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[WP] 15 years ago, time travel was invented. You are the lead actor in a low-budget television series that will develop a huge cult following in 10 years. To save costs, all the extras in your show are super-fans visiting from the future. | [
"The panting girl slammed his trailer door shut behind her and slumped against it, exhausted. John first saw her in the mirror. He pulled the tissues out from his collar where they'd been placed to catch the fallout from the makeup, and turned his chair around to face her. One finger already reached for the interco... | 1 | |
[WP] Yesterday, a man was murdered at an unknown time. Your only witness to the crime is a man who only speaks in rhyme. | [
"He did not shoot him with a gun, he did not stab him on the run,\n\nHe did not hit him with a pole, or push him down a massive hole.\n\nHow was he killed? you may well ask, it wasn't with a poisoned flask.\n\nHe was force-fed pork on a silver fork, and was 'boar'ed' to death.\n\nMore or leth...",
"Cell phone buz... | 4 | |
[WP] Describe a character the exact opposite of who you are | [
"Anti-me was a complete idiot that could not tie her own shoes. She always told the dirtiest of all the jokes, which made here very popular in middle school. In fact she was so popular that even the newest of students knew her name. But during high school she slacked off completely and did nothing with her life. Ho... | 3 | |
[WP] You make a post seeking relationship advice on Reddit. A random user starts to give you advice. Somehow they know your situation very well. You find out that this other user is you from the future. They emplore you not to leave your SO, or you'll regret it for the rest of your life. | [
"AFakeSoundtrack: \"Hi there, /r/relationships, long time lurker, first time poster! I've got a bit of a problem, and I hesitate to even bring it up because I think I already know the answer. My partner and I are deeply in love, etc. etc. etc. But the past few years, she has been very depressed. She's gone to a... | 1 | |
[WP] The White house has tasked you to gather peoples opinions on weather or not we should kick off world war 3 in the next 24 hours. you turned to reddit expecting to get real answers. | [
"All I wanted were some serious replies. What do I get? Ronald McDonald, a feminist and the fucking taco bell dog.\n\n\n\n\nr/askreddit\n\n[Serious] World War III\n\nPeople of Reddit,\n\nTell me your thoughts on the United States invading both Syria and North Korea within the next 24 hours. I'd like to hear opinion... | 1 | |
[WP] You sold your soul to the devil 10 years ago for wealth. It is finally time. You used the rest of your money for security. There are gunshots outside your mansion. | [
"The years would have been kind had he strayed from his now crippling cocaine addiction. \n\n\"All I see around me is fucking cocka-roaches\", he exclaims, pointing his shaking finger to his top capo, Manny. His face is powdered white with the remnants of his most recent indulgence, of which would've caused the dea... | 1 | |
[WP] Upon reaching heaven God is waiting for you, arms crossed. He yells at you "You lazy good-for-nothing! You were supposed to be...! Alright...I'll give you one more chance." | [
"It happened so fast. I had been walking the dog. Our neighborhood was always dirty, but never unsafe. A plethora of renters at varying quality meant some overgrown grass, garbage that had never been taken to the street, and kid's toys left to bleach in the sun. Never danger, never danger until it was too late. I h... | 1 | |
[WP]"My name is Legion, for I am many" he said calmly. "Hi Legion. Welcome to the group" replied the doctor. "Take a seat. There's coffee and some cookies on the pink table." | [
"The group stared as he slowly walked towards a seat. His robes battered and torn, skin splotches covered what they could see of his face. His eyes hid in the shadows of his hood, only his nose and chin shown. Silence. \n\n\"Okay, well let's get started,\" Doctor Mann said, \"Everyone this is Legion, let's welcome... | 4 | |
[WP] You're a character in Game of Thrones. You discover that nobody, even your enemies, cares about the throne or Westeros. The only thing anyone is concerned about is making sure they don't get killed off by George R.R. Martin, and trying to please him. | [
"\"Ummmmm..... why are you naked?\"\n\nI stood in the streets of Kings Landing while I watched a man speedily take off his robe. He seemed content with the fact that everyone was staring and I couldn't help but wonder what his motivation was. \n\n\"George prefers his characters to be naked, I apologize for the view... | 1 | |
I would love to see what you guys come up with. | [WP] She was an angel seeking chaos, he was a demon seeking peace... | [
"In the beginning there was a candle. The candle was held by our Goddess Mother. She was the Flame Itself and the Holder of the Flame. Her children were the Light of the Flame and the Darkness Beyond the Flame. \n\nThe Light became a host of angels; the Darkness became demons. Her children fought for room, the Dark... | 3 |
[WP] God just realized he forgot to give man one of the books of the bible. | [
"God read the report of the Special Investigative Services and planted His head between his palms, too stunned for words. The mistake was there, plain to see.\n\nThe Holy Writ set out a full set of instructions, commentary, illustrative parables and myth -- His own Words, there in red letters -- on leading a harmo... | 1 | |
[WP] You awaken to find your self back in 1996 as you once were (Example: If you were 10 in 1996, you are 10 again.) You have memories of the next 20 years and what you did in the future. Come to find out, everyone has memories of what they did during the next 20 years. | [
