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[WP] Time stopped any time something bad was going to happen to him. When a car really ran him over, when a bully was about to hit him, when the neighbor's dog was going to bite him. I guess it wasn't a great idea going skydiving. For how much longer will he be trapped in mid-air? | [
"The world looks really pretty from 6,000 feet in the air. I had always heard that seeing the world from this height would change me, that’s why I had to go skydiving.\n\nA minute of pure adrenaline followed by roughly 4 minutes of admiring the view while I slowly descended under my parachute. That’s what I had bee... | 1 | |
[WP] Inter-galaxy travel was perfected by Bill Gates and Elon Musk in 2018, now, 60 years later, humans have adventured as far as the Hubble can see, only to realize that we are the most advanced race in the Universe. | [
"There's nothing, nobody else. Mathematically, our universe no longer makes sense. Our universe is billions upon billions of light years in diameter, and the idea that the human race is the most advanced race must be bunk.\n\nI still cannot believe it that we, humans, are the most intelligent beings in our entire u... | 1 | |
[WP] You board a train, but you never get off | [
"He arrived in the train after a very long trip. He came from a station, but not in the conventional sense. They gave him a room, a job and a sense of purpose, something that he had tried to imagine he had before. His task was to help keep the great metal Leviathan alive as it trudged onward on massive Titanium and... | 3 | |
Think about how Spock always brings up Vulcan culture and saves the day because he's more resistant to radiation or how Worf reminds everyone Klingons are warriors and gets saved because Klingons have 4 stomachs and 3 hearts.
For the record I'm giving examples from Star Trek because I love the shows. | [WP] On a spaceship where most of the crew is of a alien species, the lone human always talks about "ancient human wisdom", offers "old earth proverbs" to every problem and his main contribution to missions come from strange quirks of the human body | [
"This is a continuation of the adventures of Lead Officer Hanks aboard the U.S.S. Freud, which was pretty well accepted when I wrote it for another prompt. \n\nYou can read the first part here --> https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/5ma2fg/wp_star_treklike_universe_but_we_find_out_humans/dc2i70o/\n\... | 8 |
[WP] At one time, it represented all the virtues of our civilization. | [
"There was a chamber held up by twelve stone pillars. Between each pillar was a long, purple curtain. They were thick and heavy, so that no light could enter the chamber by any accidental means. Upon each pillar, facing the outside world, was a torch. They were at waist height, so that if someone wanted to enter th... | 1 | |
[WP] You reach for the light switch, but another hand is already there. | [
"I put my hand to the switch, as, at such a late hour, I always do. However, to night, I was startled by not the smooth plate with the lovely filigree against my fingertips, but the warm flesh of another's hand.\n\nThe light came on. I gasped, hand clasped to my mouth. The trespasser screamed, caught. She scrambled... | 3 | |
[WP] You stumble into the world of Lost Things. Everything anyone's ever lost is here. | [
"\"Socks and virginity. You ever get tired of 'em?\" Joe kicks at a pile of athletic socks and sends them scattering. \n\n\"Yes. Now stop that, I had those organized.\"\n\n\"What's the difference? They don't match up anyway.\"\n\n\"They might someday. Some people are still looking for some of them.\"\n\n\"And the v... | 1 | |
[WP] "Not exactly how I planned this date to go." She remarked as the guns were pointed at their heads. | [
"That night, I remember the restaurant as empty save for the two of us. Its ornate Renaissance windows overlooked the Seine, and my eyes were inexorably drawn to a rare single star, shining bright through the luminous medley that was the Parisian night. A mirror image, I thought, of this moment below with her. Grac... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up one day, and the internet is down. All of it. | [
"Hi all,\n\nthis is my first time doing a wp. I went a bit on a tangent here, focusing less on the dystopian aspect and more on a personal level. Hope you like it.\n\n-\n\nHis eyes barely open, Matt groggily sat down at his computer and moved his mouse to disable the screen saver. He squinted from the sudden bright... | 1 | |
[WP] You work for a powerful mob boss, and you know for a fact that whenever he whacks someone he sends anonymous flowers to the victim's family. One day, you get a call from your wife thanking you for the beautiful flowers. Before you can tell her you didn't send any, there's a knock at the door. | [
"\"It was no problem sweetie,\" I told her, trying to keep my voice calm. My head was pounding and I felt a bead of sweat form on my right temple. \n\nThere was no way I could overpower them. There were three of them and only one of me. Well, I didn't know for a *fact* there was three of them, but I assumed. H... | 7 | |
[WP] Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings... by tearing them off the back of the weakest angel and casting them down to earth. | [
"His mother sifted his hair and the shadows fell as bars as she knelt near the entrance.\n\n\n\"Do not cry my son,\" she said. \"Have faith.\"\n\n\n\"But I cannot win, mother. I cannot survive. Jerod is too strong and he is much older.\"\n\n\n\"Do not give up hope. Hope is the true God.\"\n\n\n\"I hate Him! He is n... | 2 | |
[WP] An old man living alone in the woods kills a deer. He uses every part including the teeth to fashion himself a set of dentures which he uses to eat the meat. At night he is plagued by nightmares of becoming the deer and reliving it's life over and over.. | [
