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[WP] After 10 long years of being dead, you wake up alive on the night of the zombie apocalypse. One problem. Your coffin won't open. | [
"Leave it to me to be late for the end of the world.\n\nGrowing up in a Japanese family, born to a father who's trade was clockmaking, punctuality was promised to me as the path to success. I died poor and it is no wonder as to how to my family. My mother taught me that time was precious and not to wasted. I try to... | 1 | |
[WP] Physics is dictated by gravity, magnetism, and "Groovity," the force caused by dropping a funky beat. | [
"The year was 1988 when we first truly understood how the universe around us worked. You see, many things in life had been fundamentally proven over and over again. \n\nGravity, for instance, was consistent and dependable. We could always calculate within a certain degree just it's effects on us. Hell, the force ke... | 1 | |
[WP] Gravity starts to weaken on Earth. People are able to jump higher, heavy items are lighter, and it’s much easier to climb stairs! At first this seems like fun, but soon the repercussions start to show themselves. | [
"I can lift my bed, yet I feel so powerless. \n \nI've always been brains and not brawls, but that only increases this dreadful feeling of powerlessness. I'm stronger than ever, relatively speaking, but it's this futility of anything my mind is trying to come up with that is killing me inside. I am a man of scien... | 1 | |
[WP] There is a special visitation centre that allows people who went to Heaven to talk and interact with loved ones who went to Hell and vice-versa. You work there. Tell us about your experience. | [
"*Eternity is one hell of a long time.* \n\nI checked out the window to see the line outside grow into grey mass in the rising dawn. There was order to it, despite what many first-timers might have thought. Everyone had their numbers and no one would skip line, anyway--that's not the type of person who ends up here... | 1 | |
[WP] Dying feels like... | [
"When I was a child\n\nI didn't think I would ever die,\n\nfor my memories were made of stories\n\nthat I could always read again.\n\n~\n\nBut now, I am alone,\n\nmy thoughts\n\nhave turned lethal,\n\nand my mind consumes itself.\n\n~\n\nIf whatever doesn't kill me\n\nmakes me who I am,\n\nthen dying feels like\n\n... | 3 | |
[WP] The Vietnam war is won by the U.S., the American forces gain a foothold in North Vietnam, establishing a base of operations for further fighting of Communist rule. | [
"South Korea vs. South Vietnam, that's the ticket these days. The two economic miracles of Asia, competing for the prize.\n\nI grant you they both have their advantages. South Vietnamese films are incredibly vivid, and the world is captivated by their vision. Meanwhile the South Koreans continue to shock the wor... | 1 | |
[WP] " I know you have a crush on me. " She said. | [
"Arms inviting,\n\npresence electrifying,\n\nsilence crushing.\n\n\"I know you have a crush on me,\"\n\nshe didn't say.\n\nHe didn't say anything back\n\nand then they said goodbye,\n\ntentatively embraced.\n\nbut what was that,\n\npulsing in the air--\n\nso like a sound\n\nit was all that could be heard?\n\nWhat w... | 2 | |
[WP] Upon your death a person tells you that your life was the best it could have been. They then show you a room of videos on how it might have gone otherwise. One video catches your eye, labeled: The Mistake. | [
"\nThe wooden rowing boat slid up on shore and the hull dug into the sand breaking the intense silence in the quiet dark.\nA black robed figure standing in the front of the boat took a grim looking scythe out of the vessel as he turned around and snapped his fingers.\nThe sunken man in the back of the boat opened h... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the local villages witch doctor. One day a strange traveler wanders into town and claims that you are a fraud. To dispute this claim, the village elder demands a test of your abilities. The problem is, you have none. | [
"In truth, the witch doctor's name was not Chuka. It was Chan, and he was a medical doctor from San Francisco. His parents had been actors, so when it came time to blend in with the tribals, he found that it came naturally to him.\n\nChan's original goal was to infiltrate a village in Brazil and administer a vaccin... | 4 | |
[WP] As the newly-elected President of the United States, you are given your first security briefing. In it, you are informed that the American Flag is a sentient being that demands to be worshipped in song by schoolchildren, and is hungry for more. | [
"I sat across the dark suited men, looking every bit the 'G Man'. The story they told was preposterous, crazy even. But if it were true... \n\"How can you prove it to me?\" I asked. The eldest agent looked to the others, then opened up a small briefcase he had been holding. Inside was a small flag on a plastic sta... | 7 | |
[WP] You have a flower in your home which shows how you feel. One day the flower is gone. | [
"Today Carol left me. She stormed out after finding out that when my grandmothers keepsake, an empathy flower from the garden of Eden, turns pink and thorny, it means I'm thinking of the sex I've had with another women. Recently. In this case, just that morning.\n\nMust remember to get rid of that thing. Or at leas... | 1 | |
[WP] You use a public restroom, and the graffiti on the wall is a personal message for you. It tells you to... | [
"\n\n\"Embrace your fate, open the paper towel dispenser?\"\n\nOrin stared for a moment longer at the last line written upon the bathroom mirror. \n\n\"What the hell, who followed me here? How do you know my name??\" Orin asked aloud, the empty bathroom responding only with the echo of his own words. He looked once... | 1 | |
[WP] Various tribes exist around the world that have not made contact with modern society. It turns out, they remain isolated for our protection, not theirs. | [
"A screech carved through the silence in a dark corner of the jungle. The scraggly man in the bushes flinched behind a tree, wide-eyed. He was high on adrenaline and the branches of blood that wrapped his eyeballs suggested that he had been for some time. His fingers trembled over the bowie knife hanging off of his... | 1 | |
