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[WP] Your child has had an imaginary friend for almost a year. Today you overheard them talking to their friend again, only this time you hear a voice responding back. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] An immortal crushed by boredom wants to sleep most of eternity away. They have an AI-powered alarm clock that only wakes them up when something important and interesting seems like it's about to happen. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] someone needs to make a documentary on humor. Pay some random homeless to be imprisoned in one room for the next 20 years of his life just like in oldboy,feed him food and feed him content. See how fresh and non repetitive,or self referential and boring his humor becomes when released in "wild" | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 1 | |
[WP] A National Geographic narrator describing a person slowly getting out of bed. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] An artificial blood substitute that works even better than real blood has been invented! The vampire community has mixed feelings about this. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] A completely normal love story | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Contrary to popular belief, Santa is not an immortal elderly man. He grows old. 'Santa' is supposed to retire by the age of 90, stepping down to be replaced by a younger version, his child. In this generation, that spot is now yours - 3 decades too early. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] Every twenty years a Zombie outbreak happens, In olden times it was near world ending. nowadays it's considered just an annoyance and a boring reality of life. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] In the wider Galactic community, most populations reach 1-5 million with the highest populations being around 20 million. The Galaxy is shocked to find out how many humans there are. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] Demonic possession is a symbiotic relationship, contrary to popular belief. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] After the great exodus of 2133, humanity is split into two casts. The elite Spaceborn, who live in low orbit ships, and the oppressed Earthborn. You're an Earthborn going to a traditionally Spaceborn highschool | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] The message we've been waiting for finally comes from the outer reaches of space. We open it excitedly. It says. "Be Quiet. They Will Hear Us." | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Thrown out of a decompressed jet, a passenger somehow survives and lands directly in the center of a cult's summoning circle, who believe he is the Eldritch God they summoned | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] While relaxing alone by a river deep in the wilderness, you suddenly see someone in business clothes burst from the foliage, alert, but not necessarily afraid. "Where am I?" they ask, wide-eyed. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] 30 Years ago, the war begun in the capital of the Lion kingom. Two great generals parted ways. Now, after 30 years, the war returned to where it started, and two men, once friends, now standing on opposite sides meet again. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] "What the hell did they put in that cigarette?!" | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] You and your roommate wake up in each other's bodies. For some reason, while you're rightfully freaking out, your roommate takes it as totally normal and goes off to live your life for a day. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] "Jim, wake up! The bear has a gun! Get in the RV!" | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Myths speak of towering, imposing creatures lurking in the depths of the sea. However, in this land of steampunk styled flying ships- the sea is seldom touched. But of course, myths also speak of dominating beasts wandering the clouds- and your crew has had the misfortune to meet a myth. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] "Once you've grown old, you cannot ignore the meaning of caution." the wise old man tells you whilst explaining his reason for not taking the youth serum. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] A executed murderer have risen from their grave to torment new hapless victims with their supernatural powers. What they did not expect however were their old victims coming back as well to get vengence. After all, why do criminals get to have all the fun? | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Tamers are lower class due to only being able to form one contract at a time and no powerful beast wants their life to be reduced to the lifespan of their tamer.You messed up taming a slime and now you’re immortal so long as you can keep it safe.This is not easy as they’re the weakest creature. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] A Grand Coalition has been formed to launch a great Crusade against Forces of Evil. Oh and the Blood King joined too. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You get given a plant that has a bug eating it. You casually remove the bug at throw it over your neighbours fence. Little did you know that bug was actually an alien and removing from the plant it caused an influential series of events | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You just bought a new car. You're really proud of it because you worked your arse off to save enough money to be able to buy it. One night, it drives off as if it had been stolen. But as you look, you see no visible driver. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Humans have achieved FTL and have joined the galactic community! But…nothing. Humans are unremarkable. Almost non existent in the thousands of alien species. Humans are not special in any way. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP]older version of me traveled back in time to tell me all the teasing of my crush as a form of affection was just bullying to him and I never got over it when he killed himself because of my actions. So, I am going to have to do things differently. