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[WP] You have a secret ability that lets you communicate with domesticated animals, but it gets weird when a sheep asks you for help in an elaborate escape plan... | [
"The sheep headbutts me in the stomach. *You're not getting away that easily.*\n\nI double over. My breath comes in gasps. \"I've got...to get...to work.\"\n\n*We've all got places to be. For you, it's work. For me, it's beyond this fence.*\n\nSpeaking of that fence, I figure that if I take a running jump, I could ... | 1 | |
[WP] In today's society, your social ranking is plain to see in the form of an ever-changing number on your wrist, measured by a combination of mental stability, income and crime record. After going out with your crush for the 3rd time, you finally question why they always wear long sleeved shirts. | [
"\"... I don't want to talk about it.\"\n\nI stare at him, open mouthed. \n\n\"Look, I won't get mad if you have a really low score. I mean really, most people over a 70 won't even consider talking to someone who hasn't proved their status, but I don't care! Even if you're a lowly dreg I'll still love you,\" I say ... | 2 | |
[WP] Where do writers go when they die? | [
"The chair that he sat in was hard. It rocked, causing the floorboards to creek. The light was off. He had meant to turn it on before he sat down, but he hadn't. And now he was sitting.\n\nIn his hand was a book. It was his book. Not his book in the sense that he owned it. Although he supposed that he did own it. I... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story in reverse chronology, where each scene takes place before the last. | [
"There was nothing to do in the town of Oak Creek.\n\nThat was how Karen had let Ted talk her into going to Shooters to watch the truckers come in. Shooters was technically outside of town, but it was only a short drive. She'd always heard that it was kind of a rough place, so she'd never been there before. Kare... | 3 | |
[WP] Humanity has abandoned environmental reforms and turned to human genetic modification to allow itself to survive on a rapidly changing planet | [
"\"Who would have thought, Greta, that this plan would actually work?\" said Dr. Thomas Quinn, Professor of Theoretical Genetic Engineering at MIT. He is quite a peculiar man, but of course, we all were slightly more peculiar than how we used to be. \"How exactly did you implement the technology from livestock to ... | 1 | |
[WP] you just inherited a old spell book from your recently passed away grandfather. | [
" Grand Master of the Distinguished Court of Sorcery. A member of the Kings divine Appellate that dictated the creation of the floating fortress, Atra Nube, which relied on the most complex spell matrices known to man to stay aloft. Harbringer of many prominent alchemists and magicians. A man with impossibly numer... | 2 | |
[WP] You watch from the deck as your friends dive headfirst into the still waters of the lake. The ripples they made have cleared, yet none of them resurface. | [
"You never really wanted to go to this stupid family reunion. The elders would get drunk and then spend all night bickering. Cousin Aidan would come in with another girl on his shoulder, or loudly bemoan the lack thereof. The little kids would run around everywhere getting into things and squealing. You would b... | 1 | |
This is based on a story idea that's been gathering dust on my laptop for years. Maybe you guys can have better luck. | [WP] You're the last of a long line of dragon slayers, hired to kill the last dragon. Trouble is, you don't know it. | [
"I stood, clutching the ancient spear that crackled with lightning, facing the beast down.\n\nDespite my clear threat, it looked away disinterestedly. I felt a pang of sorrow as I declared myself to it.\n\nIt faced me, our eyes meeting. For a moment, they reflected a sense of longing that made me pause. For a while... | 1 |
[WP] Humanity has designed an implant that stops aging and death. Earth has reached a "max" occupancy. Only those couples who choose not to have an implant are allowed two children, the rest are made infertile until the implant is removed. There has not been a birth in 100 years. | [
"It was my 346th birthday when I announced the reinstatement of my mortality. \n\nEveryone asks the same thing \n\"Why would you choose to die?\"\n\n My answer\n\"I'm bored\"\n\nI've mastered every instrument. Proficient at every sport. Studied every subject medicine, law, economics, programming. \n\nI no longer fi... | 1 | |
[WP] At the age of 18, everyone is given the chance to press a button with a randomized effect, or to turn it down and live normally. A positive effect and a negative one. The button is said to determine how your entire life will go, and there is no limit to what the button can propose. | [
"\"Ok, this is the moment of truth.\"\nI said as I pressed the button.\nI heard that there is a little chance of the button actually having a huge negative impact on my life. 90% of the cases were just a tiny event that had no repercussion on people's lives, so I decided that I might as well try my luck.\n\nIn hind... | 2 | |
[WP] God has just prayed to you | [
"It's the middle of the night. I have just awoken to a feeling of great urgency and panic. Massive waves of stress wash through me as an almighty booming voice speaks out to me. \n\"DEAR JAMES,\nPLEASE, I NEED YOUR HELP. YOU KNOW YOUR FRIEND ALEX? WELL, HE'S MY SECOND SON. THAT'S RIGHT, ALEX IS THE SECOND COMING. T... | 1 | |
[WP] A timid young man meets a strange girl and follows her into a mysterious world | [
"Thunderous booms echoed in the pitch black, deep metallic drumming that straddled the line between being heard and being felt. I stared down as the vibrations thudded in my chest, and my heart began to subconsciously match their cadence, which sped and grew violently until one crack rang out above the rest with fi... | 3 | |
[WP] A time-travel company allows for customers to leave their current lives, travel to space, and return 100 years in the future having aged only slightly. | [
