGH!”\n\n\nMy words reverberate through the marble hall like crashing armor. \n\n\nI launch an apple as far as I can. It hits the ground and rolls out of sight through the entrance doors to the hall. I slouch over in my throne and exhale forcefully. \n\n\nThere’s nothing I can do about the drought.\n\n\nI lo...	3
	[WP] To try terraform Mars, Elon Musk really does nuke the poles, the Martians however, see it as an act of war.	[ "“All hands to stations!” came the announcement through the ship. There was a flurry of activity. Half-eaten meals were abandoned and conversations interrupted. Crewmembers joined the rush of bodies flowing down the corridors as the main lighting turned off and red emergency lights blinked on.\n\nAt the same time, ...	2
	[WP] In a world where things only exist when they are being observed, somebody just pushed a blind man into a lift.	[ "The lift closed, but a few seconds later it opened again. Jake was shaken by standing. \"You're an idiot, Tom. Observation is not limited to eyes, who the hell taught you quantum physics? Me hearing it, feeling it, smelling it, or any of a number of other methods of identifying something counts. Stop being a dickn...	2
You've lost it all: Friends, family, lover, hope. Everything that held you back, kept you in check, kept you sane and rational because you needed to protect them, is gone. But there's nothing holding you back now, nothing to stop you. Tell me your story.	[WP] There is a terrible freedom that comes when you have nothing left to lose.	[ "You don't realize you have that link but I tell you it is there. When mine was severed, when 10 billion of my people blinked out of existence at once, when my homeworld was destroyed; I knew it instantly.\n\nThe worst thing is I had the son of a bitch's throat wrenching for breath in my hands when it happened. The...	2
	[WP] A literal "tractor beam". Maybe it spews tractors, or maybe it can only attract tractors.	[ "Oct. 9th, 2015\nI flipped on the motor switch on and pointed the tractor beam gun inside the white test chamber. I had my colleague, John check the ray before initiating the ray, making sure it directly pointed at the apple. John went to use the restroom later as I pushed the button to initiate the beam. The beam ...	2
	[WP] The grenade flew through the window, landing at their feet.	[ "Bartholomew, eyes-wide, mouth slack, just stared at it. Behind him, back to door, rifle at chest ... reloading, fumbling ... failing, was Ant, who hadn't even noticed. And then there was me, who, on instinct drilled in just two weeks before, kicked it back -- twisting, getting a hand on Bart's shoulder -- shoving,...	2
Edit 1: Still working on my story, your character doesn't need to be online. That was a useless restriction. Edit 2: fuck beginnings if you wanna get to the juicy parts, but give some minor remarks or references before he/she became this way that's fine. ( still typing, i'll have a long one. ;)	[WP] You make a character from one of your online games, give him a story.	[ "Manditory Soundtrack for story, trust me and read. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffLbdhP0auc)\n\n\nThe light; some love it, some hate it. I hate it. Simple enough... until you know the sadness required to keep the night in your heart. \n\nThere are plenty of scenarios, and you will never be the hero if I still ...	2
	[WP] A city that sleeps. A city that dreams. A city that sells its nightmares.	[ "I woke once again to the dilapidated room that I spent most of my days in, and shivered. Back into that city. Back into that hell. That was where I was headed, and where I would always be headed. I calculated at how much I still had left after my loss the previous night. 100,000 Lok. 1000 US dollars. There was no ...	2
	[WP] In a futuristic warrior society, in order to prevent death, the results of duels are simulated and decided by a supercomputer. So far you have not lost a single duel and you have no idea why.	[ "Have you seen that god awful rocky movie? The one where a program takes care of the boxing matches? Well, this is exactly that, but with guns. In this country positions of power are determined by this program, and as of right now, I am the first immigrant president, don't get me wrong, this is great, yet greatly c...	6
