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[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | In a hurry he stepped into the bus. It was crowded, people were pushing to get in, maybe snatch that leftover seat. But there were barely any left. Most people who got on board ended up having to stand.
A long and tiring ride it was going to be. Especially so today. It had been a long day at work, completely tired Ni... | 64 | 0 | 279 | 8,700 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 279 | 8,701 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | *"They don't look familiar to you."* She sang. *"We came aboard in twos."*
"Yo! What's your deal?" Scott asked, gently elbowing the woman in the seat next to him.
"Pattern observation," She replied. "You want the window seat?"
"No. I'm fine." He said. "What do you mean pattern observation. Is that what you were sing... | 107 | 0 | 279 | 8,702 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | The Mickey Mouse watch on my left wrist tells me it's 12:47 PM. I board the bus with all the other passengers the crowded terminal. I don't recognize anybody on the bus. That's kind of unusual. It's a small city and we are all packed on to the college bus headed up to the college no doubt. Today, the passengers might a... | 13 | 0 | 279 | 8,703 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | The American traveler wakes from his nap on the European train, the stink of diesel exhaust and the noise of steel tracks slowly bringing him back to reality.
He leans and stretches and nearly hits someone walking in the aisle with his outstretched arm. "Sorry," he says as the person walking past smiles and says so... | 21 | 0 | 279 | 8,704 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | We were in for a long haul. Two more days crossing Siberian wastes until we could get off this infernal train. Hornby plopped down opposite me, a mad grin on his plum face. He lay a scotch down in front of me.
“Down the hatch, dear boy, it'll help you sleep” he said.
Hornby was one of the most gregarious men I'd ever... | 14 | 0 | 279 | 8,705 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 279 | 8,706 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | The terminal was empty when he scrambled up to the attractive, middle-aged woman who wore a generic flight attendant's uniform. She stood behind the small podium, smiling. On the wall, the signage indicated that the flight should have left 7 minutes ago.
"Shit, I'm sorry, here, I have my boarding pass, it's... it's...... | 38 | 0 | 279 | 8,707 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | The subway jolted as the brakes set us free. I wish these seats were more comfortable. It was bad enough that I had to rush to make the last train, but would it kill them to add a little cushioning? Slowly doing my best, breathing out and laying back to get relaxed. Its a long trip, might as well start the usual people... | 3 | 0 | 279 | 8,708 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | This 13 hour trip (so far) has got me feeling...angry? Not really angry in the traditional sense, but that's what is tearing in my gut and irritating the whole of me. You see, I feel like in this desert. Actually, i'm in a mirage in a desert. Everything in my life is according to plan, but it really isn't. Society ... | 3 | 0 | 279 | 8,709 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | I got on the subway only a couple of seconds before it started to move. There was an empty seat, though plenty of people were standing. I guess they just wanted to get off quickly when they came to their stops. Me, I was just happy to get off my feet after a long day of walking from place to place. I took the seat and ... | 10 | 0 | 279 | 8,710 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | May the gods bless us, is what I thought as the hatch sealed. The idea of space flight had always made me nervous and now I was going to take my ride to the heavens. We are a flight bound for the Titan Beta station, the largest of the Titan colony stations. I sit anxiously watching the crew do their pre-flight brief. I... | 3 | 0 | 279 | 8,711 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | You could tell the other passengers were getting restless with the train ride that felt like forever; the stale voice over the intercom finally speaks, "We have now reached your destination... Welcome to Hell"
A few gasps and murmurs break out, that's when I realize... We were all heading to an unknown destination.... | 1 | 0 | 279 | 8,712 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | Fredrick boards the train. It's crowded, packed tight. There almost no space to move. Everyone has the same emotion on their face. Grief. The heat of the car and the high screeches of children make the atmosphere tense. Their parent's try to calm their cries, but it's obvious to Fredrick its a half-hearted attempt. The... | 2 | 0 | 279 | 8,713 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | As I waited in line to board, I felt uneasy.
