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[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | There it was, my favorite snack laid out in orderly fashion at the front of the store. I reach to grab one when, suddenly, I catch I glimpse of a small rectangular pad of papers. Its a coupon that makes my favorite snack only $0.50. Attached to the coupon were 3 others, so I decided to make use of them and buy 4 boxes.... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | 'It's what you've always wanted, David!'. She's exasperated with me, and by this point, it's understandable - but she *doesn't* understand. It's what I wanted to work towards, with *her*.
'Sarah, can you please be rational for one second? You are here. Your family are here. Your mother is in hospital here, with... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | The economy certainly hasn't improved in my town, despite what the news claims. Stores are constantly closing, even well-run cafes or pizza shops! When I have been in town, it's a traffic battle with either tow trucks on the lookout for their next job or mud trucks heading out to the mountain to get a cheaper, long las... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | She was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. I happened to be walking under her balcony when I heard her gasp. I looked up, just in time to see something flash in the sunlight. The ring dropped right into my shirt pocket. We had a long conversation, I fell in love. She'd received the engagement ring that very m... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | I glanced down at my phone, and my heart nearly stopped. I leaped out of my seat, "YES!". My voice echoed around the room - I couldn't believe it, I was going to Harvard.
The silence confused me for a moment - why were none of my family members happy for me? I turned around, facing glares from everyone else.
...Yeah,... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | I couldn't believe it.
A $50 bill just lying in the middle of the sidewalk. I half-expected to chase it down the street as it was dragged by some rich Uncle Pennybags-type. Fortunately, it stayed still as I reached down to grab it. I was already thinking about how I could spend it. Maybe that Criterion Jacques Tati b... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | Sweat begins to bead on my brow. It's all in your head. The psychiatrist is right. There is nothing wrong with what's about to happen. I quickly grab the Preparation H, and the generic stool softener. The doctor wants my fiber above 30 grams. It's normal. Nothing wrong. I quickly glance in all directions. No sirens. No... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | She is the prettiest girl I have ever seen and I am convinced she is the prettiest I ever will see. Everything about her is all I could ever ask for. She's smart, funny, has a wonderful personality and she adores everything about me. We met incredibly randomly, I was studying abroad in South Korea and we met on a layov... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "Sir, I've been hired by the firm of Goldenfarb and Roskowitz to tell you that you are the sole inheritor of a massive fortune from your Great Aunt Mildred. You are now a billionaire with rights to the estate of Chauncery Gardens."
Numbly, I raised my hand to mouth. So much money. All the bills that had piled up, ever... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "All in," I said, flipping my pocket queens over. "Queens full of sevens."
The table - and the rail, groaned.
The dealer said: "Sir, once again, I must remind you that have to wait for your opponent to actually *call* your bet before you reveal your hand." | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | I crouched behind the huge ventilation duct as my heart pounded. The footsteps of the cops moved slowly closer to my position. They shout warnings to me, my rights, just to come out. I don't listen. I've heard this a thousand times and it's starting to get a little old. Closing my eyes, I sprint for the edge of the roo... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "We did it, Babe. We found the cure. We've worked so long for this, and it's here at last. Kim says approval will still be a haul, but the FDA has a new process in place to fast-track therapies that look particularly promising, and he's pretty sure we qualify."
He reached his hand out, tracing the letters on the st... | I was a captive of war torn somalia. My refugee camp was raided and myself and seveal other volunteers were taken hostage. Think I'll ng we had valuable information we were told we would be tortured until we told everything we know. I was plicked first from the dark cellar we were being held in. They brought me to an o... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | Sweat begins to bead on my brow. It's all in your head. The psychiatrist is right. There is nothing wrong with what's about to happen. I quickly grab the Preparation H, and the generic stool softener. The doctor wants my fiber above 30 grams. It's normal. Nothing wrong. I quickly glance in all directions. No sirens. No... | There it was, my favorite snack laid out in orderly fashion at the front of the store. I reach to grab one when, suddenly, I catch I glimpse of a small rectangular pad of papers. Its a coupon that makes my favorite snack only $0.50. Attached to the coupon were 3 others, so I decided to make use of them and buy 4 boxes.... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "All in," I said, flipping my pocket queens over. "Queens full of sevens."
The table - and the rail, groaned.
The dealer said: "Sir, once again, I must remind you that have to wait for your opponent to actually *call* your bet before you reveal your hand." | There it was, my favorite snack laid out in orderly fashion at the front of the store. I reach to grab one when, suddenly, I catch I glimpse of a small rectangular pad of papers. Its a coupon that makes my favorite snack only $0.50. Attached to the coupon were 3 others, so I decided to make use of them and buy 4 boxes.... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "All in," I said, flipping my pocket queens over. "Queens full of sevens."
The table - and the rail, groaned.
The dealer said: "Sir, once again, I must remind you that have to wait for your opponent to actually *call* your bet before you reveal your hand." | 'It's what you've always wanted, David!'. She's exasperated with me, and by this point, it's understandable - but she *doesn't* understand. It's what I wanted to work towards, with *her*.
'Sarah, can you please be rational for one second? You are here. Your family are here. Your mother is in hospital here, with... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | I couldn't believe it.