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the mighty hammer of Thor, that still would be the case of he hadn’t grown so old and weak you miss the days where he would summon you the hand gesture used was simply making a fist but leaving your middle finger up. Suddenly you feel a pull | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You, the Kingdom's Master Swordsman, have been struggling to train a particular woman - she has good form, reflexes, and battle sense, but refuses to attack in sparring matches, or even pick up a weapon. You can't help but wonder why she was sent to you at all. Maybe tonight you'll find out... | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You’ve been dropped into a world where copper is an incredibly valuable alchemical resource - as in, 1/64th of a gram of copper is worth as much as the Imperial Palace. Unfortunately for the economy, you’re a penny collector, and your 21 kg bag of pennies has joined you on this adventure. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You play rock paper scissors with your reflection in the mirror, and you win. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 5 | |
[WP] your an archaeologist and find a slab on stone with just 7 words they read… | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 1 | |
[WP] "Where are all these princesses coming from?!" "What do you mean?" "Princess implies that they're the daughters of some other kingdom's royalty, or even run one themselves. None of the places they've mentioned are on any of the maps!" | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Last year the doctor diagnosed you with "Cabbage Vendor Syndrome" - your life had been interrupted by fights between heroes and villains until you had medication to control your condition. You're on your way for a refill and the have to get to the pharmacy - but you hear a rumbling sound.... | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] You made a mistake. A very horrible mistake that has caused a time loop on the world and every new loop the universe decays more. You and a few others remember each loop. After trillions of loops the decay has gotten critical. You have to fix this. No matter who gets in your way. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] The world governments has sign the The order to secretly kill all Super humans. because they maybe Pose a threat to humanity but it all backfired when The alien invasion happened .and now The world citizens are blaming the world government for leaving the world defenceless | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] All animals are actually incredibly intelligent, and have just found out about furries. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 1 | |
[WP] Your parents are great engineers and always tell you that you are 'special'. Your skin is tougher than most, and you've never gotten a major injury until now. You look at your damaged arm to see mechanical parts instead of blood. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
Optional prompt- bringing home your SO to meet your family for the first time | [WP] You come from a family of supervillains and decided to live a normal life, unfortunately your family hasn't quite come to terms with your choice and it gets worse around the holidays. From death rays to henchmen to setting you up with a "nemesis" your family sucks at giving gifts. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 |
[WP] The alien invasion has finally begun. As he beholds the carnage, King Charles III turns to William and Harry. “Boys,” he says gravely, “…go wake your grandmother.” | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 1 | |
[WP] Death row inmates are sent to become lab rats for science. You are one such inmate, and they accidentally made you immortal. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] You and your friends are Magical Girls. You've just encountered your worst nightmare: An evil Magical Girl. She has no qualms about hitting you back. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] A long-time internet friend has gone missing and the only evidence they even existed is a singular notification on your feed. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] In a barren, deserted landscape, a lone figure is seen. They sing drinking songs and lose themself in memories of happier times. In their hand is a half empty bottle of ale. What happened? | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 1 | |
[WP] Lawyers hope you get sued, doctors hope you get sick, cops hope you're criminal, but only a thief wishes prosperity for you. You are a motivational thief. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] You start to lose your grasp on what is real and what is not. Do you really have a family, or are you a murderer? Do you even exist? Is anything real? You fall deeper into your own spiralling and deteriorating mind, learning what it means to be human in your final moments. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 5 | |
[WP] "Personally, I've much preferred the company of elves over humans, 'cause at least elves don't bother hiding the fact that they think they're better than you. Humans, on the other hand, are really sneaky about it." | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] Your portals at their largest can barely fit a dime, but they can connect ANY two points. As you train your successor who has a similar ability you tell tales of conquering might with the mind. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You’re mother is secretly a superhero, a fact you’re not aware of until you start dating one of her super villains. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] Your roommates are all vampires. Much to their surprise, you still haven’t found out their true nature. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a man dealing with a mental illness, walk us through your day. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
300 words maximum.
