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[WP] you find out that your identity has been stolen, but realize that your credit score is improving, what do you do? | [
"I'd finally given in and decided to take Karla down to the lot and look at a new car. The corolla has been nice but it's on it's last leg and honestly you can only get away with \"it's so nice not having a car payment\" for so long. After all even though I've been driving that beat up old Volkswagen, she's been st... | 1 | |
[WP] You are at Pont Nerf square near Notre Dame in Paris, and start admiring the thousands of padlocks that lovers have attached to the bridge. As you look at the names, you see your full name and date of birth on the front of a small padlock, and a email address on the back. | [
"One of the stops she just HAD to go and see was the \"bridge with the locks on it.\"\n\nWe strolled through the semi-dark of dusk toward one of the most popular attractions in Paris. The Pont des Artes bridge. A bridge that couples put locks on to symbolize their never ending love for each other. \n\n\"Okay\" I la... | 1 | |
[WP] 5 months ago you spotted a woman and fell hopelessly in love with her even though you never spoke to her. With the one picture you had of her you started your quest to find the love of your live. Today you finally found her. | [
"- True Story -\n\nThis happened to me while I was practicing figure drawing. I was using an online reference website and her face popped up. I sat there for a half-hour just staring at her, she was so beautiful. After searching for her using reverse image searches, translating my way through Russian websites and f... | 1 | |
[WP] Strange mushrooms have started growing around the world following a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific. Hailed as a super food by scientists, people start eating them. It's only years later that the side effects begin. | [
"There was a pounding in my head, beating my temples to a bloody pulp. I could barely find the balance to stand, my peripherals shimmered and wavered, lights became blinding.\n\nMy balance disappeared within an instant, my body exploded in pain as I fell forward, something coursing through me that kept me awake. \n... | 1 | |
[WP] Today, the earth has stopped turning. Scientists are baffled as one side of the planet is caught in eternal day while the other is plunged into eternal night. | [
"On January 25 2017, the Earth was spinning at a little over 1000 MPH. Until it wasn't.\n\nThe atmosphere continued to swirl around the Earth at 1000 MPH, creating atomic force winds scouring the surface of anything and everything not attached to the bedrock.\n\nThe inertia of the sea carries mile-high tsunamis ove... | 1 | |
What happens now? | [WP] The date is 25/01/2018 and the last female human has died. | [
"\nGeorge sat in the chair with both legs hugged to his chest. Darkness clouded his face as he stared blankly forward. A few feet away, another man, a detective, paced back and forth before the desk which separated them. His hands were folded behind his back, and a deep pensive look was resolute upon his face. A la... | 2 |
Either networking didn't pass dialup (so we still have the same computers as today but the entire web is developed for dialup) or computer tech stopped advancing after dialup was invented. | [WP] Daily life of an internet user if technology had never passed dialup internet. | [
"\"Oh, you can't rush the 'net!\" Jilan sung to herself as she started up her computer. \n\n\"No, you just have to wait!\" her younger brother Sekum joined in while playing on the ground of the living room, where, in the south-eastern corner, the family PC was located. Living with his older sister, he knew her habi... | 1 |
[WP] You are the world's greatest Assassin and survivalist. In an effort to test your skills, you hire another Assassin to kill you, and attempt to foil his plot not knowing who he is, or what it will be. | [
"You quickly gain consciousness under your covers. Ears alert, you shallow your breathing to check your surroundings. All is quiet but for some birds outside your window.\n\nYour eyes open to a pale amber ceiling, the light of the sun just peaking over the distant mountains, the light all but blocked by the black... | 1 | |
[WP] A seemingly ordinary person has the ability to detect villain attacks before they happen. Instead of becoming a hero, he uses his ability to go to restaurants that would be affected by the attacks to eat and run when the trouble starts, knowing he wouldn't have to pay. | [
"\"Ah yes, I will have the Lobster tail and Sirloin steak please and a bottle of your finest wine to wash it down and yes the whole bottle please.\" \n\n\"ok...and how would you like your steak sir?\" \n\n\"Rare, like it should be of course.\" \n\nI gave a small chuckle at that, a half assed joke for the sake of... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a murder mystery where only one person is innocent | [
"Call me Harvey. I'm a dick. I like that joke, cuz I'm a Private Investigator, but I'm also an asshole. My wife says I'm bitter 'bout the whole \"ex cop sidelined by a bum knee\" thing, but I think she just likes to bitch. Anyway, back to why you're here. I don't know what to do with this case. Its like nuthin' I'v... | 5 | |
[WP] You are a criminal in a world where all physical punishment is banned, all punishments are now mental. | [
"I watched over at the judge as he pondered what my sentence would be. The day before I had been arrested for hurting little Jimmy's feelings, so the sentence would be bad.\n\nThe judge stared at me.\n\n\"For telling little Jimmy that his artwork was mediocre, you will be insulted for 15 seconds straight.\" the jud... | 1 | |
[WP] A Task Force of Special Forces Operators are caught in Afghanistan during the Zombie outbreak. Whats in their after action report? | [
"Interview #1 of 10 Master Chief Petty Officer David Cooper, Navy SEALS\n\nInterviewer: Major Michael Harding, Navy\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nMaj Harding: Start at the beginning son.\n\nChief Cooper: Uh...yes. Yessir. (Swallows heavily)..... | 1 | |
[WP] The only thing the writers of post apocalyptic fiction hadn't considered about the end of the world were the park rangers. | [
