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[WP] Write a scary Haiku
inspired by another haiku in this thread: you are not alone curled up next to you in bed is michael jackson
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I woke up shaking My girlfriend tried to calm me She's been dead for years...
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Underneath the bed I see multiple red eyes They know I see them Edit: I really need to pay attention to formatting.
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They didn't kill me The men did everything But give me mercy
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life's miracle screams a healthy little girl called Kate perfect for kid soup
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-005 _____ I watch him break in. I'm frozen, I cannot scream. Please not this again.
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[WP] Story from the perspective of a goldfish in captivity
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I don't think I ever lived as nature truly intended. If I did, I don't remember it. The glass bowl has always been my world. The constraints of the glass learned to me by the time I was but a few days young. I grew up with my school. The elder Golds teaching us how to survive within the invisible walls. How to get to...
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Oh, woe is me! Nay, you have not experienced such captivity, such violent *oppression*! Nary a night passes that I doth not gaze longingly at the beautiful, curved neck of this confounded bowl! One day, I am going to-- Oh, woe is me! Nay, you have not experienced such captivity, such violent *oppression*! Nary a night...
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Lenged has it that goldfish tend to have extremely diminished memory spans. It is possible that this speculation is true for most goldfish out there. I am, however, different from your average schoal of fish. I have remembered everything in my relatively short life, from my birth in the great pond, to my deathbed ri...
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[WP] "Take your hand off that monkey!"
Gillian was walking down the street at night, acutely aware of every raindrop that struck the cobblestone streets, it was a job requirement to be able to do so. The warm glow of the paper lanterns made the street shine in a way that can only be seen in this part of China. However, he wasn't here for the calming rain ...
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[WP] "Take your hand off that monkey!"
"Take you hand off that monkey!" the zookeeper yelled. Sadly, it was too late. With a disturbing ripping sound, Clarence lost his arm.
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[WP] Phobia support group.
The Basement lights of the old Baptist church turned on and off twice beckoning people to the circle. “C’mon everyone. It’s time to start” Jerry scanned over the room as people shuffled from the coffee machine and door towards the ring of chairs. "Welcome back to those of you who have been with us before, and I see a ...
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[WP] Describe someone tripping on LSD.
"There are snakes in the trees," Robert said. Jillian hesitated before stealing a glance upwards. "I don't see them," she said. "Are they hiding from us? Do they know?" "Know what?" June said. She skipped over to a bush and stroked the petals of a flower. Suddenly she recoiled. Dale observed her stiffness. "Are you ...
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[WP] The devil lost funding and must fire one of the seven deadly sins.
Hey there Sloth, it's me, the boss. Look, I don't know how to tell you this, but I'm afraid we're going to have to let you go. Why? Well, if you look at the final quarter figures, less and less evil is being done in the world. Did you know we didn't even eclipse fifty million violent deaths this year? I'm afraid you ju...
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"Sloth, I need you to clean out your office, like yesterday," Satan said, watching his fat former employee lounge around in his office. "Yeah, I will get on that..." Sloth said, taking another bite of cooked baby. "Now, Sloth," Satan demanded. "Get moving." "Tomorrow," Sloth said with a yawn. "No, tonight..." Sat...
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Hey Sandra, it's Satan, is Pride in?... Could you get him for me? Thanks, honey... Hey Pride, it's Satan. Look buddy, I've got some bad news for you, okay. I'm sure you've heard all the talk about budget cuts flying around the office, and it's true, but it's affecting everyone; God's even had to remortgage the pearly...
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A large circular table hosted a plethora of unsuspecting servants. Lucifer sat in the grandest chair, with his cold hands pressed to his chin. The servants balanced precariously at the edge of their seats, in the presence of the devil there was no room for disinterested or offensive gestures. All but sloth that is, ...
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"Another day, another pile of paperwork," Satan muttered to himself as he shuffled through the latest mountain on his desk. "If I had known it would mean this much paperwork, I probably would have kept my damned mouth shut and followed the Big Man's lead." "Sir?" asked the imp hovering beside him. "Quiet." He said ab...