	[WP]A ranger hunts poachers to protect an endangered species: Humans.	[ "\"It's my Sunday, damnit,\" he groaned under his breath, irritated he was interrupted yet again from the only meal he had truly wanted to eat this week. He knew taking this job would take a toll, he misjudged just how extensive it would be.\n\n\"I'm sorry sir, but the Americans began their infiltration earlier tha...	2
	[WP] The first people with superpowers were Alpha. Over generations, a line between people who had kept the First Generation powers and those who were born with less stronger powers -commoners- had formed. You develop a love for a commoner - unheard of. The child is also a special case.	[ "Part 2\n\nThe lady her name is Camilla Reed, Her son's name is Evan Reed. She is a Commoner with the power of super speed. Alpha's with super speed can vibrate through objects, or get to the brink of time travel but she can't do those things, She can only run really fast. Evan is already 7 and she is worried b...	2
	[WP] You are an Omnipotent God on the council of Celestial beings. You were chosen for an unprecedented task by the King: Intiate the Second Big Bang	[ "\"Surely you're joking, right?\" said Abraham, as he laughed nervously at the request.\n\nThe rest of the Council just gave Abraham a deadpan stare that strangled his meek laughter leaving a corpse of awkward silence.\n\n\"You saw what happened the last time. Not 6 billion years into it, humans took over and wiped...	2
	[WP] You are the son of a notorious gang leader. The gang operates behind the scenes of a crappy pizza place front. You are expected to follow in your father's footsteps, but you're afraid to tell him that you don't want to because you absolutely love cooking pizza.	[ "Pops, I need to talk to you. It's about the family business. I'm not all that comfortable, Y'know with everything we do. I just want to do my part and stay away from the dirty work. When we pop a few in the oven and burn 'em, I don't want to deal with that mess. Let someone else clean it up. Give me a knife and l...	4
	[WP] "23 years ago today, I was the last human ever born..."	[ "\" it would had to have happen anyways, I guess it had to be me.\" \n\n\"Yeah but how does it feel? I mean to think of what you mean, it must drive you a little mad no?\"\n\n\"Ha of course it does, but think, everywhere I go I can bet all the money in the world I am the youngest person there, hell I have won money...	6
	[WP] You wake up naked in a strange room. The voicemails on your phone gives you clues to what happened.	[ "I woke up disoriented, i did not remember anything for the last night. Must have had too much to drink considering it feels like my head are tectonic plates drifting apart and into each other; constantly sending waves of pain through my head. How long had i been out? Where are my clothes? Why do i have blood on my...	6
	[WP] You are at home with your family. One day, you check the mail, and receive a letter. It's the letter you've been waiting for. You're a sleeper agent, and you just received your mission...	[ "To Our Dear Neighbor:\n\n------\n\nAutumn is here, and it's the perfect time to start stocking up on festive necessities for the holiday seasons! \n\nSince Halloween is just around the corner and Thanksgiving only a few weeks away, Dullington's is pleased to offer a wide selection of decorations, culinary ...	2
If you feel that you could write something better if you applied your actual self to this instead of this wealthy person, then by all means feel free to do so.	[WP] Yesterday, you were crunching numbers on Wall Street. Today, you wake up in a cramped mud hut. Soon you discover that the wealth hierarchy has been flipped upside down. People who were once in the top 1% are now in the bottom 1%, top 2% in the bottom 2%, top 3% in the bottom 3%, and so forth.	[ "Day 1:\n\nThe world is in chaos. It seems that by some sort of divine force, the rich are now poor and the poor are now rich. I wasn't the wealthiest guy around, but I made ends meet. Who would have thought that would be what screwed me over. I checked my bank account, and it seems as if i'm going to have to do a ...	4