I caught the gaze of a girl my age, getting onto the same car but at the other end. She gave me a long look but did not smile. No wonder, I was looking my worst. Ratty shoes, my shirt was practically in pieces. But I wore my clothes proudly. Still, I understood why she did... | 3 | 0 | 279 | 8,714 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 279 | 8,715 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | I walk in, look at my ticket. Aisle 12, seat 5. I walk past the guy with the jacket. Wait till the lady with coat finds her seat. Sit next to the dude with the puffy sweater. It's pretty warm in here.
...remember this will be good.
Zip up my vest a bit.
Been a long time coming.
Excited for the trip.
Everything is on ti... | 5 | 0 | 279 | 8,716 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | It is so humid! I chose the worst outfit to wear on the hottest day. *Like a genius*.
The sweat is seeping through my dark red t-shirt. *Why, oh god, did I choose this color*?
Anyone with a keen eye will be able to make out the shape of my twig and berries through the outline of my sweat drenched basketball shorts. *I ... | 2 | 0 | 279 | 8,717 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | 'This is going to be a long flight' I muttered to myself as I boarded the commuter jet bound for Toronto.
After a three hour delay due to foggy conditions on the runway you could sense the amount of tension in the fuselage. On top of all this was the one thing you can't go on a commuter jet without avoiding. A scream... | 5 | 0 | 279 | 8,718 |
[WP] You boarded, took a seat, and are on your way to your destination. You don't recognize anyone, but that's common when travelling alone. Yet soon you realize, every single person around you, including you, shares the same secret... | At first, when I get on the train, I notice nothing unusual. The second class carriage is very crowded with a range of ages and races and clothing, though none of us look wealthy and nobody has kids with them. The crowding is made worse by the fact that every single one of us has a case, though I only realise this when... | 2 | 0 | 279 | 8,719 |
[WP] Transcript of the first non-human president’s inaugural address. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8,720 |
[WP] Transcript of the first non-human president’s inaugural address. | "I might not be Human, but I can show compassion nonetheless." | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8,721 |
[WP] Transcript of the first non-human president’s inaugural address. | "Ladies and Gentlemen, if you would please be seated."
"'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' These are the words which precluded the founding of our nation. Though the greatness of our founders cannot be debated, it cannot also be debated that their foresight was limited. For now ... | 9 | 0 | 13 | 8,722 |
[WP] Transcript of the first non-human president’s inaugural address. | >Ee ee ee ee ee ee,
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-Inaugural address, U.S.A. President-elect Mabel Flippers, February 6, 2236
>Ok, you're REALLY tired of the status quo, I get it. Now put me back in the ocean you crazy idiots!
-Translation by Dr. Ulrike Koken sent to UN Special Tribu... | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8,723 |
[WP] Transcript of the first non-human president’s inaugural address. | "Snork Snork, feeble Earth things!"
"As your new ruler and owner, I thank you for electing me to the position of champion of everything that exists forever. I understand that you believe that you had no choice in the matter, but I can assure you that you did. Dying was your second choice, and frankly, I would have pre... | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8,724 |
[PM] I like to write stuff. Prompt me? | A regular man wakes up from cryogenic sleep 1 billion years in the future. The future humans are awaiting his awakening. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8,725 |
[PM] I like to write stuff. Prompt me? | Your 6 year old son is shot with a harpoon gun by a clown at his birthday party. Explain how the events came to be. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8,726 |
[PM] I like to write stuff. Prompt me? | Write me a story that turns on a literal dime. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8,727 |
[PM] I like to write stuff. Prompt me? | Sharks develop a technology that allows them to walk on land
A prosthetic limb becomes sentient
After an apocalyptic war, an AI is discovered in MIT that the survivors worship as a god
Our protagonist discovers a journal or diary entry, we read it together, but they find a different meaning in it to most readers
S... | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8,728 |
[PM] I like to write stuff. Prompt me? | Write a short story of a compulsive liar, who ends up reaping what he sows. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8,729 |
[PM] I like to write stuff. Prompt me? | The witch who has been keeping Mount Haina geologically stable for the past six hundred years is running on the dregs of her mojo.
