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[WP] In an alternate universe, fans gather around for the biggest sporting event of the year, a place where bowling balls and pins collide with immeasurable force; it is time for the Superbowl. | [
"\"You're risking it? You've heard the stories right? I mean it isn't that cool!\" Ian exclaimed. His best friend, Sam, was sitting across him at their local diner. The waitress brought a slice of apple pie, Sam's was a la mode.\n\n\"Yes, of course. The pins can fall and wreck a good fifth of the stadium and the ba... | 3 | |
[WP] In an alternate universe the largest sporting event of the year is falconry, with all birds of prey represented. Write about the Superb Owl. | [
"\"Can't be*lieve* we're in the final play of the 50th Superb Owl John!\" \n\"Yeah, wouldn't you know it Chuck, these vulture quarterbacks *never* miss an opportunity, and usually they never get hit unless it's at an exhibition game, but we *never* expected to see so much action from these hawk linemen at the Supe... | 2 | |
[WP] You make it to heaven and it is full of atheists | [
"Upon waking up, I gasp for air. My lungs feel new and craving for air. They expand like a new balloon, while my eyes see more vividly than I ever have.\n\nI understood what had happened, as the last thing I remember was truck running into my side. Now, here I am in an endless field of white light and barely spotti... | 2 | |
[WP] You work in fast food. You sell enchanted burgers. What's your regular day like? | [
"\"Hi there!\" Says the overly-enthusiastic man on the video tape. The VHS spits and cackles out the distorted image of a man in a suit from the eighties. \"Welcome to the McMagic family!\"\n \n\"You must be excited to be here!\" The man cups his hand around his ear and tilts his head as if to hear the audience. \"... | 2 | |
How would a DnD session go with these five? Who would be the DM and what classes and alignments would the others have? | [WP] Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz and Chris Christie get together to play Dungeons and Dragons. | [
"(Yes, this will be fairly offensive. For the record I dont have any political veiws, and think the whole thing is quite out of hand. But, given the prompt, I will go to town with it... Enjoy!)\n\n\"Im not one to get to far in on the action...\" Christie said, sitting on the chair at the head of the table. \"So ins... | 5 |
Tell me a story! What is the most harrowing, scary, off-the wall stuff that has ever happened to you? Mugged at gunpoint? Almost drown as a kid? Keep it non-fiction if you can (not like I can prove you wrong, but I'd like to hear your true stories), but feel free to write in any person or tense and paint us a pretty pi... | [WP] Write about your most terrifying (real) experience! | [
"Well, its my first time actually writing a story for this sub at all, so I hope I don't sound (look?) like too much of an idiot, even if the story is short and idiotic to me.\n\nIn my life, I've had some concussions(with someone screaming \"Die! Die! Die!\" during a wrestling match for one, and a bad 'zipline' acc... | 8 |
[WP] A man asks God about the meaning of life and gets an unexpected answer | [
"God: \"Are you sure you really want to know what the meaning of life is?\" God looked deep into the mans eyes, awaiting his response. \n\nMan: \"Yes, God. Please tell me.\" \n\nGod: \"Life is.... Life is just a prank Bro, it's just a prank! You're gonna go through a lot of crazy shit in life, cuz y'all motherfucke... | 14 | |
[WP] Write a Wikipedia entry from an alternative history. | [
"Neu Schaan is the most populous City on the east Coast of the north-american Continent. It is sometimes refered to by older Names like Nieuw Amsterdam or New York, back from the time of dutch or british Control respectively. \n\nThe City was founded in 1624 by dutch Colonists and was surrendered to the British in ... | 2 | |
Write what comes to mind.
Obviously you'll have to open your eyes to submit. | [WP] Close your eyes and tune out all outside distractions while you write a short story. | [
"I'm on an iPad:\n\n>I an nichael rpsen and o öoke plumd and cboxolagw cake, i wn dwbyq foqud, nfö) o qeypr bibipp tbub åirht l tjä\n\nYeah, you see where this is going.\n\nI am Michael Rosen, and I like plums and chocolate cake. I am Santa Claus; nice! \n\nI stood on the hill as Harrybo pushed me down. Fucking ... | 2 |
[WP] A popular author has been outed for stealing stories from r/writingprompts, now reddit is seeking vengeance. | [
"\"Really, Mr. Clark. You expect us to believe that? A coincidence? Do you think we are as dumb as you look?\" \r\n\n\"Agent Marks, I swear it's the truth! I swear!\" Clark squirmed on the hard metal chair. Despite the chill of room, the sweat began to bead up on his brow.\r\n\n\"You are telling me, your story came... | 2 | |
If your up to making the challenge harder, bonus points if sociopath:
- is a female.
- an adolescent ( could be child to teenager ).