"Jerry was unhappy, his 34th birthday was spent alone, drinking copious amounts of alcohol. He had work tomorrow, at a office job he hated. Spending 10 hours in a cubicle cut him off from the world, even if he was earning millions as an accountant for one of the worlds largest companies.\n\nThen, when he woke up th... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a zombie struggling to survive in a world ravaged by a human apocalypse. | [
"I'm so hungry..\n\nFuck I have to eat something why are there so many lines for everything. I have heard there's a local store where a couple of fleshlings have nested at.\n\nI'm so hungry...\n\nMaybe today I'll head for that nesting ground I have heard there are line ups there as well and many of people have died... | 5 | |
[WP] After answering a Craigslist ad, you've become roommates with Anubis, God of the Dead. It's been great so far, but the late night chanting is starting to get old. | [
"\"Kentu. Shallah. Erudu nashal Tassim ro....\"\n\n\"SHUT THE FUCK UP!\" Danny bellowed from his bed.\n\nThe chanting came to an immediate stop. Candlelight flickered underneath his door, casting strange oblong shadows around his darkened bedroom. Danny pulled off his noise cancelling headphones and could hear hush... | 1 | |
[WP] A story with no point. Just the ramblings of someone committed to a mental institution. | [
"Fresh fresh fresh\n\n Tehe\n\nThere! upon the bed with the red ocean, she was lying, still and now gone-\n\nThe morning it's sings\n\n Tehe\n\nSo I must wake\n\n And\n\n Go\n\nBut then, there is always\n\nWhat there never was\n\nThat will be\n\nNot getting\n\nSo I don't think I'm going ... | 10 | |
[WP] Tell the story of someone born with an uncommon superpower, and how it affects them as they grow up. | [
"My mother was the first to notice, i guess being a mother as well as a scientist helps evaluating. She isolated it and burned it off me, in blissfull hope that it would never return.\n\nI’ve read the stories of those who were not as lucky, however for me growing up, it didn’t feel like luck. \nThe regular operatio... | 2 | |
[WP] You were accidentally born into the dev build version of Earth, and you can use commands to hack the "game". Describe your life. | [
"The sim was nearly ready for release by the time they got around to me. Picked from the proverbial hat last, but at least I was picked. Mitch was stuck on some POS not even out of the primordial era. Playing around with intelligent, evolved organisms is so much more fun than prokaryotes. \n\nThat’s what I was hire... | 2 | |
[WP] She stood before you, wreathed in crackling flames. Blushing, she asked hesitantly "Will you go to the Prom with me?" | [
"My first response was to stumble backwards away. \n\n\"I'm sorry, WHO IN DEUS EX MACHINA'S NAME ARE YOU?!?\"\nMy question caught her off guard. The circle of flames around her faded, revealing a pentagram of embers. Ah. That's what that spell did. \"I'm...Fuego Fatuo. I...sort of got expelled from the Underworld.\... | 3 | |
[WP] In the stillness of the night comes a sound. | [
"Night had long since fallen, a chill wind heralding the sun's retreat. The moon was large and bright in the sky. Stars hung like glimmering diamonds across an inky canvas, without a single cloud marring their beauty. All was still in the idyllic little suburban street. All, that was, save for a single small child.... | 1 | |
[WP] In a shocking role reversal, a medieval princess has kidnapped a dragon. You are the knight sent to save him. | [
"\"You want me to do WHAT?\" The knight was incredulous. He tried to restrain his voice, lest his majesty be offended, but the king had clearly lost his mind.\n\n\"I believe you heard me correctly Sir Caradoc. I wish you to retrieve the dragon recently kidnapped - well, dragonnapped i suppose, by Princess Lynette, ... | 2 | |
You could be a god, help the gods, been summoned, etc. | [WP] You have ascended into the pantheon of the Old Gods, but you are not entirely sure how. | [
"The blinding flash of light was followed by a thunderous clap that echoed in my ears. I threw my hands up, covering my ears as the ringing continued for what seemd like hours, my eyes clenched shut until the consuming white faded into the black of my eyelids. Eventually, the ringing in my ears died to a low hum an... | 2 |
[WP] You just got home from the most amazing blind date of your life. You're roommate is up, sitting In the kitchen when you come in the door. You start to tell her about your date only she is blankly staring at you. You ask her if everything is okay, and she says "you've been home all night, with me, you have only bee... | [WP] You just got home from the most amazing blind date of your life. | [
" A rush of excitement as I swing open the door, \n A night with a lady, oh what a score, \n I radiate a glow as I pace around the room, \n Feeling so fresh like right out the womb; \n\n\n My roommate looks puzzled as I stare up in space, \n \"What could of happened when you just left this pl... | 1 |
[WP] your father always had a code safe in the attic that you have tried opening your whole life. A week after his death, you decide to try a random code. It works. | [
"I remember my curiosity as a child when I would explore the attic on rainy days. The safe had always been there bolted to the ground. It was surrounded by other junk like some lamps and my father's work tools. When I first asked him what was in the safe he didn't give me an answer but instead scolded me for playin... | 2 | |
[WP] 10 hours ago you were just a normal person trying to buy a cup of coffee. Now you are the most wanted man/woman of your country. | [
"The footsteps were loud in the dark house. Each one echoed from the walls, nigh endlessly bouncing and rebounding around the empty rooms. No furniture, no carpet or drapes or much of anything to soak any of the sound up. Just bare construction. The shadowy figure stopped near the basement door, then reached for th... | 9 | |
Damnit. FBI. | [WP] You've written a dozen murder mystery novels, each more gruesome than the last. Today, you're visited by the FIB and discover a serial killer is reenacting your novels. Currently they are on victim number 6. The victim in murder number 12 is a writer and you're scared you might be the target. | [
