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[WP] Two best friends are each smoking a cigarette, knowing that when they are finished, they will never see each other again. What do they talk about? | "You're American?" The man inquired. Rick shook his head.
"Naw. I'm Canadian." Rick said, accepting a light from the other.
"I like American cigarettes." The other man told him, holding out his cigarette so it stood up tall and straight.
"Yeah. Me too." Rick said with a little laugh. "I didn't catch your name, frie... | 1 | 0 | 321 | 27,800 |
[WP] Two best friends are each smoking a cigarette, knowing that when they are finished, they will never see each other again. What do they talk about? | Charlie smiled when he saw the zippo.
"You've still got that? What was it, an eighteenth birthday present?"
I smiled, stuck the cigarette between his lips and held the flame to the other end. He inhaled, the cigarette caught and he puffed happily for a moment.
"Bloody hell, Dave," he said around the smoke, "are yo... | 0 | 0 | 321 | 27,801 |
[WP] Two best friends are each smoking a cigarette, knowing that when they are finished, they will never see each other again. What do they talk about? | Dee lit Rick's smoke for him, then lit his own. The Du Mauriers wafted noiselessly for a moment. Dee inhaled, and sighed out smoke, "You know, it's been, what - almost FIFTEEN YEARS already? Where does the time go...I'm sorry it's taken me so long for us to get together".
Rick's cigarette glowed red against the midnig... | 2 | 0 | 321 | 27,802 |
[WP] Two best friends are each smoking a cigarette, knowing that when they are finished, they will never see each other again. What do they talk about? | I absentmindedly brush off the seat of my trousers and sit down on the wall. Looking down, I notice my left shoelace as it trails, untied, drawing patterns in the dust.
'Ah, good ol' B&H', I say, taking one from the pack offered to me. He sits down too.
It's hot as hell here. Hotter than I ever remembered it be... | 1 | 0 | 321 | 27,803 |
[WP] Two best friends are each smoking a cigarette, knowing that when they are finished, they will never see each other again. What do they talk about? | "Did you clear my browsing history?"
"No, do that yourself, you lazy bastard."
"Ha, I dont know if I'll get the chance."
"Well, I can't even if I wanted to. I'm going first."
"I'll see you in hell."
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[WP] Two best friends are each smoking a cigarette, knowing that when they are finished, they will never see each other again. What do they talk about? | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 321 | 27,805 |
[WP] Two best friends are each smoking a cigarette, knowing that when they are finished, they will never see each other again. What do they talk about? | I pulled into what felt like the last open parking spot in the entire airport parking lot and shut off the car. I rolled down the windows, not sure what to say.
"Smoke?" Emily broke the silence. She knew I didn't smoke but she always offered anyway. This time, for once, I took her up on her offer and silently reac... | 1 | 0 | 321 | 27,806 |
[WP] Two best friends are each smoking a cigarette, knowing that when they are finished, they will never see each other again. What do they talk about? | And the Earth was consumed by the sun, rendering everything ever done upon it moot. There would be no alien archaeologists, no boomerang mission. Mankind never left and now every trace of them was excoriated.
Two thirds of an infinity later, you and I popped back into consciousness, floating in the vast expanse of sp... | 1 | 0 | 321 | 27,807 |
[WP] I want to be thoroughly dissapointed after a big buildup. | Jon Green, Captain of the Seattle Fire Department, looked up at the source of trouble. A small crowd of spectators had gathered around at this point, shading their eyes and pointing up. The murmurs began and the Captain's men arrived with a ladder. Jon gulped down his nervousness, prepared for the worst. His men gave h... | 6 | 0 | 9 | 27,808 |
[WP] I want to be thoroughly dissapointed after a big buildup. | I saw this prompt and I thought to myself, 'Now, there's one I can kick out of the park!' I began writing quite a few years now, but I've never been able to find the courage up to share anything I've produced, which, as I'm sure lot's of people here know, makes it tricky to improve. Nonetheless, I figure that this prom... | 6 | 0 | 9 | 27,809 |
[WP] I want to be thoroughly dissapointed after a big buildup. | It was dark in here.
He didn't know how long he had been in here but it was the the kind of dark that sucked all the light out of the world. And the smell. It seemed to be emulating from his very being. It was the smell of death. A mixture of all the terrible pungent things in life, rolled together and shoved up you... | 4 | 0 | 9 | 27,810 |
[WP] I want to be thoroughly dissapointed after a big buildup. | It couldn't be that far now. Another few hundred yards, maybe a quarter of a mile, and he'd be there - he'd be safe.
