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[WP] Your dog keeps barking at the balcony door at night. You go check and see something you think is a cat. Until you realise it's something else... | [
"Through the curtain covered french doors lays the balcony, and one particular night, Roger, my beloved canine companion, barked obsessively at something I could not hear, nor see, from the bed across the room. When I crossed the glossy mahogany floor, passing through the blades of moonlight peeking in between the ... | 1 | |
[WP] Video games behave like the arcade games in Wreck-It Ralph. When you turn off the console or X out of a game on PC, the characters are free to do what they want and can even travel to the other games you have. | [
"Alex leans back, legs relaxed on the jukebox, elbow making a grab for more potions. Steve is already passed out, but Alex manages to stay awake longer. Normally she wore adventure clothes. Tonight she wore a green sweater and jeans, stained from who knows how many potions drunk that night.\n\nThey managed to set u... | 5 | |
[WP] In a world filled with magical weapons, you encounter a grizzled, old veteran with nothing but a simple iron blade by his side. | [
"I hated going to my grandfathers house. He was part of the generation when magic was just being discovered. He would always talk about how he remembered going to Hawaii to get runes. This is where magic was found initially. Diante Green found the first rune after the volcano shot it out. There were more expedition... | 11 | |
[WP] I don't understand... usually when I do this, food appears. | [
"The baby whaled and protest as it tried again. Usually, When the baby did this, it worked and food appeared. But this time, nothing. But then the baby stop as it heard something else making noise along with it. It was the vacuum. The baby wasn't getting food because it's parents were vacuuming and couldn't hear i... | 3 | |
[WP] You discover that your best friend and platonic life partner that you've known for years is an assassin, and they originally were assigned to kill you. | [
"As Stacie and I were laying in bed I began to think about the night we met. She had big titties and I'm a sucker for those so I went up to her and asked to dance. We were in a pool hall. She was just a little too eager to accept, but I was in no position to question her motives. She bought me a drink and I literal... | 1 | |
[WP] The world around you fades slowly. Your family is around you, crying as you pass. Your life flashes before your eyes. You wake up in an arcade confused, with people cheering. "Good game man! Can't believe you lived for that long! Must have a new world record!" | [
"I blink a few times as my vision comes into focus. My eyes feel incredibly dry, and all of the noise is hazy like its a long way off. It feels like my heart is going to crack a rib.\n\n\"Good game man! Can't believe you lived for that long! Must have a new world record!\"\n\nThe sudden voice surprises me and I let... | 1 | |
You can define speech as anything you want as long as it involves some form of, well speaking. | [WP] In a world where speech is mankind's greatest weapon, you are a wordsmith. | [
"\"Wordsmith!\" \n\nThe cry barreled into my tiny shop like a charging bull, bursting through the door to rattle my shelves and dragging behind it the strangest man I had ever seen. His shoulders were wide, almost too large to get through the doorway, and yet his waist and legs were thin as rails. Upon his triangul... | 1 |
[WP] You're a freeloading Cloud Surfer who one day while surfing the Clouds see something in its depths. | [
"Sometimes I'd see freighters coming in to land, or headed out to sky. Sometimes I'd see a herd of airwhales, filtering the fungal spores and small creatures suspended in the bio clouds and singing for mates. And today, after putting on my orange visored flight helmet and diving from my mother's airship lab, I saw ... | 1 | |
[WP] Pokémon Go finally gets the update users wanted. However, a new glitch in the system is found, allowing all Pokémon in the game to become real. And they're looking for revenge... | [
"It was just a regular day, and by regular, I mean the servers were down. As always. I had plans with my friend to go out to our local shopping center to hang out and catch all of the pokestops, but that wasn't happening. We decided to just head out for lunch instead, choosing a snug looking sandwich joint beside a... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a crush on your best friend. | [
"I see him log in, and my heart skips a beat. He's here. Stay calm. Don't freak. \"Hey, what's up?\" I type in the chat box. Then I see his responding \"o/\" Don't seem too over eager. Be cool. \"Want to run dailies with me?\" Ok. Breathe. Please do dailies with me. \"Sure\" he responds. Yes! Will he get on voice c... | 2 | |
A Time Traveler discovers this connection. He aims to kill the Past-seeing sibling. This will, however, drastically affect the present and future for mankind. How is the Time Traveler stopped? | [WP] You're one of a set of triplets. You each behold the powers to either see the past, the present, and the future. ... | [
"I kinda ignored the body text. I saw the title and already had all this coming to mind before I actually read it. Hope you don't mind! It's also a very short one... I might consider doing something longer sometime. Dunno. :P\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\... | 2 |
[WP] The Blind Sniper | [
"\"How do you do it?\"\n\n\"Do what?\"\n\n\"You know... what you do, sir. You can't.. uhh.. \"\n\nA chuckle, low and deep. The ember of a cigarette pierces the implacable darkness around the room. The shadowed visage of three soldiers can be glimpsed. One is green, and shows it. He has the wide-eyed, deer-in-headli... | 1 | |
(I've already completed the rest of my song; I would love to see how other Redditors would finish this)
You never told me
What happened to you.
So many stories,
All of them were true.