A $50 bill just lying in the middle of the sidewalk. I half-expected to chase it down the street as it was dragged by some rich Uncle Pennybags-type. Fortunately, it stayed still as I reached down to grab it. I was already thinking about how I could spend it. Maybe that Criterion Jacques Tati b... | The economy certainly hasn't improved in my town, despite what the news claims. Stores are constantly closing, even well-run cafes or pizza shops! When I have been in town, it's a traffic battle with either tow trucks on the lookout for their next job or mud trucks heading out to the mountain to get a cheaper, long las... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | Sweat begins to bead on my brow. It's all in your head. The psychiatrist is right. There is nothing wrong with what's about to happen. I quickly grab the Preparation H, and the generic stool softener. The doctor wants my fiber above 30 grams. It's normal. Nothing wrong. I quickly glance in all directions. No sirens. No... | The economy certainly hasn't improved in my town, despite what the news claims. Stores are constantly closing, even well-run cafes or pizza shops! When I have been in town, it's a traffic battle with either tow trucks on the lookout for their next job or mud trucks heading out to the mountain to get a cheaper, long las... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "All in," I said, flipping my pocket queens over. "Queens full of sevens."
The table - and the rail, groaned.
The dealer said: "Sir, once again, I must remind you that have to wait for your opponent to actually *call* your bet before you reveal your hand." | The economy certainly hasn't improved in my town, despite what the news claims. Stores are constantly closing, even well-run cafes or pizza shops! When I have been in town, it's a traffic battle with either tow trucks on the lookout for their next job or mud trucks heading out to the mountain to get a cheaper, long las... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "We did it, Babe. We found the cure. We've worked so long for this, and it's here at last. Kim says approval will still be a haul, but the FDA has a new process in place to fast-track therapies that look particularly promising, and he's pretty sure we qualify."
He reached his hand out, tracing the letters on the st... | The economy certainly hasn't improved in my town, despite what the news claims. Stores are constantly closing, even well-run cafes or pizza shops! When I have been in town, it's a traffic battle with either tow trucks on the lookout for their next job or mud trucks heading out to the mountain to get a cheaper, long las... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "All in," I said, flipping my pocket queens over. "Queens full of sevens."
The table - and the rail, groaned.
The dealer said: "Sir, once again, I must remind you that have to wait for your opponent to actually *call* your bet before you reveal your hand." | She was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. I happened to be walking under her balcony when I heard her gasp. I looked up, just in time to see something flash in the sunlight. The ring dropped right into my shirt pocket. We had a long conversation, I fell in love. She'd received the engagement ring that very m... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "We did it, Babe. We found the cure. We've worked so long for this, and it's here at last. Kim says approval will still be a haul, but the FDA has a new process in place to fast-track therapies that look particularly promising, and he's pretty sure we qualify."
He reached his hand out, tracing the letters on the st... | She was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. I happened to be walking under her balcony when I heard her gasp. I looked up, just in time to see something flash in the sunlight. The ring dropped right into my shirt pocket. We had a long conversation, I fell in love. She'd received the engagement ring that very m... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "All in," I said, flipping my pocket queens over. "Queens full of sevens."
The table - and the rail, groaned.
The dealer said: "Sir, once again, I must remind you that have to wait for your opponent to actually *call* your bet before you reveal your hand." | I glanced down at my phone, and my heart nearly stopped. I leaped out of my seat, "YES!". My voice echoed around the room - I couldn't believe it, I was going to Harvard.
The silence confused me for a moment - why were none of my family members happy for me? I turned around, facing glares from everyone else.
...Yeah,... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "We did it, Babe. We found the cure. We've worked so long for this, and it's here at last. Kim says approval will still be a haul, but the FDA has a new process in place to fast-track therapies that look particularly promising, and he's pretty sure we qualify."
He reached his hand out, tracing the letters on the st... | I glanced down at my phone, and my heart nearly stopped. I leaped out of my seat, "YES!". My voice echoed around the room - I couldn't believe it, I was going to Harvard.
The silence confused me for a moment - why were none of my family members happy for me? I turned around, facing glares from everyone else.
...Yeah,... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "All in," I said, flipping my pocket queens over. "Queens full of sevens."
The table - and the rail, groaned.
The dealer said: "Sir, once again, I must remind you that have to wait for your opponent to actually *call* your bet before you reveal your hand." | I couldn't believe it.
A $50 bill just lying in the middle of the sidewalk. I half-expected to chase it down the street as it was dragged by some rich Uncle Pennybags-type. Fortunately, it stayed still as I reached down to grab it. I was already thinking about how I could spend it. Maybe that Criterion Jacques Tati b... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "All in," I said, flipping my pocket queens over. "Queens full of sevens."
The table - and the rail, groaned.
The dealer said: "Sir, once again, I must remind you that have to wait for your opponent to actually *call* your bet before you reveal your hand." | Sweat begins to bead on my brow. It's all in your head. The psychiatrist is right. There is nothing wrong with what's about to happen. I quickly grab the Preparation H, and the generic stool softener. The doctor wants my fiber above 30 grams. It's normal. Nothing wrong. I quickly glance in all directions. No sirens. No... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "All in," I said, flipping my pocket queens over. "Queens full of sevens."
The table - and the rail, groaned.
The dealer said: "Sir, once again, I must remind you that have to wait for your opponent to actually *call* your bet before you reveal your hand." | She is the prettiest girl I have ever seen and I am convinced she is the prettiest I ever will see. Everything about her is all I could ever ask for. She's smart, funny, has a wonderful personality and she adores everything about me. We met incredibly randomly, I was studying abroad in South Korea and we met on a layov... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "We did it, Babe. We found the cure. We've worked so long for this, and it's here at last. Kim says approval will still be a haul, but the FDA has a new process in place to fast-track therapies that look particularly promising, and he's pretty sure we qualify."
He reached his hand out, tracing the letters on the st... | She is the prettiest girl I have ever seen and I am convinced she is the prettiest I ever will see. Everything about her is all I could ever ask for. She's smart, funny, has a wonderful personality and she adores everything about me. We met incredibly randomly, I was studying abroad in South Korea and we met on a layov... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "All in," I said, flipping my pocket queens over. "Queens full of sevens."
The table - and the rail, groaned.
