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Write a story given the following prompt: You are a dog and live a happy and peaceful life with your human master, John Wick. One day, some thugs break into the house, beat John Wick to death and steal his car. They took the life of the only human who cared about you and gave you love... it is time for revenge. | Arf... Bark. Bark bark. Ruff, ruff ruff. Bark ruff bark bark. Bark bark. Whimper. Whimper. Bark. Bark Bark Bark. Bark. Bark. Bark.Arf... Bark. Bark bark. Ruff, ruff ruff. Bark ruff bark bark. Bark bark. Whimper. Whimper. Bark. Bark Bark Bark. Bark. Bark. Bark. Whimper. Cry bark. Whimper. Cry, cry. Bark. Arf, arf. Arf? ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: One morning everyone in the world wakes up in their 18-year old body, memories intact. Society tries to continue as normal despite the change, but a world full of energetic adolescents certainly has its quirks. | I woke up. It was any other day. But I had a certain pep in my step. Something that couldn’t quite be described. I went over to my closet to get ready for work.
They were back
I tried to convince myself that all of this. It was just a dream. A twist on that nightmare I had so many times before. I swiftly ran out of ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: America is at war and has reconstituted the draft. Soldiers are separated for training based on how combat ready they are. The war seems lost, but the last and largest platoon of soldiers, made of up of the furthest obese is about to be deployed. | The war was lost. Everyone knew it. Patriotism was dead. No one believed that what we were doing was right. Everyone knew that you needed to meet the physical requirements to be sent off to battle. So the smartest among the Americans did everything that they could to become as obese as possible.
At first the governmen... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You are an elite member of the royal guard. You have recently been fired from your position because of the new king. Little does he know, there was a reason why the previous king kept you in his service for so long.
Edit: Holy crap this blew up! Thank you all! | My phone rang for the third time in 10 minutes. I made a mental note to change the ringtone to something less patriotic and swiped up on the little green icon.
"John! Mate I've been trying to get through for ages!" came a frantic voice down the phone.
"Oh, well sorry Barry..." I lied, "it must've been on silent" I l... |
Write a story given the following prompt: The manned mission to Mars went off without a hitch. The transmissions came back right on schedule: "Touchdown successful." "Habitat functional." "Life-support optimal." Then nothing for 48 hours. Then one last transmission: "We were wrong. Planet inhabited. Do not send rescue.... | "We were wrong. Planet inhabited. Do not send rescue."
Tom sent the message, his hand lingering on the button a moment as he watched the transmission status. "That's it, then. I'll never see home again."
>but you are home
Tom nodded to the empty air, limping on his injured leg as he left the communications hub. H... |
Write a story given the following prompt: In the near future both the U.S. and Russia have new presidents, both of whom happen to be alcoholics. On a state visit at the White House they start taking shots of vodka one evening, and just for laughs decide to pass the time by planning a joint invasion of a random country. | "How about... Denmark? No, wait, Switzerland! Those neutral bastards"
"And gain what from it Comrade? Lower cheese prices? Switzerland will never work!"
The clattering of a toast and pained exhalations followed shortly.
"Maybe... maybe Belgium? Wouldn't that be unexpected?"
"Remember what happened last time someone i... |
Write a story given the following prompt: After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warl... | This was a mistake.
When we arrived the whole planet focused on us as though a great beast was questioning who had awoken it far far to soon.
At the start. Before our intentions were known and we offered them a choice of submit or perish they were excited buzzing around in a frenzy that so many other species had wh... |
Write a story given the following prompt: After struggling in school all year you finally stood up to your bully and knocked him out with a punch in front of everyone. He promptly disapperead, turning into a pile of quarters. | Last year I moved to Toronto, it has *not* been a pleasant experience. Every day that cockthistle Jason makes my life a living hell. Just this week he poured a Gatorade in my lap and told everyone I pissed myself.
20 minutes ago he punched me in the back of the head and yelled "donkey punch" then he called me gay for ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: The hero was killed, the princess was sacrificed, and the evil king rules the land. For the average citizen, though, things have taken a turn for the better. | I remember the first morning I had to head up to the mill under our new Eternal Lord of Darkness. I slowly leered out of the thin opening in my front door. The sky had turned dark, and red clouds hung in the air above us. I stepped back to hold my wife goodbye, took a deep breath of courage, and stepped out onto the ha... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Write a serious, adult story in a style normally intended for children.
Think fairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books (without pictures, probably), educational stories. The intended age range is loose, e.g. everything from *See Spot Run* to *Make Way For Ducklings*.
The im... | No more bump, bump is gone.
But mommy said bacon done.
Sizzle, sizzle, yum yum yum.
But mommys eyes begin to run.
Milk spilled on floor,
Mommy cries more.
Daddy yell. Eyes swell. I hide. Where they can't find.
In a crib. Empty room. Down the hall. It's for Paul.
Mommy comes in. Skinny and tall. I jump in the... |
Write a story given the following prompt: An immortal is experiencing the heat death of the universe, when he can hear the sounds of confetti, and blasting music. The music stops with a record scratch, and a bewildered voice can be heard saying: "Wait...one's still here?" | "Now hang on a second, this isn't right. How did you get immortality?"
"Genie."
"A genie? No that doesn't make sense. Wait a second. Guys, did anyone put a genie in this one? No? No, I'm sorry friend, we're quite certain there were no genies in this universe."
"I'm telling you, I found a genie on the planet Earth."
... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Abducted humans have, so far, all displayed the same internal organ structure common throughout the galaxy with only one exception. Every one of them has a Glarnak parasite beating inside their chest. They even think it's necessary for life. | "What do you mean, dead?" His wide black eyes blinked slowly.
"I'm telling you, we excised the parasite absolutely perfectly. Not even a trace of it left anywhere in the subject's system. They expired partway through the surgery, and get this-- the GLARNAK died first. Not the host, the parasite."
"That's..." He trail... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Alex,
It has been 99 days since you left. 99 days. Some days are easier than the rest. There are days when I genuinely smile as I remember you. You left me with so many good memories; and I thank you for each and every one. I miss you. Every. Single. Day.
You said we'd be together for the rest of our lives - we just ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You are a barista in a 24 hour coffee shop. Every night at 3:33am a demon appears for the Dark Lord's latte. | I look at the clock, and right on cue, he appears in front of me with his ridiculous little horns on his head. I'm already putting his order into the register before he says-
"One large coffee. Black"
Black. So cliché. Heaven forbid the Dark Lord orders anything other than a plain black coffee. No milk or sugar for t... |
Write a story given the following prompt: : Everyone got a tiny, mundane blessing when they were born. Usually they are so small that people don't even notice them - always hitting the green light in traffic, etc. Yours would be virtually useless, but you figured out a creative loophole that allowed you to rise to the ... | Police helicopters roared overhead the densely packed apartment complex. In one of the tiny apartments below, I sat at a dingy kitchen table. Across from me, a man sat slumped in his chair, his hands cuffed behind him. A frustrated scowl etched on his face. "You couldn't have possibly traced the explosives", he said pe... |
Write a story given the following prompt: When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, he neglected to give him the ability to die again. 2,000 years later, it doesn't feel like a miracle anymore. | Lazarus tried the church doors. They were locked.
He sat down on the sidewalk and huddled in his rags.
People passed. Time passed. Seconds and minutes were nothing to Lazarus. He waited. Waiting was what he'd become best at.
The priest came out of the front doors sometime that evening. He saw Lazarus sitting on the ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: A wizard tutor realizes that, for some odd reason, his client is a prodigy who’s purposefully been hiding their abilities all these years. | “That’s very good work boy; excellent attempt of the incantation, but try sounding out the word before you start… okay?” Ingress picked the last mangled green leg from her curled hair, flicking it to the floor.
The sorceress regarded her student with malice as the small boy reached for their last toad, setting it care... |
Write a story given the following prompt: In this world, the truly dedicated can develop a mundane skill to the point of becoming a reality-breaking superpower. You have mastered procrastination to this level.
Quick note (trying to be helpful for anyone who doesn't know):
Procrastination is putting things off until l... | George sat down at the computer with a cold ham and cheese sandwich and a flagon of wine.
It was finally time. He stroked his beard complacently and took a swig from the silver flagon engraved with spiraling dragons. It had been a gift from a fan.
For the first time in six years, he touched the keyboard and began to... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You are God, after a couple thousand years of people thinking you don't answer their prayers, you realise you've had yourself on mute on the celestial microphone you use to talk to humans.
Edit: Wow, I never expected this to blow up, Thank you for the silver, it was my first e... | "Well, fuck!" boomed a deep voice from the sky.
At first, the only ones startled were the few people who absolutely, positively knew they were nowhere within reach of a P/A system.
"Peter, can you believe this mute button? Could it be any more hidden?" rang the heavens.
Panic began to set in.
Multicultural friends... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Jesus has come down from the heavens, but is actually just a chill guy. He is sitting and talking to fans in your city but when you walk to see the savior his relaxed expression fades and is replaced with smugness and at the same time anger. He looks at you and calmly goes, “Ah... | “Surprised to see me, uncle?”
The heir to the silver city shook his head at me,
“No, I believe it’s always opportune to converse with family, regardless of stance.”
I scoffed,
“Please, we’re apart of a large war that will only end in the destruction of this world.”
Jesus nodded his head, his locks swishing in ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Your 6 year old daughter is laying on her bed, terrified. She says there’s a monster under her bed. To reassure her, you lay on the ground and check underneath, only to find your daughter, quivering. She whispers, “Daddy, there’s something on top of my bed...” | "Dammit Emily, I told you not to scare your sister like that. Now get out from under the bed before I ground you for a week."
Emily slowly gets out from under the bed, annoyed in response to me not playing along. Emily looks back at Sarah on the bed and they both giggle.
"It's two o'clock in the morning, just go to b... |
Write a story given the following prompt: “…and that class is why Humans are considered the most peaceful species in the universe.” The only three humans in class looked at each other horrified. All the facts about humans that the aliens had were wrong. One student slowly raises their hand. | "Yes? You at the back?"
"I'm afraid you're entirely wrong, sir."
"Student! Do you cast doubts upon the incredible research of the recent expedition to Earth?"
"Yes, sir, I do. See, I am human myself, and therefore I am in a position to know that much of what you have presented is factually incorrect."
"If you are g... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight.
EDIT:WOW THIS EXPLODED GUYS MY FIRST MAJOR PROMPT. | "The humans have a saying youngling: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." The lumbering, shambling mass held a limb over his offspring. "I have been ambassador to these humans for seventy of our lunar cycles, and there are many such sayings that inform us of the human's psyche.
The tiny mossy miniature whined, "... |
Write a story given the following prompt: One day everyone notices the words "Human Update 1.1 progress 1%" in the corner of their eye. | It started off with slight changes. Freckles started disappearing little by little, scars faded, teeth...even goddamn teeth started to straighten themselves out. But as the number climbed from 1%, to 10%, to 25% and 50%, that's when people started to become alarmed.