"It's too late, they tried closing all the doors off and blocking off the windows but there was no time, they were getting picked off one by one. What could they do? The writers were trapped in the dystopian future section of the events hall and the park rangers were coming for them. It's the end of the world, The ... | 1 | |
[WP]As a van slid to a stop in front of a woman, and kidnappers rush out from it, she thought "That's a nice van, I think I'll take it." | [
"Pushing her into the van, she sighed with frustration. Inside was fairly bleak, smelling strongly of gun cleaner and lubricant. These men weren't your typical sidewalk ganster with a six shot for backup, these were financed criminals. Which meant the Chou family, exiled Triads that had setup shop in the last few... | 2 | |
[WP] One day you wake up to the sound of someone else's thoughts. You realize that the person is plotting to kill you. | [
"For the last few days you had heard them, thoughts that would have never before entered your mind. You had first heard them the night after your mother’s funeral. You imagine that something had snapped in you at the sight of your mother’s cold body lying in her casket. All the condolences from all of the family an... | 1 | |
[WP] Hitler is reincarnated as a cat. | [
"The tin roof was hot, blistering. It was noon, the silence was complete. Everyone stood still, not a meow to be heard, not a whisker to be scratched. Excitement hung in the air.Dozens stood still as one, all eyes fixed on him. He was above all.Alone, proud, his gaze flowing above us, lost in his greatness.He was a... | 1 | |
[WP] write a macgyver style escape scene where the protagonists escape using musical instruments. | [
"He woke up surrounded by tubas.\n\nHis first thought was that you could probably fit a midget in the giant brass instrument, but that doesn't matter. Unless there is a midget in there.\n\nHe was trapped in the band room. The nerds had finally struck back. They all just pounced on him at once. He never stood a chan... | 1 | |
[WP] Global warming has gotten to the point that people have to move underground, but due to limited space only certain people are allowed to live underground. | [
"I pleaded with the disembodied voice beyond the door. \"Please, the flood waters have taken my home, but I swear I can be of use to your community!\" I looked back toward the sky desperately. It was still night, but if I was caught out in the daylight I was toast. \"I need shelter, please. There's no time for me t... | 1 | |
[WP] Make me scared of what lies beneath. | [
"\"Hey Tom, you want a brew?\"\n\nI looked over at my father, \"nah, I'm good.\" We had been out on the water for about two hours, deep sea fishing. We took some drinks out there with us, some snacks, beef jerky and the like. My sister decided to stay home tonight, saying she didn't feel everything was right.\n\n\"... | 1 | |
[WP][TT] Your mother died in childbirth. At 18, you go through her will. There is one thing your father has never touched. It is a letter she addressed to her unborn child. | [
"Dear Char10, \n\nHappy 18th birthday to my adult son! By the time you read this I will be long gone, but hope is that your father will give you a life you wouldn't trade for any other. \n\nMany people describe their dreams as a career or wealth, but ever since I was old enough to play with dolls my dream has b... | 2 | |
[WP] "I'm sorry I'm late. I lost my keys in an inter-dimensional portal." | [
"The Friday I lost my keys...\nThey fell through the cracks of time, which no man can follow. I had to jump and loop through a vast number of universes to get them. One of which while I was looking frantically for the path my keys could have possibly taken, It was then I was grabbed with a giant force and thrusted ... | 1 | |
[WP] Our spirits transcend space and time, and as such our ghosts roam the earth even while we're alive. Today, you got bored and decided to haunt yourself. | [
"\"What a fucking idiot,\" I muttered to myself.\n\nThere were so many things in life that I did wrong. Now, in death, I got to look back upon those mistakes. *Literally* look back on them. Right now I was standing - floating? existing? What exactly does one do as an ethereal being - just next to myself at the age ... | 1 | |
[WP] The news anchor isn't saying anything. He's just quietly eating a T.V. dinner, sipping on a Diet Coke and staring at the camera | [
"The man's small apartment was dark when he got home and he immediately collapsed face-down onto his couch. He heard the brief sound of fabric tearing. His suit jacket had fit him well when he bought it a few years ago, but now it was a little too tight. He was tired. Jerkily and without getting up, he pulled off t... | 5 | |
[WP] Video games have been your whole life...to the point that you're starting to see the technical glitches in 'real' life. | [
"*Blink* Finally, project DE DUST is a go. I couldn't tell you how long my squad has been chasing this damn terrorist group but I've had enough. \n\n*Blink* Silence. We pray to our Lord and thank him for bringing us here safely. \n\n*Blink* A pistol? Could have sworn I brought my rifle.\n\n*Blink* I see all gray wi... | 2 | |
[WP] "Sometimes, the bright side just makes it easier to see the chaos of the world we've found ourselves in." | [
"Daniel was in a terribly hopeless situation.\n\nOnly moments ago, Daniel was kidnapped by a group of masked men, driven away, dragged into an unknown home, and thrown into a locked closet. He laid on the floor, eyes blindfolded, hands bound behind his back, and his pockets emptied. With so many possibilities of co... | 1 | |
I watched a new video from Kurzgesagt on YouTube and thought that this is an interesting idea. | [WP]We have not been able to leave Earth and the reason turns out to be that we owe the universe a debt that's 4,5 billion years old. | [
"It is an almost sickening irony that they no longer remember the pain they brought to the universe. They feel no remorse for the trillions of souls they condemned, or the countless planets they left barren. I wish that they could comprehend the crimes they committed, but the alliance saw fit to let them live in ig... | 1 |
[WP] Good News: Your time stopping device works. Bad News: There is now no one to turn it off, since time stopped. Worse: God is PISSED | [
"Time is going, as it always is. This is just a detour, an unannounced stop. Don't be mistakened though; time is going.\n\n\nMy beliefs were wrong. It happens to all of us sometime or the other. I like to think it makes me better than most that I can admit I am wrong. It probably makes me the same despicable person... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a guardian angel, but you absolutely loathe the person that you're assigned to protect. | [