... | [WP] A Love Song/Poem | [
"You never told me what happened to you, \nSo many stories, all of them were true. \nAdventure, intrigue, all that you never knew \nas soon as I found you, away I flew.\n\n\nand sitting on a plane isn’t fun \nso i try to draw you \nbefore i forget \nthe shine in your eyes that says “i dare you” \nthe smile t... | 1 |
[WP]The only rule she ever had for him was "don't touch my mango orange juice." | [
"\n\nAs I walked through the door, it hit me. \n\nA smell so foul it almost knocked me off my feet. The room was dark, and I had to feel my way to the table lamp. Fiddling with the switch for probably too long, I finally heard the click. As the bulb illuminated the small area, I began to notice small inconsistencie... | 1 | |
The prompt can either be all the presidents who ever lived or just the currently alive presidents. Your pick. | [WP] The new American president is sworn in only to find out all the other presidents still live in the White House together. | [
"\"HILARY!\" Came a chorus of sound as she entered the oval office for the first time. The doors were all shut, the curtains pulled together, three men stood smiling behind the desk, two others lost in the caverns of dementia. \n\n\"Hilary...\" Barak walked to the forefront. \"I just wanted....to congratulate you..... | 1 |
[WP] You and your fiancé are shopping for a house. Your realtor drives the two of you to one that is "just perfect." Your fiancé loves it. You did too... before you'd buried your first wife in the basement. | [
"I never wanted to come back here. Too many memories. Sarah did. She loved it here. I fought with her about it for years. If I had known she was born here, maybe I wouldn't have asked her out for coffee. I wish I asked. I didn't even think about it. She was so pretty. It wasn't until I asked her to marry me that sh... | 1 | |
Or you can replace Weed with Beer or Heroin, or any drug really. I'm a prompt, not a cop. | [WP] It's been a year since the Apocalypse. Your stockpile of weed has finally run out. Now it's time to get more. | [
"It's been four days since my last sesh. I'm starting to realize that dealing with stress isn't easy without ganja. Yesterday I shot a man who said he had some weed but turned out his guy was dry. The worst thing is, I have 20 unopened Bic lighters, and a box of blunts, but no herb. I'll consider this a tolerance b... | 2 |
[WP] In an alternate reality, everybody experiences their first at the same time. First love, first car, first job. For some reason, you missed out. | [
"Every year, today at noon, everyone experiences their first *something.* An annual \"First Festival\" is held in the centre of town. I'm hoping mine will be my first car. Especially a jet black Lamborghini Gallardo, with thin red pinstripes down the hood, maroon seats, and a noise from the engine that sounds like ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a serial killer, what sort of creative motive drives you? | [
"I wake up in the morning, bloodied, covered in sweat. As i look to my left i see another dead body in the ground. A small grin escapes my face, as i examine it, i come to the realization that this might be my finest work to date. Both hands tied to the ceiling, feet nailed to the floor and a bloodied smile on his ... | 3 | |
So you've been a top rated "soulsman" for over a century, but this year you've been lagging behind. It's a competitive job market so if you don't bring in at least three more souls by the end of the week, you'll be sent back to suffer in hell for eternity. You're able to grant certain boons to help convince people to m... | [WP] You're a traveling "soulsman"... You travel the globe attempting to convince people to sell their souls to Satan. | [
"I've been in this business for so long that I can spot the suckers within minutes of watching 'em. They all exude this sense of... self-righteousness. Like if the world would just toss 'em a bone, everything else would fall in line and life would be just \"perfect\". \n\nAnd the sad part? Almost every single one... | 2 |
[WP] "The early worm catches the bird" | [
"There once was a young worm named Petrus. He was special, for a worm. Slightly larger, slightly smarter, Petrus always found the freshest bits of soil to turn because he could remember where he'd already been. This, of course, was quite unusual for a worm. Not for a worm like Petrus, but he didn't know that yet.\n... | 1 | |
[WP] Having been unable to feel emotion your entire life, you are taken to the doctor to see what was wrong. A CAT scan reveals that whatever's in your head isn't a normal brain... | [
"\"A what?!\" I question, unable to believe what the doctor had previously told me.\n\n\"Instead of a brain, you have a watermelon.\" The doctor scribbled down notes on a paper. \"Don't worry, it's perfectly normal.\"\n\n\"It is?!\" I shouted, shifting in my chafing hospital gown.\n\n\"Well...no, this has never bee... | 1 | |
[WP] Fear was our master- Until you came along. | [
"He remembers them working, under the crushing heat, sweat drenching their entire bodies while whips lashed violently at them. While he felt nothing himself, he knew that it was injustice. And injustice, he had seen his share of it. He'd lived it himself. \n\nA stone slips out of one of the men's hands. Another whi... | 1 | |
[WP] Armed with nothing but pen and pad you stand between your village and death. | [
"The odds were always against us, but now was the time to prepare defences impenetrable enough to hold off a hundred men and horse. Their leader, Sir Swigton, although incredibly arrogant and self-minded, was now leading his army from the north to pillage any village found southward in the name of his King. Our may... | 4 | |
[WP] Whatever the moderators in this sub says will happen, that said event will happen within three years. What happens to the world as we know it? | [
"Jimmy sat fidgeting, his project sat before him on his desk. He knew the rota, familiar from when they did the register each morning, he knew his turn was next and he couldn't be dreading it more. What if it wasn't good enough, what if the other kids laughed at him, what if he went home with an F? The Teacher ca... | 1 | |
[wp] The first bombs begin to fall and you take it upon yourself to keep the people you allowed in to your cellar in high spirits before the inevitable comes. | [
"\"Here, here let's use this on that.\" Tim said as he sprayed a local anesthetic on Jeannies knee, waiting a second to pluck out the broken glass. \"This'll teach you to jump through a window little lady!\" \nShe had just finished her third week of 2nd grade. All talks of war and such had only been whispered in th... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a villain, and you have been told that you have cancer. You don't go on a rampage or decide to die in a blaze of glory. Instead, you tell the hero that you have it, just to see their reaction. | [
