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deadmanRise | t3_xu4f0 | WritingPrompts | c5q1tl9 | 1,344,444,246 | t3_xu4f0 | The San Francisco sun blazed overhead, coating the world with its golden fury. The man sat with his back to a great concrete pillar and looked out over the San Francisco Bay. Overhead, the Golden Gate Bridge sheltered him from the burning rays of the midday sun. His hair was thin and matted, his beard thick and disarra... | 3 | null |
Xenc | t1_c5q1t1h | WritingPrompts | c5q1x1r | 1,344,444,571 | t3_x6y4p | Crisis averted. The letter has been used. | 49 | null |
RankWeis | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q1xlg | 1,344,444,624 | t3_xvr6e | Tying the boat to the bottom of the ocean, I pondered my luck. Swimming back up, I tied the anchor to the air and swam off, waiting for this unlucky yacht owner to come back and see his boat effectively immobilized, stuck between two points of the earth, forever. Well, until someone came up with a way to erode the Vehi... | 7 | null |
Casumarzu | t3_xfc9t | WritingPrompts | c5q1z25 | 1,344,444,762 | t3_xfc9t | Officer JC stood at the entrance of the maze. She looked at the ransom note once more: I have the boy. Meet me at the center of the labyrinth in thirteen hours or you'll never see him again. The clock was ticking. She drew her Beretta and held out her right hand to the wall of the maze. There was no time for a wrong tu... | 3 | null |
Rape_Van_Winkle | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q2094 | 1,344,444,875 | t3_xvr6e | "Ok honey, see you a little later," Sam shouted to his wife as the front door thudded close. Peering through the blinds, he watched as the car rolled past the gate, closing automatically behind it. Sam exhaled slowly, turned, and made his way to the top floor of the estate.
More attic, than livable space, the top ... | 2 | null |
[deleted] | t3_xl74p | WritingPrompts | c5q20py | 1,344,444,918 | t3_xl74p | Is it alright if the story is, like, way longer than 750 words? | 1 | null |
BonobosBanana | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q2124 | 1,344,444,950 | t3_xvr6e | Sam really couldn’t be more excited with his find, well, curiosity would be a better way to describe those feelings. He would call work and tell them he wasn’t able to come in today. The excuse as meaningless as the job that he would be skipping.
How long had Sam waited for this? How many days had he spent as a slave... | 2 | null |
[deleted] | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q21cy | 1,344,444,979 | t3_xvr6e | He tore purposefully through the myriad of boxes and bags that littered the less visited recesses of their house. It was here somewhere. He was fairly sure he hadn't thrown it out and positive she hadn't; she never threw anything out. His hands were dry and the cuticles on his finger tips were splitting. Each frantic o... | 4 | null |
traysledding | t1_c5q0nqx | WritingPrompts | c5q21tv | 1,344,445,024 | t3_x6y4p | 不行 | 14 | null |
kruns | t3_xvvs1 | WritingPrompts | c5q221n | 1,344,445,045 | t3_xvvs1 | Do you I mind if I use one of these images to post my own prompt? I am interested in seeing the stories that could come from this http://i.imgur.com/k1Hfl.jpg/ | 1 | null |
Satan_Worshiper | t1_c5q1x1r | WritingPrompts | c5q22g6 | 1,344,445,086 | t3_x6y4p | HAIL SATAN | 63 | null |
seabears1216 | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q23jl | 1,344,445,191 | t3_xvr6e | Ronan was inspecting every dirt smudged letter and word on the label of the VHS tape. The plastic outside of the tape was cracked and the young man pondered what the contents of the tape was. He slowly eased the tape into his VHS. After much fuzz and distortion on the television, a good looking young man appeared on th... | 1 | null |
parkonmars | t1_c5k74vr | WritingPrompts | c5q23y4 | 1,344,445,225 | t3_x6y4p | You spelled traysledding's name wrong in the edit btw. | 25 | null |
Desc3000 | t1_c5q221n | WritingPrompts | c5q24ls | 1,344,445,288 | t3_xvvs1 | No problem! Use whatever you like. I only own one of these pictures anyway, haha. | 1 | null |
[deleted] | t1_c5q21cy | WritingPrompts | c5q24tr | 1,344,445,309 | t3_xvr6e | First time posting here and I just noticed the word limit... That I clearly overstepped. | 3 | null |
t3hrabb1t | t1_c5q0gnz | WritingPrompts | c5q25f4 | 1,344,445,369 | t3_x6y4p | recited the whole alphabet... this guy speaks the truth | 36 | null |
error9900 | t1_c5q1s88 | WritingPrompts | c5q25pf | 1,344,445,394 | t3_x6y4p | Get the thief! | 6 | null |
Buzzboy | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q25sd | 1,344,445,402 | t3_xvr6e | The light from the screen swallows the little room. He's never seen this before but he's pretty sure on how it ends. He slinks back into his world wondering why bother. Someone told him to watch this, he remembers. "Highly recommended". That's the only thing keeping him here. So he watches the tape as it drones on with... | 1 | null |
[deleted] | t1_c5q0u0x | WritingPrompts | c5q26x1 | 1,344,445,512 | t3_x6y4p | Uuhat ſımple tımes they uuere.