The dealer said: "Sir, once again, I must remind you that have to wait for your opponent to actually *call* your bet before you reveal your hand." | "Sir, I've been hired by the firm of Goldenfarb and Roskowitz to tell you that you are the sole inheritor of a massive fortune from your Great Aunt Mildred. You are now a billionaire with rights to the estate of Chauncery Gardens."
Numbly, I raised my hand to mouth. So much money. All the bills that had piled up, ever... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "We did it, Babe. We found the cure. We've worked so long for this, and it's here at last. Kim says approval will still be a haul, but the FDA has a new process in place to fast-track therapies that look particularly promising, and he's pretty sure we qualify."
He reached his hand out, tracing the letters on the st... | "Sir, I've been hired by the firm of Goldenfarb and Roskowitz to tell you that you are the sole inheritor of a massive fortune from your Great Aunt Mildred. You are now a billionaire with rights to the estate of Chauncery Gardens."
Numbly, I raised my hand to mouth. So much money. All the bills that had piled up, ever... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | I crouched behind the huge ventilation duct as my heart pounded. The footsteps of the cops moved slowly closer to my position. They shout warnings to me, my rights, just to come out. I don't listen. I've heard this a thousand times and it's starting to get a little old. Closing my eyes, I sprint for the edge of the roo... | I met the love of my life 3 years ago, and I instantly fell deeply, completely in love with her, as she did with me. We spent every spare moment with each other that we could, forgoing other more pressing matters. But we never could be physical with each other, she'd gotten married the week before I met yet. | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "We did it, Babe. We found the cure. We've worked so long for this, and it's here at last. Kim says approval will still be a haul, but the FDA has a new process in place to fast-track therapies that look particularly promising, and he's pretty sure we qualify."
He reached his hand out, tracing the letters on the st... | I met the love of my life 3 years ago, and I instantly fell deeply, completely in love with her, as she did with me. We spent every spare moment with each other that we could, forgoing other more pressing matters. But we never could be physical with each other, she'd gotten married the week before I met yet. | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "We did it, Babe. We found the cure. We've worked so long for this, and it's here at last. Kim says approval will still be a haul, but the FDA has a new process in place to fast-track therapies that look particularly promising, and he's pretty sure we qualify."
He reached his hand out, tracing the letters on the st... | I crouched behind the huge ventilation duct as my heart pounded. The footsteps of the cops moved slowly closer to my position. They shout warnings to me, my rights, just to come out. I don't listen. I've heard this a thousand times and it's starting to get a little old. Closing my eyes, I sprint for the edge of the roo... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "We did it, Babe. We found the cure. We've worked so long for this, and it's here at last. Kim says approval will still be a haul, but the FDA has a new process in place to fast-track therapies that look particularly promising, and he's pretty sure we qualify."
He reached his hand out, tracing the letters on the st... | It was my final exam, one more exam and I'm home free. One more exam and this school is completely behind me. Just three, more hours. You see, I hate going to school. Mainly because ever since birth, I've had miraculous luck, but it strikes at the worst times. For example, last week I found the winning lottery ticket f... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "Oh! A penny!"
I reach down and pick it up - because, of course, all day I'll have good luck. It's shiny, pre-80s, copper out of circulation. The brightness of it makes me wince in the dim light of the funeral home.
Somebody coughs. I look up from the coin and the pastor is glaring at me. So are most of my family... | It was my final exam, one more exam and I'm home free. One more exam and this school is completely behind me. Just three, more hours. You see, I hate going to school. Mainly because ever since birth, I've had miraculous luck, but it strikes at the worst times. For example, last week I found the winning lottery ticket f... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | I exited my house, only to hear the loud bang of a gun before my vision faded to darkness.
Upon waking up in the hospital, the doctors had explained that I walked out of my house at the worst of timings; a man was mugging my neighbor in front of my door for whatever reason. 'Was I shot?' I had asked, only now noticing... | It was my final exam, one more exam and I'm home free. One more exam and this school is completely behind me. Just three, more hours. You see, I hate going to school. Mainly because ever since birth, I've had miraculous luck, but it strikes at the worst times. For example, last week I found the winning lottery ticket f... | |
[WP] You have the gift of fantastic luck, and the curse of horrible timing. In three paragraphs or less, give me a glimpse of your life. | "....and the final ball is 23. For all you home viewers that was 4 - 11 - 37 - 22 - 18 and 23. Hope we have a winner out there. Goodnight everyone."
Motherfucker. They were my numbers from last week. Again. | Ha! Pregnant on the first try! My husband and I had decided to try just this month, after waiting for two years, and on the very first try we nailed it. Pun not really intended. I jump up and down for joy. This is amazing. I’ve got to tell Susie right away.
I run down the stairs and hop into my car to pop over to Susi... | |
[WP] write a story that is depressing when read normally, but encouraging when read backwards | Thats very encouraging, exactley what i wanted | Good job, very well written | |
[WP] write a story that is depressing when read normally, but encouraging when read backwards | She comes in for a kiss.
He asks her the question.
She says no.
He turns to leave, forever. | Good job, very well written | |
[WP] write a story that is depressing when read normally, but encouraging when read backwards | She comes in for a kiss.
He asks her the question.
She says no.
He turns to leave, forever. | Thats very encouraging, exactley what i wanted | |
So the game is this: we'll start with one word, then each comment would add one word after the text, thus forming a story written by (hopefully) many redditors. I know this is not actually a prompt but I think this would be fun and inspire people to write.
 
>I'll start with:
>The
 
Edit1: ... | [WP] How about each of us comment to add one word only and write a story together? | The clouds covered my porch whilst I sat erect Chinese style and read | clouds |
So the game is this: we'll start with one word, then each comment would add one word after the text, thus forming a story written by (hopefully) many redditors. I know this is not actually a prompt but I think this would be fun and inspire people to write.
