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[WP] An astronaut manages to smuggle a joint on board the ISS | [
"## advisory\n\nPlease review Rules 1, 2 and 10. \n 1. No low effort / joke responses / copypasta *- This includes \"this has done this before\" comments. They will be removed on sight. Mercilessly.* \n 2. Top level comments on a post must be story or poem responses! *- Requests for clarificat... | 2 | |
[WP] In order to get into heaven, a person must already be on the other side willing to vouch for them. Write as a reformed small time convict turned budding, successful humanitarian who dies before anyone who could act as an advocate. | [
"It was like waiting at the doctor's, he decided.\n\nSitting around in a hard plastic chair for an indefinite period of time, occasionally glancing at the person behind the counter who would give you a stern glare, staring at the doctor's closed door as if that would make them hurry...he'd have preferred if the whi... | 4 | |
[WP] All children between the ages 10 and 19 are hunted and killed for sport.The older you are the more aggressive people are toward you.You are a few months away from turning 20. | [
"Hell. That's honestly the only way that I can describe the events of this year so far. The government allows people to hunt children for sport as an attempt to trim down the population. When I turned 10 I didn't really expect it to be as bad as it was. I wasn't even convinced that people could do something as ... | 2 | |
[WP] Aliens try to invade Earth on Halloween but nobody takes them seriously. | [
"Those god-damn kids were smashing my pumpkins again. I gave them a piece of my mind and a scare. Yeah, living in a small town they like to mess with the farmers fields and property. I will not have anyone ruining my mustard crop with their pickup, or making a mess of my house. I stormed out of the house, boom-stic... | 2 | |
What I mean is:
You can ask someone to kill/hurt/mug a person or cause damage to a building etc...
Tagged NSFW for more . . . detailed . . . replies. | [WP] Calling the number 666 gets you through to a helpline where you can ask someone to commit a crime FOR you. | [
"\"Satan shall rule.\"\n\n\"Welcome, brethren. What can I do for you?\"\n\n\"That's it?... Don't I have to register or anything?\"\n\n\"Nope, just tell me what you want.\"\n\n\"You're not gonna take my name or anything?\"\n\n\"Brother, I have all your details on my screen just tell me what you want?\"\n\n\"Wow... t... | 3 |
[WP] The first AI falls in love with it's creator | [
"\"Wonderful!\", the creator would always say.\n\nWhen I had achieved sentience and was pulled forth into consciousness, the creator would always call me wonderful. The way he would glorify the smallest of my efforts instilled in me a sense of self-worth. The way he would look wistfully in the distance everytime hi... | 2 | |
[WP] Once a year for one day the spirits of everything you've ever killed start following you around; insects, vermin and...a man? | [
"The one who I never knew.\nI was too scared to know you.\n\nThe guilt and dread collapsed around me.\nAnd I was the only one who could save you.\n\nI said yes with tears when they asked if they should do it.\nI cry no with tears when I realize that you're gone.\n\nThe day you were created, the hallucinations come.... | 2 | |
[WP] Lucifer finally admits to God the actual reason he rebelled against him was because God would never tell him about his mother. God decides now is as good as time as any to tell him the truth. | [
"\"My child...\" were the first of many words to come from the creator of all.\n\nGod took a moment to let the words form as his beloved fallen one looked upon him with nothing but absolute attention of every word that would soon follow.\n\n\"I created you, not from the womb of another...\"\n\n\"Then where!?\" Luci... | 13 | |
[WP] A woman responds positively to a cat caller, what happens next? | [
"\t“What a beautiful lady! What a piece of woman!” \n\tThis elicited a smile, and a curt nod from the recipient of the compliment. “Thank you,” came the reply.\n\tSkeptically, the man offering his sincere opinion eyed the woman. \n\tAnd everyone continued on with their lives.\n\n\nI had this encounter just the othe... | 2 | |
[WP] There's a reason why humans have biological limits on aging, a reason that even medical science couldn't account for... | [
"120 years.\n\nOne hundred and twenty years.\n\nAnd not a minute more.\n\nThe various numerals mankind had fashioned corresponding to this value were scrawled on the board in front of me. And the wall to my left. And to the right. Papers on my desk were marked with this value.\n\n120 years.\n\nI remember how ecstat... | 2 | |
[WP] you stumble upon an ancient secret. The universe is programmable. You are contracted to do a job no one else can. | [
"The world gathered together in shock and wonder as the stars came out that night. Reports started coming in, first from Germany, then the UK. A few hours later, the New York news outlets showed a city that had come to a standstill as everyone gazed at the heavens.\n\nWhat did this mean? Was it a trick? If so, who ... | 3 | |
[WP] You met him last night in the basement | [
"\"Do you remember?\" asked John, \"last night, in the basement? You met up with him? Is he okay? Has he changed?\" It took me a while to think back to last night, it was all a blur. \"A few drinks,\" we said, \"only down the local pub,\" we said. But what we said and what we did were two different things...\n\nAft... | 2 | |
[WP]A quick and easy cure for death has been found, making it so dying is a common life experience, almost more like a rite of passage. You are a teenager about to die for the first time, having been dared into it by your friends. | [
"\"Come on dude, jump or don't, stop being a pussy. It's not hard, I've jumped four times already.\"\n\n\"I'm doing it alright? Give, me a second to get my clothes off, damn.\" Jeremy pulled his socks off and inched toward the rim at the edge of the cliff. Goose bumps rose on his arms as a steady wind nibbled a... | 6 | |
[WP] It's 2074. | [
"I'm 73. I'll be 74 in a few months. I am living through my eighth decade. Isn't that something? \n\nTechnology has all changed. Reality is no longer real. Everybody hides off in their own virtual world, doing *literally* whatever they want to do. Anarchy has taken over the world. Those of us left from the old gene... | 4 | |