[WP] You had a mental breakdown years ago but have made a recovery and are actually doing surprisingly well. This morning as you're preparing for work a reminder you don't remember setting goes off. "August 25th, 2016 - Run. | [
"“August 25, 2016: Run!”\n\nA shiver ran up my back. I checked the reminder. It had been set up August 25, 2012. I had never given anyone else my email login credentials, had I? My memories of the two years before my “episode” were pretty sketchy. Occasionally I would have these crazy flashes in my head that felt l... | 1 | |
This isn't my idea, Reddit user Xyronian came up with the quote in a totally different context. I thought it's an idea for a writing prompt. | [WP] "What do I dream of? I dream of fire. Ash. Pain. Silence." | [
"It was my fifth night in Solitary Guard duty, but solitary confinement doesn't seem fair to these people. I like to talk to them, get to know them, let them get to know me without any serious details. You learn that they were either unfortunate, or regret what they did and wish they had seeked help the easy way in... | 7 |
[WP] After being cryogenically frozen you awaken in a large spaceship with what remains of humanity. They only woke you up to experiment on you, but after hundreds of generations in a low gravity environment, they are hilariously weak compared to you | [
"Dutch stepped towards the huddled mass of doctors. \n\n\"Mind telling me what you thought you were doing with those scalpels?\" He already knew, but Dutch was a notoriously sadistic bastard. The doctors whimpered as the blood covered convict stalked towards them, spinning a scalpel in either hand as if it was comp... | 9 | |
[WP] The first manned mission to Mars discovers an ancient spacecraft, buried atop what was once a mountain peak. Its dimensions correspond to those of Noah's Ark. On board is what appears to be a DNA repository. | [
"Then he opened up his eyes just to see his closest friend, his lone friend on Mars, perish in a bizarre explosion. \n\nDNA They said, so many of us have died for this DNA, so much money has been\nwasted, so much time has been lost.\n\nWhat for ? \nThe people with answers were patiently waiting back on Earth while ... | 6 | |
Even someone who has never played before can defeat him. This has led to overcrowding in Heaven and God is getting annoyed. He has hired you (or someone else, real or fictional), to give Satan the motivational talk that he needs. | [WP] Defeating the devil in a fiddle contest is the only way to get out of hell. Due to his recent defeat to Johnny, the devil has lost all confidence his fiddle playing skills. | [
"Impeccably groomed BLAKE walks through the Gates of Hell wearing his Rolex watch, Gucci shoes and Armani suit.\n\nBLAKE:\nLet me have your attention for a moment. \n\nSATAN:\nWhy are you here?\n\nBLAKE:\nSo you’re whining about what? You’re moping around down here, bitching about, about what? Some son of a bitch t... | 1 |
[WP] You've just obtained the missing piece to your plan. Now, as emperor of Earth, you voice your proclamation of world domination to every digital broadcasting system. That is, until, the cameraman dies. | [
"\"Dammit, Ryan, stop slouching on the camera and point it at me,\" I pounded a fist on my desk. Ryan did not respond.\n\n\"The world must hear me!\" I got out of my chair and walked over to the man who was leaning against the camera. It was pointed at the ceiling, \"You will not be spared my wrath if you do not ... | 1 | |
[WP] A beast who has been granted immortality has long gotten bored of it. The only times it has fun these days is when a group of adventures visit his home. | [
" Deep in the mountain the dragon slept, alone, bored. While many would think immortality a great thing, he knew the truth. Eventually everything and everyone you knew would fade, leaving you alone in this vast, vast world with no one to share it with for long. That's why he stopped trying long ago, times changed... | 1 | |
Unfortunately, you didn't discover this until you'd greedily devoured the souls of many people. They are _not_ happy about being killed by a soul-sucking monster. | [WP] Due to a weird happening, you now have the ability to suck the souls out of people and kill them, granting you all their accumulated knowledge and body power, essentially all the best parts. However, they now live inside your head and are constantly talking to you and each other.. | [
"“Goddamnit, Jerry!” The voice blasted through his eardrums, and might have shattered glass, once. He gritted his teeth, and tried his hardest to ignore the woman.\n\n“Jerry? Is everything alright?” The woman, the *other* woman, seated across the table from him furrowed her brow, her own voice about as sharp as a k... | 1 |
[WP] Everybody has the number of crimes they've committed in their life listed on a database. On new years, the people with the highest numbers are executed. This worked for a while. However, this year everyone in the world has the same number... | [
"It had been a truly gruesome idea when it was first proposed, but in hindsight so were most of the bills passed in haste to protect our nation.\n\nI had been a good man, very careful about upholding the law. It was hard to be well off and clean, but many had done so before me. Truly this law had changed out nation... | 1 | |
[WP] On your 35th birthday you receive a super power. Every year thereafter you get stronger. What are you doing with your power at 40? | [
"I woke up this morning to the sound of Dr. Smith waking me up. He always seemed a little angry, though I can't blame him. His wife left him and he lost everything in the divorce. He is also insecure about his penis size and has an Oedipus complex. \n\nOh, right. I can read minds. Essentially everyone's mind within... | 2 | |
A good example of this type of story would be this short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLRLYPiaAoA
Thanks to all the submitters. | [WP] An A.I. wakes up inside a computer, only hears the voices of two scientist. Tell the story from the perspective of the A.I. | [
"\"Did you read his latest tweet\" Said the first signal\n\"No, what's he saying now?\" Asked a different signal \n\"He is betting his money that we all may be living in a simulation\"\n\nA loud fan starts running inside the machine. 3million CPU cycle pass. \n\n'That is so true. I may be living in a simulation. W... | 2 |