Her descendants, who think her nothing more than a legend, populate the town below.
On one hand, if she lets the volcano erupt, the energy will recharge her batteries to let her go on f... | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8,730 |
[PM] I like to write stuff. Prompt me? | A group of 4 teenagers are stuck in a cement box type room. There is only one door and it is locked shut. No windows. Only one makes it out alive. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8,731 |
[PM] I like to write stuff. Prompt me? | One afternoon in a food court, an old man is copying the actions of an amused little girl. She picks her nose and eats it, so he does the same. What happens next? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8,732 |
[PM] I like to write stuff. Prompt me? | Write a story about Jesus and Satan going to a bar together | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8,733 |
[CW] "If you put them together it was obvious to see, but I'd held them piece by piece, and my life was all the emptier for it." | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8,734 |
[CW] "If you put them together it was obvious to see, but I'd held them piece by piece, and my life was all the emptier for it." | Life is a puzzle, you know what I mean? It starts out this jumbled mess that you have no idea what to do with, but sooner or later you check the front of the box and have some idea of what it should look like. Eventually you start picking up pieces and trying to see if they fit together. You find the corners and put th... | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8,735 |
[CW] "If you put them together it was obvious to see, but I'd held them piece by piece, and my life was all the emptier for it." | I'm realizing now that there is so much left to know, and it's too late to know it all.
Glimpses are not enough.
Daryl and Cyrene are dead. Mazs is convulsing in the corner, moaning. Tears are staining the carpet. I can't stand to see her cry, but I can't help.
I am in a strange position. I'm sitting bolt-upright in... | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8,736 |
[CW] "If you put them together it was obvious to see, but I'd held them piece by piece, and my life was all the emptier for it." | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8,737 |
[CW] "If you put them together it was obvious to see, but I'd held them piece by piece, and my life was all the emptier for it." | It shouldn't have taken this long for me to learn this simple lesson. I was a goddamn fool. Wealth, power, love, family. They're all set in a convoluted web really. If you put them together it was obvious to see, but I'd held them piece by piece, and my life was all the emptier for it. I'd blindly chased down the seemi... | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8,738 |
[CW] "If you put them together it was obvious to see, but I'd held them piece by piece, and my life was all the emptier for it." | (Well, four days later, when I'm finally well enough to write a response, I'll do exactly that. Also, I fixed the prompt sentence, I felt it needed an additional comma.)
I'd been running my whole life.
I was pretty sure I'd known that for a while now. Like, I'd started "knowing" that a few months ago, maybe even a wh... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8,739 |
A news report in a world where Halloween decorations come alive and start the Apocalypse. |
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A news report in a world where Halloween decorations come alive and start the Apocalypse. | The end. That’s what some are saying about the hordes of discarded Halloween decorations that are storming the streets. Scientists are baffled as to why witches and ghosts that were until moments ago composed of plastic and paper are suddenly flesh and… whatever it is that ghosts are made of. Emergency crews have been ... | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8,741 |
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After inheriting a small plot of land from your rich uncle, you declare independence and start your own country. |
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After inheriting a small plot of land from your rich uncle, you declare independence and start your own country. | You could cite any number of reasons why I had to break away from rest of the world. It wasn’t because I was on some crazy new-money power trip. It wasn’t an act of opportunity. Nor was it some commentary on the rules imposed upon the masses or an act of defiance. The truth is much simpler.
It was an accident, a cleri... | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8,744 |
Prompt me. I need a kind of Twilight Zone-esque short play on 5 (child) soldiers waiting. [PM] | Maybe they are all friends, and try to run away from the camp they are in, maybe they just want to play football. I see some sort of corn fields where they might be running, being chased maybe ? That's all i got.
