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[WP] You find a watch that can not only teleport you through time but also space. Unfortunately every time you use it, your life expectancy is shortened. | [
"A loud flash occurs in an empty warehouse. A man with a shocked look on his face seemed to just appear. His clothes are torn and his facial hair is unkempt. He nervously looks at his watch and then receives a call. He is quickly shocked again and pulls out his phone. \"J...Janet?\" he muttered. \"Phil! You're back... | 1 | |
[WP] A wizard granted you superpowers and great fame, but you're not exactly happy about it. | [
"They call me divine, they call me blessed, some know me as some sort of prophet, but I am none of those things. What they call my blessing, I know as my curse. I’m an anomaly, a powerful anomaly, who many are in awe of, and many fear - and all I am are my powers, the identify of being super-powered, the responsibi... | 1 | |
What's actually in there? Did something happen? | [WP] There's an old underground public bathroom on a city street with a big padlock on the gate. No-one can remember it ever being open. | [
"Let me tell you, my life would be a lot easier if they just banned kids from leaving the house after dinner. \n\nThat bathroom has gone from not even a footnote in our city council's records to a major pain in my ass. I don't know which kid started the rumour, but if I could catch him I'd wring his neck for sure. ... | 1 |
[WP] Death has come for you. To your surprise, he offers you a deal. In exchange for immortality, you take over his duties. | [
"Death was surprising. He came dressed in grey pyjamas and a stained silk robe- perhaps I had awoken him, it was night time when The Incident happened, although I’d always presumed Death didn’t have a time zone.
He was not well groomed, scratchy stubble covered his pointed jaw line, and I was unsure whether the ba... | 7 | |
[WP]: Two characters from entirely different genres are thrown into a third one. Horrified, they try to navigate a world where none of the tropes they grew up with apply. | [
"Orimis always told Eragon and Sapphira that magic was nothing to be trifled with. However they had no idea what was coming when they, in an attempt to make flight seem quicker then it were, teleported themselves to Berlin, Germany, in 1945.\n\nEragon opened his eyes to see the blue sky above and Sapphira's wing ov... | 6 | |
[WP] He'll be back with guns and men to use them. | [
"\"Sheriff, what should we do? He seemed serious.\"\n\n\"Round up all the able bodied men, hide the women and children. If he really is a part of the Wilkes Gang, may god help us all.\"\n\n~~~\n\nAt the old abandoned mining tunnel, a man ran as fast as he could toward the entrance, where two guards leveled their we... | 1 | |
[WP] In an alternate universe, Superman is a human from Earth that is on Krypton. This is his story. | [
" Clark Kent's landing pod had to jettison the fuel pods to stop him from slamming into the new planet. Out side the window one would see black rock ruptured with faults of crystals running along outside. \n\n The pods infrastructure crumbled slowly in on itself. The repair drones working overt... | 1 | |
[WP] In the world of magic, some people discriminate against others based on what type of magic they use. You, a closet necromancer, are about to come out to your devout holy mage parents. | [
"As I opened the door to my favorite bar like I have so many times before, this time the air was different. I felt like all of the patron's eyes were fixed upon my very soul.. as if they somehow knew my secret. I shook off the cold, closed the door behind me and scanned the bar for my friend.\n\n\"Hey idiot, I'm ov... | 5 | |
[WP] He's a demon who wants to be an angel, she's an angel that wants to be a demon. | [
"He didn't like being a demon. It meant having to flay people alive, pick out their eyes then watch them die and come back to life. He just wanted to live somewhere that wasn't a constant inferno, wanted to listen to something that wasn't unending screams. Sometimes when he stood in just the right spot on the very ... | 4 | |
[WP] The government has fallen. A centuries-old faction resurfaces to try and take control. | [
"They marched through the streets as if GOD himself were with them, their armor shone with the brilliance of sunlight and the bright and spotless glint of their chestplates exuded pure strength.\n\nMen and Women of all ages, carrying what would be expected to be Midevil or even Archaic weaponry as they marched in s... | 1 | |
[WP] The year is 1925. The international police has tracked a man to New Jersey on suspicion of Time Travel. They prepare to chase him down with their K-9 droids and get their entrapment rays ready. | [
"They step into the large room and watch electricity arc against wide metallic coils. \n\n\"You wont stop me!\" Nikola said back at them, calmly but firmly. \n\n\"You can't interrupt the timeline like this! Its a travesty!\"\n\n\"No, I cant in good conscious allow 20 billion people to suffer and die. I have checked... | 1 | |
[WP] A group of Hippies from the late 1960's have awoken from a drug binge to find themselves in the present day USA. | [
"\n\nIt was an inescapable conclusion that they were all in the midst of a bummer of a trip. They had waited and waited and waited at the old abandoned soap factory for the de facto leader to show up, but he never came. \n\n\n“Maybe he’s still in Mexico,” Mac said to the group, “You know man, he got in lots of tr... | 2 | |
[WP] During WW2, America is suddenly replaced by today's America. How do the countries react to this? | [
"\"HE WHAT??\"\n\n\"You heard me.\" \n\n\"No bloody way... No one could be that ridiculous.\"\n\n\"I'm telling you it's true.\"\n\n\"I can't believe you. What proof do you have?\" \n\n\"My brother's great grandson went to a museum and found a telegraph machine. I know, the timeline is scrambling my brains too. ... | 3 | |
[WP] SmartVehicles replace all vehicles now. They don't take you where you want to go, but where you desire to go most. | [
"Shit. I am so late.\n\nI had a meeting to go to at 9:00 am. It is now quarter to 9 and it takes me at least a half hour to get across town in the damn traffic. I will not make it on time, even if the cab flies.\n\nI push the button on the elevator to go down 15 floors to ground. Clicking my heels together, I can f... | 2 | |