Edit: I like yours too! | 484 | null |
Unbelievr | t1_c5q144r | WritingPrompts | c5q26x7 | 1,344,445,513 | t3_x6y4p | Suddenly; Xylophones! | 49 | null |
mrwelchman | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q272u | 1,344,445,526 | t3_xvr6e | It was delivered by a smiling singing messenger with an unnaturally cheery disposition in a plain manila envelope, the kind Walter usually associated with news ranging from terrible to horrible. "Ahoy! Just need your X and the date, heck any letter and date, on the line and I'll be on my way," he said melodically. An... | 6 | null |
dragonite_life | t1_c5jsa7s | WritingPrompts | c5q279j | 1,344,445,546 | t3_x6y4p | This is very impressive, and a joy to read. I hope you keep writing. | 1 | null |
kujustin | t1_c5q0mz1 | WritingPrompts | c5q27bt | 1,344,445,552 | t3_x6y4p | This doesn't quite make sense grammatically, I don't think. I'm not positive. | 5 | null |
derpderp3200 | t1_c5q07sc | WritingPrompts | c5q27nm | 1,344,445,580 | t3_x6y4p | Excuse me, but I don't get the joke. Can somebody explain? | 3 | null |
[deleted] | t1_c5q0u0x | WritingPrompts | c5q2807 | 1,344,445,612 | t3_x6y4p | uuhy fo feriouf? | 118 | null |
Bennythen00b | t1_c5q22g6 | WritingPrompts | c5q28lw | 1,344,445,672 | t3_x6y4p | I uh.. I'd rather not. | 26 | null |
RyanKinder | t1_c5q20py | WritingPrompts | c5q28t5 | 1,344,445,693 | t3_xl74p | It could be novel length. Only a minimum is specified. :) | 2 | null |
RankWeis | t1_c5q24tr | WritingPrompts | c5q298c | 1,344,445,729 | t3_xvr6e | You may also be an alien who uses base 300? | 3 | null |
eggsssssssss | t1_c5q18bh | WritingPrompts | c5q29fw | 1,344,445,751 | t3_xvr6e | OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! | 5 | null |
[deleted] | t1_c5q28t5 | WritingPrompts | c5q2ac0 | 1,344,445,840 | t3_xl74p | My shorts rarely pass 10k words, so no worries there. | 1 | null |
OfThriceAndTen | t1_c5q28lw | WritingPrompts | c5q2aet | 1,344,445,848 | t3_x6y4p | Er, wanna grab a beer. You look like you've seen a ghost. | 10 | null |
Oddly_Enough | t1_c5q1msz | WritingPrompts | c5q2ayt | 1,344,445,900 | t3_xvr6e | holy crap... (i had to check today's date lol, this is awesome) | 13 | null |
Anglophilia | t1_c5q27nm | WritingPrompts | c5q2bbs | 1,344,445,937 | t3_x6y4p | During the 2004 election, Kerry was listing the meager allies we had for the Iraq War ("Great Britain and... uh..."), and Bush was quick to remind him that he "forgot Poland," as if having Poland as an ally vindicated the whole thing. | 29 | null |
redditor-for-2-hours | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q2bi2 | 1,344,445,954 | t3_xvr6e | "What the heck is this?" Steve said whilst peering into an old, dusty cardboard box.