"It had been thirteen years since Desmond put his nautical life behind him and ventured into the literary world. His vivid memories of his capsize on July 23, 2004 still haunted him but provided him with inordinate inspiration. Legs suspended over the water, he leaned back onto the dock to stretch. He took a taste ... | 1 |
[WP]You're alone in a forest with a camera. As you are walking you accidentally turn on thermal mode, and you can see the heat profiles of hundreds of people surrounding you. | [
"Clutching the camera in both hands, I scanned the perimeter around me holding the screen close to my face as a guide. The digital window into this unseen world was overflowing with heavily saturated blobs of human figures, some warmer than others but all filled with a topographical gradient of red, yellow, blue, a... | 1 | |
[WP] You have recently been hired to help a small family owned business prepare for an IRS audit. So far only one thing stands out, a young man named Dave has been on the payroll for a very long time. | [
"\"Everything lines up Mrs. Hitchens. However, might I ask about this one employee?\" I pointed to a singular name on the short list of names.\n\"Which one dear, were all family he-\" She saw who my attention had been drawn to, and immediately became firm. \"He's a handyman.\" She affirmed sternly.\n\"Ma'am, if eve... | 1 | |
[WP] A child finds a chest and begins to play with the toys inside. Unbeknownst to them, the chest belongs to a voodoo priestess. | [
"Oh, don’t be afraid! That’s just Jack. Really! It’s ok! \n…Oh. Well, yes, technically he’s a demonic being of the nightmare realm wherein dwells Satan and his vengeful hosts, but Jack is really very nice once you get to know him. And he makes splendid blackberry scones. I’ve tried to teach him to make dinner foods... | 1 | |
[WP] The superhero's power is telling Dad Jokes. | [
"\"Well hiya guys, when is the wedding happening?\"\n\nThe two robbers whipped around, scattering rings and other jewelry off the smashed countertop. Surprise was painted all across their faces. I could tell they were confused, but really, what could they expect trying to sneak in this late when I had just gone to ... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where healthy foods are illegal, and junk food is the norm. After years of successfully flouting the law, you find yourself in a fruit deal gone wrong. | [
"You never really feel the sun until you're still. Really still; confined where the only direction to look is up. Always up to a free sky. A burning sky, windless and going on forever. And you're stuck there on the ground. Getting burned. Yes, you never really feel the sun until you've been in hell.\n\n\nMichael's ... | 2 | |
[WP] You can upvote or downvote someone's karma. If you gather too many downvotes, you die. You just received a warning for last ten downvotes before death. You have anger issues and nobody likes you. | [
"The message on the screen barely registers with you. How could you possibly have such low karma? That last post of yours was absolute gold! Opening the bookmarked subreddit, you quickly go to your post.\n\n\"My Karma is in the toilet and i can't fix it! Tell me what to do!\"\nSubmitted 10 hours ago by /u/dylaxius ... | 1 | |
[WP]Out of hunger, you say aloud, "Man, I'd kill for a sandwich." A heavily scarred man suddenly hands you a sandwich, a picture, and an address. "3 days", he says before merging with the crowd. | [
"After his exit, I looked at the parcel he'd handed to me. Upon unwrapping the deli paper, my heart sank. It wasn't a particularly good sandwich; cheap, sugary multi-grain bread, American \"cheese\", a mealy tomato slice that was taken from the end with the stem on it, a single stalk of malnourished lettuce that ha... | 5 | |
[WP] A superhero has the power to give people empathy in order to solve problems. The irony is that the superhero is a psychopath. | [
"\"Recent reports indicate that Lord Blackheart, known to many as 'The Demon of Capital City', has retired from villainy. He was last seen at the animal shelter, taking in all the animals slated to be put down for the next week. While some sources seem to think Blackheart came to this change naturally, we here at C... | 1 | |
[WP] Cupid's job is on the line, and he has one last chance to prove he's still fit for the job. Unfortunately, the husband in his next case died earlier than expected, and Heaven takes no excuses. Death offers to resurrect him... if Cupid can help Death find a love of his own. | [
"\"..Okay Death. Tell me what you look for in a girl\"\n\"Well, being alive is usually good. And pretty\"\nCupid frowned. Death was being ambiguous. He'd been trying for nearly a week to find the right girl for him, but nothing was catching. He had tried every nationality, hair color, eye color, every possible comb... | 1 | |
[WP] your an NSA agent. Tell me about your favorite people to spy on and their lives. | [
"*excerpt from an interrupted phone conversation*\n\n\"Sir,\n\nContrary to popular belief, the Director never allows us to keep favorites. \n\nNormally it all starts with an algorithm. A streem of numbers predicting statistical likelihood that \"Joe\" may decide to detonate the nearby McDonalds based upon words or ... | 1 | |
[WP]Timers appear over people's heads, counting down until the moment they die. These timers are never wrong. | [
"I remember the very moment when Annabel died.\n\nSince the day we were born, we all had these clocks hanging over our heads. They never went up and they never stood still. They only counted down.\n\nI was told as a child that when the clock reached zero, we'd fall asleep and never wake up. An obvious way to say 'w... | 2 | |
[WP] The one time I needed him to lie, he finally told the truth. | [
"What a beautiful lair this man is...lies after lies after lies..it never stops.i thought when will this man ever tell me the truth?could he be that he is a natural born lair that can't tell the truth to save his life?well..iys very possible. All these lies. Why am I still here. Just for the lies to continue.why sh... | 3 | |
