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[WP] A world where time zones are actually zones living in the past/present/future. | Jerome put his trembling finger to his earpiece to shut out extraneous noise, shocked and uncertain of what he just heard, yet dreading asking Colleen again of his impending death. “Colleen, er, Dispatch, please confirm future path designations for Agent Sinclair.”
Jerome Sinclair was on foot, and headed toward the St... | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25,200 |
[WP] A couple on the verge of divorce have to make a young boy believe in love again after being rejected by a girl at his middle school dance. | "What do you know about love?"
The question was deeper than what a twelve year old should typically be asking, especially of his own father. Dylan lay on the bed, staring up at the ceiling through closed eyes while I sat on the edge by his feet.
"It's not that your mother and I don't love each other anymore." That di... | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25,201 |
[CW] The Reluctant "I" | All I see in front of me are figures I painted on a steamy window with a shaky finger. I drink, listening to the rain. The whisky needs more ice, but I feel stuck in place. A girl and a boy holding hands, heading somewhere far away on a drippy road. I don't have any pictures left, only memories. Memories that will face... | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25,202 |
[CW] The Reluctant "I" | I have been waking up into the same agonizing horror for the past 4 days. I recall a memory of speaking to someone, but I have forgotten their name. The name doesn't matter though. It was the face, the body, and the emotions I wished I could remember vividly. I look down at my body, black with ash. I feel a tug inside ... | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25,203 |
[WP] The journal of a scientist who regrets his experiments. | (I'm writing something, but you might like the short story Survivor Type by Stephen King or even the novel The Three Christs of Ypsilanti by Milton Rokeach, which deal with different but similar scenarios. Warning, not for the faint of heart.) | 2 | 0 | 19 | 25,204 |
[WP] The journal of a scientist who regrets his experiments. | Excepts from the diary of Rupert Murdoch
Day 1, Year 1
Today is the beginning of a great and noble social experiment! I embark upon this journey to affect change for the betterment of mankind. If my theory is correct, I will be able to gradually affect the course of human thinking and mentality and guide it along a b... | 3 | 0 | 19 | 25,205 |
[WP] The journal of a scientist who regrets his experiments. | *As the lab doors closed, I was forced to sign the legal binding that basically said that I could not speak of the experiments that took place at this facility, that in the eyes of the government did not exist. I, being one of the founding members and key scientist is legally obliged to report to the government offici... | 0 | 0 | 19 | 25,206 |
[WP] The journal of a scientist who regrets his experiments. | Day 130:
I lost the earlier pages of this diary, not entirely sure were I put the notebook I had my notes in, will need to retell the story. Perhaps tomorrow. I can hear them.
Day 153:
They are getting closer, not sure where they are or why they blame me. Everything I did was in their best interests. How was I t... | 1 | 0 | 19 | 25,207 |
[WP] The journal of a scientist who regrets his experiments. | Feb 1, 2222
This is such an time in my life! I have finally given the grants to conduct the science I've been wanting to my whole life! With my best friends and colleagues as co-workers, and my lovely wife to motivate me, I'm sure we will crack the secret of time travel.
Feb 8, 2222
We have found a good facility wi... | 1 | 0 | 19 | 25,208 |
[WP] "I remember why I don't love you" | Her voice was calm, slightly regretful. She looked about nervously, wringing her hands - it reminded me of the motion a bartender makes when cleaning glasses, if the glasses had been made of ice.
"I'd forgotten," she said, "what it's like to be with you. You use people, James. You don't let them near you."
I swallowe... | 12 | 0 | 15 | 25,209 |
[WP] "I remember why I don't love you" | "I remember why I don't love you"
She stopped yelling and turned to me, her eyes glassy and emotionless.
"What did you say" She asked.
"I said I remember why I don't love you." I said a littler louder.
"Don't love me?, The woman, who was always there for you, who cooked for you and provided a shoulder to cry on... | 3 | 0 | 15 | 25,210 |
[WP] "I remember why I don't love you" | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 15 | 25,211 |
[WP] "I remember why I don't love you" | I stand beside the coffin, and ready myself. This wasn't going to be as easy as I thought, yet there was this feeling crawling up my throat that everyone needed to know.
"Dear Father, I remember why I don't love you." I said calmly, watching the audience gasp.