- Gets away scot-free.
| [WP] Write a likable/lovable yet irredeemable serial killing, sadistic sociopath. | [
"I sigh as I begin my long and arduous walk home. Home, work, home, and work the drag of the eternal cycle. Every so often contemplating the boringness of it all I can't help wishing that something, anything would break it up. \n\nOut of the corner of my eye I see something strange going on in the park. I hesitate,... | 2 |
[WP] On the fourth floor of your elementary school there isn't a swimming pool, there isn't a bowling alley, but there's a... | [
"dead body. It's not of any of the students or teachers, it's just... someone. It's been decaying for so long, no one can really tell whether it's male or female. One time, little Josie Sue went on the fourth floor and started dressing up the maggots located in its rib cage with tiny paper dresses. It was actually ... | 2 | |
Inspired by watching The Butterfly Effect last night! Happy V Day all. | [WP] Single and lonely on the 13th of February, you wake up on Valentine's in another place beside someone who claims to love you, with years of memories. | [
"I open my eyes without realising I have. The colourless room is bathed in a soft white light. I don’t remember waking up; just curling up towards the left of my bed being awake, and asleep at some point before that. I don’t recall a dream. I must have slept peacefully.\n\nThe blinds permute the cold light as it pa... | 3 |
[WP] write a story about the worst superhero ever | [
"Jim’s power of persuasion has increased dramatically since the incident. Any one thing Jim desires to happen simply needs to be presented to whoever can help with the task. That one person cannot turn down any request. The power to end dictatorships, if only Jim had those priorities.\n\n \nJust last week a gang... | 4 | |
[WP] You meet a person with no shadow. | [
"**Death of Silhouette**\n\n~\n\nYou never seem to react\n\nto my worried whispers,\n\nnor my anguish,\n\nmy fears.\n\n~\n\nAnd I cannot help but feel\n\nyou do not know I exist.\n\nMy words always fall\n\non the deafest of ears.\n\n~\n\nOh, but how I love you.\n\nYour actions,\n\nI cannot help\n\nbut mimic.\n\n~\n... | 2 | |
Super villains are very common now, and you just killed somebody that broke into your house, will you be a super hero? | [wp] In order to obtain your super power, you must kill someone. | [
"Blood on my hands. Not mine. I look at the body on the floor, and I'm ashamed that the first thought that pops into my head is not one of terror, nor guilt, nor disgust. It was excitement, but it was also more than that. I felt fulfilled. A grin spread across my face as crimson seeped across the floor.\nBut then, ... | 2 |
[WP] Tell me the story of the saddest reunion. | [
"There are a lot of holes in the ceiling tiles. Counting them is stupid. But maybe count the sides and multiply.\n\nDeep breath. I'm groggy and I'm counting holes in a ceiling tile. I'm waking up, and I must be in a hospital. I don't remember what I was just doing before this. I don't really remember the last... | 7 | |
[WP] You're a consultant for the FBI and they think you're a brilliant scientist with perfect recall and powerful observation skills, but the truth is you're a psychic and have to find ways to prove the things you already know because no one believes in psychics. | [
"PART I\n \n---------------------------------------------------------------------------- \nEveryone want's it easy, but, the truth is, when we *do* have it easy, we hate ourselves over it. \n \nI had a talent. A rule-breaking talent, that is. You may call it instinct, you may call it a sixth-sense, but I just ... | 2 | |
[WP] All of the cells in your body become sentient. | [
"\"Dan, you're fucking immature. You can't stick to one plan? Fine. I'll leave you, you can go and be sad somewhere else.\" \n\"Wait, Liz, I've just been feeling really off recently. A lot of people I know are in rough places, and it's bothering me.\" \n\"No, you've been wanting this for longer and now you have e... | 2 | |
[WP] Evidence is brought into Los Angeles police department proving to not only the police, but to the world that OJ Simpson is in fact "absolutely 100% not guilty." Write a story about the aftermath. | [
"Al Sharpton makes a speech saying he \"knew it all along.\" Blacks everywhere rejoice and demand an apology from every white person they've ever met. American Crime Story begins to make the judge, white lawyers, and white jury members seem racist and spin the story as a triumphant hero saga. Every comedian who has... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a deep, philosophical piece about anything you choose, however all it builds up to is a reference. | [
"I have this habit of really enjoying describing everything.\nFrom what I see, feel, hear, touch or smell.\nFrom the daily surroundings and tasks, whether it’s on mind or I speak it out loud (on rare occasions), I’ve always wanted to spill out playful and descriptive words to things that catches my attention.\nBut ... | 2 | |
"No, I don't know what Putin is up to. Why do you always ask me that?" | [WP] Through an unfortunate combination of coincidence and confirmation bias, your friends and family become convinced that you are a secret agent. You are definitely not a secret agent. | [
"\"...and that's why I'm not a secret agent.\"\n\nThis has to work. This hour-long presentation just *has* to work. Two weeks I've spent on this, all leading up to this moment.\n\nCollecting statements from witnesses who had seen me do normal human things, requesting security feeds from the guards at the library wh... | 2 |
[WP] Tell me a bedtime story with a happy ending. | [
"So this girl orders a pizza in the middle of the day and somehow the place delivers. Guy get to her place with her pizza, and it's a ridiculous size pizza for one person, and wouldn't you know it, she has no money. Not sure who orders a pizza with no money, but the pizza guy doesn't seem too upset by this. She inv... | 4 | |
[WP] Take the first line of a nursery rhyme, turn it into something dark and twisted. | [
"The ants go marching one by one -\nUp on top a good man's son -\nHe had stopped to rest and suck his thumb -\nWhen a snake bit him on his bum -\nHe fell and screamed to the grass -\nHis muscles still and spine crass -\nNow all the ants feast on his flesh -\nWhile his eyes dart and body rest",