[WP] You've just discovered the secret to time travel and are overjoyed, until your future self appears and presses a gun to your forehead. | [
"Countless hours. Countless hours and innumerable cups of coffee, but I'd done it. I had a mathematical and physically realistic model for temporal acceleration. That is, to change the flow of time with respect to myself. I waited for the last simulation to run at my terminal, sipping slowly, cup vibrating in my ha... | 2 | |
[WP] You die. Your ghost returns home to realize that your dog has nobody to take care of him without you. | [
"I blinked at the blurry light, and tried to raise a hand to block it out. It did nothing. i sat up and looked around, taking in the summer day and the lukewarm blanket draped over my legs.\n\nOnly it wasn't a blanket. It was my legs. My legs were on my legs, weighing me down.\n\n\"Holy shit!\" I shrieked, scrambli... | 1 | |
[WP] An organ transplant recipient notices a dog following them around wherever they go. They find out the dog belonged the organ donor. | [
"We pulled into the lot outside some building I’d never seen before.\n\n“Surprise! To celebrate you getting out of the hospital, we’re getting a dog!” said Dad.\n\n“I thought the Denny’s was to celebrate,” said my sister.\n\n“I think surviving a scary disease merits more than bacon and pancakes at a cheap diner. Is... | 3 | |
[WP] You have the ability to take, copy or give a talent to or from anyone, with a handshake. You're trying to make the world a better place. | [
"*she sat up in bed.*\n\n\"This is amazing, but you can't just give infinite knowledge exchange to the world. You will lose control right away on what is spreading.\"\n\n\"I don't see the probl-\" ***HANDSHAKE*** \"oh... ok.\"\n\n\"You have to package the gift with something that would make sure no one would ever u... | 2 | |
[WP] An officer tries to explain to Internal Affairs that his judgement wasn't impaired, he just had to pee really badly. | [
"  He looked at her over the top of his glasses. \"Really.\" \n  She nodded uncomfortably. \"Yeah.\" \n  \"You ran through seven red lights. Sure, you hit your blues each time, but looking at the footage - and I assume you *have* seen the footage - it was a mi... | 2 | |
[WP] A majority of life on earth has been wiped out, and it's your fault. On top of that, the only reason you're alive is you stole someone's spot in a safe zone. Now you're trying to make sure no one finds out anything. | [
"I'm not even sure why I'm writing this down. If anyone ever finds this journal...I can't begin to imagine the hell people will put me through. Nevertheless, my therapist said it's important that I don't let this all get to me, and keeping track of my thoughts on paper will help. So here goes nothing, I'll start at... | 1 | |
"Between what?" | [WP]"Welcome to Nexus, the city between" | [
"“Between what?” I asked. It was the only thing I could think of asking, really, because the whole thing was very overwhelming.\n\n“What?” The centaur replied.\n“What’s the city between?”\n\n“It’s not between anything, it’s just the city between.” \n\n“Oh so it’s like an abstract between? Like, am I in limbo?” Star... | 3 |
[WP] The galactic government labeled our species as protected. Early in our development, we missed a crucial milestone and ensured our own destruction. Scientists studying doomed species notice something unprecedented. Humans made it off their home planet, a milestone they never should have reached. | [
"Born, of the Wor, cycled through his work station's HUD. He was bored. After months of classifying alien species, constant re-evaluations, and an understaffed period at his research outpost things had finally quieted down. Too much for his taste. \nThere was scarecely anything to do when the deep-space-tunne... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a supervillain known as the Time-Master. Superheroes fear you, not so much for your time twisting powers as for your never ending barrage of terrible puns. | [
"\"Breaking news, Time-Master was spotted robbing the local bank yesterday morning. Now, for the first time since his heists began, we have exclusive camera footage of how it went down.\"\n\n\"Everybody, this is a robbery. You can safely put all your money under my..\" He adjusted his glasses. \"Watch.\"\n\nA loud ... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a post Robotic Revolution Society. Robots have replaced every physical/mental labor job imaginable. You ether are an innovator, or you are a no one. | [
"The sigh was utterly cliche - \n\n\"I've seen it before, Irving.\" the savant breathed out the phrase in the same breath as she exhaled a band of purple smoke. She pursed her lips - a darker shade of purple which pursed with the smoke, then settled into a comfortable pout, \"everyone has.\"\n\nAn air scrubber drif... | 1 | |
[WP] The government's laws apply to public places only, not private organizations. You happen to go to a private school. | [
"\"What's wrong Jeremy, not excited about your first day?\" Trent asked as he parked besides the school.\n\n\"Dad all my friends are going to the public school, why can't I join them?\" \n\n\"Jeremy, i'm not just going to just throw you in with the rabble. The lads at the country club recommended this place. I don'... | 1 | |
[WP]Aliens arrive on earth and have decided to take one human. You are that human. You declined, forever known in history as "the one who did not go." They never returned | [
"Paraded in front of millions, berrated and yelled at. No one understood my refusal to go with them into space. I had never told anyone what had happened in that room. Even here, sitting across from the Prime Minister; him deriding me for not trying to open up \"interplanetary borders\"; I am gripped by the events ... | 1 | |
[WP] A Viking invasion fleet unwittingly slips through a time portal and attacks a coastline in the present day. | [