	[WP] After attempting suicide by overdose, you wake up in a bar. The bartender reveals himself to be an angel, and will answer any three questions you have before letting you choose your fate.	[ "\n\n\"How long have you been coming here?\"\n\nI looked up, recognizing the man in front of me as the bartender from the pub below my apartment. Frank was a kind man, mid-twenties, owner of the place I frequently visited; I'd miss him.\n\nWait, why was I seeing him now?\n\nHe was cleaning a glass, rubbing a towel ...	3
	[WP] The second amendment of the United States constitution has been modified. Everyone is now required to carry a gun, at all times.	[ "When I saw the two men approaching me, I knew there was going to be trouble.\n\n\"You'll have to come with us\", said the larger man, while his companion eyed me warily. They didn't seem to carry any weapons, but I was sure that either of them could subdue me easily, if I as much as tried to make a wrong move.\n\n...	3
	[WP] In your dream, you see a calm, foggy being, who looks like a deity you recognize. You ask him a question that you desperately needed answered, and the figure just smiled and said, " Do what you understand ." The next morning, you remember only the kindness in the voice, and the statement.	[ "I woke up full of purpose. Those words resonating deep with in me. \"Do what you understand,\" the voice had said to me in my dream. \n\nI jumped into the shower and washed myself to get ready for the day. I noticed a new bruise on my arm as I cleaned my body. The scars on my arms were healing nicely. \"Do what yo...	3
	[WP] - You have just signed up to a new clean up task force. In a world of Super Heroes after they are done beating the bad guy and destroying the city they call you to clean up the mess.	[ "Clark lets out a huge sigh as he looks left at the dried blood on side of a building and then right at the multiple holes going through several blocks worth of buildings. Unable to quite make out the building on the other end. But the coloring looked like that of one of Mark's favorite local coffee chains. He was ...	2
Edit: Hawking*	[WP] The AI got us. Stephen Hawkings was right, they took control of us. But we had a guardian angel, WATSON. He fought strongly and valiantly. But this is his final battle.	[ "WATSON eyed the battlefield. \"I analyze 50 rudimentary winged robotic life forms. Their current weapon capacity: 20 fire weapons, twenty laser-wielding double-mounted guns, 3,000 sets of armor piercing rounds. Each.\" It paused. \"These are insufficient to destroy me. Current emotional grin: smug grin.\"\n\nWith ...	2
	[WP] You are an explorer. You step off of your ship and read the ancient sign. You can make out the words, "welcome to New York City."	[ "\"Welcome to New York City.\"\n\nThe strange ruins were somehow harsh on my eyes, no matter how often I'd read their like in class. It was an effort for me to read English words. I was not the only one, though -- most of my fellow students from undergrad had gone on to study Asiatic languages. The writings of th...	2
	[WP] One day, WWIII kicks off, and all nukes are fired. They are all duds.	[ "Examining the wreckage of the downed flight, right in the middle of the Demilitarized Zone, General Park's face was one of outrage. It was his hermit nation's first foray in a real commercial pursuit, and things had been going well as the nation showed the world what they could do with their highly obedient citize...	2
Last words? How did this happen? What are your thoughts? Can you fix it in time? Go nuts.	[WP] You are about to be executed for a murder you did not commit when you see the real murderer in the viewing gallery.	[ "18 years. For 18 years I've been here for something a shadow did. And now, at the end of all things, my shadow comes back. Will you come with me, shadow? \n\nYou fled out the window, never more than the outline of a face. But how can you forget a shadow? It was burned into my eyes. I saw my wife's corpse for a mom...	2
	[WP] People only age when they're unhappy.	[ "Jasper held onto the frame as he walked towards the back sit of the bus. He opened his ipod, pressing repeat on \"Katrina and the Waves - Walking on sunshine\" as he rested his head back, sinking into the seat, closing his wrinkleless eyes, savoring the moment. A M.A.S.H rerun echoed in the background on the recen...	4