"I sipped at my green tea, sitting at a small wooden table with wilting sunflowers in the center vase. The café was hidden away in one of the nameless backstreets of Paris. The owner and I were on good terms after I dealt with some legal setbacks he was having and he had let me rent it out for the day. I sat and wa... | 8 | |
[WP] You're a retired Pokemon trainer. One night after a few drinks, you wonder what would happen if you used a Pokeball on a human. | [
"I was only 9 years old when my journey to become the very best came to a sudden end. After capturing all the pokemon in my local town, beating seven out of the eight offical gyms in the region, and leveling up a legendary team; not to mention taking down several minor criminal organizations, I was done. I'd had my... | 1 | |
[WP] A secret file is leaked from the Pentagon, all that can be seen is the title: The Radish King | [
"\"Jim, Mark. Catch me up to speed, what went down last night?\"\n\n\"Well Sir apparently one of our files were leaked out to the general public.. sometime around 11\"\n\n\"Was it about the U.S. supplying Iran with biological weapons to us-\"\n\n\"Ah no, it was about that guy in the red suit who isn't supposed to e... | 3 | |
[WP] You run a small coach company that offers a 'ticket to nowhere'; you help people on the run disappear. One day your own brother shows up, bloodied and bruised, with two tickets. | [
"“Who’s the second one for?” I asked, looking at a man I hardly recognized by how far his nose was bent, the tip touching the side of his cheek, blood still flowing from his nostrils.\n\n“Just let me on the fucking bus, Ryan,” he stepped forward trying to push past me again. Blood splattered on my shirt from one of... | 1 | |
[WP] A distant uncle vanished and left you a deed. For some reason, you are now the "proud" owner of Hell. | [
"\"What do you mean I 'own hell'? My uncle left me a deed to his restaurant!\" I questioned the lawyer.\n\n\"It's simple, you see. Do you remember your uncle Natas, or Nate S.? It turns out he was, in fact, Lucifer.\"\n\n\"Seriously? Like, I own the eternal punishment chamber of fire? The real hell?\"\n\n\"Yep. Con... | 4 | |
[WP] You live in a world where laws are secret, only law enforcement, judges, lawyers, and law makers know what is and isn't legal. | [
"He could see them, hiding behind the car across the street. Watching him. If they thought they were being discreet, they were sadly mistaken. The question was, what the hell should he do now? Looking around, it wasn't immediately obvious quite what mystery law he had managed to break. The other people in the outdo... | 7 | |
This one is pretty open to interpretation. Do you fall asleep? Do you manage to stay awake until the whole thing stops? Your choice. | [WP] People who fall asleep vanish into thin air. You're trying to stay awake, but how long can you hold out for, and what will happen if you do fall asleep? | [
"You see that job offering, it promises good money and post-job benefits. You try to make a choice that will affect the rest of your life based on assumptions and advice you've heard along the way. You decide that this is going to be the day you change your life.\n\nYou arrive the next day, in your normal trash att... | 3 |
[wp]God reverses the human effects on global warming. But in exchange, he leaves a large box on earth with a 10 year countdown. There is 30 seconds left. | [
"A man of no particularly interesting qualities or of neither curious employment or significant heritage opens his refrigerator. The glow illuminates the dark appartment living room dark and dead of activity.\n\nAn ordinary night was just what he had asked for. The past couple weeks was riddled with small catastrop... | 5 | |
[WP]After you die and close your eyes for the last time, you reopen your eyes to be greeted by a life leaderboard and score breakdown. | [
"Things are odd when you die, theres nothing to do but stare at a board and try and find out where you ranked. For some people it take the equivalent of hundreds of earth years, for me it took two seconds. Why was it so fast for me you may be wondering? Because I am DEAD FUCKING LAST. Ill explain why, while I was a... | 2 | |
[WP] You are part of the first team on Mars. You have successfully built your first base. Your first night in the base and the other astronauts are getting ready for bed when there is a knock on the hatch door from outside. | [
"When the crew first heard banging on the airlock, their first thought was that there was a brewing windstorm kicking rocks and other debris against the airlock door and paid it no heed. Then it returned, and was far more persistent. No one's first thought was a neighbor coming for a visit. No one even thought to o... | 11 | |
[WP] You are part of an alien race which plans to enslave the humans and take Earth by whatever means possible. However, you are greeted with open arms and Welcome celebrations. | [
"We were told humans were a stain on this galaxy, we were told that they were arrogant and hostile and the only way to remove the satin would be to enslave them, but upon arrival they welcomed us with open arms and welcome celebrations. Our commander told us this was a ruse and that there true nature would be revea... | 2 | |
[WP] You download a pirated copy of what you think is SimCity, only to find that your hometown is one of the pre-loaded cities. Curious, you begin demolishing sections of the town only to hear loud crashing and terrified screaming coming from just outside your window. | [
"I smiled and loaded up my computer with the pirates copy of Sims City. Not everyone could bust a couple bucks for a damn game, and they had plenty of customers. As I opened up the menu, I noticed a new option called \"Pick your home city\". I shrugged, selected New York, and started up the tutorial. A small icon p... | 1 | |
[WP] Earth is playing a dangerous intergalactic game of poker with other planets in the universe, where it uses human life as its chips. Today, it decides to go all-in. | [
"\n\tIt had been a peaceful Saturday morning when the letter came. Birds singing, sun shining. As my wife knelt to pick up the weekend paper at the mail slot, she found a small, cream coloured envelope alongside it, emblazoned with the Earth United Government logo. She questioningly brought it to the counter to o... | 2 | |
First prompt, sorry if it's a repeat. | [WP] You could have won, but you chose to lose. It has made all the difference. | [