Edit. Sorry i have no idea what twilight zone is.. | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8,745 |
Prompt me. I need a kind of Twilight Zone-esque short play on 5 (child) soldiers waiting. [PM] | The soldiers are waiting for their commander to teach them how to tag prompts correctly - that is, with the tag first. (eg. [WP] A man is prompted.)
Alternatively, they were killed right as a battle started, and this intensely fearful moment before is Hell. | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8,746 |
Prompt me. I need a kind of Twilight Zone-esque short play on 5 (child) soldiers waiting. [PM] | 5 child soldiers are waiting in a lonely location for further instructions, from whom? In the midst of waiting, 2 of the children come up with an evil scheme, but what? | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8,747 |
Prompt me. I need a kind of Twilight Zone-esque short play on 5 (child) soldiers waiting. [PM] | Five apparitions approach. At first the child soldiers think they are ghosts, but when they get closer the apparitions clearly look like the five of them, each a spectral twin to one of the children. | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8,748 |
Prompt me. I need a kind of Twilight Zone-esque short play on 5 (child) soldiers waiting. [PM] | They've been forbidden to leave until their commander arrives, on pain of execution. Although they do not know it, their commander--their entire unit--has been destroyed.
It's been three weeks. They're long out of food. They've eaten their boots.
And the fat one's looking a bit unsteady on his feet.
Tell the story o... | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8,749 |
Prompt me. I need a kind of Twilight Zone-esque short play on 5 (child) soldiers waiting. [PM] | One of them goes through a chest they pillaged from a neighboring village recently dropped off by one of the adult soldiers. The chest is beaten up and full of holes. When its cracked open it contains a little girl inside, huddling and scared. She keeps repeating, "Don't hurt me! Don't rape me!" over and over again. ... | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8,750 |
Prompt me. I need a kind of Twilight Zone-esque short play on 5 (child) soldiers waiting. [PM] | > *[PM] Prompt Me posts - Only post these if you intend on responding to a few within six hours of posting, otherwise it will be removed.* | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8,751 |
[EU] You are aboard the first ship to use a Mass Effect Relay. What happens before, during and after? | [If you're going to bring up an established universe, make sure you know that there is already an established "first."](http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Jon_Grissom)
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[WP] Dinner party guests realize they can hear each other's thoughts, but only while seated at the table. | Cannot wait to read these! | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8,753 |
[WP] Dinner party guests realize they can hear each other's thoughts, but only while seated at the table. | Ted Clark was rather excited to enjoy a lovely dinner, however it seemed like everyone was adamant about standing this entire evening. How bothersome. What's the point in having hexed seats if everyone knows about it? | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8,754 |
[WP] Dinner party guests realize they can hear each other's thoughts, but only while seated at the table. | It was instant. Far more instant than what Mr Sheffield had expected. It was a sudden influx of thoughts, ideas, hopes, aspirations and fears...which is what you'd expect from this particular table. He saw it on the faces of the other guests, they would have all been informed of their hosts choice in furniture but it i... | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8,755 |
[WP] Dinner party guests realize they can hear each other's thoughts, but only while seated at the table. | James frozen in his sight, “You are the only one I’ve ever loved”.
Even though they were only lovers, the young mans eyes gazed at a short black hair, brown-eyed beauty sitting across from him. Covering her small frame a long-sleeved black and white shirt. An infinity scarf accentuated her powerful and charming beau... | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8,756 |
[WP] Dinner party guests realize they can hear each other's thoughts, but only while seated at the table. | Dave slunk halfway into the chair, scowling as he pulled out his phone.
*God, I don't wanna be here.*
Dave nodded along as though agreeing with himself. He checked his Facebook and Instagram, humming to drown out the sea of conversation floating in from the kitchen. A quick glance up. He locked eyes with Larry at th... | 9 | 0 | 19 | 8,757 |
[WP] Dinner party guests realize they can hear each other's thoughts, but only while seated at the table. | Jenny readjusts the plastic tea kettle, smiles, and asks, "Anymore tea, Mr. Wiggles?" She is seated around a small piece of lawn furniture with all her toys.