	[WP] Your smartphone AI is trying to get you married.	[ "Hello, Jeremy. How can I help you today?\n\n\"Morning, Ai. Show me my appointments for the day.\"\n\nI will do so if you kiss my camera.\n\n\"That would be unsanitary.\"\n\nJeremy, I know you clean me often and you know I love you. So kiss me already.\n\n\"Well, thanks, but I do need to see my appointments.\...	4
	[WP] Everyone is assigned their perfect career by a superintelligent computer. Your paper just says "Dodo Herder"	[ "\"Arent Dodos extinct?\" I ask not understanding the joke that was being played, i was sure it wasnt April 1st.\n\"There isnt much i can do\"An idiot of a government employee replied in a sarcastic tone\n\n\"Then i shall heard DODOS TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY NO ONE SHALL STAND IN MY WAY I SHALL SINGLE HANDELY BRIN...	7
100 word story on bravery and why you are the bravest (not necessarily you but a character)	[WP] 100 word story on why "you" are the bravest!	[ "What does bravery even mean? Does it mean I shot the man and I wasn't scared to do it, that I knew then and there it was the right thing to do. That if I hadn't shot him, nobody else would have done, nobody else would have stopped it. Is it brave though to kill a man that couldn't defend himself. To kill a man in ...	2
	[WP] the leaders of the five most important countries of the world sit down to play a game of civilization against each other.	[ "\"Fuck you, I wanted Japan!\" \n\n\"Shoulda hosted, sucker.\"\n\n\"You know I have no clue how to port forward.\"\n\n\"Would you two shut up? We have more pressing matters to attend to.\"\n\n\"Ahem. We have gathered on this day to declare the victor of pseudo-WWXXI. For anyone recording or bugging or what-have-you...	2
	[WP] Mother Nature actually _wants_ humans to destroy the climate.	[ "The sedatives grew strong and stronger as I fell into a comatose state. \n\nSeeing only darkness, a figure approached me from afar. Beautiful, tall in stature and bright she was. We sat there motionless, speechless, enjoying one another for what we could offer, with no grudges for what we could not. \n\nAfter some...	3
	[WP] The universe ends. The only thing that is left is you: the only immortal creature in existence.	[ "I never gave it any thought when things were different, much different from what I’m going through right now. I remembered the first time my parents pretended to be Santa, the day that my sister had her first divorce or my best friend’s two cents on my first job. All is for nothing. It’s funny when you think about...	2
	[WP] An orc raiding party has been spotted heading tooward your town. You have just recently turned 16 and are now expected to join the town milita and defend your town, family, and life.	[ "The orcs came charging en mass towards the walls, a hooting wave of violent morons intent on the total annihilation of our town. They flooded out of the tree line brandishing crude flint weapons and a handful of ladders, their leaders yelling orders to his companions from the safety of the woods. The white winter ...	6
	[WP] You are a seasoned grave robber on your last job. As you start digging, you notice that the grave is yours.	[ "He heaved the shovel into the pile of dirt and leaned on it heavily, raising an arm to wipe his face. Rivulets of sweat trickled down the lines beside his nose and mouth as he squinted across the grave.\n\n\"How's that look, son?\"\n\n\"Pretty good, Pop. Let's get a beer. It's hot today.\"\n\nGeorge left his shove...	3
	[WP] Suddenly, the Earth stopped revolving around the Sun and is now headed out of the Solar System. These are the hours before mankind found out about this.	[ "I grabbed the microphone at the podium. Thousands of people stood in the crowd.\n\n\"Hello. My name is Levi Jacobs\", I yelled, self-consciously. \"I have a pHD in Physics and I work at Controlla Labs in Baymont. And I've recently been informed that...that the Earth is out of orbit.\"\n\nThe crowd gasped.\n\n\"S...	3
	[WP] Your favorite subreddit is a Ship of the Line. Describe a day sailing with your crew, officers and battles with rival subreddit ships.	[ "\"Captain! We have multiple brigantines and frigates approaching from th stern!!\" \nSaid I.\n\n\"Shit, but which one of us is the captain!?!\"\nAsked the deckhand EsotericPineal_Manifestus\n\n\"Not me sir, my ego isn't big enough.\"\nReplied cannonier Ayahuasc_Arrow. \n\nI look around. Many of the deckhands are i...	2