"That, son, is a vhs tape. Before we had blu-ray...and before we had dvds...or dvr...or on demand...we had vhs tapes to watch." Steve's father smiled as he pulled the unmarked tape from the box, "It's been in this box in the basement... | 6 | null |
georgiamax | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q2bom | 1,344,445,972 | t3_xvr6e | As she pulled the VHS out of the rewinder, she sighed. As she pushed it in the VHS player, she sniffed.
When the TV came to life, she saw a beautiful circus, red and yellow and black and flowers and clowns and lions and elephants, and her horses. Her beautiful horses. A black one, a white one, the paint. All dancing ... | 9 | null |
FuckingDelicious | t3_xudzp | WritingPrompts | c5q2cg0 | 1,344,446,041 | t3_xudzp | For whatever reason, it seems I need to write each night or my head gets too full... I've noticed that if I'm too busy to write at all before I go to bed, the next day I'll feel "out of it," like I have too much to think about. To me, writing has the same effect that the Pensieve has in Harry Potter-it's my way of "cle... | 2 | null |
yourpenisinmyhand | t1_c5q1t1h | WritingPrompts | c5q2cma | 1,344,446,057 | t3_x6y4p | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYc05gZFly0&t=0m2s | 2 | null |
grey_eyed_athena | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q2ei1 | 1,344,446,236 | t3_xvr6e | It came in the mail, wrapped in parchment paper and tied with a string. This wasn't another heartbreaking letter. I wonder what they sent this time.
I snapped the string with a pair of scissors and slid back the paper to reveal the cassette with neat cursive handwriting across the label that was too smudged for me to... | 3 | null |
BonobosBanana | t1_c5q221n | WritingPrompts | c5q2emh | 1,344,446,251 | t3_xvvs1 | Well you haven't given a prompt, but I wrote something short for you:
The tower rose above the land, reaching as if to block out all but the celestial bodies that illuminated it. A temple of man it was once called, but now it was remnant of the past. The technology that once made it cutting-edge, falling by the waysid... | 4 | null |
DeathFromWithin | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q2eri | 1,344,446,264 | t3_xvr6e | **Went for a bit of a different approach, hope thats ok? I'm new here.**
Wordless in our search for food, only spattering sounds of tiny claws on concrete. The terrible giants are certainly gone for the time being, as even the haunting glow of the noise box have ceased for the night. There are a few sources in the ... | 4 | null |
[deleted] | t1_c5q27nm | WritingPrompts | c5q2fbn | 1,344,446,317 | t3_x6y4p | It's from a [debate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mahTGNIk4q4) during the 2004 U.S. elections. | 2 | null |
icansaywhatever | t1_c5q1rc8 | WritingPrompts | c5q2ffb | 1,344,446,329 | t3_xvr6e | Nice. I like how it stands out from the other, ultra-deep ones around (not that those are bad, just a different type of story). | 1 | null |
[deleted] | t1_c5q27nm | WritingPrompts | c5q2g39 | 1,344,446,392 | t3_x6y4p | It's something [George Bush](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mahTGNIk4q4) said. | 3 | null |