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Restlessly he paced in his study, wondering who he should lay off. Here Eternally Live the Lost (H.E.L.L), officially lost its funding and somebody had to go so he narrowed it down to the Deadly Sins Squad. He knew for sure Lust wasn’t going anywhere. That girl knew how to tickle his fancy and make him scream like a ...
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"Look, let's try to make this the less uncomfortable than we can. Let's not make it any more difficult," said the Devil. Lust licked their lips (they had rejected the singular gendered pronouns during the 70s, and was really happy about it, they had always had gender issues, and lately these had gotten out of control,...
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"THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN, FIRED?!" screamed Wrath. Lucy rubbed her eyes and shifted her weight to her other hip. Her head was pounding from staring at papers for so long, and Wrath's voice being constantly stuck on eleven didn't help any. "Look, big guy, I absolutely adore you, but people just aren't getting it anymore....
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Employment Termination Report Employee: Gluttony, Deadly Sin Reason: -Gluttony considers himself a specialist and is unwilling or unable to adapt to changes in his chosen field. -Other employees are willing to perform a wider range of duties (ex: Greed) -Market trends indicate that excess consumption and other d...
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[WP] A Real Purge
For those who don't know, the Purge is about a society in which for an entire 24 hour period, *nothing* is illegal. You can commit any crimes you want, no matter how vicious or destructive they are, and you'll be innocent from any prosecution.
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[WP] A Real Purge
This is my first idea. Ask me questions if you have questions. __________________________________________________________ The school exit erupts open, as students rush home to avoid being caught in the coming Purge. My friend, John, walks over to me, asking, "So, what are you doing for the Purge this year?". I innoc...
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[WP] Write a story about a song.
Dear Samantha, I remember when we used to stay up all night counting the falling stars. We were young back then, and bold. Now we've grown old. The dreams we dreamed of back then remained as they are, mere dreams. When we married, I promised you the world. You said that I was enough. I never thought so. I worked mys...
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[WP] Write a story about a song.
“Arnie, sit down. We need to talk.” I gesture to the opposite end of the dining room table. Arnie sits down and faces me. Even before he can open his mouth, I am fed up with him. His eyes are rimmed red and it looks like he hasn't had a shower in days. The black hair peaking out from that stupid knit cap he alway...
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[WP] Write a story about a song.
"7am. Dusty Road. I'm gonna drive until it burns my bones" Soft wind coerced the sand into licking the black rubber tires, the sand rose to the wind's gentle whispers. The wind was a snake charmer, goading the dust from the burnt desert ground. She was a redhead, behind the wheel of a gleaming white convertible. She d...
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The princess stood at the window of her floating castle. The last men had retreated behind the walls, the drawbridge was closing. She sighed, and turned to face her room. Luxurious, comfortable...and empty. A discarded party dress sat in an ornate chair nearby. She felt so tired. Love and war were similar things, and ...
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The silence is what got me the most about this town. It was as though Dusty Falls had been enveloped by a silent cocoon spun by the devil himself. *I'd rather be riding* I thought to myself grimly as I drew a dry rag over the barrel of my Colt single action army revolver, my eyes drifting down to the weapon. I froze. *...
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She stands in the alleyway, under the flickering streetlamp. The harsh orange glow quivers unsteadily. She leans back against the cold brick wall and lights a cigarette. As she puts it up to her lips she closes her eyes and allows herself to slowly slide down the back of the wall until she meets the pavement. She sits ...
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From the moment I sat down at the table, I could see this man was different. I am no stranger to back-room, high-stakes games. I've seen every kind of poker face that there is. Some people try for total blankness, and those are usually the easiest, because their tells stand out so clearly when they reach too far an...
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[WP] Write a story about a song.
There is an island out there in the blue, That sings sweet lullabies to me and to you. The mist and the wind soothe your worries and woes, The moment your eyes go heavy and close. Let go of the hardships that you may have met, Follow the course on which you've been set. The island is only a dream away, You'll get back...
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[WP] A person in jail for a murder he/she didn't commit is visited by the victim's family.