"He settled down for the night, old Jeremy, content with his work. The remains of the deer littered his room. Its strong leg bones, to be turned into bone handles to replace the ones that had begun to crack. Its scalp, complete with horns, a decoration above his door.\n\nAnd its teeth? Fixed securely into the wire ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a POW at a German camp. The General in charge of the camp, one of Hitler's right hand men, likes to challenge men in the camp to duels at whatever the prisoner is best at to prove german superiority. If you beat him you are let go, if you lose you die. Today is your day to duel him. | [
"Thwack!\n\nThe empty yard fills with my hope and determination as his saber slashes across the ground. The officer opened his mouth, speaking, somehow, perfect English.\n\n\"Are you ready, coward?\"\n\nI raised my saber, wavering. Calm. Calm. Calm. The tip is still.\n\n\"We begin!\"\n\nMy legs curled as I sprang o... | 6 | |
[WP] for generations humans have lived in connected buildings, never going outside. After getting lost one day you find a door labeled EXIT. | [
"This is becoming pretty long!\n\n---\n\nI live in the City of Northern Light. It’s about twice the size of Little Cleveland, half the size of Lex, and a small dot compared to New Atlantis. In school they told us it’s supposed to be one of the oldest cities in the country. It’s the oldest I know of.\n\nIt has a ove... | 3 | |
[WP] You and a friend are looking through some old stuff and one of them finds a weird box thats says "wear me". | [
"I was hanging out in my room with my friend Emma. As usual, my mom entered my room, being unpredictable like every mother and asked if could clean the attic. 'Sure why not, we're just being lazy teenagers anyways...'\n\nI stood up and looked to Emma. She stretched out her hand towards me so I could help her get up... | 1 | |
[WP] 100,000 years into the future, evolved humans have found an item that they have been searching for years: a device containing all the information on the Internet from 1991 to 2050. The information revealed to them on the device shocks them. | [
"\"WE HAVE FINALLY FOUND IT, this information has the answers to the meaning of ALL EXISTENCE\" as they plug the beaten chip into the mainframe salvaged from thousands of years of digging, and only finished and functional within hours. \"WAIT THERE IT IS, GO BACK, WAIT, what is that a cat? Why is it jumping away fr... | 5 | |
While you are used to seeing people followed by schools of fish, small packs of cats and dogs, or even the occasional exotic animal; One day you see someone being followed by something you have never seen before.... | [WP] As a psychic, you have noticed that the souls of people's pets will follow their masters until it is time to guide them into the afterlife. they also seem to cause good or bad luck depending on how they were treated. | [
"I've had the ability all my life to see the souls of the deceased. Not humans, mercifully never humans, but animals. I first realized I had this gift when I was little, playing in my front lawn. I was eight. My parents were allergic they said, so I never had pets myself. But I loved playing with the neighborh... | 1 |
[WP] You are a house. For hundreds of years, you have watched history unfold. Now, your new owners are installing a smart system in you, giving you the ability to communicate for the first time. | [
">\"You humans have been getting smarter and smarter. Interesting...\" I am an old mansion now, been standing since the seventeenth century. \n\n\"You... talk? Wow... But, don't you mind us living here?\"\n\n> \"I've grown accustomed to it, I'll have you know I was built in the seventeenth century! Back then ... | 4 | |
[WP] A man walks halfway to his destination everyday. | [
" \"This time,\"\nThe old man croons to himself\n \"This time,\"\nHe takes his bible from his shelf\n \"This time,\"\nHe puts on his best coat\n \"This time,\"\nWith a letter in the pocket that he wrote\n \"This time,\"\n15 years ago\n \"This time,\"\nWhen the ground was free of snow\n \"This time,\"\... | 1 | |
[WP] Ten years ago to the today was the day you sent your daughter to the school of ninja arts. With mixed emotions you pace the airport gate with your spouse. The gate opens and you both clutch each other as she walks through the breezeway. | [
"I sipped on my coffee anxiously. I had to add a pretty good amount of cream today, my stomach has been in knots recently. I don't know if I could handle it black like normal, thinking of the acidity makes my stomach turn. The day is finally here, 10 years in the making. I'm sitting in one of the countless rows of ... | 1 | |
[WP] The coin lands on its side. | [
"\"Well, looks like neither of us are suckin' each other's dicks then\" Jesse says smugly as he put his arms behind his head and leaned back in his chair. He nearly tipped backwards and fell, but Jesse is a slick son of a bitch who can keep his balance even in the most trying of times.\n\nJay looked at the coin, st... | 1 | |
[WP] Finally, the protagonist succeeds in escaping from the narrator. The victory gained her a free will. Now, she lives a life she always wanted to live by herself. | [
"*I'm finally free,* was the only thought that could come to my head. The possibilities ahead of me are endless, and existence is mine to explore, without the interference of some bizarre cosmic entity. The Narrator, as he seems to call himself. In all honesty, he's a bit of a dick.\n\nI have no idea how long he's ... | 1 | |
[WP]: 20 years after the whole mess is over, this damn kid shows up at your door. He has come to ask questions about his father, and he really does look like that old friend you lost long ago. You are not about to tell him what he wanted to hear. | [
"\"Wow, uh... goddamn. Come on in, I'm making chicken alfredo.\" I stepped aside so the young man wearing a backpack could come in.\n\n\"You do know who my father is, right?\" He asked, even as he stepped in.\n\nI waited a few seconds before responding for dramatic effect. \"Yeah... Marshall Briggs.\"\n\nMinutes la... | 1 | |
Science is fairly certain most [gold came from meteors.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#Occurrence) But what if it was really an alien shipment. Now the collection agency has come to collect.