We've all seen a random item of clothing on the side of the road. Write a story about this phenomena. How did it get there? Who does it belong to? Hell, you could write from the point of view from the piece of clothing you talk about. Whatever you feel prompted to write! Cheers! | [FF] Clothing on the side of the road | [
"A gust of wind blows and terrified I flutter to the ground let loose from Ashley's hair. Desperately I try to cling for dear life and prevent being separated from my beloved. She was everything to me and while she claimed I was her favorite, I had to wonder: would she miss me? \n\nSplashing into a pool of water, i... | 5 |
[WP] "Call me a demon, you wouldn't be wrong." | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] You're late to your mother's funeral... AGAIN! 3rd time this year. Your father threatens to cut you off financially if you miss any more. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Gods are more closely tied to language than culture, splitting into new gods when linguistic drift happens, only truly dying when their stories are lost forever and their language can no longer be read or spoken. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Demons on their way home bring with them sacrifices from the realm of the living, most often various kinds of corpses or body parts with an occasional exception. Someone needs to check everything in case of forbidden substances. Welcome to the Nine Circles Customs Office! | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity will never outlive the stigma from polluting their homeworld, and are largely repressed in the galactic community because of it | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] You come from a long line of dragon riders, but you find no dragon hatchling will pick you. You take to dark magic and summoning to get your own dragon. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 4 | |
[WP] 3 guys in a submarine traverse a deep ocean and find ruins. There are 3 statues bearing an uncanny likeness to them. Spooked, they look away for a moment only to find the statues have disappeared without a trace. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 3 | |
[WP] You were born with a mutation that resulted in your right arm being 23.5 feet long. Never mind how you've made it this far, the point is you are THE Nightcrew at a ColdWar era Nuclear Silo (Jen called in sick). A midlife crisis has you questioning whether to just turn those two keys, why not..? | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
[WP] The Wicked Witch in the Woods realized she needs to modernize to attract modern prey. The candy and gingerbread house are no longer working like they used to. She decides to sell her house and move to the suburbs and I find out about this “internet”. | [
"**Welcome to the Prompt!** All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.\n\n**Reminders**:\n\n>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include \"[Poem]\"\n>* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail\n>* See [Reality Fiction](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts... | 2 | |
Write about someone who could live as long as they want (hundreds of years, or infinity if they so choose) and they have the option to die. The catch is, they choose when they die. Outside forces do not kill them - it has to come from the character's will.
You can write about a part of their life (when they found out ... | [WP] People always ask, "would you live forever?" I ask instead, "what if you could live as long as you'd like (including infinity) but you have to choose if/when you die?" | [
"You must speaking of one of the Contracts, agreements that sentient mortals can make in this reality.\n\nTo quote from the paper,\n\n\"Signature of this agreement (in the space given for that purpose) the being acknowledges and understands the requirements, responsibilities, privlages, and consequences of this Co... | 8 |
Word limit: 150 words max.
(for those curious the Jan. Contest will be posted later.) | [FF] How I became a superhero | [
"It's nothing to be boast about. But you kids seem like you need a good story to whip you back into shape!\n\nSo, let me tell you how I became a superhero. It is no surprise, nor is it a secret to any. Its the longest known fact that flies under everyone's noses and over every cloudy day. \n\nHow did I become a sup... | 4 |
[WP] The door to the attic's locked. Always has been, always will be. At least, besides last night. | [
"My roommate, Azreal Capella, didn’t ask about the attic when she moved in at the beginning of the summer. She got to see the place first, renovated it even, before she posted an advertisement that she was looking for a roommate. \n\nAzreal was a mutual friend through one of my high school friends who ended up goi... | 5 | |
Write a short ~300 word story. The only character in the scene is a young man, and the location is in his apartment building.
I'll take my favorites and turn them into a short film and link them here.