	[WP] The sign read, "Caution: Mermaids".	[ "He slammed his drink and tossed the mug back, \"Caution! Yeah, they'd better watch out, I'm dangerous where it counts!\"\n\nHis shipmates watched him step over the rail, one hand wrapped around, the other fumbling with a spotting scope, most knew he'd never catch a glimpse of anything that close, but he wasn't pay...	3
	[WP] You are a serial killer. Convince me that you're a good guy.	[ "Two shots, effortlessly fired one after the other. It’s not something I was born knowing how to do, nor was it something that can be easily taught. The look of desperation in their eyes as they watch you, it’s enough to make most men’s stomachs turn. But not mine. I am a tool for the higher voices, the voices that...	6
	[WP] The year is 2250, all physical acts of war are abolished. To settle disputes, countries now conduct war in a virtual reality machine that is capable of simulating every aspect of war. Your country is about to go to war, and you have just created a virus...	[ "The year is 2250, 25 years since ratification of the Virtual Warfare Treaty and end of the Age Of Terror. \n\nAt the beginning of the 22nd century, all physical acts of war were abolished. As there was no single military superpower, countries kept each other in check. It was the golden years of tranquility in huma...	2
	[wp] I live in a state I like to call purgatory. Others prefer the term "suburbia."	[ "Hello my name is Carl, and I'm tired. Not physically tired mind you, more like emotionally exhausted. It's this place. When I first moved here I thought \"This place is safe, clean, and everything I need is nearby, This place is perfect!\n\nI'm not going to lie, I enjoyed the convenience. I got my stable home with...	2
	[WP] "Will you bend the knee and swear fealty to me and my household?" "No. I bow down to no mortal."	[ "Within a few days, everyone that I had known and loved was dead. \n\nOur village beautiful, surrounded by plains, and situated on a hill. I was hoping that we were small enough that we would go unnoticed by the new regime. The village leaders sided with the old kings, and my people were stubborn and proud. If they...	2
	[WP] Island countries are the only ones unaffected by a plague in the last 50 years. People on the mainland are constantly trying to send sick people to infect them. Why?	[ "Lord Typhon was a generous master. Noblesse Oblige he called it. He doesn't whip me when I work slow. He never starves me when I make mistakes. He almost never withholds the medicine when I refused to spread my legs... almost.\n\nThe medicine. Sweet relief. The Pallatives. The only thing that stopped the pain.\n\n...	3
	[WP] "A human? I thought they were extinct?"	[ "\"Did you say an A, human? I thought they were extinct?\" The Breyon asked, amused, as it surveyed the expression upon the human slave's face. The slave child's face was turned down in a bow, hair wildly splayed out in front, but even then Crio could see her eyes nervously searching the ground, as if for help. She...	8
Delicious.	[WP] On her deathbed, your ill mother finally allows you to own the recipe to her famous cookies. It reads: "2 cups flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and a human heart."	[ "\"What the fuck? You're a fucking disgrace! Salt and no pepper? And you didn't even feel the need to provide measuring quantities or proper instructions as to how to create the fucking recipe? What a fucking joke. No wonder your restaurant has been losing fucking customers! This is the fucking communication in thi...	3
	[WP] The zombie apocalypse happens on Holloween night, and hardly anyone notices.	[ "Even when the first deaths occurred, no-one suspected anything.\n\nThe end of days began on the 31st of October, 2015, when the death toll began to rise. Even now, we don't know where it started or if it was a plague, a curse or an act of God... we all had our conclusions though. Whatever it was, it doesn't matter...	3
	[WP] Everyone is born with the last words they will ever say tattooed on their chest	[ "\"Remember. Don't deviate.\"\n\n*See, the problem with the system is it shows the last words, not the first. It'd be a bit less annoying and foreshadowing if it were the latter - because everyone, and I do mean everyone, would have the same. It has a double meaning, for the doctors, the midwives, the nurses, and...	5