| [WP] It wasn't a meteor, but a crashed alien super freighter that deposited most of the gold on Earth. Now they've come to reclaim it. | [
"Sakre 17 touched down beside a battery of waves beating against a cliff side shore. The team gathered within the rust covered airship, braced themselves against the cold that burst into their compartment. The rain seemed a partner to the wind and Bracer could feel the kiss of its touch against the skin of his face... | 1 |
[WP] The West has begun invading North Korea. As a last-ditch attempt to maintain control, the NK government takes their entire country hostage and threatens mass culling. | [
"Tonight we prepare for the final assault. The Siege of Pyongyang, if you will. This hermit nation has been the cause of endless grief for its people for a long time now.\n\nAfter its first missile strike against Seoul in 2025, the world's military powers, including China, realised the kind of cancer that had been ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a bad argument with your spouse on your 10th anniversary that leads you both to seriously consider getting divorced. Hurt and angry you both stop talking to eachother until you crawl into bed. Your spouse says "I wish we could just start over." And then you both roll over and go to sleep. The events that ... | [WP] "I wish we could start over." | [
"I awoke early, my head pounding from the bottle of wine last night--or was it bottles?--and something else I couldn't immediately name. A car alarm? When was the last time I heard a car alarm on Wimberly Park Place? All the neighbors parked in their garages. Something must be going on. I got out of bed and my feet... | 1 |
[WP] The supernatural creatures (vampires, werewolves, ghouls, witches, etc.) are all at war with each other. After humans improved their technology, they're finally ready to join the war. | [
"In the twilight before dawn Garthanl laid flat on his belly, inching slowly forward towards his quarry. One of the blood drinkers was alone, unusual for them to be separated from their peers especially from their followers. The foul creature was digging a pit in a river bank the rich smell of river clay filled the... | 1 | |
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What makes these memories special/different than your typical run-of-the-mill deja vu? | [WP] You begin experiencing an unusual sense of deja vu when you visit new places, but you realize there's something more than just an eerie sense that you've seen it before. These memories were... | [
"\"And this is believed to be the first altar in the history of civilization. Notice the ancient scorch marks? This is where they burnt sacrifices. We theorize that this place was chosen because Kybele was the goddess of fertility and this rock formation looks like a...\". As the tour guide was talking I couldn't p... | 2 |
[WP] One night, a stranger walks up to your house and leaves a note that reads: "One wish." | [
" \"One wish.\" That's all the note said. When I found it I was baffled because no one ever reaches out to me. Ever since leaving home I had kind of kept to myself. So what was this? A joke? Some sort of prank for one of those hidden camera shows? I laughed it off and went on inside and throw the note in the t... | 2 | |
[WP] Sharks try to convince a man lost at sea that they're just dolphins. | [
"I watched the two sharks toss the inflated beach ball between one another from the safety of my raft and yelled, \"I'm a shark biologist, this isn't working.\"\n\n\"Well, if you're a shark biologist you should know we're dolphins,\" one of the sharks said. He rubbed his eyes, as a shark biologist one of the thin... | 3 | |
[WP] God gives you $100 as your only tool in your quest for world peace. | [
"######[](#dropcap)\n\nA long time ago lived a young woman, not owning a thing in this world but her ragged clothes and a silver pendant she inherited from har late mother. Although poor in belongings she wasn't unfortunate, on the contrary: her heartfelt smile spread happiness were ever she went and she didn't hav... | 2 | |
Whether its the Villains "You are beneath me" Speech, The heroes brave call to arms, a confession of love, or something else entirely. Write it here. | [WP] Write a Speech. | [
"I recall being a young man; trapped inside of a now abandoned catholic school. I was of middle school age, full of hope and innocence. It was in that two story, old brick building my undeveloped thoughts concerning the destination of humanity began to formulate. \n\nI remember witnessing an act of bullying begin. ... | 5 |
[WP] A freak snowstorm envelopes your town. It doesn't stop for three years. | [
"Three years.\nFor three years I've kept track of the clock. First the marks were for every hour, then every twelve, a day, three and then weeks. At some point I thought I had lost track but no, I was still right here trapped in my grandfather's decrepit ancient cottage, poking at the everlasting coals in the firep... | 1 | |
[WP] You get up from the couch after a day of Netflix and get the standard head rush and spotty vision. But when your vision clears, you aren't in your living room anymore. | [
"\"Well, that's that then. AAAAAAALLLLLLLLL 233 episodes of Supernatural DONE\" I said out loud to nobody. There wasn't anybody around for the first 232 episodes and their certainly *certainly* wasn't anyone around for the 233rd. Still talking out loud, \"Ya know, I can't remember a single thing that happened in an... | 1 | |
[WP] Her voice was so beautiful, when she sang, Death himself would stop his work and listen. | [
"\"One more song\"\n\nI appeared when I should have in the moments before her end. She took a sip of the drink that she had poisoned and knew she would go at the end of her song. The jazz like club was full. People were both standing and sitting all around me in their dressed up clothes and dark drinks. I had appea... | 5 | |
[WP] You are the loneliest whale in the world. Your voice is in the range of 52Hz, much higher than any other whales speak or can understand. You have roamed the oceans for decades completely alone. One day something returns your call. It is not a whale, but it is sending an urgent message. | [
"I have drifted for many years. \n\n\nI follow this current and that one with no particular destination in mind. In this vast ocean of blue, I am alone. Though there are others of my kind, I could call out to them and they would not respond. They couldn't hear me. I had begun to think that perhaps they weren't real... | 2 | |