"He stood there, watching as the other team's enveloped in their victory. He knew his limits and they were beneath him, but he looked at his team and could see their hatred of him in their eyes. They didn't relish and want to build in their defeat, to try again like he learned so many times. They were spoiled. The ... | 1 |
[wp] 70 years into the zombie apocalypse you're a zombie parent who is worried about where the next meal is coming from for yourself and your zombie family. | [
"I used the bone jutting out of my palm to rub the stress from the back of my eye socket- it works, slightly. The layers of dirt, gore and vitrils of meals gone past squish under my elbows as I sit, listening. The television is on in the background, with the local news channel reporting on my worst fears: \n\"Grr... | 5 | |
[wp] His mother has just died, he has discovered that his wife has been cheating on him with his best friend, his dog was run over just days ago and now you have to fire him. 'Clark Kent, can I see you in my office' | [
"I knew in the bottom of my heart he'd be better off, this job was poison after all. The life of a journalist is unrelenting and frankly soul sucking, Mr Kent knew that better than anyone, days and nights in the office digging for a story only to find any credit for your life consuming hours of work being passed on... | 2 | |
[WP] Your roommate shakes you awake, frantically telling you "There's no time! We have to go!" You ask for clarification, your friend responds with: "There's no time! I woke up today and time doesn't exist anymore!" | [
"Knock Knock Knock.\n\n“Mmmm... just a second”\n\nI rubbed the sleep from my eyes, What could my roommate want so early in the morning? The only hint of light came from the crack beneath my door and the green glow from my digital clock. 8:00pm. Why is its still so dark? Something must be wrong with my clock.\n\nKno... | 3 | |
[WP] you are a biologist in a contest to create a species from scratch that can take over and rule a remote planet. that planets name is earth. | [
"\"So, Grixal 01203, your submission is...this?\"\n\n\"Yes, High Bogox Fromo. I believe this is more than adequate to conquer and rule this remote planet.\" Grixal expounded, almost like rehearsing a line.\n\n\"How would this conquer the planet, it has no adaptations whatsoever. At the very least we expected someth... | 1 | |
[WP] Serving a life sentence in solitary confinement, your only source of outside knowledge is the letters from your family, who all have been informed you are on vacation. | [
"> Dear Unkle Jon,\nMom said you were away on a cruz. She said that you loved the ocean and wanted te be a pirat when you wer a kid. I want to be a pirat too. When I get biggur, can I join yur crew?\nLove Sally\n\n*Sure, kid. We'll sail the seas together and make our own rules.* I thought to myself. *Damn.* I wa... | 1 | |
[WP] You've received an invitation to a friend's wedding. But the thing is, they died years ago. | [
"*Save the date* \n\nThe words stare at me from the inside of my mail box, I take the pale blue envelope, worn and dirtied with time in my hands, I can't help but notice how much they shake. \n\nWhen I get back to may apartment I sit, not even bothering to make my way to a chair, I kinda just slump down against th... | 1 | |
[WP] The circus had a dark secret, but it wasn't the clowns. | [
"*\" Okay Ms. Layne, would you please start from where you remember\"* the officer demanded. \n\nI awoke in dimly lit room. A swinging bulb hung above me. Swaying back and forth, I couldn't get a good look at the room. My feet were tied, I raced to untie the knot. A thick cloud of smoke hung in the air, stinging my... | 1 | |
[WP] There is a god in the machine. The photocopier machine, to be precise. | [
"I fucking hate Mondays. It's no more monotonous or soul-draining than any other day at HershelFitz Accountancy Consultants, but, today is Monday. So fuck Monday.\n\n\"Dave? Could you get that copy of the Blooms' quarter review for me? You said you'd have it on my desk by this morning.\"\n\n\"Right away, Sharon. So... | 1 | |
[WP] "I saw something outside in the woods last night. And it saw me too." | [
"‘Have people ever told you that you look a lot like Keira Knightley? Heck, I’d say that you look even better tonight! Let me buy you a drink.’\n\n‘Whatever Dan.’ I briefly answered . \n\nOf course people have told me that. Multiple times actually and it has worked quite well for me if you’re talking about populari... | 2 | |
[wp] Every time you roast, flame, or swear excessively online a black orb appears above your head. The more you do it, the brighter it gets. The nicest person you know has a miniature sun above their head. | [
"\"Marie, what-\" she turned to look at me, her bright blue eyes sparkling as usual. Her lips curved upwards, opening to reveal a set of pristine white teeth. \n\n\"What is it Jim?\" God her voice, like angels pouring honey, sweet and pure. There was no way. I glanced above her head again, the light was almost blin... | 1 | |
As in we have videos of things like ball lightning or fire tornadoes, or impossibly lucky things happening to people--but if things like this were written in fiction without being known previously, they would seem impossible. | [WP] Write a story with events we can see proof of in real life, but which would seem impossible in fiction. | [
" It has been 130 years since the giants were defeated. We were on the brink of destruction. We had tried everything: guns, missiles, even the atomic bomb. It seemed like the human race had come to an end. Until that fateful day when our greatest minds thought they had found a way.\n\n As the queen was appr... | 1 |
[WP] A scientist finds a way to halt the aging process in humans. As the Grim Reaper, this worries you greatly. Write how you convince the scientist to not come forward with their discovery. | [
"At first, I saw Andrew rarely. \n\nThe first time, when his pet fish died. Yes, I come for pets too. I come, eventually, for every living beast. Even the barely alive scum in the mud. Even when I don't want to. \n\nI came then, for the fish. There was a young boy, watching his pet floating belly up in the tank. He... | 1 | |
[WP] You go to a magician show, but you start to believe that the magicians might actually be magic. | [
"The purple circus tent enclosed near a hundred members of the crowd. In the center of the room, two blue robed magicians took center stage with nothing more than an old plastic wand and a top hat. Jimmy sat front row with his mum and dad, licking away at a scoop of cookie's and cream ice-cream. He loved magic, wel... | 1 | |
As in, they believe it's all real stuff or something.