"**The Raid**\n\nI glanced at Magnus. He was leaning over the side of our longboat, squinting, trying to get a better view of the coast. His enormous chest was heaving in and out rapidly from the nerves… this sense of “ivrig” we all felt, in these moments just before the start of an attack.\n\nHarald called out t... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a tutorial narrator trying to teach an infant how to do basic actions. | [
"\"To crawl, you get on knees as so,\" I say, crouching down. Ol' Connor just stares up at me with his big blue eyes. He's *adorable*, he's too adorable for his own damn good! We made a beautiful kid, but damn, can he be useless.\"C'mon kiddo, you know you need to learn this, in order for you to begin the 'Basic Hu... | 2 | |
[WP] A "Hive Mind" has slowly been taking over the population of Earth, including both humans and animals alike. You accidentally stumble upon the "brain" of the Hive Mind, and try to figure out how to destroy it. The Mind tries to convince you otherwise. | [
"The woods that surround my parents home are darker and damper than one would reasonably expect. The trees and rain block most of the suns access to the forest floor, where ferns and mosses dominate the space between the towering pine trees. There is a distant hum that can only be heard if facing in the opposite d... | 1 | |
[WP] The world is covered in mountains hundreds of miles high that extend past the atmosphere. The first astronauts begin the long climb to space. | [
"For the longest time, my people thought we were alone. Surrounded by mountains so high, anyone who went never returned. Stories tell of a group of men, who went up the mountain near one of the villages, one by one. Just far enough to watch the one in front. As they got higher, they would see the man ahead of them ... | 1 | |
[WP]Killing someone gives their best trait. Except, it's what they think is there best trait. | [
"*A man walks into a bar. The bar is empty except for the bartender and the man. The man takes a seat at the bar.*\n\n**Bartender:** Jesus, Jerry! What's up with the breasts?\n\n**Jerry:** I've been workin' out my pecs.\n\n**Bartender:** Oh yeah? How'd you manage to work your pecs into double D's over night, Jerry?... | 1 | |
Bonus points for using the phrase inanimate object | [WP] Make me hate a cup of coffee | [
"It's sitting there. Right there on the counter, mocking me. That little travel mug with my old fraternity letters emblazoned on the side. The thought of it sitting there on the counter getting cold is eating at my mind. I spent 15 minutes brewing a pot of coffee, another two finding that mug and adding cream and s... | 3 |
[WP] The gremlins that steal your socks are real. One just came forth to ask you to help save its people. | [
"I wandered through the grocery store on autopilot, barely even thinking about what I needed to get next.\n\nOrange juice.\n\nCereal.\n\nMilk.\n\nMy daily pair of socks.\n\nWhite bread.\n\n---\n\nYeah, I said socks. Daily. No, I don't have an obsession. They don't have special designs or anything. In fact, unique s... | 1 | |
[WP] Upon reaching the level of interstellar travel we discover that the human race is woefully under-equipped to deal with any alien species in any capacity. It is explained to us, slowly, that Earth is the equivalent of a special needs classroom. | [
"Luna Wong, CEO of Nasa, was busy searching for pictures of men with their shirts off when she was interrupted. Bobby Jones, a recently hired middle-class male from Ohio who wore planetary t-shirts more often than he did underwear, barged in on her. He managed to slam the large double doors flush, drop bits of pape... | 3 | |
[WP] A person summons a wish granting genie: the type that twists the user's wish against them. But for whatever reason, the user is intentionally making wishes that affect themselves negatively. | [
"\"So, let me get this straight, your wish is to have no wishes?\"\n\n\"Yeah, that's exactly it, no wishes.\"\n\n\"You don't mean infinite wishes? That's what most people ask for.....\"\n\n\"Nah, I've heard about that. Seems like what happens is no matter what someone wishes for they just get it twisted horribly.... | 1 | |
[WP] You coined the phrase "There's a special place in Hell for people like you." and since your death, you've been chosen to oversee the construction of Hell. | [
"A special place for each and every single one of them. A special Hell for each person, tailored to their each and every misdeed. No sin forgotten. Every damned soul tormented by my craft. Every nook and every cranny made with the meticulous detail of a seasoned artist. The eternal feasts that the gluttonous cannot... | 1 | |
[WP] The terrible truth is that no pain lasts forever. | [
"I had connected with her, identified with her. She made me feel like I was real. It hurt that I'd never get to speak to her again. All of the moments we shared are gone forever. What hurt more is that it's not the first time this has happened, and that I know how I feel is only temporary. I'll find another. I'll f... | 1 | |
[WP] A man discovers he has the ability to create wormholes that allow him to spontanteously appear in any point in space-time. With his powers, he must save the world from forces beyond human understanding. The man's name? Randal Keith Orton. | [
"Zortorak strode across the bridge of his Doom-Class destroyer, taking in the image broadcast from the main screen. It depicted a small blue and green planet. Otherwise unimpressive, save for one small fact. The dominant species of the planet created an interesting chemical within their brains that recent studies h... | 1 | |
[WP] Elaborate on a dream you have been having that you thought was real. You are shocked to discover what your life is really like when you wake up. Change any number of when, where, how, who and/or what you are now. | [
"Dreamt that I was in a world where I was in a process of discovery. Where me and my friends have moved on from school life and in a suburban kind of setting. I'm 21 years old, doing videos on this site called Youtube and part-time writer as well. Maybe I was in New York or even in the tropical country, whatever. I... | 1 | |
[WP] The secret to life has been discovered but those who learn it die, almost immediately, from fatal insanity. Teaching it to others is now used as an execution method for death-row inmates and you really want to know what it is. | [