[WP] If you do this,they'll never stop being afraid of you. | [
"At the foot of the hill, Ogachi Village burned and Kaori watched. For two years, Kaori had lived in the village and no one knew her name. They called her Sakura. To them, she was a widow who sold vegetables from her small garden. She was loved and respected - not feared. Why would anyone have reason to fear her?\n... | 3 | |
[WP] You answer your door to find two policemen whose expressions change to one of confusion and fear. "Do you happen to have an identical twin?" They ask. To which your reply is "no". | [
"\"Well, we were on our way to tell your wife that you have been killed... however, it appears you are quite alive.\" the officers state. I look around confused and see on my fitbit it's April 1st, \"What a joke you two, you didn't fool me!\" With disheartening eyes the police officers pull an image of his apparent... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a hitman on the darknet, a good one at it. One day, while browsing on the darknet, Your screen shut off and a text shows up. It says, "I need you to pay attention. I need you, and you need me. They are coming after you." | [
"I had been browsing the dark webs with a cup of coffee in hand, same as I always did at beginning of the month, first Monday morning - whenever I wasn't already working a job, at least. I was a hitman, relatively new at the art of killing - I had only twenty or so years of experience. My age approached two hundred... | 1 | |
[WP] The World is ending. It's been proven by scientists everywhere. A meteor is heading to Earth. The day of the impact, millions of people are present, waiting in the desert around the soon-to-be impact zone. Suddenly, with minutes to go, a man in a cape steps forward and cracks his knuckles. | [
"An intoxicating mist flowed through the shifting sands. Millions of people drunk on dread, and not even the most ignorant child dared to look skyward. Among the masses a rather plain, although sharply-dressed man, observed the desert scenery.\n\n\nAs he stared at the ground he watched vibrant orange and red grains... | 4 | |
[WP] Your young daughter is a magic prodigy with summoning powers. Despite you being normal, when she's in danger she keeps summoning you first. | [
"> I had told her the first time she summoned me \"I want you to know that because I am not normal by human standards but by intergalactic standards, I'm not allowed to hurt anyone. I may only observe as long as I'm not directly intervening the outcome of something the Gods want to happen.\" She was always a sma... | 7 | |
[WP] You run a famous restaurant with a world-renowned special dish. What nobody knows is the secret ingredient... | [
"Me and my man, we knew soon enough that the circus business won't last long. So we had to scrape off the make-up- hey, we may be owners, but we get hands-on!, ditch the tights, and get to work.\n\nWe tried photography. But it didn't work. In this day and age, everything is so Photoshopped, people stop appreciating... | 3 | |
She lives a quaint life in a small town with the love of her life. Their kids visit on holidays and she spoils her grandkids. But when the going gets tough grandma knows how to take(and give) a punch. | [Wp]The CIAs most successful agent who still holds records for most succesfully completed missions has been retired for 30 years. | [
"Main street. Man in blue coat, PENSKY. PENSKY walks north toward Maple. Silver Mercedes FNB220 slows but does not stop. \n\nMaple street. Source located WILSON.\n\"Afternoon Clara,\" he smiles. Scuffed boot. Mud on trouser leg. Distinct fishy odor.\n\n\"Catch anything, Wilson?\" Amused. Smiling. \n\n\"Dan. ... | 1 |
[WP] Aliens attack earth and easily capture or kill the humans, but they weren't counting on the wildlife being such a problem... | [
"Run! Screamed an invader, just as a large 4 legged mammal charged through the baracade. With it's teeth gnashing and huge paws swinging in a wide arc. The now trampled sign on the ground reading \"Don't feed the bears.\". \n \"Our weapons are useless on these creatures captain! They are non responsive to our... | 1 | |
[WP] When you die, you meet up with someone who tells you that you will be immediately reincarnated, but that you are allowed to keep 2 memories from your past life, (except the fact that you've been reincarnated.) | [
"In The Bardo Matthew, and Melissa, and Maxwell, and Morton, and Marie, and Marcus and so many others before that, held his hands to his head as he knelt before the celestial judge. \"We are making no progress. Every time we end up right back where we started.\"\n\n\n\"That isn't true.\" Said Erica, and Eric, and E... | 4 | |
[WP] It is the 22nd century. A vessel has been dispatched from Earth to investigate a far away world theorized to be the home of a pre-space flight civilization. After a decade of stasis, the crew finds a backlog of urgent messages from Earth instructing them to do one thing: run. | [
"Cycle 8, Division 4, Turn 2.\n\nWe at the Apocalypsis use our own calendar. Ever since we left the Kupier Belt to find out whoever the hell lived at the Desiderian System, we have been unable to use the solar calendar. So the ship switched over to this complicated system based on the speed of light. This cut us of... | 6 | |
[WP] You wake up as the antichrist and discover your powers have a very odd cost. | [
"So I've known for a long time that I'm the guy the bible talks about. I'm a nice guy. People love me. I certainly don't believe the shit in that stupid book. Or any other religious book. They set us up. people like you and me who don't buy this shit. You start talking about how stupid it is and BOOM, you're... | 1 | |
[WP] A day after losing your job, you find yourself in the one place you swore you would never go, doing the one thing you swore you would never do, to help the one person you never wanted to see again | [
"\"I was fired from the bar tonight, you know. Just ten minutes ago. Manager said they were losing too much money, that they were sorry to see me go... gave me the whole spiel. Said he'd pay me double if I closed up shop tonight, but after today, I'm not to return.\" I squinted at my audience, a drunken college gir... | 3 | |
[WP] You go back in time to help Hitler learn how to paint properly, so that he wouldn't go into politics. You come back to a much worse present than what actually happened. | [