RyanKinder | t1_c5q24tr | WritingPrompts | c5q2gb3 | 1,344,446,412 | t3_xvr6e | What's great about flash fiction is learning to self edit. I often write well over the word limit, then play the role of editor and figure out what redundancies exist. It helps you learn how to be more concise with your stories. | 3 | null |
Bennythen00b | t1_c5q2aet | WritingPrompts | c5q2gbd | 1,344,446,413 | t3_x6y4p | Yes please, that would be delightful. | 4 | null |
icansaywhatever | t1_c5q2bom | WritingPrompts | c5q2gdv | 1,344,446,420 | t3_xvr6e | I swear, these onions came out of nowhere! | 3 | null |
Slayers_Dream | t1_c5pase6 | WritingPrompts | c5q2gt5 | 1,344,446,462 | t3_xqa1u | This made me tear up a little, I have always been closest to my english teachers, something about them just makes us get alonng, probably shared interests! You're teacher sounded awesome. | 2 | null |
gayz0r | t3_x6y4p | WritingPrompts | c5q2gyl | 1,344,446,476 | t3_x6y4p | If you were from Sweden the story would be 3 sentences longer :) | 2 | null |
listn2moremetal | t1_c5q2aet | WritingPrompts | c5q2i7b | 1,344,446,596 | t3_x6y4p | Not sure if username is GoT reference... | 5 | null |
Arbuthnot | t1_c5q2ayt | WritingPrompts | c5q2ioe | 1,344,446,638 | t3_xvr6e | Thank you! This is the first time I've submitted to this subreddit so I'm glad you like it :D | 7 | null |
AgentSteel | t1_c5q22g6 | WritingPrompts | c5q2j09 | 1,344,446,673 | t3_x6y4p | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dJQSIQwl6c
| 2 | null |
[deleted] | t3_xvr6e | WritingPrompts | c5q2ja6 | 1,344,446,698 | t3_xvr6e | [deleted] | 6 | null |
liarliar415 | t1_c5q2807 | WritingPrompts | c5q2jf8 | 1,344,446,712 | t3_x6y4p | "that'f just houu uue uurite f'ef you ftupid fhithead"
-George Uuafhington | 84 | null |
wee_little_puppetman | t1_c5q2807 | WritingPrompts | c5q2jue | 1,344,446,750 | t3_x6y4p | It'ſ not an f, dammit! | 43 | null |
books_and_tattoos | t1_c5ok7fg | WritingPrompts | c5q2mhl | 1,344,447,001 | t3_xo6tl | Kitchen fire for me. | 1 | null |
grey_eyed_athena | t1_c5q11cp | WritingPrompts | c5q2mj9 | 1,344,447,006 | t3_xvr6e | I was thinking about doing a similar story! Well executed! | 4 | null |
The__Allower | t1_c5q0u0x | WritingPrompts | c5q2nht | 1,344,447,097 | t3_x6y4p | I'll allouu it. | 17 | null |
grey_eyed_athena | t1_c5q15tf | WritingPrompts | c5q2o0w | 1,344,447,152 | t3_xvr6e | You write well in this POV. I'm not usually fond of so much dialogue, but this was well done (and scary). | 5 | null |
RyanKinder | t1_c5q2gyl | WritingPrompts | c5q2o22 | 1,344,447,156 | t3_x6y4p | F would be for FAEN! :) | 2 | null |
Danigickle | t1_c5jwapj | WritingPrompts | c5q2oms | 1,344,447,212 | t3_x6y4p | Wow that's so sad :( | 3 | null |
DrMasterBlaster | t1_c5q0u0x | WritingPrompts | c5q2p1g | 1,344,447,252 | t3_x6y4p | I was always under the impression that the "W" was the combination of two "V"s, hence the french (latin) pronunciation of "Ve" and "Dubleve" or "Double V". | 9 | null |
steve_yo | t1_c5q0u0x | WritingPrompts | c5q2p41 | 1,344,447,260 | t3_x6y4p | Now, my story begins in 19-dickety-two. We had to say "dickety"
'cause that Kaiser had stolen our word "twenty" | 34 | null |
traysledding | t1_c5q2cma | WritingPrompts | c5q2pbc | 1,344,447,278 | t3_x6y4p | just 4 u | 2 | null |
giveitago | t1_c5pzx55 | WritingPrompts | c5q2qfm | 1,344,447,390 | t3_x6y4p | Wet went the knife.