[WP] In a dystopian future where instruments are illegal to own, and music is forbidden, You and your best friend one day stumble upon possibly the last (Insert Instrument of Choice Here) in existence. | [
"\"April 29, 2072; Hello, and welcome to volume 34 F of President Grant's reinforcement programme - \" My eyes peeled away from the MP3 device sitting permanently attached to my wrist. I decided I could no longer listen to yet another mandatory instalment of the country's audio propaganda - and pulled out my earph... | 1 | |
[WP] You watch a terrible fire consume a nearby chemical plant on the news. A day later, the superpower you always dreamed of manifests. The problem: the airborne chemicals responsible are spanning the globe giving the same powers to everyone else as well. | [
"People would always dream of having any kind of superpowers they wanted. Hey, I can relate - on some occasions I'd love to be the Incredible Hulk, tearing through the city with no-one able to stop my infinite strength. On the other, I'd want to turn invisible, take up as little space as I needed to be able to avoi... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a hacker who accidentally discovers the code for the simulation of our universe. You decide to make some changes. | [
"So I was browsing github repos when the internet went down and I looked at the wifi icon and it had to Gods network. I went to google and saw that there was still connectivity so said what the hell and kept on browsing. I'm not really one to give a fuck if people look at my history. So there was a new user u/Total... | 2 | |
[WP] An alien race has been observing humankind using undercover informants living a normal life to witness and partake in the human experience. An interview is about to be conducted with a lead sociologist and spy who has been observing earth life for 20+ years. | [
"Ever since he was captured, Tarju was wondering what he did wrong. For more than 20 years he was able to avoid being discovered. Somehow the humans managed to locate his last transmission and surround him in a matter of minutes. *They must have known for some time*, he thought. There was no other explanation. But ... | 2 | |
[WP] You've never seen anybody open that door at work. Today, you decide you want to find out what's inside. | [
"It was a sunday morning. everything was quiet at the office. I have worked there for 5 years, and not once have I seen the inside of that place. I tried talking to my boss, he said dont worry. today, though, I decided to see what was inside. \n\nI opened the door. \n\nI got on the floor.\n\neverybody walked the di... | 1 | |
[WP] You're singing in the shower. You step out to dry, only to see a huge crowd giving a standing ovation, four enthusiastic judges applauding you, and the words 'American Idol' all over the place. | [
"There I was, singing that song once again, god I loved it, the high notes weren't that bad, I reached them easily, matching the tneor in the recording, I finally but the water off, and stepped outside the shower, a cacophony of loud whistling cheering, and people yelling my name almost in extasy stunned me, an ann... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an astronaut on a long term assignment on the moon. Suddenly a radio message informs you that earth is being attacked by an unknown alien threat and already it seams that humanity is doomed. All you can do is watch and listen as you become the last of your species. | [
"I always found it odd that I was the only one on this long mission. They insisted that it was a one man job, but with all this work up here, it seemed like I could've used a couple more able bodies. That, and I was starting to get lonely up here. I stood outside of the rocket and looked back at earth. It looked so... | 2 | |
[WP] Each alien species specializes in one particular field of study. There's a planet of great logicians, warlords, artists, librarians, etc with the best being the supreme leader. Earth has no specialty, and is home to many great experts in many fields. This frightens and upsets the aliens. | [
"A very uncool space-faring flagship parked itself close to the coast. I was standing barefoot, wearing nothing but the tightest speedos money can buy and a silk cape fit for a king, some 20 meters away from the waves. Besides me, an army. The cruelest one that has walked the earth. It was my dream to create the ki... | 4 | |
[WP] In a world where parents can customize their children's appearance, everyone is beautiful... Except for you. | [
"For this story to make sense, you need to know two things about my great-great-great grandfather: he was president (the greatest one that there ever was, as a matter of fact), and he was not that good looking. By today's standards most people would consider him hideous, and therefore they do me. \n\nYou see, my gr... | 2 | |
[WP] People can sell any soul they come into possesion of to The Devil. Because of this serial killers work very closely with him. You are a serial killer going in for your monthly report. | [
"\"So, let's see what we have here,\" Satan said, opened up your folder and took out the piece of paper titled 'January'. Being a professional serial killer wasn't that much more eventful than being just a regular serial killer. It only meant Satan paid you for what you did. You gave him the souls of your victims, ... | 1 | |
[WP] A person has the ability to display his thoughts onto sheets of paper at will. | [
"Magneto stood over the fallen X-Men corpses, gradually lowering himself towards Charles Xavier who lay on the floor, bloody and beaten.\n\n“Are you happy Charles? Are you happy with what you have achieved, here? Dead mutants on both sides, the blood on your hands.” said Magneto, as he landed gracefully next to Xav... | 1 | |
[WP] Ever since you started play Dark Souls 3, you have played games slowly and cautiously..... Even the ones that should not be played slowly and cautiously. | [