[WP] Those who sinned go to hell, but the most proficient sinners get to be the judge of what torments their lesser neighbours endure. Write about the tormenter employee of the month's day. | [
"Satan seemed excised to announce the employee of the month. Of course, Mr. Hitler had been amazing, but Stalin has been just as good at tormenting as the former. He had once made a dog killer's punishment to be eaten alive by dogs and then regenerate, thus causing the cycle to repeat for infinity. Another punishme... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone has a health bar, visible to anyone. After an apparently small injury, you see your bar slowly depleting, and nobody can find your problem. | [
"They called them the Chosen, as they were gifted with the Light. One in a million was born with it, and they were taken away to a Sanctuary as soon as they were identified as such - typically via a midichlorian count administered at birth. They were rumored to have numerous other abilities, but not much else was k... | 4 | |
[WP] You pass the test and find you are extremely force sensitive. You go home to pack your things for Jedi Academy, then find that it's been destroyed. | [
"''Stay here, Kel. Blast it!'' father said hurriedly before he rushed inside the hollow doorframe. His tall body faded into darkness calling out for mother. ''Orilla! Orilla! Where are you?!'' His voice was now trembling. The sound of furniture scraping against the floor, glass shattering. Father's voice became fra... | 1 | |
[WP] Its half time and your team is down by A LOT and most of the team has given up. | [
"\"Come on boys\" I said, \"yes we lost to those fuckers last year and it is fucking awful that we're down 2-0 but... bute we can, no, we will turn this around, and you know what... I believe in each one of you...\" I was then interrupted by the team captain \"but gaffer, we are a man down, they are playing us off ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an evil genius, but frustratingly every time you do evil, the world just becomes better. | [
"Some called me crazy, but what’s crazy about breeding a race of atomic super cats in the heart of a nuclear reactor? The world will shut down as nobody will resist their charms, the mews of a million kittens will destroy empires. By the day's end my evil plan shall be complete and the world will tremble when it he... | 2 | |
[WP] A diary of someone who lives a mundane life, but has a wild imagination. | [
"“Put that damn notebook down Merry!” Louis complained, turning away from a textbook as he caught his friend flipping through a number of pages. “Why are you going through Wesley’s stuff?”\n\n“Because I’m a little curious.” She continued flipping through the pages, riddled with bullet points, adjectives, and other ... | 2 | |
[WP] Humans have mastered the ability to alter DNA. Two distinct sects have emerged: The first (X) embraces people for imperfections while the second (Y) is attempting to engineer the perfect human being at all costs. (X) have just learned of a plot that (Y) is attempting to eliminate them. | [
"The chamber where the Council held their meetings seemed to crackle with tension.\n\n“Are you sure of this?” Chairman Johannes, a balding man in his late sixties, asked the young messenger before him.\n\n“Yes, sir.” The messenger gulped and looked around before resuming his story. “It came from Captain Richmond, s... | 3 | |
[WP]You meet up and spend the day with somebody who is actually the devil in disguise. Strangely, he's quite likable. | [
"\"You want to get into a little mischief?\"\n\nI laugh, and he gives me a devilish grin. I had only just met Stan, but he was an extremely nice guy, very charming and likable. We bumped into each other in the Atlanta Airport, and he'd decided to take a liking to me. He works with law enforcement of some sort, but ... | 1 | |
[WP] You aren't real and all of your memories are false. At the stroke of midnight you will disappear. | [
"We were running swiftly past Lake Griffin and through the thick pine trees. Our footsteps treaded lightly on the dry grass fields and the wind whispered past us. We were panting and exhausted from running but we didn't stop until our legs were about to give in. \n\nI was trudging behind you as we raced across the ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the first custom-drawn human. You are the most beautiful human on Earth, except for your one secret: no one could ever draw your hands right. You try to hide your secret from the adoring masses. | [
"I leaned again the wall, halfway to the elbows in my sweater pocket. I tried my best to ignore the clicking of cameras taking my picture. All through the cafe, people were ogling me, my soft, flawless skin. My perfect physique, hidden under a black sweater and a scarf. It sucks being the only person made to look p... | 4 | |
[WP] You're an intergalactic bounty hunter, something feels off about your next target. | [
"Ram was given little information about his next target, but his competence was no longer in question. His renown came about after a half dozen jobs that were supposed to be impossible. This job was no different, but it was his weirdest assignment yet. Ram had a location, an age, a gender, and a warning. \n\n\"The ... | 1 | |
Interesting new perspective on things possibly? | [WP]It's the zombie apocalypse. Tell your story from the perspective of an animal. | [
" It all started many many years ago. Or was it months ago? Maybe it's been weeks, I can never remember the bunny to human years conversation. Well anyway, it started long ago. An infectious disease started killing the humans and bringing them back as zombies. The virus didn't seem to harm us animals, well not ph... | 1 |
[WP]: You, a historian, find something odd in your records. The same face, accompanied with variations of the same name, keeps emerging in paintings, drawings, woodcarvings and documents, from a span of several centuries. It looks suspiciously like your assistant. | [