EDIT: Keep them coming! Some of them I won't be able to do because of some limitations (I don't smoke/have no actres... | [WP] A young man in an apartment. | [
"Word count: 347.\n\nThe bedroom was black as pitch, save for the meager light coming off the end of Ned's cigarette. There was a buzzing silence in his flat, save for when he inhaled. Outside, and seven floors down, a usually popular Manhattan street was quiet, almost like it was bowing down in silent prayer for N... | 12 |
Kind of like the opposite of that prompt someone made a while ago where there was a villain you sympathized with in the end. | [WP] Write a story from the perspective of a hero but make the reader hate them in the end. | [
"\n\tCrack. There was nothing better than following through with the swing of a bat. The smell of fresh cut grass, the sound of the cheering crowd, and of course, the adoring fans. I could feel their radiant adoration with each swing I made. As I stared out at the mound, I saw my number one enemy. The faceless pitc... | 8 |
You can use real names, but the combination should be original.
Eg. You can use "Wolfgang," but not "Wolfgang Amadeus." | [WP] The most ridiculous name you can think of, and a quick character sketch. | [
"Hendregard Morthdluk:Hendregard is the hermaphroditic son-to-daughter of two former crack-addict parents, both of whom have relapsed numerous times. As soon as she turned 21 Hendregard moved out of her parents house (about time, too; working full time and going to school as an electrochemical engineer and theoreti... | 7 |
[WP] Write a story about a writer who falls in love with one of their characters. | [
"I always figured 'Laura' was a crock. You know, the film with the guy who falls in love with the girl in the painting, before meeting her? Clifton Webb remarks to the flawed hero that he'll end up institutionalized : that the loony bin has probably never had a patient in love with a corpse. Of course, that was mad... | 4 | |
[FF] Write a 250 word story without using the letter E. | [
"I lit a lamp and saw a light. \"A light, of I or of thy?\" I thought. Such thought is distraught, or so I thought. For a light that I had lit was not a light that I saw. I brought my body to that light, and saw a most curious sight: For it was a similar man to a man who had lit my light: That is, I. ",
"\"Do not... | 7 | |
I don't know about you, but I love insane characters, places, and plot lines. They catch your attention, make you love them, make you hate them, and they make you want to keep reading.
Make insanity. | [WP] Insanity | [
"She picked at her fingers. Peeling the skin away from the nail. Flicking it away from her. Letting it land on the floor. Her fingers shook as she tried to control the pain. The were long, slender and white. Covered in red scabs from where she'd picked them until they bled. She picked a scab on her left hand and pu... | 4 |
Write a story with only ten words, no more, no less.
| [WP] 10 WORD CHALLENGE! | [
"Fun! I wanted to do a few of them.\n\n* That day she left for Florida saying something about sand.\n* With every bite, I tasted spring. Thank God for rain.\n* There were fewer dishes in the sink nowadays. It sucked.\n\nThat was harder than I expected and I am not sure any of mine really got to where I wanted. ... | 2 |
[WP] Write a story which has a knife or dagger as a major plot tool | [
"Trick examined the map once more. He was close, he knew it. The cracking paper was nearly as dark as the ink that hinted at Ebren's treasure. Many had searched for it, but only Trick had the key, fashioned out of a rusted dagger. The next curve on the dotted path was surely that rock he passed, the one shaped like... | 3 | |
[WP] Write the longest story you can with only one sentence. | [
"I remember her clearly and perfectly in my head almost as of I were starting at a photo of her, I can see her soft brown hair tangled up and her face stained reaching out, fighting, now is when the veins begin bulging, like blue snakes desperate to escape the prison of her skin, and they remind me of her desperate... | 3 | |
Your character is so boring, it's ludicrous. Make everything they do sound as interesting as possible! | [WP] Ridiculously boring | [
"The crease was off center. I had been told by many that they figured, that maybe, quite possibly, within their realm of speculation, folding clothes was an art. The response it garnered from me was a polite but adamant frustration in their ignorance. My disagreement of this assertion lies in Art's lack of the inhe... | 4 |
A character manages to land a job that would otherwise only exist in his or her dreams. Describe this job and the process of getting it!