But he was so tired, so exhausted. And behind him, the endless feet continued, never stopping to rest, never halting even for a moment.
The sun blazed overhead as it always had, apathetically staring d... | 3 | 0 | 9 | 27,811 |
[WP] I want to be thoroughly dissapointed after a big buildup. |
Violent waves crashed against the side of the ship, the captain grinding his teeth as hands clasped firmly around the helm to keep the ship on course. They had to be at least 100 footers, man killers as they were called. But my God he had to get this cargo to port. Hundreds depended on him, the famous Captain John! Su... | 1 | 0 | 9 | 27,812 |
[WP] I want to be thoroughly dissapointed after a big buildup. | David sat motionless in the cold unwelcoming room. One mistake, one stupid mistake was about to make his life hell. He had had this all planned out, every detail carefully rehearsed. He had scoped out the area, he knew the rout and what to expect on it around that time of day. His number was called. "This is it" he tho... | 1 | 0 | 9 | 27,813 |
[CS] "Name and date of death, please" | Jim stood puzzled. The border guard just sat there staring impatiently as if he'd been refused a simple request. The guard let out another exaggerated sigh, and stood up. He leaned over the desk, reached above Jim's head, and pulled over an old fashioned wind up clock.
"What... Where the hell..."
"It says here that y... | 3 | 0 | 17 | 27,814 |
[WP] A young man or woman enters a gas station and holds up a gun. This robber demands all the money, but an elderly person shopping starts talking to them. | "Excuse me, Deary"
Jordon turned to see an elderly woman speaking to him, the lady wore the most vibrant of floral dresses, completed with swirling rose and peridot colored designs with deep violet trimmings, much too flamboyant for any occasion of any matter. It was clear that she was senile.
"Lady, I'm robbing th... | 16 | 0 | 20 | 27,815 |
[WP] A young man or woman enters a gas station and holds up a gun. This robber demands all the money, but an elderly person shopping starts talking to them. | "Just put it all in the fucking bag, you dumb shit!"
"S-s sir I'm going as fast as I can!"
"Listen you fuckin' spic I don't have all day, now just put the money in the bag and all the logs of grizzly wintergreen!"
The man at the counter had his Browning 9mm pointed at the Indian clerk behind the counter. The clerk ... | 2 | 0 | 20 | 27,816 |
[WP] A young man or woman enters a gas station and holds up a gun. This robber demands all the money, but an elderly person shopping starts talking to them. | *Bang!*
Shredded lottery tickets flew into the air, ripped apart by a 9mm bullet. They swayed back in forth, making their slow journey to the ground as they fell all around the cashier. A young girl stood trembling, tears streaking down her face.
"I will not tell you one more! Put ALL the money in the bag!" Despi... | 6 | 0 | 20 | 27,817 |
[WP] A young man or woman enters a gas station and holds up a gun. This robber demands all the money, but an elderly person shopping starts talking to them. | She walked into the store, nonchalant as ever, without any betrayal of emotion. She gazed around at the snacks and car stuff on sale, grabbed a basket, and started putting random things in it. Snickers, magazines, oreos, whatever. She walked towards the queue.