"“At first, I thought it was the weed. So many times, I’ve battled with the perceptions of others’: being a ‘geeky historian’ that doesn’t know how to ‘let loose’. And yes, I’ll admit it: I tried weed. It was actually really *fun*,” I smiled briefly at the recollection. A party I had reluctantly gone to a month ago... | 7 | |
I would just like to thank any contributors in advance to take out their time to write for one of my prompts. Means a lot to me! | [WP] You wake up one Saturday morning to ask your wife about your children. Why none of them are making any noise today. She replies "I just wish that you'd let me wake up one day and not remind me of that day!" | [
"\"I'm confused. Why is the house so quiet? Where are the kids?\" \n\n\"Ugh... It's not another one of those days is it?\" She thought to herself. She knew he was getting worse. She knew his mind was failing him. He was at that age after all. \n\n\"Don't you have something to go do?\"\n\n\"I don't remember.\"\n\nRo... | 1 |
[WP] You sign up to be the first human to have their mind uploaded to a computer. The process is supposed to kill the old body, and you lose all senses for a time. Your perception of time is altered while you wait for any sign of communication from the outside. | [
"I remember everything about my old life, my wife, my kids, my mistakes. The only thing I can’t remember is what importance those things held to me back then. Also my name, I’ve forgotten my name.\n\nOther than that, I know a lot of things, things I don’t recall ever learning. There are some things that I just unde... | 2 | |
The mistake count only counts what you could have fixed or done differently. | [WP] Just before you wake up one morning a message appears in your head telling you how many mistakes you've made the previous day. This continues every day and after a few weeks you get pretty good at figuring out what each mistake was, but every day there's always at least one unaccounted for. | [
">*NEEEP-NEEEP-NEEP-NEEP* \n \nThe alarm woke me, as it always does, and as always I let it go, staring at it until my vision came into focus. If I shut it off while it's still a red blob, I'll probably fall back asleep. Slowly the facets come together, and grow sharper- 6:, No. Wait, what the hell am I lookin... | 1 |
The forms were hell to complete, but you handed them in at the reception who promptly took them off of you.
"Wow you've been assigned a class three..." The receptionist stood, evidently in shock.
"A class three? What does that mean?" I said bewildered.
A hesitation, barely noticeable before the receptionist answered... | [WP] Turns out death isn't the end, it was a nice surprise to say the least. What you definitely didn't expect was that you had to queue up for "assignment". Something to do with being someone's conscience. | [
"“Au nom du Père, du Fils et du Saint-Esprit…”\n\nWhat the hell? This woman is not even English!\n\nGuys! Guys! You made a mistake! This might be a class three, as you call it, but first it’s a woman so let’s be honest, this is probably not an important person. \n\nHello? Is she talking to me? Hello? Hallo? Hola? C... | 3 |
[WP] You discover a portal to another world in a swimming pool in an abandoned housing development. You dive into the water and emerge on the other side. | [
"I just needed some time to not think for a bit. The shouting at home had been getting worse lately and I felt like my head was going to explode if I didn't find a way to clear my head soon. Water had always brought a sense of calm for me; as a child I was constantly getting in trouble for sneaking out at night to ... | 1 | |
[WP] The Narrator's Narrator's Narrator is the person being Narrated by the first Narrator. One of them breaks the fourth wall, causing much havoc. | [
"\nThis .. is the story of a man named Stanley. \n\nStanley worked for a company in a big building where he was Employee #427. Employee #427's job was simple: he sat at his desk in room 427 and he pushed buttons on a keyboard. Orders came to him through a monitor on his desk, telling him what buttons to push, how l... | 1 | |
[WP] Its always been a bit of myth that newborn infants are all knowing until their first birthday, then one night as you're holding your daughter, she turns to you and says "there is no meaning, we are born to die". | [
"Her eyes were blue and serious, more aged than any I had ever seen in the face of a child.\n\n\"I wanted you to know, before I forget. I know I will. But you will be so important to me, you need to know it.\"\n\nI blinked at my eight month old daughter, who had just spoken a string of sentences, only made more hor... | 1 | |
[WP] Most weathered the Meme Wars okay. Except you. | [
"The Hacker known as 4chan shivered. The long cold night had drawn out into a cool autumn morning. Despite the rising sun, the primitive metal shelter would not heat up for another couple of hours. Power was scarce, and wasting it on heat was a luxury that few could afford. \n\nSince the start of the war the majori... | 1 | |
[WP] The horoscopes are actual beings that roam our world, and one day, a 13th sign appears in the skies. | [
"They tried to erase me.\n\nThey locked me away.\n\nThey abandoned me.\n\nThey called me unrefined.\n\nThey said a serpent isn't dignified.\n\nThey took what should be mine.\n\nThey had forgotten me.\n\nBut I am here.\n\nI have returned.\n\nI have come for what is mine.\n\nI will take what is theirs.\n\nI am the th... | 1 | |
[WP] Your family is about to get on the flight for the annual moon vacation. Except this year, your dad decided to save some money and get a cheap 'discount' flight. | [
"\"Dad.... but the leather seats and the TVs!!\"\n\n\"I know Lauren, BUT hey, college for you and your brother isn't cheap.. you know? The fact we get go to the moon at all is outstanding in itself. Appreciate it!\"\n\nThe flight attendant starts getting everyone prepared for takeoff.\n\n\"Everyone please take your... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a divine con artist who scams minor deities into investing in defunct universes, shady off-dimensional holding companies, and satanic hedge funds. | [
"\"Oh can you imagine Scafir? It's a win, win situation my friend, either you get your astounding amusement park through your very generous donation, or you get your money back, what is there to lose?\" I was quite proud of my salesman demeanor, it charmed many a-gods-alike, I smiled at him, widening my green lips ... | 2 | |