"Gunshots. Dust. Blood. Scorching heat.\n\nI watch as my client monitors the perimeter, nervously trying to light his cigarette. Ridden with dirt, bloodstains and debris, his persona watches the battle below the base, a bunch of wild animals set free.\n\nAs I sit on his Humvee, invisible to all but God, I stared at... | 2 | |
[WP] Most horror movie villains have enough rules to be written on a napkin. The one stalking you needs a book. | [
"I woke up in a hospital bed. Unfortunate, to say the least, I'd been hit by a car on my way to work-I was not similarly in a car. The walk signal was on, but someone decided he was so entitled as to make a right turn anyways.\n\nEither way, my room was dark, yet I couldn't sleep. There was a foreboding atmosphere,... | 1 | |
[WP] After death, you find yourself in a lobby; everyone's scores are displayed on a screen. | [
"LEADERBOARD RESULTS: \n\n1) David Harris; Love: 2,163. Kindness: 11,029. Regret: 20. Selflessness: 9,843. \n\n2) Carrie Wright; Love: 1,992. Kindness: 11,015. Regret: 45. Selflessness: 9,842. \n\n3) Jaime Dietzel; Love: 1,857. Kindness: 10,861. Regret: 47. Selflessness: 9,424. \n\n4) Dylan Albright; Love: 1,576. K... | 1 | |
[WP] A rebel character so rebellious that they rebel against the stereotypes of a rebel. | [
"\"God damn it Tim, I'm going to be late!\" Javier desperately raked thorough his bathroom drawers whilst lecturing Tim on the necessities of his personal schedules . Javier had been in a flurry all afternoon paying meticulous attention to the thrift store Timexes on both of his wrists. His Scott Ian tribute beard... | 3 | |
[WP] A normal man lives in a city completely overrun with superheroes and supervillains. | [
"I hate superheroes. There, I said it. It was time for me to get to work, and I could already hear the explosions outside. Something that people that watched the news never understood was that those explosions were human lives. Often dozens at a time. \n\nWhen I was a teenager, I proudly bought my first car wi... | 7 | |
[WP] Envision medieval Western Europe, with poor serfs, landlords and knights, but with one twist: The nobles are nonhuman cannibals, who dine on their peasant subjects. And at night, they come to get their food with their entourage of knights, one person a day... | [
"\"Wait, how many nobles are there?\"\n\n\"Not many.\"\n\n\"So how many people are taken every day?\"\n\n\"From here? Two.\"\n\n\"And they let you choose who gets taken?\"\n\n\"Ye. The family of those taken also receive a small stipend and additional food.\"\n\n\"But you all eat so well already.\"\n\n\"Ye.\"\n\n\"S... | 1 | |
[WP] You take a drug at a party, thinking it would be a fun trip. Instead, you slowly sink into complete insanity. | [
"It has only been five minutes and I'm already freaking out. I should have asked what it was before I plopped it into my mouth, but I wanted to be accepted by my peers, so I said nothing. I just pray that others can see them too, that it's not just me.\n\nWhile the rest of the party goers were talking to each other... | 1 | |
[WP] One day you realized your eyes can zoom 100x, take a picture, record a video, and upload them online. | [
"Author's Note: It is currently 2:05am and I am well aware of the errors. I am just too tired to fix them at this time. Enjoy.\n\n_________________________________________________________\nI use to have it all. The fortune, the fame the women. I spoiled myself rotten with a lavished lifestyle in luxury, buying the ... | 1 | |
Like opening a jar, or getting somewhere they're too short to reach, etc. | [WP] An old god has gone ignored for centuries. Now, a child calls out them for help with a menial task. | [
"Listing, tilting, falling. The goddess of old faith and forgotten power often felt this way. Once many believed in her, lending her their strength and conviction, and in return the now lonely goddess would watch over them and be a source of love and guidance. And now, not one follower remained. The goddess wandere... | 2 |
[WP] The Memory Prison | [
"It was a lonely day, a very lonely day. I had gone out begging again at the side of the storefronts, but no one wanted to help me out. It's sad, I think to myself, no one cares anymore, especially to an old man who doesn't remember who he is. I huddled on a small park bench, maybe I could head to one of the church... | 2 | |
For consistency, you can also feel pain and such in the dream world, and you always go to sleep at the end of your dreams. Or not. This is just a suggestion, use your full creativity ;) | [WP] Every time you go to sleep you have lucid dreams set in the same universe/reality. After years, you can no longer discern which world is the real one. | [
"It was a decade ago when I started becoming addicted to falling asleep.\n\nI was broke at the time and I would do nearly anything for money. Hell, I even became a stripper at one point just to make ends meet. Life became tough for me during the time to say the least. \n \nI remember it like it happened yesterday. ... | 3 |
Like Mass Effect. Whenever they try to talk to someone or someone else tries to talk to them, the protagonist suddenly finds the only things they can say are the six options presented before them. Obviously this can end up being a bit limiting at times. | [WP] The protagonist has a debilitating condition - whenever they try to speak they find themselves presented with only 6 options from which to choose from | [
"The snowglider coasted to a stop in front of the burnt down school. He detached himself, laboring heavily, moving slowly, wincing, and hopped down, boots landing with a thud and sinking a bit into the snow. He began to approach the school when out of the corner of his eye, a glimmer from the sunlight pierced throu... | 1 |
[WP] You've recently joined a cult surrounding a goat. The goat isn't the prophet, the Devil, or anything else extraordinary. It's just a simple goat, and you only joined to find out what the cult is preaching in the first place. You later discover the other members joined for the same exact reason. | [
"ALL HAIL THE SUPREME GOAT. \n\nIt was really happening. Seventeen years ago I might have stopped to wonder how and why but not today. Today was a time for celebration. \n\nThe TV clicked on. Our bodies suspended in disbelief as another car commercial lingered a little too long for our short-fused patience.\n\n“The... | 4 | |