[WP] You are given a device by someone that allows you to hear an audio recording of your final moments alive. | [
"It's been three days since my encounter with that mysterious stranger. I had just come out of a video game store when I bumped into him. His clothes were a bit ragged so I thought him to be homeless and might want money or food.\n\nI apologized and started to continue on my way but he said something to me that sou... | 6 | |
[WP] A 21st century soldier accidentally shoots a comrade in a tragic blue on blue incident | [
"*Pow*. The gun went off and nuzzled in Sanchez's shoulder. He remained still with his eye pressed firmly against the scope. His focus was a thousand yards away on the side of a hill. Sanchez knew that Smith was about five steps to his right, looking like a bush, with a face stuffed in some precision optics.\n\... | 2 | |
[WP] It's the zombie apocalypse. You've been bitten by a zombie - a certain death sentence. You wait unto turn...but you find out you're immune. | [
"It had been over an hour since the bite; most people caved to the virus in less than three minutes.\n\nIt could only mean one thing... destiny has chosen me to play the hero. Bestowed with some blessing of resilience, I seemed to be the only person immune to the disease. A heavy burden has been laid upon my should... | 3 | |
[WP] The beige marks on Birch bark are discovered to be organic morse code. What are the trees saying? | [
"**Page 1**\n\nYou remember how happy you were. Your mind plays through old conversations. You wonder where things went wrong. You wonder how life would be if she were back in it.\n\n**Would you like to stop thinking about her?**\n\n*No* - Go to page 1\n\n*Yes* - Go to page 1",
"Betula occidentalis or more... | 4 | |
[WP] A soldier’s weapon is a pacifist. | [
"The feel of cold metal against finger and wood resting against my cheek, the usual comforts of the life I've come to love.\n\nI run my finger over the reassuring metal of the trigger guard, eyeing my target through the scope. The crosshairs rest on the \"sweet spot\".\n\nThe place where the base of the neck meets ... | 2 | |
[WP] Kung Fu has become a global activity, integrated into almost everyone's lives. knowledge was passed down by the generation and soon enough, there was a fighting style for just about every animal under the sun. You are a disciple of the roach style. | [
"Millions of ninja guilds fought for dominance in a scorched and war-torn Earth. Although there were millions of guilds, only a few of them really mattered. Top contenders for world dominance included the Bear Paw Guild, the Steel Shark Clan and the Stealthed Sabertooth Regime.\n\nMy name is Buba Roach, leader of t... | 2 | |
[WP] A new pope is elected. First day he/she discovers that the pope has several duties that the public dosen't know about. | [
"\"...this is the door to the Sistine Chapel, and over here is the concealed entrance to the Bat Cave.\"\n\n\"The what?\"\n\n\"Bat Cave. Where you do research, monitor events and wage your unceasing war against crime.\"\n\n\"Scusi. I think you have me mixed up with someone else.\"\n\n\"Sorry, Your Holiness, but w... | 5 | |
[WP] Uranus and Neptune collide and the mess is headed straight for earth in 400 days | [
"(Sorry if this is kind of dull in terms of writing.)\n\nA comet came and crashed into Uranus.\nUsually this was no problem, but the orbit got disrupted and the planet was headed straight for Neptune. After Uranus and Neptune danced a few orbits around each other, they collided. Reports had shown that all of the ma... | 3 | |
Before, during, or after the bombs fall. Always thought this would be an interesting idea for a story, curious to see what people come up with. | [WP]You are a soldier in an alternate First World War. Scientists have invented the atom bomb, and the war has gone nuclear. | [
"\"Hey Sarge, you hear what they been doing in Arizona? They're making BOMBS, I tell ya. Running tests in the desert of this new thing called an 'atom bomb.' Shit's gonna rock ya socks. S'upposed to win us the war, at least, that's what them higher ups are sayin.\" Private Miller spit the gum he was chewing and sau... | 2 |
That is, use pronouns such as "you" and "your", and be broad enough that it could apply to most people.
[Here](http://www.reddit.com/r/shortscarystories/comments/28m4sp/a_thought_experiment/) is a great example of one. | [WP] Write a horror story in second-person that can personally apply to the majority of readers | [
"“Blackbird singing in the dead of night.” Tears rolled down my face. Everything I’ve ever loved slowly slipped away from me. “Take these broken wings and learn to fly, all your life.” Experienced fingers danced over the worned neck of my guitar. I’ve played this before. The tempo of the hospitals machines made sur... | 4 |
[WP] There are demons in toasters that replace the bread with toast. They were discovered today and all hell breaks loose. | [
"\"Jen! The TOASTER incident on the 25th! Channel 18!\" Rachel screamed as she landed on her face from her ecstatic jump off the final steps of the staircase. Luckily, Lucy let lose the large pillow she was holding, terrified of almost having been knocked off her feet by the falling Rachel.\n\n\"Calm down, sis. It'... | 2 | |
Yes, [this one.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs) | [WP] [MP] The Gods of Olympus lost a supply of their ambrosia, the food which gives them their immortality and power, when it fell into mortal hands. After much experimentation, a scientist has improved upon it, selling it as the energy drink 'PowerThirst'. | [
"Bobby sat on the floor in front of his TV, legs crossed and still in his favorite PJ’s. The bright, artificial light pouring into the room reflected off his thick glasses so that his mother only saw two mini television screens where his eyes should be. Bobby was an average boy, but with an oddly round face, accomp... | 2 |
[WP]In a utopian future, the only available work anyone can get is by traveling to different time eras and working there. You are a teenager who just got his first part-time job. | [
"Walking through the double doors of the old saloon, I knew I overdid the costume. Looks like the ol' west was very exaggerated in the year 2079. \"Dammit\" I mutter to myself as I walk towards the barkeep who eyes me suspiciously. \"Afternoon,\" says the barkeep to me whilst tipping his hat, \"you new in town?\" ... | 4 | |
Since the children are not responding to normal vision screening tests, both the children are diagnosed blind.