"\"It's the worst case I've ever seen,\" Nurse Umbra of the Gaming Recovery Institute said. Her eyes were drawn down with the weight of her concern, her lips on the verge of shaking, and her hands gesticulated each word. \"We must get Brian well soon, doctor.\"\n\n\"Yes, hmmm,\" Dr. Grier mumbled, staring down at t... | 1 | |
[WP] A genie visits on the night of everybody's 18th birthday, but rather than granting a wish, they ask a 'Would You Rather' question. Some people are luckier than others... | [
"Everyone was waiting in anticipation, the day that could make or break my life. It was the day before my 18th birthday, 11:59 PM.\n\n\"Dude don't be so worried, what's the worst that can happen?\" My billionaire friend, Dan, asked. \n\nEasy for him to say though, his question was to be a billionaire or to get a re... | 1 | |
[WP] A young Mary Sue-like protagonist is told by the Elders they are the Chosen One and must fulfill their Destiny. They die in their first test of battle. Write what happens next, either good or bad. | [
"The priest panted as he reached the glade. \nHe saw Lyla's corpse, freshly mauled by the damned, among the slain.\n\nHe began to weep.\n\nThe remaining warriors looked at him, shocked at his outburst.\n\n\"Whas a matta? She'll come back soon, we have!\" Said a man, as a spear was removed from his stomach.\n\n\"No\... | 2 | |
[WP] The government has successfully created a replicable serum that grants super powers. However, they have deemed the role of super hero to be a public office; if you want to be a super hero, you must be successfully nominated in a public election. | [
"2025, 6 years since U.S President Donald Trump announced that he'd created a vaccine granting the user a temporary power specific to the user. \n\nPresident Trump decided that this serum should be only given to those in charge of the U.S and it's close allies, giving himself an advantage over Russia whilst also al... | 1 | |
[WP] Rome Never Fell, They just moved to Mars | [
"\"Schiaparelli was the first to discover life on Mars, who knew what would be behind that little patch of green on the Northern hemisphere of the planet...\"\n\nThe classroom shook scaring the impoverished students into cuddling each other tighter. The teacher peered out of the crack in the wall that became the cl... | 1 | |
[WP] One of your parents passed away years ago. You still message their account to remain close to them. One night you see "...is typing..." | [
"((First time writing fiction in a long time, trying to get back into writing, thought this would be a good start. I haven't edited this at all. I really appreciate feedback!))\n\n“Hey Dad, just wanted to let you know that I graduated college. My GPA wasn't as high as you'd hoped, but I got a C average, and my inte... | 2 | |
[WP] A world where each day is a randomly chosen emotion. On sad days everyone is sad, on angry days everyone is angry, etc. | [
"Felix woke to fear. \n\nIt was rare for the Queen to feel such an emotion. Fear was for worms and beetles, surrounded by Queen's soldiers. It was uncomfortable, and at its very base, unsettling. \n\nHe left the sleeping chambers, stepping delicately over the bodies of fellow soldiers. He didn't want to wake them... | 1 | |
Do trade rules apply to witch-trades?
Is there an expiration date for firstborns? | [WP] A woman sells her firstborn to a witch. Said firstborn is a 20-year old living in her basement. | [
"Nameless Woman sitting on a wooden chair says \n\n--are you sure?\n\nShe looks worried like something chasing her. She looks around apprehensively, her eyes moving, and her body moving like she struck by a shiver, small but powerful like a garden snake's pounce. \n\nAnother woman is there tending to a plant in the... | 1 |
[WP] You get sent an e-mail with a file called "The Universe" by an anonymous sender. At first, you think it's a joke but things get weird when your edits start to effect the world around you... | [
"*the-universe.god*\n\nThat's an odd file format. I'm a writer, if something that should be impossible is happening, you should be willing to admit you might be a fictional character. If the impossible doesn't happen, well it's not like April Fools wasn't over a month ago. \n\nIf it was a normal scam, it would have... | 5 | |
[WP] Write a story about a nice guy with a white van | [
"Boopers was a good man. He enjoyed eating pie at festivals.\n\nBut there's catch. He had a white van. People with white vans are taboo, and he farts in public too.\n\nNobody liked Boopers.\n\nBoopers ate cerium soup every Tuesday. Cerium soup was very special to Boopers. His mom gave it to him every Tuesday when h... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the world's greatest superhero, thwarting evil through unconventional and sometimes last minute means. You always save the day, eventually. You are... Captain Procrastinator! | [
"It had been a mundane day in the US senate. Everyone was packing up to go home when all of a sudden the power went out. An unknown man from the back of the room fired a few rounds of a revolver into the air.\n\n\"Everyone stay calm and no one gets hurt. Don't try to be a hero!\" said the gravelly voice from behi... | 1 | |
*is. Auto-correct. | [WP] You've woken up from an 100 year coma to find you have superpowers. The other thing you find I'd that the world is a fantastic utopia and no one needs helping. | [
"\"Well, the good news is that you're superhuman. Aside from the abilities you've been able to demonstrate, you are immortal *and* rapid-healing. This is the first time that this variation of the Ambrosia serum actually took. Past versions of the nanites only yielded either immortality *or* rapid-healing, and two v... | 1 |
[WP] Alien invaders arrive, confused, to a desolate irradiated landscape. | [
"\"Status report?\" Captain Pastorius yelled through the smoke. \n\n\"All systems offline, Captain,\" replied Peabody, his second in command. \n\n\"How exactly did that happen, Peabody?\" Pastorius asked. He was rightfully irritated that his state of the art cruiser would malfunction as they were making their final... | 1 | |
[WP] The Reaper evaluates ghosts, Gordon Ramsay style. | [