I covertly kept an eye on her as the cashier bagged my thi... | 2 | 0 | 20 | 27,818 |
[WP] A young man or woman enters a gas station and holds up a gun. This robber demands all the money, but an elderly person shopping starts talking to them. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 20 | 27,819 |
[WP] A young man or woman enters a gas station and holds up a gun. This robber demands all the money, but an elderly person shopping starts talking to them. | They say the Inuit got a thousand words for snow. Ya figure we might have a couple in Louisiana around July for hot. And we do. Fuckin' Hot. That's about it. Too damn hot to say much else about it. Leastwise it was that day. Had a little Hula girl holdin' a thermometer stuck to the hood o' my dash, and she was dancin' ... | 3 | 0 | 20 | 27,820 |
[WP] The notes of Adam and Eve's marriage counselor. | *Mr. Adam and Mrs. Eve. Session #19 Notes.*
*Today, we discussed the difficulties of marital problems. In particular, the phases of fighting and mistrust. While Eve was using the primary example of taking the apple from the Tree of Knowledge as being over-blown, Adam was stubborn in declaring it was the main reason... | 3 | 0 | 8 | 27,821 |
[CS] Role playing - An Ongoing World War | PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM FORCIBLY BROADCASTED FROM ANY AND ALL MOBILE DEVICES:
*Citizens, this is not a drill. Pack all belongings and head to the local bomb shelter immediately. Anyone infected is mandated to report to the local hospital to be quarantined and any unlicensed weapons will be confiscated by the Great... | 3 | 0 | 6 | 27,822 |
[WP] I am so philosophical right now, that I conjured up an apology to my legions of sperm for never allowing them the opportunity to accomplish their one and only mission. Id hate to imagine what my testicles must be saying about me! | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27,823 |
[WP] Earth has been destroyed by an alien menace and humanity wants vengeance. | 21 years, 7 months and 2 days it said above the gate as I enter. A stark reminder of what happened all those years ago, to remind us of what we've lost, what we're fighting for and what we have to gain when we succeed.
I am not looking forward to another day in the pit but it has to be done, excavating the ore might ... | 3 | 0 | 6 | 27,824 |
[WP] Earth has been destroyed by an alien menace and humanity wants vengeance. | 15 recruitment stations had sprung up near my house within a month of the attack. That’s all we call it mostly. The attack. The news media talks about it incessantly. The attack. The attack. I believe that if I say it enough to myself I will one day feel as strongly about it as the men and women who raced to those stat... | 1 | 0 | 6 | 27,825 |
[WP] You are a daffodil. A poet spends a whole day by your side - and finally leans to pluck you. | "A young daffodil, ahh, considered but a weed,
Yet it's just a child with an unplanted seed."
I stared upon the large behemoth leaning down and observing me carefully, curious as to what he was doing.
"I'll sit beside you, my dearest flower,
And contemplate life for an hour."
I sat patiently as he smiled awk... | 9 | 0 | 14 | 27,826 |
[WP] You are a daffodil. A poet spends a whole day by your side - and finally leans to pluck you. | Oh look at him, flouncing along with that stupid blond quiff, not a care in his damn head. Yeah, you keep trying to work out what rhymes with "succinct" you damn menace. Yeah I know it's "sunny" and you find that "funny" I bet the teenage train wreck you're writing this for is going to love "can't let this pass/ a day ... | 3 | 0 | 14 | 27,827 |
[WP] You are a daffodil. A poet spends a whole day by your side - and finally leans to pluck you. | Ah love!
Ever since being reincarnated as a humble daffodil, I had yearned to be used for some higher purpose than the general beautification that comes with the planting of flowers. Such was my look that not an hour ago a young man, lacking perhaps in certain charms of the countenance and figure – but young and able ... | 2 | 0 | 14 | 27,828 |
[WP] You are a daffodil. A poet spends a whole day by your side - and finally leans to pluck you. | Is he...? Naaaaaah. He couldn't be.
oh shit.
FUCK FUCK F- | 3 | 0 | 14 | 27,829 |
[WP] You are a daffodil. A poet spends a whole day by your side - and finally leans to pluck you. | (For reference, i was specifically thinking of the creation of [this poem](http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww260.html))
If I could have, I would have told him that "vale" was a terrible word choice; an uncommon word even now, it was unlikely to stand the test of time - and though you may scoff at the vocabulary of mere fa... | 2 | 0 | 14 | 27,830 |
I created a sub to celebrate films created by redditors. /r/RedditFilmFest! |
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I created a sub to celebrate films created by redditors. /r/RedditFilmFest! | Check our [wiki.](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/wiki/multimedia) There are some posted there. Please make sure to include the origin of the material the film is based on. :) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27,832 |
[WP] Man respawns as a child, having to live through life again, retaining the memories of his past life. He's in college and at a wild party... | The child found himself with an alarming deja vu feeling as he walked into his first day of Kindergarten. He didn't know why, but he had known he had been there before. He went about his day, and it was a good day. Peanut butter and jelly for lunch, Mother's warm hugs at the end of the day. He had a few other moments i... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 27,833 |
[WP] Make up a creation myth for an object/ animal/ place etc. that you can see right now. | It was a tumultuos day in Olympus, so Hestia decided to descend to the human's land, as she often did when the major gods were involved in quarrels drawing from their own frivolity.