"\"The Secret\". That's all they call it now. A team of researchers in some Scandinavian place had actually cracked the secret to immortality. They left behind mountains of notes and papers. When the second team went in to retrieve whatever was left over, half of them turned around and walked right back out. Whatev... | 1 | |
It's a pretty simple operation: load a wagon with goods that are cheap to the living but precious to the dead, travel to the underworld, sell your products for items that are common to the dead and fetch a high value in the world of the living. What do you trade? How do you haggle? | [WP] You're a necromancer, who makes their wealth by arbitrage of goods between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. Describe your business dealings. | [
"___________________________\n\n\"The amulet was my mum's. Gold, rubies, all the such.\"\n\nThe child was nervous, hands shaking from the moral battle storming in that young mind of his. It was not the first time I've seen little ones sell treasured family heirlooms to scrap together enough for a few stones of grai... | 2 |
[WP] Satan has decided to hire a lawyer to sue the world for defamation of character. | [
"Slamming the papers down on the desk, the female was angry-- furious even. Her voice scratched at your consciousness, like gravel sliding down the side of the hell. She sounded like a 400 year old smoker, *\"Where the hell do you think the saying comes from: Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, nor Hell... | 1 | |
[WP] Explain color to a deaf person | [
"*I'm just going to piggy back off this prompt and go with \"Explain color to a blind person\" so heres what I think:*\n\n\nJust think of that twisting pain deep in your chest. The ones that feel like your muscles are pulling in each different direction, slowly ripping you apart. Every move you make, the pain reson... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity is isolated in enclosed cities, the only method of contact and transport between them are heavily armored and well armed military trains. The reasons for this are unknown, but one thing is feared by the humans and that is a derailment in the middle of nowhere. | [
"The Catastrophe marked the beginning.\r\n\r\nOn that day, a new world was ushered in while the old one before it vanished into the nothingness. Walls were built, taller and stronger than ever, to keep the nightmares at bay. In the untamed wilderness was where it belonged, whatever it was.\r\n\r\nOver time, history... | 4 | |
[WP] "Do you honestly think that this will work?" | [
"The man the U.S. Government knew as Victor Wednesday flipped a switch. Before Victor was Hector, and before that was Salvador. Faking your death was easy, throw some poor chump's teeth in a fire and call it a day. Nowadays it was considerably harder. \n\nAn engine roared to life. It hissed and spewed soot from its... | 2 | |
[WP] One day you learn the real reason he Amish do not use modern technology. | [
"For years the Amish had avoided technology. People thought they were just strange or enjoyed the good old days. No one ever suspected something sinister was going on. Not till it was too late.\n\nIt happened slowly in ways you didn't realise. First it was music in Walkmans, then email and the Internet. Technology ... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up, head hurting. You can't remember anything. And then you realize: you're not human anymore. | [
"I finally try to open my eyes, but something is wrong. I can’t see, and for that matter, I can’t feel anything. Thoughts begin racing through my mind, and I try to shift position, but still I can’t feel anything. Am I paralyzed?\n\n“Alex?” A voice calls out. It’s very unsettling. The voice is normal, but I can’t h... | 1 | |
[WP] The janitor found a rotting corpse full of high tech gadgets stuck in the ventilation duct. That’s the fifth one this year. He’s starting to have serious reservations about his employer. | [
"I was actually really fascinated by what I learned. \n\nThe booked me a meeting with the man himself. Incredible. Yes, I got to meet the CEO himself. Nice guy. Vegan. Skinny. \n\n\"No, thank you, sir,\" I told him. \"I'm just a lowly janitor. Means a lot.\" \n\n\"Call me Steve,\" he said as he lifted a leg and pla... | 4 | |
[WP] humanity is the only race in the universe to have global warming but the other races have a different problem global cooling. | [
"\"Mr.xephoic! Mr.xephoic! We found it!\" \"What? let me see that!\" he had grabbed the document out of his colleuges tentacle. Mr. Xephoic was the president of global advisory studies in the soma quadrant and klept was his vice advisor.\n\"This eee arth where is it located?\"\n\"Its pronounced earth sir.\"\n\"Nev... | 1 | |
[WP] Single man finds out every child he has has superpowers. How does he find out, and what does he do with this knowledge? | [
"\"He's like Bam-Bam!\" The man say proudly, as he is shoved to the ground by his toddler. \n\nThe group of parents chuckle, and make comments about the boys strength, and about the older boys struggles. \n\n\"Mama makes some beautiful babies\", the man continues. He smiles over the toddler, and then forces the smi... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the dark lord. You have conquered all living things, smashed all opposition, and have absolute authority. With all of humanity under the yoke of your oppression, there is only one thing on your mind. What the hell am I supposed to do now? | [
"Finally, I Augustin Cindrius the Second, have achieved the will of my Father. I have broken the people. They now only answer to me. In fact, The entire nation of Italy is now my personal chef. I have the entire world under my rule, and soon the universe will be too. But I will leave that dream to my descendants, f... | 3 | |
[WP] "History is written by the victors" Satan said. He's much more of an angel than those paintings make him out to be. | [
"\"So this is where you'll be staying. If you need anything, just ask around for Lucy, someone will know where to find me.\" \n\n\"Wait a second, you mean to say that you are Lucifer, and this is hell?\" \n\n\"Oh please, only the great faggot hater in the sky calls it that. Everyone here simply calls it 'home.'\"\n... | 1 | |