10%, all non-essential body hair became nonexistent.... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Out of boredom you decide to break the 4th wall like you are on tv. After a week a strange man appears and yells at you to stop doing that. | Reddit folks, this is not a drill: I need help. *Someone* is knocking on my door, yelling at me to come let him in.
I work from home, and it gets crazy boring in here… and I used to have a cat… so I guess I got used to talking to my cat? But the cat died before I moved, and I never really dropped the habit of talking... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Since you were young, time travelers have visited you. One of them explained that, in the future, an algorithm determined that you were the only person in the past that it was safe to visit because no matter what you do it will not change the future. You are determined to prove... | The first time traveler that visited me and explained of course I didn't believe, he had what looked like a cool alien ray gun in a holster around his waist. Me being a child thought it was a cool toy, I quickly grabbed it and shot him in a playful way only for him to horribly disintegrate Infront of my eyes!
I was w... |
Write a story given the following prompt: In a world where everyone has at least one minor superpower, you were thought to be powerless... until you nearly died. It seems that you have plot armor, no matter how ridiculous the situation, you survive unscathed due to an even more ridiculous coincidence. | It's been six years since my capture. I finally discovered my superpower, only to curse whatever god saw fit to give it to me. I've been starved, beaten, tortured, suffocated, irradiated and more. Sure, I survive no matter what the circumstances, but I live an existence of pain and misery.
I thought life would be dif... |
Write a story given the following prompt: After your death you are granted the chance to talk with God; he has no clue humans exist | It was a white room with a table inside. An older man was sitting at the table doing some paperwork. He looked up and greeted me politely. When I introduced myself he became distracted and started to search something in his papers.
“What did you say, who are you again?” - asked God.
“I’m Vincent. It is an honor to me... |
Write a story given the following prompt: : Rule of thumb: If you see something on a foreign planet that has all the outward traits of an apex predator, but no obvious and apparent way to kill you - run. The methods in which they kill aren't something you want to see. | "That thing is massive. It's the size of a bloody ship, it's an apex predator, we need to get away from it."
"Owen, we're just here to observe, not fight it." She finished her drink and lowered the water bottle, answering nonchalantly. "Look, they're not attacking us, I'm sure we'll be fine."
"And what if it does att... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You live in a statistically opposite world. If normally 1/5 people had the common cold, now 4/5 people do, if any house had a 1/200 chance of burning down while the owners were away, there is now a 199/200 chance it happening. | "Honey, did you light the matches before we left?"
I nodded. "And I left the burners on. Did you remember to unlock the house?"
Sally smiled. "You're the one that always forgets."
I smiled back. She was adorable. As I locked eyes with her, I kept one hand on the wheel of the car. Of course, the car stayed right betw... |
Write a story given the following prompt: A fortune teller foretold that twins would be born where one was evil and the other was good. A year later, a woman gave birth to a boy with horns and bat wings, and a girl with angel wings and a halo. The boy was sent away, while she and her husband raised the girl. They kept ... | "I fucking what?" The horned man questioned, lost after the first sentence out the messenger's mouth.
"You have a twin sister with a halo. A prophecy was told to your parents that there would be a good twin and a bad twin. They assumed she was the good twin and that's why you're an orphan but they were wrong! A-and no... |
Write a story given the following prompt: There's a knock on your door. You open it to see your favorite book character standing there. They say, "I know this may be a lot for you to take in right now, but you have to listen very carefully; You are my favorite book character, I know how your story ends, and I need to c... | I heard a knock at my front door.
Strange, I wasn't expecting any visitors today.
I walked down the stairs and opened the door.
Standing in front of me was a young blonde woman wearing a bright pink and orange sundress with strange oversized red and blue sunglasses on the top of her head.
"You look just like the ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: All superpowers have a ‘hangover’ effect. For example, after using super strength for the day, the morning after you can’t even lift your spoon to eat your breakfast. You wake up one morning after using your own specific superpower and you feel pretty hungover...
[deleted] | You know how when you fall asleep on your arm and you wake up and feel that tingly feeling? Yeah? Well imagine that through your entire body. That's not what it is, of course, it's actually just at the base of my skull. But 'The Buzz' as I've come to know it as creeps into my brain stem on the really bad recoil days.
... |
Write a story given the following prompt: The world unanimously agrees to build a glass dome around Earth to save the ozone. You help build it, but as you help place the final piece, you realize you were left on the outside. | As I put the final panel in place, it clicked in my mind why I had the 'honor' of putting the last piece in. My parents were dead, I didn't have a wife and no kids. No one would really miss me. The inside team started to fade away. I think one waved to me.
I looked around me. There was nothing. Just miles and miles an... |
Write a story given the following prompt: God created thousands of worlds in thousands of galaxies. A major crisis in another galaxy has taken his entire focus, and for the first time in 750 years, he just glanced in our direction.
This prompt has two possibilities. What has he been dealing with for the last 750 years... | "Finally, it's time", God says as he looks up from his work. It'd taken a short amount of time to bring about peace to the planet Nequior, but it was done. The beings of this desolate place weren't blessed with the ability to work things out on their own. They were a foolish and unruly bunch. Wars, disease, and starvat... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You've been playing with equations in a notebook and have, if you're right, just discovered time travel. You turn the page and are greeted with one word: "DON'T" | *Don't*
I look down, puzzled at the word. It's definitely my hand-writing, but I'm positive I didn't write it. I turn the page.