[WP]A completely sociopathic character who follows a very strict code of ethics | [
"Posh pokers and midnight strokers. Dregs of the ugly, uglier, and downright disgusting. Teeth gnawing at the wilted flesh of clementines that have dotty noses and slanty eyes, and the bellyful howls that rise up like Lucifer unleashed. It’s all right here, my lovelies, if you only care to look.\n\nMother would rea... | 5 | |
Have fun guys | [WP] You are an explorer from another dimension studying life on earth, you must send back a report of your observations from the perspective of an interdimentional alien. | [
"Report Day: 6,388. Earth third position. Milky Way Galaxy\nX: 42.874 Y: 82.368 Z:1,235.451\nTime: Menlos 4th Sun of the Waining. 82,563,431 Solars\nOfficer: Yensens Rank: Senior Explorer\n\nI have been on this planet far longer then I thought I would. I almost have my teleporter fixed. I ju... | 1 |
[WP] You are immortal as each time you get into danger an unlikely sequence of events saves your life. You have been travelling in the Middle East and just got captured by ISIS. They want to make an example of you. | [
"Maureen Smith, the Director of National Intelligence, and General Jacob Sterling, the head of the DIA, both walked into the Oval Office promptly at 7AM. President Jeffery Rawlings sat at his desk with a hot cup of coffee. \n\nThe president remained seated, “Good morning to both of you.” He motioned at them to sit ... | 3 | |
[WP] A single tavern sits mid-way between the city and the mountaintop. Tell me the story of "The Bold Penguin" Tavern. | [
"The door creaked as if it hadn't been opened in months. \"Hello?\" I asked as I walked into the dimly lit tavern. The tables all had a thin layer of dust, the floors were stained with what only seemed to be a mixture of alcohol and blood. I walked up to the counter where a lone bartender stood cleaning a single mu... | 2 | |
[WP] After a prolonged coma, your family accepts an offer to have your consciousness copied to a computer. This is "your" first conversation with them after the move. | [
"***December 6, 2047 @ 11:57:30***\n\nI could feel the doctor plug my brain into the machine that would deprive me of what little humanity I had left. I have been in a coma for 5 years, 8 months, 13 days, 21 hours, and 5 minutes. There was no hope for me. The doctor said I would become braindead soon and that this ... | 3 | |
[WP] In the future, only original names can be given to children. Taking attendance in school has gotten interesting. | [
"There was a time where I felt like I could relax during the summer. It was somewhere between my fifth and sixth year of teaching World History to middle schools. I had finally nailed a curriculum down that I liked and students were responding well. I was turning 30 years old and felt like I was on top of the world... | 2 | |
[wp] The most important rule of time travel is to never alter the past in any way. However, one day, on one of your trips to the past you can't help but accidentally leave behind one atom from your hazmat suit in the past. Upon returning to the present, what you find shocks you. | [
"\"Ah...home.\"\n\nI inhaled the sweet, arid scent of CO2 and other pollutants in the air, feeling the feelings of the city. Busy. Populated. Not like the old, 300 year old horse and buggy town I had just left. It felt good. I decided to check up on the old Historical Preserve, the very location I had seen in it's ... | 1 | |
[WP] The near-empty train you're riding in suddenly derails. Once you regain consciousness, you see there are armed men surrounding the train, and one passenger in particular seems remarkably calm. | [
"(First Post here, I hope you enjoy it.)\n\nI am late. As usual. The stupid dog won't let.me go and ripped a hole in my new pants. Again. The dog freaks every time I go anywhere, but he makes up.for it doubly when I return. I love him. I finally disentangle myself from him and walk to the subway station. It is just... | 2 | |
From a third or first person perspective. How tense can you guys make me? | [WP] A character suffers severe touching/counting OCD, and is trying to run from a monster or killer. | [
"I cursed at the sight that greeted me as I rounded the corner. There were lampposts lining the pavement. Many of them. But I couldn't turn around now, not with that creepy murderer guy running after me. I sprinted as fast as I could, careful to avoid all cracks and reached the first lamppost. One. Speed-hopping to... | 1 |
[WP] You are the last one of two people living in a small town. You've never talked or seen eachother. What's your first meeting like? | [
"Have you ever tried to open canned food with a fork? I would've skipped a meal if I had to resort to that. You have to stab, and stab, and stab, until you can either count yourself lucky or stab yourself and curse your meal together.\n\nIt wasn't always like this. We used to have fresh food, vegetables and all. We... | 1 | |
[WP] You cannot lie if you lie the universe changes itself so that you never lied | [
"Ever since I was young, something odd had happened whenever I tried to be dishonest. The world seemed to warp itself so that what I said was true. I know that this isn't the case for everyone, as my mother caught my father in a major lie when I was in high school. He had a mistress, and no matter how many lies he ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your dog can see ghosts and your getting worried that his new owners are becoming suspicious of you. | [
"\"It's time for me to go boy.\" \nMax stares expectantly at me as his tongue lolls from him mouth. His hind wiggles and he pounces from side to side; ready to play. \nI giggled and patted him on the head. \"No, no, I'm going to get in trouble with Tod and Brenda.\"\nAs if on cue, Tod opened the kitchen door and en... | 1 | |
[WP] With nothing else to go on, you open the victims diary and start to read. | [
"March 22\nI feel like I'm spiraling downward. When Sarah died, I feel like part of me died with her. I just want to see her one more time, even five minutes. I need her, she kept me level. I don't know if I can go on without her.\nApril 2\nWhen Sarah was in the hospital, she kept telling me to move on after she wa... | 1 | |
Option 1 - He does everything you want him to, but you can't tell about it to others.