"**Spoilers for Un... | 3 | |
[WP] It was the chance of a lifetime, and it would only cost someones life. | [
"The chance of a lifetime. Only the cost of someones life. The up's and downs of it raced over and over in my head. I looked at the knife in my hand. I closed my eyes. My life was old, worthless. My daughter... My daughter was still young. She was radiant. She had a chance. I plunged the knife into my heart. One la... | 2 | |
[WP] Give me the feels in 100 words or less, with a high school romance story | [
"*\"Hey, Jake.\"*\n\n*\"If there's anything you need, man, tell us. We're here for you.\"*\n\n*\"It's so sad. They were dating since 6th grade.\"*\n\n*\"What about the others?\"*\n\n*\"They didn't go to our school.\"*\n\nThe boy stands over his classmate's usual desk in their homeroom, meticulously adjusting the li... | 2 | |
Note the wording. | [WP] A catastrophe has destroyed humanity, but everyone's still alive. | [
"Milk. Milk was the most important thing on Jerry’s mind right now. If he forgot the milk, he wouldn’t be able to make a drink when he got home. He wouldn’t be able to make a drink for either of them. So milk was top of his list as he pushed the loaded shopping cart to the back of the store. He grabbed the usual bo... | 7 |
[WP] In the future there is no war, poverty, illness or hatred. So why are people still dying? | [
"I sat close to the edge. My feet dangled over the abyss whilst i sat there and talked with her. I met her up here ten minutes ago. My thoughts were sometimes too much, so I went up on the roof and tried to forget. Forget something, just one unimportant thing that witnessed through my entire life but it just wasn't... | 3 | |
[WP] To get a promotion one must kill their supervisor and assume their position. You are CEO and a man hired for an entry level position just two months ago schedules a meeting. | [
"Another fast riser pushes too hard too quickly. It’s as if they truly believe they are somehow destined to be the one to finally “win”. To finally beat me and take this throne of lies. They have no idea, none of them have until right up to the very last moment of their lives when they are finally able to see th... | 3 | |
[WP] You are dead...again. However, you planned this just as you planned the other times you died. You study death. Describe your experience this time as it compares to the other times. | [
"There it was again. \n\nEvery single thing was the same, every feeling, every experience. The blue dizziness that surrounded him like the night sky, pricks of light seeping through like stars. The lightness of his consciousness as he watched himself fade away, like he was seeing all through a fuzzy television scre... | 5 | |
[WP] He/she comes into the room, and you find yourself transfixed. | [
"Glarthoka the Magnarax strolled into the room, his braids alive upon his shoulders.\n\nDo not take this to mean that they were moving around a lot, nor that by growing out of his head they were alive. I mean that they were living creatures which appeared as braids and burrowed into his skull.\n\nOf course, the Rax... | 3 | |
[WP] Create an original monster, then use it to hunt down your favorite fictional character. | [
"He's been in many tough situations, but Skulduggery knew this one wouldn't be going down fast. He blasted it with fire, but its fur remained unsinged.\n\n\"Impervious to fire magic. What about a bullet?\"\n\nSkulduggery emptied his rounds into the beast, but they all pinged off harmlessly. His ringtone, Stayin' Al... | 2 | |
[WP]You kept seeing this trendy tattoo and decided you wanted the same. Now you're part of the worst gang possible... and you don't even know it. | [
"My hand stung from last night but for once i felt like part of the group. People looked at me in awe and confusion once they saw my hand. Those with it came up and high fived me. The tattoo could possibly be my biggest self esteem booster ever I thought. I pressed open the glass doors of the seven eleven smiling a... | 4 | |
[WP] An ancient barbarian king frozen in ice must adapt to modern life. | [
"The Northern King roared as his armies surged forth, towards the enemy and for some, towards death. They had managed to cut the enemy off as they tried to move through the treacherous mountain pass. The terrain was rough, but they knew it well. They had to make a stand somewhere - allowing the enemy to reach the b... | 2 | |
[WP] Write something that gradually becomes gibberish. | [
"Today is my last day in prison. I am innocent and they never believed me so I did my time. Now today is the day, finally. I have been waiting long enough. My woman security officer comes in with his fine white coat and says its 82 o'clock. Almost time for beadtime but I won't be sleeping here, I will be sleeping a... | 4 | |
[WP] A person you know seemingly ceased to exist. | [
"When the school bell rang the class started on time. No students arrived late on that day. The substitute teacher lectured the class on solving equations and the students largely paid attention. There was an unnerving sense of peace throughout and they all could sense it in the air. The storm had finally passed, a... | 3 | |
[WP] No matter how hard people try they can never write stories or sing songs about your heroic deeds. You are the unsung hero. | [
"I am not a hero to be sung, because i am no hero, simply a man that has been faced with one too many hard situations... From my humble hamlet on a summer night that suits best a happy memory my dark story began, the goblins were inside of my hut by the time i awoke, i fought desperately to reach my little girl and... | 5 | |
[WP] A story where something you once learned in school that you thought was utterly useless actually helped you avoid a catastrophe. | [
"“Juvi” said my lawyer as my mother and I sat there in the pew right before my trial.\n\n“Regardless of what evidence they don’t have, your son is going to juvenile detention for four months, Mrs. Waters.”\n\nMy mother starts crying. I can understand that she is upset because I am tearing up inside myself. I never ... | 3 | |
Assuming he can't resign until everyone hates him because he doesn't want to look like an ass.