"The figure that stood before Tom looked nothing like what he would have imagined. He was dressed to the nines in a suit blacker than the abyss that now surrounded Tom's levitating body. His tie was crimson along with the handkerchief protruding from the jacket pocket.\n\n\"So, I'm dead... and you're the Grim Reape... | 1 | |
[WP]You are Poseidon King of the Ocean, ready for a night on the town with the mortals. Mom said you have to bring your little brother with you though, the only problem, he is Broseidon King of the Brocean. | [
"Once, there was only emptiness, then chaos and the others came etc. etc. Cool shit happened and then, I was born. You know the story, I was born and eaten by my father. Zeus saved us etc. etc. After all those fucked up things that I lived through there I was, finally respected and beloved as a god. The Olympian go... | 1 | |
[WP] 2024AD: Germany is about to decommission its last submarine. At the ceremony, a barnacle-ridden rust-covered U-boat surfaces. | [
"Everyone was looking back. All the terrible thimgs Germany has done with submarines. This was reconciliation.\n\nThe general was about to give a speach. Then it came.\n\nIt was an extremely old U-boat. I couldn't hear myself think from the noise of the gasps. The audience clapped; maybe this was part of the ceremo... | 1 | |
[WP] It turns out that your favorite First-Person Shooter game is actually a secret project to train soldiers for war - today you've gotten a record-breaking high score, and are approached by the military shortly after | [
"I guess I should have seen this coming going in, given how much of a nerd I am about the game's lore, but it still came as quite the shock. After many years, heroes and events since its release day, I had risen to the top of the Overwatch-player ranks and had even won a few tournaments. I had just won one and was ... | 1 | |
[WP] Well meaning aliens send an Android that looks like us to ease introductions. Unfortunately, the only thing they know about us comes from an accidentally received transmission of your favorite novel. | [
"\n\tCeremony and speeches are doubtless inevitable when extraterrestrials visit any sentient species for the first time. Still, I had grown tired of the endless words of welcome and promises of peace long before the United Nations Assembly let the android ambassador for the Takqaz speak. It got straight to the poi... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity has made first contact and an alliance has been forged. Surprisingly, it happens to be with the most feared species in the galaxy. | [
"The year is 2420 and humans have finally made contact with an unknown species in the vast universe. Much has changed in human civilization including the adoption of memes as a form of cultural and historical study. During the Dank Meme Boom of the 21st century, a high amount of memers chose to change their surname... | 5 | |
[WP] You arrive at work to find the place in chaos. Buildings are on fire, the US military is in retreat, and what used to be the intern is tossing cars around. "It's last Monday all over again," you sigh as you clock in. | [
"\"Oh well.\" I set down my briefcase and take out my laptop. Looking out my shattered window, I can still see good 'ol Joe is having his little fits again. I open up Microsoft Word and estimate about how much this will cost our company. Not too bad today. I sigh. I hate this time of week, it's hard to focus with a... | 4 | |
[WP] Valhalla grows in length as more warriors occupy it. The farther down the table you go, the farther back in time you go. You decide to try to find the head of the table as a new arrival. | [
"Baloth Stormcaller had earned his name. His warcry could be heard across the fleet. It sent goosebumps through every soldier. At the front lines, Rojak and his crew heard the cry. Their ships were pushing towards the battlefield. The wood shook and a few men fell as the front crashed into the beach. Rojak tossed h... | 2 | |
[WP] The journal you've had for life suddenly starts to make everything you write into it, stories, drawings, or anything else become real. | [
"I couldn't believe what I had in my hands.\n\nEverything I was writing, it was almost instantly showing up in real life. I knew something like this has to be kept secret and definitely wasn't safe but I needed to tell someone.\n\nI biked to my friend's house as fast as I could. In between panting breaths, I explai... | 1 | |
[WP] We're sorry, but the ritual has been rescheduled for the next solstice. | [
"The torrent of boos was getting hard to bear. Leader lifted his hands trying to calm down the crowd, but the boos just rained down harder. It was also actually raining pretty hard in a weather type of way. Even through his thick and ornate hood, the water seeped in and sent some cold, wet chills from neck to butt ... | 2 | |
Edit: Right near the start of the apocalypse. | [WP] Write a story featuring an post apocalyptic wasteland set in a magical world. | [
"The wind howls as it blasts through the remnants of the capital. Malformed creatures slink through, their eyes hungry for sustenance. The once beautiful city of Magi was a beacon of the future, now a haunting reminder of the ravages of power.\n\nThere are only a couple of thousand magic users in the world now. Mos... | 1 |
[WP] You work at "Funnerals" an over the top funeral home that specializes in putting the "fun in your funeral". You've had some odd requests in the past, but this request takes the cake. | [
"My name is John. John Doe. It's a joke name, but I love my job so much I had it legally changed. That's right. John Doe. I work at a Fun-eral home. We turn Funerals into parties. Sometimes we get people who want to go out in style with big Victorian style blowouts, others want to have kinky fetish themes. I even h... | 1 | |
[WP] The monsters in your closet have declared war on the monsters under your bed. The winner will get to torment you for the rest of your childhood | [
"“How *you* doing?”\n\nMary rolled her eyes as her husband slid into bed. But she was laughing a little too. “Is he asleep?”\n\nPulling his half of the blanket over himself, Phil moved toward her with a smile. “God I hope so.”\n\n“Daddy’s feeling lonely?”\n\n“Daddy’s feeling lucky.”\n\n“Yes, I can tell,” Mary said ... | 1 | |
