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[WP] Real magic exists.. it's just mostly useless. | [
"Mike sighed. Another standard day, another boring commute to the office, another eight hours of pretending to work. He stared down 4th Street. The rain and wind were coming down like a pack of hunting, howling wolves, and the bus stop provided no respite from the elemental onslaught.\n\n_What I wouldn't give for a... | 3 | |
[WP] The U.S. breaks into a modern day civil war. Tell the story from a unique perspective. | [
"The camp used to be used for enemies of the United States, these days, it was used for its refugees. Any leaky boat that got picked up in the sea around Cuba was intercepted and the human cargo put into the camps. There were similar camps in México full of people who climbed or tunneled the wall between the countr... | 3 | |
[WP] The deep sea holds an ancient secret, a passive wormhole to another land resides in the depths. The technology is finally ready to open it. | [
"Jin hadn't experienced a wormhole before, but whilst it was occurring, she believed it to be nothing more than the drunken dreams of any cosmic sailor, a rollicking ship tossed about in some eclectic storm.\n\nHer first thought in the twilight of dreaming and wakefulness was, of course, that the ground was too fla... | 2 | |
[WP] While on a Disney Cruise with your family, you learn that a global catastrophe (nuclear war, virus, etc.) has destroyed civilization. | [
" I still couldn't get over the view.\n The deep blue ocean was beautiful. I was totally bummed that this would be my last day of the cruise. I could've have sat their admiring the ocean, but my watch reminded me that I needed to meet my twin at the last event of the day.\n \n You'd think 13 year old's on a ... | 3 | |
[WP] When aliens invaded they made one mistake...they started a land war in Asia. | [
" Yesterday, they arrived, they who sought to bring harm to our world, they who though our liberties could be eroded from beneath our feet. They were mistaken. however advanced any species may be, all are prone to making mistakes. I sit here typing this right now as it may as well be the last thing I share, for w... | 2 | |
[WP] There's a grand piano at the center of the sun | [
"There's a grand piano at the center of the sun where the star beasts play the symphony of eternity. In ages past their song called the creatures of the endless void who danced on the still molten Earth, the moons of Jupiter, and the dark corpse planets beyond Pluto. The song rose and fell as the star beasts pound ... | 1 | |
[WP] And the crew heard the one word that they didn't want to hear. "Fire". | [
"The Crew of the HMS Astute watch the captain fumble with the envelope. It's seal is a red wax stamped with the crest of house Windsor. It was never meant to be broken.\n\nThere's Tension. The sort you don't find when watching a movie. No dramatic score, Just the whine of background machinery and the periodic cre... | 2 | |
[WP] Your favorite MMORPG game is getting shut down. You are online with all of the other players waiting for the inevitable to happen. Everyone eventually gets forced logged out except for you. | [
"A Rouge 45 times the size of storm wind or 70000 times bigger than my character stood above me. It put me in disbelief. How is my game running this? I shouldn't be able to handle this at all. My graphics card is shit.yet my frames are better than they have ever been. \n\nI looked down to find my computer glowing. ... | 4 | |
[WP] Each planet has a Heaven and Hell. You just died on Mars. | [
"They were wrong. The scientists, theologians, atheists; they were all wrong. I've spent what feels like an eternity wandering this distorted version of what I was led to believe heaven would be like. For all I know, this could be Hell. But if that's the case then Dante was *way* off the mark. \n\nThis place is fil... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an Archeologist. Somehow you've found evidence of Noah's Ark, and evidence that dinosaurs were put onto it. The Ark does not look human built. | [
"Part (1/2)\n\n\nWe found ourselves in the Ararat Mountains deep in the Turkmen lands of the Ottoman Empire. The pack animals had long since refused to venture forward and the natives we had hired to replace them were increasingly wary of our progress. Indeed, those whom we told of our goal refused to be hired and ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your cat is a secret agent sworn to protect you. Your cat doesn't know you know. | [
"After a really hectic day , answering client questions about why their \"silver laptop\" is not booting up, I reached my home to find it in complete mayhem ,again. As with all the days when I find my home being the holy grail of entropy, I wasn't greeted by my lovely black Siberian cat *Panthera* who was instead ... | 5 | |
An evil wizard fears being cast into hell by his competition in observance of ancient religious laws. So he creates a clone of himself as a sacrifice to absorb the potential aggression.