He's trying to make bad decisions that won't straight up ruin everything like nuking the east coast or declaring nationwide martial law, but bad enough people want him out of office.
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He bans soda? New study shows it ca... | [WP] A President is elected, but immediately realizes he made a huge mistake. He goes off making the worst possible decisions for the country to try and get people to hate him so he can resign. Unfortunately, everything goes horribly right. | [
"After 2 years of office, President Bernie Sanders didn't like being president. Everyone hated him now, including his former supporters and staff. His polling shows a satisfaction rate of 0%.\n\nCNN did a massive poll trying to find anyone who supported him. The results? 5. 5 people. 5 people in the entire USA ... | 5 |
[WP] There's a breach in the gold vault of the federal reserve bank of New York, guards rush to the scene to find... a small child using the gold bars as building blocks. | [
"While it wasn't strange to see seventeen squad cars, two Special Weapons and Tactics vans, a police helicopter and Mobile Command Unit all rushing through the streets of New York towards Times Square just after lunchtime on a Tuesday afternoon, it was still noticeable enough for people on the street to take notice... | 2 | |
[WP] The dead have arisen. Zombies and skeletons now walk the Earth. However, instead of attacking humanity, they their seek protection. | [
"\"Hello and welcome to the International Zombie and Skelton Protection Association. How may I be of service?\" God I hate this line, but if I want to get paid I don't have a choice. \n\n\"Yes I'd like to request level 2 protection and insurance.\" Said the rotting pile of meat that stood in front of me. \n\n\"Of c... | 2 | |
[WP] After receiving perfect score on your final exam, your school is asking you to give a speech on the subject of the exam. Little does anyone know you guessed every single answer. | [
"An unassuming bluish grey stone gave way under Professor Maria Millworth’s $200 black leather heal. It rolled and cracked in much the same way as the professor’s poor anklebone. It is precisely this event that led to my unfortunately perfect score on Millworth’s notoriously difficult exam. \n\nThe exam ordinarily ... | 3 | |
[WP] You got really drunk last night and now you have your own book published on Amazon. | [
"Groggy and sore, Amir stared blankly at the ghostly, red numbers illuminating the remaining cracked lens of his glasses which rested upon his face - 4:37. \n\nAmir twisted in attempt to roll over, his right side numb from having not moved since unwillingly falling into what felt like the deepest sleep of his adult... | 4 | |
[WP] Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't win the Oscar for The Revenant. He becomes reclusive and disappears from the public eye for awhile. Then members of the academy begin to disappear... | [
" It's been seven years since \"The Academy\" took control. At first the changes were subtle. Big budget blockbusters gaining the most votes, African Americans absent from the acting categories. A few people took notice, but the media made them out to be Extremists. Fanatics. Naggers.\n The \"Event\" occurred on ... | 4 | |
[WP] You, Leonardo Decaprio, have just won an Oscar. That night, you are visited by your future self who gives you a dire warning. | [
"He closed the door on his agent. He smiled to himself as he leaned against the closed door. He started slightly as the heavy award clunked against the door-frame. He rubbed uncle Oscars head and gave him an apologetic pat. He stumbled toward his bed, clutching his golden little friend, as he went in search of some... | 6 | |
[WP] You found a 20$ dollar bill . Tell its story . | [
"\"So,there I was, hot off the presses,when some smart ass swipes me. I know what ye're thinkin' and you're correct:\n\nHe only skimmed 20 dollars? Dream a little smalleh, numbnuts. But if that's what he's been doing for the last few years,probably has a nice nest egg ready for him.\n\nAnyways,he put me in the same... | 3 | |
Gogogogo! | [WP] "It's a dangerous job, I won't lie to ya. But there's a lot of money to be made." | [
"I won't lie, that line alone had hooked me.\nSitting up there on that billboard as I drove into the city each day. Taunting me even.\n\"Pistols Peter's Mystery Slop- It's a dangerous job, I won't lie to ya...\"\nThat goddamned wink.\n\"But there's a lot of money to be made.\"\nAnd that goddamned smile.\n\nPistol P... | 5 |
[WP] A man committed the most heinous crime imaginable. Why was it his only option? | [
"There's a woman tied to a chair within the basement of the house. Her body does a horrid twitch with every slam down of the axe against the dead body before. Once content with his handiwork, her captor kneels down to her and draws the back of his fingers against the side of her cheek. She feels horrified as the th... | 2 | |
Do note that by steel I don't imply anything in particular, it can be a guardian with an iron will, or it can be a guardian made of steel, anything that loosely fit, really. | [WP] In the heart of the city our guardian lies, deep withing the city it's steel rises. | [
"The invaders approached Orion Prime, seeking out its riches. There were few survivors and even fewer military units on the planet after the Antaran war, but the flagship of the defense fleet, the Guardian, remained, manned by a skeleton crew. She was equipped with not steel, not titanium, not even zortrium, but pr... | 1 |
[WP] The greatest comeback of all time. | [
"'Oh wow! Great Toby. Another disappointing time in bed!' Melissa said as she fished around in the bedside drawer.\n\n'Hey fuck you, Mel! I'm trying dammit. If we're going on disappointments why don't you go down and cook us some sub par food?' Toby said.\n\n'Okay, you want sub par like your self-esteem, or your pe... | 2 | |