 
>I'll start with:
>The
 
Edit1: ... | [WP] How about each of us comment to add one word only and write a story together? | The clouds covered my porch whilst I sat erect Chinese style and read | Whilst |
So the game is this: we'll start with one word, then each comment would add one word after the text, thus forming a story written by (hopefully) many redditors. I know this is not actually a prompt but I think this would be fun and inspire people to write.
 
>I'll start with:
>The
 
Edit1: ... | [WP] How about each of us comment to add one word only and write a story together? | The clouds covered my porch whilst I sat erect Chinese style and read |
The clouds covered my porch whilst I sat erect
|
So the game is this: we'll start with one word, then each comment would add one word after the text, thus forming a story written by (hopefully) many redditors. I know this is not actually a prompt but I think this would be fun and inspire people to write.
 
>I'll start with:
>The
 
Edit1: ... | [WP] How about each of us comment to add one word only and write a story together? | The clouds covered my porch whilst I sat erect Chinese style and read | The clouds covered my porch whilst I sat erect Chinese |
So the game is this: we'll start with one word, then each comment would add one word after the text, thus forming a story written by (hopefully) many redditors. I know this is not actually a prompt but I think this would be fun and inspire people to write.
 
>I'll start with:
>The
 
Edit1: ... | [WP] How about each of us comment to add one word only and write a story together? | The clouds covered my porch whilst I sat erect Chinese style and read | The clouds covered my porch whilst I sat erect Chinese style |
So the game is this: we'll start with one word, then each comment would add one word after the text, thus forming a story written by (hopefully) many redditors. I know this is not actually a prompt but I think this would be fun and inspire people to write.
 
>I'll start with:
>The
 
Edit1: ... | [WP] How about each of us comment to add one word only and write a story together? | The clouds covered my porch whilst I sat erect Chinese style and read | The clouds covered my porch whilst I sat erect Chinese style and |
[WP] Random people keep thanking you, and you're not sure why. | At first it was a slightly overweight mother with her three boys. "I've made a lot of progress and now I'm able to keep up with the kids." She turned to her boys who each gave me a quick, but strong thank you.
Then it was a little girl wearing dark shades. She was about 12 years old and came with her abuela. The littl... | It was an average boring afternoon, tapping away on the keyboard like some corporate automaton. Suddenly, a flash of red danced at the corner of my eye.
"Hey, Con. I'd like to thank you. Everyone really appreciates what you did."
Sharp pinpoints of brown freckled her face. I thought I saw the Big Dipper in there.
"... | |
[WP] Random people keep thanking you, and you're not sure why. | Obama had sat at his computer desk for hours, clicking, clicking. When he'd seen enough he yelled, so that his wife could hear him from the next room. "Michelle, I didn't *do* any of these things!" | It was an average boring afternoon, tapping away on the keyboard like some corporate automaton. Suddenly, a flash of red danced at the corner of my eye.
"Hey, Con. I'd like to thank you. Everyone really appreciates what you did."
Sharp pinpoints of brown freckled her face. I thought I saw the Big Dipper in there.
"... | |
[WP] Random people keep thanking you, and you're not sure why. | At first it was a slightly overweight mother with her three boys. "I've made a lot of progress and now I'm able to keep up with the kids." She turned to her boys who each gave me a quick, but strong thank you.
Then it was a little girl wearing dark shades. She was about 12 years old and came with her abuela. The littl... | You keep giving them famine, war, diseases, natural disasters. They simply won't stop. | |
[WP] Random people keep thanking you, and you're not sure why. | Obama had sat at his computer desk for hours, clicking, clicking. When he'd seen enough he yelled, so that his wife could hear him from the next room. "Michelle, I didn't *do* any of these things!" | You keep giving them famine, war, diseases, natural disasters. They simply won't stop. | |
[WP] Random people keep thanking you, and you're not sure why. | Obama had sat at his computer desk for hours, clicking, clicking. When he'd seen enough he yelled, so that his wife could hear him from the next room. "Michelle, I didn't *do* any of these things!" | At first it was a slightly overweight mother with her three boys. "I've made a lot of progress and now I'm able to keep up with the kids." She turned to her boys who each gave me a quick, but strong thank you.
Then it was a little girl wearing dark shades. She was about 12 years old and came with her abuela. The littl... | |
[WP] Kim Jong-un is visited by the Ghost of Korea Past, the Ghost of Korea Present and the Ghost of Korea Future. | "Jong Un... Jong Un... Wake up Jong Un..."
Kim Jong-un groggily raised his head up from his pillow. A blurry figure was hovering over him from the side of his bed. "Kim Jong Un... Wake up...", it implored. Jong Un rubbed his eyes.
" Mu-ŏ-sŭl do-wa-dŭ-ril-kka-yo?" he muttered.
"An-yŏng!" the voice replied.
"Wha... | Kim jong-un snuffled awake, a snore he couldn’t swallow awoke him from his slumber. He looked around him. He was in his bed. Safe in his palace, in his place.
His guards, waiting outside his door heard this grunt and stood to attention, leaning attentively towards the sealed chamber doors. The tide of Jung Un’s heavy... | |
[WP] Kim Jong-un is visited by the Ghost of Korea Past, the Ghost of Korea Present and the Ghost of Korea Future. | In the middle of the night, Kim Jong-un was awaken by a sound. He propped himself up and stared into darkness of his bedroom. He heard the sound again.
Then the curtains of the night were drawn aside and before him stood a strange figure.
"Who are you?" Jong-un said.
"I am the ghost of Korea past."