[WP] "What's wrong with it?" "It's dead, that's what wrong with it." | [
"\"How could it possibly be dead?\"\n\n\"I suspect it's your fault.\"\n\n\"But, how *can* it be dead?\"\n\n\"It can no longer function. Its energy, its spirit, its life-force...all gone\"\n\n\"I know what dead means.\"\n\n\"Well then what's the issue?\"\n\n\"What I mean is how can it be dead, when *you're* still al... | 1 | |
[WP] You've seen all the signs around the house. There is a massive pest living in the basement. You are preparing for the final battle with the beast. | [
"The alien hieroglyph seemed to be watching me from the bottom of the blood-hued page. The size, the shape- it unsettled the most animal of instincts. \nI leaned my briefcase on the little white mailbox, to hold it with two hands. Perhaps I thought it might come alive, and slice its way into my corneas.\n\nThe hair... | 1 | |
How does the conversation go down? | [WP] One of your co-workers is jokingly referred to as the "knows everything" guy. As you talk to him you realize that he REALLY does know EVERYTHING. | [
"\"I know everything,\" a nasily voice whispered in my ear and nearly made me shit myself\n\n\"What the...!\" I spun around.\n\nA fat man in tights and a Three Days Grace T-shirt was standing behind me. It was Jerry. Jerry went around the office making really bad jokes because he had low self esteem and needed atte... | 4 |
IE Salsa takes you to New York City, or a Waltz would take you to the Bavarian region Europe. | [WP]You discover you can teleport. When you dance, you're taken to wherever the ethnic group that originated the dance resides. | [
"I gazed into the void, reality seemingly having slipped away from some grap i never knew i had, i was in a place where such concepts as \"life and death\", \"Reality\" and \"entropy\" never existed. i feel the touch of what could have been instead and i reach out to take part in it. in the end i guess i should hav... | 2 |
[WP] You have my heart,Viking. | [
"\"I am... goddamnit!\" Ketil swore as a crone of a woman and that woman's young daughter ran up and hugged him.\n\nMost men Ketil's age would be thrilled to receive such a welcome, especially from the daughter. Most men weren't Ketil. He dreamed of being a scallywag, a ruiner of cities, the scourge of the coast! E... | 1 | |
[WP] We have discovered how to travel back through space-time. However, the time and space we end up at is uncertain. Scientists claim the likelihood of ending up in a habitable space and time is so low that it's suicide to try. On the day you decide to end it all, you find yourself still alive... | [
"Not expecting to wake up at all let alone waking up in a small, dark enclosed structure. At first I thought I would die in this coffin like box. Until I focused on a small humming sound coming from beneath my box, I felt the slightest vibration.\n\nAs my eyes adapted to the darkness I could make out wire crisscros... | 1 | |
[WP] The world is about to end, and you just ran out of plastic forks. | [
"\"Oh, no, what are we gonna do without our plastic forks, guys? This is the only way to save the planet!\"\n\n\"What? You speak nonsense, how is it the only way to save the planet?\"\n\n\"It is the only way to alter the course of the asteroid! How else do you expect us to do that other than by throwing forks at it... | 1 | |
(BONUS IDEA: Heaven is being made into something out of wood like a table, hell is becoming firewood) | [WP] Trees view lumberjacks as the personification of death. For the first time in hundreds of years, a tree tries to make a deal with death. | [
"The great Oak tree winced and shuttered as the lumberjack's axe pierced the bark at its base, sinking into the wood several inches. He was old, having lived more than 300 years, yet in all that time, he had never experienced pain like this. Even the hailstorm of '86 or the time he was struck by lightning paled in ... | 1 |
[WP] It's years into the future. The rich have blanketed the upper atmosphere with a machine that blocks sunlight. The only way to get any sunlight on earth is to pay the rich to open a sector of the machine. | [
"\"Ready?\"\n\n\"No,\" I say, and Gabe just laughs. \"What? Aren't you scared?\"\n\n\"Of what?\" he asks. His index finger, unlike mine, is poised over his control with perfect steadiness. He couldn't have looked calmer if he were sipping a piña colada on the deck of a Caribbean cruise ship. It's only his haggard, ... | 2 | |
[WP] Trees don't die unless they are killed. We could do the same, if we would only act a bit more like the trees... | [
"\"Trees don't die unless they are killed. We could do the same, if we would only act a bit more like the trees...\"\nit's this insane idea that lead to the establishment of the tree cults.\nIt started out okay, the idea was to be more peaceful and to not desire things that are out of reach. As if you were a tree, ... | 1 | |
[WP] "It's your choice, I either kill you or your kid! You've just gotta flip that switch one way or the other!" You flip the switch... but the controls were reversed." | [
"\"That's all that there is to it? I pull that switch one way and it kills me, but if I pull it the other way, it kills my son instead?\" The man who had kept us here with him in his dungeon nodded in agreement. I still don't know anything about this man, other than the fact that he picked us up one night after a c... | 2 | |
[WP] turns out it wasn't an artificial sweetener you added to your drink, it was the lost artifact of power. | [
"Mr. Cosby poured the sweetener in his coffee and gave it a stir. He let out a ridiculous laugh and joked about something that wasn't funny as he pointed behind me. Without hesitation I turned my head and heard him switch out mugs.\n\nI continued staring in the distance because I knew he wanted to duck me and the o... | 1 | |
[WP] You mispronounce a word from your school text book and summon an ancient deity. | [
"\"Don't say orgasm, don't say orgasm, don't say orgasm.\" I repeated this mantra in my head. I wasn't going to be the laughing stock of my grade for not being able to read \"organism.\" I was already the punching bag of every bully in the grade. No one even bothered to defend me. In fact I was often the butt of ev... | 3 | |