[WP] You receive a text message that reads "Whatever you do, don't look in them in the eyes. You can look at them, but never make eye contact. -S" | [
"With bleary eyes, you stared again at the number on the black Samsung Galaxy S7. It was so ridiculous. (555) 555-5555. Clearly spoofed or something. Yet the message was creepy. Looking in the corner of your screen, the time read 3:17AM\nThe time stamp on the message was from 3:05AM. \n\nYou rolled back over onto y... | 1 | |
[WP] After you die instead of waking up in heaven or hell all you see is the options new game and new game + | [
"Jerry had always wished he was more. Jerry never loved himself, and so Jerry took his life on January 5th, 2027. When life left his body, Jerry's consciousness, still understanding written english and still possessing cognition was given a choice: try life again with a clean slate, or begin life again with the kno... | 1 | |
[WP] Seven billion people fell asleep as human beings, and seven billion people woke up as something else entirely. | [
"I was on vacation in Greece when it happened which may explain why I became like this. Nobody precisely knows what happened or what caused it... but the modern world as we knew it was gone forever.\n\nApparently some deep blue mist covered the world within a single hour and spread everywhere. Even areas locked by ... | 6 | |
[WP] You've just died. Except, instead of an afterlife, you wake up to some very concerned alien friends. Your entire human life was just a trip on a new hallucigenic drug. | [
"\"Glorbit...!\"\n\nThe familiar voice echoed in a haze. I sat on my behind, unaware of my surroundings, my vision blurred. Several figures stood around me, seemingly cloaked in my daze.\n\n\"Glorbit!\" came the voice again. Slowly getting clearer, feeling less distant. I noticed I was clutching a device which emit... | 1 | |
Based on this image:
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/6ajdmd/1st_posted_here_on_reddit_used_it_for_cover_of_my/?st=J2L2AHI7&sh=3edcad67 | [WP] Due to your inability to read cursive handwriting, you summoned a lemon instead of a demon. | [
"\"Huh.\"\n\nYou stared at the yellow citrus fruit sitting in the middle of the floor, cocking your head to one side as you wait for it to do something. In your studies of the spiritual and arcane, you came across many references to fruit and agriculture, from the forbidden fruit from Genesis to the produce put fo... | 2 |
[WP]You look across the table to the hand cuffed person in the interrogation room, "In a society where people are both immortal and invulnerable, becoming the first serial killer in over two thousand years is no small feat." | [
"\"Where are they?\" I demand as I slam my first on the table. \n\n\"You know that myth about the Hoover Dam?\" He asked with a sly smile.\n\n\"What myth?\"\n\n\"That workers that fell in while the concrete was being poured were unable to be recovered, and so left there?\"\n\n\"You entombed them? Where?\"\n\n\"Wher... | 1 | |
[WP] It's finally here! You've waited years for this! However, you don't understand why it was delivered by an ice cream truck. | [
" Arnold's obsession with video games had driven away girlfriends, been the cause of him losing his job (multiple times), and generally had caused him to be looked upon by society as a loser, but all he knew, was that whenever he played, he truly felt good. His favorite video game in the entire world was Half-Life... | 1 | |
[WP] You go to bed like any other night, asleep like a log in minutes. But you then wake up in a car that isn't yours, in clothes that aren't yours, and holding a bag of money, that's not yours. A police then flash his lights to pull you over. | [
" I'm not crazy! I don't think I am... I shouldn't be in here taking drugs that make me feel like I'm a backseat driver to my... this body! How the hell did this even happen, why would she do this and if it was random how did this choose me? The public thinks I'm some killer but I'm not!\n\n It started a few mont... | 1 | |
Could be Alien bandits but prefably with an official community. | [WP]Caffeine is actually considered as lethal / dangerous as designer drugs in the Galactic community. Write about Humans first contact with aliens. | [
"Humans quickly earned a reputation as terrifying and fearless badasses throughout the galactic federation of planets. How did this happen? When the first negotiations for membership began, humans were observed consuming the toxin caffeine in gigantic quantities in a casual manner. Most terrifying of all, they enjo... | 1 |
During your story make the narrator sarcastic, belittling, or even aggressive to the protagonist. | [WP] Make the narrator kind of a dick to the protagonist | [
"Here today I explain an average day surrounding our hero, Jared. The only relevant information here is his first name, as there's nothing else interesting about him. Right now he's lying on his living room couch, as he spends most weekends, questioning (about time he figured out how to ask them) what slime he will... | 1 |
[WP] "Where's the father?" "He died during childbirth" | [
"“Oh” it didn’t hit me at first, but when the sudden realisation came, it was too late. She looked at the child playing at her feet, without another word.\n\n“I, I didn’t” I hated myself for mumbling, but I wished that I kicked myself in the teeth when I started stuttering “I mean, I’m sorry, it must have been, I-”... | 1 | |
[WP] Technology allows humans to backup their minds and then transfer them to a clone body in cases of death. Laws prohibit multiples of any one person at a time. However, for you, they've made an exception. | [
"That's right. Its us! The person that broke the law! I backed us up a few dozen times in clones. Wanna know why? The law says \"multiples of any one person\". Well guess what? We're two people in here! Mental illness is a hell of a sobering realization isn't it? Maybe with a dozen of us running amok we'll bring aw... | 4 | |