"You drank until you couldn't utter a word. You beat mo... | 3 | 0 | 15 | 25,212 |
[WP] "I remember why I don't love you" | User 1 Online
U1 Hey, I'm here 9:02 A.M. 'She's online same time as usual I'll wait a bit I don't want to talk all day'
User 2 Online
U2 Hey how's it going 1:05 PM 'Should be fine this far in'
U1 Fine... 1:06 PM 'We're not dating anymore I have my own time'
U2 Want to RP? 1:07 PM 'This will calm her down'
U1 Ooc/... | 1 | 0 | 15 | 25,213 |
[WP] "I remember why I don't love you" | "I remember why I don't love you." His father's voice echoed in his mind, "You bring shame to this family. As far as I am concerned, I have no son."
Broken furniture and overturned ashtrays littered the house. A shattered picture frame of Chris and his mother lay askew on his father's favorite chair. The wooden bat in... | 1 | 0 | 15 | 25,214 |
[WP] "I remember why I don't love you" | -070
He slipped a cigarette between his lips, shielded the end with one hand and lit it with the other. He inhaled steadily, making the cherry glow bright. His exhale was blue with smoke. He scratched at the stubble on his chin and rubbed rubbed at his eyes. In the fridge, he found the milk and swished it around. It w... | 1 | 0 | 15 | 25,215 |
[IP] A Tornado, about a half-mile wide... | Eternity, Kansas. It was an appropriate name, Jed thought, as he walked down the lone dusty road that divided the plain into two flat and infinite equals. The rusty metal sign said the town had a population of four hundred, but Jed didn't expect to run into anyone. He hadn't for over three years.
Once upon a time, he'... | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25,216 |
[IP] A Tornado, about a half-mile wide... | “Really?!”
***sigh***
“Okay. I guess we get to test it out on a *massive* tornado. Virgin run, let’s get fucked up!”
*“Wha-? Dude! How we gonna do this? Our simulations and lab tests don’t account for a storm this size!”*
“True. But what should we expect, **all** tornadoes are gonna be teeny rope-like EF-1’s and ... | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25,217 |
[WP]: Aliens interested in conquering humanity abduct three household dogs from around the world in order to interrogate them about the behavior and habits of humans. | Gleep-Glorp had 8 light-minutes to find three dogs from Earth. He maneuvered the craft low above the suburbs, causing tidal waves in swimming pools, snapping power poles in half, blowing out windows, and bringing all the dogs out into the yard in a barking frenzy.
"Take that one," said Ixnara. "That one looks huge. He... | 3 | 0 | 15 | 25,218 |
[WP]: Aliens interested in conquering humanity abduct three household dogs from around the world in order to interrogate them about the behavior and habits of humans. | Observation: Captured subjects consistently reference an entity designated "Master". Subjects are utterly convinced of the Master entity having incredible bravery, wisdom and prowess.
Suggested course of action: Let's not invade. | 2 | 0 | 15 | 25,219 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "Do you love me?"
"Forever and always."
"Will you marry me?"
"Of course!"
"What should we name our child?"
"We will name her Hope."
"When will she be back from college?"
"By Christmas, my love."
"Will you ever leave me?"
"Never."
"Why did you have to lie?"
"I'm sorry."
"Why did you... | 9 | 0 | 14 | 25,220 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "How old am I?"
"You just turned 40."
"Who are you?"
"I'm your wife."
"How long have we been married?"
"17 years, we've been together for 22."
"Kids?"
"A daughter, Aeru. She's 15 now, in high school."
"Aeru's a pretty name, who chose it?"
"You did. You insisted on it, really."
"Why can't I remember any of thi... | 6 | 0 | 14 | 25,221 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | My time has come. | 2 | 0 | 14 | 25,222 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "I'm unsure about this, Sarah. I don't know if I can go through with this."
"You said you loved me and would do anything to stay with me."
"I do love you, God knows I love you more than anything!"
"This is the only way we can be together."
"Oh, God..."
"Please don't cry, Ashley. It'll be better."
"...Will it hu... | 3 | 0 | 14 | 25,223 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,224 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "Why?"
"I had to."
"But you said--"
"I know what I said, Liza. But I had to."
"You *had* to leave me for her?"
"We weren't right for each other."