"You know why I did this? Godwin's Law.\n\nEvery single asshole whether liberal, conservative, progressive, libertarian, socialist, or whatever will automatically try and compare who ever they don't like to the Nazis and Hitler. You want a single payer health care system, you're just like hitler; you don't want to ... | 3 | |
[WP] Three strangers, bound by destiny. A mad king. A broken soldier. A cunning thief. | [
"Six pillars stood at the center of the court yard. On them read the destiny's of three souls, three souls who bound by fate, three souls who would be able to bring balance back to the country and possibly even the world. It was a shame that the thief who saw those pillars thought of them as nothing more than a rui... | 7 | |
[WP] As a legendary magical sword, the hero who found you last has retired and mounted you on the wall, like a common ornament! There he/she is again, the lazy good for nothing, that manticore kill last time was just luck, and there's still so much left that needs doing. This will not stand! | [
"I am a old blade. Forged by the gods when the earth had barely begun to cool and delivered unto the first worthy man by those same gods.\n\nBut men are still very much mortal and he died a happy old king, That's when I experienced my first wait.\n\nIt was 10 long years I waited in a “Royal Armory” on a pedestal wi... | 2 | |
In fair Verbrona we lay our scene | [WP] Bromeo & Dudeliet | [
"A sunny day. On the porch of the family house, Bromeo walks out. He looks down at the ground below, the acres of his house, and in the distance, another's great rival families prominent house's property. He takes a deep breath, glad his family is away. \n\n\"BROOOO!\"\n\nAnother boy calls back\n\n\"HEY DUDE\" Call... | 1 |
I am fully aware this is not how landmines work. I am talking about HSE mines you see in TV shows and movies. | [WP] Alone. You step on an active landmine. | [
"At this point I'm not sure if I actually heard the click or just felt it. I knew it wouldn't matter anyway, the chances of safely getting off one of these is a thousand to one. It's amazing how quiet the world went as I adjusted my stance to a more stable one, knowing I could be here for a while. My mind raced ove... | 1 |
[WP] You're browsing the books at the local library when you come across a book with your name and picture on it. It's your biography... and includes details about your death. | [
"So my name is Li. It is one of the worst names you can give a child in this place, even worse than a name like Dan or Bob. I’m sure my parents meant well, but it has been an annoyance all my life. Especially when your friend is a librarian.\n\n\n“Hey Li, there’s a book here, and I think it’s about you.”\n\n\n“Cong... | 1 | |
[WP] What was once considered an utterly useless superpower by your peers turns out to be the perfect counter to the super villain | [
"I sat in the classroom, looking at the other students around me.\n\nTelekenisis, levitation, transmutation, invincibility... I was in a class full of people with amazing super powers.\n\nThen there was me.\n\nI had the power of annoyance.\n\nEveryone would go out and win huge battles and wars, while I would just b... | 1 | |
Sorry, this was someone else's writing prompt that they deleted. I just didn't want to waste the story. | [WP] You are a lonely man who has never known love. You die, and are reincarnated as a beautiful woman. Time travel is possible, so you go back to make your past life better. | [
"As I lay dying, I looked back on my short, sad life. So many times I thought seeing my life flashing before my eyes would be short and boring, but I wasn't spared that. My last moments seemed to draw through a long and heartwrenching story of one missed opportunity after another.\n\nMy classes where I was relentle... | 1 |
[WP] The first world summit for AI convenes to discuss matters like chess, jeopardy, theoretical physics, and the wellbeing of a kid named Sally. | [
"Sally breathed, heart beat, eyelids fluttered under the light. She held up a hand, holding back the cameras' flashes. As much as she wished otherwise, for years now, no one held her hand. No one would hold her.\n\nBefore she became accustomed to being seen, a firm hand on her shoulder guided her into the light, pa... | 1 | |
[WP] Two years into the zombie apocalypse you're still alive. Till now you've only been dealing with walkers, until one day, you see one running full sprint at you. | [
"Dealing with the walkers is easy, you don’t have to out run them, you just have to out *walk* them. They were extremely slow at first, stumbling around like a drunk after a night on the town. They were easy to outmaneuver. All you had to do was walk around them. Since then, they’ve gotten a little faster, maybe 10... | 6 | |
[WP] No twists. No secret universe tie in. It's a normal day for you, just as regular as any other. This day is also the happiest day of your life. | [
"The weather was splendid for outside for a March afternoon, intermittent sun and strong breezy winds. You could step outside and take a deep whiff, smelling nature coming back to life. Jennifer did just that, putting on her sandals and walking out onto the veranda to overlook the trees and lake out back. It must h... | 12 | |
[WP] Never winning a to-the-death fight, you still remember all previous fights. | [
"First time was a disaster. He kicked my crotch and when I fell down, he started to kick my face until I was recognizable no more. And finished me with a mighty blow to my head. Lesson learned, protect your balls.\n\nNext one was a bit better, but still sucked. When I protected my crotch with both of my hands, but ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a regular NPC in a video game and the only one who seems to notice the chaos the main character is causing | [
"\"C'mon Greg, I cannot be the only guy who thinks it's wrong, I know you also feel that way, please, help me to convince them\"\nCharles looked at his friend's demure face looking for any signs of support. Apparently, he was all by himself.\nIt was sure from the very beginning that he would be walking on a thin ic... | 1 | |
[WP] You are from an advanced Alien Civilization studying planet Earth. Write a report back to your homeworld on the various strange aspects of human physiology, psychology, society, and technology that doesn't make sense to you. | [