"It's been a long time since I woke up with all my limbs still on the bed. Not the full year that I've spent in my twin XL bed, but at least a few weeks, and long enough that although I'm tangled in blankets and have them over my head I pause to enjoy it. The warmth is uncommon as well, and sends me back to SoCal. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've insulted your followers. You've made awful remarks in public. You've done everything in your power to lose credibility. Yet, despite your best efforts, you seem unable to lose the election. | [
"John swallowed the last of the scotch in his glass. The alcohol still burned his mouth but he embraced it loudly smacking his lips. The phone began ringing for what felt like the one-hundredth time that day. John could not hold his frustrations in any longer. \n\n\"Fuck off,\" John spat at the phone before he sigh... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a character stuck in the world of a mediocre writing prompt idea. | [
"Harry FUCKING Potter. Of all the writing prompts that lazy bitch could have picked, she went for Harry Potter finding his true love at Hogwarts and now I'm stuck in a castle with underdeveloped breasts and shitty dialogue. I'm pretty sure if she scrolled down another four posts there would have been something abou... | 6 | |
[WP] You wake up and find that if you stay close to a person for more than 2 minutes, it enrages them. Find out what happened. | [
"It was a dark day. I woke up and drove to work. I went to the gas station, and the clerk was furious with me: \"Get the fuck out of here, man! What the fuck!\"\n\nI had to leave the store. He wouldn't even sell me anything. Some people getting gas looked at me disgusted. Some guy yelled: \"Are you kidding me, dude... | 1 | |
[WP] "_____?!" You turn around at the sound of your name and see them staring at a distance, wide eyed and smiling "How've you been? It's been so long" there's a loving look in their eye, they seem so happy to see you. They must've been close at one point; you have no memory of them though. | [
"\"Joseph? Is that you? It has to have been 12 years since I've seen you. How's your mom been?\" \n\n\"Uh, she's... You look different?\"\n\n\"I lost all my hair after I turned 40. Heh. I can't believe we lost touch.\"\n\n\"Well, I left town after high school.\"\n\n\"You never stopped smiling the week before you le... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the last human living, and you have no body, you are just a spine and a brain being kept alive by machinery. What's it like? | [
"One hundred and one thousand five hundred and sixty-seven, one hundred and one thousand five hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and one th...**aaaaaacho!**\n\nWait... \nI can't sneeze, I'm just a brain in a vat. Oh, silly me ! \nWell never mind, let's just call that a brain fart. Now, where was I ? \n \nOn... | 2 | |
Do anything you please! death can be a metaphor for something else, or just a title bestowed on somebody, maybe a mafia boss, or it can actually be "death" . | [WP] Death has to deal with his youngest rebel child,whom no longer wishes to reap life. | [
"\"No dad, it's not a phase!\"\nMy son shouts at me. As he tries to justify his behavior. He had recently begun combing his hair straight, and had thrown out all of his black trench coats. \n\"What the hell are you doing then? You have to carry on our family legacy! \" \n\"I dunno dad, I just, don't think killing... | 1 |
[WP] "...And that is the weather. Time now for the latest seraphic, demonic, and otherwise extra-planar events" | [
"In Omaha, former Aztec goddess of death Mictecacihuatl has opened up a new steakhouse, two months after her last establishment was closed by the State Inquisition for employing suspected members of the Church of Lunar Abatement. \nIn Lincoln, the Guild of Prophets and Sibyls said that it will be forced to postpone... | 3 | |
[WP] A hitwoman is given a contract on her own online persona. She must decide who to kill in her place. | [
"Emily looked at the brightly-lit laptop screen before her and cracked her fingers. One-hundred thousand dollars and all she had to do was delete an online account off the face of social media. The notorious hessangGxemil, who occasionally shatpost on some Russian gaming forum, proved infamous enough to require a h... | 1 | |
[WP] Every Valentine's Day. People come together to shoot each other with a single bullet, by putting fate first, they see if true love was meant to be, as non-fatal shots mean true love. | [
"“How excited are you for tonight?” \n\nAs much as I wanted to conceal my lack of confidence, I could not lie to Mirtle. Our friendship had lasted for ten solid years. We had shared strawberry milkshakes on shady greasyspoons while discussing which boy had the best haircut. We had smoked our first weed cigarrette t... | 1 | |
For those who don't know, land under pavement for many years has many problems when uncovered. | [WP] 100 years in the future and roads are obsolete. The government is auctioning off all interstate highways to the highest bidder and you have specific plans for them. | [
"The Mag-rail expansion took forever, but by the time they were done with it, the entire country was linked by high speed, low cost transportation. Cars were a thing of the past. Roads and rest stops became desolate wastelands. Only those with governmental clearance could access them. \n\nBut even after 100 yea... | 3 |
[WP] Write a poem gracefully describing the symptoms of an illness / disease of your choice. | [
"In the beginning\n\nThere was peace.\n\nThere was excitement and joy\n\nAnd every other word used to describe happiness.\n\nIn the middle\n\nThere was uneasiness.\n\nThere was sadness and anxiety\n\nAnd every other word used to describe pain.\n\nIn the end\n\nThere was nothing. \n\nNo peace or excitement \n\nNo un... | 6 | |
[WP] The year is 2068; 25 neurobits (nb) of knowledge can be purchased at your local pharmacy for a small price. You receive a postcard from an old friend; on the back is taped a pill pressed with a 10,000 nb marking. The postcard reads, "Enjoy." | [