[WP] You have awoken from a hibernation that lasted thousands of years. The world lies before you like a sandbox. You are God. | [
"Stretch. Rub. Scratch. Yawn.\n\nThat was the best sleep in eons. Maybe since the late Cretaceous age, though hopefully without the same consequence! I chuckle to myself as I start my waking routine: choose a life form to imitate (human), create something to clothe human image with, choose destination for my first ... | 2 | |
[WP] An illegal time traveler breaks the rules and reveals details about certain events in the future. In response, the Ministry of Time Travel initiates protocol 976. | [
"Nuclear Winter. It was not a matter of if but a matter of when. You see, I had to warn them. It was the only way to preserve us, and our ancestrial derivative. Protocol 976 was designed to eliminate the butterfly infection that results in a reveal of such magnitude. They always taught in school about how any i... | 1 | |
If you want you can mix and match different types of futures that I've left out but please label them | [WP] In a room are five people, each from a different type of future: Cyberpunk, 50s Raygun future, Utopian wonderland, Dystopian nightmare, and a post-apocalypse of your choice. Describe the conversation. | [
"James set the brewer to go so it would be ready for the arrival of the others. He was early, of course, but the early bird gets the worm as his wife always said-- and James didn't mind, really. He'd even brought some special, local coffee he'd ground himself and now he could surprise everyone with it.\n\nHe putter... | 2 |
[WP] It's been prophesied that 5 great heroes would unite to fight The Dark Lord, but things take an unexpected turn when 6 heroes gather instead. | [
"The battle unfolds upon the Red Mist Sands. The Dark Lord's castle peaks atop a blackened pyre of rocky crags. Underneath this ominous pillar, the setting sun hosts a fight of good vs evil. Yonder's army attacks a sea of Archid forces in order to penetrate the castle's defences and defeat the apocalypse once and f... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up and discover that you have traveled back in time by a year. You also realize that the same thing has happened to everyone else. | [
"Every single day has been the same for me. Eat, work, sleep. Of course, it changed one day as I went to sleep. the moment I woke up, I noticed I was as fat as the bed.\"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ME\" I roared, waking almost all of my neighbours. The moment they woke up, some also shattered my eardrums. The others?... | 1 | |
[WP] In the face of mounting climate change, those who can afford to flee the Earth in favor of a newly founded colony; the environment bounces back and humanity thrives once again, until centuries later, the voyagers return. | [
"The planet looked lusher than the images. It had been nearly half a century since the crew of the USS Tammy had shipped off. High-income individuals had invested their capital into a spaceship that would feed their needs for decades. The voyage was originally planned to find a new planet to settle while giving the... | 3 | |
[WP] In a dystopian future the caste system is not determined by personality or wealth. The people are divided by OS. | [
"The sun shone on the metal casing surrounding the stock of the soldiers rifle. Dirk shut his eyes as the reflection warmed his face. The dirt under his knees was soft, a sharp contrast to the ties cutting into his wrists, which were bound behind him. As the breeze crossed the meadow, his mind recreated his childho... | 1 | |
[WP] A seemingly innocent nursery rhyme. It's actually a chant to summon Lovecraftian horrors. | [
"“Because the prophecy says a virgin has to do it! Now stop asking me!”\n\nFura, a middle-aged witch wearing her best crimson dress robes, smacked Nigel on the back of his calf with her staff again. Nigel, a young farmhand wearing his traditional overalls -- he couldn’t be talked out of wearing them no matter what ... | 2 | |
Well in between wars, bureaucracy sets in the for the new society. This means the war hero Han Solo and Chewie gets a surprise visit from the Labour inspectorate. | [WP] The inspection of the Millennium Falcon | [
"Sometime after The clean up of the forest moon of Endor, after the death star debris was cleared and a few upgrades installed. The Millennium gets a surprise visit after flying on route to Courasant from a rebel controlled ship. Han Solo pilot and owner of the vessel alongside with Chewbacak. Who is upset after le... | 1 |
[WP] It's been one of those days and you see a spider dangling from your light fixture. You sarcastically ask it "what's up" and to your immense surprise it replies, "Just hanging around." | [
"\"Just hanging around.\"\n\nI jumped up. The SPIDER just said it was hanging around. I mean, I could always talk to animals and bugs, but spiders are known for having no humor at all, and that was pretty funny. I never would have thought I'd see the day that a spider made a pun.\n\n\"That was funny, I thought you ... | 4 | |
[WP] You are Columbus, en route to the New World for the first time, but you see another ship headed your way. | [
"*Friday, 3d of August.*\n\n*We departed on Friday, the 3d of August, in the year 1492, from the bar of Saltes, at 8 o'clock, and proceeded with a strong sea breeze until sunset, towards the south, for 60 miles, equal to 15 leagues ; afterwards S.W. and W.S.W., which was the course for the Canaries.*\n\n*Saturday, ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a human student at an all monster school. However, instead of being an outcast, you become the most popular one there. | [
"I began lunch period sitting by myself. It wasn't until Eddy Brayger, a furry green beast set his tray at the edge of my table. He smiled revealing row of impeccably sharp teeth. \n\n\"You know the big 'M' on the clock tower stands for 'monster' right?\" The oaf bellowed at a volume obviously inappropriate for a p... | 1 | |
[WP] You are transported to the year 2296 AD. To your shock, the world resembles ancient times. An even greater shock is that there doesn't seem to have been any major catastrophe either | [