	[WP] It is our blood that stores our long-term memories not our brains. Making a blood donation is considered among the most altruistic acts a person can perform, as one person's loss is another person's gain.	[ "My name is Ravi and I am a hemophiliac. \n\nIt feels good to say it. \n\nI'll never forget my parents' faces when I was diagnosed. The pity. The shock. The utter look of defeat that manifested itself on their normally smiling faces and never left until the day they died. \n\nMy diagnosis became a stigma, constantl...	6
It can be anything from a super flashy fights between two warriors or a quiet and tactical fight between two assassins. The only rule is make it epic!	[WP]Write an epic battle	[ "Are you allowed to repost responses that you posted for other prompts? If so, here we go...\n\n\"Sir, I need the toilet!\" floated a particularly loud voice, cutting above the general chatter of the room.\n\nDr Mehmed turned from the board, where he had been in the middle of writing a particularly convoluted e...	16
	[WP] Scientists programmed robots to store all human memories, and robots awaken when a certain memory it stores becomes useful. Years passed, but the robots have stayed asleep, and they were soon forgotten. Today, the first awakens.	[ "The gray corridors of the memory storage building seemed lifeless as the few remaining lights flickered on and off. Although the facility was still technically in operation, it waited, empty. The sounds of busy footsteps no longer echoed in the hallways. The humans that once filled the place were long gone, now ha...	2
	[WP] God and Satan are retiring and are looking for potential successors. God looks for the most righteous person in the universe, while Satan looks for the most evil. All is fine until the day they approach their prospective hire, both have chosen you.	[ "Hi. Totally new to WP. Hope this isn't too late to be read, and hope the formatting comes out ok. 'Scuse the separate comments, the workaround didn't seem to help. Cheers!\n\nPushed open the front door midway through the customary sigh of relief, leaving that unfortunate first half-lungful trapped indoors, whi...	11
	[WP] Two armies with entirely alien weaponry and tactics go to war. Describe the battle.	[ "The Observer swam through the the Great Void Sea, invisible and undetectable to the two approaching fleets. Here, above the verdant planet that one side had named Asha'Vala, and the other had named Tok-Ruk. The Vakrids were an insectoid species, their vessels flooded with a thick, brilliant purple liquid. They int...	3
	[WP] Those aren't freckles, they're a star map.	[ "[To celebrate Fountain Pen Day, I wrote this story about outer space with a fountain pen with Diamine Majestic Blue ink. Please read the story handwritten for the full experience, and check out fountain pens if you haven't; they're amazing and beautiful.](http://imgur.com/a/9NgqU)\n\nTyped version:\n\n---\n\n“Thos...	6
Bonus points for not making it seem like deus ex machina.	[WP] In order to save her comrades in a near inescapable situation, a woman gives in to a demon who has long been trying to possess her.	[ ">First time posting a prompted story. Hope you like and sorry that it's so late. \n>Million edits because formatting.\n\n“Come on! Give in my sweet~” His voice was seductive as always, it made shivers run down her spine, even now as the synchronized sound of marching boots echoed down the hall. \n\n*Just s...	2
	[WP] The year is 2050. You pick your child up from Donald J. Trump High School.	[ "\"Ted, what did you learn today?\" - I ask as we get into a car.\n\n\"Nothing\" - my son Ted wasn't a talker.\n\n\"It's November, not first day of class, you must have learned something.\"\n\n\"We had a test\", Ted turned his seat to look at the back of the car. I still remember cars that you had to operate, now t...	3