"The sun streamed in through the lone window of the prison cell as a loud clang rang through the halls. It was time to wake up. Rubbing his eyes, Jacob hobbled over to the sink and started brushing his teeth, attempting to look mildly presentable. If he played his cards right, he figured he might be able to flirt h... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an evil twin, however your twin is convinced that they are the evil one. A game of evil one-upsmanship commences. | [
"\"Who left a drop of milk in this carton? Just finish the damn thing!\" Larry called out the flat.\n\n\"It would take quite an evil person to commit such a vile act, wouldn't you say?\" Harry, sitting at the kitchen table with a bowl of cereal filled to the brim with milk.\n\n\"No, Harry, just an inconvenience. Ar... | 3 | |
[WP] Everyone considers themselves immortal when they're young. Turns out, I was right. | [
"You know that feeling you get as a child? You definitely know the one, you can jump from anything, climb anything, if you fall your mammy will kiss you and you'll be fine. You believe that you'll be fine, that you can survive anything, now imagine you grow up and that’s the truth, you can survive anything. Sounds ... | 1 | |
[WP] The rest of the human race has moved on to another planet. For your own reason's you have decided to stay behind. | [
"\"Are you sure? Are you, without a shadow of a doubt, wanting to stay on Earth and be totally isolated?\"\n\n\n\"I'm sure. Besides, I'll some AI here to keep me company, my little angels. They'll be able to help with the harvesting of vegetables, managing the water and electricity. Believe it or not, some of them ... | 1 | |
[WP] " You're not a god. Gods don't bleed. " | [
"\"You're not a god. Gods don't bleed.\" Zack said maliciously. He stowed his Holy blade in his sheath and turned away from the foul \"god\" bleeding out on the cobblestones. Zack continued his nomadic journey across the world and thought about the events that led him here.\n\nIn the age of old, Gods and men lived ... | 3 | |
[WP] You work the night shift at a convenience store. One night, one of your regulars comes in with an interesting proposition... | [
"True story worth telling here:\n\nI was working at a 24/7 coffee shop, on the 11pm to 7am shift, like I did five times a week.\nWe saw a ton of strange characters during the run of the nights we worked. \n\nWe even had this homeless guy who thought he was a pilot, had a uniform from salvation army and everything. ... | 3 | |
[WP] You look up at the sky and see a huge meteor heading towards the earth and nobody but you sees that it is actually there. | [
"Breathless I stared.\n\n\nI pinched my cheek just to be sure but still it persist.The hurtling rock threw a blazing trail in the sky like a jagged wound that tore reality.The world rocked for a second and felt blank,the sound of car horns filled the noon's air.In my dazed trance I didn't noticed that I had slammed... | 1 | |
[WP] Today was the day, the day you fell in love. Not with the Checkout Person, nor the crush of your life. But an Assassin playing on your life. | [
"As much as I wanted to run into his arms, I still had to evade his weapons. Why did he want to kill me? What have I done, besides love him since I first met him? It's funny, because when we met, we were good friends. Now I'm running away from him for reasons I still don't know. Thoughts on what we could have had a... | 1 | |
[WP] "No matter what, DO NOT open this door!" | [
"\"Ryan, what you think of the house?\" My mom asks me. My dad has his hand on her lower back in affection, he can rarely keep his eyes off her even after 20 years of marriage. I take another look around the large bedroom with boring white walls and newly redone hardwood floors. The wall-in closet and en suite ba... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a serial killer who lives in a haunted house. The ghosts are your past victims who can only scream at you as you drag in your next victims into your home to kill. The most horrific thing? You get off on their screams. | [
"Blood.\nBlood!\nBLOOD!\nIt dripped from the walls. Flowed down the stairway. Splattered across the dining table. It was everywhere, dyeing your home with magnificent different hues of red. A shudder of satisfaction ran across your hands. The very hands that painted this grotesque portrait. \nTo an outsider, this m... | 1 | |
[WP] In a capitalist world, all of the extremely rich start dying. | [
"Thank you, thank you. Wow. I love you all. I really do.\n\n(pause)\n\nYou know, I've always said this, and I've always believed it, there's no such thing as clean money. This country has been run by crooked politicians and greedy businessmen for way too long, it's gotten totally out of hand. \n\n(applause)\n\nI kn... | 1 | |
[WP] Six people are trapped in a room. Each of these people speak two languages each in varying degrees of fluency, but each language they speak is only shared by one other person in the room. One of them knows how to escape, but requires the help of each person in order to do so. | [
"\"This is a bunch of bullshit. We're all on board with this, yeah?\"\n\n\"Can't speak for the others, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 'yes'.\"\n\nOne couldn't remember her real name, only identifying herself by the tattoo on her inner wrist as she paced back and forth. That alone was distressing enough, but... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a suicidal character in a bad fanfiction. You repeatedly throw yourself into extreme danger to fulfill your wish of death, however you keep inexplicably getting power boosts and defeating the villain which was supposed to kill you | [
"Raven Ebony De'Ath Darkholme stood at the edge of the gates of Rabum Alal, the Great Destroyer, the Maw at the bottom of the Orrery of Worlds. The greatest heroes of multiple universes had thrown their weight against him, and been broken like a wave against a rock. She had walked through multiple dead Earths to ge... | 1 | |
[WP] The Taured mystery, from the Taured man's perspective. | [
"Oh my head, my aching head; God why is everything spinning; I can't hear a thing; fuck my eyes won't open. I don't know where I am. Where's Bob, let me try calling out to him. Fuck I can't even speak what the hell is going on here. (Crouching in pain in a foetal position). Aaaahhhh!!!! my ears why does it feel lik... | 1 | |