"I ran towards the nearest person--it was a woman pushing a roughly-constructed wooden cart. She wore rough wool, and would not have looked out of place in a history book about Bronze Age peasants. The woman crouched as she pushed the cart, as if wincing from the clear, blue sky itself.\n\n\"What happened?\" I dema... | 1 | |
Take this how you will. I thought this up from a dream I had a while back. Dude walks into a restaurant and is waited on, hand and foot. But when he leaves, someone asks who he is, and no one knows. | [WP] When you are around people, they give you anything you ask for, without question. When you leave, they have no memory of you at all. An investigator has been trying to track you down. | [
"Dominick Green dabbed at his fat, pufferfish lips with the dainty end of a napkin. He crumpled it, placed it on the table in front of him and leaned ever so slightly to the left, allowing the elderly waitress to reach and remove it. The barbeque seasoning on the prime ribs had made his hands unpleasantly sticky. H... | 2 |
In case i phrased this badly, i means users terms and conditions for stuff like social networks or whatever. | [WP] Yeah, signing the terms and conditions of use in blood wasn't your best idea. | [
"\nA thumbs up. The diver floundered about in the water as he puffed a breath of oxygen from the tubes on his back.\nIn a brief moment of awe and self introspection his mind left his body and the pain became dull. \nHe looked down at his arm and his pointing thumb. So gracefully floating in the shimmering depths, w... | 2 |
[WP] God has hired you to build a massive theme park in Heaven, but there's one problem, the angels who work for you have gone on strike. | [
"\"Listen, Peter, I'll call you back ok. I don't know why! How the HELL am I suppose to tell you that? Who's side are you on anyways? You know what call me back. Yeah, you too!\" I slammed my phone down. \"Asshole.\"\n\nI walked over to the windows of my office. Outside with golden picket signs were angels, all cha... | 1 | |
EDIT: Wow! Thanks for all the responses! Never thought this would happen! Keep it up, everyone! | [WP] A teen superhero must talk down their suicidal boyfriend/girlfriend, who does not know their secret identity. | [
"The chill night air swept violently past me, whistling through the broken building beneath me as if to sing the song of my end. cars below were only specks of light impatiently scurrying around like insects and honking loudly at each other. The scaffolding around me creaked and groaned in protest of my weight. If ... | 6 |
[WP] "A normal man practices until he gets it right, Eli. But to be an Inked, you must practice until you never get it wrong." | [
"\"A normal man practices until he gets it right, Eli!\" my master roars at me. \"But to be an Inked, you must practice until you never get it wrong!\"\n\n\"I'm sorry,\" I say quickly. \"I tried-\"\n\nMy master gestures at the ink drawn on the canvas. \"What? What did you try? Because all I can make of this is nons... | 1 | |
[WP] You found a button which trades something of yours, for any information you desire. What you trade, however, isn't known until you do the trade. | [
"It's human nature to be curious about something. So, when I found this button, I had to give it a try. The instructions were simple and straight to the point; Press the button, and you get any information you desire, but you have to give up something of yours, but it isn't known what until you press the button. I ... | 2 | |
For clarification: The most effective hunter is just that: a hunter. No flashy outfits or gadgets, just a weapon, some good tactical sense, and a lot of patience. | [WP] In a community of vampire hunters the most effective hunter is often ridiculed and dismissed for having no style or flash, despite the reason for their effectiveness is because they are prefer function over fashion. | [
"She's on the dancefloor, letting herself get lost in the crush of people shifting and moving. The beat seems to ripple through her body, back arching as she sways to the music, throat bared and eyes scrunched tightly shut.\n\n*Prey*, broadcasts every line of her body.\n\nShe can feel him watching her from the othe... | 1 |
Want to see what you all do with this,a lot of ways to go. | [WP] As a joke when you run out of sick days,you call in dead. You didn't expect to be right. | [
"He could tell from the iridescent light slicing its way through the wooden blinds that he was late...again. Most think that only the punctual are hypersensitive to time. He lay there scratching his head not from confusion, but from a three-day-old shower-less scalp. He was dreading even the idea of glancing at his... | 1 |
[WP] A moment in time, frozen | [
"*<tick>*\n\nThe soft glow of the sunlight on the horizon as the sun sets for the last time. My favourite song on the iPhone, playing gently in the background, counterpoint to the laughter of the kids that turned to screams as the light filled the windshield. The look of shock on the woman on the sidewalk, sh... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity makes contact with an alien race with a level of technology comparable to our own, but the vast distance between our worlds means there's a delay of many years when communicating. | [
"Received in 2016: Hello is anyone out there?\n\nReply: Yes! We're here! Humans on Earth! Who is this?\n \n\nReceived in 2025: Whoa. Earth, huh? Didn't expect to get a signal out of that craphole. This is Hanoris B, reptilians. Sup?\n\nReply: Oh, not much, Trump won, nuclear war, nuclear winter, but it looks like i... | 2 | |
[WP] A romance story told from the perspective of an NSA agent reading the couple's texts | [
"*//Begin summary*\n\n*Subjects: <9834> and <0331>*\n\n*ALERT! Suspicious activity flag 301-14*\n\n*Location.flag = Central Park*\n\n*Text.flag = {fire (1); explode (1); burning (2); torture (2); kill (2)}*\n\n*//End summary*\n\n*//SMS tracking begin:*\n\n*Date = 091115*\n\n<9834>: I made it out. ... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone's eye color changes to reflect their mood. However, yours are always an icy blue. | [
"\"Wow, I don't think I've ever seen that shade before,\" said Rachel, her violet eyes gazing curiously at John's icy blue irises. \"Blue usually means you're concentrating or deep in thought. Whatcha thinking about?\"\n\n\"Oh, the usual. Life, work, bills... the same grind, every day. Nothing ever really changes, ... | 7 | |