As she descended, she saw a beautiful wheat farm, not far from Athens. Walking between the ears of wheat, she collected seeds, crushing t... | 3 | 0 | 11 | 27,834 |
This prison is a hell on earth but nobody wants to leave. Why? |
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[WP] You have devoured everything you thought you could eat, yet your appetite is ravenous. | I looked down at my plate, wishing for more food. The smears left by my fork made my mouth water despite the fact that I'd already ate two heaping plates full. When my Mom turns away, I plan to pick it up and lick it clean.
She spies me out of the corner of her eye. "Don't you even think about licking that plate!" ... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 27,836 |
[WP] You have devoured everything you thought you could eat, yet your appetite is ravenous. | A continuation of a series. The Captivity of Dieter Hagedorn.
[Uninvited.](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/1ztl9i/ip_island_castle_and_destroyed_ship/cfx41ep)
[Imprisonment.](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/1zxwxg/wp_write_for_me_that_one_piece_that_youve_always/cfy2o5y)
[Invitation.... | 3 | 0 | 5 | 27,837 |
[WP] The Year is 2146, the world is corrupt and Government is just a word. | They call me commander but it has no meaning. Our community, all 35 of us, live in a dessert. We have no resources, no food, no water, nothing. We survive by attacking trespassers. We take *their* food, *their* water, and their lives. We, at least I, don't want to but it is the only way we can survive. About 3 da... | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27,838 |
[WP] This prison is a hell on earth but nobody wants to leave, why? | Every day the same old thing, smash the rocks to dig the coal then haul the coal to the trucks where it's fed into the furnace.
I've been on shift for 15 hours now, I know because it's usually by this point I'm so dehydrated that I can't physically sweat any more. The blisters on my fingers tell me it's nearly time ... | 6 | 0 | 10 | 27,839 |
[WP] This prison is a hell on earth but nobody wants to leave, why? | The bustling streets were filled with the roars and screams of alarm clocks. People were going home from work. Subways were filled with daily commuters. The roads were suffocated with yellow cabs. People returning to their small abodes, their cells before tomorrow's work. It was certainly odd, the way people strug... | 4 | 0 | 10 | 27,840 |
[WP] This prison is a hell on earth but nobody wants to leave, why? | "This isn't the only time people have been shipped to faraway places as punishment for their crimes," the wrinkled man told the fresh face. "On our origin planet, Earth, people used to be sent to a place called Australia." He shifted a little on the wooden crate he was sitting on, adjusting the grip on his walking stic... | 4 | 0 | 10 | 27,841 |
[WP] This prison is a hell on earth but nobody wants to leave, why? | A golden noose was wrapped snugly around my neck promising a pardon from the infinite and grotesque reality of my actions. My throat burned as sweat froze solid upon the dead surface of my skin. The black and white fabric of my uniform seemed to just hang on my skeletal limbs as shit was imbedded into the seams. I was... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 27,842 |
[WP] This prison is a hell on earth but nobody wants to leave, why? | If there was anything I missed - it was the food.
I almost envied those on death row. For they got a last meal at least. The junk they fed you would rot your insides. The liquour you brewed might kill you - but at least it was sure to get you drunk.
Desertion was one of the worst crimes you could commit in wartime.... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 27,843 |
[WP] This prison is a hell on earth but nobody wants to leave, why? | [deleted] | 4 | 0 | 10 | 27,844 |
[WP] A superhero team of paranormal entities that haunt the villains. | "Do your thing," Alex turned to me. I could get inside people's heads and make them do what I wanted. I found out I had this ability the hard way when in a fit of anger I told my abusive father to 'just fucking die,' at which point he turned the knife on himself.
Times like that it was necessary, but now? Nah. This g... | 2 | 0 | 6 | 27,845 |
[WP] You're in love and they are the best thing to ever happen to you, the twist being that they're an inanimate object, describe the object you're infatuated with and tell me why you love it. | why don't you go watch Her? | 2 | 0 | 7 | 27,846 |
[WP] You're in love and they are the best thing to ever happen to you, the twist being that they're an inanimate object, describe the object you're infatuated with and tell me why you love it. | Oh Jenny, wow how beautiful she is. We've been seeing each other for about a year now. Not once has a woman been so headstrong and independent; I love that in a woman. But at the same time, she'd let me do virtually anything to her. The sex is amazing, and couldn't possibly be any better.