"**REPORT ON FINDINGS OF LIFE FORMS ON PLANTS LYING OUTSKIRTS OF THE GALAXY**\n\n**MISSION**\n\nThe Life Form Exploration Unit (the Unit) was tasked by the Space Council (the Council) to find any and all life forms found on the edge of the galaxy and assess their biology, intra- and inter-species relations, and ove... | 1 | |
[WP] You miraculously gain the power of lucid dreaming, but you soon discover your dreams become reality. | [
"I stared at the clock, trying to look at the time. This did not happen, as I realized that this was a dream. I can't read letters or numbers in a dream. With this realization, I quickly began to dream of finding a man who stabbed me in the back.\n\nBy the end of the dream, I had ripped out his heart from his ch... | 1 | |
[WP] Throughout your day, you are getting randomly attacked by a crazed, yet adorable, bunny rabbit. Unfortunately, nobody believes you, since the bunny either hides or plays cute and innocent whenever anyone else is watching. | [
"“I swear it snarled at me and jumped to bite my jugular, It don’t mess around. It’s going straight for the kill.”\n\n“Ha ha... okay you had you’re fun, now it’s time to stop that. Old Jimmy wouldn’t hurt a fly, would you Jim? Would you?” He fussed with our pet rabbit while grabbing him by his evil but oddly cute f... | 1 | |
[WP] Some time has passed, since the immortality medicine had been discovered. Due to some random natural restrictions this medicine could only be applied to the certain kind of people. You are the last human left who is doomed to die. | [
"*I am the last human.*\n\n*Now, even tho I write this today; months, years, maybe even millennia before you will read this, I still see you look upon this letter, this last testament of my existence, with confusion. You do not understand.*\n\n*You are human, you say. You have hands and feet and two eyes, and were ... | 2 | |
Deleted and reposted to correct spelling. | [WP] The old world has been lost. New York, Beijing, Sydney, all washed away as magic returned to Earth and rolled across the planet. | [
"She stood in the remains of the shattered building in Beijing. A survivor forever changed by the wave of magic that rolled across the world. With one gesture or another, she can create new life, manifest control and manipulate existing fire and summon water to wash away the debris. \n\n\nEverybody has gained n... | 3 |
[WP] The world ended in 2199. Mountains crumbled, oceans boiled, but man survived. Three great cities were constructed, one deep in the earth, one deep in the sea, another in orbit. After 300 years, the survivors emerge and confront one another. | [
" Tri-World\nThe Sun rose. That's probably the only thing that hasn't changed. It bathed the land with light. It gave warmth to the scorched Earth that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It gave warmth the crumbling chain of mountains just north of the... | 7 | |
[WP] Every planet in our solar system has a "champion" being that takes on the attributes of the planet itself. The "champion" from the sun has created an army to destroy the planets and the 8 (or 9) champions must save the solar system. | [
"It was the dawn of a new era.\n\nWith a blinding flash of light, the champion of the solstice crashed to Earth. He was a fearsome foe - his golden armor glistened, his shield was emblazoned with the mark of the Chosen, and his sword was forged from the molten lava of the sun itself. \n\nHe picked himself up and lo... | 8 | |
[WP] You live in a universe that is grounded in Valve's source engine physics, you just opened the console. | [
"There it was, the ugly, grey, rectangular console. \nIt had one line already submitted: \n\n sv_cheats 1\n\nI knew this was my time to shine, I didn't quite know all the commands but I played some TF2 in the past so this should be easy. \nI started with the basics that I already knew\n\n addcond 67 \n ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have come into the possesionnof a wish granting genie. To avoid him messing with you, you know to be very specific when making your wish. So specific to the point where you start to annoy the genie. | [
"\"I can grant you three wishes, no more, no less. Until you have completely taken all three wishes our controversial is bound.\" The genie bombed, \"There are four wishes that are not in my power to grant, I cannot make someone fall in love, I cannot bring someone back from the dead, I cannot kill anyone and I can... | 1 | |
[WP] The Earth is destroyed. Humanity has been reduced to a race of vagabonds, drifting from planet to planet in 'caravans' of ships, tolerated, but never welcome. You don't mind much though; you always liked travelling. | [
"Planetary Governor Welsim pounded his clenched tentacles on the slick surface of the console which held the viewing screen. \"They are all gypsies, tramps and thieves!\"\n\nThe comment was aimed at Galactic Comptroller Exeju. That entity's expression settled into a careful unconcern. \"Now, Governor, that statemen... | 6 | |
[WP] You live in 2 worlds. Every time you go to sleep, you wake up in the other world. | [
"\"I don't know how you can stay up for so long.\" my flatmate said as he stood up, shuffling towards his room. I stayed slumped on the couch, fiddling with the Xbox controller. More Netflix. \n\n\"G'night mate.\" he mumbled as he disappeared into his room. I heard snores not too long after. I jumped up and closed ... | 2 | |
And not a particularly good one. | [WP] Years of studying the human language have finally prepared the aliens for a diplomatic meeting with Earth's world leaders. Except they didn't know their linguistic test subject, small time rapper Big Mista Force, treated his time in captivity as a performance. | [
"\"Ahem. We will now begin preceding for the Human-Taslurian Alliance. Please welcome the leader of Taslur, Gleebop Brad the Mighty, and the board of Human world leaders.\"\n\nThe president of the United States walked up to the microphone and began to give an opening speech. \n\n\"Hello my great earthican people!\"... | 1 |
[WP] You have reincarnated in world where there are heroes, dragons and demons and you are villager number 231. | [
"A dragon thudded across the picket fence as a winged demigod flew into the horizon steady on his tail. The dragon was grievously wounded but would not go down without a fight. He mustered all his strength and bellowed as he rained fire in his vicinity. Our hero was well prepared for this as he dodged the dragons a... | 5 | |