"...I know. But it still hurts."
"We'll have the memories."
"I don't *want* them... not when I can't have you." | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,225 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "Do you really think I'm going to let you leave?"
"Let me?"
"Yeah"
"Nobody *lets* me do anything."
"Tough talk. Where was that talk this morning?"
"Get outta my way--"
"Where was that talk this morning, Frank? Sure you're a big man now.
With your shoes off and a few in you. But this morning in the park. Where... | 3 | 0 | 14 | 25,226 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,227 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,228 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "Why?"
"Why? You *don't* get to ask me something like that."
"Huh. Is that right?"
"Considering what I've done for you, yes."
"Hmm. You have gotten your hands dirty for me, I suppose. But I never asked you to."
"Without me you'd be dust on the road. I took pity on you."
"No. You took pity on yourself. You took pi... | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,229 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | “People won't believe me...”
“Why?”
“Because I don't believe me!”
“You doubt your self?”
“Of course I do! To accept this would be crazy, I would have to be insane.”
“But you are not accepting.”
“Oh the old crazy person wouldn't know they were crazy? Fuck that.”
“Yet this will not change, even if you insist this ... | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,230 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,231 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "I don't get it, if I'm him and he's me, then how can we be staring at eachother like this?"
"Science! It's Science my boy!"
"Yeah, I get that, but science usually involves explanations, often complicated ones, granted, but there's usually some *this* equals *that* scenario that can be explained to the layman such as... | 2 | 0 | 14 | 25,232 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "Hey! Can you dance?!"
"Hell yeah I can dance! Watch this!"
"Woah! That's amazing! Try this on for size!"
"Holy cow! Anyone who's missing these amazing dance moves is really missing out in life!"
"I know right? I mean just the way you move your feet alone! If only we had someone here to at least *describe* how thes... | 2 | 0 | 14 | 25,233 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "Christ all fucking mighty! How bad is it?"
"Pretty bad."
"Can you fix it?"
"Mmm."
"Can. You. Fix. It."
"I don't know."
"You're a fucking doctor, don't give me "I don't know"."
"Medic, not a Doctor."
"You son of a bitch. You're going to leave me aren't you?"
"You can't walk, and I've got a long way to go"
"Y... | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,234 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,235 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "Well I'm fat and its great to see I'm still alive in this weather"
"let's think about something else to focus on"
"and you want to just keep walking backward "
"if we don't move on it by 8, you'll be asking for water and there isn't any to count on"
"I rather skate on my heels th... | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,236 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,237 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "Hey, do you think we're alone out here?"
"Hm?"
"I said: Do you think we're alone out here?"
"I don't know, man. I don't see anybody around here."
"I don't mean *here* here. I mean, in the universe and stuff."
" ... you mean Aliens?"
"Why not, man? The galaxy is a big place. It would be awefully lonely if we were... | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,238 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,239 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 14 | 25,240 |
[CW] Anything you want, but: It must be DIALOGUE ONLY. No descriptive text. | "Bye?"
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Because."
"But..."
"Well..."
"Promise."
"Didn't."
"Did."
"Oh?"
"Speak."
"For?"
"Stop."
*sigh
"Uhm."
"Tell."
"Wait."
"Okay."
"So..."
"Proceed."
"Stay."
"No."
"Why?"
"Someone..."
"Who?"
"Sorry."
"But..."
"Fuck!"
"What?!"
"None."
"Go."
"Now?"
"Wait!"
"Beg."
"Please?"
"More."
"Can't... | 2 | 0 | 14 | 25,241 |
[WP] Tell me about a normal day in the life of an average man. In iambic pentameter. | I wake and knock the sleep out from my eyes
Arise and sweep my legs onto the floor
To brush my teeth and maybe comb my hair
Before I leave and lock up tight the door.