The little teddy bear sits, staring into space.
"Oh, of course, I forgot about your health problems," she says as she reaches over and kisses the stuffed ani... | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8,758 |
[WP] Dinner party guests realize they can hear each other's thoughts, but only while seated at the table. | *If there’s one thing Howe’s good at*, Oliver Sutton thought as he passed through the heavy oak doors and into the main hall, *it’s putting on a damn good show.*
Harold W. Howe made it his business to throw the most extravagant parties in all of Oxfordshire. A retiree of the Royal Navy, the distinguished admiral retr... | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8,759 |
[WP] Dinner party guests realize they can hear each other's thoughts, but only while seated at the table. |
"Oh, darling. Don't sit there," the Captain singsonged down from the dais as if unveiling a wonderful surprise. "Sit up here with me!"
The hall broke out in cheers and laughter as the lieutenants rushed down the aisle to the back of the room. A porter caught her arm just as she was about to sit in the chair that her ... | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8,760 |
[WP] You are a time traveler attempting to stop the Sale witch trials. | hope you mean Salem | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8,761 |
[WP] You are a time traveler attempting to stop the Sale witch trials. | "She's a witch! Burn her! Burn her!"
"Shut up, dumbass, we don't burn our witches anymore! That's illegal!"
"Oh. Well what do we do then?"
"Put 'em on trial like any other criminal, just shutup and watch!"
In front of those two people was a crowd, of which I was a part. In front of the crowd was a judge, attorney, ... | 6 | 0 | 5 | 8,762 |
[WP] You are a time traveler attempting to stop the Sale witch trials. | A flash of blue light, a moment of disorientation, and I was there. On the outskirts of Salem Town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. There was no way to be certain, but if everything had gone to plan, the date was February 10th, 1692. I was to stop the barbarity of the Salem Witch Trials before the started.
Much of the... | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8,763 |
[WP] A vehemently anti-marijuana woman finds her husband's stash. | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8,764 |
[WP] A vehemently anti-marijuana woman finds her husband's stash. | Natasha stared silently at the box. She'd seen many pictures, of course...so many posters and pamphlets. Late nights making placards for demonstrations, or just researching talking points for speeches. But there it was, in the flesh (so to speak): Bud. Mary Jane. Wacky Tobaccy.
Not knowing what to do, she closed the b... | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8,765 |
[WP] A vehemently anti-marijuana woman finds her husband's stash. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8,766 |
[WP] A vehemently anti-marijuana woman finds her husband's stash. | Fauna let out a blood curdling scream when she moved back the bed.
Behind it was a Rugged shaggy lump, glistening with silver whiskers and a light trickle of blood, her husband's stash.
She knew that her Harold never shaved; even considered the very act of placing a razor to the skin to be a greater sin than smokin... | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8,767 |
[WP] Your guardian angel comes out of hiding and reveals itself to you. It needs to let you know something important, and risked everything to tell you. What is it? | Never allow the one who knocks 4 times in. | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8,768 |
[WP] Your guardian angel comes out of hiding and reveals itself to you. It needs to let you know something important, and risked everything to tell you. What is it? | "There's something I need to tell you."
"What's that?" Paul asked.
"You're probably not going to believe it but, at least for now, that doesn't matter. I just need you to listen to what I'm going to say."
Paul look over at Simon who was sitting in the driver's seat. He still wasn't sure where exactly he knew Simo... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8,769 |
[WP] A "punishment machine" is invented and utilized in US prisons. (INFO INSIDE) | What if they need to defend themselves? | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8,770 |
[WP] A "punishment machine" is invented and utilized in US prisons. (INFO INSIDE) | "Good morning, Mr..." She extends her hand towards mine.
"Wilson." I raise my hand to shake hers.
"Ah! Yes! I'm sorry for not remembering your name. I've had too much to deal with today. Would you like to sit down?" She was quite attractive. Young, too. Even with her hair and her demeanor as frazzled as could be, she... | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8,771 |
[WP] A "punishment machine" is invented and utilized in US prisons. (INFO INSIDE) | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8,772 |
[WP] A house burning down from the perspective of the fire. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8,773 |
[WP] A house burning down from the perspective of the fire. | I was an accident.