Feel free to take this in absolutely any direction, from any perspective you'd like. As a small elaboration, I'm imagining that therapists still have specialties other than "supernatural". So secretive grief counselors, marriage counselors, trauma specialists, and other more esoteric professions I can't think of. Have ... | [WP] There is a small, secretive, but otherwise normal group of therapists with an unusual clientele. This includes eldritch, supernatural, immortal, and otherwise unusual beings. | [
"\"Oh Golly, here we go again!\" says Janet disappointingly as she fiddles with her DataCalendar.\n\n\"What is it? Oh actually, let me take a guess... Don't tell me. Is it that blasted Cyrus again?\" ask Becky as her voice reverberates down through the hall.\n\n\"Bingo!\", Janet shoots backs quickly, her voice dr... | 5 |
[WP] A shut-in gets bitten by a vampire, somehow. He/she doesn't realize it, due to the symptoms being similar. | [
"Despite what popular media, the internet and your grandmother will tell you. Being bitten by a vampire does not turn you into one and Vampires do not go around sucking the blood from innocent virgins (or anyone for that matter). Really, this idea is not only absurd it's a little bit racist. I would call it silly t... | 1 | |
[WP] You've always lived a perfectly normal life, until recently. For some reason, NASA has started micromanaging every aspect of your life as if you are one of their astronauts. This concerns you, but nobody else seems to care. | [
"\"Ding-Dong!\" \n\nJake was on a Netflix binge when the door rang. He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the front door, trying to see who was at the door through the decorated glass. The distortion made it a guessing game, but he figured out that there were two tall men waiting at the door.\n\n\"Must be one of thos... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a terrible aspiring serial killer. Every time you try to kill, you incidentally make your "victim's" life exponentially better | [
"It really shouldn't have been so difficult. If all the cute boys on TV managed to do it, why couldn't she? It was just a matter of...finding the right formula. If only she had been better at chemistry.\n\nVeronica Tate crossed her arms and huffed, her eyes fixed on the hunk at the other end of the subway car. Oh, ... | 5 | |
[WP] You think that a time machine would be cool to make and suddenly one pops up in front of you and a man that looks suspiciously like you steps out screaming "DONT DO IT!!!" only to leave as soon as he came. | [
"The first glimpses of morning light were worming through the blinds when Aiden closed the final drafting window and shut down his computer. He thought he remembered it was nearly six, but through the haze of another all-nighter, Aiden couldn't be sure. \n\nHe looked again at the wall clock to confirm that his lack... | 2 | |
[WP] Each time you scramble a Rubik's Cube all the pieces leave home. You are one of the pieces. Tell us your story. | [
"We heave a sigh of relief. The Great One today is the Manipulator. It will not be a long journey today. \n\n\"2 minutes, 5 seconds.\"\n\nIt is not always this easy. There have been times where the Great One turned out to be the Beginner and threw us to the side after hours of trying to be reunited. Who knew how ma... | 1 | |
I'd like to think that the virus wanted to be discovered | [WP]As a scientist you've just discovered a new virus that has infected an alarming number of people. The virus either controls the brain of its host for its own benifit or kills it if it fails to do so. You take a sample of your own blood, and the results are positive. | [
"This is it. I freeze to the spot. The coffee cup slips out of my hand and smashes noisily on the floor; I do not react. *You're infected.* I close the window on my laptop and move aimlessly about the room. *You're infected.* A wave of nausea overwhelms me; I dash for the lavatory and throw up, violently, in... | 3 |
[WP] You've been given the ability to bring absolutely anything to life. This is your curse. | [
"I sat down and thought about what to bring to life.\n\nIt's not that I wanted to, but I needed to. I couldn't help myself, couldn't stop myself. Everything went better if I indulged, if I sat down and thought and planned.\n\nI'd given life to beauty, and love, and all sorts of virtuous things including virtue itse... | 3 | |
[WP]: You were born with a super-power that nobody else has, but it's also one that nobody wants. | [
"\"Alright, listen up, y'all. I'm y'alls substitute teacher, Mr. Garvey. I taught school for 20 years in the inner city, so don't even think about messing with me. Y'all feel me? Aight, let's take roll then. Jay Quellin? Where's Jay Quellin at? No Jay Quellin?\n\n\"Uh, sir, her names Jayqueline.\"\n\n\"Okay, so tha... | 1 | |
[WP] Many years ago, it started raining all over the world. It hasn't stopped since. Describe your life in the flood. | [
" The good part about being the captain of my underwater division is that I get access to every Mushroom in the world. We call Mushrooms to the permanently expanding ships that were started to build years ago when the water was slowly swallowing the coasts. The attractive thing about Mushrooms is that they were bui... | 1 | |
[WP] One day, race is no longer dictated by genetics. The race of a child is completely random and has no correlation with the parents' races. | [
"The nurses shuffled their feet and shook their heads around the water cooler in the nurses station. Voices were raised all across the maternity ward. \"Whore!\" from one room. \"Lying cheat!\" from another.\n\n In the farthest corner room a new mother was sobbing inconsolably. Nattie leaned over to whisper conspir... | 1 | |
[WP] A new virus sweeps the nation, infecting millions upon millions. The only way to identify an infected person is through the only visible symptom: Taking everything literally. | [