Kim Jong-un ... | Kim jong-un snuffled awake, a snore he couldn’t swallow awoke him from his slumber. He looked around him. He was in his bed. Safe in his palace, in his place.
His guards, waiting outside his door heard this grunt and stood to attention, leaning attentively towards the sealed chamber doors. The tide of Jung Un’s heavy... | |
[WP] Kim Jong-un is visited by the Ghost of Korea Past, the Ghost of Korea Present and the Ghost of Korea Future. | In the middle of the night, Kim Jong-un was awaken by a sound. He propped himself up and stared into darkness of his bedroom. He heard the sound again.
Then the curtains of the night were drawn aside and before him stood a strange figure.
"Who are you?" Jong-un said.
"I am the ghost of Korea past."
Kim Jong-un ... | "Jong Un... Jong Un... Wake up Jong Un..."
Kim Jong-un groggily raised his head up from his pillow. A blurry figure was hovering over him from the side of his bed. "Kim Jong Un... Wake up...", it implored. Jong Un rubbed his eyes.
" Mu-ŏ-sŭl do-wa-dŭ-ril-kka-yo?" he muttered.
"An-yŏng!" the voice replied.
"Wha... | |
[WP] You're the child of either Ares, the God of War or Athena, Goddess of Wisdom. Write your daily life in a normal school. | Today was just one of those days.
I woke up, as always, at 3 to head to they gym. If I didn’t release some energy before school I knew it would bubble up within me throughout the day, driving me insane. I started off with a mile of swimming, then hit the weights. I did my squats, deadlifts, benches, you name it. For s... | Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, or Minerva (as we romeabbooes like to call her), is known as being an eternal virgin. | |
[WP] Once you retire, and have served your purpose to society, you are expected to take a pill that kills you. Those that don't are shunned by society. You retired yesterday and your family are waiting downstairs, your suicide party has been planned, but you don't want to go... | I remember yesterday, before the back of my hand was bare. In this world, people are born with a tattoo on the backs of their right hands. Yes, a tattoo, not a birthmark. We're talking straight up black ink, here. Well, not technically ink. I don't know, it's some magic shit.
Anyway, these tattoos are indestructible. ... | The day I finally fulfilled my purpose in life was the happiest I'd ever known.
The day after that was the last.
Our society is a masterwork, a grand piece of enduring design. It's like an organism, they say, more than it is a collection of people. And, like any organism, all its individual 'cells' exist only to carr... | |
[WP] Once you retire, and have served your purpose to society, you are expected to take a pill that kills you. Those that don't are shunned by society. You retired yesterday and your family are waiting downstairs, your suicide party has been planned, but you don't want to go... | “Don’t. No, she can’t. She can’t!”
“Maggie, you know the rules. Her implant turned red, she has to.” At birth everyone gets an implant that will stay dormant, waiting until the day that you have served your cosmic purpose.
“You can’t expect me to make her. She’s not ready to go yet.” The day your implant turns ... | The day I finally fulfilled my purpose in life was the happiest I'd ever known.
The day after that was the last.
Our society is a masterwork, a grand piece of enduring design. It's like an organism, they say, more than it is a collection of people. And, like any organism, all its individual 'cells' exist only to carr... | |
[WP] Humanity makes contact with intelligent but delicious aliens. | Dr John Hoffman could feel the drool gathering in his mouth as the chef brought the shiny silver platter over to him. He could already smell the aroma wafting from the meal and was already visualizing the process of savoring every bite of the tender, juicy meat.
The chef's movements were excruciatingly slow, as alway... | The dawn of men. Moonwatcher was doing his daily routine of scouting the cave for foreigners. Usually, in the continent, later called Africa, you couldn't see much except for leopards or other homoerectus species, but today, Moonwather saw something in the sky like never before. It wasn't a bird, it wasn't a cloud. It... | |
[WP] The US implements quantum elections: parallel realities are created so that each candidate can take office, and at the end of the term a vote is taken on which reality to keep. | "First time voting in a quantum election?" the elderly poll worker asked me pleasantly. I admitted that it was.
"Well, don't you worry about a thing," she told me, "It's really very simple. You take this card, place your finger on the sensor." I did as she directed and watched as the confirmation light turned green. ... | "What do you mean? Are you perfectly certain?"
"As certain as I am of the fact that you are standing in front of me, Sir."
"But, this is still America and no one can stop that, now can they?"
"They are not stopping this. It's still the Star Sprangled Banner, the land of the free and home of the brave, but in this r... | |
[WP] The US implements quantum elections: parallel realities are created so that each candidate can take office, and at the end of the term a vote is taken on which reality to keep. | I didn't vote for them because of their right wing immigration policy, or the reduced taxes. It wasn't the economic growth, or privatisation of public assets that decided for me. It wasn't that I was pro war.
It was because in that timeline, for whatever reason, some quantum butterfly flapped it's wings, and you never... | "What do you mean? Are you perfectly certain?"
"As certain as I am of the fact that you are standing in front of me, Sir."
"But, this is still America and no one can stop that, now can they?"
"They are not stopping this. It's still the Star Sprangled Banner, the land of the free and home of the brave, but in this r... | |
[WP] The US implements quantum elections: parallel realities are created so that each candidate can take office, and at the end of the term a vote is taken on which reality to keep. | I didn't vote for them because of their right wing immigration policy, or the reduced taxes. It wasn't the economic growth, or privatisation of public assets that decided for me. It wasn't that I was pro war.
It was because in that timeline, for whatever reason, some quantum butterfly flapped it's wings, and you never... | The Republican candidate won.