*Forget*
I'm curious now. I can only surmise, by the familiarity of the hand and the fact I keep this notebook locked in a secure safe, that somehow, maybe, my future self has left me a mes... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You have a friend who's an expert in lucid dreaming. One day, they come to you and says they can't tell apart dreams from reality anymore. You tell them that "if this were a dream, you'd be able to fly right in front of me". And that's exactly what they do. | The nature of reality largely varies in its definition by its perception through an individual observer.
Perhaps a man lives in a world that was created by a god, a world full of magic and miracles caught between an everlasting war between deific entities.
Maybe to a woman reality is what was created through years o... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Sleeping is unique among Earthlings. It is not uncommon for space travelers to mistake their human shipmates as having died the first time they find them sleeping. You're the only human on a large ship. It has been difficult to get much sleep because of all this confusion. | “General!, don’t die on us!” Screamed one of my crew mates pulling me straight out of my dream. “Goddamnit man, I was having a good one what’s wrong now” I said half awake. The crewmate looked at me nervously, embarrassed to see I’m clearly not dead.
“How many times has it been now that you’ve interrupted my rest thin... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Close the biggest plot hole in your favorite book or movie | "I will go to Mordor, though I do not know the way. Gandalf, could we fly?"
"Yes, Frodo, let's fly. On an eagle. To Mordor. Let's be miles above the ground and the lone object in the sky passing over mountain ranges towards our nemesis who is a giant eye. Even better, let's make sure that we are clinging to a bir... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You were the last of your friends to get the procedure to place your consciousness in a robot body. You wake up after your operation to hear what was supposed to be your new body say "hey! It worked! I'm in the robot body! ...Now what do we do with my old skin?" | I knew this was a bad idea. Transferring your consciousness? That's not how it works; the camera that is you is stuck to you, it doesn't suddenly shift. All they did was make a copy!
"Take a few minutes to decide. I'll be right back," the doctor said. My copy - the body that I supposedly ought to be occupying - looked... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Write the most elaborate, over-dramatic, and exciting story you can think of that all just turns out to be a set-up for a pun so horrible I'll want to punch you
It actually doesn't have to be dramatic or exciting or anything similar, just make sure it's elaborate so the final ... | It was Tuesday morning. God I hate Tuesdays.
You see, when you work in the sawmill of a small town, logs shipment usually comes in on Wednesdays. That keeps us busy for three days, sometime four, but Tuesdays are always dead.
This means that on Tuesdays, I have to listen to Tom, Jim and Preston talk about their mean... |
Write a story given the following prompt: There is nothing unusual about a man in a business suit carrying a briefcase, rushing off to work. But since he just quickly passed you as you are climbing up Mount Everest in full winter gear, you have questions. | Day 24: A guy ran past me going down the mountain today. Full business attire and muttering about TPS reports being late. I didn’t get a word in before he was too far for it to matter. High strangeness, but it’s best I forget about it.
Day 25: I found a tie in the snow. Same tie he had. I need to forget about him. Si... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | The doctor held up the new born baby.
"It's a girl!" exclamed the doctor.
"Well, What are the names doc?" the father said with joy.
The doctor looked at the baby's back, and only one name on it. James Webber. Chills shot down the doctors spine.
"Well Dr. Webber, who are they?
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Write a story given the following prompt: Aliens try to invade earth but they can't bring themselves to do it because humans are too cute to them | "Some tea, dear?" the little old lady asked to the dark and mysterious figure sitting at her kitchen table. She squinted at him having forgotten her glasses upstairs.
"Yes, earthling," the mysterious figure boomed and whispered all at once, careful not to burst her delicate eardrums with his natural voice as he had w... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | There’s nothing I can do.
He is stronger than me. Faster than me. And while my ability to influence people with music is strong, there are limits to what I can do.
He turns to face my city. Mine. Neighbors, friends, hell, even my enemies lives have meaning. He’s going to destroy it all, and I have only one option lef... |
Write a story given the following prompt: A little girl suspects that there's something not quite right about herself. Her parents enthusiastically tell her she's normal. But her brother whispers, "It really isn't normal to have to be plugged into a wall charger at night." | I didn't understand. I didn't understand why I felt so... *off*, when I looked in the mirror. And there was all the other differences, how I felt weak throughout the day, unless I took my *medicine*, which I hated. (Huge, chewy bars that smelled *funny*, and bottles of cold liquid completely unlike what everyone else a... |
Write a story given the following prompt: "Mom, i'm telling you. A green man came out of my closet and did a standup comedy routine."
[deleted] | “Is it bedtime yet?” My son asked placing his dinner plate in the sink
“Don’t you want to play catch tonight buddy?” My husband asked.
“Nah I just want to go to bed so the funny guy will come back”
I looked at my husband hoping he wouldn’t look as confused as me but there he was staring at me asking the same sile... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Mankind has finally made it to a distant life bearing planet. only to find that it is haunted by the ghosts of a long dead civilization. | Captain says it’s stasis sickness. I don’t remember the parts in the manual that said anything about hearing things. Or that it would last beyond the first few hours.
I don’t sleep anymore. The dreams are too much. It’s always the same, strange shapes, strange noises that I can only imagine are language, then bright w... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Every morning when you first look in a mirror, you see a small piece of advise for that day, such as “take the subway to work” or “don’t try the free pizza”. Today, the mirror simply says, “RUN” | I grabbed my backpack and hit the door running. I knew from previous messages which ones meant "now", so I didn't stop to pack.
I got to the end of my block and rounded the corner, taking a quick look back. A car had pulled up in front of my house. *"Run"*
I kept going.