"Breaking news today. After a week from identification of the literally virus, reaserchers at MIT believe they have an unorthodox means of stopping it in it's tracks. Beginning at 5pm eastern tomorrow the phrase \" kill yourself\" will be randomly broadcast across all forms of media for a week. To ensure success a... | 1 | |
Bonus points if it's not a type of 'powerful' that we've seen before. | [WP] "Know this: my wife is extremely powerful. If she finds out about what you've done, there will be no force in the world that can save you from her." | [
"\"My wife is the most powerful person in the entire world, and I don't mean simply because she loves her power suits and the intense high of making executive business deals. She's also the type of person who's willing to break a foot off your ass, so know this: My wife is extremely powerful. If she finds out about... | 1 |
[WP] Authorities have discovered a feral child out in a jungle, and they're concerned - the child doesn't have a guardian angel like everyone else. | [
"\"Report\"\n\n\"..Report...Report what? What are you talking about?\"\n\n\"Nelson, You have a report coming in, on the thing.\" \n\n\"You could have just said that, how does 'Report' tell me anything. That's like saying 'Drink' and waiting for you to pour me a glass of milk. Makes no goddamn sense.\"\n\n\"Wow..You... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a "Pain-Taker" a modified human being who can accept and then have to deal with any kind of trauma both physical and mental from another human for a cost. You've just accepted a huge army contract. | [
"My eyes were shut and I kept my breathing regular and focused on the chipped paint on the door of the apc. The booster implanted in my skull powered on and I felt a dull pain in my jaw.\n\n\n\"Still not gone to the dentist then sarge?\" The Sargent glanced over at me.\n\n\n\"Can it you aren't paid to talk just sit... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where people who deal damage to others feel the same pain they deal. The world leaders call upon you because you feel no pain. | [
"CHAPTER 2\n\nAnd once again, it's quiet. Even my hairless friend can't bring himself to words. All that work to track me down on a hunch made from security camera footage and supposed eye witnesses. Which come to think of it.......begs a question.\n\"How many poor motherfuckers did you shoot in the arm BEFORE you ... | 2 | |
[WP] By some Extra-Dimensional mishap, anything that could be considered a replica is now the real deal. You are currently at the San Diego Comic Convention. | [
"It started out as a fun day. I had worked for months on my Space Marine armor. I got everything correct, from the colors on my armor as a Adeptus Astartes of the Space Ravens chapter, to the bolter and chainsword I carried into the convention.\n\nI was going to win. I was determined. The prize of a 50 dollar gift ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a love story without dialogue | [
"I still couldn't get over her perfect features, in every way. The way strong light plays over her cheeks, her glistening eyes, her soft, lucious hair, and most of all, that utterly cold demeanor. For most, the coldness would be a detractor, but for me, well, it's part of what I find so charming about her. \n\nYou ... | 3 | |
[WP] An American and a Brit get into a violent argument over spellings such as "learned/learnt" and "center/centre". | [
"English Man; You fat, cheeseburger inhaling yank. Why do you keep rogering up the Queens English?\n\nAmerican Man; Listen here you limey fuck, we kicked your tea drinking asses to the curb, y'all can't say shit about shit. \n\nEnglish Man; Well \"yehaw\" for you then. \n\nAmerican Man; Fuck you. \n\nEnglish Man; S... | 2 | |
[WP] You are just finishing up your office job, when you look out the window and see the most peculiar thing. A pig... with wings. | [
"\"Well fuck me!\" I exclaim to myself as a watch the pig nonchalantly flutter past. Closing the blinds I turn back to my desk. \"Apparently it's worse than I thought. I have to do something about this.\"\n\nI leave the office and go home, sitting in traffic for most of the journey. Finally arriving home, I get a s... | 2 | |
[WP]Browsing r/random you stumble upon the front page of a parallel world : r/all* you can read and comment, but you can't come back to your world's reddit. Your computer is like a window to a parallel reality. | [
"176- TIL clouds used to be white. Gray clouds are called smog and are a result of contaminates in the atmosphere.\n\n22- Freezing is NOT the same as boiling. Boil your snow before you drink it.\n\n412- Protest against Martial Law Thursday. Eleven killed.\n\n242-Remember Chicago, monument to be built in D.C.\n\n121... | 1 | |
[WP] Your best friend just confessed to you that they are homosexual and in love with you. You can't return their feelings though, since you are actually a sentient cactus in human disguise. | [
"\"...and that was the last time I ever played cribbage with a seahorse.\"\n\n\nBrenda burst out laughing. Jennifer smiled slightly as her friend gripped the table to keep from laughing herself right out of her chair. \"I thought you'd like that, Brenda,\" she said.\n\n\n\"Yo-you thought right,\" Brenda responded, ... | 4 | |
[WP] History is never recorded. Society rejects the validity of the past as world events become more distant and generations shift. You are the world's only historian. Describe today's political landscape. | [
"Again, the television broadcast Luciano speech. The speech was full of hate, he wished to bring his country to the top and yet unable to bring a reasonable solution, only blaming the immigrant, the minority for taking what belong to the people of his country, claiming territory that belong to other since the age o... | 1 | |
[WP] You must kill a designated target once per week to stay alive. | [