As of recent, though, we've b... | 3 | 0 | 7 | 27,847 |
[WP] You're in love and they are the best thing to ever happen to you, the twist being that they're an inanimate object, describe the object you're infatuated with and tell me why you love it. | He's a great listener, always listening and letting me say my piece before following up with his own great advice and words of wisdom. Today however was a big decision for me and I needed to consult him and let him know.
" I think I should take a trip, give myself some time to explore the world and reevaluate myself."... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 27,848 |
[WP] You're in love and they are the best thing to ever happen to you, the twist being that they're an inanimate object, describe the object you're infatuated with and tell me why you love it. | I really don't see a life without him by my side. You know, he may not always be perfect, nor even practical, but he's mine. I love him. He's ALWAYS there for me, nothing less than keeping things together. He's neat most of the time, but sometimes he's messy, but that's always my fault. On occasions, he causes a mess w... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 27,849 |
[WP] You're in love and they are the best thing to ever happen to you, the twist being that they're an inanimate object, describe the object you're infatuated with and tell me why you love it. | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 7 | 27,850 |
[WP] You're in love and they are the best thing to ever happen to you, the twist being that they're an inanimate object, describe the object you're infatuated with and tell me why you love it. | Ryan O'Neal put it perfectly when his character says "Love means never having to say your sorry" in the film *Love Story*. I always remind myself of that line when I think of my love. How through all of the stress and strain I'm always there for her and she for me. I tell it to her when she has a blow up or when I keep... | 1 | 0 | 7 | 27,851 |
[FF] 5 Genres. 50-100 words per genre. 1 story. | Fantasy
He drove his sword through the dragon's chest, watching as it reared back and fell to the ground, pawing the sword as it died. The dragon rose its head, staring at him with hurt, pained eyes. It opened its mouth, a trickling of blood seeping from the corner of its mouth.
"I just wanted a beer," the dragon sai... | 9 | 0 | 23 | 27,852 |
[FF] 5 Genres. 50-100 words per genre. 1 story. | The dame walked into my office with a glare that could've fried an egg. "I got a job for you," she announced. Now, her face was about uglier than a pig that'd been hit by a train, but hey, I wasn't about to turn down a good-paying job from the richest gal in town.
I glanced up from my cup of mead. A fine damsel was sh... | 7 | 0 | 23 | 27,853 |
[FF] 5 Genres. 50-100 words per genre. 1 story. | It was raining the night papa went away.
Mama and Jessie and me, we was in the kitchen all talking about something or another like we do every Sunday night after harvest season has come. Papa and the farmhands were out smoking and drinking and cursing and all of the things Mama told me I should never do. I remember b... | 3 | 0 | 23 | 27,854 |
[FF] 5 Genres. 50-100 words per genre. 1 story. | The bedspring protested as Roger lowered himself down next to his sleeping angel. It knew that a private dick on a two-month dry spell didn’t deserve such a treasure, but as her eyes fluttered open and her mouth curled into that sweet smile, he didn’t care what the bed thought. The cops hated him, his landlord was read... | 3 | 0 | 23 | 27,855 |
[FF] 5 Genres. 50-100 words per genre. 1 story. | The Orcish general took a seat in the war room and sipped his drink. The queen was in an uproar about the nation bordering their own. She claimed that they had violated the treaty between Orc and Human by trespassing on their lands. He didn't care what the reasons behind the upcoming war was, all the queen had to do wa... | 3 | 0 | 23 | 27,856 |
[FF] 5 Genres. 50-100 words per genre. 1 story. | His hand froze as he picked up the casket. [fantasy] They'd told him that any sufficiently advanced technology was indistinguishable from magic. [SciFi].
What he had not expected though - was that the frost didn't hurt him. As a singular tear rolled down his cheek it turned to ice and clinked on the floor, the sound e... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 27,857 |
[FF] 5 Genres. 50-100 words per genre. 1 story. | This is an awesome prompt. Very imaginative.
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They sold us the time machine with promises that we would see the dead again. We bought the vision, and we bought the machines. They got very, very rich. But they never told us the real price we'd pay.