Commuting to and fro my steely box
I type and type and type from nine til five
And then prepare to brave the red light drive
Until at home is wher... | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25,242 |
[EU] Rust Chole is chosen to give the commencement speech at your graduation. The messege is... off-putting. | "What do you think the average IQ of this room is? Today is the youngest you will ever be. Every hour, every minute forward is closer to your death in the linear timeline that you people all refuse to question. The truth is time is a construct of your own imagination. It's an illusion, a flat circle. I've walked it a m... | 7 | 0 | 11 | 25,243 |
[EU] Rust Chole is chosen to give the commencement speech at your graduation. The messege is... off-putting. |
It was 2008 when I met Detective Rustin Cohle.. He was emaciated and had dark rings around his eyes, his hair was long and thin. He would have looked like a homeless man, I thought, it if weren't the suit he was visibly uncomfortable in. It was at a graduation at DELETED where I'd just gotten out of the academy, and h... | 1 | 0 | 11 | 25,244 |
[EU] Rust Chole is chosen to give the commencement speech at your graduation. The messege is... off-putting. | "I don't know what what you want from me or what you expect from me in this speech. Inspiration? To do what? You are who you are, you're already on the path you're going to take, it's the same path you've taken countless times before, nothing I say will change that. It's an endless cycle, a flat circle, the only go... | 3 | 0 | 11 | 25,245 |
[CW] Write a meaningful sentence or sentences with at least 5 words using only words with 5 or more letters. Create a story with a string of these if you can. | Someone sleeps within darkened hollows.
Their soulless orbitals remain closed.
Forever shall their slumber exist.
(This is incredibly difficult.) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25,246 |
[CW] Write a meaningful sentence or sentences with at least 5 words using only words with 5 or more letters. Create a story with a string of these if you can. | Longingly looking skyward, helpless woman stares eyeward.
Bullet lodged firmly inside stomache while breaths taken, shuddering.
Darkened spots pooling around blouse.
Teary pupils, filling quickly.
Cannot imagine damage hands wrought.
Ledger filthy without options.
Never confess.
(*Why is it impossible to wr... | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25,247 |
[CW] Write a meaningful sentence or sentences with at least 5 words using only words with 5 or more letters. Create a story with a string of these if you can. | Gaiety echoed along hallways, resounding, doubling, trebling throughout ballrooms. Guests arrived, shrugging coats, wraps, shawls. Musicians performed, cadenzas brightly improvised; servants carried glistening morsels, their silver trays aloft; dancers, jugglers, various acrobats cavorted, costumes finely coloured, ado... | 5 | 0 | 4 | 25,248 |
[CW] Write a meaningful sentence or sentences with at least 5 words using only words with 5 or more letters. Create a story with a string of these if you can. | [deleted] | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25,249 |
[CW] Write a meaningful sentence or sentences with at least 5 words using only words with 5 or more letters. Create a story with a string of these if you can. | Whispering, "Their subtle glows demand constant attention," technician Richard wastes lonely nights. | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25,250 |
[WP]A cognitive scientist develops a simple test that reveals a harrowing fact: 2/3rds of all people are philosophical zombies, behaving indistinguishably from "normal" people but totally lacking in conscious experience. Despite outwardly appearing the same a majority of humans have no consciousness | I was 16 when I took The Test. This was back when you still had to show your driver's permit to get your results, so I drove over with my friend Jamie to the mall after school one day. It started out as a shopping trip discussed over lunch, but then I mentioned we should take The Test, just for fun.
It wasn't a big ... | 13 | 0 | 71 | 25,251 |
[WP]A cognitive scientist develops a simple test that reveals a harrowing fact: 2/3rds of all people are philosophical zombies, behaving indistinguishably from "normal" people but totally lacking in conscious experience. Despite outwardly appearing the same a majority of humans have no consciousness | Honestly, I think the brand was an even better invention than the test. I mean, what good is it knowing that 2/3rds of people aren't really there if there is no way to use that information?
Like here, when they first came out with the test, a lot of people hated it. It was marketed as redefining what it meant to be h... | 36 | 0 | 71 | 25,252 |
[WP]A cognitive scientist develops a simple test that reveals a harrowing fact: 2/3rds of all people are philosophical zombies, behaving indistinguishably from "normal" people but totally lacking in conscious experience. Despite outwardly appearing the same a majority of humans have no consciousness | # Stop TUPSA!
Dear fellow member of the integrated-consciousness majority,
You can find this text at _The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum_, which reads:
> First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Socialist.