Let's see how this plays out. :) | [WP] An evil wizard fears being cast into hell by his competition in observance of ancient religious laws. So he creates a clone of himself as a sacrifice to absorb the potential aggression. | [
"Trusting others has never been my strong suit. \n\n\nIn the underbelly of the magical world, you either get big, or you get gone. The weak are picked off, nothing more than potion fodder for the strong. Most last only days before they either tip off the authorities or find themselves in the gut of some rival’s lev... | 2 |
[WP] It's a normal morning except for the small gold dragon dozing contently on your pillow | [
"I know this is waaaay late but I used this prompt for one of my short stories for English. I decided to post it here and see what you guys think of it.\nI'm not sorry.\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\n\n\n\n“ROAAAAAAAR!”\n\n“Whoa! Easy there, fella! I'm not gonna hurt you!”\n\nJohn held out his hands in ... | 4 | |
[WP] The same romantic date, in different parts of the social hierarchy from working class to middle class to upper class. | [
"\"You're squinting.\"\n\n\"Henry, I can see fine.\"\n\n\"Honey, your glasses are three years old, we need a new prescription!\"\n\nAnna looked up from the menu and pushed her glasses back up.\n\n\"Sweetie, it can wait. Can we just enjoy tonight? Besides, I can see perfectly fine up close.\" She says, whispering th... | 3 | |
[WP] You are an advanced alien race, on route to Earth after discovering a space craft called "Voyager" and the data stored on it. After finally discovering the mysterious planet, you find that the inhabitants called "humans" have been driven to extinction by sentient technology. | [
"\"Another one, bureaucrat Conrad!\"\n\"Yes\" replied the reptilian standing to attention, waiting.\nNo one liked this part. All the other crew members knew what this meant. In accordance with regulation 1d2e54f-09, on initiating contact with an intelligence housed wholly in an inorganic form, a person, or persons ... | 2 | |
[WP] A chess grandmaster has to lose a game in order to win prize money. The problem is, his opponent seems to be unable to win a game no matter how skewed. | [
"\"One of us has to lose against *him*?! That's impossible!\"\n\n\"It's for charity, Josef. The American has vowed to give away the prize. It's is a very reasonable offer.\"\n\n\"But he is the worst--\"\n\n\"Never mind that! Think about what this will do for the children!\"\n\n\"Bah! Father Osser, we should give th... | 2 | |
Inspired by atempesty and kasey in our irc chat room.
*Enjoy!* | [WP] Where there is life, there is hope | [
"In the dense charcoal forest, color erupts after the start of the rainy season. Fire weed rises above the wet ashes like a botanical Phoenix. The motherly wake of the inferno has yielded her offspring. Soon the bees will come, then their prospective consumers will follow and slowly reform the temperature guided ec... | 3 |
Cheesy (ik) but i wanna see what this sub reddit can make of this one. | [WP] write a story ending with " I just wanted her head on my chest" | [
"He was just a lad when all went askew,\n\nNo more than twelve but older than two.\n\nOff to summer camp for just a mere score,\n\nAnxious for fun and maybe much more!\n\nHe knew she would be there with her beautiful eyes,\n\nAs blue as the ocean and midsummer skies.\n\nBoarding the bus he scanned it so swift,\n\nT... | 4 |
[WP] With medical science advancing, Pestilence retires and the remaining Horsemen of the Apocalypse seek a replacement. | [
"\n\n\n“These interviews are grueling…” The man in the red cloak grumbled. He shook his head and motioned to the two compatriots sitting at the table with him. “Two hours already, and no one is even remotely useful.”\n\n“Tell me about it brother,” The man in the dark black and forest green cloak spoke with a rasp i... | 4 | |
[WP] A couple is making their "free pass" lists, she lists a bunch of famous actors, his list includes a coworker... | [
"The couple sits around their dining room table. She is beautiful with long black hair and olive skin. He is a handsome older gentleman. She hands her list over to him. \n\n\"Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Andy Garcia, Carl Reiner, Elliot Gould, Eddie Jemison, Don Cheadle, Julia Roberts, and Shao... | 2 | |
[WP] You are transported ten years into the future for only ten minutes. You discover that the world has ended horribly. Fortunately: You can prevent it. Unfortunately: Nobody will help you because they all think youre crazy | [
"George approached his camera the same way many great men before him approached the podium. Instead of rancorous applause and droves of people. There was a desk lamp pointed directly at him, for lighting purposes, obviously. A mac book with the green light that signified \"this shit is being recorded\". Have you ev... | 3 | |
[WP] The human mind only have 1 Terabyte of storage memory. Each second is equals to 1kb, which means you have 11574 days / 31 years worth of memories. One day before you hit your limit, your memories will be "reformatted." What memories will you retain? What will you erase? | [
"I heard of a girl who only chose her happiest memories, and spent the years after her reformatting making the same mistakes she had made during her virgin run. Then there was the businessman who chose all his grudges and dirty secrets; he killed himself, overcome with despair. I’m told that you have to find a bala... | 2 | |
[WP] The most you've ever hated yourself. | [
"The unique thing about hate--the most sinister thing--is that you don't recognize you're in the throes of it when you have it. One second you're cool and collected and the next you're spitting fire and seeing red. It's only after the fact that you realize just exactly what you were feeling or what you've done. Nob... | 2 | |
[WP] You discover that the Earth is a simulation because part of it isn't buffering for you. | [
"Hahhh. See, I was chasing three people down the street - it all echoes in my head, like I've done this before. I think I have. I'm never sure if it's the same people. Perhaps I am dreaming - only, I don't remember sleep. Sometimes there are more, sometimes they come after me, but usually they just run. It's the fo... | 3 | |
[WP] Your parents are murdered I front of you as a child, you dedicate the rest of your life to training yo be a super hero, But your first night doesn't go as planned | [
"(First post, haven't written for a while but I just spontaneously commented.)\n\nBackground info: A is having a conversation with his sidekick B whilst hiding.\n\nA: Alright, you ready?\n\nB: Yep\n\nA: Masks?\n\nB: Check\n\nA: Pepper-spray?\n\nB: Check\n\nA: Ammo?\n\nB: check\n\nA: Good, now we just gotta wait for... | 2 | |
Cool writing promp | [WP] The cold air wisps around your face as you stare into the bunker. You know they are in there, but fear has made you hesitant, and your not sure if you can do it.... | [
"It must have been ten minutes we sat there staring at that old abandoned building.\n\n\"So whats the job again?\" Pierce asked as I lit a cigarette.\n\nI took a deep draw and replied \"Apparently there is an old fallout shelter or something in the basement of that building. Our job is to torch it and get out befor... | 4 |
[WP] Humans have gained the ability to fly, but at a strange cost, which is unique to each individual. | [
"Gregory was whizzing around squirrely in the sky, he had been up there for days (apparently, his family had been talking about it) and refused to come down. Someone said he had gotten really close to a transformer and later a fisherman said he had hydroplaned into the local lake. No one really knew what would happ... | 2 | |
[WP] A man and his body-heat-powered watch dies and is buried. After a few days, the watch dies. After a few weeks, it starts ticking again... | [
"\"So I went to graveyard. You know I like it here. Nice and quiet, fresh air, reminding your life ends somewhere. I'm out of that cringy goth phase but it's still kinda nice to go there once in a while. And you won't believe what happened.\"\n\n*\"Yeah?\"*\n\n\"So I'm kinda almost meditating and all and I hear tic... | 1 | |
[WP] "We all have our personal demons. Almost all fear them, but my demons, they fear me. | [
"As other people's personal demons fear \nMy very presence, I have used this gift \nTo my advantage, made it my career \nTo pull these fiends from the souls they inhabit. \n\nAnd whether vice is gluttony or lust, \nI'll drive the demon out of any man. \nYou say his demon is his stinky musk? \nI'll cure... | 5 | |
So that's the basics, I suppose the things your filling in is the who what and why. Also feel free to change the premise slightly if you can make the story better in doing so. I just like the initial idea and want to know what happened and how.