| [WP] The only thing stopping Aliens from invading Earth, is the r/nosleep subreddit. | [
"\"Mr. Ghorlax, mein chief, the intelligence agency has been looking at decrypted messages from a porn site known as 'reddit'. And it isn't just the porn that gave some of my men heart attacks- it was the 'nosleep' page! Horrible, absolutely horrible! We're looking more into it now, but-\"\n\n\"Xacul Christ, man. S... | 4 |
[WP] You live in a world where nothing bad has ever happened. No wars, no death except for age, no crime. Then one day you wake up and see on the news, multiple natural disasters, crime sprees, mass shooting. You and no one else knows how to deal with this much destruction! | [
"I've been alive for thirty-one years and have never seen the destruction that flashes across the screen of my TV now. For the first time, I know the fear of things other than failing to land a job or unrequited love. \n\nThis morning I flipped my TV on as I settled down with a steaming cup of Joe and tuned into wh... | 2 | |
[WP]You live in a future in which humans have long evolved past needing to sleep. The entire globe has been changed by this and work production has skyrocketed. You also just woke up from a 15 minute nap. | [
"Sitting up coughing Riley woke up from his nap. Looking at his clock barely fifteen minutes had past. Sad that he did not get to the dream phase he stood up to get a glass of water wondering what had caused him to cough so much. It had never happened before.\n\n\nSitting back Riley picked up his tablet sweeping fr... | 1 | |
[WP] „There are times where you can show mercy and there are times where you need to be prepared to make an example of them.“ “Oh my god Jimmy, it's just a fucking boardgame, stop being so dramatic!“ | [
"Melanie was your typical 5th-grade girl. She wasn't very outgoing and social, but she still had quite a few good friends of her own.\n\nSo when she blurted out the f-bomb and told her best friend to stop with his overly dramatic-shtick (something that everyone else was clearly enjoying during their board-game) - t... | 2 | |
[WP] For as long as you can remember, you have been able to talk to animals. One day, a neighborhood squirrel hops up onto a window and informs you that your wife/husband/partner has been cheating on you... | [
"I remember first suspecting two or three years ago. The first and only suspicion. We had learned to coexist comfortably, we were perfectly happy, the months had been accumulating smoothly. I was assured that this one lump of normality in my life would actually persist, and that I would be tied to this woman, and b... | 2 | |
HAS gained the ability to read minds. Curse you, nearly-the-same words! | [WP] You are a new parent, who, through extraordinary circumstances, have gained the ability to read minds. In desperation, you frequently used this ability in order to understand exactly what the hell your child wants when they cry. | [
"I can't say I recall the details of the night of Danny's birth, or my Jack's death. It's just a blur now. I remember sitting in the station wagon, the garage door open and the car's big engine rumbling, the heater blowing hot on me (Jack was always a gentleman and heated the car for me, even when my water broke). ... | 2 |
[WP] You install a "hyper-realism" mod for 'The Sims'. You soon realise your actions in-game are affecting the real world. | [
"Neil was always a huge technology nerd. Several times his mom would come into his room and see his blue eyes staring intently at the computer screen as he played hour upon hour of the Sims. He was also somewhat artistic, using the game as a storytelling device. \n\nHe'd always create a family where he had lots of ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an agent of time, with a mission to send those deserving back to the past to restart their lives to right the wrongs in their lives. At a dive bar called Tempus you set your sights on your target and now need to convince him of your task. | [
"The bar was dimly lit, and a cool breeze ushered through its nooks and crannies as I opened the double doors. As my eyes adjusted to the light, I was able to make out a sea of people flowing freely throughout the establishment. Every once in a while, someone would get caught up in an unfavorable tide, and shoved b... | 1 | |
[WP] The only way a person can age is through hurting another person. A hush falls over the room as an ancient man limps in and takes a seat. | [
"Everybody knew when we turned 30 our biological clocks turned off and we never aged another day in our life. That is until we physically hurt somebody, you hurt them and you gain the time they lost. A bruise can be a second, a limb can be years, but killing another human being started the clock and you were doomed... | 2 | |
[WP] Every time you fall asleep, you time travel one year into the past. | [
"*September 3, 1982*\n\nKelly sucked at the tip of a rolled joint, letting the smoke billow in her lungs. With a forced release, it hung in the air between her and her friend, Jeanine.\n\n\"There's no way I'm dating that nerd. I can't even believe you'd think he was my type,\" she coughed, handing the joint over.... | 1 | |
[WP] Clark Kent tells Lex Luther his secret when they are teenagers. Things are much different now | [
"\"Wait...wait...okay, I'm done. Time?\"\n\nClark dropped his head as six large steel cylinders crashed to the floor. The sound of one hundred tons of steel hitting steel is deafening. Sweating. Gasping. Clark sits on the lab floor, waiting for the results.\n\n\"What's the time, Lex? Gotta be over an hour.\"\... | 1 | |
[WP] Creation Myth | [
"In the beginning, there was only Mach and Patre.\n\nMach was fruitful and fertile and spanning wide, brimming with potential for all things.\n\nPatre burned everlasting, shining his energy on everything he gazed upon.\n\nIn the cold emptiness of the void Mach and Patre coupled. Mach, in her bounty and infinite fer... | 1 | |
[WP] The world ended years ago. You haven't seen another human in years. You're the only person you know of. One day while raiding a Walmart you accidentally knock a shelf over. Then over the intercom a voice rings out, "Clean up on isle 7" | [