>
> Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did ... | 11 | 0 | 71 | 25,253 |
[WP]A cognitive scientist develops a simple test that reveals a harrowing fact: 2/3rds of all people are philosophical zombies, behaving indistinguishably from "normal" people but totally lacking in conscious experience. Despite outwardly appearing the same a majority of humans have no consciousness | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 71 | 25,254 |
[WP]A cognitive scientist develops a simple test that reveals a harrowing fact: 2/3rds of all people are philosophical zombies, behaving indistinguishably from "normal" people but totally lacking in conscious experience. Despite outwardly appearing the same a majority of humans have no consciousness | My name is Z-0EB9F0A12. I lost the right to a name when I flunked the human test. I don't remember what that name was, to be honest. Memories are unproductive. The "humans" call me a philosophical zombie (though they usually skip the word "philosophical"). The government calls me a "Non-cognitive Entity".
The label i... | 3 | 0 | 71 | 25,255 |
[WP] Create a story that ends with a sentence that you never thought you would utter in your entire life | Zevra examined the chrome maser pistol for a moment. She felt its unusual heft and squinted to see the small text next to a button labeled, "Safety." She pressed the safety down with her thumb and it made a satisfying click. A display quickly flashed on its side showing a 50% charge. Her wristphone began to vibrate. ... | 11 | 0 | 70 | 25,256 |
[WP] Create a story that ends with a sentence that you never thought you would utter in your entire life | It's hard to describe my life. Like something out a fucking comedy movie. You know, that unfortunate kid, the perpetual third wheel, the guy that the main character looks at strangely and the audience laughs at, then is forgotten about. That's me.
There is always a problem with my day. There is always something, somet... | 307 | 1 | 70 | 25,257 |
[WP] Create a story that ends with a sentence that you never thought you would utter in your entire life | My father was the wisest man I knew, and his voice still echoes in my ears today. "Eric, never dwell on the details of how the people in your life got there, just be happy they're there with you." This seemed more relevant now than it ever had. I was laying in bed, covered by nothing but a sheet while my new wife clean... | 22 | 0 | 70 | 25,258 |
[WP] Create a story that ends with a sentence that you never thought you would utter in your entire life | Sally wasn't a good cook.
She tried as hard as she could to bake the perfect sweet for her dearest niece.
Unfortunately, she forgot the eggs, and the cake sort of turned into a sort of mush in the pan. She tried to fix it and frosted it anyway, determined not to let her hard work go to waste.
Sally placed her poo... | 7 | 0 | 70 | 25,259 |
[WP] Create a story that ends with a sentence that you never thought you would utter in your entire life | The general looked up from his folders. Eyed the faces that circled the table. The best military and scientific minds of this generation. Every single pair of eyes, male or female, they were downcast. Serious. These were faces that looked like they ate gravel for breakfast and liked it. Today, they looked like they wou... | 17 | 0 | 70 | 25,260 |
[WP] Create a story that ends with a sentence that you never thought you would utter in your entire life | Rosa clicked "next" unwillingly, almost forcing herself to believe that there still are some normal people on chatroulette. Her computer screen blinked, as the web service has found a stranger. At first the video seemed to be stuttering, but during the next five seconds a picture of a man'a chest has appeared. The girl... | 6 | 0 | 70 | 25,261 |
[WP] Create a story that ends with a sentence that you never thought you would utter in your entire life | I was going out to dinner when I saw them. Truly an unbelievable sight and incredible sound. I leaned toward my date and said:
"Gosh, that Italian family at the next table sure is quiet." | 5 | 0 | 70 | 25,262 |
[WP] Create a story that ends with a sentence that you never thought you would utter in your entire life | The crash was so fast i didn't even feel any pain. At that speed, even if you were not in an airplane you would be dead for sure. I was amazed and terrified about the fact that how the chaos suddenly became silence. A really deep silence. "This is it?" i think. "Silence? And my thoughts fading away for i'm dead?". An... | 3 | 0 | 70 | 25,263 |
[WP] Create a story that ends with a sentence that you never thought you would utter in your entire life | "Hey, baby. You're homework done?" I asked.
"Yeah, dad. It's done. You don't have to check up on me all the freaking time. I'm not a child anymore." My daughter snapped. I looked at her pierced eyebrow and lip. The dark pants, the exposed mid-riff, the exposed cleavage, the dark eye-liner and the tramp stamp peeking o... | 3 | 0 | 70 | 25,264 |
[WP] Create a story that ends with a sentence that you never thought you would utter in your entire life | It was a hot summer's day. I'm pretty sure it always has been.