Option 2 - You say he's doing a terrible job, so he switches with you for a whole week saying "let's see if you do it better" | [WP] You and God are close friends. | [
"I hadn't believed she could really do it. I suppose I should have, seeing as she's the Goddess of Creation, and all that. Her true name was Altea, and she was my best friend. \n\nTrillions of images and sequences danced in my mind. \n\nThe genetic code to life, how to create free will, and even the very stars them... | 2 |
[WP] You're a helper of the main character in a story but the writer unintentionally made you to powerful. | [
"\"Come on, Joe, we need to kill the email wizard. That spam is getting really annoying.\"\n\"Yeah, Alex, but how are we gonna cross that bridge?\"\n\"I'm sure the writer will write us out of this\"\n\"What are you talking about\"\nOh... Right... He doesn't know... And neither does the writer for that matter. Oh we... | 2 | |
[WP] By some twist of fate, you killed the final boss right out of the gate. After working your way from the top, you must now fight the first boss. | [
"While Erik and his best friend Jeffy were playing in the forest outside of town, the moon passed in front of the sun. The boys, who'd been playing at swordfights, studied the shining black disk overhead.\n\n“What's that look like?” Erik asked.\n\n“The end of the world,” Jeffy said.\n\nIn the center of the moon, a ... | 1 | |
[WP] When you die you get access to Ghost Reddit. You died today and decide to check some subreddits out | [
"A computer appeared. \n\n_What? A computer in heaven? Or could this be hell, a computer with no internet connection?_ \n\nA dot with 3 lines radiating from it appeared at the bottom right of the screen. \n\n_Nope, definitely heaven._ \n\n\n*Reddit: the front page of the internet* \n\n#Trump's wall ... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your friends are a group of high school misfits. In their late 30's. | [
"None of us asked the question we were all thinking: *aren't we too old for this*? \n\nInstead, we each brought our arms back and launched the first wave of eggs at the house with green paint. We grabbed another egg and each threw once more, just as synchronized as we'd been in high school. \n\n\"For Eric!\" Tekl... | 1 | |
[WP] Annoyed with another delay in the video you are watching you click further along the timeline at the bottom, forgetting that it was a livestream. Surprisingly, it worked. | [
"It was just another livestream, another day another boobie streamer. \n\nIt was buffering again, her shows are so fucking long. I wanted to click ahead. \n\nIt worked\n\nI couldn't believe it, it was like I was watching a YouTube video. \n\nI did a little more research and found out her \"livestreams\" are just vi... | 1 | |
This is a repost of a prompt I submitted a couple of years ago. I wrote a story based on this idea back then, so I guess it was a reverse-prompt? | [WP] Some people say they cheated death. I beat death fair and square. | [
"Some people say they cheated death. I say, I beat death fair and square. In a world where everything was miserable and cold, where Life was a demon who consistently fed off of the suffering of the reincarnated, and where I was able to escape life and move forward, I can safely say I beat Death. She, she was cold a... | 1 |
[WP] "That's why he's the most dangerous of them all. Everything he says begins to make beautiful, terrible sense." | [
"The investigators stood across from the table separated by a two way mirror and the wall. The light over their heads buzzed steadily. In the other room, a green-white flourescent flickered above a man seated behind a steel table, which made him seem ghostly. The table was covered with blood. \n\n“What the fuck jus... | 5 | |
[WP] The more ridiculous a person's name is, the more powerful they are. You are the only name changer in the galaxy and you are tasked to save the universe from a grave danger... | [
"He was a nobody. A John Smith. Expendable. Didn't even have powers.\n\nThey brought him to me, bound and shackled. He was afraid- I could see it- but he also recognised me.\n\nI flicked through his files, pen in my hand, and looked up at him.\n\n\"John Smith.\"\n\n\"Namechanger.\"\n\n\"You have been selected for t... | 1 | |
Assume for a moment a world very much like our own. Except for the fact that spiders can grow to 12 feet in length, breed prodigiously, are expert at hiding and often attack in swarms. Have fun! | [WP] Describe a typical daily outing – your commute to work, taking the kids to school, perhaps a trip to the grocery store. And, oh yes – don’t forget that your world is plagued with enormous predatory spiders. | [
"Diary Entry #311 \n\nNot sure how the kids are going to handle it today. Sometimes I wish I've never brought them to this world. But they are the light of my life, but wouldn't I rather live in the dark then see them suffer all this? Death in every corner. It comes out jumping at them in different shapes and forms... | 3 |
[WP] A super-villain is incredibly unlucky. All of his plans for destruction and chaos have ended up helping out society quite a bit. This has happened enough times that people are beginning to regard him as a hero. | [
"\"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we have come together today to honor Professor Eval for his tireless efforts to improve the city!\" \n\nThe crowd erupts in applause and cheers of \"We love you Professor!\". Viry Eval hung his head in shame. \n\n\"Who could forget the time he selfishly cleansed the city of ... | 1 | |
[WP] She sat alone at a table set for two. | [
"It's Valentines Day, I can write fluff if I want to, darnit! Also orange roses can symbolize passion, just for the record.\n______________________________\n\nShe sat alone at a table set for two, and I watched her from around my boyfriend's shoulder. When she left, I followed, pulled by some irresistible curiosity... | 4 | |
[WP] Write a story about death and destruction. In a good way. | [
"The soft ground rose to claim my body, blood sputtering out of the hole in my neck. I knew I had hit the carpet of leaves and moss, but my dimming senses couldn't register the fall. Darkness was claiming what was rightfully his. Death was coming to embrace me.\n\nKaylee had positioned the knife expertly, despit... | 1 | |
Aka fun fact: Cerberus derives from the Greek word Kerberos which in some other language means spotted. Yes, Cerberus is named Spot.