[WP] College students in the future found a way to call landline phones from the past. As a homeless person, you have been squatting at a foreclosed home when the phone rings. The students confused which year they called and accidentally told you about something that hasn't happened yet. | [
"*What is that?* I thought to myself as I woke up and eased myself onto my palms. My fingers knocked free half-page K-Mart spread had clung to my face as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, trying to identify the strange sound coming from somewhere in the house. It was laughing. At least, I thought it was laughing. I ... | 1 | |
[WP] The Earth's Moon has its own moon that is always on the other side of the Moon, out of view of Earth. This moon is full of sentient beings similar to humans except... | [
"They told us the math was too complicated to understand. The big brains at NASA said that the dark matter they kept on about was what made the second moon hold its position directly opposite the Earth. That's why we had never seen it. They talked about how dark matter didn't interact with regular matter in a regul... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the Chosen One, the only one capable of saving the world. Unfortunately, you choose not to. | [
"“I’m the goddamn chosen one! You bastards need to listen to me!”\n\nSomeone’s shouting in Darlene’s cubicle. She shrinks to that back wall covered in photos of other people’s children getting married and having babies. Her perfect pink cardigan is clutched by perfectly manicured nails as she tries to shrink away. ... | 2 | |
[WP] Transhuman prosthetics take off in the late 2050s. A man with terminal brain cancer becomes the first person to have their brain fully replaced with a synthetic one. After the surgeries' success, an international public debate begins: are we speaking to a machine with a dead man's memories? | [
"None of the reports were conclusive, fresh news was always like that. When a hot topic flashed on headlines and heads turned to see what was happening there were always terribly conflicting and even sensational effort put into keep that short attention span. The channel changed to the next station, the same story.... | 10 | |
[WP] Just two humans are formed, in distant locations, as the result of a failed Big Bang. They must locate each other and create the rest of the Human Race. | [
"The man trudged on, blisters beginning to form on the heels of his feet. \n\n*I'm sure of it.*\n\nHe looks up to the sprawling jungle in front of him. He walked as if he'd been doing it for a lifetime, yet he was only three days old. A fully formed man but so new to existence. \n\n*I'm so sure of it.* \n\nHe bent ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are awakened by a woman in distress. You don't know her. She palms your forehead implanting a memory, seconds later the door gets kicked down and she is killed by men. | [
"(I gave it a shot, I've never posted here before) \n\n“GET UP JOHN, GET UP.” \n\nJohn woke up to a girl on top of him shaking him awake. “What the — who the fuck are you? Get out of here!” \n\n“Shut up, I don’t have a lot of time!” She had dark red hair and a slim pale face, the rising sun peaked through his curta... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the main character of a generic medieval fantasy adventure, how ever you've already read the book you're a part of. | [
"This was getting real ridiculous.\n\nI was eager and exited to go on my first adventure.\n\nThat was before I found the \"Magical book of Scriptorius\". After I read it I knew everything what would happen to me. Even if I tried to avoid it, it somehow always ends up like in this goddamn book.\n\nJust like right no... | 2 | |
[WP] For centuries, his army had been growing by the millions. Now, the Tooth Fairy is ready to strike. | [
"\"The First Battalion of Enamel is waiting to strike upon your command, Grand General.\"\n\nDismissing the messenger, the Grand General of Dentria looked out upon the brilliant-white city for what may well have been the final time. He stepped to the closet, choosing his most pristine uniform, decorated with badges... | 2 | |
[WP] Every year during the month of October you are followed around by a tiny floating Jack O' Lantern only you can see. He makes terrifying bets with you, with amazing rewards if you win and horrible consequences if you lose. | [
"The ball curved into the net at an impossible angle, past the goalie's outstretched fingertips. Before the referee could blow his whistle, the game timer counted its last, and buzzer went off. The fog of defeat sank around my entire section of the bleacher. Parents crumpled plastic cups and threw them onto the ste... | 1 | |
[WP] The first humans arrive in the caves beneath Mars, but the caves are already inhabited. | [
"Whether it's rusty dust or stupid people, i'm becoming mad. They selected us for character qualities, stress resistance, analytic mindset. Two years in space shuttle and a year on a dead cold planet can change people.\n\nI would call them idiots...\n\nWe have cameras on our heads, on our arms, even my ass has a sm... | 1 | |
[WP] unemployed, underachieving, and unmotivated. You sit in your house day after day not a care in the world, but for sleeping, eating, and watching tv. After months of solitude, a knock on the door of your tiny studio apartment. It's God, he is over worked and wants to switch places for a bit. | [
"\"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'NO'?\" He roared.\n\n\"Well, I like my life as it is, and I wouldn't trade it away. Not even for the power of a God.\"\n\n\"What? You think you're living this carefree life on your own credit? You think you earned the easy life yourself? HAH. Who did you think conveniently left a $50 in your p... | 2 | |
[WP] A lone crow follows you around wherever you go. | [
"\"Come on, lady,\" he croaked. \"Just accept it and life will be easier for both of us, okay?\"\n\n\"I don't want a familiar,\" I repeated for what felt like the hundredth time, hefting the bag of groceries onto my hip as I turned from the street to walk up to my little shop. I was too tired for this. Transitionin... | 3 | |
[WP] There was so much blood... | [