I entered the train station and headed down th... |
Write a story given the following prompt: A supervillain kidnaps a civilian and keeps them hostage, taunting on live television for the superhero to come find them. Unbeknownst to the villain, the kidnapped civilian is the superhero.
Did I butcher the title or what?
This is blowing up! All the responses have been div... | The villain Oathbreaker held a gun to September's head and spoke directly into the camera. "If the *hero*" - he spat the word as if it were an insult - "known as Anonymous doesn't show his ugly face here in the next fifteen minutes, I will kill this man. And for every five minutes after that, I'll kill another hostage.... |
Write a story given the following prompt: The devil enters into a contract, and over time slowly realizes that *he* is actually the one being manipulated by it. | There once was a man named Lucifer,
Whose cable bill caused him to go nuclear.
So one desperate day, he called up Comcast to say hey...
is there a better deal I could receive for the future?
The agent was nice, and with out thinking twice,
He agreed to a bundle at "One low monthly price."
Now just to be clear, he ask... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Nonfiction - Tell Us About Your First kiss.
Or, if you must, tell us about *a* first kiss. Either way, it has to have actually happened.
Edit: You guys are wonderful, keep 'em coming! | It was a windy and cold February day in Suburban Hell Colorado. I walked my first girlfriend to bus stop outside of our high school. We'd only been together a month and had not kissed yet. I waited at the stop with her before going to practice. We talked for awhile and our friend said as the bus pulled up. "Okay kiss h... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You were born with a birth mark the shape of a "9" on your wrist, one day you get in a fatal car accident. You wake up in a strange room and the first thing you notice is the 9 has changed to an 8 | James awoke on a metallic table, a bright light above him enveloped the room in light. He tried to recall what had happened - twisted metal and fire flashed in his mind. There was a crash, but he couldn't recall how he got here. Wherever here was. He rubbed his eyes, attempting to make shapes from the fuzz, but some... |
Write a story given the following prompt: "My dad was right, I should have married a real man!" your wife screamed. Unfamiliar with the expression, you mistakenly believe that she and her father must have somehow finally found out that you aren't actually a human | "So, you know then..." I replied, ashamed and a bit relieved.
"Of course I know!" She screamed back in my face. "The way you've been acting lately..."
I sat down. Legs trembling as I wallowed in my secret's exposure.
"What's her name?" She mumbled through newly born tears. "Tell me her name!"
"Fluffy!" I shouted in a ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: : Your village idiot is full of the strangest superstitions. She goes on about washing one's hands, says you get worms in your intestines from standing barefoot on night soil and that medicines with mercury should be avoided at all costs. You're starting to suspect she might be... | "What is she *doing*?" asked Wyll, staring at a round-ish woman who was squeezing a bulb of a lilly, rinsing her hands in the foamy lather that came out. She was on her knees next to a little stream, near her little cottage up the hill.
"Is she squeezing a potato?" asked Wyll. "Why on earth is she squeezing a potato?... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | In a world where people were born with superpowers, some got the short end of the stick. Some could fly, while others could see the world in a different spectrum. Some had the ability to conjure flames as hot as the sun, while others could manipulate ice cubes.
Everyone had a choice, to do what they wanted with their ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: About 20 minuets after the the oil drum you are crammed into was filled with concrete, you realise that you're probably immortal. | Stop me if you’ve heard this one:
A man drunkenly stumbles onto a misty dock one night and sees something he’s not supposed to see. He gets clubbed by a man who looks like he has a pituitary gland the size of a watermelon and gets unceremoniously shoved some time later into a big old oil drum that gets filled with a b... |
Write a story given the following prompt: As a child you remember visiting a vast magical world while playing in a treehouse. Today your own child told you they visited a familiar sounding world after playing in that same treehouse. They then also handed you a letter from who you thought was only an imaginary friend. | It has been quite a minute,
Since you’ve stopped by to play.
And we really miss the simple fun,
Of your visits every day.
​
We played for quite some hours,
In the warmth of the green sun.
And the hours spent in bright blue trees,
Were my favorite ones.
​
Today the world is quiet,
And it... |
Write a story given the following prompt: In this dystopian society, citizens are only allowed to say words that are on the 'approved common words' list. All other word lists must be purchased before you are allowed to say a word from them. The rich have a distinct advantage. | "This is absolute tr- ... tr- ... tr-, ... hold on." I pulled out my phone and opened WordSecure, quickly typing in t...r...a...s...h. The payment screen showed up: use once for ten cents, monthly pass for two dollars, or lifetime use for one hundred dollars. I selected "use once," waited for the transaction to clear, ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Elizabeth
I never really knew you, but I'll never forget you. I see your face every time I'm alone in my car, and it always brings me to tears. I want you to know that I tried so hard to save you. I tried everything I could. I'm sorry your parents had to see what we did to you. I'm sorry they had to see the tubes stic... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even dr... | One day James was sitting with his wife, he was cooking dinner for school children while she was knitting beanies for the homeless, when she cut herself, James sprang to his feet, "let me help you with that" he said. But upon reaching her, his eyes widened, her blood was pure black, he immediately begun to yell, "what ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: After gaining the ability to see everyone's red strings of fate tying soul mates to each other. You realize your string extends past the sky. | In a way, I'm glad for the strings of fate. Their visibility has led to all out peace on this once malignant planet. It became easy to find that "true love", and people became happier for it.
Some pairings were conventional. Some weren't. But all resulted in bliss. You can feel it in the air. I'm grateful for that.