| [WP] You adopt a stray dog and name him Spot. You only realize your error when Hades comes and asks you to return Cerberus. | [
"I adopted a dog named Spot.\n\nAt once, Hades appeared on the dot.\n\nScreaming, enraged, he demands that \"Spot\" would be returned to him at once!\n\nOr I will be damned in hell for months, and months!\n\nSpot will forever be missed,\n\nBut now I stand in divine bliss, \n\nFor escaping the wrathe of Hades,\n\nI ... | 3 |
[WP] New superheroes and supervillains are emerging every day. The city is getting tired of all the destruction. | [
"Boom!\n\nAnother explosion. The city has practically been levelled. We're all bored of watching people perform 'awesome' super moves above our heads. I've not been to work for three weeks and can't even leave the house due to the rubble. Either everyone is a supervillain or hero in this city, or we only have two.\... | 1 | |
[WP] When you're 10 your parents tell you the truth about Santa. When you're 40 they tell you the truth about God. | [
"\"...I mean...you figured out Santa before we told you so we thought you'd figure out this.\"\n\n\"Mom we didn't attend school based around Santa, we didn't go to Santa church!\"\n\n\"Hey your father and I were only 20 when you were born, we didn't find out ourselves until you were in college.\"\n\n\"Wait you didn... | 2 | |
[WP] There is an actual elephant in the room. No one wants to talk about it. | [
"George shifted: the trunk was hovering over his cup of coffee.\n\n\"Is it just me, or does this coffee have a rather curious aroma to it?\"\n\nHe looked straight in the direction of Jane, who was sitting across the room. The others followed suit.\n\n\"Yeah, George you have an interesting taste in coffee.\"\n\nThe ... | 2 | |
[WP] You were cursed to suffer through inconvenience every day. This curse ends up saving your life. | [
"(Part 1)\n\n\"Suffer. Suffer!\" He sat upon the beach, blind as the day his father left. He crushed a small clean and boney monkey's skull to dust as he began to laugh. \"Haha! Hahahahahahaha! HAHAHAHAHA!\"\n\nThe cackling of the sitting priest faded as the young man ran for town, scared he made his way back to th... | 2 | |
[WP] The third world war had just stared and nuclear weapons are starting to drop everywhere. The noise and the impact on the Earth awakens an ancient evil, you're the only one who notices. | [
"I was at sea when the world died. I watched the rockets fly East to West and the other way too. They carried with them the end of all things. I saw the flashes first before I felt the shockwave. I never knew atom bombs could burn so bright. I might have thought it beautiful, watching every horizon burn. I felt the... | 1 | |
[WP] You've spent your whole life doing good, believing that it will grant you entry into heaven. However, the factors that determine your place in eternity are not at all what you expected. | [
"*Ouch!* I thought as I was taken from my body up to the the sky and beyond the stars. It was surprisingly comfortable; bumpy but that kind of bumpy you can use to your advantage. *Guess I'm dead now* Fuck your fence, I'll piss where I want! \n\n**Get ready for the entrance exam** \n\n*Stopped doing tests when I ... | 1 | |
[WP] The one universal rule is "You're only dead when everyone forgets about you". You have been dead for thousands of years. All of a sudden you wake up. | [
"It hurt. The feeling of my body being put back together forcibly. I was buried, but someone remembered me, so I was alive. I began the arduous task of clawing my way out of my grave. After what felt like an eternity, I felt air on my hands, then on my head. Soon I had hauled my whole body above ground. I looked ar... | 2 | |
[WP] A superhero and supervillain have been squaring off for years. To end the destructive conflict, the superhero resorts to desperate measures. He tells the villain's mom. | [
"Azazel landed on the terrace of his penthouse apartment - his customized graphene costume disappearing, mask and all – and walked towards the door leading inside. As far as anybody knew, Victor Lazlow, was a billionaire entrepreneur philanthropist. \n\nHow could a guy like that be the “World Devil”? Normally, he’d... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an innocent bystander who immersed yourself into a school bully's group of mean kids in order to be safe from his harassment. Everyone associates you with him, and you decide to stand up to him at the most important time possible in order to show the school who you really are. | [
"Alyssa MacArthur is mean. It's a really simple fact. My fake best friend is mean. She is a bully. I don't even like her and she claims we're best friends. \n\nHold on. Pause!\n\nStep back. \n\nHi, I'm Carter Elizabeth Owens. I'm sixteen, I like reading and dancing. I speak three languages and go to church every Su... | 1 | |
[WP] Immortality is a curse, not because of what it allows you to do, but how it alters your perception of time. | [
"The last time I felt this good, my dear, was when my former comrade agreed to join me. When he agreed, despite all the turmoil and controversy, to join me in a union of sorts. Not sexualy, but spiritually. And he agreed to spend time and energy primarily with me, when he knew what I was, who I was. And still am. T... | 1 | |
[WP] On your usual walk to work, gazing at your phone, you're startled only by the silence and the lack of any humans in sight. Across the city, the man in the mask starts his endless shuffle towards your position. | [