| [WP] Dream Job | [
"I got the job! *The job.* Millions of people competed for this job. Not everyone met the requirements, but I made the first cut.\n\nThey narrowed it to a pool of 10,000, then pulled a lottery to narrow it to 100 candidates. I made those cuts, too.\n\nWhy so much competition, you may ask? Well, it's a very exciting... | 3 |
Describe what you would do and make it story like. Also fill it with glorious amounts of detail! | [WP] an alone person in an infinite whiteness, who is able to build and do anything they want. | [
"She is hesitant, at first. She creates a stone. A brick. Their weight steels her. Piece by piece, an odd menagerie of items materializes around her until her imagination is exhausted. She tires of creating common objects. The first time she makes a puff of flame appear in the palm of her hand, she recoils, winking... | 5 |
Exactly as the title says. Pick any historical figure and place them a modern setting.
Interpret as you will! | [WP] A historical figure of your choice reacting to modern society. | [
"It's 2am so this might be fuzzy but inspiration does not stay with me long enough for me to wait. Here ya go:\n\n\n**Socrates sits humbly on a bench, enlightened by the invention and products of the sciences.**\n\n\"I was proclaimed the wisest man, a man who knew nothing. What I did know, no matter how small, was ... | 4 |
It was long ago when you ruled. When your kind was thriving and prosperous. Your empire spanned entire continents. Your reach knew no bounds. But now there are only a handful of you left. Not even a sliver of your once great might. Diminished by forces, weakened by time. Only the few that remain. | [WP]Only the few that remain | [
"Only the few that remain, the last of the great, know fear. At first there was not time to know it, then as we lost so many it infected us all. Now, however, we few left in this small room know it's true face. I stand, the bloody knife in hand, I have turned against my own in my fear. Though the enemy has killed s... | 3 |
Time period (feudal, modern, etc.), long winded or short and bittersweet, style of execution (stoning, electric chair, etc), crime committed, guilty or innocent, all your choice.
Thank you for replying (: | [WP] You are about to be executed and are asked for your final words. | [
"\n\"Why do I have to die? Is it because I cry like you? I learn like you? Is it because I have memories or is it because I'm more human than you are?\" \n\nThe android certainly looked human enough, with a tired expression plastered on his fuzzy face. His executioners circled him, each bearing the insignia of one ... | 11 |
Write a modern version of a fairy-tale! Including but not limited to: Fairy-tales, Disney movies, Dreamworks movies, etc. Go!
(Please correct me if this is inappropriately labeled. I wasn't sure if it was a flash fiction, constrained writing, or a plain old writing prompt!) | [WP] A Modern Fairy-Tale | [
"Red was never really my color. I liked green. Green was life and growing. Green was the star shaped leaves on the ends of tree branches. The spots of moss fur on the forest floor where mushrooms slouched. The light shade of green an apple turned just before it fell. \n\nI was a wolf then and a man too. But not at... | 5 |
[WP] A man, trying to escape from a relationship, moves to Japan and becomes a fisherman. | [
"Undulating ocean foam....my own window fogs over most mornings now. It's not like some sort of far off cry that I can hear, but more a low distant hum...a memory gone wrong in a world of chaos and clamor. The cabin is dank; dark in light and memories a like. The sun will be up soon and that means i will start. \n\... | 9 | |
Everyone's seen pictures of it, they all know to stay away. The tales that are told, the horrors that have unfolded, the dangers that lurk. But no one really knows what's there. "You can't go there" they all say. Everything that has been said about the place are just rumours and supposed sightings. What secrets does it... | [WP] The Forbidden Zone | [
"*Cue Dramatic 1950`s Music*\n\nFILMED IN STEREOSCOPE\n\nREX BLASTOR IN.......................\n\n\n\n\nJOURNEY INTO THE FORBIDDEN ZONE\n\nWWWWWooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo\n\n\n\nRex, six and a half feet tall and all muscle, sits in his comfortable and well broken in captains chair. \"Nell... | 5 |
[Paul Grice](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Grice), a philosopher of language, proposed a set of conversational maxims as general principles of communication. For this prompt you must choose one of the maxims and violate it in as many ways and as many times as possible. For added fun don't tell us which maxim you ch... | [WP] Violating Grice's Maxims | [
"He was killing time in front of his computer. Staring blankly at the overly-bright default theme for reddit. The television was loud in the background, completely ignored. He thought ponderously as his fingers fell on the keyboard. He wanted to write. The prompt had caught his attention long ago, and the cursor bl... | 2 |