[WP] "You call it a death trap, but to me, this place is its own kind of paradise." | [
"\"I know it is,\" you told me. \"I don't care. It's paradise. This thing is its own kind of paradise.\"\n\nWe sat in the bed of your truck, that death trap, cross-legged on the crinkled plastic liner. We were up at the quarry last time we had this discussion, the same one we'd had so many times. It was part o... | 4 | |
[WP] In a Teacher-Parent discussion at your child's daycare, the teacher has nothing but wonderful things to say about your child, except you and your spouse are the world's greatest supervillains and you were hoping Little Stevie would outgrow his 'nice' phase. | [
"My husband and I stared in horror at the stack of homework assignments on Ms. Redmon's desk. She had taken the time to show us just how diligent little Stevie was. Our spawn had obeyed every last idiotic piece of instruction, including the ones in the \"Helpful Practice!\" area of his worksheets. Line after line o... | 4 | |
[this tweet from King](http://imgur.com/REB4Vcl) | [WP] Inspired by Stephen King's tweet, sowing dragon's teeth grows an actual dragon | [
"\"Something about this is wrong.\"\n\nFaith glanced at Flint, confusion in her eyes.\n\n\"Why, what's wrong?\"\n\nFlint was dressed all in black, burnt cork rubbed on his face to hide his pale complexion. Faith was dressed similar but didn't bother hiding her face; anyone other than him who looked her way would ha... | 3 |
[WP] After being laid off, a police interrogator gets hired as a math tutor for a child who just doesn't get it | [
"There are two types of people in this world, people like myself who use bullets and those hoodwinked losers who sweat 'em. I saw it in this kid the moment he stumbled into my office with the glazed look of concern wrapping his face tight like a fresh pair of double holstered suspenders. He was the second kind. \n\... | 3 | |
[WP] A blowhard frontrunner for an election in the developed world is killed by a tiny meteorite, on national television, literal seconds after uttering the phrase "If I am a liar, may God strike me down where I stand." | [
"\"The Mexicans will pay! I will build this wall, it will be 30 feet, 60 feet high!\" Trump paused for dramatic effect, allowing the crowds to go wild. Holding up his right hand, sneering, he paused for a while longer, before announcing \"And if I am a liar, may God strike me down!\"\n\nThe heavens trembled, the st... | 5 | |
[WP] Tell a story about love where the characters are kept as vague as possible. | [
"Sometimes, love isn't very complicated. \n\nHe loved her. \n\nShe loved him back. \n\nThey were partners and interdependent with each other. One cannot survive without the other. They were ying and yang. \n\nBut sometimes, it doesn't take much for love to fall apart. Arguments. Abuse. Death. Love is a fragile thin... | 3 | |
[WP] You just woke up in a strange apartment with no collection nor memory of who you are . there is no one else in the world . | [
"> Decided to make this wp as i misunderstood another wp . facepalm . as the story is quite good , i couldn't let it go waste . so , yeah . enjoy ~\n\n\n\n\n**thud**\n\nI sat up instantaneously . \"What is that ?\" I asked myself . a few moments of silent before i realised something . \"Where am I ? More importa... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a short story in which the last paragraph is identical to the first. | [
"The wind rushed past his face, messed up his hair. He didn't have a thought in his mind, just the sensation of falling. Finally he was happy.\n\nThe last few weeks had been even more shifty than normal, kicked out of school, fired, disowned. He found that he had no one left in the world, and not by choice. No, he ... | 4 | |
[WP] Last night, your spouse's ghost, lost and confused, begged you to solve their murder, so they can move on. The problem is... you're the killer. | [
"I sigh rolling over while simultaneously reaching out for you coming fully awake when I realize you are not there. I listen for any bathroom noises when hearing nothing I slip out of bed puzzled.\nIt's all the way downstairs through the garage and into the yard before I find you.\nSilhouetted by moonlight looking ... | 4 | |
As inspired by a Japanese manga. | [WP] While walking on the street, a girl fell down from a tall building and landed on you. Both are dead. However, Death appears in front of your spirits and informs you that it was a mistake and he would only take one life. He gives you both 7 days back to Earth to decide who will die. | [
"Mila cupped her hands together to catch the sloppy rain. She shivered in her skin with each drop. \n\nDustin was on the steps, shivering with the rain. He watched her with new eyes. \nEach of them, a new beginning again. But, an end again in 7 days. \n\nThey exchanged phone numbers, nervously chuckled about their... | 4 |
[WP] [EU] The war between Pokemon and Digimon has raged on for 100 years. Finally, the stalemate is broken. | [
"In an instant it was all over. \n\nThe war had raged on for generations and many digidestined fought and died. Too many trainers-turned-generals lead their war beasts into combat. \n\nIn the beginning our digital friends and their pocket monstrosities were evenly matched. We could strike anywhere using their very ... | 2 | |
[WP] Just because you are immortal does not mean you are indestructible. | [
"“I have to go.” I crossed the room, distancing myself from him. He watched me go, his face a contorting battle between rage and fear. He could never understand the call. If I stayed I would hate myself, just as I have in times past when I avoided that sirens call to fight.\n\nAs I picked up my green jacket he made... | 4 | |
North Korea has an alliance with China and sits on a ton of artillery. | [WP] The US congress declared war with North Korea one hour ago, tell the story from the perspective of a South Korean stationed at the DMZ | [