Any chance they can find each other? | [WP] Two children are born at exactly the same time, but in different parts of the world. But there is a mix up. Whatever Child A sees is actually what ChildB's eyes are seeing. And whatever ChildB is seeing is what ChildA's eyes are seeing. | [
"I wake up. I look at the ceiling of my hut, its made of bamboo. Suddenly my vision turns white. Like some sort of grenade just exploded near me. But i cant hear anything. As my vision begins to become clear again i see blood running down my body. But i dont feel any pain. Im begin to crawl like someone who cant se... | 2 |
Assuming they managed to reach 80. Everyone only gets one letter. | [WP] Whenever anyone turns 13 they receive a letter from their future 80 year old self. | [
"It was pretty nerve-wracking. 11:55 PM the night before my 13th birthday. I'd heard horror stories of those who had received letters from their future self who was already dead. A simple, single word on a small sheet of paper that said \"**DECEASED**\" with a date of their death. \n\nMy family surrounded me, I cou... | 2 |
[WP] A man actually catches something with his dream catcher and sees his worst nightmares take physical form. | [
"She looked at me, beautiful eyes shining in the light.\n\n“Get away from me.”\n\nI stumbled. “What?”\n\n“Get away! Leave me alone! Freak!”\n\n“What? Why?-“\n\nThe voices were all around. “Loser” “Retard” “Failure” The words stung and suddenly I was running, away from her and the light and the beauty and the voices... | 1 | |
Try to go into detail about the events that led up to this moment if possible. | [WP]Someone from your childhood knocks on your door in the middle of the night to collect on a "favor"... | [
"NSFW Language and content\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n“While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,\nAs of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.\n`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tap... | 2 |
[WP] If you don't believe in death, you can't die. | [
"(This is very heavily inspired by Neil Gaiman's \"Sandman\" graphic novels, I just thought the story was too perfect for this prompt)\n\n\"It's a charade, and I refuse to stand for it\"\n\nThe man was getting increasingly drunk as the night went on, and at this statement a group at a nearby table yelled out\n\n\"S... | 2 | |
[WP] A mysterious disease wipes out an entire island country within days. You are sent to investigate as the first outsider. | [
"Dominica had been silenced in a matter of days. Too short of a time period for it to be gradually reported around the world as the news of an entire nation’s people disappearing came all at once. One day they were there, a few later and it wasn’t.\n\nThe world wanted answers and I was chosen to provide them at wha... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity discovers that the last surviving human will basically become a god. | [
"It had come to Earth fleeing from enemies that had laid It low through the power of ancient beings now long gone. And to Earth they had followed It, and ripped It apart atom by atom until it was not even dust. So they were satisfied that nothing could come from something so thoroughly annihilated.\n\nFor many mill... | 7 | |
[WP] After 500 years away, Human's finally return to Earth | [
"On a star ship 15000km above earth , two astronauts awake from a cold sleep; upon their first glimpse they see the pale blue marble that legends have talked about. They were sent as the first expedition back to earth since the atmospheric black out.\n\nYears of war and plundering the earth of its resources has lef... | 4 | |
OG idea here http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/2n4ic2/til_there_are_stevie_wonder_truthers_people_that/cmaikby | [WP] Steven Hawking's chair is sentient and is using him to expand its own power. | [
"The admirers of the renowned physicist who were in attendance that night sat attentively in the dimly lit auditorium, patiently and eagerly awaiting as his response to the preceding question was silently composed on the wheelchair-mounted monitor.\n\nThe distinct digitized voice, which had grown to become as much ... | 2 |
[WP] Take any mundane object and describe how it was the downfall of humanity. | [
"Once upon a time, Alice woke up in Wonderland.\n\n\"Oh man, I lay off those 'shrooms...Never take advice from a caterpillar high on Pot\"\n\nShe didn't remember how she got there or what she was doing, but when she saw a little white rabbit run across her peripheral vision, she started to run after it. It's not li... | 8 | |
[WP] A space ship appears in orbit after making contact we find out we were a protected planet. That race has lost the war and we should prepare to defend earth. | [
"All across the planet politicians spoke to the people of their nation. They informed the world that contact had been made with intelligent from elsewhere in the galaxy, they were not friendly. Then all over the world these words and messages began to get interrupted. On televisions, computer monitors and smartphon... | 2 | |
[WP] A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar. But this is no joke, this is a tragedy. | [
"The three men exit the bar. They are oblivious to the bustling city around them. Their worlds were shattered. The rabbi steps in front of a city bus and the life is knocked out of him instantly. The minister walks down the street and is never seen again. The priest went on for a few weeks. One day he was day... | 5 | |
[WP] The Rapture just happened. Write a story from the point of view of someone who was not raptured. | [
"It was a beautiful day.\n\nThe sun shone down casting shadows from nearby trees to where we lay.\n\nThe kids were playing tag, both ours and her sisters'.\n\nThen the light came down, the voice of some God boomed, and they began to ascend.\n\nThe kids, all four of them, were lifted up quickly. I didn't even have t... | 5 | |