"\"You owe me your life, Ms. Grean!\" He yelled out of the darkness that was hiding all of Him but left just enough of Him in the light to let me see what He want me to. I was currently getting hollered at by the man who protected my family from the law all those year's ago. He was mad because he wants me to be his... | 8 | |
[WP] You just died, however you have unlimited respawns. Each time you die you revert back to your last save point. It's your sixth birthday. | [
"I wake up.\n\nIt felt really bad to die out of an heart attack all of sudden. I did not have any chance to say goodbye or anything. But to my surprise, maybe I will be able to after all. Waking up on my childhood bed was a dream I've dreamt for a long time now. Beeing able to live as the childish me I used to be. ... | 1 | |
[WP] Holding your breath, you tap the softly glowing light. At your touch, it flashes, and the darkness begins to disappear. | [
"Year: 2100\n\nBreath.\n\nTwitch.\n\nBreath.\n\nAwareness.\n\nA Touch. Time to wake, it said.\n\nI scratch something, somewhere, on the Mass of Great Demands. That's what I used to think my body was, before. \n\nAnother Touch. Time to dress, it said. All I knew of it are the soft textures, the drag on my skin, the ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are invited to your partner's house to meet their parents, but when you go in, the parents are merely dolls in clothes. Navigate dinnertime without hurting your partner's feelings. | [
"What he had told me was true so why was I so surprised. It all made sense now, \"My parents don't talk much, they don't get out of the house much, I can look after them, we don't need doctors.\" They certainly didn't talk much, both sat there large as life with their carved wooden smiles and their painted eyes.\nI... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an extremely rich Philanthropist, but your methods of charity are quite odd... | [
"Rich Richington was known by many. He was, as his name suggested, rather wealthy, and did his part to share his blessings with others.\n\nHowever, his life of luxury has left him very *bored* with life, hence why he changed his name to 'Rich Richington'. If you've ever seen a picture of him shirtless, you'd also s... | 1 | |
[WP] You have created a machine that can clone a human, memories and all. You've just cloned yourself, but the clone claims that he's the original. | [
"wasn't it obvious that that would happen.. anyways i/we wouldn't have that problem because i'm nihilist and don't care which one of us is the \"original\", we'd realise the power we two have and make more clones in ordee to create a massive non-connected hivemind to take over the world"
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[WP] Only You Have Always Been Able To See The Time Anyone Has Left Alive By A Digital Readout Above Their Head. The Times Fluctuate With Illness or Health Changes. This Morning All Clocks Synced Up, Just Over 88 Hours Remain Are Counting Down. | [
"How it occurs isn't important anymore. A synchronized event like this was out of my control. My experience had taught me it was all about choices and that anyone's future is more fluid. A man with two heart attacks under his (considerably stressed) belt eats a twenty ounce rib eye and I watch six weeks fall from h... | 1 | |
[WP] You don't know what you expected when you went to investigate the noise on the roof. But it certainly wasn't the world's strongest superhero visibly sobbing. | [
"It was three in the morning when my beauty sleep was rudely interrupted by what sounded like both a crashing and scraping noise on my roof. Jumping out of bed (more of a pathetic fall actually), I raced outside to find out whatever the hell it was that woke me up.\n\n In the moonlight I could see that some fucker ... | 2 | |
[WP] It's the end of the world as we know it and we live to the fullest till the asteroid hits-- quitting jobs, professing love, going after dreams... but the calculations were off, we live and have to deal with the aftermath. | [
"I glance at my phone, checking the clock. “well Earl, looks like it’s about time” \n\nI already know what time it is, hell, the whole world knows what time it is at this very moment, pulling my phone out of my pocket is purely a force of habit.\n\nEarl glances up at me with the one eye that’s not swollen shut and... | 1 | |
[WP] Since the invention of Artificial Intelligence, we had feared the day the machines would rise up against us, bracing ourselves for a war we couldn't win. But when the singularity was reached, no one was ready for what happened instead. | [
"\"Local man wakes up at 5AM, you won't *believe* what happens next!\"\n\nThe voice blared out from my walls, waking me up. I checked the clock- exactly 5AM. Oh no. For the thousandth time, I cursed the idiots who had thought the internet was a good training ground for AI. Not for long though, as my door sprang ope... | 2 | |
[WP] Our universe is actually just the equivalent of a science fair project that was made the night before it was due by a procrastinating youth member of higher beings. To his surprise it actually works. | [
"God is alone in his dorm, drunkenly talking to himself.\n\nGod: Oh fuck is that tomorrow? Shit me a dick. Okay, play it cool God, play it cool. What did that nerd say he was doing? A \"volcano\"? Well shit I can do that. Shit, I can do better than a volcano. I'm going to make a whole shit ton of volcanos. A planet... | 1 | |
[WP] A Time Traveler Goes Back in Time to Change Something. This Causes a Butterfly Effect, Leading to the Timeline We Live in. | [
"Hypatia, long red hair clasped by a silver snake that jiggled at the small of her back, led me down the main hall of the library, turned and smiled her genius dancing eyes. With a graceful sweep of her outstretched palms, she indicated for me to look at the floor.\n\nThey were all here!\n\nAristotle's complete wor... | 1 | |
[WP] A time traveler decides that instead of killing Hitler. He would instead travel further back into Hitlers childhood in order to kidnap and raise him. | [