Of course, it was bound to be a candidate of one of the two main parties who won, just like any other year, even with the new quantum voting scheme. At the beginning of the President’s term, just as the new system was implemented, people seemed to believe that the threat of all of her wo... | |
[WP] The US implements quantum elections: parallel realities are created so that each candidate can take office, and at the end of the term a vote is taken on which reality to keep. | "We can't let her win Darren. If President Liu wins... it would erase the single greatest discovery in the history of mankind--"
*"-- we don't 'let' anybody win. We count the votes - that's it. What you're suggesting won't just get us fired - it's treason."*
"How is this even a choice? Do you have any idea what human... | The Republican candidate won.
Of course, it was bound to be a candidate of one of the two main parties who won, just like any other year, even with the new quantum voting scheme. At the beginning of the President’s term, just as the new system was implemented, people seemed to believe that the threat of all of her wo... | |
[WP] The US implements quantum elections: parallel realities are created so that each candidate can take office, and at the end of the term a vote is taken on which reality to keep. | "And I will make a promise.. to the American people..."
"I stand up for the American people, and I will..."
"If I were to take office... my very first duty... would be to ensure that..."
This is the dilemma faced by the grain of sand in a crowd. How could an insignificant face hold a significant impact? The promise ... | The Republican candidate won.
Of course, it was bound to be a candidate of one of the two main parties who won, just like any other year, even with the new quantum voting scheme. At the beginning of the President’s term, just as the new system was implemented, people seemed to believe that the threat of all of her wo... | |
[WP] The US implements quantum elections: parallel realities are created so that each candidate can take office, and at the end of the term a vote is taken on which reality to keep. | I didn't vote for them because of their right wing immigration policy, or the reduced taxes. It wasn't the economic growth, or privatisation of public assets that decided for me. It wasn't that I was pro war.
It was because in that timeline, for whatever reason, some quantum butterfly flapped it's wings, and you never... | "First time voting in a quantum election?" the elderly poll worker asked me pleasantly. I admitted that it was.
"Well, don't you worry about a thing," she told me, "It's really very simple. You take this card, place your finger on the sensor." I did as she directed and watched as the confirmation light turned green. ... | |
[WP] The US implements quantum elections: parallel realities are created so that each candidate can take office, and at the end of the term a vote is taken on which reality to keep. | "And I will make a promise.. to the American people..."
"I stand up for the American people, and I will..."
"If I were to take office... my very first duty... would be to ensure that..."
This is the dilemma faced by the grain of sand in a crowd. How could an insignificant face hold a significant impact? The promise ... | "We can't let her win Darren. If President Liu wins... it would erase the single greatest discovery in the history of mankind--"
*"-- we don't 'let' anybody win. We count the votes - that's it. What you're suggesting won't just get us fired - it's treason."*
"How is this even a choice? Do you have any idea what human... | |
[WP] The US implements quantum elections: parallel realities are created so that each candidate can take office, and at the end of the term a vote is taken on which reality to keep. | "And I will make a promise.. to the American people..."
"I stand up for the American people, and I will..."
"If I were to take office... my very first duty... would be to ensure that..."
This is the dilemma faced by the grain of sand in a crowd. How could an insignificant face hold a significant impact? The promise ... | The field of quantum physics was never a widely pursued field when I was young. Most people, when asked what they wanted to be when they grew up, were likely to say, "a doctor," or, "a police officer." There was nothing wrong with those aspirations in 2014, and there still isn't anything wrong with those aspirations no... | |
[WP] An intense game of Monopoly, written as if they were chronicling the real-life exploits of a 1930s American real estate tycoon. | Barrows stumbled into my office. Tie crooked. Suit stained. Reeking of booze. What a mess.
He steadied himself against my doorframe as whatever toxins in his blood caused him to lose equilibrium. Always the partier.
"Jack, you gotta help me." he sucked in between gulps of air. It sounded like he had been running. O... | Before my 30th birthday I'd never been a rich man, any time I managed to get my hands on some cash a bill for school fees or hospital stays would land in front of me and it would be gone as quickly as it arrived. But as I started my 30th year all of that changed.
Not only did I recieve a cash gift from all my friends ... | |
[WP] An intense game of Monopoly, written as if they were chronicling the real-life exploits of a 1930s American real estate tycoon. | Barrows stumbled into my office. Tie crooked. Suit stained. Reeking of booze. What a mess.
He steadied himself against my doorframe as whatever toxins in his blood caused him to lose equilibrium. Always the partier.
"Jack, you gotta help me." he sucked in between gulps of air. It sounded like he had been running. O... | Sitting on the weathered back patio of her Baltic Avenue home, Denise Jones idly sips a lukewarm cup of coffee, pausing occasionally to scratch at some unseen itch on the side of her neck. All around us, the sounds of construction fill the humid summer air.
"Could you speak up?" Denise says, raising her voice against... | |
[WP] An intense game of Monopoly, written as if they were chronicling the real-life exploits of a 1930s American real estate tycoon. | Thaddeus M. Thimble, how I hated that name. It seemed to taunt me on every avenue. It was foolish to ignore how powerful he had become. This self made millionaire had crawled his was up the ladder of success and crushed anyone he could under his heel. No one expected much from this man, this one-time wannabe gangster w... | My first day out of the Navy and and I was ready to go. $200 in cash to me after four years on a battleship. I had received a letter while at sea, from an old friend in America, he wrote that he had become a successful entrepreneur and was the owner of several prime strips of real estate. He wished for me to come visit... | |
[WP] An intense game of Monopoly, written as if they were chronicling the real-life exploits of a 1930s American real estate tycoon. | The Crash hit hard. Before, we had spent our days strolling the balustrades above factory floors, nights in a haze of brandy, cigar smoke, shirt-sleeves, girls with peacock feathers in their hair. Now whenever anyone saw us, all they saw were the markers of our new-found poverty: a worn out shoe, a thimble, a tattere... | My first day out of the Navy and and I was ready to go. $200 in cash to me after four years on a battleship. I had received a letter while at sea, from an old friend in America, he wrote that he had become a successful entrepreneur and was the owner of several prime strips of real estate. He wished for me to come visit... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | "It'll be the easiest job you'll ever have", that's what I was told when I started. I'm not sure what I thought at first, but certainly that was an over exaggeration. Oh, how wrong I was. The job was far too easy. Boring. Mind-numbingly boring.