[WP] He locked up my feet so I couldn't run, my hands so I couldn't work, my brain so I couldn't think. Today, he's coming for my heart so I can't fight. | [
"Everyday, I hate him a little less. \n\nEach time that little square of light opens up, a little bit more of my rage and pain and fury is replaced with gratitude. I know it's irrational. I know that the darkness is his responsibility as well, just as much as the light, but I can't help it. \n\nAfter only a short t... | 1 | |
[WP] "But wizards wear robes, not hoodies and jeans!" | [
"I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:\n\n- [/r/thewordsofxacktar] [\\[WP\\] \"But wizards wear robes, not hoodies and jeans!\"](https://np.reddit.com/r/TheWordsOfXacktar/comments/6bye3w/wp_but_wizards_wear_robes_not_hoodies_and_jeans/)\n\n[](#footer)*^(If you ... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a vengeful god, angry at the actions that mortals have done in the previous years. Unlike most gods though, you decide to unleash your wrath in seemingly minor ways. | [
"This is my first prompt ever, apologies if it's no good! Kind of went off-track a bit.\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nEvery single thing on Earth has a God assigned to it. But the rule on Earth is “Life’s not fair”, and that holds just as true to the Gods... | 1 | |
[WP] Demons run when a good man goes to war. | [
"> I'd love to reply to my own prompt, while I'm at it. It is not necessarily a story, more how I interpret the quote. Though, I suppose you could read it as a character pondering it.\n\n*\"Demons run when a good man goes to war.\"*\n\nI've always loved that quote. It implies that, when you manage to piss off a ... | 2 | |
[WP] God is a bar owner. | [
"He seemed reserved.\n\n\"Whatever bourbon is your cheapest,\" I said. \"Double.\"\n\nHe nodded, fetched a bottle from the rail and filled my glass. It was far more than a double.\n\n\"You're a godsend,\" I said.\n\nHe nodded.\n\n\"Now let me tell you something,\" I said as I quite more than sipped the bourbon an... | 1 | |
[WP] While on holiday you were offered a free tattoo from a travelling tattoo artist and your friends talked you into it. Now you've started developing powers linked with the art of your tattoo. | [
"No fucking way!\nC'mon man, don't be a puss puss.\nI don't know man... This is how you probably get hep c.\nOh please, I see he has disinfection shit... look, he's got rubbing alcohol right there...\nOh I didn't see that... rubbing alcohol, good enough for me.\n\nThe heirophant wanderer and my friend go off and ch... | 4 | |
EDIT: Even though this is my writing prompt, I'm responding to it.
The pitch black monolith rumbled, and it began to move. Arms. Legs. Body. Head. It was a very square construction, made of rectangles. The head was stout, and had glowing emerald green eyes. It slowly looked at the lead scientist, and held out a... | [WP] A massive monolith crashes to Earth, covered in alien writing. A few weeks after scientists began to research it, it transforms into a golem-like creature. | [
"The monolith creaked and cracked. It turned the stomachs of the soldiers and onlookers. With a final deafening noise, It awoke. Towering over any building in sight, visible from most corners of the world. It’s head reached orbit as the Earth’s axis moved out of it customary path.\n\nThe bombs pummelled and wrecked... | 1 |
[WP] Not everyone is the hero of their own story. Sometimes it's a parent, spouse, good friend or even a random stranger who is the hero. | [
"When I was fourteen, I wanted to escape. Bad cakes and bad acne made the real world a living mess. You could find me clocking hours in lands far away, where avatars had magical powers and like new clothes a kid could pick out a new name. There was laughter and anger, eventually even a girl with a voice and the ... | 1 | |
[WP] The world is ending between two characters. | [
"The First of It All met the Last of It All on the dying stone.\n\n¨This earth is dying,¨ the First said.\n\n¨It is reforming,¨ the Last corrected.\n\n¨Reforming, expanding, turning small, then scattered far, yes. The world reforms, but before, it dies.¨\n\n¨If you see it like that, you are right, it is dying.¨\n\n... | 1 | |
[WP] Every year, for three days, everyone becomes invisible, including their clothes. You are the only person who can see everyone. | [
"Kaid peered through the scope on his rifle, lining up the shot while he chewed on the lit cigar in his mouth. He took a second to tap the excess ash and inhale the bittersweet smoke that drifted lazily up from the rooftop on which he was covering. He went back to the scope, confirmed the target, snapped back the b... | 1 | |
[WP] After hundreds of years, humanity finally emerges from the bunkers. Turns out, the bombs never fell. | [
"Jon opened the hatch and climbed out into a Spring field of wildflowers. “Huh. Well, the progenitors never talked about how quickly the earth would bounce back.” Jon shook his head in disbelief as the warmth of the sun hit his face, the first face in two hundred years. The thoughts of a barren desert and high radi... | 2 | |
[WP] You now have the power of invisibility, however, it only works when your eyes are closed. You have planned to rob a bank tomorrow. | [
"I look up from the diorama constructed from crude household materials but with just enough detail for my crew to understand. \n\n\n\"And if we all do our jobs right, and we don’t have any fuck ups, there shouldn’t be any problem walking in and out of there.\"\n\n\n\"I still can’t believe this is even possible,\" s... | 1 | |
Need inspiration? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWfqSeE-xD0 | [WP] Write a story based on the first line of a song. Don't mention the line or give away the song. | [
"Ring ropes quivering beneath my weight as a flare of pain sprung up through the haze of numbness that shook throughout my body. I saw my manager as I fell, soundless words escaping his lips to fall flat against my deaf ears. The world had slowed down, a sneer stretching across my opponent's face as he watched me... | 1 |
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