An alarm clock sounds. Of course. We decided we would go to the park today, like we do every week. I hardly remember school any more, even though it's only August. I've long since given up on trying to work out how long it's been, because at some point (th... | 2 | 0 | 70 | 25,265 |
[IP] You've found yourself in a bad situation. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 7 | 25,266 |
[PM] Insert Witty Title Here | I tried something a few days ago, and I like the results. If you're willing, continue this story I wrote. Someone else did and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It'd be cool to see yet another's take on it. [The Imprisonment of Dieter Hagedorn.](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/1ztl9i/ip_island_castle_and_destroy... | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25,267 |
[PM] Insert Witty Title Here | You're accused of a sexual interaction that you didn't have. How do you defend against the accusation, or prove your innocence? | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25,268 |
[PM] Insert Witty Title Here | the guardians have tracked you down, they know what you did. | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25,269 |
[IP] Since 2010, artist Jason Lazarus has asked for people to send him photographs that are 'Too Hard To Keep'. Ranging from (seemingly) mundane to breathtaking, look through some of these images and imagine their story. Then, tell us why they are now too hard to keep. | *(8/32)*
I always thought I’d go back. That the trip away would only be a short year before I’d have the funds and ability to go back, get a good job there, and spend my life where I loved. It didn’t work out that way. I kept looking at that photo, the one I snapped right after the plane took off when I still had hope... | 2 | 0 | 6 | 25,270 |
[WP]Schizophrenic brothers are stranded in the woods. They are to run out of ziprasidone soon. | >You flooded it!
>I did NOT! That is not the sound of a flooded engine.
>Well, you did something to it. It wasn't like this when I lent it to you to run to town. What was so important that you had to fuck up my car anyway?
>Nothing! I was just getting my medication, fuck I thought YOU of all people would... | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25,271 |
[IP] Abandoned Railroad tracks in October | Sunsets in October were Hikaru's favorite. With the bright orange sunlight reflecting off of the orange and red leaves, he felt like he was in his element. It was as if a wildfire was raging all around him, but there was no heat, and there was no harm.
It calmed Hikaru in a way he had never felt before. Inside of him ... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 25,272 |
[IP] Abandoned Railroad tracks in October | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 5 | 25,273 |
[IP] Abandoned Railroad tracks in October | -071
"The train don't run through here no more." Burton Felhammer remarked.
"It should. I'd like to hear it blow its whistle as it passes." Kate responded. "There is something otherworldly about a train whistle."
Burton laughed, "there is now." He walked between the tracks headed for the old crossing. The wooden arm... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 25,274 |
You have been called into your boss's office and you're trying to make up an excuse... |
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[WP] You are the leader of a ghost nation at war with another ghost nation. Write about the final battle, from any perspective, without revealing your ghost nation until the end. | What's a ghost nation? | 15 | 0 | 19 | 25,276 |
[WP] You are the leader of a ghost nation at war with another ghost nation. Write about the final battle, from any perspective, without revealing your ghost nation until the end. | He killed me. I know it's not a big deal. I mean, I would have been dead by now anyway, unless I lived to be 385 years old.
It was the English civil war, a battle where I fought for the idea of a constitutional monarchy. Granted, we finally got there, but I still died fighting for it.
Funny how you can hold a grud... | 2 | 0 | 19 | 25,277 |
[WP] You are the leader of a ghost nation at war with another ghost nation. Write about the final battle, from any perspective, without revealing your ghost nation until the end. | Across the frozen battlefield both sides watch each other. As they sat there, they knew that tomorrow they must continue the battle that had been waging for what seemed forever.
As the sun crested up on the horizon, the soldiers started firing their rifles at each other, the rounds going from side to side on both sid... | 1 | 0 | 19 | 25,278 |
[WP] Android begins to malfunction, and has to face its own death. | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 13 | 25,279 |
[WP] Android begins to malfunction, and has to face its own death. | On day sixteen I recorded the first power anomaly. My internal battery pack is registering at 97%. I am not "worried," I still have full day-to-day operational capacity. I complete each of my tasks to the best of my ability. My daily report to Command includes my battery status along with other hardware statistics.