"Prestigious yeah, but boring as hell. The Joint Security Area is so formalized. Every day we march out here, relieve the guys that stood here for the last four hours and then settle in and wait for our relief. Perfect uniform, perfect posture, standing as unmoving as possible, trying to look intimidating. Yeah, we... | 9 |
[WP] A noir night in the life of jaded and sarcastic Mario, P.I. | [
"It's-a me, Mario, private-a investagator. Today-a's my 57th-a case this-a year. It's about-a Bowser again-a. My client-a is a dame-a named Toadette-a. She-a came in and asked about-a a man-a named Toad. I-a asked for-a payment in advance-a. She hestitated, but then-a gave me 2 mushrooms and a Starman-a. I pulled ... | 2 | |
[WP] This year's senior prank: Overthrow the government. | [
"The front line. \nWas it her place?\nFor so long she had been conditioned in a society, to say women couldn't fight in wars. \nYet here she was, at the head of the cavalry. \n\nHer name was Mrs. Tween and she had an army of 40 strong at her back, armed to the cane and mounted on mighty mechanical wheelchair steeds... | 4 | |
[WP] Your dog accidentally speaks English in front of you. | [
"Today was a hard day. 12 hours of sweat, blood, and tears. I lost one of my favorite patients today and it's hitting me harder than ever before. She was only 27 years old, exactly 2 years younger than me. I've never had a sister before, and I can honestly say that she was the closest thing to one for me. She once ... | 3 | |
Human heart has been replaced with constant flow turbine, cybernetics has enabled seamless control of robotic arms and limbs etc etc | [WP]World where people schedule a service with the mechanic, to service parts of their body | [
"\"Look, you were here. We checked all the basics like feeling response and reflexes. You even saw the connections looked clear when I opened up your arm. Unfortunately, it's not a simple problem. What year did you say your arm was again?\"\n\n\"It's an '05. I don't see what that has to do with anything though. All... | 2 |
[WP] When the demon actually appeared, I knew it was a bad idea to tell him he was summoned just to see if it was true. | [
"They say the devil hums a tune when he walks. It loops around and around, rising higher and higher, reaching so close to the crescendo and loops back to a soft hum to rise again. It whistles through his teeth, swirls around his cheeks, comes out through his nose and many have made the deal only to hear him finish ... | 4 | |
[WP] Write a story with the most chilling, terrifying villain you can imagine. | [
"The most chilling villain is one who has lost all humanity. This is the person who was once good, but has chosen to abandon that goodness in pursuit of some great and terrible beauty. Money, power, fame, women, drugs. They lose their remorse because they are so used to shutting themselves off, because they know th... | 2 | |
[WP] During your morning bus ride, the person next to you dies. | [
"An exasperated expletive leapt from Preston's sleep fuzzed mouth, momentarily cutting through the dulcet oohs, aahhhs, and pleas of \"Is it too late now to say sorry\" blasting out of a phone drunkenly deposited beneath the bed last night. Aimlessly groping for the device it dawned on Preston that he was late for ... | 12 | |
[WP] "It's a nice day out, isn't it?" | [
"Thought I would continue a story I written a while back with one of the characters. You can see it here:\n\n[First Story](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/3oyjjv/tt_a_man_is_slowly_walling_up_a_friend_of_his/cw1muee?context=3)\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------... | 1 | |
[WP]In super villain academy, prospective villains are allowed to conquer and rule a small rural county to prepare for world domination. 85% of students drop out during this class. | [
"(Part 1)\n\nThe rural countryside really was quite striking. Beautiful, rolling green hills, a sleepy little town, nestled in the comforting arms of a small valley. There was even a main street that ran through the center of the town. Kind of a cross between a Norman Rockwell painting and your typical small col... | 2 | |
[WP] After a mysterious string of disappearances at your workplace, you figure out that every single person who steps into a certain elevator vanishes before they reach their floor. | [
"Rumors most of the time to me where just that. Rumors.\n\n\"Oh! I heard that Jerry and Sarah are secretly going out! I hear they're planning to elope to Russia to get away from their jobs!\" \n\n\"I heard the boss use to be a biker in a big gang. I swear I saw a tattoo on her shoulder that looked like it could be ... | 3 | |
[WP] Denver, Colorado is the last American city on earth. Everything past city limits is the enemy. | [
"We had just flew back into DEN on wednesday. Not a smooth flight, but nothing like that bothered me. You would already know, if you knew me for long enough, that the threat of death never phased me. I loved to confront death in fact, I am an adrenaline junkie in totality.\nThat's why I was coming back you see; Den... | 2 | |
Choose an illness:
Agoraphobia
OCD
Bipolar
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety
Schizophrenia
or choose your own
or write without choosing
or use more than one from above
Inspired by /r/MentallyIllButGenius
| [WP] Thousands of Nikola Tesla type geniuses exist right now around the world. The only problem, mental illness prevents them from publishing their works. You are one of them, with a world changing discovery, but your scared of the world (Choose the disorder inside) | [
"\"To be frank, I think there may be something wrong with your daughter.\"\n\nMrs Halifax blinked in surprise. She coughed a little, then shifted forward in her undersized plastic chair. \n\n\"Wrong? Like she's slow?\"\n\n\"Well, they wouldn't call it that these days... Tell me, does she speak much at home?\"\n\nSh... | 2 |