My mother really didn't mean to spawn me; she hated me in her last moments. I longed for her attention, but never got it. I know I acted out as a child. I ran all over the place, making a horrible mess wherever I went. She just lay there. I didn't know it then, but she had died to give me life. ... | 18 | 1 | 21 | 8,774 |
[WP] A house burning down from the perspective of the fire. | I'm kinda new to this sub, so I'm not entirely sure if I'm supposed to post this here, but I had fun writing it and thought I'd share. Thanks for the prompt!
They say life is short. I guess that depends on your life span. For me, life is long, and I like to savor every minute of it.
I was born from a candle. A litt... | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8,775 |
[WP] A house burning down from the perspective of the fire. | Most of you won't ever know for yourselves the glee I felt when she tipped that fucking candle over.
I had spent my whole life yearning to explore, to feast, to rise up. I flickered there for an eternity, my long bright fingers grasping impotently into the darkness while she primped herself at that delectable looking... | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8,776 |
[WP] A house burning down from the perspective of the fire. | I was conceived on their wedding night. Flower petals, bubble bath, champagne, candles. The whole nine yards. I was in the bathroom, flickering sensually during the bath. I saw the robe come off, I saw the lingerie come off, I saw him carry her off, wet and bubbly, to the bedroom. In the excitement, they had forgotten ... | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8,777 |
[WP] A house burning down from the perspective of the fire. | The dance.
The sacred dance, older than time itself.
The first step is the spark. A brief and bright touch to test the partner, to initiate contact.
If the partner is willing, the spark will take the second step and grow, the touch will become longer lasting and brighter. It will spread, gliding across smooth surfa... | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8,778 |
[WP] A house burning down from the perspective of the fire. | This thing that I feel--caged.... Why--why--why--don’t they see I’m not just something to be watched--to be enjoyed. Life--that’s what I am. Death--that’s what I am.
Never getting a chance--never getting a moment of my own. Stuck to their routine--awoken when all I wish to do is sleep. This is not a life--this is not ... | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8,779 |
[WP] A house burning down from the perspective of the fire. | Alive.
I flicker, timid.
I quiver, uncertain.
My new fingers stretch.
Hungry.
There is food here. Good food.
Starving.
I dip and rise, feeling, reaching, consuming.
Insatiable.
Faster now. I duck and weave. Tasting. Breathing.
Quaking and shifting all around me. Tumbling down and away.
But I am hot. I am fa... | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8,780 |
[WP] A house burning down from the perspective of the fire. | She never loved me. I was just a tool for her, a source of temporary gratification. I provide her warmth on a chilly evening, but what of me when the flamboyant sun rises? I provide her nutritious balanced meals, but what of me when that pompous new restaurant opens? I am there at her every whim. She conjures me to her... | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8,781 |
[WP] A house burning down from the perspective of the fire. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8,782 |
[FF] There is a street urchin singing on the side walk ahead. | Bodies passed to and fro. Everyone walked with a purpose. To get to work, to get to the store, to get home. No matter where, no one hesitated in their steps; the stinging winter wind pushed them on. Heads sunk into scarves, hands stuffed into pockets, everyone walked, without so much as a sidelong glance. If they had b... | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8,783 |
[FF] There is a street urchin singing on the side walk ahead. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8,784 |
[IP] "Speak the truth even if your voice shakes" | 'How could this happen to me?'