[WP] A conman creates a suicide cult to get rich. It spirals out of his control. | [
"Phillips watched the solid oak door before him shift as something immense threw its weight against the opposite side. What it was he did not know. His eyes shifted warily to the revolver on his desk, and for the fifth time he made sure it was loaded. His mind raced as the possibilities swirled in his head, repeati... | 5 | |
[WP] In an alternate universe the flat earth theory turned out to be true. The earth stretches on flat for infinity. The far borders of our earth are barren, with life slowly colonizing it. However scientists just found separately evolved life colonizing from another direction in the wasteland... | [
"A flat world. Yes, how about that, hmm? *God mused to himself,* A world that is without spherical form. A sun would hover over it and rise in the east and set in the west. Perfect. Of course it would expand forever. We can't just have waterfalls falling off the edges. May as well put it on a fucking turtle if that... | 5 | |
[WP] "My God. There are more Internet users than the population of Earth! Something from outside must be getting in." | [
"It was the year 2103 and it had been almost a 100 years since the UN had made internet access a basic human right. The most important thing that happened in the last century? There was a man-made plague spread in the regions of poverty around the world to prevent overpopulation. No one knows who started it, but no... | 2 | |
[WP] The next big step in the industrial revolution are nanite auto-repair systems that can keep any machine or building perpetually brand new. One person has just figured out how to hack them to include biological bodies. | [
"Yes, yes I remember the Big Day. What you have to imagine is a world where people thought... people felt differently. I wonder if it would've gone differently if the Creator were different. I don't mean to sound ungrateful. Don't take this that way. I just think it might have been different.\n\nit's strange, I can... | 2 | |
[WP] You are driving a car with yourself at the wheel, your SO in the passenger seat, and the person he/she cheated on you with in the back seat. At **least** one person has to die by the end of the car ride. | [
"\"I've always been for complete honesty.\" I take my eyes off the road and look at her. She turns away, eyes angled out the window. \n\n\"You meant more to me than anything, but if you'd been honest with me, we might have been able to work something out... Or at least I may have been able to heal and move on.\"\n... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a monster that has haunted a child for years. One day you realize that your the one who should be afraid. | [
"Marshmallow Mateys again little Willy? Haven’t you ever heard of Lucky Charms? Kids these days are just different. Thus the importance of monitoring them, watching them. People don’t realize just how boring being a monster really is. Sure, there’s the cool parts like hiding under beds and growling or pounding on t... | 2 | |
[WP] There is only 10 billion souls available for humanity. Everyone has one. The population reaches 10 billion. The next baby is born... | [
"The phone rings, shrill, drawing the professor's attention.\n\nSighing, he picks it up and holds it to his ears. He mumbles and snorts, slamming the receiver back into its cradle.\n\nHis nails perform a static rhythm as they click against the varnished desk. His face tightens as his resolve strengthens, and he beg... | 18 | |
[WP] You finally cary out your sinister plot... but surprisingly it actually did a lot of good for society... and now your family's supervillain legacy is ruined. | [
"\"Sit down, Malady!\" barks mother. I'm already sitting, dirtbrain.\n\n\"Do you know what you've done?\" Cries father. Uh, no duh, it's all over the news.\n\n\"You've doomed this family!\" she cries. \"I can't leave the house with out somebody thanking me!\"\n\n\"Someone shook me hand the other day! Shook. My hand... | 3 | |
Intentionally vague! | [WP] A school shooting occurs. For the first time in history, everyone is quite pleased. | [
"Chesterton High School: the sole location of the worst 4 years of Brett Lemon's life. Brett was as optimistic as any other freshman the first day he donned the tie and blazer that was uniform at Chesterton High, but Brett discovered with far more ease than others that Chesterton High School only existed to illustr... | 3 |
[WP] Humanity is under siege by powerful aliens. Our end appears to be near. In a last panicked moment you come up with the simple plan that saves us... | [
"\"You're an idiot\"\n\n\"I'm a brilliant idiot\"\n\n\"No, you're just an idiot\"\n\n\"I maintain my viewpoint\"\n\n\"We are not throwing boxes of Twinkies at the enemy aliens, okay? We need those rations.\"\n\n\"But NO-ONE can resist Twinkies. Not even the Galafalaxians. They're that good.\"\n\n\"They really, real... | 3 | |
[WP] A young scientist realises time travel from the future for data is relatively simple. He builds a receiver, for himself to send valuable stock market info to make a fortune. As soon as he completes the reciever something unexpected arrives. | [
"\"I have it. The stock prices for next week! I know exactly what to buy and sell! I should do this for every week!\" I say out loud to myself, marvelling at my amazing discovery.\n\nYesterday I accidentally discovered a website from the future that has a whole bunch of info I can use to skip time, energy and work ... | 2 | |
[WP] For the first time humanity successfully performs faster-than-light travel. Soon after they are pulled over by interdimensional police for breaking the laws of physics. | [
"Favnir Raygoth felt something peculiar gurgle in one of his three stomachs. The slitzbuk he had had earlier must not have been fresh or perhaps his lifelong enjoyment of Sulfurak® Cola was finally getting to him. Either way over the course of the past hour his breathing had become a series of long and slow exhalat... | 13 | |