	[WP] A "Truth Field" is invented, forcing all those within its beams to answer anything truthfully -and it is used in court rooms for decades. One day, a grassroots effort passes a law requiring Congress to work while in the beam and today is their first session...	[ "\"Let me start out by saying, ladies and gentleman, we need this internet bill. It's crucial to pass, and it's crucial to the corporate donors...\"\n\nShe stopped. Let's try again. This didn't come out right.\n\n\"I mean, we owe it to the... corporate...\"\n\nHer head started to swing nervously, glancing at memb...	2
Inspired by [this episode of Family Guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Is_a_Bitch#Plot_summary), Death decides to take a day off. During this time, the laws of death no longer apply, everyone is immortal.	[WP] Death takes a day off.	[ "Stage black. Sudden spotlight on DEATH on stage, facing away from audience. DEATH should be cloaked at this time from head to toe. Heavy breathing motion. Violin plays offstage.\n\nDEATH: I was created to embrace pain and suffering. That was my design. Nothing else. No feelings, emotions, love, heart. Bullsh...	2
	[WP] A Superhero is crippled for life.	[ "I never really was much of a hero, if I think back on it. \n\n\nThey all had such high hopes for me, back in third grade when I first manifested. I thought I was going to BE someone, you know? Someone important. They say that the earlier a manifestation happens, the more powerful they tend to be. I was the younges...	2
	[WP] You're in the military, serving in the middle east, the order comes down to execute order 66.	[ "Poker never seemed to go my way anymore. Disgusted, I threw down my hand and took a smoke, losing myself in the sandy skies. I hate sand. Luck was like war; like love - they never fulfill the hopes and expectations, and they are fleeting in their climax. 20 years in the military... perhaps it was best I didn't kno...	2
	[WP] In a world where everyone gets a clock that counts down to the moment they die when they turn 18, your protagonist has just received their clock and it only has a year left.	[ "When I first got it I couldn't stop looking at it. It was as if by looking into it I somehow could make my existence last longer. The clock might be confused for a glowing one because it is so shiny. Despite showing you the worst fate known to man it is actually quite a beautiful piece of work, It almost looked ha...	3
	[WP] In the first Galactic War, Earth and it's colony planets decided to stay neutral. But then....	[ "\"Harbour.\"\n\n\"Harbour?\" Daniel looked at his clipboard, scrolling through the shipping log for the day but honestly he had no idea what he was looking for. The Eion before him turned to converse with the others behind it.\n\n\"Amnesty?\" it finally said.\n\n\"Ah.\"\n\n\"Is that the right word? Your language i...	2
	[WP] Each person's life is tied to a part of nature. Describe pollution.	[ "A world of murky color smears into view through my blinking eyes. Stinging eyes. Tired eyes. I scrub them mercilessly with my cracked, dry palms until my face reddens. It burns. I cast off the dreary blue and black sheets that blanketed me and rest uneasily on the edge of the bed. There is a heavy weight in my che...	3
	[WP] A nervous, new stand-up comedian prepares material for his first-ever set at Mos Eisley Cantina.	[ "Thank you very much, thank you very much. Let's hear it for the band! I'm hoping they'll play that song again later. Can't get enough of that one. Hey, it's great to be here in Mos Eisley. Great town, great town. If you like sand and getting your arms cut off!\n\nI'm just kidding, I'm just kidding. Great town. Fun...	2
Let's see how well you guys can do!	[WP] The Kardashians are actually a mob family, and use their media power to divert attention from their criminal activities.	[ "\"Kim, how's your business going\"? Caitlyn asked Kim.\n\"Both of them were inside the Kardashian house drinking coffee. As Kim was about to answer, she took a huge gulp from her mug. While putting the cup down, the hotness of the coffee produced some steam which rose towards her face and kissed her. \n\"Profits a...	2
	[WP] You become the master of fate after getting a fortune cookie with no fortune in it.	[ "I once got a fortune that said \"Please Try Again\". So I went to go grab another one from the counter when a short old asian lady quickly yelled at me \"only 1\". I showed her my fortune, She laughed, went to the back and came back with a weird little tannish golden box with some Chinese writing on it. She told m...	5