Ps. I love this community it's so beautifully creative. | [WP] a person who's homie is time travel g to get the autographs of us presidents on money only to find that shortly after getting one of their autographs the bill has changed faces. | [
"“You’re sure you didn’t say anything out of the ordinary to him?” said Maurice.\n\nReggie rubbed his temples. A mosquito buzzed past his ear. “No, no, nothing I can think of.”\n\n“You’re sure?” said Maurice. “Cause a minute ago, I had a pretty nice house and a Bentley in the garage. Now I’m standing in the middle ... | 1 |
[WP] It's the year 2020, and the election is led by Ted Cruz on the Republican side, and Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side. However a 3rd candidate is rapidly rising in popularity. Representing the People's Party, The Rock! | [
"Success had come in droves for the past 4 years. A balanced national budget, improved education, a marvelous gold plated wall successfully keeping mexican's from smuggling drugs, and a strong military had all been hallmarks of the highly successful Donald J. Trump presidency. Unfortunately, due to out of control c... | 2 | |
[WP] Your fridge becomes possessed by a demon. You keep mistaking the unholy signs for a faulty fridge, moldy food etc | [
"I used to love being an angel, but as it turns out, God is kind of a dick. It was an honest mistake. I thought the wisemen were supposed to bring gold, Frankenstein, and myrrh. But no, apparently a monster is *not* an appropriate gift for the baby Jesus and I should have known better. And then stupid Nate had to c... | 3 | |
[WP] An alien disguised as a human ends up in a mental hospital | [
"She blinks too slowly. Three hours I’ve been here, and that’s the main thing I notice. She blinks as if she is doing it manually, like she has to remind herself to do it. Maybe a form of catatonia, I think, as I write a note in the margin. Depressive tendencies. How big a psychometric blanket can I throw over this... | 4 | |
I thought it'd be cool as a sort of setup for "are they good or evil?"
Does he truly believe that the sacrifice of one is worth the needs of the many?
The idea was derivative from watching the movie 'unbreakable'. The concept of an indestructible man on one side of the world while their polar opposite was out there ... | [WP] The worlds top superhero has the power of true invincibility and is the most loved hero on Earth. His power isn't invincibility however, it's the ability to randomly transfer the damage they've received to another living person at random. The hero is aware of this. | [
"Sherry Bell looked up to him, The Savior. He was the most successful hero the world had ever seen. He had run into and defeated almost all the super villains in the world, along with an uncounted number of nameless thieves and thugs. His two most recent were the Nefarious Doctor Domination, and the unnamed assassi... | 3 |
[WP] A time traveller that travels back in time and accidentally meets his dead wife. | [
"\"Oh no, it seems I've erred again\" \nHe said beneath his breath, \n\"I've run into my dearest friend - \nMy love, before her death.\" \n\n\"Oh what a silly fool,\" he wept \n\"To find the very room \nWhere lay my love, the night she slept \nThe sunny side of doom.\" \n\n\"But now I'm here\" he came to sp... | 2 | |
[WP] You are about to commit suicide, when a voice behind you asks you something really mundain. | [
"The barrel of the gun had grown warm over the last 30 minutes as I fumbled with it, trying to decide if this would be my final action on this earth. My eyes were glazed in tears and yet my mouth was bone dry as I murmured the word coward under my breath. My heart rate increased, my eyes closed hard and I raised th... | 11 | |
[WP] There is in fact a God, but it's the God of a very obscure religion. | [
"Who are you?\n\nI am 'Ulth. I am the first god. I am the god of the hunt and funerals, and you know, other stuff. \n\nI've never heard of you.\n\nI know.\n\nSo what do you hunt?\n\nThe others.\n\nThe other who?\n\nThe other gods. The gods of words. The gods of rules. The gods that stand between my people and the d... | 3 | |
[WP] A single portal is discovered in a forest. The world anxiously watches as we send our first roped volunteer in. | [
"My brother volunteered.\n\n\"I am too late to explore the earth and too early to explore space and deep water terrifies me,\" he told our parents, while signing away his life in a heap of papers. \"The world will remember me as an adventurer this way.\"\n\n\"What if there's only water on the other side?\"\n\nHe on... | 2 | |
[WP] The end of the world has arrived, and it's nothing like we ever anticipated. | [
"The end of the world was altogether unremarkable. Those poor souls, like myself, who work in stuffy office buildings pray for an eventful apocalypse, if for no other reason than to break up the monotony of the daily status meeting, followed by the status meetings status meeting, wrapped up later in the status of ... | 2 | |
Seriously, don't you wish your child came with a parenting manual? | [WP] Every child is born with an instruction manual which explains how to best raise them (don't let them have a cellphone until 16, etc). You child's manual is filled with strange entries: Allow them to play with the Fairies, make sure they drink at least one dragons tear, etc. | [
"Not many remembered exactly when Precognitive Parenting Manuals first rose to popularity. In the beginning, most thought it to be a hoax- the tagline being \"Never Worry About Bad Decisions Again!\". They were critically panned for being 'unproven' among many other more unsavory comments, and so the product quickl... | 3 |