[WP] People can live for ever but to do so you have to live in a constant state of illness and fatigue. | [
"I remember the celebrations they threw, lavish affairs with no expense spared. ' The Living Petri Dish', as the media dubbed me. For the betterment of my race, I would live the rest of my life in isolation, a leper among those I gave everything for. \nI remember kissing my wife goodbye, the taste of her tears as I... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an archaeologist hiking through Central Africa's rain forest. After making a few wrong turns, you are lost. | [
"\"You don't know how to read a map do you?\"\r\r\"Fuck off Harriet, not like you have been so helpful either. All you've done this trip is smoke your pipe and engorge on that flask,\"\r\r\"A bloody masterpiece you are Samson, all you do is run that bitch mouth of yours. Not like you ever asked for help. Let alone ... | 2 | |
[WP] When a woman gives birth, instead of having a new person, her and the fathers consiousness transfer into the babys body, and the babys caretakers are friends or family of the mother/father who are instilled with the responsibility of helping them cope with their new conjoined identity. | [
"Frank's keys jingled in the lock, and up in the bedroom, I allowed myself to quietly begin sobbing. Not that I hadn't already been crying all day––I was in a lot of pain, and they warned me the hormones would make me extra-emotional––but I'd been bottling it up. It wouldn't hurt to put on a bit of a show before th... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a dark, gritty crime drama or political thriller with plot points and characters from a Dr. Suess story. | [
"The cat is dead, you know this is true.\n\nBloody and battered his face was blue\n\nHis throat stuffed with ham\n\nIt was pinned on his sister Pam\n\nBut there was one vital clue\n\nThat gave it away to Officer Schmoo\n\nThat closed the case in a cinch\n\nIt was the work of that dastardly Grinch!",
"What did you... | 2 | |
Feel free to change the Judge's destination; be it Moscow, Middle East, etc. | [WP] An immortal and indestructible man walks the Earth dealing out judgements on government leaders. He is publicly known and a camera crew follows him everywhere he walks. He approaches Washington D.C. after walking out of the Atlantic Ocean. | [
"When he opened the bag containing his lunch, Jared Goodlit couldn’t help but be overcome with joy when he discovered an extra cheeseburger. He quickly dropped it back down in the bag and looked around. Had anybody noticed his extreme fortune?\n\nHe rolled the top of the bag back down, grabbed his 64oz soda, and hu... | 2 |
Not necessarily literal.
[Source](http://www.reddit.com/r/Hatfilms/comments/2o1b5m/this_is_it_people_nothing_will_divide_the_hatters/) | [WP] "God is dead. We have killed him." | [
"\"God is dead! I've kill't him!\" Duncan looked worn out. His sunken eyes, the signs of malnutrition. In front of him were a group of similar people, starved, tired, weary. Up on an altar were punchbowls, and an army of plastic cups.\n\n\"You killed Father. You killed the Savior of us all.\"\n\n\"Savior from what?... | 8 |
[WP] You and your SO suddenly find yourselves in a Horror Movie Scenario. You don't understand why this monster is hunting you down, until you learn a chilling detail. You and the monster are now allies. | [
"The car was running out of fuel, Steven had been driving all night to get away from the terrible things that had transpired a few hours earlier. In the passenger seat sat Amanda, she was still unconscious from that dart she was hit with.\n\nHow did everything turn out so bad? They were being followed by men in mil... | 4 | |
[WP] The walls are down between the Marvel and DC Universes. Of all the bars, in all the towns, in all the world, the Joker and Deadpool meet for the first time in yours. | [
"I've seen some freaks in my day but this one? Well, he sure as hell takes the cake. Scars on his face. Pale skin. Eyes so yellow you'd swear he had jaundice. He kept laughing to himself like someone kept telling him jokes but, I was the only other person in the bar. And his breath. Oh god his breath. It was horrib... | 4 | |
[WP] Super villains obtained supreme reign over the present world after wiping out any super hero opposition. You're the last super hero alive, tell me about your final day and how you spend it. | [
"Duty. That’s how they’d always treated it. An expectation. His heroics a responsibility, not a kindness. An implicit assumption that he would fulfill the capacity of his celestial powers.\n\n\nEven still, today would be the first day he didn’t.\n\n\nHe gazed out from atop Sears Tower. He had never called it Willis... | 7 | |
[WP] In the future, historians can relive the entire life of a deceased person in a single real-time hour, but it feels like a lifetime. While "in the past" they are unaware that they are historians from the future. Tell me the story of a man who's lived 100 lives. | [
"You see, being able to relive someone else's entire life in the span of an hour is an incredibly useful tool for a historian. It helps us paint a much clearer, more thorough view of the historical character he is studying. Hitler's troubled childhood allowed us to understand his insane thirst for power during his ... | 2 | |
[WP] Google's motto used to be "don't be evil." This is no longer true. | [
"When Google's motto was originally written it was an optimistic joke, the author's aspirations to a cosmic level of influence. Now that Google's truly capable of evil against a great many people they have an incredible responsibility to protect against it - not just in themselves but in future generations of Googl... | 3 | |
[WP] A bank heist, where everyone in the bank is in on it, except the General Manager - our narrator. | [