"Ezra firmly gripped the hilt of the reaver claw, a blade not meant for defense but cutting meat with it's inclined curved edge. He had been waiting for this kill for two weeks, he had broken into the house about five minutes ago and had already found the Jones stash of child pornography, the majority of it recorde... | 3 | |
[WP] Once a month, you are able to reach out to the person behind the username and make their life amazing or a living hell. There is no in between. | [
"I looked through the post history one more time. I wasn't sure if the posts were telling the truth. I hoped they were. I wouldn't know if they deserved the good fortune until after the spell went into effect. \n\nUsed *Bookreader99* didn't seem like a useless piece of shit. I had seen some really nasty people get ... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans have superpowers and are ranked from most powerful to least powerful. You have an average power-not too bad, not too good either. One day, the person ranked #1 contacts you, needing your help. | [
"If I had to pick my power, I would have chosen flight, or maybe super strength. The *generic* kind. But of course, once my powers manifested, it wasn't anything worth bragging about. It was the reason I barely used them, besides, if you didn't have powers that could prevent crime or help in the industry, you were ... | 1 | |
[WP] A man with Tinnitus finds out that it's beginning to sound a lot like morse code, bored he translates it and finds a revelation. | [
"I finally did it. I cracked the code and uncovered the message that powerful, mysterious forces had delivered to mankind. I should be proud and shaking my fists in triumph. I should be calling all the news outlets and sharing a stunning revelation that could change humanity forever. I did none of those things. I j... | 1 | |
[WP] In the future there's a service that lets you send packages to yourself 12 hours in the past as long as they don't contain sensitive information about the future. Today you received a handgun and a note that said "run". | [
"Fuck.\n\nFuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.\n\nDave swore. Mostly internally. He looked at the box again. Delivered at *16:35 10/20/21XX*. He checked the time. *22:50*. He blinked away the numbers and stared at the box again. \n\nStupid post service can deliver packages to the past but it still can’t be bothered to deliver... | 1 | |
[WP] You're at your job, working in a grocery store. Seems like a normal day, when suddenly, barred gates come down over every possible entrance/exit. A voice rings out over the intercom: "This is not a drill. This is a government procedure designed for population control. Only one can make it out." | [
"\"Oh boy,\" I said.\n\n\"What.... is this?\" Harold asked. It was literally his first day, I'd been showing him how to re-stock the shelves when the announcement came over the intercom.\n\n\"You want to live, new blood?\" I asked, mostly because I'd always wanted to use the phrase 'new blood'.\n\n\"Yes?\" He s... | 1 | |
[WP] The Glasses of Ranvier allow you to soul-gaze, so you can literally figure-out someone's goals and intentions by looking into their eyes. You've seen good people, bad people, and downright disgusting individuals. Today, you find a fourth category... | [
"I stared at him. That couldn't be right. I mean how would that even work? But there it was, clear as day. I had thought that I understood how it worked; there are good people and there are bad people. Sometimes *REALLY* bad people. That's it. But the glasses never lie. I'd found something impossible.\n\nA person w... | 2 | |
[WP] Pfizer develops a new drug which permanently stops the natural aging process with a single dose. Because of the rare ingredients and extremely difficult process for making it, a single dose sold at cost is $3 million and very unlikely to get cheaper anytime soon. | [
"I'm a fairly rich lad. I had just enough to get the Pfizer pill. I took out a loan, liquidated some assets, and got myself a pill. This thing tasted so bad I wanted to throw it up, but that would literally be like me setting 3 million dollars on fire and dumping them in the sea. So I held it in. That's the last th... | 1 | |
[WP] Growing up you dreamed about a girl every day, but could never remember her face, eventually the dreams stop. After months of being with your new SO you suddenly dream about the girl again, but this time you remember her face. | [
"It had been years. I could barely believe it. The blinding sun was back, and I was lying on that grass again. When was the last time I'd dreamed about this? About here? About this world? My memory of it was too faint, but there was no way I could have forgotten. \n\nI curled my hand into a fist, holding the fresh ... | 2 | |
[WP] Aliens finally arrive and observe our society before making contact. Although our technology is primitive they found we are shockingly the best in the universe at this... | [
"#1010\n\nSmoothly curved silver stencils floated against the top of an indigo horizon. Their ships were somewhere in our cloud layer, both glowing while pumping pillars of aqua light, kindling it's forested base. The ground directly beneath the pillars was bored in a perfect, deepening cylinders. Several glowing, ... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where you are born with a tattoo of your career on your skin. You are the first person born into your field. | [
"\"What the hell *is* it?\" Cleo had fielded this question a thousand times. \"I don't know,\" she replied, annoyed. All of Cleo's friends had very clear Career Marks. Her first girlfriend's Career Mark was a paintbrush and a brightly-colored palette, and she was a world-renowned painter. Her brother had a needle a... | 2 | |
[WP] You are reincarnated in the past when you die. Slowly, the gap between you and your reincarnation closes until one day, you are approached by someone with a warning in hand. | [
"The first life I remember was in the 21st century. Man, that shit was awesome. I had been a paramedic for close to 6 years before that fuckwit EMT ran the red light that killed me. I bet he was texting. Death was pretty instant so that was a blessing.\n\nMy second life was the worst. I have no idea when I liv... | 1 | |