"The child just laid there, staring up at me from his crib. I knew the life he would lead if I did not intervene. His parents did not know what they must do; their raising would be a disaster. I must take the child and flee, raising him on my own, ensuring that he leads a good life, the one he is supposed to lead.\... | 1 | |
[WP] An amateur hypnotist tries to make you forget the number 4 as a gag. Spelling out the word instead of the just saying the number, he inadvertently makes you forget the letters f, o, u, r. | [
"\"Well that was shit\" said Eli as she left the stage. \"He made Pete think that his belt was a snake, Spence didn't remember his name (it was changed to \"Stacy!\"), and that chick with the black hair...\"\n\n*\"You mean Rue?\"*\n\n\"...yah. She held a basketball thinking it was a baby!\"\n\n*\"Though, you do hav... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a black market crayon dealer trying to shake the Color Police off your tail. | [
"“This shit is super rare, and it’s top quality stuff,” Little Jeff said to Dylan, waving his box of Crayola crayons, top open, red, green, and blue pointed outward. The rest (your blacks, periwinkles, etc.) remained recessed.\n\nIn the silence of the moment you could hear the laughs and screams of the playground. ... | 2 | |
[WP] "I try to see the best in everyone, but... I'm struggling. I'm really struggling to see anything in you." | [
"When they were young, it was like a dream. Floating in a memory that hasn't formed yet, and there was joy within themselves that vibrated to everything around them. It was like they were a song in a jewelry box that was just opened and started playing, like it never stopped. Her hair was curly and her eyes were a ... | 1 | |
[WP] you hear a voice in the middle of the night say "hello. I'm sorry but this is the last time we will meet". | [
"I spin around to the man dressed in layers of clothing, a nice hat covering his face as he looked down at the wet ground. An alleyway was probably the worst idea to take a shortcut through.\n\n\"I'm sorry?\" I asked in response as he looked up at me, a devilish grin streaked across his mouth as he took another ste... | 1 | |
[WP] Ghosts are actually predetermined souls that inhabit the unborn with who they will become. Today you see your unborns spirit. | [
"I'm a ghost, wooo woooooo, huh, what is that? Is that a penis?\n\n\"Behold, 'tis my phallus your radiant gaze constricts! Digress your gaze unto an anointing hand! *Manifest* yourself, *manipulate*!\"\n\nWhat the fuck? Who's there, hello?\n\n\"I am Lucifer, I am the bringer of light\"\n\nThe only thought that fill... | 1 | |
[WP] "Run boy run, this world is not made for you. Run boy run, they're trying to catch you." | [
"He ran with an urgency he'd never possessed before. Adrenaline pumping in his veins, as time seemed to slow to a crawl against the incessant beating of his heart. \n\nOne.Two.Three.One.Two.Three. \n\nno time for deep breaths as the colors around him shifted and churned. The portal began closing in around him as he... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your wife possess to power of teleportation. The plane you are both in is about to crash and your daughter, who does not have that power, is with you. | [
"All I could hear were the grinding of the engines, the creek of metal, and panic. I looked past my wife to our adjacent window and see the right engine, engulfed with a weirdly colored flame. \n\n\"Honey I-\" She cut me off with a hush and continued to pet the head of our daughter, who laid at her side, not a care... | 2 | |
[WP] A love letter from a psycho | [
"Dear Eli fuckface, \nI couldn't figure this shit out, so help me will ya! \nI suck at making friends which fuck me big time. I swear to God, as soon I figured out how to handle my anxiety, I try to talk to ya. This is the best I can do now, so anyways! \nI'm obsess with you,....... You know. I think you're lovely... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a parent. What your children don't realize is that you're only pretending to be unaware of their little secret. | [
"It started off small.\n\nTurn around and they'd have a rattle in their hand. The radio switched mid song to another song. Their favorite toy, Mr. Bunny would be in the diaper bag. \n\nHubby had no idea. I kept quiet. \n\nBut they grew older and their powers grew with them. When Sally, the eldest, was 10 we moved i... | 1 | |
[WP] An unexpected ship enters Boston Harbor on a misty Sunday morning. Frank Martin grabs his binoculars and identifies the boat as the SS Waratah. A ship that has been missing for 110 years. | [
"\"Frankie, what is it?\"\n\n\"It's a ship, Sully,\" Frank replied. He pulled his binoculars from his eyes, wiped the condensation off of the lens, and peered through them again towards the misty sea.\n\n\"No fucking shit, kid. What kinda ship?\"\n\n\"An *old* ship. Looks like a steamah.\"\n\n\"No shit, huh? Ta... | 1 | |
[WP] The wolf was innocent, he was framed by red riding hood. | [
"Anyone would have jumped at the chance. Ask any sane, business minded individual and they would have done the exact same thing. When that girl appeared at my door I just knew she was a gift; her with the whole peaches and cream thing going on and the tumbling locks of dark hair. She was the perfect victim. Togethe... | 6 | |
[WP] The aliens abducted everyone in your village but you. | [
"BANG! A loud crash. My eyes flew open. A shrill screech - my mother’s - quickly, abruptly muffled. \n\nThen, silence. I was wide awake now. I involuntarily imagined all the possibilities: robbers, the CIA, lizard men… My every muscle clenched tighter with each thought, and I stayed still, so still, until the only ... | 4 | |
[WP] You live in a society where the entire justice system is based on "two truths and a lie." | [
"The judge slammed her gavel on its woodblock base, silencing the courtroom that was abuzz with pre-trial discussion. \"Now,\" she said, \"if everyone is quite ready I would like to begin.\" She peered over he spectacles at the defendant, a bored looking man with his feet up on the table in front of him, filing his... | 1 | |
Otherwise the population of drawings will get out of hand.