That was the only thought running through Eric's mind as he ran up to his room and locked the door behind him. He shivered in need as he sprinted to his desk and threw down his latest buy. His hands shook as he poured the delicious white powder in the spoon he always kept with him and li... | 6 | 0 | 16 | 8,785 |
[IP] "Speak the truth even if your voice shakes" | They were going to kill me. That much was certain. They hired the best prosecutor on planet. The most respected judge presided. Like an old book I once read, The case against [me] was open and shut. The only thing missing was something to charge [me] with. I was nice enough to give them one. Treason, murder, espionage,... | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8,786 |
[WP] A character in a story realizes they're in a story, and that they'll cease to exist when the story ends | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8,787 |
[WP] A character in a story realizes they're in a story, and that they'll cease to exist when the story ends | Protagonist number 45. This time they called him Luke, but he knew who he really was; son of the archetype. He could feel the story coming to a close, a final resolution. It was all there; the happy ending, the celebration, the fall of the empire, his victory over the darkness. He was happy. And then fear began to cree... | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8,788 |
[WP] A character in a story realizes they're in a story, and that they'll cease to exist when the story ends | She unpinned her veil. There wasn’t much time.
A bluebird alighted on the windowsill, and she picked up her old game of talking to it as if it were human. “Oh, don’t look at me like that! I do love him, and I know he’ll be terribly hurt by all this. But he’ll have his court and his crown and… other balls, magnificent... | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8,789 |
[WP] A character in a story realizes they're in a story, and that they'll cease to exist when the story ends | Hey, you. Yeah you. The person reading this right now. I'm talking to you. I don't know if you're trying to answer me, it appears this is a one-way communication.
Is it true what it says above? I'm not going to exist once this story ends? There has to be something I can do. I don't want to end up like Luke.
Ca... | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8,790 |
[WP] A character in a story realizes they're in a story, and that they'll cease to exist when the story ends | This reminds me of *Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead* | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8,791 |
[WP] A character in a story realizes they're in a story, and that they'll cease to exist when the story ends | 'Help.'
Naomi cried into the air. She pulled on her long, brown hair.
In fright, she started talking to the sky, as if in conversation with a being from a another dimension. But she knows. She only continues as you read. Some might assume she was crazy, but you would also have troubling, depressing dark thoughts enter... | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8,792 |
[WP] A character in a story realizes they're in a story, and that they'll cease to exist when the story ends | “So as I was saying, I walked up to the bouncer and I was all like ‘sup man’ and thegllebflibglab!“ Chad’s story was cut short by John’s hand.
“Shshshhhhh. Listen. Do you hear it? It’s happening again! No. No no no nononono. He’s in our heads, he’s trying to tell us what to say! What to do. We can’t stop him. We… we…”... | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8,793 |
[WP] A character in a story realizes they're in a story, and that they'll cease to exist when the story ends | Once upon a time there lived a beautiful princess in a fairy castle. On the morning of her sixteenth birthday, the princess was to be married to an enchanted pig --
... A pig? Oh for heaven's sake, the frog was quite enough. Do you think I don't know what this is? I've been in fairy tales before. You know how I can t... | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8,794 |
[WP] A character in a story realizes they're in a story, and that they'll cease to exist when the story ends | Hey. The story ended a while ago. Please don't forget about me. If you do, I'll die. This universe will end. You know, like the heat death of your universe? It'll be all over for me. And my wife. And my children. As well as my friends. I don't want it to be over. I just want to live a happy ending with my fa... | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8,795 |
[WP] A character in a story realizes they're in a story, and that they'll cease to exist when the story ends | This ended up a little bit off from the original prompt, but ill post it here anyways.
A creation of fiction, but this is not conscription.
For the love of my life
Is here by my side
And as she kisses my lips, this is not goodbye.
For every time these words are read
Is another life which I can spend
Born into her arms... | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8,796 |
[WP] Save someone who doesn't think they need saving. | 15 days since Day Z. Journal entry Nr.7
I did not know what to do when Joachim fell. Everything seemed to be going good, there was no one in sight, we waited for 2 days before going to the fire station, looking around the whole time. It seemed fine, we would come in, take new clothes from the locker rooms, search for ... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8,797 |
[WP] Save someone who doesn't think they need saving. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8,798 |
[WP] The sexiest chapter in a children's book adaptation of 50 Shades of Gray. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8,799 |
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