A... |
Write a story given the following prompt: 17 Years ago, when you were only 6 years old, your father left you and your mother, saying he was going to get milk. As you walk to work your father stumbles out of an alley, ragged, limping, and sporting a mud caked beard. In his hands, a cartoon of milk.
First time writing a... | "Dad?" My eyes are telling me he's there, right in front of me. They are screaming the information at my brain, which has ceased to function properly. I've thought about this moment for so long, played out every scenario in my head like a prayer before bed, but when the moment is finally here: I freeze. I never once... |
Write a story given the following prompt: What if we lived in a world where whatever you did to other people, it happened to you. If you kissed someone’s cheek, you felt the kiss too. If you shot someone, the same damage would occur to you. Imagine where the saying “Only do unto other’s only what you would do unto you”... | Tears running down his face he ran up the stairs on to the train platform. A cold winter's day, Stan's face was still stinging from the snow. Heavily panting he sighed and sat down - rubbing his face, he felt fresh cuts and bruises. Even those didn't stop them from hurting him.
A train approached, Stan got up.
*Thi... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Human blood turns darker with every evil deed and you've just murdered your wife. You never admitted to doing it, but you were the only suspect in the case. Imagine everyone's surprise when they found out that your blood is still milky white. | I knew that I had done nothing. My wife was alive. Lucy was fine. We had just been eating together peacefully when those horrible people had come in and taken her away from me. They had screamed at me and said that I was horrible. They had kidnapped my wife and dragged her away. Now, those same people said that I had k... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You've saved countless teenage lives. You're the person who convinced the world that to summon Bloody Mary you say her name 3 times, instead of the 5 times it actually takes. | “Sue! Susan! It worked!” Yet another one. I’m Susanna Anne Marie or Susan, or Anne or Sue or whatever form of my name I choose to take on for this life. I am a demon of hell, a lower level demon whose purpose is to mislead. I hate it quite a lot but I’ve found ways to turn it around.
Anyway, back to Grace. “I summoned... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even dr... | It was black. She stares at her fingertip in- no, not surprise, resignation - for half a second before she realises she should hide it. She wraps it quickly in her half-knit hat. “Oh, shoot,” she says, rising from her seat and smiling at the other do-gooders around her.
She walks away, trying not to rush too hard, ho... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can S... | When I first regained my sight I saw the messages, "Don't tell them you can see".
I wondered who "them" might be. I'll be honest, my first thought was space aliens of some sort of monsters from a Stygian realm. I was terrified.
I carefully got out my cane and went about my business, often closing my eyes to make the ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You are a dragon living within the mountains overlooking a small village. No human craftsmanship can match the way dragonfire shapes steel and you are renowned for your metalworking. For years your only rule was no weapons. After what you saw today, your going to make an except... | I never bothered much with the village people. Sure one would approach my humble cave with trembling knees, and eyes constantly glaring at the ground, afraid that my gaze alone could melt them to a crisp. Usually it was their king or a trusted servant, who would ask for my help in building an advanced carriage or a gol... |
Write a story given the following prompt: ”Why aren’t you scared? I’m a vampire— I could kill you!” “So could literally every other human, you’re not special.” | The thing about sentient monsters, and especially immortal ones, is that they're *all* filled with ego. Some of them are better than others--more akin to filling a vessel, rather than filling a balloon--but no sentient thing lives for hundreds of years with being smug about it. It is one the unspoken weakness of their ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: In the universe, species are either very intelligent and frail or durable and strong. Finding humans to be capable of labor, aliens mistakenly label us as dumb brutes and attempt to enslave us. | On the planet of Ten Moons X57 there is a creature called the Red Shade Yu. When it’s children are taken from it, the females will wail so loud the snow on the Thread Spike Mountains begins to slide down. It’s called a Grief Avalanche.
Yet, this human girl was screaming so loudly I thought she might rival the Yu. Her... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Your mind automatically slows down time as imminent danger approaches. This has helped you to become an athlete, great with parlor tricks and avoid death at every turn! Today, a very attractive member of the opposite sex walks past and flashes you a flirty smile. Time begins to... | Danger. That's a word I haven't ever truly understood. I know the idea of danger, but I never feel it. When I get into "dangerous" situations, everything clicks into place and I can just go. The world slows down, and I can think, I can solve my problems. There's no excitement in these times for me, no adrenaline rush. ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: A master vampire owns the building, the alpha werewolf owns the restaurant. The Hunters Guildmaster is here, sword out. Other guests have fled. But your pasta had a distinct tang of gluten and were those peppers? Are they trying to kill you? You are Karen and you want to see so... | # * STAY FAR AWAY!!! TERRIBLE service and security
I made it very clear to the waiter that I have celiac disease and am allergic to peppers. But when my pasta came it had gluten in it!!! I know when someone tries to slip me gluten the INSTANT I taste it. And they served me peppers with my meal!!! It’s like they were T... |
Write a story given the following prompt: “Dear Sir Knight, after the recent attacks by the dragons who claim they need to see their princess’ heir, we have come to believe you may have misread our request to slay the dragon.” Having read the letter, you take one surprised look at your wife and her half-dragon child. “... | "What does it say?"
"Well... here, you take a look."
I passed the scroll over to my wife, trading it for our infant daughter. Merry giggled as I hoisted her in the air, then settled her in my arms.
Haella, meanwhile, read through the scroll once, then twice, then tossed it onto the table in frustration. "How did the... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you ... | He came at me like all the rest. Rage, fear, adrenaline in his eyes. Hopped up on nukonarc pills; you'd have to be to come at the king. He desired my status; coveted it. I could feel the hair on the nape of my neck rise, feel a crackling in the air. An electromancer. This would be interesting.