Jackson was shuffled into the visiting area without an explanation. He knew it couldn't be his mother, as her bi-monthly visit was still two weeks away. He wracked his brain, trying to remember the last time any of his old friends had spoken to him. The folding chair was cold, and he wished he had been allowed another ...
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"you ..." she sniffled just like she did in the court room. Her husband clutching her, face like stone, but his eye burned with rage. "You just took her...you FUCKING MOSNTER I HATE YOU!!!!" she lost controll, her screaming turned into a wicked crackle . I have never heard anything so loaded before. I started t...
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[WP] A blind man gains his sight but loses his hearing.
Being born blind is hard. You have to feel your way around the world, but you slowly get used to it. You get a wonderful, happy dog to guide you around. You discover things like music, and they change the way you think. It's the way you grew up, surrounded my noises of joy and life. Surrounded by all of these happy thi...
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[WP] A blind man gains his sight but loses his hearing.
"Do you accept my offer?" A raspy voice, Eric thought as his mind stalled for time, it reminded him of when his bike chains dragged across asphalt. "Well?" Asked the voice, this time Eric could hear more impatience creeping into the raspy voice from the man sitting at the desk across from him. At least he was pretty ...
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[EU] Waldo attempts to flirt with Carmen San Diego at a bar.
Two people Evasive and alone Wander the planet Searching for home Legends have told Of each others prowess Books have recorded And programs compiled But none can grasp How they got in this mess. Then in a bar by almost pure chance They saw each other but just a glance He wrote down his number And just lef...
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[EU] Waldo attempts to flirt with Carmen San Diego at a bar.
*Sometimes I feel invisible,* Waldo thought to himself as he tried again in vain to catch the bartenders attention. It used to be that the gaudy red and white striped sweater would be enough to pull any eye, but he somehow found himself in a sea of red and white. It seemed to happen often. "Having trouble?" a voice...
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[FF] Write the first sentence of the novel you've always wanted to write
The river Krasny shimmered in the dark, the candles floating along, flickering in the moonlit night.
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They always say that the first time you die is the worst of all, but they never mention why.
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Everything looked exactly the same as it did years ago; from the scratched red door to the magnolia tree out in the front yard, it was all so familiar, but I couldn't believe it - this couldn't be *my* home.
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If there is one thing that I've always wondered if I could do it's if I can maintain a relationship for more than 3 weeks.
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I stood helplessly watching them take his life, with a single shot to an unsuspecting forehead, he fell with grace.
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The leaves fell to the ground, softly, elegantly, and seemingly oblivious to the law of gravity.
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The clown was dead, his rubber nose filled with cocain, and the pizza guy was late.
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Once there was a boy, then he grew up. Edit: I've decided the plot.
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(a couple sentences, but one thought.) In the beginning, there was nothing, and as of yesterday, there was everything. Humanity had some disputes over the middle, but they pretty much agreed on the beginning and the end.
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The massive Wyvern attacked the small, peaceful village, blasting it from existence and leaving very few survivors.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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I signed up for the Corps to fight the good fight around the world--Iran, the Caucasus, the South China Sea; I never thought it'd bring me back stateside to quell what we thought would be a small uprising that started a few miles north of Barstow, in what is now the Federal Republic of California.
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We were just kids, we weren't ready to be gods.
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Jim, with his astounding trait of being completely ordinary, never suspected the van was following *him.*
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"It's a trilby, not a fedora."
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When God first spoke to Joan, she was only twelve years old, lying on her back as golden stalks of wheat swayed overhead, and she felt like she had become part of the earth itself.
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My captors left me alone to reflect upon my mistakes, and believe me, there was no lack of material for me to review.
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I have two. So sue me: Thomas had never truly understood Lacrosse, but in Fisher, one either played Lacrosse or pretended to; he grew so good at the latter that he was made Alternate Captain of the East Fisher High School boy's varsity team during his Senior year. Grace sat in the basement of the West Fisher Indepen...
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*There's just something about cheap '80s glam rock*, he thought as he watched the flames engulf the room.
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The world, on balance, got much simpler on the day that the human race got together and collectively decided to believe in magic again. It didn't do much to solve the problems of hunger and disease and people being rude to others on the subway that seemed to be the root cause of most of the unhappiness in the world, bu...