[WP] Your midlife crisis happens exactly in the middle of your life, it comes at age 8. | [
"\"Mommy, Moommmmmm!\" Tim screamed as he ran through the house.\n\n\"What's wrong now, Timmy?\" his mother replied.\n\n\"The candy I bought last week. The Hershey's Bars and Starburst and Skittles I bought. Why did I buy them?!? Why didn't I buy that toy car I always wanted?!?\" Timmy screamed, as he sat down and ... | 2 | |
[WP] The apocalypse that no one noticed. | [
"\"So. What's happening?\" \n\n\"Nothin', dude!\"\n\n\"Dude!\"\n\n\"Dude!\"\n\n\"Man, that's a beautiful sunset.\"\n\n\"Isn't the sun supposed to set in the west, not in the direction of Washington DC?\"\n\n\"Dude! You must've missed that day in Geography class!\"\n\n\"Dude!\"\n\n\"Dude!\"\n\n\"Dude, I was at the... | 2 | |
[wp] you and your significant other have an unexpected baby on the way. Onee day an angel appears and tells you that the child is actually jesus | [
"\"Honey, did you get the towels?\" Jenny looked around the nearly empty room, checking to see if she had missed anything. Nothing but boxes.\n\n\"I think they're in with the rest of the bathroom stuff.\" Mark shouted from another room. He walked in, brushing off his hands and smiling at her. \n\n\"I got the car lo... | 2 | |
[WP] A bag of potato chips vs a box of chocolates. | [
"The mini-bag was down, deflated. Potato Chips (PC) leapt to Mini-Bag's side, lifting the top ever so slightly as not to further discomfort. \n\n\"I did the best I could.\" With that, the mini-bag slowly floated away in the wind. PC turned towards the crusher of dreams, destroyer of love, and fool maker of those wh... | 1 | |
[WP] Not all prisons are made of iron. | [
"The adventure started with a sunny day, a rare thing in the north. In fact, it was a clear blue sky. White fluffy clouds, the ones you use to describe a home made cookie, the sort that animations can only hope to imitate were in the sky. A crystal clear scene, the back drop absolutely phenomenal. \n\n\n\"Bangun!... | 12 | |
[WP] King Arthur was prophesied to return during Britain's hour of need. It is the year 3XXX and that time is now. | [
"The ash still fell from the dark sky, settling lightly on the old black cobblestones. Even here in Wales the damage was significant. No one thought about the North Koreans as an enemy to the UK, until the bombs fell short if their real target in the US. There wasn't a North or South Korea any more. The launch had ... | 3 | |
[WP] The year is 3031. Your name is Haiku from the planet of Limerick – the last hospitable planet. It is a beautiful planet with people who care deeply for it. Settlers from Earth arrive with open arms. Tell us your story...using only your native language structure consisting of haiku and limericks | [
"Dear brothers and sisters I've brought you, \nSome strangers who searched and who sought you, \nPlease open your arms, \nTurn off the alarms, \nFor the brothers and sisters I've brought you. \n\nFor in life you see, \nThe weary traveler has not, \nBut one trust to give \n\nAnd give it we must, \nIf we hop... | 2 | |
[WP] It's the year 3340 and humanity has colonized the entire galaxy. We now ship Earth's waste to planet 3T5AW using designated spacecraft. You are a newly recruited garbage man tasked with flying these ships to 3T5AW, you are just about to enter the planet's atmosphere for the very first time. | [
"I've got a big one for this, I'll have to post it in pieces. Here's the first piece. There's several more.\n\nedit: This one is called \"Angel of Mercy\". You can read the whole thing [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wl92ZEBVZKGToxXRvdvzBFTGUDpvOloc7MLNdRNGBY0/edit?usp=sharing)\n\n--------\n\n“Alright, k... | 1 | |
This is a repost of https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/4h7icc/wp_germany_1909_all_your_life_strangers_have_been/ by Nerrolken with the main point of the prompt spelled out. | [WP] Germany, 1909. All your life, strangers have been trying to murder you. Finally, one confesses why: they're trying to stop Adolph Hitler from causing WW2. The only problem: your name is Adolph Hilter. Not Hitler, HILTER. | [
"All my life people have tried to kill me. It all stopped 1916. I got some condolence cards informing me that a certain Adolf Hitler died in the trenches. I never knew the guy but I was sure happy the attempts on my life ended. On the positive side this turned me into a hard to kill son of a bitch with a deep disli... | 4 |
[WP] "Do not go to sleep. That is where it lives. You should be able to sleep in three days or so. I'm going to kill it." | [
"\"I walked through the darkened woods. Soft moss and dead leaves softened my foot fall. There was a light peering between the willows, dancing around like someone was carrying it. I got closer and it turned to me, the creature. I hadn't in all my days seen such a grotesque being, so much a dark caricature of a man... | 2 | |
[WP] I am the lesser of two evils. | [
"\"Wh... where am I?\" *she saw a road leading to nowhere. She had no idea how she gotten there. All around her was a dark, forest-like wasteland, with crunching trees and dead leaves of color green, but dead green, the one that gives you shivers. She was trembling but she proceeded down the path on the road. She d... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a hotshot Hollywood writer, you're now trying to sell an unmarketable and unmake-able movie. | [
"Alright, buddy. My new man on the scene, this Dan. You Know, your agent? look, Lew, I got a script so hot here it could fry twinkies. Alright here it is:\n\nWe remake the Jazz Singer\n\nWe already got the Make-up and the white gloves, you'll do great! now, some people might say this idea is \"in poor taste\" and-*... | 3 | |