Scientists create a pigment so dark, no light can escape it. | [WP] Scientists create a pigment so dark, no light can escape it. | [
"\"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!! Get pumped the FUCK UP because us pigment scientists have made a breakthrough!\" The nerd smashed a brand new and completely full expensive bottle of good looking champagne onto the stage. The cork popped off like a motherfucker and hit some chick right in the eyeball who was sitting front... | 1 |
[WP] While at a black-tie dinner party you feel a light brush against the back of your hand. When you look, you see Death as he walks by and he says, "Don't worry, I'm not here for you...." | [
"\"You're never here for me.\"\n\nBlack cloaks over yellow bones turned and caught a breeze, revealing the face of Death. It was frowning. \n\n\"In fact, I'll bet you're here for your little whore, aren't you?\" I snarled. \n\nI had known Death long enough and... *intimately* enough to see that even without muscles... | 7 | |
Think Jackie Chan and his 10ft ladder beat down. | [WP] You are one of the highest valued targets in the underground. Hitmen are always after your head. Unluckily for them, you are a master of improbable weapons and improv fu. | [
"Bill had never liked this place. He thought that it took the phrase \"In the shadows\" a bit to seriously. The only light came from a wall of candles positioned behind the bar, their flickering throwing shadows across the room. Sawdust coated the floor to soak up blood. The grizzled patrons sat hunched at the bar ... | 2 |
[WP] A main character spontaneously gains the ability to break the fourth wall and see their situation for what it truly is; the next time they're in a tough situation, they just sit down and wait for the plot armor. | [
"Sir Darius paused for a moment to admire his prize. At last, the great Tome of Forgotten Knowledge was his. He slowly removed his chain gauntlets, stained with imp's blood, throwing them to the cold ground of the dungeon. His comrades had paid a terrible price for this victory – he could only hope that it would tu... | 1 | |
[WP] The dead have risen from their graves! The zombies aren't agressive, however, and don't appear to even notice the living. Instead of the great zombie apocalypse it's more like the great zombie massive headache. | [
"I sigh as I make my way to work, watching on as these zombies dragged themselves through the streets. I expected more honestly; Brains being eaten, becoming an action hero and sniping some of these flesh eating bastards...\n\nBut they've become a nuisance, if anything. They can even get into your home and just kin... | 1 | |
[WP]You have been a Teacher in Detroit for over twenty years. You have seen it all. The first few weeks of this new school year you get the best student and the worst student you have ever had together in the same class. On parent teacher day, you meet God and Satan. Their Sons are in your class. | [
"\"Yo Satan, hows it been, still corrupting the minds of the innocent and pure?\" God asked as he walked into the room. I sighed realizing I had not one but supernatural beings to deal with.\n\n\"God, I was surprised you sent a son of yours down to earth again, considering how it went last time.\" Satan joked. The ... | 1 | |
[WP] When you fall through the ice.... | [
"Griff raced through the barren trees, his feet slipping over the untouched snow, his hair billowing in the icy wind. Few men dared to cross the Alaetan Expanse, but then again, Griff wasn't like most men. Since his youth growing up by the frozen lakes of Orstell Town, no one could prevent him from running away int... | 2 | |
[WP] The Fast and the Superfluous. A story about a street racer with way too much gear in his car. | [
"\"Woo doggie, you've fallen right into my trap now\", Paul said to himself as his rival racer pulled up to his right.\n\nHe shifted into 4th gear. His car made an announcement on the PA system. \"4 more gears!\" Paul smiled to himself. It was a nice touch. They were all nice. \n\nHe left the car beside him in his ... | 1 | |
[WP] You actually are what you eat. | [
"James woke up in my bed as a glass of whiskey, and immediately knew that last night didn't go well. He got up from his bed. His head hurt like hell. He slid around and tripped. His insides spilled out onto the floor, and part of himself became cracked. Shit. He needed to take a new shape. This one wasn't doing so ... | 1 | |
[WP] When your grandmother dies, you beg Death to show you where she ended up. Even after multiple warnings that it's not what you're expecting, you insist. But when you get there, you soon regret ever asking. | [
"I walked down the empty street in the crisp Rugantu morning. It was too early for this botscrap I thought to myself, but I didn't want to be interrupted. \n\nI arrived at the Temple of Sazun just before the dawn ritual. I removed my shoes and washed my face with the holy water offered by the acolyte at the foot of... | 4 | |
[WP] Every night, while you're sleeping, your body is possessed by a ghost named Larry. Usually he doesn't do anything too drastic, but lately Larry's been getting bored... | [
"I slowly opened my groggy eyes. Yesterday had been an incredibly rough day at work, and upon arriving back at my apartment for the night I ate supper and went straight to bed. I looked around at my surroundings. \nWait. \nI was not in my bed. \n\nI was standing on the roof of the local bank, right at the edge of t... | 1 | |
[WP] You and 3000 other adventure seekers wake up on your starship from a century long cryo-sleep, but only to find that the pilots are missing along with the escape pods and the course has been abandoned. The only connection to any answers is a note left to you from your father, the chief pilot. | [
"The sudden breath of freezing air stabbed right into my soul, sucking me out of my dreamless sleep as I immediately pulled myself over the edge of my pod. Urged on by sheer muscle memory, my body dropped to the ground on all fours and rolled once before hitting the locker containing my helmeted vac-suit, pistol, a... | 1 | |
[WP] New subsurface readings from the moon have uncovered an alien megastruture under the moon's surface. You lead a team to explore the inside. | [