[WP] A post-apocalyptic story set in a fantasy realm. | [
"Rammi wrapped the old jacket around her sword, the blade's violent humming slowly reducing to a murmur as she cooed to it. Soul-Singer was a masterpiece, crafted decades ago by a master Smith-Wizard, but the vibrations of the blade made a really, really loud noise. \n\nA noise that let zombies know where you were ... | 3 | |
[WP] The main character is a villian. He is not secretly a good guy with a depressing backstory, and there is no happy ending. | [
"Just wrote for another prompt, but fits this one too.\n\nI am a wonderful person; devoted wife, self sacrificing mother, obedient daughter, choir director and chair of the Town Charity Commission. It's not my fault my dearly departed husband couldn't handle my few midnight rendezvous. I can't be blamed that my dau... | 7 | |
[WP] People gain "lives" by collecting special rare tokens like in video games. As such, the sanctity of life has been drastically reduced. | [
"The blond, scrawny boy stood in front two wooden doors which were magnitudes upon magnitudes larger than him. Adorned with crimson velvet and gold handles, the smokey brown, lacquered doors were worth more than any amount he'd ever imagined.\n\nThe room he stood in was ever more decadent with blindingly white marb... | 3 | |
[WP] to win the U.S presidential elections, every candidate must fight to the death in a gladiator arena. | [
"Today was the day. Our factions had spoken, and chosen a challenger, a true warrior in their eyes. Someone who understood what it was like to be stuck in a gritty, bloody fight. You see, long ago the American people had realized that foot soldiers do not like war. They do not do it because they enjoy violence, vio... | 3 | |
[WP] Reincarnation exists, and you can remember only the last thing that happened to you in your last life. You were murdered in your last life. Now you've found your killer, what do you do? | [
"He had entered the trench with bayonet on rifle\n\nMy dying screams did the booming cannons stifle\n\nMy last memories were of my own blood\n\nLeaving my body and mixing with mud\n\nAnd then that life was taken away\n\nAnd I was born again on another day\n\nHow many years passed I knew not\n\nI had no inkling in w... | 2 | |
[WP] A hungry alien entity has infiltrated a maximum security prison. The prisoners can't escape and it doesn't show up on security cameras. The guards don't believe them, even as prisoners regularly die of seemingly natural causes. | [
"“I’m so hungry and tired. Tired of this meaningless existence.”\n\n\nFrank startled awake. He looked over the edge of his bunk down to the lower bed. “Roy is that you?”\n\n\nRoy groaned. “Is what me?”\n\n\nThere usually isn’t much heavy sleeping in prison with all the inspections and flashlight patrols to make sur... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyone is born with at least one superpower. Some, like flight or telekinesis, are useful. Some, like super-fertility or the ability to change your eye color, are inconvenient or just pointless. You're part of a crime-fighting team with powers from the second category. | [
"\nMe and my team are secondary heroes, people with super powers that are completely useless. You read that right, our powers are completely useless. There are five of us. First we have TimeT who can tell you what time it is. Seriously that's his power, he can tell you the exact time, down to the very second. He is... | 2 | |
[WP] Tired of all the death and aliens... Just write a mildly funny/light headed story please | [
"Max awoke one morning to find a box at the foot of his bed.\n\nIt had a label on it. In neat handwriting, it read:\n\n> To Henry;\n\n> From God.\n\nMax was fairly sure his name wasn't Henry, and he was fairly confident that a box at the foot of a person's bed was the standard manner of communication for infi... | 2 | |
[WP] Your favorite children's cartoon cast is all grown up (or significantly older) but still in the same line of work. | [
"My feet hurt, my eyelids grew heavy from lack of rest, and my unshaven beard is long enough to be feared at this point. The only thing I had eaten in two days was a cheese omelet from the French restaurant down the street. But none of that mattered, for tonight I finally did it.\n\nAfter losing my mother to breast... | 2 | |
[WP] It's 2073. We can now completely synthesize food and new "extreme vegans" have risen that won't eat anything that occurs naturally. | [
"\"I like my goop extra salty, not extra sloppy!\" Gorp was having a bad day today. Not only was the food synthesizer messing up his order, but he was also named Gorp, which impacted his daily life drastically. From when he was a little boy, when everyone else was called Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, or Facebook (A shor... | 2 | |
Some dreams stick with us long after we're awake. Please write a story based on it, with as little creative deviation as possible from the memory. | [WP] A story from the earliest dream you can remember. | [
"It always started the same way. I would be standing in a field of tall grass that came up about half way to my knees. The sun is out shining as brightly as ever, and birds are flying in the sky. If I listen closely enough, I can even hear the crickets.\n\nOff in the distance, I see the little girl. She can't be mo... | 2 |
[WP] Everyone received a number ranking them on their productivity to humanity. Every month they update. Today is April 1, yesterday you were number 1382947344, today you are number 2, right behind your 7 year old son with autism. | [
" April 1st, the first day of what we had come to call the \"effective quarter.\" The quarter of the year in which new ranks are handed out to the children born during the year. I watched my son play alone with some rocks. Packs of other children roamed the expanse of playground equipment and shaped field around t... | 2 | |