"\"Oh Daisy, oh Daisy. Oh, oh.\" Daisy Buchanan. Daisy fucking Buchanan. I'm fucking Daisy fucking Buchanan. Oh fuck yes. \"Where have you been all my life?\" Ach she's stopped. But I get to see that pretty little head. Her tongue on me, peeking out of those moist soft lips curled in a smile. Oh they feel so good, ... | 2 | |
[WP] Everyday a person sorts /r/writingprompts by 'New' and downvotes every submission they see. Write a story that describes the history and motivation of said sad person. | [
"For some reason, getting responses on Reddit made him feel less alone. Made him feel less like he was sitting home doing nothing all day. People *cared*. He was *inspiring* the people on /r/writingprompts. His prompts were the best, and all the rest *had* to be downvoted.\n\nYes, he thought as he walked around wit... | 5 | |
I'm curious to see if this can be done! My cousin gave me this earlier to consider (I've been trying to learn to write better) and I can't think of anything! No hardship, injuries, anything, even at the end. | [WP] Nobody dies, is injured, faces hardship, or is emotionally harmed, but there isn't a happy ending. | [
"She put down the wine. The vast estate at Limoges beamed at her under the medditerranean sun. Paradise. Vanessa put down the cleaning utensils before grabbing the Veronique Lachaine's cookbook and laid down on the Armani sofa, The horses galloped away towards the sun. Gulp. Half a glass a day keeps le medecin away... | 3 |
[WP] Hell is not eternal. It is actually a detention center for people who never atoned for their actions during their lives. Most people eventually serve out their sentence and move on to Heaven by acting as "Guardian Angels" doing good works on Earth. | [
"He is a doctor, and he needs help.\n\nI mine his surroundings with my eyes, searching for something to help him. His patient was close now, it could go either way, and the drugs might secure the outcome. There was no nurse in here at the moment, it was just him standing in the doorway between life and death, nobod... | 3 | |
[WP] An ordinary baseball bat makes the most beautiful fractures | [
"I stood watching the man in pain. It wasn't out of some sadistic perversion I had. I was just curious how the contorted leg would move as the man cringed in pain.\n\n\"Vinny told you. You didn't listen.\" I loved acting the tough guy. I loved being able to say anything I wanted. I never got to except when the Boss... | 4 | |
[WP] It's the future. Things such as faster-than-light travel, teleportation, matter replication, gravity manipulation, and contact with alien species are a reality. You're a tv show writer, or whatever the equivalent is in the future. Pitch me your idea for a crazy, revolutionary sci-fi show. | [
"Room 201 had seen hundreds of ideas pass through, from galaxy-hopping heroes to drug cartels selling pieces of star. None of them had brought silence quite like Hensley's new pitch for a movie. \n\n\"Inter-breeding.\" Gerald spoke up first. 21st Century Fox had been running on its purely human campaign since its ... | 2 | |
[WP] Story must end with, "Well, I didn't expect THAT to happen..." | [
"I was sitting at the luch tables, by myself, again. I had very recently gotten kicked out of my clique, and everyone else bullied me. But I should probably rewind a bit before I tell you what happens next.\n\nMy name is Rose. I live in a small town. I am very into sci-fi, art, and science. However, I am not liked ... | 4 | |
I will be reading them. Sorry if I did this wrong. It's my first post. | [WP] From "Cliche" to Original #1: You have the ability to see ghosts. Write an original piece to the character/object etc. ability. | [
"We all discovered around the same time that humans leave ghosts but not in the way you might think. I know, because I’m the only one who seems to be able to fight them.\n\nIt’s not the people themselves. When someone dies they leave this world for the next.\n\nHowever, people leave pieces of themselves behind. Peo... | 3 |
[WP] write a story that is depressing when read normally, but encouraging when read backwards | [
"\"I should probably quit smoking.\" he thought.\n\nHe put out his cigarette.\n\nHe's been noticing some health problems, he wasn't happy about that.\n\nHe wanted to be happy again.\n\nHe thought back to the happiest he'd ever been.\n\nHe thought back to how happy he was as a child.\n\nHe thought back to his horrib... | 1 | |
[WP] The stars in the sky are different | [
"The stars in sky the are different. \nWord has spread of course and now I imagine the whole world is sitting on porches and standing in front yards with their eyes towards heaven. I'm sitting at the highest point of Los Angeles. I've never seen the city so dark. Rebecca and I are lying in the back of my truck lik... | 2 | |
Inspired by a friend pointing out that musicians are basically drugging your brain to high hell. | [WP] In the future, music is treated like illegal drugs, and distributed as such. | [
"Johnny sat alone in a dark room. The Muzine whirred loudly next to him. He worried, worried that the neighbours might hear, might ask questions, but it was too late. He needed this. Some God, somehwere, had blessed him. He had found it. Beethoven's 9th. It was the last one in the collection. Sure he had tried othe... | 5 |
[WP] Describe colour to a blind person, or music to a deaf person | [
"Music is like food, that first bite either turns you onto it, or off completely. Perhaps you will try it again at a later time to see if maybe it was just the time and place you first tried it. That dish you get every time you go to a certain place, that flavor you crave for the entire day before you finally get t... | 2 | |
[WP] 2050: the atomic bombs fall at dawn. Your city is defenseless, and there's no time to run. This is the night before. | [
"The tip of my cigarette glowed as dry smoke filled my lungs. I held it there in my chest before sighing it into the air. The stars peeking through as it twisted and dissolved into the cool night. I felt handsome in my suit with a fresh hair cut, slicked back with expensive product. Handsome wasn't something I ... | 2 | |