[WP] What do superheroes do when there's no more crime? | [
"\"What will we do now,\" said Superman, \"All the Villans have been defeated, all the criminals in jail. What will I do?\"\n\n\"You could volunteer,\" his sidekick suggested. \"Do communty service you know?\"\n\n\"No, my talents are needed for some thing bigger,\" He said, clearly getting sadder by the second.\n\n... | 1 | |
Write about a world where every time some world-changing event takes place, people fight and compete to become the 'main character' attached to every story and adventure arising from day to day. | [WP] In a world full of main characters, people must compete to become the protagonist of their own stories. | [
"Sometimes, you are your own worst enemy, even if only from the outside.\n\nA few weeks ago, couriers came galloping into the streets of the town of Rimsford, the city of adventurers. They spoke of a demon lord, Rakazzok, rising in the far eastern kingdoms, subjugating and conquering all that he sought, wielding pr... | 5 |
[WP]In a world, filled with people with unbelievable superpowers, you have the most feared power of all, a power that makes anyone, have a shy, akward, crush on you. | [
"When I was in elementary school, I was constantly being taken out of class for extra help with my reading. I had a hard time connecting the written word with the spoken word. Fumbling and stumbling over the most basic words, from cats, to dogs, to love.\n\nThen one day we had a foreign exchange student join our c... | 3 | |
[WP] A person who signs up for an expiremental drug test gets unexpected results. | [
"\"good evening, Mr. Han.\" \n\nThe doctor spoke with an icy tone, looking upon me with those piercing cool blue eyes I could see the pity for me within them. \n\n\"Are you sure you wish to continue with the procedure Mr. Han? This will be your final chance to cancel the operation. May I say once more the dangers t... | 2 | |
[WP] When you die, you wake up as your ten year old self in your old bed, with barely any recollection of what happened. | [
"The silver, crinkled ceiling loomed above me, sloping down from the wall my bed was placed against, in the corner against the other wall, dividing the living areas from the bedrooms. Well, to call the whole place a house was a bit ironic since there was only one wall in the entire house. I loved that ceiling, thou... | 2 | |
[WP] A depressed and suicidal man starts to take up incredibly dangerous hobbies in order to die doing something unimportant. Over the years, he's inadvertently grown to be pretty good at those pastimes. | [
"My life, it would seem, is a farce. Every event has been meticulously designed to force me down further into my depression. The past year hadn't been kind to me. In October, my mum passed away, leaving my family broken but me especially. In my mental absence, my fiancée found her needs satisfied by someone else.\n... | 4 | |
[WP] Today is the Opposite Day. Turn the world on it's head! Oh, it doesn't have one? Well, now it does. | [
"I was holding the compass, and I had the map in my pack. If anybody was going be blamed for getting us lost, it was going to be me--and lost is exactly what we were. Really, it was just the blaming that was left. I suppose that there are a number of other discomforts that come from being lost in the woods, but ... | 1 | |
[WP] So, you think you can kill a God? | [
"Vetrix awoke with a start, he came crashing back to the hard earth from a murky world of blood, smoke, and screams. The wizened seer stood above him, his sightless eyes questing for nothing in particular. \"It is ready\", he said flatly. \nVetrix rolled the pile of furs and skins that had served as his bed back, b... | 3 | |
[WP] While exploring a remote rain forest, you discover an ancient, isolated tribe. Instead of them being way behind on technology, they are actually extremely technologically advanced. | [
"May 3, 1872.\n\nMy dearest Marianne,\n\nIt has been sixteen weeks since we departed, and the jungle grows dark. I have seen little sun for weeks through the dense tropical canopy, and a foul miasma hangs in the air. Mathewson has fallen ill with malaria. He falls in and out of consciousness and breathes with an in... | 2 | |
[WP] You've just been sold into slavery. However, due to a fluke of probability, your new master only orders you to do things that you would've done anyway. | [
"\"Remember: you are a dispensable and easily replaced cog in Master's money-making operation. If you work hard, and if you obey every order promptly and without question, you will continue to live. Disobey, and Master will make sure that you will spend the rest of your miserable life wishing that you hadn't.\"\n\n... | 3 | |
In order to get into fruit heaven, you must describe how you were horribly consumed. | [WP] Fruits are really living thinking sentient beings... | [
"I....i dont even know where to begin.... I was deep into my meditation as all my kind does with all their time. High and mighty on my tree, the wind howling and rushing past my round hard body. I suddenly began to feel a great vibration, as if my life giver was being toppled or climbed upon... Thats when i felt t... | 2 |
[WP] “My Queen, I believe the other Royals are becoming suspicious.” “Oh dear Knight. I do not fear them nor do I care for them. You are the only man I love.” | [
"**I couldn't resist. I will not apologize.**\n\n“My Queen, I believe the other Royals are becoming suspicious.” \n\n“Oh dear Knight. I do not fear them nor do I care for them. You are the only man I love.”\n\n\n“My Queen, the oddities in the duty roster are sure to be noticed.” \n\n“Oh dear Knight. Are you not the... | 2 | |