[WP] "Oh, but she doesn't need a mask." Turning towards her, "You're already wearing one", he smiles. | [
"\"Oh, fuck you,\" I snarled at him. \"Not all of us were born with all of our parts.\" He furrowed his brow, almost fired back some indignant reply, then turned on his heel, friends in tow.\n\nLife was a shitshow. Not only was I born without a left arm - it stopped at the elbow - I was missing my right eye. I wore... | 4 | |
[WP] You wake up in the last saved position/checkpoint of your favourite video game. | [
"I turn over in the bed and see Kate is still sleeping. I quietly roll out of the bed, but by the time my feet touch the ground Kate is already up and right behind me. “Lovely night, eh” she says in that sexy thick Irish accent that first grabbed my heart. “Nothing like a lover’s embrace to start the day,” I reply ... | 2 | |
[WP]A time traveler decides to become a deli owner. A shaken young man comes to their deli for a sandwich. It's June 28th, 1914 in Sarajevo. | [
"*I failed at being a hero in the future,* Michael Carter thought to himself. *I came back to the past to escape that failure. I couldn't become famous - I was a terrible hero - is this destiny calling?* Michael started to sweat.\n\n*Is this my redemption?*\n\nHe pulled out a shiny and whimsical object. Hidden from... | 2 | |
Or wall, singular. | [WP]Just include the sentence: "It came through the walls." | [
"######[](#dropcap)\n\nThe first sign was the flickering of the lights, the candles guttering in their holders. \n\nNo one paid it heed, errant drafts a common thing in a vast castle such as this one. Instead the hostess motioned for a guard to shut the door, the robed figure doing so, sliding the wooden door close... | 2 |
[WP] Tell the story of a thief who steals a Kindle , thinking it to be an iPad, and begins reading, curiously at first and then voraciously. | [
"Christopher sat in the Quad of his campus feeling the insistent rumblings of his stomach. Hunger pains plagued him thoroughly and he couldn’t focus his thoughts properly anymore. The loss of his job had hurt his finances enough to hurt his stomach. It wasn’t enough that his mother used all of the money collected f... | 2 | |
[WP] After that she moved to the desert and only drank juice.. | [
"It was wet. Everything around her was wet; it wasn't just water it was denser, heavier. She was stuck in a giant sugar-free jello all because she wanted to flee her sorority. This was hour fifteen and her diabetes was starting to make her nauseus. They'd thrown all kinds of things at her- insulted every action she... | 1 | |
[WP] A fantasy story where the hero actually gets the kind of support he ought to be able to get, to help him on his quest. | [
"I am the tavern keeper of my town and in my younger years I was an adventurer as was my father before me.\n\nI had grown weary of the adventurers life and was prepared to settle down and enjoy my later years surrounded by friends,laughter and good yarns.\n\nThe only thing I'd kept from my adventures was a bow and ... | 4 | |
[WP] You log on to reddit and see a post on /r/worldnews submitted 23 minutes ago on the front page with over 50,000 upvotes and 35,000 comments titled "We were wrong." | [
"After a long day of work, I slouch down on my chair and log onto reddit. On the Frontpage there is a post, posted thirty minutes ago with the ominous title, \"We were wrong,\" on /r/Worldnews. I clicked on the post, and when I see it, I become cold and filled with dread. \n\nNorth Korea fired their nukes at South ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a soldier fighting in the trenches of WWI. | [
"The heavy rain of dirt showered the men in the trenches, huddled in preparation to reply with their own rain of lead and heated blood. The sky lay overcast, shrouded in the smog of artillery smoke. Hot lead and musty dirt could be smelled throughout the air on the barren battlefield. A lone man stands erect in an ... | 5 | |
[WP] His eyes were dark, and there was nothing in them. | [
"I looked upon the face of death \nHis eyes were dark, and there was nothing in them \nOnce a friend, he laid there broken \nAnd all I could think was I'm glad it was him \nThat could have been me, laying there \nAnd there he will stay, decomposing alone \nBut in the end does it matter? \nWe'll all end up l... | 7 | |
[WP] In a dystopian future, doctors are expected to euthanize sick patients. You're the first in a hundred years to save someone. | [
"Hospitals used to be heralded as our saviours, just as Gods and monsters once were. Now they only save us the pain of a scream-induced death, as they slowly increase the liquid in our drips, or whatever it is we're supposed to do, until we're gone and can do no more. This was not why I became a doctor.\n\nI gained... | 9 | |
[WP] You have been chosen by God to create a new natural law of the Universe, but first you must justify how your law wouldn't break any of the others. | [
"“It’s a compatibility issue. You can’t change anything that’s already here,” He said, “everything’s built on something else, and if you alter the wrong thing it can all come crashing down.”\n\n \n\nThe voice of God was simultaneously comforting and unnerving. It was less like He was speaking *to* you th... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a scary story that takes place during a single minute | [
"When she woke she was frozen. Her eyes heavy, her first instinct was to bring her hands to them to rub them. But she realized quickly that she could not move her hands, could not even feel them. Nor could she feel her feet. She panicked, her heart starting to race as she meant to scream out, but her tongue was hea... | 2 |
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