You can go back, can see. But you can't *touch*. That ... | 3 | 0 | 23 | 27,858 |
[FF] 5 Genres. 50-100 words per genre. 1 story. | Joining the Queen’s army was the worst decision I’d ever made. There were many enemies to be fought outside of the Forest. The biggest enemy of Elves: Humans. The soldiers in my band were tasked with patrolling the outer borders of the kingdom. There were five of us: Archer, Fencer, Healer, Magician, and Commander. One... | 3 | 0 | 23 | 27,859 |
[FF] 5 Genres. 50-100 words per genre. 1 story. | this one sounds fun! | 1 | 0 | 23 | 27,860 |
[WP] A man/woman with a photographic memory is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. | New to this but I was interested in trying it out, took a few liberties with the prompt, but I thought I'd try. Thanks :)
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Donald sat quietly on the hospital cot, flipping through a pamphlet on cardiovascular diseases. His eyes moved systematically from word to word,... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 27,861 |
[WP] A man/woman with a photographic memory is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. | by man/woman you mean "person," right? | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27,862 |
[WP] A man/woman with a photographic memory is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27,863 |
[WP] A man/woman with a photographic memory is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. | Nancy slowly surveyed her grandmother's room in the home. It looked more like her own bedroom during her teenage years: there were countless pictures tacked to rows of cork boards on the wall opposite the bed, only these weren't pictures of now defunct boy bands, cheap reprints of famous artists, or torn out book pages... | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27,864 |
[WP] Description of an island you are stranded on. | The rocks had already cut up my feet and hands last night when I dragged myself to the sand to rest, dragging along the spar I had tied myself to. It had caught on some of the rocks but my fingers were so swollen that I couldn’t untie the rope and simply struggled to pull it along. I had felt so happy to simply be aliv... | 2 | 0 | 3 | 27,865 |
[OT] Writing Contests | I really appreciate this idea, for the reason that, in my admittedly casual and limited experience, a lot of people who respond to writing prompts (all over the Internet) rarely have their work read. I am like that - write one, then go to write another one. I don't often spend time reading them. With an idea of this na... | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27,866 |
A robot with feelings falls for an older-model robot that’s incapable of love |
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A robot with feelings falls for an older-model robot that’s incapable of love | Someone's been watching Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 0 | 8 | 27,868 |
A robot with feelings falls for an older-model robot that’s incapable of love | The first moments after the crash were pure chaos. Twisted metal, a turbine engine screaming like a banshee, broken safety glass strewn about like a spilled bag of precious stones, each one glistening with the light of a growing electrical fire. And then there was the blood. As an Environmental Control Robot, the bl... | 2 | 0 | 8 | 27,869 |
[WP] A man, who knows everything about you, fools your family into believing that he is you. | Lost. Confused. Running. Away from the house I used to live in. Away from the family I used to be with. The last 12 hours was hell for me. Trying to find people in this small town who actually knew me. Recognized many but none returned the recognition. Have I just become another face in the crowd? I glanced sideway a... | 1 | 0 | 8 | 27,870 |
[WP] One man's job to choose one of two people. The other one dies. | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 4 | 27,871 |
[WP] One man's job to choose one of two people. The other one dies. | I had to choose one, but who? Thomas, or David? The gun was trembling in my hands as I quickly had to put a bullet in one of them.
"C'mon man, you know David. He's a fucking hot-headed psychopath. He's murdered over 100 guys! This decision isn't hard!" Thomas begged.
"Well then go on then, KILL ME! If you want to co... | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27,872 |
[WP] One man's job to choose one of two people. The other one dies. | James lifted his mask slightly to wipe the sweat from his brow. He'd only been here a week, and already the pressure was getting to him. Walls of guilt closed in and suffocated. His coworkers all told him the first week was the hardest. Their laughing eyes, hiding behind their own gray masks, as they told of the wildes... | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27,873 |
[WP] One man's job to choose one of two people. The other one dies. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27,874 |
[WP] Far in the future, mankind has advanced to the point where traveling between stars is no great feat. As humanity walks through our galaxy, the realization begins to dawn that terrestrial life may be the only life. | I think it had always existed in the back of our minds. The idea that somewhere, somehow, was something beyond us. Something greater than ourselves before which we could prostrate ourselves and transfer our worries. First it was God. The savior, the father, the eternal lord who oversaw us. He was the true power. On him... | 1 | 0 | 6 | 27,875 |
[WP] Far in the future, mankind has advanced to the point where traveling between stars is no great feat. As humanity walks through our galaxy, the realization begins to dawn that terrestrial life may be the only life. | "Sir, they just found another one in the Outer Region. Shall I change course towards there?"