[WP]: You have always wanted to tell the village children how much better life was before the apocalypse, but not knowing of any better, they seem perfectly happy. | [
"I can hear them. They talk about me. They say that my mind is going, that the radiation has finally done the job it should have done two hundred years ago. I'm going feral. I can feel it, gnawing on the edge of my mind, scraping and clawing like a ravenous animal. The urges grow, and every day I struggle to f... | 4 | |
[WP] Humans are actually an ancient, non-Earthling race that was placed on Earth millennia ago because, out of the trillions of planets that could support human life, Earth was the best hiding place. Our desire to visit the stars has inadvertently drawn the attention of what we were hidden from. | [
"I often find myself watching the stars for hours on end. My mother used to say that I would grow tired of looking at the same stars every night... She also used to tell me to \"get my ass inside or I'd catch on cold\". My mother was often wrong. \n\nMy friends make fun of me because I know every constellation by h... | 3 | |
[WP] It's odd to look in as an outsider, at a place where you once felt at home. | [
"J sat stiffly in his seat, hands clasped nervously in his lap as he kept his head down for the most part, averting his eyes. Mark sat across from him as he propped up his four year old on his lap. Lukas was asleep, as he should've been due to the late hour. Glancing at the clock, the numbers read 12:27 pm.\n\n “Wh... | 2 | |
[WP] The Chernobyl disaster was all a conspiracy and there was actually no radioactive meltdown. Something much worse happened there, and you're the conspiracy theorist who just figured it out.. | [
"\"I'm sorry, what were you saying?\"\n\n\"We need you to investigate the Chernobyl accident!\" the man sitting across from Jack said, trying to yell over the whirring blades.\n\n\"Did you just say *Chernobyl*?\" Jack replied, peering nervously at at the landscape below the helicopter.\n\n\"We believe that it didn'... | 6 | |
[WP]: A frantic 7-year-old kid appears at your door, cursing like a sailor. He has nothing on him but a wallet of a 24-year-old man who looks like him. He needs your help and a shot of whiskey. | [
"(Part 3- Final)\n\n\"Hey.\"\n\nNope. No. It is not time to wake up yet. \n\n\"Hey!\" \n\nPlease go away. I'm not ready to say goodbye to my best friend who I refer to as Sleep. \n\n\"Wake up you lazy fuck!\" \n\nI shoot forward- both hands balled into fists and raised in front of me. \"What?! What is it!?\" I glan... | 3 | |
[WP] Possible side effects include extinction. | [
"God looked upon the self assembled IKEA comet that he had purchased earlier in the day. He stroked his fingers along his beard and *hmmmmed* at the warning printed alongside the box. \n\nGod shook his head for a moment. He considered his options. \n\n\"Oh, what's life without a little excitement,\" he said. \"Thos... | 2 | |
[WP] Just for fun, a witch bestows you with the power to magically form cream cheese at will between any two surfaces that you see when they make contact. So far you have only used it on your morning bagel but today you decide to be more creative with it. For better or for worse. | [
"I slowly munch on my morning bagel as Rachel comes into the living room. Half dressed, hair barely done, no makeup. I check the clock. 7:54. She's going to be late for class, again. She's lucky she's pretty and her professor has a weak spot for girls with puppy eyes. Too bad the inside isn't as pretty as the outsi... | 5 | |
[WP] Covered in blood and grinning, you emerge from your house. But no one has been killed. Why are you so happy? | [
"I'm usually very conscious of my behaviour and activities, especially in my rather conservative neighbourhood, but it was that time of the year again; I simply couldn't contain my giddiness and cheer. I whistled a cheerful tune as I walked up to my front lawn and began to position the sign on my lawn and started t... | 4 | |
[WP] A creepy story set on the International Space Station | [
"Why do we go on vacation?\n\nSo we can come home. The vacation part is just a lousy excuse to make you miss where you come from so that when you return, you'll appreciate it more. After all, our homes are designed by us. They're a place where we can feel infinitely safe and comfortable. They're a place we can rema... | 2 | |
[WP] Love isn't free | [
"I want to find love – thought Todd. \n\nHe was a little above average person. Nothing too significant has happened in Todd’s life and it was time for a change. \n\nTodd was educated enough with a secure job and a solid income. “That’s a good start”- someone would say and would be right. He was a man who wanted to ... | 6 | |
[WP] In a dystopian United States, a person becomes President by killing the previous President | [
"In living memory, this was how it was always done. Many people claimed the throne to the Great Republic every 4 years. Such was the custom, written by the Wise Fathers: every 4 years, a new President had to be chosen.\n\nIt is not remembered today where the word \"election\" came from or what it originally meant, ... | 2 | |
[WP] Very rarely people are born with a magical ability. You were born with power over toasters, and now you're the last line of defence against the demon horde. | [