This reads well but all the sentences are around the same length. It loses some drama as a result. Wet went the knife corrects this. | 1 | null |
bardwick | t1_c5q1pac | WritingPrompts | c5q2sr9 | 1,344,447,629 | t3_x6y4p | [Weightlessness cradled the man as the years of dedication rolled off his shoulders and the faintest smile, | 7 | null |
KingCroesus | t1_c5pzx55 | WritingPrompts | c5q2ss3 | 1,344,447,632 | t3_x6y4p | "Weightlessness" | -1 | null |
stonepickaxe | t1_c5q11cp | WritingPrompts | c5q2ssz | 1,344,447,635 | t3_xvr6e | Very impressive. | 4 | null |
sfanetti | t1_c5jsa7s | WritingPrompts | c5q2t7h | 1,344,447,677 | t3_x6y4p | AND THEN? | 7 | null |
sfanetti | t1_c5jsa7s | WritingPrompts | c5q2tbb | 1,344,447,689 | t3_x6y4p | Good story - seriously. | 2 | null |
zeefomiv | t1_c5pzx55 | WritingPrompts | c5q2tvt | 1,344,447,749 | t3_x6y4p | >Weightlessness cradled the man as the years of dedication rolled off his shoulders and the faintest smile,the first in years,appeared on his face as he worked the knife.
He didn't forget W. Unless the [ ] 's make it invalid or something? | 2 | null |
Satans_Jewels | t1_c5q2jf8 | WritingPrompts | c5q2ukz | 1,344,447,819 | t3_x6y4p | UUashington* | 17 | null |
traysledding | t1_c5q2qfm | WritingPrompts | c5q2vqq | 1,344,447,929 | t3_x6y4p | you are correct. It'd probably change if it went beyond draft 1.1b. | 3 | null |
eyeball_head | t1_c5q0u0x | WritingPrompts | c5q2vtb | 1,344,447,936 | t3_x6y4p | But I wanted him two u's a W instead. | 7 | null |
MetalMan77 | t1_c5q2jf8 | WritingPrompts | c5q2vxw | 1,344,447,948 | t3_x6y4p | *uue | 5 | null |
thefarkinator | t3_xudzp | WritingPrompts | c5q2xcq | 1,344,448,085 | t3_xudzp | The open road is rather relieving. Driving west, looking at the countryside, seeing nothing but plains. No one to talk to but yourself. Might as well write down the conversations. Driving is monotonous. Stay in the right lane, when someone is going particularly slowly, you pass them. And yet, you realize that you're on... | 2 | null |
Lisappe | t1_c5q2jf8 | WritingPrompts | c5q2xgl | 1,344,448,095 | t3_x6y4p | Houu* | 5 | null |
ComeOnCantBeThatBad | t1_c5pzx55 | WritingPrompts | c5q2y5h | 1,344,448,161 | t3_x6y4p | What a fucking idiot. Have a downvote faggot
Edit: Apparently I can't downvote pieces of shit in this subreddit. How gay | -27 | null |
zeimbo | t3_x6y4p | WritingPrompts | c5q2yar | 1,344,448,175 | t3_x6y4p | not sure anyone here likes underground hip hop but heres one of my favorite [songs] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvPnM2Q1nwU) using alphabetic order.. | 2 | null |
OfThriceAndTen | t1_c5q2i7b | WritingPrompts | c5q2yim | 1,344,448,195 | t3_x6y4p | Game of Thrones? No, its a combination of 13, my lucky number and Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. | 12 | null |
StockPhotosOfFruit | t3_x6y4p | WritingPrompts | c5q2ywt | 1,344,448,232 | t3_x6y4p | All throughout my childhood have been memories of fruit. Beautiful, delectable, and tasty fruit. Children on my block used to gather around and play with fruit, except one child never came outside, and only watched the children play. Daniel Honeydew. Everyone knew of him, because he was a household name, but nobody... | 10 | null |
perrycarter | t1_c5q2t7h | WritingPrompts | c5q304b | 1,344,448,349 | t3_x6y4p | NO AND THEN! | 5 | null |