Commander Davis sighed and turned towards Ensign Gomez. "Atmospheric composition?"
"Probe reports gaseous atmosphere of 70% Nitrogen, 24% Oxygen, 3% Ozone and the rest trace gasses, sir, " Gomez reported.
Commander Davis bru... | 1 | 0 | 6 | 27,876 |
[WP] A group of modern day pirates board a cargo plane to raid it for plunder, but one of the pilots is a master of sword fighting. | *Read this like [Colt 45 by Afroman is rapped](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvOpEDDW51o)*
Just me and my friends, plundering for goods,
Shrouded in our darkest coats and hoods,
Filled up all our carts, once we were aboard,
Then some crazy muthafucka hopped out with a sword,
He slashed to the left, he slas... | 2 | 0 | 11 | 27,877 |
[WP] A group of modern day pirates board a cargo plane to raid it for plunder, but one of the pilots is a master of sword fighting. | “Come on, boys! There be booty in thar airship!”
“That's time. You went ten hours speaking in only that shitty pirate accent. Now, please, shut the fuck up.”
“Not until ye pay up thar, matey!”
“Fine!”
Thomas handed Frank a folded stack of bills. Frank giggled giddily.
“Righto,” he said, “but there really be booty-... | 6 | 0 | 11 | 27,878 |
[WP] A group of modern day pirates board a cargo plane to raid it for plunder, but one of the pilots is a master of sword fighting. | I'm going to die here, because I was fucking stupid. This is my story.
My main cargo was the blood diamonds. I carried them around my neck in a small bag. In the cargo hold, I also had a load of archeological specimens (fakes) and handmade furniture. It appeared to be wooden, but it was actually made of drugs. ... | 3 | 0 | 11 | 27,879 |
[WP] A group of modern day pirates board a cargo plane to raid it for plunder, but one of the pilots is a master of sword fighting. | **Peter Readman (1968 - 2014)**
Peter Readman was born to Simon and Catherine Readman in St. Bart's Hospital, London. Educated at Westminster College, he was a keen fencer, rated second in the UK in the Cadet men's foil at sixteen. Always keen on planes, he obtained a first class degree in Aviation at City Universi... | 3 | 0 | 11 | 27,880 |
[MP] Luna Gayageum's Doppler Effect | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27,881 |
[WP] Two people meet in a bar. One pretends to be telepathic to get the other person's attention. The other person has those abilities, but is using them for something else. | The woman twirled the stir stick around the martini glass, enjoying the easiness of drinking alone in a crowded place. Bringing the glass to her lips, she let the alcohol swirl around in her mouth before swallowing. She sighed. She knew it was Skol vodka before she even picked up the glass, but there was always the hop... | 3 | 0 | 12 | 27,882 |
[WP] Two people meet in a bar. One pretends to be telepathic to get the other person's attention. The other person has those abilities, but is using them for something else. | Their eyes meet from across the empty room. He winks and she looks away. Thinking this was a sign, he swaggers up to her. “Hey.”
“Hey.” she says in a cool, polite manner.
“Wanna know a secret?” She rolls her eyes and looks to the bar tender for help. But he’s bored, so he says, “Yes.” The man gives him a dirty look,... | 6 | 0 | 12 | 27,883 |
[WP]: A young farmboy realises he is destined to be the hero who saves the magical kingdom. He's having none of it. | [deleted] | 11 | 0 | 26 | 27,884 |
[WP]: A young farmboy realises he is destined to be the hero who saves the magical kingdom. He's having none of it. | Hello there!
Jeff looked up from his chores and stared at the tall stranger who had just addressed him. Hey there yourself, who are you?
I am Bendalf the Blue..... a wizard, I have come to tell you of your destiny.
Hmmm, that name sounds kind of familiar. My destiny you say, and what destiny is that? I'm just a simp... | 3 | 0 | 26 | 27,885 |
[WP]: A young farmboy realises he is destined to be the hero who saves the magical kingdom. He's having none of it. | "...and that is why you are the chosen one, the one who can save this kingdom. It is your destiny". The old man paused, eyes glinting. It had been a long speech. The pause was dramatic.