After the first week, of nothing but sitting for 12 hours straight everyd... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | I've never had fears before , I don't know why, just never been a problem. It was the main reason I joined the CIA, I'm not afraid of death or torture. Although my days of killing are over, the skills you need as an agent are transferable, so at age 36, I became the world's most overqualified bodyguard. I sometimes wo... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | "So this is where most of us work." he said, motioning towards a large room in the center of the building.
From what I could tell, it was the largest of all the rooms. It must have been several hundred feet in every direction. It had no windows, was an off-white color, and surrounding it was empty space, with more w... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | nothing. it was a fake door with nought but brick behind it. the sudden realisation that the walls where in fact padded the door was triple locked and he had been taking orders from his sink the whole time. with the revalation of truth he slowly got into the fetal position and broke down hearing rushed footsteps slow... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | The door creaked slowly outwards and he realised behind it was just a mirror, a reflection of himself, holding the door looking slightly disappointed. Must be a bloody expensive mirror he thought to himself. He adjusted his tie in the mirror and noticed an egg stain, which was odd as Mavis had him on grains and fruit t... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | My dad is very important.
When I turned 18, he told me I would be working at his company. It's not really his company but he is the Vice President of Finance so it sort of is his company. He told me I wasn't allowed to work for him because that would be playing favorites.
My dad is a popular man.
My first boss was S... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | Stanley has worked daily shifts at his post, and being able to go a government housing complex in a very remote location, living with his family in a well suited private resort for 8 years, never seeing another person.
Stanley one day gives in to his curiosity and inner urges.
As Stanley approached the door, he is rem... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | My curiosiy piqued, I had to see what was inside. I opened the door slowly. There was a naked bulb above a cardboard box. I approached the box and swiped it off the ground. The lid came off easily. Inside was a string. I, out of curiosity, pulled the string, a secret compartment popped out with a creak. A single pictur... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | He finds an empty room and another door. The door locks behind him. He opens the 2nd door and finds another small empty room with a door. He continues opening door after door after door. He gives up and starts crying and doesn't understand where he is. He cries in prayer and as he's on the floor screaming, he find... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | As the guard opens the door he finds a single used tire lying in the center of the room. Puzzled he looked around to find more, but came up empty handed. The guard leaves the room locking it back up and within moments a car pulls up and 2 men in suits get out. "How does it feel?" they asked, "how does what feel?" th... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | The door was not locked, it opened without effort. I was hesitant but I simply needed to know. I grasped the knob firmly and gently opened the door and peeked inside. I noticed a second door seemingly attached to this door open in a similar manner, I quickly shut it.
Very odd how the second door opened. Perhaps it ... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | Neil stood in front of the nondescript wooden door. A door he had been guarding over for almost ten years. In fact at the end of his shift tonight it would be ten years exactly. He remembered when he first got the job. He was in college, barely passing classes, unsure what to do with his life. All he really needed was ... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | The door creaked open, a cold air blowing past the guard.
He creeped into the room, taking a few steps before he seemed to bump into something.
^Jungle ^life
^I'm ^far ^away ^from ^nowhere
^On ^my ^own ^like ^Tarzan ^Boy
The guard turned round to see the re-animate corpse of JimmyMcShane, lead vocals for the band Ba... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | My hands trembled as I slid the key card into the lock. I knew this was the end of my career here. I needed to know, it was driving me mad. As I turned the door handle I began perspiring and my hands were slick with sweat. Gingerly I swung the door open and there it was. The thing I had diligently guarded for my entire... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | He opens the door and see's an identical room as the one he stood in for so many years. A man much like himself wearing an identical uniform is standing there. Their eyes meet and the second guard says:
"You know I always wanted to do that." | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | Being unable to hold his curiosity any longer, he presses his ear into the wall. He holds breath, and closes his other ear to listen for any noise. He hears faint crying which sounded as if it were coming from a child. In a panic to save whoever was in trouble, he tries to open the door. The door won't open.
"Whoever'... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | The door opened to reveal what seemed like a mirror image of the corridor he stood in each day. He was looking at the back of another guard. His uniform was identical. It was incredulous. Without knowing it he let out a small gasp. At that moment the other guard spun around. Upon locking eyes they each drew their weapo... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | Holy crap, I actually wrote a short story a while ago that exactly fits this prompt based on a recurring nightmare.
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Chief Gildenhal mulled over the nearly empty glass of whiskey in his hand. 29 years of manning his post, and he still had no idea what he was here for. What he was doing.
... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | As he stepped in to the darkest room he had ever seen, the heavily rusted iron door slammed shut behind him. He was too frightened to even scream.
Ten minutes later, his eyes had adjusted to the darkness. There were 7 human skeletons lying on the floor wearing the same dress as him.
Horrified, he leaped back at the d... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | I open the door.
There's a room, just as big as the one I was standing in. The same institutional fluorescent lights in the same institutional fluorescent ceiling above the same institutional white painted sheetrock walls with the institutional grey easy-mop flooring that bathtubs a foot up the wall.
The same giant o... | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | The door slid open effortlessly considering it hadn't been opened in the years I'd been guarding it. I picked up the single piece of paper that was on the floor behind it.
>You're fired.
Ah.