"Everyone was afraid. I could see it in their eyes. Even behind the presidents stare, who looked at me with a glimpse of hope in his eyes. I preferred his stare over that of the minister of defense, who looked down on me with a cruel disapproving look. I don’t blame him though. If I was in charge of protecting a wh... | 8 | |
[WP] You're driving a car, and have just been stopped by police. There's a body in the back seat. | [
"\"Hallo officer, what's the problem?\" \n\n\"You don't know why I stopped you Sir? Or could you imagine why?\"\n\n\"Uh, I may was speeding.\"\n\n\"May is a bit understated, you where driving 30 miles too fast.\"\n\n\"Officer I'm sorry but my brother-in-law and his wife are becoming a baby right in the moment.\"\n\... | 2 | |
[WP] Write Deadpool as a Shakespearean character | [
"Francisco:\n\nRepugnant beast! Oh how thy extance doth incur in me such wretched temper. If only you were but more of a man, so that I might make you less of one!\n\n*Francisco advances, sword upraised. Deadpoole stands his ground*\n\nDeadpoole:\n\nWhat merry banter you ply me with, dearest Francisco! Why, if one ... | 1 | |
[WP] Tell me a story that will make me afraid of the light. | [
"Listen closely; this information is the difference between life and death. You may have heard of people having near-death experiences, and you probably noticed a pattern. They all say a light, but before they could approach it they were bought back to earth. They were the lucky ones. Because the light isn’t what i... | 6 | |
[WP] You stumble into a mysterious bar that sells emotions on tap instead of beer. | [
"A thick haze of smoke clung to the low ceiling, muting the spherical green lamps. Their soft glow gave the windowless pub an air of mystery, punctuated by the low murmuring of the clients sparsely scattered on its floor. The tables they sat at were small and round, with simple stools at their side. A large square ... | 3 | |
[WP] You find a "help wanted" sign on the front door of the White House. They're trying to fill a position for President. | [
"Jenny knocked on the white treehouse door. **Help Wanted: President** the sign said. The door it was attached to squeaked on its hinges by the suspicious operator. \"Who is it? Oh it's you Jenny.\" The door swung open to reveal George, Bill and Bam. \n\"Oh not you Jenny! You can't be President! Read the rules: *N... | 2 | |
[WP] Writing prompts suddenly become sentient creatures, stalking humans and killing those who cannot write appropriate responses to them. | [
"A prompt\n\nof prose\n\nwas sighted here\n\njust yesterday.\n\nIt was a clear\n\nand scheduled day\n\nof which we know\n\nwhen suddenly\n\nout from the snow\n\na looming, wretched\n\nfigure stood,\n\nI prayed he stay\n\nclose to the wood,\n\nand yet he wandered\n\ncloser, still,\n\nall down our backs\n\nwe felt a ... | 2 | |
[WP] Nuclear war, documented on the Reddit front page | [
"# /r/politics: \"CNN: President Christie announces retaliatory strikes\"\n\nYeah, funny how that headline never mentioned who we were retaliating *against*. Half a dozen dirty bombs set off simultaneously in the five largest US cities plus DC, and all anyone knew about the source was that they'd been flown in aro... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a deity that created our planet; however, you forgot about it for many thousands of years and just rediscovered its existence. | [
"Words cannot explain the beauty of the galaxies I have created, the civilizations, their cultures, their lives, deaths, in some cases extinctions. Each planet I breathed life into has grown and the pleasure of watching it grow has been an indescribable experience of joy and pleasure. I like to think that I have gi... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a superhero with the power to revive anyone who has died, good as new. This is your only power. | [
"\"I don't want to,\" Sam says, swallowing hard past the lump of tears in his throat, small hands shaking. \"I don't want to.\" \n\n\"But you have to, sweetie,\" Darla says, her hand soft against Sam's shoulder. She always touches him with such kindness, but Sam knows better now. \n\n\"Please don't make me,\" Sam b... | 2 | |
[WP] Your father is invincible. Your mother can shoot fire from her fingers. Your sister is super fast. Your only power is to persuade babies to do your bidding. | [
"Over a year in planning. \n\nMonths in study and preparation - memorizing routes, schedules, locations and faces.\n\nThousands of Dnaris spent gathering the proper equipment and bribing the right officials. \n\nAll leading up to this. \n\n--------------------\n\nDespite visual evidence to the contrary, nothing cou... | 5 | |
[WP]Sir, we have made contact with an advanced alien species. Unfortunately sir, they're assholes | [
"\"Lord Trump, tremendous news from the Trump Nebula 100AT. We've discovered intelligent, sentient life, but-\"\n*rudely interrupted by Lord Trump*\n\"Intelligent life you say? Go on.\"\n\"Yes, Lord Trump. But the problem is they're assholes.\"\n*Lord Trumps tiny hands are frightened*\n\"We must attack, ready the N... | 2 | |
The top of the highest mountains, the bottom of the ocean, Antarctica, etc... What's his game? | [WP] An eccentric billionaire has supposedly hidden clues to his fortune in hard-to-reach places all over the world | [
"I was totally ruined. I losed so much in the casino... Last night was the worst of my entire life. However, one man in the casino, really rich looking, talked to me. When I told him that I losed everything, he became really pitifull and said me one thing: I am old, and I decided, a few months later, to make a game... | 2 |
[WP] You are an immortal spending centuries perfecting every skill and absorbing as much knowledge as possible. Despite all your intellect and practice, there was one thing you could never master. | [