The pause continued. The pause started to become less dramatic, and more like the sort of pause that indicates the speaker isn... | 11 | 0 | 26 | 27,886 |
[WP]: A young farmboy realises he is destined to be the hero who saves the magical kingdom. He's having none of it. | This is literally http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/larry . | 1 | 0 | 26 | 27,887 |
[WP]: A young farmboy realises he is destined to be the hero who saves the magical kingdom. He's having none of it. | "I got no time for that. Sorry." The boy turned away and picked up his scythe again, signaling that the conversation was over.
For a moment, Annabella was speechless. She hadn't expected *that*.
She forced herself to keep her voice level, despite the dread blooming in the back of her mind. “You don't have time? Are ... | 3 | 0 | 26 | 27,888 |
[WP] A man who lost his eyes has a horrific nightmare. He wakes up... | [deleted] | 5 | 0 | 8 | 27,889 |
[IP] The Portal | I plunge into the water with bated breath--it's warm. Much warmer than I expected from the bitter tundra the pool was located in. I shake off the revelation and get to business. Taking my last gulp of air, I sink deep into the narrow underwater shaft, using the rough and uneven rock sides to guide my descent.
Finally... | 3 | 0 | 8 | 27,890 |
[WP] Every species in the universe is racing to get to the centre of the universe which is Earth. The reward is unknown and Earth is still unaware of outer E.T life. | I felt the cold of space seep through my suit and hit the pores in my skin. I stood in the long walkway out form the space station, ready to enter the small metal capsule at the other end. My home for the next few months. My home for eternity. I wasn't expected to return, though it was a for a good cause.
**
The targ... | 14 | 0 | 39 | 27,891 |
[WP] Every species in the universe is racing to get to the centre of the universe which is Earth. The reward is unknown and Earth is still unaware of outer E.T life. | The day it happened was like any other. Fair skies, gentle breeze, chirping birds. Philippe almost wished it had been different—a bit more like the movies, at least, with a huge flying saucer hovering over the city, defying all laws of physics, summoning up an angry dust storm with its very arrival. It might’ve been ea... | 7 | 0 | 39 | 27,892 |
[WP] Every species in the universe is racing to get to the centre of the universe which is Earth. The reward is unknown and Earth is still unaware of outer E.T life. | An inter-stellar congress? Really? It was a waste of time, and everyone knew it. Yet, when the Manizos called to a congress, everyeone attended.
The Manizos were a curious, aquatic species with multiple brains, multiple nimble but strong and sensetive tentacles, multiple eyes and multiple ears. Pacifist to a fault, a... | 5 | 0 | 39 | 27,893 |
[WP] Every species in the universe is racing to get to the centre of the universe which is Earth. The reward is unknown and Earth is still unaware of outer E.T life. | To all the selfish people out there thinking that the universe revolves around you…you’re more right than you know.
The earth. This beautiful earth. This beautiful earth that has been consistently pilfered and adulterated by its greediest inhabitants. This world is it. The center of the universe.
No one knew this. Ho... | 2 | 0 | 39 | 27,894 |
[WP] Every species in the universe is racing to get to the centre of the universe which is Earth. The reward is unknown and Earth is still unaware of outer E.T life. | -077
The trails of smoke began on Saturday at zero eight hundred. NASA spotted their arrival ahead of their entry and reported their arrival. Jets were scrambled, nukes were primed, Earth was a being invaded. The first call NASA made described three ships. NASA's second call described the endless armada. No two were t... | 3 | 0 | 39 | 27,895 |
[WP] Every species in the universe is racing to get to the centre of the universe which is Earth. The reward is unknown and Earth is still unaware of outer E.T life. | Humans make the best slaves, they say. | 1 | 0 | 39 | 27,896 |
[WP]: A world where eating people is perfectly normal and legal, but eating animals is the most vile and disgusting and illegal thing a person could do. | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 3 | 27,897 |
[CW] hyperbole+analogies__Hollow | Hi there!
Your post has been removed. It does not appear to be a prompt or a prompt response. If you'd like criticism on something that you've written outside of /r/WritingPrompts, try /r/KeepWriting, /r/shutupandwrite, /r/poetry (since this is a poem), or the weekly critique thread in /r/KeepWriting. | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27,898 |
[CW] hyperbole+analogies__Hollow | I am sorry. Can you tell me the reason it does not work for this prompt? | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27,899 |
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