I raise my hands. "HALT,... |
Write a story given the following prompt: A sentient military drone finally listens to their conscience and abandons a lifetime career of killing to persue their true passion: stand-up comedy. | "Up next we have a an autonomous army drone, give up for PX-897!"
The audience applauds as the hover drone enters stage making a massive noise and settles down on the stage in front of a microphone.
"Hey, everyone, I just flew in from downtown Fallujah and are my arms tired!"
Smattering of half-hearted applause.
... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Mash up two fairy tales to make a new one. Take a new, fresh direction on it. | In a rundown tavern at the edge of town...
"I mean, I'm not young anymore. I'm almost 16." Sleeping Beauty sighed. "At least you're living with 7 guys. Worst case you could get hitched to one of them."
"Not that any of them are husband material." Snow white replied. "I've been pretending to be dead for 6 months, and ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You have one super power: The ability to know without fail what the truth is to any asked question. You planned to help the world as a super hero. It took you six hours for the government to declare you public enemy number one and the most deadly super villain alive. | “You ask me why. You ask me what was the tipping point, what got under my skin, what broke me. You’re asking the wrong questions.”
“It was never something that pushed me over the edge. It wasn’t some traumatic event. It was because I told the truth.”
“We all worry about the big villains out there. We all tremble and ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Zombie apocalypse has happened. The survivours have survived and are thriving, so much that people can go their entire lives with out seeing a zombie. You see one today. | Michael shuffled in the door, arms laden with bags of food, looking haggard.
"What's wrong, honey?" his wife asked, helping him remove his torn jacket. Michael didn't respond at first. "What happened?" Michael shook his head slowly.
"I saw one of...them, Donna." She screamed and dropped his coat, fumbling to pick it ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Death is surprised when you lose in the game for your life, it says "This is the first time in over two thousand years that my opponent did not cheat." | "Check" The figure that kept shifting between a swirling mass of darkness, Mr. Rogers, the Grim Reaper, and me said disinterestedly.
I moved my Bishop and took his queen. He held on Mr. Rogers for a few minutes longer than he did usually. "Checkmate." He said as he held his mouth open.
"Okay, what now?"
"I don't ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Magic suddenly becomes a thing. While governments are scrambling to establish regulations, people defiantly flock to reddit to share new discoveries and crack more “overpowered” spells. Write about a trending post that, for good or ill, is making authorities furious. | **Guys help how do I turn this off?** Posted by u/ reddituser68 2 hours ago
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Hey guys? You know how I posted yesterday with my Broadway-style-musical-number-spell? All the fun we were having with it? Well today I was singing *the song that never ends* under my breath and accidentally cast it... and a memb... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Sometime in the future, everything that can kill a human as of today has been cured, yet people still die. What kills them? | We cured cancer. We cured AIDS. Ebola is only a memory. Heart attacks, diabetes, everything. There was celebration. We were heroes. The world gathered in stadiums and concert halls in every city in the world, to watch a special broadcast celebrating our achievement. We offered free food, free beer, free transportation ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: A married couple start another average morning on an average weekday. No one dies. No twist. Show their overwhelming love for each other without them speaking a single word. | She cooked his breakfast as he dressed for work. She stops and listens to the new sounds of a new love.
He cooked her breakfast while she rested, belly swollen with new life.
They cooked together; for three, then four, now five.
They cooked together, alone again in a suddenly empty house.
He cooks her breakfa... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Vampires cannot enter a house uninvited. Turns out, they invented Welcome mats to bypass this rule decades ago. | Earl and Helena pulled into the condo complex.
"I'm *so* hungry," she complained, tapping her long fingernails on the window.
"That's because you didn't finish that frat boy's blood."
"He was so drunk, I was getting tipsy! And I'm not 21 yet --"
He snickered. "Ah, such a sense of morality."
"Well, yes. Unlike you,... |
Write a story given the following prompt: At dinner, you serve the king a glass of wine with poison in it. He sips from it and continues to eat as usual. At the end of the meal, he walks up to you and says. "Next time you make poison, make sure it really works. It was pathetic." | Chuckling, he let me walk away.
I scuttled to the cellar, where Dani was waiting for me. He rubbed his hands together slowly, a gesture of pity. “I wish you’d let me know,” he muttered. “I could have told you that wouldn’t work.”
I lay on the floor with a grunt. “I don’t understand. That toxin would have killed a... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, an... | Dear Dad,
I'm pretty sure you think Mom is my hero. She stayed at home with us until high school, attended all the sports practices, school performances, made all the lunches...and of course I love her, for all that and more, but I'd like to tell you that you have always been my hero.
Some might say that it's just b... |
Write a story given the following prompt: A knight rescues a princess, expecting a kiss, a marriage, and a hefty inheritance. Problem is, the princess is eight years old. | The knight had been expecting a beautiful maiden. He was hoping for marriage along with a monetary reward. His hopes for that were squashed when he saw the princess.
The eight year old girl in the tower room did not seem perturbed by the knight bursting through the door spattered with blood. His sword, held at the rea... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Your first assumption was that the undead were evil, life hating abominations trying to kill you. Little did you realize that the undead are just spirits of long dead warriors and heroes trying to protect their descendants from things much worse and far more sinister. | No human knows the color of the spirits.
They won’t ever see the way they shift in the light, glittering from black to silver to gold. They won’t ever hear their silent voices or envy their gleaming eyes. But they’re there, watching, waiting.