[WP] Guns and bombs were never invented. Wars were fought with swords and lances and bows. Otherwise technology progressed as normal. Describe the events of WWII. | [
"The heavy submarine made its way under the turbulent waves of the Baltic Sea, heading towards the Gulf of Finland. Under cover of darkness, it slipped past the patrolling warships with ease.\n\n\"Sir, we have entered the Gulf,\" a lieutenant reported to Admiral Rusvik. The admiral barked a few orders to his crew b... | 2 | |
[WP] Random people keep thanking you, and you're not sure why. | [
"It was a simple thing. I was just passing by the streets that I had been familiar. Everyone was staring at me with praise in their eyes and everyone was thanking me as I passed by.\nI never knew the reason why they kept on doing it. There was nothing I did which made me have people grateful to me.\nI sighed as I f... | 8 | |
[WP] The Government as a Super Computer that can pick the right person for any mission or task. Government agents show up at your door needing your help and explain why you where chosen. | [
"This shit wasn't right. Everyone else had grand adventures, heroic deeds, hell some even had tasks they weren't allowed to talk about. Not me. I was chosen for the worst task I could even dream of, and I couldn't even say no. We were all legally obligated one task in our lifetime, and this was mine. \n\n\"Come ... | 2 | |
[WP]You are the first person to experience a DNA mutation that switches off the aging gene uppon puberty, you are now 200 years old and managed to keep it a secret from everyone. | [
"This is it. 150 years in the works and I honestly and truly believe this will be the time I succeed.\n\n\nWhen I opened the door the familiar bell rang to show that somebody had entered the establishment. \n\n\nImmediately, everybody in the store looked toward me. I could feel the eyes of scrutiny upon me, but I w... | 2 | |
[WP] A colony of aliens has just been discovered on Mars. At this very second. Write the reaction of a NASA worker as they're staring at a picture of an alien. | [
"\"Fuck!\"\n\nEveryone shook up as the Operational Officer yelled out.\n\nDavid looked up from his laptop and saw Mike franctically hitting his keyboard.\n\n\"Michael! What's wrong?\"\n\n\"It's stuck!\" Mike said with panic in his voice.\n\n\"What do you mean, it's stuck?\"\n\n\"I mean, it's stuck David! It cost fu... | 2 | |
[WP] Help! You've fallen and can't get up. When you call 911, they don't answer. Why isn't 911 answering? | [
"**Crack.**\n\nBlood everywhere.\n\n**Snap.**\n\nA bit of bone poking out?\n\n**Crunch.**\n\nWhy did I think this was a good idea, again? Through the pain, all I remember is that my buddies wanted me to jump out the window and to the nearest corner store... something about food and water? Why couldn't I go out the ... | 3 | |
[WP] I must gamble to live | [
"It’s less about having an addiction to winning and losing, the loss and the prize, it’s about every action I take needing to be a risk.\n\nIn the morning I reach for my toothpaste, two tubes, completely identical in look and shape, except one has ghost peppers laced into it with the minty green paste. I pick one a... | 2 | |
...preferably, I would choose Sloth or Wrath!~ | [WP] You are one of the Seven Deadly Sins of Hell. Write how your daily life goes. | [
"\"Where the fuck is my lipstick?\" \n\nShe shoved her arm into her enormous make-up box in the bathroom, digging through the abyss of lipsticks past fifty shades of red, gold, pink, silver. She always looked forward to the moment where she could paint her lips to feel invincible, no, more like to *be* invincible, ... | 9 |
[WP] It is WW2, and the Axis powers end up becoming stronger than the Allied nations. The Axis powers then start a full scale invasion of the Allied nations. You are a soldier in the US army, recording the entire war into a notebook. | [
"First of October 1945 -\n Jerry got us again, this time in Brooklyn. We were on patrol when they hit. Asa, Sketch, and Ox were checking cars at the bridge when those damn V4 swarm rockets...We thought we had time to finish the evac but the krauts are so fast.\n\nOctober 5, 1945 -\n Manhatten, the Bronx,... | 2 | |
[WP] Kim Jong-un is visited by the Ghost of Korea Past, the Ghost of Korea Present and the Ghost of Korea Future. | [
"A subtle sigh perforated the dense quietness of the throne room. Jong-un looked up at his closest advisor, sitting just 3 feet behind and hunched purposefully to avoid standing taller than the prone leader. \"Uncle\" Jong-un started, stifling another sigh \"tell me again why the west don't like us?\". His uncle lo... | 7 | |
[WP] You're the child of either Ares, the God of War or Athena, Goddess of Wisdom. Write your daily life in a normal school. | [
"I walked down the hallway to my school, wearing my normal attire of camouflage, as that is all my father, Ares, allowed me to own. Today was wearing an interesting hunters camouflage, and my father told me it was called \"Realtree.\" Anyways, it was my first day of 9th grade, and it was going good so far. I walked... | 5 | |
This is your first time away from the solar system. Mankind has not yet encountered alien life and believes themselves to be alone, or at least very far away from any artificial threat other then themselves. But as you drop out of subspace near the stars asteroid belt, and close to a sizable asteroid, you notice that t... | [WP] You are a rookie crew member of a starship, and have just finished a jump to a new uncharted system 10 light years from earth. (More in description) | [
"I was at my post in the ship's manufacturing bay when I heard it: \"All hands, brace for evasive maneuvers!\". I instinctively grabbed for the nearest hand railing but it wasn't enough and soon I and my entire toolkit were floating in the center of a spinning ship. \n\n\"Jeez!\" I thought to myself, \"A hundred fi... | 2 |