"A small caliber .22 slug. It won't leave much blood or gore.\n\n\"Nice. I'll talk to you again if I need to know anything about guns, boyo.\"\n\nPotassium cyanide. Histotoxic hypoxia - cells can't use oxygen from the bloodstream. Don't take it for the taste.\n\n\"Wow, professor, you know so much about chemicals!\"... | 2 | |
[WP] When I was 16 my father pulled me out of school and shoved me in the car. His eyes didn't leave the road as he threw a gun in my lap and said, "We're going to get your mother." | [
"The metal felt cold and heavy, far heavier than an object that side should have been. \n\n\"What do you mean, 'get your mother?' You told me I didn't HAVE a -\"\n\n\"Shut up.\" Dad barked. His face was rough, and his eyes were wide and red, as if he had recently been crying. \n\n\n\"But you said she was dea-\"\n\n... | 31 | |
[WP] 2 people are about to fight, but they can both predict the future and know eachother's moves | [
"EXT. Graveyard - Stormy Night\n\nA cliffside graveyard filled with head stones and trees everywhere. The rain has not let up and with the clouds filling the sky it is pitch black and you can't see your hand in front of your face. The only break in the darkness is the crack of lightning across the sky. Two men sta... | 2 | |
[WP] You're able to run an antivirus program on your own body | [
"They said that this new antivirus program would quickly connect with my nano chip, then eliminate all the virus cells in my body, and within seconds I would feel back to normal. \n\"It's 99.9% safe!\" \n\"What about the .1%?\" \n\"Oh, well there's a tiny chance it will malfunction and kill off all your cells excep... | 2 | |
[WP] An alien court system picks jury members by warping in randomly selected intelligent lifeforms from throughout the galaxy. You've just been selected to witness the trial of an alleged alien murder. | [
"With a *BZZAP* and a flash of light, I had suddenly appeared in some sort of courtroom. That much was obvious. Despite that, I had very little to go on. There were some sort of grey robots in front of me, with green monitors for heads. Beside me were six other creatures. Three were humanoid. One was made of rock, ... | 5 | |
[WP] "Here you'll win a chance to fight freaks of nature, escape countless safety hazards, wander aimlessly for hours and die scared tired and alone" | [
"The group of young cadets stood in parade formation, their shiny faces turned up to me. I adjusted the microphone on the podium in front of me. \n\n\"You are here,\" I said, \"because you are the best, of the best, of the best.\" My voice reverberated through the mostly empty hangar. I scanned the crowd and sa... | 1 | |
[WP] A couple of one racial skin tone has a baby of a different racial skin tone, neither of them has cheated on the other. | [
"\"Well, it is not like I've studied medicine for this many years, because it is simple, you know?\" said the doctor who surely knew about the problems his weight could cause. \"No, no no no, it is a complex thing. Real complex. The scientists of the world are still unraveling the mysteries of the human anatomy, bu... | 1 | |
[WP] An independent universal deity reviews planets at random and, for the first time in its existence Earth is up next. God & Satan are forced to attend. | [
"\"So, Mr. uhm God, was it, right? Kind of a pretentious name, isn't it? In your paperwork you said that you ruled the spiritual affairs of earth with a partner called ... Satan? Where is he, he was supposed to be here!\" \"See, he always does that. Leaves all the boring and annoying stuff for me, like doing the di... | 3 | |
[WP] God really doesn't want things like wars or natural disasters to happen, he's just very clumsy. | [
"\"What? What did I do now?\"\n\nThe angel stared at God, a mixture of consternation and frustration that the Almighty was all too familiar with. He wasn't denying anything - he knew he had done something, but that *something* could be anything with him, and he was genuinely confused and more than a little concerne... | 1 | |
[WP]: Two omnipotent entities are competing: One attempts to create the most useless possible creature, and the other comes up with an use for it. | [
"\"Humans.\"\n\nI smile cruelly, this is almost overkill. I giggle insanely, knowing I've most certainly done it. \n\n\"I call them humans! And they are the most utterly useless beings to ever live!\"\n\nI throw my hands up and cackle, so overcome with a dark glee I can't stop myself. I see your smile falter, you w... | 1 | |
[WP]"It's strange, looking back. I started out just wanting to help everyone, and now I'm about to murder a hundred million people with the push of a button." | [
"\"General. It's time.\" the General nodded, getting up and going over to the assistant at the keyboard. The monitor revealled their target: the rebel base. \n\n\"You may proceed at leisure, colonel.\" the colonel nodded, reaching out to lightly press a finger onto the big red button. She hesitated. \"What's wrong?... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the captain of a pirate ship heading to uncharted land. You are being chased by the government and everyone else. You have something on deck that they all want. | [
"\"Captain! Captain!\" The squeak came from my elbow. I looked down to the upturned face of our newest shipmate, and ironed the creases of worry from my face. \n\"What is it, Lass?\" \n\"Captain! Lookout says there are two more of 'em off the stern!\" She hopped from foot to foot, agitated at the news. Patting he... | 4 |
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