"I woke up to the buzzing of my alarm clock.\n\n*4:00*\n\nUgh, another morning shift. Serving coffee wasn't what I really had in mind for my mid-twenties, but I'll admit a part of me enjoys the simplicity of it. I rolled out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up before throwing some clothes on that looked pres... | 1 | |
[WP] The year is 2026. Millions of people have vanished over night. After months of research, you come to the stunning realization that the "missing" all had one thing in common - Dabbing. | [
"\"Well, I'm going to do it.\"\n\nJack coughs, and it turns into laughter. \"Sure, man. Go ahead, prove us wrong.\"\n\n\"No, seriously. No stopping me! I'm going through with it!\" Kevin waves his arms in the air. \"This could be the breakthrough, guys! Don't stop me now!\"\n\n\"Nobody's stopping you, Kevin. Go ahe... | 1 | |
[WP] You've had the ability to reset time and redo things since you were born. Today, you've suddenly lost the ability - and now struggle to adjust to your new life without it. | [
"The names Jacob but I guess you can call me Lucky. You see, my life has been picture perfect in pretty much any way you look at it. I could do no wrong. But what others would call luck, I would call winning the universal lottery. I really didn't understand it when it first started happening. I mean, to be honest, ... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone's Reddit Username is a vague hint to how they get into heaven. Someone named ThoughtfulDude17 might have be a thoughtful dude to 17 people to get in. This is now common knowledge, and no one can make new Reddit accounts. | [
"Obviously, I was rather alarmed when the news first broke, it made me regret not picking one of these novelty names like 'PM me big tits' or 'fucksabout'. I petitioned and complained of course.\n\n\"But- but, it was laden with double meanings! It all started with this girl in a club y'see, the reason I made this a... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story about anything, so long as it includes a small rock into the story. | [
"The weather was bitter on the cold, dark ocean off the coast of Greenland. Somewhere across the horizon the small Baffin Islands stood as the focal point of the naval exercise of the U.S. Navy Task Group 20. The days had been uneventful and the only harrowing moments were from the nausea of rough seas and the peri... | 6 | |
[WP] Use your imagination and creativity! | [WP] You woke up with a gadget next to you that can reverse engineer anything, from how to make Coca Cola to the secret spices of KFC. One day, you used it to reverse engineer (insert something here) and discovered the horrifying secrets of why it was kept a secret. | [
"\"This thing is fucking awesome!\" \nJames looked up from several neat piles of herbs and spices, along with a dead, skinned chicken and bread crumbs. Richard looked at James. \"Whoa.\" \n\"What should we do next?\" \nJames looked around his apartment at rows and rows of food and mechanical components neatly ar... | 1 |
[WP] your friend seems to be in a bad mood these days. You message him and unknowingly send "U God?" Instead of "U good?"... before you correct yourself, your friend replies "... who told you" | [
"--Elysium Library of Truth-- Correspondence Record #10377420345382 \nParticipants: His Holiness and a Wayne Smith, upon the 20th year of His Holiness' 5,034th human life on the Earthrealm. \n*U god?* \n... who told you \n*come again?* \nwho told you that i was god \n*prove it asshole* \n[Herein His Holiness... | 1 | |
[WP] You tell everyone that you have a twin sibling as a joke. Several of your friends claim to have met him. | [
"Christian, Christian, what the fuck is going on?, It was just a god damn joke I told a few times, who the fuck is this guy? \n\nI started running home to try and figure shit out. Mom was going to be home by 5:30 and I'd be sure to ask anything I needed to then, but for now I needed to find anything I could on whoe... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a genie without powers, but you are still compelled to fulfill one's wishes to the best of your ability. | [
"And as she gently rubs the lamp, I come out and materialize into my real form. After a thousand years, it feels good to stretch my arms and feel the fresh air hit my face, after so long. Then I see her. She's there, my liberator. She is sobbing quietly in the corner of the small room and holding the lamp. I go tow... | 3 | |
[WP] You are forced to live with a dragon as a roommate. | [
"Everything had been going well at work, Vince thought. His work hadn’t been amazing, per se, but it was certainly acceptable, and he seemed to get along with everyone in the office. He had finally built up the courage to ask Caren out on a date, and he was really looking forward to that. He had missed his deadline... | 3 | |
[WP] You ask someone to give you feedback on your newest manuscript. After they finish reading through the whole draft, you ask them on how to improve it. They then highlight the entire text, press "backspace," click save, and finally close the document. | [
"\n★★★★★ **The Most Truthful Book I've Ever Read**\n\nWhen I got an advance copy of by T. N. Errans, I thought to myself, \"Who mailed me a book cover?\" I'll admit, I didn't understand at first, but after repeated readings, I got it. This book, with nothing in it, is the most profound and truthful thing I've ev... | 3 | |
[WP] "I have something I've been wanting to tell you for a while now. You...are my wife." | [