Edit: And my first gold. Thank you :) | After graduating high school, I had hopes for greatness. I started my first semester of college, studying computer science and physics. After a few months, the end came, although I didn't know it then. The headlines of the newspaper read, "PRESIDENT SEES NEED FOR MORE MILITARY-DRAFT REINSTATED!" *How awful*, I thought,... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | "It'll be the easiest job you'll ever have", that's what I was told when I started. I'm not sure what I thought at first, but certainly that was an over exaggeration. Oh, how wrong I was. The job was far too easy. Boring. Mind-numbingly boring.
After the first week, of nothing but sitting for 12 hours straight everyd... | Seemed like a normal night, one like any other. At about 8:00 PM I arrived at the back-alley, parking my car behind some garbage bins in the old lot, fenced in by buildings. As usual, the lot was entirely, utterly empty. Grass poked up from the asphalt like hands, clawing to escape from the ground and see the sky. As I... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | I've never had fears before , I don't know why, just never been a problem. It was the main reason I joined the CIA, I'm not afraid of death or torture. Although my days of killing are over, the skills you need as an agent are transferable, so at age 36, I became the world's most overqualified bodyguard. I sometimes wo... | Seemed like a normal night, one like any other. At about 8:00 PM I arrived at the back-alley, parking my car behind some garbage bins in the old lot, fenced in by buildings. As usual, the lot was entirely, utterly empty. Grass poked up from the asphalt like hands, clawing to escape from the ground and see the sky. As I... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | "So this is where most of us work." he said, motioning towards a large room in the center of the building.
From what I could tell, it was the largest of all the rooms. It must have been several hundred feet in every direction. It had no windows, was an off-white color, and surrounding it was empty space, with more w... | Seemed like a normal night, one like any other. At about 8:00 PM I arrived at the back-alley, parking my car behind some garbage bins in the old lot, fenced in by buildings. As usual, the lot was entirely, utterly empty. Grass poked up from the asphalt like hands, clawing to escape from the ground and see the sky. As I... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | nothing. it was a fake door with nought but brick behind it. the sudden realisation that the walls where in fact padded the door was triple locked and he had been taking orders from his sink the whole time. with the revalation of truth he slowly got into the fetal position and broke down hearing rushed footsteps slow... | Seemed like a normal night, one like any other. At about 8:00 PM I arrived at the back-alley, parking my car behind some garbage bins in the old lot, fenced in by buildings. As usual, the lot was entirely, utterly empty. Grass poked up from the asphalt like hands, clawing to escape from the ground and see the sky. As I... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | The door creaked slowly outwards and he realised behind it was just a mirror, a reflection of himself, holding the door looking slightly disappointed. Must be a bloody expensive mirror he thought to himself. He adjusted his tie in the mirror and noticed an egg stain, which was odd as Mavis had him on grains and fruit t... | Seemed like a normal night, one like any other. At about 8:00 PM I arrived at the back-alley, parking my car behind some garbage bins in the old lot, fenced in by buildings. As usual, the lot was entirely, utterly empty. Grass poked up from the asphalt like hands, clawing to escape from the ground and see the sky. As I... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | My dad is very important.
When I turned 18, he told me I would be working at his company. It's not really his company but he is the Vice President of Finance so it sort of is his company. He told me I wasn't allowed to work for him because that would be playing favorites.
My dad is a popular man.
My first boss was S... | Seemed like a normal night, one like any other. At about 8:00 PM I arrived at the back-alley, parking my car behind some garbage bins in the old lot, fenced in by buildings. As usual, the lot was entirely, utterly empty. Grass poked up from the asphalt like hands, clawing to escape from the ground and see the sky. As I... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | Stanley has worked daily shifts at his post, and being able to go a government housing complex in a very remote location, living with his family in a well suited private resort for 8 years, never seeing another person.
Stanley one day gives in to his curiosity and inner urges.
As Stanley approached the door, he is rem... | Seemed like a normal night, one like any other. At about 8:00 PM I arrived at the back-alley, parking my car behind some garbage bins in the old lot, fenced in by buildings. As usual, the lot was entirely, utterly empty. Grass poked up from the asphalt like hands, clawing to escape from the ground and see the sky. As I... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | My curiosiy piqued, I had to see what was inside. I opened the door slowly. There was a naked bulb above a cardboard box. I approached the box and swiped it off the ground. The lid came off easily. Inside was a string. I, out of curiosity, pulled the string, a secret compartment popped out with a creak. A single pictur... | Seemed like a normal night, one like any other. At about 8:00 PM I arrived at the back-alley, parking my car behind some garbage bins in the old lot, fenced in by buildings. As usual, the lot was entirely, utterly empty. Grass poked up from the asphalt like hands, clawing to escape from the ground and see the sky. As I... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | He finds an empty room and another door. The door locks behind him. He opens the 2nd door and finds another small empty room with a door. He continues opening door after door after door. He gives up and starts crying and doesn't understand where he is. He cries in prayer and as he's on the floor screaming, he find... | Seemed like a normal night, one like any other. At about 8:00 PM I arrived at the back-alley, parking my car behind some garbage bins in the old lot, fenced in by buildings. As usual, the lot was entirely, utterly empty. Grass poked up from the asphalt like hands, clawing to escape from the ground and see the sky. As I... | |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | As the guard opens the door he finds a single used tire lying in the center of the room. Puzzled he looked around to find more, but came up empty handed. The guard leaves the room locking it back up and within moments a car pulls up and 2 men in suits get out. "How does it feel?" they asked, "how does what feel?" th... | Seemed like a normal night, one like any other. At about 8:00 PM I arrived at the back-alley, parking my car behind some garbage bins in the old lot, fenced in by buildings. As usual, the lot was entirely, utterly empty. Grass poked up from the asphalt like hands, clawing to escape from the ground and see the sky. As I... |
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