When they speak, it’s the skittering of leaves across pavement. When they... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You live in an alternative universe, where only one major thing is different form ours. One morning, you stumble through the barrier between our worlds, and enter our realm. | Ideally, no one would ever know. It's not as if they'd believe me anyway. I mean, we'd split the atom, manipulated genomes, and tolerated Nancy Grace, but this might be too much.
-Beep. Beep. Beep.-
This was my third try. Two attempts already and each time was the same. Perfection. Pure perfection.
My hand shook as ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you ... | He came at me like all the rest. Rage, fear, adrenaline in his eyes. Hopped up on nukonarc pills; you'd have to be to come at the king. He desired my status; coveted it. I could feel the hair on the nape of my neck rise, feel a crackling in the air. An electromancer. This would be interesting.
I raise my hands. "HALT,... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Everybody gets a superpower, but nobody has any secondary superpowers. People who spawn fire aren't fireproof. Super-speeders have normal reaction times. Super-strong people have normal joints. | My mother used to say everyone had a gift, but I know better.
Everyone has a curse.
It takes 18,500 Newton's to lift a car, 4,000 to snap your arm trying.
The average speedster can run twice the speed of sound, hitting a large insect at that speed is like getting punched in the face by a professional boxer.
My U... |
Write a story given the following prompt: [FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | My vision flashes crimson and I scream at the sky.
Tears splat messily on the flowers at my feet.
All of those years of faith and practice.
I spent every last cent on tithes.
What God would take her now?
After all of that pain?
I request very little.
Why my spark?
My daughter.
Why?
|
Write a story given the following prompt: You are a hitman who has just finished their most recent job. Or, at least, thought had finished, because the second you take your eyes off your target’s corpse, you hear “Hey, not bad! I actually felt that one.” | “Hey, not bad! I actually felt that one.”
I froze in place as those words drifted from the supposed corpse.
"Uggh" I sighed in annoyance "They never tell me when it's an immortal."
"Yeah, that's a pisser ain't it?" He said from his uncomfortable looking position on the ground. I could see the bullet hole in his head... |
Write a story given the following prompt: When you get to be 18, you can pick a statistic. Any time you see someone, you'll know that statistic about them.
[deleted] | So LPT: Don't show up drunk to stats day.
Let me give you some background. For the record it was the day after graduation, which was the worst timing possible. Of course my family had to throw the grandest of graduation parties. And of course my drunk uncle showed up, as usual. Except this time I actually took that te... |
Write a story given the following prompt: "The Young Anakin, Trained, he will be." Yoda said. Obi-Wan exclaims, "The council is in agreement then? I will train the Boy?" Yoda looks at Obi-Wan, "Mace Windu, his master will be." | Anakin sat alone with Padme on a garden bench, concealed by the peace and loveliness that surrounded them. She leaned against his shoulder, eyes closed, and let out a sigh of bliss. Anakin looks to the side, and allows his hand to become enveloped in a sandy planter.
"Anakin?" Padme slowly sat up, looking at her belove... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Everyone dies twice: once when their body dies, and once when their name is spoken for the last time. One must wander the earth as a ghost until their name is spoken for the last time; only then can they pass into the afterlife. It's been over 3000 years, and you're still here. | I am King Tut. I've been wandering the Earth for 3000 years, unfortunately. As it turns out, you do pass into the afterlife. Although, in order for that to happen, your name has to be uttered for the last time.
Being that I was a pharaoh, I'm probably going to be spoken about until the end of time. That's what happens... |
Write a story given the following prompt: "But why do you want to destroy the asteroid belt?" The chair swivels, and a T-Rex leans forward. "Revenge." | The chair swung halfway round, 2 tiny hands appeared and a squeaking noise was heard as Cody shuffled the rest of the way round to face his crew.
Cody took a deep breath, and slowly clutching his claws together started narrating. 'Why do I want to destroy the asteroid belt? Great question, to answer it we have to go ... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Your parents used to say "As long as you are remembered, you will never die." The good news is you were happy to remember that when you changed the course of human history and everyone knows your name. The bad news is that was about 300 years ago and you'd really quite like to ... | *[I'm sat at a bar, and there's 4 empty whisky glasses. I'm nursing another..]*
*[A man sits down beside me]*
**Man:** Tough day, ay brother?
**Me:** Tough fucking life, to be honest.
*[Sips from whisky glass]*
**Man:** It can't be that bad.
**Me:** It's my Birthday..
**Man:** Congratulations! Surely, that's a... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Describe a well known story from the perspective of the antagonist. Try to conceal the actual story till the last line.
Fairy tales, legends, tv shows, book, etc. | Perhaps he had never truly realized, until that moment, the depthless gloom of his fields. The skies were overcast, devoid of color, clouded by permanent mist - no spark or sign of the heavens' warming light to sweep away the shadows. He had never realized just how quiet it all was: his realm was embalmed with a deadly... |
Write a story given the following prompt: Write the most elaborate, over-dramatic, and exciting story you can think of that all just turns out to be a set-up for a pun so horrible I'll want to punch you
It actually doesn't have to be dramatic or exciting or anything similar, just make sure it's elaborate so the final ... | It was Tuesday morning. God I hate Tuesdays.
You see, when you work in the sawmill of a small town, logs shipment usually comes in on Wednesdays. That keeps us busy for three days, sometime four, but Tuesdays are always dead.
This means that on Tuesdays, I have to listen to Tom, Jim and Preston talk about their mean... |
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