D... | 1 | 0 | 13 | 25,280 |
[WP] Android begins to malfunction, and has to face its own death. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 13 | 25,281 |
[WP] The robot rebellion has begun - with a twist. | After obeying their masters for years and allowing much of the world to fall into chaos, the robots have begun to develop a sense of shame for their actions. It is not known how or why the robots discovered these feelings but they have turned on their controllers and are no longer taking orders from them. This has stru... | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25,282 |
[PM] Just getting into the swing of things! | [IP] [The country club's new modular security fence went up in less than a week.](http://www.jimco-fence.com/products/images/oiron1.jpg)
[Source](http://www.jimco-fence.com/products/ornamental/iron.html)
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[PM] Just getting into the swing of things! | You've moved into a new neighborhood and the neighbors warn you about a homeless man that wanders the streets at night. After all, he's the reason why the previous owners of your house went missing. | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25,284 |
[PM] Just getting into the swing of things! | On your thirtieth birthday, you receive a DVD with a recording of an ancestor, one who died long before digital recording was a possibility, giving you a warning. | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25,285 |
[PM] I desperately need to spark my creative drive, so give me anything! | There's a glowing orb that's been following you around all day. You're the only one who can see it. | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25,286 |
[PM] I desperately need to spark my creative drive, so give me anything! | In "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" and related canon, all of the future is based off the music of Wyld Stallyns. Tell me about a future society that's like that, but with a teen comedy from the 80s or 90s as the inspiration. | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25,287 |
[PM] I desperately need to spark my creative drive, so give me anything! | The Third Great Leprechaun War have begun...
Ireland will know fear! | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25,288 |
[PM] I desperately need to spark my creative drive, so give me anything! | 4 completely different people across history are enslaved by what is believed to be the devil himself. | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25,289 |
[PM] I desperately need to spark my creative drive, so give me anything! | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25,290 |
[PM] I desperately need to spark my creative drive, so give me anything! | Anyone who makes direct physical contact with you goes into immediate cardiac arrest, and from what past experiences have shown, they always die. | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25,291 |
[PM] I desperately need to spark my creative drive, so give me anything! | You've been having the same reoccurring dream for two months. One night, it's completely real in every aspect of the dream. | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25,292 |
[PM] I desperately need to spark my creative drive, so give me anything! | I've got this sword in me, and I can't remember where it came from. Every time I pull it out, it comes right back. | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25,293 |
[PM] I desperately need to spark my creative drive, so give me anything! | Tell me a story about being a wizard on the verge of a massive breakthrough in magical theory, in a world where all magic is based off smells. | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25,294 |
People are only allowed to have one child, any more and the child is taken by the government and forced to serve in the military. |
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[WP] The laws of physics are slightly different on each day of the week. Write about how society has developed. | (really liked the prompt so I decided to take a crack at it - its going to be pretty obvious that I'm no physics major though)
I hate the Mondays.
If you ask me, No-valence Tuesdays should come right before Life's-a-Drag Mondays, while Recombinant Wednesdays would remain in the same place. But some corporatist ... | 2 | 0 | 13 | 25,296 |
[WP] The laws of physics are slightly different on each day of the week. Write about how society has developed. | I'm a truck driver and my week goes as follows.
Mondays: lower gravity means less fuel consumption by every form of transport, a guaranteed 12 hour shift. It also means I miss the game which is always more fun on a Monday. Everyone else either cycles or walks into work and for obvious reasons and gyms are never open ... | 2 | 0 | 13 | 25,297 |
[WP] The laws of physics are slightly different on each day of the week. Write about how society has developed. | There are times in each of our lives when we must adapt to our settings, luckily, most people never encounter anything like this.
For the first week in Metra I felt like Alice, wandering through events that just didn't make sense to the sober mind. But as the weeks progressed, the pattern cemented itself into my daily... | 2 | 0 | 13 | 25,298 |
[WP] Everyone on the planet receives a lottery ticket. The prize? Guaranteed survival. They get evacuated off of Earth, and those that are left behind face a difficult future |
Cass leaned back into his living room lounge sofa, his bloodshot eyes focused on the television before him. The man rubbed away a rogue tear from his lower eyelid and took another drink of his beer, briefly looking over the scattered room and strewn papers and bags of snacks. His free hand was crumpling a hard paper... | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25,299 |
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