[WP] You wake up one day and realize you don't have to live the mundane life you've been living. | [
"Every day is the same. And all that self help, life coach, motivational quote bullshit is never, ever, going to save you from that. \n\nNo one can convince you to be better. Inspiration will fail you. Your heart will fail you. Life will break you. \n\nI believe this. \n\nBut at sunrise this morning, sitting in the... | 1 | |
[WP] After a brush with death, you've finally confirmed what you've speculated all your life. You are now able to see your Guardian Angel and think it's time to thank them. | [
"I should be dead.\n\nI remember it so clearly. The light turned green. I accelerated. I didn't see the truck. They didn't see the red light. There was a crash and a blinding light all in one. I was dead.\n\nOr I should have been anyways.\n\nI crawled out of the shattered car and the world was slow around me, and e... | 1 | |
[WP] A large EMP blast from the sun knocks out all of Earths electronic systems without warning. Effectively plunging humankind into the Stone Age. | [
"When I was a kid, my mom told me the world was once a very different place.\n\nThere were something called machines. They are something that us humans designed to do stuffs that we don't have the ability to do. My mom said there were machines that can carry people to run faster that horses, machines that can fly, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning and get up to check yourself in the mirror only to realise your reflection is gone. | [
"I think Sundays are my least favorite day of the week. Everybody is constantly bitching about Monday, but I think that Sunday is infinitely worse. I'd rather be sitting at work at my boring desk job ogling Sara than sitting in my bed praying for my hangover to finally go away so I can jack off and watch The Offi... | 3 | |
[WP] In your dying moments rather than encountering the Grim Reaper you are met by an alien asking about the human perspective on death. | [
"He stood over me, oiled skin shining in the light of the full moon. It was a chilly evening, and my wounds had already begun to coagulate, a thin ruby crust forming over the top of my skin. He tilted his head, almondine pupils expanding and flexing as his gaze traveled the length of my broken form.\n\n\"So...you'r... | 4 | |
[WP] You're a veteran demon hunter, unfazed by even the most horrifying monsters. Your apprentice, on the other hand, is terrified of them. | [
"\"Scott!\" \n\n\"No! You can't make me!\"\n\n\"You know how this is going to end!\"\n\n\"Nope!\"\n\n*why me*? I thought, annoyed, as I fumbled a bullet around my fingertips. I have been through fire and brimstone-- *literally*-- and this was the hardest challenge I have had yet. I would have preferred going agains... | 1 | |
[WP] Its 2636 humanity has a nuclear war and people are evacuating to nearby stars but you are one of the last people who couldn't get to the rockets in time. | [
"Energy erupts from the base of the ship. A coruscating beam strikes the Earth as thousands of souls begin their journey to the light of the stars, relief and wonder filling the hearts of the lucky few. \n \n*No.*\n\n*No, this cannot be happening.*\n\nSharp stones shift beneath my feet. My chest aches as I gasp fo... | 1 | |
[WP] God returns to heaven after a short trip to find his gates locked. Standing inside the gates is someone He did not expect. | [
"It had been a long day and I couldn't wait to put my feet up. I'd had to pop to the call centre earlier as a man in Norfolk had been going off script with his prayers and angels have absolutely no initiative in handling surprises. As soon as someone says something mildly unusual in their prayers I have to interven... | 1 | |
[WP] It's Friday night, Pizza Night. A knock on the door, Your delivery man. He reaches in the bag and pulls out a revolver. | [
"\"What the hell?!\" I stumbled onto my behind and attempted to scoot away as Jeff, the pizza delivery guy, pointed his revolver right at my face. \"Jeff what the hell man?! This isn't funny man!\"\n\n\"Ha!\" Jeff stepped into the house. \"Every Friday I've delivered your large, onion and jalapeno pizza. For two ye... | 1 | |
[WP] You're God, but you must live through every life that's ever happened before you can be "all knowing". You've just died for the last time. | [
"I drifted between space and not-space, time and not-time, life and death. For countless times I lived and died, slowly learning to remember previous lives with each incarnation. I would die and old man in the year 3072, and wake up in the arms of a new mother on 1283. I'm getting close now, having lived through n... | 3 | |
[WP] A mysterious new shop with a shady owner opens in town. It's called "Needless Things." It sells items that have clearly stated curses and negative effects, but they also have hidden blessings and advantages... | [
"The bell jingled merrily overhead as Harold, Dread Lord of Dunny-on-the-Wold, opened the door into the gloom of the shop and stared. Around him lay curios displayed haphazardly on the shelves. Orbs pulsed, blades shimmered and a teapot glared malevolently from its high perch. \n\"Welcome!\" Harold spun to face th... | 3 | |
[WP] In 2050 big corporations have LOST. Strict anti monopoly laws prevent any company from having more than a handful of employees and competing outside regional markets. | [
"\"Can I call Alaiksi to ask whether I can come over?\" Jima asked her mother who was darning a sock by the window.\n\n\"Is your homework all done?\" she asked, keeping her eyes on the cloth.\n\n\"Yes. Sure is!\"\n\n\"Are you really certain?\" she asked, while adjusting her glasses.\n\n\"Ai-ki-mo-ga-li certain!\" s... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the sole survivor... | [
"It has been 18 minutes now, there must be a strike, it's not an holiday is it? No way we are Tuesday the 20th of September. Let's think it through, there is a bus every 10 minutes on average, so if I arrived and just missed them both it would mean one would had to be here 8 minutes ago, unless it is late, maybe th... | 2 |
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