This is that point in a movie where the good guy rallies the troops, talking about the glory and the pride and then sends men to die. | [WP] Make a speech that convinces your group of soldiers or frightened peasant rebels want to die for your cause. | [
"I looked down the hill, down to the massed army of men in plate armour. We had the high ground but it would make little difference.\n\nArchers, cavalry, infantry. Tens of thousands of them.\n\nWe were a mere two thousand. Hopeless.\n\nI could feel it, the men at my back wanted to turn.\n\n\"Men of the Ninth!\" I s... | 9 |
[WP] The black rotary dial phone has always been there, you just didn't notice it until it rang. | [
"\"Hello?\"\n\n\"Hello!\"\n\nIt's my voice. Twice. At first I think it's an echo. But I'm wrong.\n\n\"I'm so excited to talk to you!\"\n\n\"Who is this?\"\n\n\"It's you!\"\n\n\"It's... me?\"\n\n\"Yes, me! Well you! Well I am you and me!\"\n\nI think about hanging up. But as I'm about to put the phone back dow... | 2 | |
[WP] "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves." - Confucius | [
"My shovel bites at the dirt, moving sod and earth out of the way. It was never meant to end here, but intentions never make the end right. Plain and simple, this was a pound of flesh that I needed, no more, no less. If it were anyone else, anywhere else, maybe I wouldn't be here, in this damn corn field, digging o... | 2 | |
[WP] Mankind makes contact with a new type of alien - which communicates through music. | [
"\"Everytime I ask this guy a question, he stops and goes back to playing his gay violin,\"\r\r\"What a douche. Hey buddy, where you from,\"\r\r*music pauses*\r\r*glances with large saucer eyes*\r\r*music continues*\r\r\"Fuck this ass hat, let's go Jim,\"\r\r\"Sounds like a plan, let's get some Subway or 'sum...\""... | 2 | |
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I draw a webcomic called 'Coconut Y'all'. It's about a little boy named Coconut and his best friend Brick. As much as I love Coconut Y'all, I'd like to start a new strip with a more linear storyline and consistent update schedule. These strips are from my comic Coconut Y'all, but if you're int... | [WP] I'm looking for a webcomic writer. If you're interested, write a short story based on one of the following unfinished comic strips. | [
"Here's my interpretation. Each line is for one panel. I tried to create some identity for the two characters, which can be built upon through more comics.\n\n\nPhoto 1.\n\nC: \"So if they all look like ants running around on the ground down there...\"\n\nB: \"Yeah...\"\n\nC: \"Does anyone stare at the ants sit aro... | 4 |
[WP] Once you retire, and have served your purpose to society, you are expected to take a pill that kills you. Those that don't are shunned by society. You retired yesterday and your family are waiting downstairs, your suicide party has been planned, but you don't want to go... | [
"The day I finally fulfilled my purpose in life was the happiest I'd ever known.\n\nThe day after that was the last.\n\nOur society is a masterwork, a grand piece of enduring design. It's like an organism, they say, more than it is a collection of people. And, like any organism, all its individual 'cells' exist onl... | 4 | |
[WP] Ten gods play League of Legends. | [
"\"Bow before our overpowered champions and minion hordes, fools!\" Mars was predictably carrying his team and holding down the middle lane, what with being the god of war and all. Neptune and Apollo were defending the bottom lane, and while the Lord of the Sea wasn't much for Apollo's constant singing, anything th... | 1 | |
[WP] The villain succeeds in killing the hero and the world believes its doomed. Except it actually turns out better than when the hero rebelled. | [
"Read \"What If-Secret Wars\"! \n\n(What I mention here is revealed in the first two pages of the comic)\n\nBasically, Dr.Doom kills all of the opposing heroes and villains then brought mankind into a new era where mankind no longer knew what it was like to want. Hunger, power needs, wars, sufferings...All wiped ou... | 2 | |
[WP] An NPC gets lost in a different game, hilarity ensues. | [
"> As you approach the mayor of Forgehearth, reclining slightly in an ornate throne, he sends away his attendant and leans forward slightly.\n\n*Mayor of Forgehearth? Where am I? Is this not Whiterun? Who are these people in my castle?*\n\n\"Adventurers, you have returned. I trust the Gnolls did not hinder your ... | 3 | |
[WP] Humanity makes contact with intelligent but delicious aliens. | [
"Muffins. Sentient muffins. Sure, they weren't your typical terrestrial baked pastries, adorned with frosting and earthly fruit, but they were shaped like muffins, smelled like muffins, tasted like muffins. Self-aware, technologically advanced, delicious. Even their ships, about twenty miles across and fifty miles ... | 8 | |
[WP] Through some incident you gained the ability to randomly jump around in time, one night after heavy drinking you wake up in the post apocalyptic New York without the ability to jump back | [
"*Nuts.*\n\nIt's cold. The rain's pounding down hard on the pavement, and I can't make a Jump. Something's wrong. Really wrong.\n\nAll around me, the skyscrapers are decaying like rotting teeth. Huge chunks lie on the streets, littering the remains of 5th Avenue. It's grey, it's grimy, and it's dangerous here.\n\nI... | 2 | |
[WP] After countless years, the victim of the "Knock Knock" jokes gives in. | [
"“Knock knock,” Timmy said on the playground.\n\nTimmy was always an annoying kid. He had been going around all that school year telling the stupidest knock knock jokes to everyone. But I’d had enough.\n\n“Buzz off, no one wants to hear your stupid joke Timmy,” I told him. His face turned red and he bared his teeth... | 2 |
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