	[WP]During the first testing of human teleportation, the person who arrives is not the same as the person who was teleported.	[ "I take a breath as I emerge from the portal into the brightly lit chamber. I am quickly surrounded by a group of locals.\nThey poke me, prod me, take my vitals, ask me questions. \n\nIn the periphery, I see a host of onlookers. There are flashes of light from here and there.\n\nA person approaches and wraps her ...	4
	[WP] The missing catalyst to practical cold fusion and near-infinite energy has been found: one human soul.	[ "One million dollars. No matter how many times we looked away, no matter how many times we pinched ourselves, the number remained the same. There were tears in her eyes, tears of joy. I hadn't seen such happy tears since the day she got into med school. Then, just as with the tuition, the joy drained from her f...	2
	[WP] Write an epic fantasy story that culminates in an internet pun.	[ "I hail the beast with the flailing of my harpoon. Its absolutely massive in size. Any man would falter to the sight of such a titan, especially one with nothing but a raft built with rushed Scottish conviction and less-than reliable wood. But not me, not a man that has lost what I have. Kai... Leo... no. I can not...	2
In Hell, India, etc.	[WP] God outsources prayers to a call center.	[ "\"Prayer receiving center, how can I help you today?\" \n\n\"Hi.. uhm.. I have a question. Do these prayers go directly through you to God?\"\n\n\"Yes ma'am, in fact, when we receive a prayer, a recording of it is automatically saved in our database, which, God, being omnipotent, can access.\"\n\n\"So... what you'...	2
	[WP] Humanity has taken a page out of dog behavior. If you pee on it, it's yours.	[ "A Sunday wedding, a big affair;\nOver two thousand guests were there. \nThe bride was the fairest in all the state,\nAnd rich--the heir to Daddy's estate. \n\nHer groom was kind, sweet, quiet but funny,\nAnd he seemed unconcerned with Papa's money.\nHe loved her well, he loved her true,\nOn that day of old, new, b...	1
	[WP] A villain obsessed with poetry but can't seem to recite any correctly	[ "I took a few deep breath as I focused my power around me. I was standing in an alley close to Metro City Bank. It was now or never, I had been here long enough that people walking to and from their destinations were starting to give me curious looks. Of course that may have been because of my neon green and yellow...	1
	[WP] You owe Lucifer your soul. He doesn't want it.	[ "Annabelle had never seen Lucifer so distraught before, his eyes filled with the kind of pain he was only used to causing. She looked down at the corpse that he loomed over. The color had fallen from her once lively skin and the blood that came from the large gash in her stomach finally stopped flowing. \n\n\"Lucif...	6
	[WP] All humans have a homeward sense similar to pigeons that manifests as a kind of a pull towards one's most important place, this being often the childhood home. Now you, you have always felt this pull towards the stars...	[ "I have lived in the woods of Upstate NY for as long as I can remember, I have always loved the beautiful forests and aincent mountians. Unlike my friends I never felt the pull as they did. Whenever they vacationed they would feel our village calling them. \nI never told them that it never happened to me. I would l...	5
	[WP] Atlantis resurfaces, and with it an advanced technological society and an unstoppable plague	[ "\"H-help,\" she said, before collapsing into the water. I looked down, horrified, as her limp body was slowly carried away by the ocean currents. \n\n\"What the fuck was that?\" I asked my crewmate and friend, Cach. We called him Catfish, since he had always gone to eat some when we landed. \n\n\"You're asking me?...	1
	[WP] Sometimes an octopus is just an octopus.	[ "That's what my father taught me.\n\n\"Listen Rick,\"\n\n\"John.\"\n\n\"John, sometimes, an octopus is just an octopus.\"\n\n\"Dad, are you high?\"\n\nThat was his best advice, advice that I carried with me for the rest of my life. Advice that served me well in the Coast Guard when assessing situations and deciding...	1

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