Mooreplease | t1_c5pzx55 | WritingPrompts | c5q30e2 | 1,344,448,374 | t3_x6y4p | Weightlessness.... | -1 | null |
listn2moremetal | t1_c5q2yim | WritingPrompts | c5q319y | 1,344,448,459 | t3_x6y4p | Ah, ok. There's a point in Game of Thrones where someone is looking for a "maid of three and ten" and I got really excited :( | 7 | null |
kittyportals | t3_xu4f0 | WritingPrompts | c5q32de | 1,344,448,563 | t3_xu4f0 | Kari awoke that morning feeling very tired. Something felt wrong, and it wasn't just the argument she had had with Rob the night before. She checked his side of the bed. He was up, as always, before she was. The dog had climbed up to his pillow, and was resting his head there, tail thumping. "Oh Ferris, you're such a h... | 2 | null |
crazymusicman | t1_c5q2jf8 | WritingPrompts | c5q32do | 1,344,448,562 | t3_x6y4p | *f'ef | 4 | null |
Newguy23 | t1_c5pzx55 | WritingPrompts | c5q338t | 1,344,448,646 | t3_x6y4p | [Weightlessness cradled....] <-- right before "X on his...." | -1 | null |
BlackAsHell | t1_c5q2ukz | WritingPrompts | c5q34hy | 1,344,448,768 | t3_x6y4p | UUafington* | 15 | null |
mikegfx | t1_c5jsa7s | WritingPrompts | c5q34wl | 1,344,448,806 | t3_x6y4p | This is great. I definitely would have copped out at some point with a sentence like: '"Xylophone", he shouted randomly at the tops of his lungs. Years of labor and sweat and frustration and joy and love and hate made him yell random things at the top of his lungs.' | 10 | null |
aenemacanal | t3_xudzp | WritingPrompts | c5q34yc | 1,344,448,812 | t3_xudzp | Making people laugh. | 1 | null |
koreaneverlose | t1_c5q34hy | WritingPrompts | c5q359i | 1,344,448,844 | t3_x6y4p | UUafhington* | 36 | null |
[deleted] | t1_c5q2i7b | WritingPrompts | c5q3606 | 1,344,448,907 | t3_x6y4p | It is known... | 2 | null |
Bunnyfloppyearz | t1_c5jsa7s | WritingPrompts | c5q36bq | 1,344,448,938 | t3_x6y4p | This was pure brilliance. Keep writing and don't deny the world your gift. | 2 | null |
HirschyKiss | t1_c5q18bh | WritingPrompts | c5q37qm | 1,344,449,072 | t3_xvr6e | The italics on brandie were a nice touch, I read it in my head as really patronizing. | 6 | null |
RyanKinder | t1_c5q23y4 | WritingPrompts | c5q397g | 1,344,449,211 | t3_x6y4p | Fixed. Cheers. :) | 23 | null |
RyanKinder | t1_c5q26x7 | WritingPrompts | c5q39jc | 1,344,449,242 | t3_x6y4p | X-Rays of Xylophones! | 12 | null |
momzill | t3_xvvs1 | WritingPrompts | c5q39rn | 1,344,449,262 | t3_xvvs1 | You know what I find interesting, that I have approximately half of the same images. Hmm. | 1 | null |
RyanKinder | t1_c5q1i82 | WritingPrompts | c5q3ad0 | 1,344,449,317 | t3_x6y4p | ...on the World Wide Web! | 9 | null |
pat5168 | t1_c5q0v36 | WritingPrompts | c5q3cvo | 1,344,449,556 | t3_x6y4p | Well that's retarded that one of its definitions literally means not literally. | 22 | null |
Their_Police | t1_c5q0v36 | WritingPrompts | c5q3d3i | 1,344,449,577 | t3_x6y4p | Tried to explain this to someone in real life yesterday. They said it was a load of codswallop and wouldn't believe me. | 3 | null |
darksmiles22 | t1_c5q2i7b | WritingPrompts | c5q3edr | 1,344,449,702 | t3_x6y4p | I'm thinking more a combination of tribute to *Of Mice And Men* and the superstition surrounding the number thirteen. Your username on the other hand has me stumped - could it be an homage to the village blacksmith of old? | 2 | null |
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