Use the topic of this writing prompt to write a pivotal scene. You don't have to use the exact words "The air left my lungs", you can have "the wind knocked out" or some other wording. Have fun! | [WP] The air left my lungs | [
"When the air left my lungs, the grass blades danced for a second and then were still. I wished they kept dancing. In a moment, my eyes would catch focus and I would remember why I was on the ground. My cheating ex wife and that maniac Osteopath would still be there, gesticulating wildly in the corner of the yard f... | 11 |
Good Luck :) | [WP] Start with "Never in my life would I have thought I would meet him." and end with the line "But he did." | [
"Never in my life would I have thought I would meet him. He was one of the stories that we think are all made up, the ones that our parents tell us to make us fall asleep. But nonetheless, I saw him. Even better, I talked to him. He was everything that you would think he would be, everything that the stories say. I... | 2 |
Must contain the the sentence above! | [WP]...and that's how we ended in Alaska. | [
"We were all in the truck together. Me, Bart, Homer, Lisa, and Marge. The fat one called Homer finally got us to Alaska. He had a huge portrait of Alaska that he kept with him in the glove compartment. But when we crossed the line in to this fine state it was nothing like that poster. So what did the my dad do... | 4 |
[WP] You(the captain) and your crew land on a distant planet only to see a small town that resembles a 1960's America. | [
"The information from the navigation panel is blinking a small warning of land ahead of us, the first land we have seen in months on this huge ocean world, and I for one am glad to finally touch real land, as are the crew I expect. \nBut first protocol, \"calling navigation commander on deck requesting visual con... | 5 | |
my professor said this today and I thought it would make an awesome prompt. excited to see what you guys got
EDIT: I really like what everyone's done here. Challenge though to whoever is willing to take it, use this as the inspiration for a Sci-Fi. | [wp] Cavemen do not know they are in the stone age | [
"\"Ordo! Don't you have those paints ready?\" Master Brag scolded the youth limping alongside her, even though she knew well enough the shell containers rattled in the leather bag were still tied shut with sinews.\n\n\"Almost, Master,\" Ordo replied faithfully. \"As soon as you make your marks in the cave, the End ... | 10 |
[WP] "We're not bad people. We just come from a bad place." | [
"The door slid open, frictionless hinges allowing only the slightest of sounds to announce it's motion. Light spilled in from beyond the door, illuminating a small shaft of the room I sat in. It tripped through, shattering itself onto the floor's glass surface and splitting into a rainbow menagerie of bloody colors... | 5 | |
[WP] It was only half a second, but it changed everything. | [
"The picnic basket was filled, blanket in toe. I spent hours preparing; homemade hummus, balsamic eggplant sandwiches with fresh mozzarella and bite sized chocolate strawberry tarts. The previous weekend I scouted out a hill in a lightly traveled corner of the park. Our view would stretch over the park and acros... | 1 | |
Preferably 500 words or less. Must contain the above sentence. | [WP] "Before I destroy the world, I have a few words for you." | [
"It simply hurts. The world is hazy but you know enough. Bound to a chair and unable to do more than wiggle. This is not good.\n\nYou aren't sure when it all went to shit, but it did. Your team is in question. You are sure that they lived from the explosion. It was more of a question of how much longer you all had ... | 7 |
[WP] You're in an unknown, unlit room, all you have is a box of matches containing 3 (or any low number that would work for you) matches. | [
"The boy woke up in a dark, smelly and moist room. Dazed and confused he tried stand up but was unable because ‘something’ was affecting him and made him feel dizzy and sick. He felt even worse then the time he woke up in hospital after that surgery. The boy remembered that the nurses had calmly explained him why... | 8 | |
[WP] How many times can a single person break your heart? | [
"How much can one boy truly hold my heart?\nHe makes me feel like water’s in my lungs,\nas if the core of earth were torn apart,\nor like a sparrow’s song that goes unsung.\n\nIt hurts more than a deep cut or a gash,\nLike lemon juice poured into open wounds.\nWe come, we go, our thinking is too rash.\nOur pain bro... | 9 | |
400 words or less. Create a weapon that doesn't exist, tell us some of it's epic history in battle and most important have fun. Would love to see some of our sci-fi writers go crazy in here. I'll read your stuff and tell you how cool it is. Thank you!