"\"I am my wife,\" she responded in her slightly monotone, robotic voice.\n\n\"No, no. Wife. You are wife.\"\n\n\" I am wife.\" \n\nDave grimaced and scratched his beard. He wondered why she wasn't picking up on his verbal cues and commands when she was usually so adept. \n\nHe flopped down into his chair and let... | 1 | |
[WP] I opened the door. The room was dark. | [
"The Butterfly Effect is an idea, a concept that small ideas somewhere can have huge effects elsewhere, or later on. The illustration of a butterfly's wings fluttering in California disrupting weather patterns in Japan springs to mind. It is a relatively abstract concept to most, counter-intuitive to some.\n\nBut a... | 1 | |
[WP] The only games allowed in Hell are Monopoly and Ping Pong. Satan has changed the rules of monopoly to be even worse than usual, and the penalty for losing is having to chase stray ping pong balls for a millennia. | [
"(part 1/2.)\n\nA scorching wind rustled the colorful wad of papers clutched between ebony hooves. His acrid yellow eyes bore into the dark gaze of the woman in the small chair, mulling over her property cards.\n\n\"Well? Are you going to buy the houses?\" He tapped his cloven hooves against the floor impatiently. ... | 1 | |
[WP] The wind is my guiding star and the bane of my existence. | [
"The last cart went past me thirty miles back. \n\nIn the early days they were streamlined with whatever came to hand, like backwards automobiles. People wrapped plastic panels, ceiling tiles, anything to break the wind shoving cruelly at their backs. \n\nThe ones I talked to were optimistic. \"It'll be broken by t... | 2 | |
[WP] There are voices in the woods | [
"The trees seem to quiver with anticipation as she steps closer. It’s a great honor for her family, to be chosen. Only the pure and clean are chosen to join the Old Ones. Soon she will be in an everlasting paradise, and her family and friends will know that she is happy and safe.\n\n“Father,” she whispers, one last... | 6 | |
[WP]A gamer hands his 4 year old brother the controller to keep him entertained. Tell me what happens next from the perspective of the game's protagonist, who has no knowledge of the world outside of the game, and feels that he is in control the whole time. | [
"\"Marked for deletion.\" That's what the...thing had said as he entered the line. Angel? Demon? He knew not. Only that he was here now and would likely remain so. How had it happened? How did he come here? His memory was so hazy. Was this some new twist to the curse or was this what it was like to be wholly consum... | 4 | |
[WP] The crystals that emerged from their eyes were beautiful. The screaming, on the other hand, wasn't. | [
"You know what they say - the eyes are the windows to the soul.\n\nIt's not quite accurate. Like any brazen thief, I use the eyes to steal people's souls. \n\nTake my latest batch ready for extraction. I've put the forceps in to keep the eyes open, and I start the process. It's a magical process. \n\nThe crystals t... | 2 | |
[WP] By pure chance you have written a document that could ensure world peace. Only problem is, you used Comic Sans. | [
"It was something I didn't think about. Some essay for English composition about how, if I could, I'd make the world a better place. And I pulled it out of my ass too at the last minute. That's not to say I wasn't proud of it, or that I'm bragging about it, but it literally was put together over the course of a few... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a super genius vigilante who always has a plan for everything and can constantly out think anyone. One day you meet your match: a petty thief who's gifted with random luck and clumsiness. You have made it your sole duty to take him down . . . Somehow. | [
"\"Sorry!\" he calls out, offering a grin as he stumbles from the scene of the heist. *My* heist. Everything was planned perfectly. I was about to shake the jeweler's hand, slipping off his diamond ring that would feed me for the next two years. \n\nBut of course, somehow, this blond-haired, wide-eyed beginner who ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story where the narrator could really use a thesaurus, as he constantly uses inappropriate words to describe things. | [
"The loss of my parents was the single worst thing I had ever authorised. ^^**authorised** ^^here ^^means ^^experienced ^^or ^^saw. However, in their intrusive deaths, my life became a lot more inadvertent ^^which ^^is ^^a ^^grown-up ^^way ^^of ^^saying ^^complicated ^^and ^^rotund.\n\nMy family owned a large plot ... | 2 | |
[WP] It turns out that the best kingdom to live in is the one ruled by the Lich King. | [
"\"So.\" The old man spoke with a voice stronger than his feeble frame would suggest. \"You wish to know where best to make your home?\"\n\nThe young man at the opposite side of the table nodded. \"You were an adventurer once, were you not? You must have seen far away lands.\" His eyes pleaded. \"I merely ask if yo... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity has always accepted but never understood the need for sleep. A researcher studying REM sleep unwitting discovers processing power is siphoned off during sleep. What could use so much power? | [
" Her chest rose and fell heavy. Slowly, over the last hour she became more rhythmic, her infrequent fidgets became more subtle. Until at last, Diana was sleeping. Truly sleeping. Sleep washed over her like a boulder being drug into the ocean by deep breathing waves, back and forth, back and forth, submerging her... | 1 |
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