"I heard it and I froze. I was freaking out, there was another human on earth. I was nervous he might blast my head off, but I was SO excited!.then I looked down and saw a button in the ground,\n\n I pushed it in and out and heard in the same voice \"clean up on isle 7.\" So I clicked it again and realized this wa... | 12 | |
[WP] You´re 20 floors above the streets at the edge of the roof. You have no family. No friends. No job. You spread your arms to fly, when suddenly your phone rings. An unknown voice says "Stop. We meet us in 20 minutes". Silence. | [
"\"We meet us?\" I asked myself, wondering what that could even mean.\n\nThe roof was cold and still wet from an afternoon shower. The breeze sent chills down the back of my neck, my clothing still damp and clinging to my body. The city below was carrying on, not knowing how close I was to making the leap until I w... | 1 | |
[WP] Moments after falling through the mirror He realized he wasn't dreaming and it was real. | [
"The surface of the mirror felt cool against his index finger. When he lifted his finger there was a crisp fingerprint spoiling the perfect reflection of his wretched self. \n\nSo he attempted to wipe it away. The mirror was smooth and flat, but he only managed to smudge the print, making it progressively worse and... | 1 | |
[WP] While looking for a book on Norse Mythology, you come across a decaying book on giants. In the introduction you find a map tucked between the pages. | [
"The shopkeeper must have heard my sound of dismay as the old book more or less disintegrated in my fingers; time and damage meant that the pages fluttered to the floor the moment I tried to open the book. He poked his head around the bookshelf curiously only to see me helplessly snatching at pages drifting to the ... | 1 | |
While in the jungle on patrol/mission, a member of a US military squad vanishes in mid-step right in front of his squad. He's listed MIA/KIA back home, leaving behind a young kid and/or wife as well as parents, siblings, etc. believing he's dead. Except yesterday, he just finished that step through the time slip he ste... | [WP] Vietnam War soldier falls through timeslip to today | [
"*Vietnam, 1962*\n\nIt was hot, it was always hot.\n\nTom Sanderson had long ago tried to stop airing out his soaked fatigues, just giving in to the fact that he was to remain miserable as long as he was in this god-forsaken country.\n\nSergeant Tom Sanderson, he reminded himself. Set an example for your boys. He s... | 1 |
[WP] You're one of the last goblins in the cave. The dragon is holding off the the knights. He orders you to take the princess and run. | [
"The huge black dragon released a fireball down the open cavern towards his enemies causing them to scream in dismay, but were not defeated. Giloth the Wretched watched as his master continued his defense of their cave, their wet and hollow sanctuary. The goblin's eyes widened as the cavern was temporarily lit with... | 3 | |
[WP] You have been the last of your kind for a very long time... Or so you thought. | [
"Barack Obama looked wistfully out towards the sunset, longing to see his past again. The last lizard person had successfully controlled the minds of the majority of the U.S and was now president of America. But he greatly missed his family of reptilian humanoids and had not seen any of them for 200 years. But last... | 3 | |
[WP] "Every town has stories. Tall tales to tell your children at night to scare them or make them behave. Our town is no exception, but we're not big fans of fiction." | [
"”You new to this town, cowboy?” \nThe old man, sitting at the end of the bar, peered at me while taking a sip of his bourbon. \n“Just passing through” I told him. \n“So no one has told you about the Ghosts then?” he asked, taking yet another sip of his drink. \nNot this again, I thought. Every town w... | 2 | |
[WP] God actually eternally damns things when people say "God damn it!" | [
"I tore my bedroom apart as I frantically searched for my tie. I had to be at work in 15 minutes, and the recent absence of my alarm clock made me sleep in. Stupid thing. I could see the traffic building up outside my grimy window.\nMy stomach grumbled as I snatched my tie up from the sofa, where I had thrown it la... | 1 | |
[WP] The new son of god has a mental disability. | [
"This isn't some kind of thing where we walk through those doors and everything fades to black, boom it cuts and then the house falls away revealing a massive crowd standing around, some guy with a shitty half-assed beard long curly hair smiling at you holding a glass of some inane red wine thinking how good he is ... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans figured out in the future that mothernature was slowly killing the human race by evolving viruses and climate change. You are the last human to be alived. | [
"What's the difference between a girl and a dog? A dog gets given her winter coat, a girl has to make her own. My mum always told me that joke. She kept telling me until I realised it never had been funny in the first place.\n\nMy mum brought me up by herself. If she knew she was pregnant she never would have volun... | 1 | |
Just a weird idea I had that I thought people might be able to run with and make a story. | [WP] "We're out of tea bags. Someone pass me my gun and my flak jacket, I'll go get some more." | [
"The frost clung to Corporal Clinton's rugged mustache, his breath billowing out through the ginger bristles. Charles was fixated on it. The Germans lay somewhere out there, about 100 yards away, '*Hanz in his hole*,' thought Charles,'*at least they had some food, fuckin' sauerkraut no doubt.*' The orders were to h... | 9 |
[WP] It was like shooting an angel | [
"\"It was like shooting an angel,\" she finished, looking around the bar expectantly, her head nodding and her brown eyes wide. Nobody made eye contact. Frank in the corner, his gray hair greasy over his dirt-lined forehead, looked past her at the TV. There was a group of college kids in the corner, chattering. Oth... | 7 | |
[WP] You and your friend decide to kill some time with a session of "would you rather". One of them comes true. | [
"\"Okay Dan, this is a good one. Would you rather fuck a duck, or duck a fuck?\" \n\"What the fuck does that even mean, Josh?\" \n\"Just fucking choose one.\" \n\"Okay okay... I would fuck a duck I guess....\" \nAnd then Daniel found himself with an intense sexual attraction towards ducks."