[WP] You and two of your friends are stranded in a remote forest after swerving and hitting a tree with a car. Looking for something to tend to your injuries, you see a man deep in the woods who rotates his head 360 degrees to look at you. | [
" After Luiz over-corrected when he went left of center on the mountain road, we smashed into the tree. The car, his fairly new Cadillac sedan, was toast, and all three of us were roughed up. Luiz had some cuts on his face, a sprained knee and a broken left pinky finger. I had hurt my neck and back when the tre... | 1 | |
[WP]You live in a universe where when people are in a literal life or death situation, time stops and they are visited by the Grim Reaper who convinces people to choose death over life. People who choose to live have no memory of this encounter. On a normal morning, time stops for everyone. | [
"“Look,” Death said with a ghastly voice, “for every person you know, the chance they will still be alive after this is about 50% based on the amount of options there are. As in yes, choose to stay alive, or no, go with me to the place beyond. Now, if we take into account how good I am at convincing people, you’ll ... | 1 | |
[WP] You and a friend are about to enter the scariest Haunted House in the country. Everything is going fine until you realize one of the fake bodies is your little sister who went missing years ago. | [
"The haunted mansion loomed over Jared with the grin of a giant demon. On the second floor, its windows were framed like rectangular, yellow eyes and the front porch had a small balcony with railings that resembled wooden teeth. Jared thought it was clever on their part. It didn't seem like a cartoonish monster; it... | 5 | |
[WP] A leet hacker attacks the mainframe. Challenge: Make it obvious the writer has no idea how computers work. | [
"The world ran on a mainframe. It had for as long as anyone could remember. In this technologically stagnated society, everything still ran Ubuntu Server 14.04. And it was perfect, and static, and comforting.\n\nUntil someone tried to break in.\n\nHe didn't get far.\n\nNetfilter did nothing to keep him out, though.... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a bunch of grapes: each time you eat one, you gain the power to read minds for a minute. | [
"You might think reading minds from a simple grape would be rad. It was, for the first minute. I'm slowly turning insane, but I can't stop. To know the girl you lay awake every night thinking of is actually into you but in a committed relationship is heart-breaking. To know those guys *actually* thought you were we... | 1 | |
[WP] 9 out of 10 dentists recommend Drexco® brand toothpaste. What does the 10th dentist know, that he's not telling us. | [
"\n \"Lori... cancel my next appointment, would you?\" I tried to breathe deeply, and slowly, as I backed up a bit from the chair, as well as the man in it. Delorez was sitting in her office chair, speaking with whom I could only assume was our sales representative. \n\n\"Would you mind terribly if I had you hold f... | 2 | |
Due to unknown circumstances everytime you kill someone you get a new tally mark on your arm. When the tally mark is gold the person you killed was committing the crime out of pure evil, however, when the tally mark is gold, the person committing the crime had an innocent/justifiable motive behind it. You must distingu... | [WP] You're a vigilante who kills over the smallest crimes, but due to an odd occurrence, you're having doubts over who you should/shouldn't kill. | [
"Nearly solid gold, my arm is something I am very proud of, at least it's something I was proud of. I can kill people by touching them, ever since I accidentally killed the kid who punched me in the face in the second grade I've killed anyone I have ever touched. The first kill left a gold mark, on my arm right at ... | 1 |
[WP] You buy a new home and lay down for your first night's rest. On the ceiling, in glow-in-the-dark paint a message reads, "I hope you're not afraid of the dark". | [
"The paint was weathered and peeling off in various places, and the slats within the screens on the upstairs windows were for the most part broken out. A slight breeze made the shutters tap against the house and the door hinges squeaked. \n\nThe sun low in the sky, lit up the upstairs rooms making the two window in... | 2 | |
[WP] Peacekeepers keep peace through extreme violence. | [
"**TRANQUILITY UNITED: Proclamation to the Nation of Pellerton and the Pellerton Democratic Liberation Front** \n\nIt has been exactly one month since the uprising in Kwellon began. An international intervention by Tranquility United with full military privileges will now be in effect. As a member of Tranquility ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an uber driver who always talks to themselves when there is nobody else in the car. One day while driving alone, a voice from the backset interrupts your conversation. | [
"*Driving around individuals really puts a strain on me*, I thought, driving towards my apartment complex. *The city of Atlanta looks beautiful today*, I muttered. I never drove through this section of Atlanta, but it seems nice: dark, quiet, the trees sparkle from the full moon shining on the recent rain water. I ... | 2 | |
[WP] Bad luck triggers are real. Breaking a mirror does cause 7 years of dangerously bad luck, etc. Your job is a dangerous one: clearing away the triggers: filling up cracks without stepping on them, collecting black cats without letting them cross your path, and the like. | [
"When you're in the military they tear you down and build you right back up again. They tell you that you can do just about any damn thing. When you're ready to get out they tell you that you'll never make it in the real world and you'll end up trading sexual favors for crack underneath a bridge.\n\nWell, as with e... | 3 | |
[WP] You see a number over a bartender's head. "Oh God, I'm in one of those shitty writing prompts." | [
"“Make it a double.” \n“You sure about that, pal? Looks like you had enough” \n“Yeah I had enough! Enough of all those shitty writing prompts! It’s always the same bullshit. Powers when you turn eighteen, tattoos to find your soul mate, immortality, AI’s gaining sentience, aliens getting their ass kicked by human... | 2 | |