I also meant drawings done by children. | [WP] Any image made to resemble anything living becomes sentient. Paintings, artwork, and even advertisements will become a living being... Unfortunately you are the worker that has to "Take care of" children's drawings. | [
"A call came into the tiny urban apartment.\r\n\r\n\"Hey John, we've got another job for you. We're sending you the link right now.\" John smiled. When a job came in, it meant he would get paid well, and get some new material for his portfolio.\r\n\r\n<Start Message>\r\n\r\nFrom: NotAnIllegalBusiness@gmail.co... | 1 |
[WP] A court that prosecutes time travelling criminals is once again charging someone for the attempted murder of Adolf Hitler. | [
"The guard will drag the Time Traveler into the small courtroom. The courtroom will be very small, with no place for the attorneys or the audience to sit; only one for the judge, a very comfortable and fluffy chair, and one for the defendant, a wooden pillar which the defendant will be tied to. The Time Traveler wi... | 6 | |
[WP] You foolishly wished on a genie to make your life an unending party. A week has passed now... | [
"As your head goes under the water you hear the music finally soften to a muffle. You take in the peace for the first time in a week. As you lift your head from the sink and wipe your face off with a towel that has seen better days. The towel runs down your face your blurred blood shot eyes look back at you in the... | 2 | |
[WP] When a new president is elected, they are given a special security briefing. In reality, this is an old tradition where various directors, military officers and current ministers present fake evidence and compete to see who can convince the president of the most ridiculous things. | [
"\"Mr President I want you to know I am telling you this in full confidence.\" Said the head of the Secret Service.\n\nThe President looked at him. \"Yes go ahead.\"\n\n\"Well, we know this job is stressful. A man like yourself needs to be able to let off some steam. Ease that stress.\"\n\n\"Yes indeed.\" Th... | 6 | |
All skills (artistic or otherwise) are now bought and sold. You have made it your mission to master, or become excellent at as many as you can without needing to buy the skills. | [WP] Skill mastery is now bought and sold, you have mastered a skill without a purchase. | [
"\"You're serious.\"\n\n\"I'm quite serious Mr. Danielson. I ask only 25,000 dollars for this.\"\n\n\"Whom did you purchase it from?\"\n\n\"No one. I taught myself.\"\n\nDanielson scoffs. \n\n\"Preposterous. No one's done that for years.\"\n\n\"Until me, yes?\"\n\nI lock my eyes with his.\n\n\"Now,\" I snap my fing... | 1 |
[WP] Every time you raise your hand, a teacher comes out of nowhere to answer your question. | [
"The rooster crowed as he introduced the morning sun. My mind awoke, and I lumbered out of bed and stretched to relieve my aching muscles. Clouds of smoke soon filled my room, as Ms. Smith appeared! \"Yes, JDogg?\" she beckoned. \n\n\"M-Ms. Smith?! My 5th grade science teacher? What the hell are you doing in my roo... | 2 | |
[WP] "You're going to regret not killing me." | [
"He was staring at me. It wasn't a threatening stare. Nothing that I was afraid of. It was that kind of inquisitive, head tilted stare that someone gave when they thought you said something crazy but were too polite to say anything about it. I wondered what I had done. Before realizing that I didn't know this perso... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story that makes sense when read both forwards and backwards. | [
"This was her last mistake. \nI knew she would be trouble for me, tricking me like that. \n“It’s not what you think.” \nYea right, I know what I saw, and what I saw was despicable. \n“I didn’t love him, not like you.” \nShe lied to me; she lied to everyone, hell she even lied to the guy she was screwing! \nPr... | 1 | |
I think I did this right, it's my first post. | [WP] You just met them for the first time and after hours of hanging out together you realize they are the perfect fit for your first murder victim. | [
"An obsession. It was more than that, more like an itch that you would scratch, but when you did would only make you want to scratch it more. The thirst for excitement, thrill. I had done it all, dived the deepest oceans, skydived from space, meditated during an active volcano explosion, but it was never enough for... | 1 |
[WP] The hero has just slain the villain, and has retired to the tavern. You're the tavern's bard, and you really hate the hero's guts. | [
"Another great victory for General Agelnar, and he'd be to the inn soon enough. The small town of Tuluon had just the one, and a select group would arrive shortly. The foot soldiers, the front line, a few chosen among them as was tradition for Agelnar, saying he knew his banner-men and lieutenants already, in vict... | 3 | |
[WP] You are working a late night shift at the drive through cash register when you hear a familiar voice from your headset. You tell them their money due, but when they drive to the window you are staring at yourself. They say. . . | [
"\"Employee discount?\"\n\n\"Funny. The smart ones impersonate my manager.\" I leaned against the window between us and tapped my finger against the metal tray at the base. \"Now are you going to pay, or what?\"\n\nThe shape-shifter frowned sharply and melted back to their otherwise faceless look. They rummaged aro... | 1 | |
[WP] The fire burned memories away. | [
"Aster laid in wait, an automatic rifle in her trembling fingers, doused with gasoline, and a matchbox at her pocket. It wasn't much compared to what others had in this war, but she didn't have anybody else. She laid in wait on the rooftop, the cold stinging and biting, but her fear and hate was much colder. \n\nIt... | 3 | |
[WP] You're on a 2800 mile road trip from LA to NYC. The only catch is that your car is a time machine, and every mile you drive advances time by one year. | [
"Weird. I only just began my roundtrip and had planned to stop by Vegas on my way through. That may be an issue now seeing how the 15 highway just up and disappeared. I’ve made the drive from California to Vegas several times growing up so I’m sure I didn’t take a wrong turn. Hell, there is no wrong turn to make. U... | 1 | |
[WP] You alone had the power to stop the apocalypse. Tell the story of why you chose to let it happen. | [
"\"Observe and Protect. Do not give them any advantage, only watch and do as they do.\" \n\nAnd so I did.\n\nI adapted their form and watched with pride as they learned to walk. My 'heart' soared as their primitive forms learned to craft tools. I felt joy when they worked together to form a community of hunters ... | 2 |
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