Edit: I'm going to nap for a bit but I'll provide feed back to all ... | [FF] "The weapon that won the war" (Feedback for every response.) 400 words or less. | [
"(Sorry for the phone formatting)\n\nThey had always been fascinated by war. The beauty and the horror of it, the gain and and the greed, the loss and the thrill of it. Weapons and strategies and war rooms full of soldiers, men and women alike, eager and willing to engage anyone, anywhere, at any time on a single s... | 15 |
> **awe·some**
[aw-suhm]
*adjective*
> 1.
inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear; causing or inducing awe: an awesome sight.
>2.
showing or characterized by reverence, admiration, or fear; exhibiting or marked by awe.
So, go on. Describe something to us, something fantastical,... | [WP] Describe something awesome. | [
">The loose rocks gave way under the pick, only they didn't fall to his feet; the wall instead fell backwards, opening a path to an rea glowing with aqua light. The rush of crisp, clean air rushed through the hole and replaced the stale air that simmered in the tunnel. Stepping through the light, he was greeted ... | 2 |
Write an extremely detailed description of a minor event. Make it seem like the most important thing in the world. Maybe it's getting a solid hit in baseball or pulling the perfect brownies out of the oven. Make something very simple seem epic. | [WP] Make the mundane things important | [
"Again. Again, again, again, again! Every single time I eat steak it happens. Again and again. I've stopped believing in statistics and probability. Chance and fate have taken root and defined my existence, all because every single time I eat steak, a piece of gristle gets caught in my teeth. Not any random teeth -... | 13 |
[WP] An apology to a mother. | [
"Mom,\n\nI'm sorry I burnt the curtains. Joe was here again, and he was fooling around like a royal jagalope. We tried to get new curtains, as close to the old color as we could, but Wall-Mart didn't have any. I fed the dogs twice, because they were annoying us. I'll be home for dinner, we're going to Sonic (just f... | 3 | |
[WP] No one would have ever expected THAT to unify the globe in world peace. | [
"No one saw it coming. Well, that isn't exactly true. As of 7:42pm EST on September 20th, 2013, some odd eighteen-and-a-half *million* people saw it coming. A fraction of the world's total population, sure, but more than enough to light the fuse. \n\nShe brought us together in ways we knew not possible. Men and wom... | 3 | |
Every writer has one, and everyone's is different! They could appear as a character in a narrative, or simply in a descriptive piece. | [WP] Personify your writing style | [
"\"All I can tell people is to not bother themselves with him. Why you ask? Because everybody that has ever talked to him has lost track of what they're doing. He sits there, every day. At the last booth over there in the corner. From here he looks interesting, mysterious. The top of his head peering out over the c... | 12 |
[WP] It was ironic, really; it had been a kind of a life goal since the age of 17. | [
"It was ironic, really; it had been a kind of a life goal since the age of 17. And here I sat in a hospital, the not-so-old age of 30, my best friend in agony next to me. I've been preparing for it for about 2 years now, but I never expected it to impact me or my loved ones. I'll never forget how it happened.\n\nWe... | 4 |
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