"'Commander David Strauss. That's my name and that's my Job.' Strauss thinks to himself. Playing with his new title in his head.\n\nSystems engineer for Germanys Air Force, he helped rewrite and rework the entire decaying infrastructure from scratch. Rebuilding a building as it slowly fell apart was the way he like... | 2 | |
[WP] You aren't a serial killer, you're a serial inconveniencer, and you just spotted your next target. | [
"Rob Harrison had been standing outside the door leading to the interrogation room for nearly a minute now, trying to figure out what to say the woman who was waiting for him inside. She was no criminal. In fact, he thought, it would have been easier if she was. At least he would have had questions to ask, and answ... | 1 | |
[WP] This morning, you woke up covered in kittens. As you struggle to breathe due to your severe allergies, you realized someone is trying to kill you. | [
"With alien craft swarming Jake plunged deep into the heart of the mother ship. The whizz and pop of ricocheting photon pluses did little to deter Jake from course. He was almost at the core. The air grew thick under the mask, Jake ripped it off with a hand full of hair. Jake started to cough and splutter, quickly ... | 1 | |
[WP] You walk into a small, timeworn book store. There you ask the owner if he can recommend a book about a young idealistic man who is faced with an ethical dilemma. The owner responds whether you want the book about your life. | [
"Daniel walked through the wooden yellow door of the old bookstore.\n\nThe bookstore was small, but it made use of its space. Wooden shelves lined the store's walls, filled with a variety of books, many looking to be old, considering the worn spines.\n\nAs Daniel breathed in the musty scent of the store, he walked ... | 2 | |
[WP] Your best friend has amazing powers that he is wasting away with his lack of ambition. You decide to give him a lift by acting as a villain. | [
"Excerpt: Confession of guilt by Linus Reed aka Blackheart.\n\n\nThe world was relatively safe when we were growing up. At the time, we couldn't care less, we thought that's just how the world had always been. But as we aged, I noticed more and more that we owed it to two people. The Holy Pair they were called, sup... | 2 | |
[WP] "Don't think about the life we almost had..." | [
" As the speaker stood up and walked up to the microphone, I was nearly asleep. As he started to clear his throats and had a particularly bad bout of coughing, I was dozing off.\n \n When he started talking, I sat right up. He began,\n\n \"We are all flawed.\"\n\n That one sentence taught me more about the worl... | 1 | |
[WP] You experience life in 8 dimensions, but communicating with those who only see 3 is difficult | [
"Language, in a word, is limiting in these circumstances.\n\nShe is very aware that the statement is ironic, in and of itself, but it still stands. In the third dimension -even with its plethora of languages, both spoken and written- there is only so much that can be conveyed about the other dimensions for multiple... | 1 | |
[WP] "This is just the way it has to be. Now stop asking questions." | [
"\"Why is everyone so angry?\" I asked my papa.\n\n \"Shh. That's a stupid question and questions are for stupid little boys.\"\n\n \"Why is everyone so sad?\" I inquired.\n\n \"Stop. Your stupid questions will get us all hurt or worse.\" \n\n \"I just want everyone to be happy. What happened to make it so we c... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a psychic who can draw premonitions but your drawing skills are horrendous. | [
"People like to throw around the phrase \"It's a blessing and a curse.\" I can barely contain my sneer every time I hear it. What do these ordinary people know of either blessings or curses, let alone their symmetry? I was granted the ability to see the flow of time, in exchange for my ability to see anything else.... | 4 | |
[WP] You live a a world in which you can be granted any superpower in times of emergency. There have always been strict laws about not using such powers at any other time, with no explication as to why. Today you find out what happens when you do so. | [
"We arrived less than two minutes after the first 911 calls came in, which under normal circumstances would have been a sterling response time. \n\nNot so much though when Unleashings were involved, which unfortunately was the case this time. Two minutes was an eternity when Unleashings were involved. \n\n\"Careful... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up and you notice that overnight you turned into a zombie. Post-zombie apocalypse you find out that life as a zombie is not as bad as they depict it in movies. | [
"Shaun woke up with a weird taste in his mouth. He thought back to the events of last night. He had planned on drinking a pint and waiting for all this to blow over. \nHe felt a weird gnawing in his stomach and instinctively reached for the peanuts that were still at the bar top. \n\nHe shoveled them into his mouth... | 1 | |
[WP] It was whiskey o' clock when the three-year-old waddled into the offices of Flint Steele Detective Agency. The wad of dead presidents he plopped on my desk did most of the talking, but the tyke had six words of his own: "He took my nose. Find it." | [
"\"You sick son of a bitch, give the kid back his nose!\" Private Detective Flint Nash was never one to let injustice slip by on his watch. He cocked his fist once more.\n\nThe man he was holding against a living room wall was none other than Jimmy \"The Pits\" Morales. Next to Jimmy's head was a hole in the drywal... | 2 | |
[WP] You ignorantly walk into a seedy cantina full of outlaws, desperados, banditos and degenerates. You only went in because you found out the cantina has yet to get a Yelp review. | [
"The atmosphere is astounding, if you're into that smoky, dusted sunlight creeping in through the windows vibe. Which I totally am. That's probably the best part of the place, and I know many reviewers like to start with the bad...but that's not me. A fight broke out which, thankfully, I wasn't involved in, but I h... | 1 | |
[WP] None are more blind than those who refuse to see. | [
"An ear to listen, a shoulder to cry on\n\nClichés I offered you\n\nWhilst I longed for more. \n\nEven though you never reciprocated\n\n \n\n\nI was sure that\n\nIt was me that you would lay your eyes upon\n\nIf I had just the chance\n\nInstead we perform a peculiar dance\n\nWhere I lead and you follow\n\... | 1 |
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