] | 1 | |
[WP] You've been admitted to the prestigious school for super heroes. You do not have a super power and you got in by accident. The teachers do not believe you and now you are locked in for the next 4 years. | [
"My name is Jack and I'm an 18 year old Freshman at Ascendant State Academy. I'm completely normal. I like rock music, flirting with babes, and most importantly, sparkin a doobie. Class was starting 10 minutes.\n\n\"Jack, is that you? What are you doing here?\"\n\nI exhale non-chalantly and look up from my phone. I... | 12 | |
[WP]You are an explorer from a distant galaxy come to modern day earth in a spaceship. | [
"Took billions of years of travel, and search over many galaxies, but finally we found it.\n\nAnd look at this place! This place is amazing! There are big creatures, and little little creatures. Creatures in the air and creatures in the water. There are creatures that move and creatures that don't. There are even ... | 1 | |
[WP] A number suddenly appears above everyone's heads. You learn that the number shows how many people they've killed. You return from work to find your SO's number has changed. | [
"When I woke up today, I didn't imagine it would go like this. \n\n My day started like any other day. I took a hot shower, ate breakfast, and kissed my wife, Jess, goodbye as I went off to work. Life as a police officer hasn't been at all dangerous, especially since those floating red numbers appeared over every... | 1 | |
[WP] Heaven has a dress code, and you arrive wearing the outfit you died in. You're pretty sure you're not getting in... | [
"\"Eh it's fine.\" Said God. \"You really think we're gonna judge you based on that bridesmaid dress you had to wear when that idiot drunk crashed into you? Of course not. That would be stupid.\"\n\n\"Oh but the sign said in all caps no..\"\n\n\"It's a sign besides the robes and wing station are on the other side.\... | 6 | |
[WP] A person who whenever they drink to the point of blacking out, instead of losing time, wakes up in the past with only scattered recollections of events that have transpired. | [
"If luck was a person, I'd be its antithesis. The last twelve months had been among the worst of my life. This was an especially vulnerable time already as I was laid off from my job in the oil industry. Having such specialized job experience can be both a blessing and a curse. During the recent recession it was ... | 1 | |
[WP] You were born into a family who lived in isolation-- Off the grid, almost completely. When you finally decide to leave your home behind and head into the nearest city to start anew, it is completely void of life. | [
"Today is the day I finally do it, after all the arguments, and lectures about how dangerous it is I'm leaving the family compound. I've packed up a few things in a scavenging pack and I'm setting out south from our forest edge over the low rolling hills to the old tropolis. Its strange how I've crossed some of the... | 3 | |
[WP] "In space nobody can hear you scream.." Well while on a space walk you hear a chilling scream. | [
"It's been 256 days since I jettisoned from the USS Fortitude. I don't even know what happened, I just woke up to alarms and heard explosions. I exited my room and walked straight into chaos, people running, some with determination, going off to help deal with whatever was going on, the the others, were running bec... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone is born with one wish. It's not exactly common knowledge, since everyone's accidentally wasted it as children... | [
"I thought it was common to have an imaginary friend. I thought it was common that the friend in question was a hero-like figure. I didn't do much study into this \"everyone has one wish at birth\" theory, and everyone said that it was wasted as a child because they didn't know better or they didn't know at all. Bu... | 4 | |
[WP] Everyone in the world has an Aura, a shell of light that can be anything. People can summon these into view at will, but you are one with the power to see even dormant auras. One day, you come across an unassuming person, with the most ridiculously powerful aura you have ever seen. | [
"\"The man had an aura which pierced through the haze of the city crowds. His power felt unfathomable and limitless. Never before had I seen such an aura, not even from the demon level monsters who just so recently destroyed many of the surrounding cities. At that moment, I could only think these words: 'This must ... | 2 | |
[WP] These scars are not from failure, but victory. | [
"By the dim light of the lantern sat Krulf, Viking warrior of legend. More beast than man, this berserker was known from one end of the earth to the other as a ferocious and unrelenting foe. His skin was covered in his battles, every scar a tribute to another man’s death. Defeat had not once crossed his path or his... | 5 | |
[WP] Your coworkers are beginning to suspect you're a certain superhero in your city and have begun trying to challenge you to get you to reveal your abilities. The tests are getting more and more dangerous, the only problem is you're just an ordinary guy. | [
" My brother came from Ireland to the states at 12 with me, so feel free to read this in a heavy Irish accent as I'm narrating this. My brother adapted almost too well and appropriated an American accent within the first month, which is what Americans really want from foreigners. He was almost 2 years younger, but ... | 5 | |