[WP] One day as you are heading to your class you realize that your circle of friends are actually the seven deadly sins in human form. | [
"As you step out into the hallway,\n\nFeeling the lethargy seep into your body,\n\nThe sound of laughter arises,\n\nBeckoning the arrival of your friends.\n\n\nA bag of Doritos on the left,\n\nA burrito on the right,\n\nHeld by Glut the Fat.\n\nCheetos dust stuck to his lips,\n\nBiscuit crumbs glued to his chins.\n... | 4 | |
[WP] You hear the rain start to fall, followed by your brother yelling "Guys hurry up! It's starting!" You run to the back windows in your house, pulling up a chair and some snacks ready for the show. | [
"\"The 20s and 30s were an extraordinary age in the new millennium,\" my father explained, \"with some of Earth's sharpest minds turned to Mars and space-travel. But it was a small experiment in the Imperial College of London that made the rain today possible.\"\n\n\"Will it really rain today?\" my brother asked.\n... | 1 | |
[WP] Researchers test a new lifelike, AI android by giving it a fake identity and dropping it off at an all-boys boarding school. | [
"“Rob? Time to turn in the test,” said Alice looking at a small, blond-headed boy.\n\nRob was a new student at Welby’s School for Young Men. Alice worried that he was homesick, he just always seemed distracted or in deep thought. His family was from somewhere in California, but then again many wealthy families f... | 1 | |
[WP] It's been 300 years since Mars was colonized. Now, there is a revolution and the colonies are fighting for their independance. The first space battle in human history is about to begin. | [
"\"They have absolutely no regard for civilization! They are degenerates and criminals who think they have some ridiculous right to self-determination! This rebellion will accomplish *nothing* aside from destroying families and obliterating progress for the next decade!\" The Terran captain's rage continued to pour... | 8 | |
[WP] The end of the world is happening. Oddly enough, the apocalypse takes on a very unexpected form. | [
"Somehow, I couldn't summon the energy to be surprised anymore. I sat atop Briar Hill with a handful of other refugees and dispassionately nursed a lukewarm lager as I watched the scene unfolding in what was once my hometown. \n\nThere were three of the towering humanoids down there, madly swivelling the rows of ey... | 3 | |
[WP] Deep in your house unbeknownst to anyone there is a button. If you push it, a random person somewhere in the world will die. If you don't, by the end of the day you will. | [
"Thomas sighed... Another day another death. It has always been the same. He reached towards the button and pushed it once more. \n\nHe justified it by thinking thousands of people die each day. “What does one death make a difference?” Unfortunately, he didn’t know who was going to die. It could be someone close or... | 2 | |
Whether you also write from the second POV or leave it implied does not matter. | [WP] Tell a charming story from one character's POV that becomes really sick and twisted from another POV | [
"Dear Diary\n\n A puppy!! I got a puppy for my birthday!!! It's a girl puppy my daddy says and she's got long brown fur and really soft skin. Mommy put a muffler on her because she won't stop making noise and she bit me when I tried to take it off but I didn't tell anyone because then they'll send her away. She has... | 2 |
[WP] You have a daughter called Stacey and her weird little friend keeps staring at you. | [
"Crouching low, I reached my whole arm into the pantry, feeling for the jar of Nutella which had fallen behind the lazy susan. Normally I am the Nutrition Nazi, making sure Staceyeats well-balanced meals before my ex-husband lets her eat Cheetos for dinner all weekend, but my introverted daughter didn't have friend... | 1 | |
[WP] You find yourself stuck in a dream where the dream characters slowly become aware of you and become slightly more aggressive every day. | [
"Day 1 - I woke up, no, that's not quite right...I open my eyes and find myself in an almost exact replica of my of my bedroom. Breathing deeply I take in the fresh smell of spring, but I know it to be deep in the cold months of winter. It worked! I am lucid dreaming. Time to go have some fun.\n\nDay 2 - I have bee... | 1 | |
[WP] All things become mundane, with time. Write about an exciting activity or lifestyle from the perspective of over-familiarity. | [
"My day started like any other. Alarm clock hologram woke me, God why did I choose a recording of a soldier firing a rifle as my wakeup call? I need to change that some day. Got up out of bed, took a shower, then step in the wardrobifier, which dressed me. Again, the damn thing forgot the shoes. I need to get a mec... | 1 | |
[WP] "Valhalla? Oh, it's full of souls. Not just human ones, mind you, but the souls of ships, and war animals, and other such beings." | [
"Before Evelyn stood an enormous statue of a bearded man riding atop a bucking steed. The statue was made entirely of gold, and it shone brilliantly with the light of the setting sun.\n\nEvelyn's eyes scanned the horizon as she turned. She was surrounded entirely by unbroken, undulating cloud. It glowed softly unde... | 1 | |
[WP] When people die they get to meet all the versions of themselves that could have been. Some have hundreds even thousands but you only find one. | [
"I sat in a white office, the air was chilly and the fan above me was clicking ever so lightly. The pattern of the sound reminded me of a song I just couldn't place. I was waiting, for something. I heard the door open and shut, I didn't turn around. I heard the distinctive pattern of high heels click. She sat the ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the first person to win a national lottery WITHOUT selling his/her soul to Satan for the privilege. Now Satan (and the other "winners") aren't too happy... | [
"Eons ago, when the world was relatively untouched by him, Satan decided to place a palm upon the lands. Thus, began the lotteries. The thing is, you don't enter the lottery by putting a few coins onto a counter. Satan intends for you to sell your soul to him in order to be entered into the lottery.\n\nI robbed Sat... | 1 |
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