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This is a story about peace. But mostly the war that achieved it. (two sentences, sorry)
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Sarah looks down at her wristphone's alert, briefly examining the tiny pixelated image of a man mortally wounded, smiles, looks up to her lunch date and says, "That's wonderful. So, do you have any kids?"
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(a couple sentences but one line.) The bus: big yellow and barreling down the road. The girl: shoved out of the way, brown hair flying about, looking beautiful. My body: Under the bus. dead, flattened, and spread out on the road. I suppose it was love at first sight.
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it is hard to imagine your mind as separate from your body; they are one, or are they?
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The gray and red ornithopter made a loud but flawless landing onto Senho Corporation's roof helipad; inside were four corpses dressed in immaculate businesswear, staring straight into nothingness, and rigor mortis set to the perfect semi-reclining position of first class seating.
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Collin gripped the Polaroid between his forefinger and thumb, his gaze shifting between the picture and the land fading away in the distance.
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If anybody asked me (which never happened) about my favorite love story I would have doubtlessly answered "Ours."... Until yesterday. Love stories are always the best until they're over; just like any other story... But you get what I mean.
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It was the best of rhymes, it was the worst of rhymes. The opening line from my book about an aspiring rapper.
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So I finally won the lottery, and that's when everything got better!
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Long ago, in a time of magic and legend, a young boy struck out on a quest that would span ten years and ignite a great war, giving his very life in order to fight against the darkness of evil, ultimately bringing balance to the three forces of life: Courage, Wisdom and Power.
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Addy always knew she was special. I mean, everyone thinks that at some point, but she *knew*. Two, I know, but oh well.
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A single bullet is what ended the world.
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While the Paris Underground was a network of unused, abandoned, and obsolete tunnels, a few still temeed with life; this was a fact soon to be learned by university student John Mayfield, who just happened to be in the wrong place at the right time: his inexplicably low tolerance for alcohol was rivaled only by his lov...
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Two sentences, close enough. The Angler was in the basement, tending to his 'guests' when he suddenly found himself in a store. Knowing what to do, and without hesitation, his fishing rod sprang into action and he said "I gotcha a dollar..."
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I figured that in a place like this, the coffee would be better.
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Oh, OP. I love what you're doing here. Making people write the first sentence of a book they've always wanted to write, which would hopefully lead to another sentence and another and another...fantastic. Meta post btw, this isn't what the book I would write haha.
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He began his long night by watching the sun sink beneath the horizon, as he did every night.
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The New World smelled of smoke, as did the King's bedroom.
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Simon Schlusser was assumed to be many things, except for one minor point which he vehemently disagreed with - that he was real.
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It would have to be the blueberry waffles this time round, and he could already hear the screams that would accompany this revelation.
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Life is weird, but trust me death it's even weirder.
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I hold the key to a door I have not yet found.
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I'm feeling rather cold inside today, but apparently no one told the weather, because the freezing winds aren't improving my mood.
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"That monster is EATING my baby!!" screamed a nearby woman.
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"I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon. The drink packs a wallop and I pack a revolver."
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It had already been a few months since Zoren left Bunker 83 and yet he still could not get used to the ever present stench of sulfuric blood.
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The belief that Sarah's Autism would make her unable to understand everything she saw was foolish. Sarah knew enough to both ruin and save lives.
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The people who used to say that being alone in the universe is a terrifying concept deeply regretted their words after the Monaco event.
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There are a few... - The walk of the young warrior was the longest walk Mikaelus had ever walked, especially without companions. - Those dirty bastards in the north were up to something... that much was evident. - The sun was setting as I walked back to my dormitory after a short football practice.
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No one wanted me to tell this story, but I think I will anyway.
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"Bro, you can always buy a new arm, can't you?"
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I never thought I wanted to write a novel, but here we are.
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There was a man who lived everywhere and nowhere, he always wore the same leather duster and matching cap, his boots were scuffed and worn and he never lacked a smile on his aged face.
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Whispering or shouting made no difference, not a soul could understand me.
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