[WP]Humans, who have evolved biologically and long left the Earth (and forgotten all about it) have moved to other solar systems. During one of their inter-galactic travels, they come across planet Earth which is now home to an unknown ancient civilisation in ruins and start uncovering its secrets. | [
"He was awoken by a quiet buzzing, growing in volume. Emanating from his ears. It shut of as soon as his eyes flickered open. \n\"Bloody alarm clock,\" he muttered to himself, gazing around the cockpit. The ship hadn't taken and damage. Noone was reporting in. Cargo was as secure as ever. \n\n\"Buggy exploration ve... | 1 | |
[WP] Take something notoriously boring, like waiting for the DMV or a safety meeting, and make it exciting. | [
"So, I was in line at the DMV when suddenly the woman at the front of the line lost it. She swung her handbag directly at the clerk behind the desk and hit him full on the face. Next she leaped over the counter top Wonder woman style, landing both feet in a jackhammer kick to his chest, knocking him flat on the flo... | 1 | |
[WP] while studying for your 1900s history exam, you come across an old picture of someone who looks similar..... A little too similar....... With the same scar...... | [
"Whoa, whoa, were they haunted houses?\n\nHistory revision is so dry my brain will jump at anything to make it more exciting. I stopped flicking through the pages of the library book, and scrappled a few back to a block of photos.\n\nArchitecture, stately homes, government buildings, and what, was that a haunted ho... | 1 | |
[WP] You occasionally like to pass the time in school by drumming/tapping on your desk. This time, however, the desk clicks open after you tap off a rhythm. | [
"\nJulia's desk was a mess. As always, she had emptied her backpack on the table and just sort of left it at that. It couldn't be helped. Macro with Mr. Miller was insufferably boring. It was seventh period, and even the kids who lived for school usually skipped. While Mr. Miller murmured in his dreary monotone, Ju... | 3 | |
[WP] At the start of a cross country race, one man leads far ahead. Halfway into the race, the same man is running the course backwards screaming "RUN AWAY!" before sprinting past you in the opposite direction. | [
"Panic ensued. \n\nEverybody was confused, some scared. That look of sheer terror on his face... it was impossible to forget. \n\nAs soon as they heard the screams, everybody began running away from the finish line. \n\nIt was only later that they realized that the runner who was coming in first wasn't with them. ... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a scene from two perspectives: One in which a character is seen as a heartless monstrosity, the other where they are seen as completely sympathetic. | [
"June 17th 2016\n\nForty seven dead. Burned alive, as the furnaces exploded and too the whole factory floor with it. Worse still, most of them would have made it, could have evacuated, except that the doors had all been welded shut. The only way into the building left had been through the skylight near the Foreman'... | 5 | |
[WP] You've been a devout Christian all your life. When you die, you discover that Heaven does exist, but so does every other form of afterlife in any religion. After seeing what happens to non-Christians, you feel cheated. | [
"Jededdiah's Dream:\n\nNow this here heav'n is all wraung! I didn't git up at 6 o'clock everuh eevenin' an' preaych everyday just ta see that there not only my heav'n and mah gawd but also budda and an'nalla and thay're heav'ns too!\n\nBut wait, da Bible tells me tha' aft'er death, there a'int no umm-ediate raisin'... | 1 | |
[WP] 200 years after the end of the world, a tribe of humans settles around the ruins of Chernobyl. A lone hunter wanders into the heart of the Chernobyl Power-Plant nuclear reactor seeking to encounter a fabled monster of the Old Word that lives in there. | [
"\"And you have all of your gear?\" My father patted my pack down. He checked over every knot I made, every piece of wire sticking off the side of my metallic arm, he even checked my systems and my radiation counter, which was clicking as always. But we were used to this radiation, we needed it to survive.\n\n\"I h... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an agent at Mephisto & Sachs. It's your job to set up deals...with the devil. | [
"Being good at your job is one of those mysterious joys in life. I wouldn't know, but I hear its a great feeling. You grind everyday, hoping to keep your fridge stocked and apartment warm, but you never really appreciate it. You get numb to it all after a while. My honest opinion is that people aren't fit to live l... | 2 | |
[WP] On a cold winter night 5 years ago electrical lights started to spontaneously break globally. Anybody who was left in the dark was disemboweled. Since then 90% of humanity has perished. You are a member of the Nightswatch in Beacon City. One night the city's lights go out one by one. | [
"\n\nFive. The first safehouse started with five lightbulbs. \n\nOn December 15th, 2016, at approximately 8:18 PM EST every known power grid in the world experienced an incredible rolling brownout that started in the northeast US. Five years later, this event has been known as \"The Nightblast\". The events of the ... | 2 |
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