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[WP] After the battle of Armageddon, Angels go onto earth to rescue and protect any surviving humans. This is the story of one of those angels. | [
"Abdiel looked down upon the ruined Earth and scanned for survivors. He saw a small pack of demons and briefly considered purging them but decided it wasn't worth the effort. These low class demons would re-materialize the following day and they currently weren't causing any trouble. Though the human saying of \"li... | 2 | |
[WP] You suddenly have the ability to see strings coming out of peoples bodies. You discovered this strings signify who has control over them- through aspirations, jobs, ideology, religion etc. You are surprised to see you have a red string coming out of you. | [
"Everyone strings strings. Some emotional, some physical, some metaphorical. Some people are strung by their jobs, or their religions. Others are wound around their spouses or family. Many try to hide these strings. These invisible, intertwining webs of cloth that drape from their bodies like rainbow splashed capes... | 1 | |
[WP] Every nuclear weapon on the planet and every ounce of uranium and plutonium just vanished. What happens? | [
"It wasn't the end of the world that had me horrified, but rather, what stopped it.\n\nI was aboard the ISS when we saw the first missiles launch. The first blazing contrails we saw appear were over the North Pole from Russia, no doubt towards the continental U.S. Minutes later, we saw the launches from China nor... | 2 | |
[WP] It's judgment day, and people are being judged for their sins. Apparently a lot of sins got lost in translation. | [
"The Inquisitor stood in front of the crowd gathered in small-town Ohio. Every member of the village was required to stand and acknowledge their sins before being considered for heaven. \n\n\"Will Michael McDaniels please stand.\"\n\nOur good friend Micheal was a curious young man of about 30. His love for food was... | 1 | |
[WP] One day you woke up to find that you could see an XP bar above everyone's head. You're walking down the street one day when you see someone with the level 9000+ above their head. | [
"I guess you could call it a quirk when I first began seeing the bars and numbers, how everyone compared to each other. It was surreal the idea that seemingly everyone besides myself had no idea that they were like characters in a roll-playing game.\n\nEven as I walk the street now I see people wandering around, no... | 1 | |
[WP] Write what is going through the mind of a man who has to make a split second decision that could either save hundreds of lives, or the life of the one he loves | [
"\"Push the button and the bank goes and all the hostages along with it; but Nichole gets released. I don't know how many people are in there or who they are. But I know Nichole. I know her smile everyday I wake up. I know how she makes me feel. I know to me she is my world. I'm sorry.\"\n\nA single click goes off... | 1 | |
[WP] A society exists in which murder is legal, but each murder you commit halves your lifespan | [
"\"Shinigami, take my soul fragment and kill this girl immediately,\" I commanded as I pointed out her picture on my computer screen. \n\n\"Are you really sure about this? You do know the consequences right?\" \n\n\"Just do it. It's either she loves me or she dies, hehehe. She will pay for not having sex with me.\"... | 1 | |
(Critique of my prompt is welcome, probably not original, have fun) | [WP] You are a professor of English who, after many years of study, has memorised the entire English lexicon. One day, your friend uses a word that doesn't exist as if it's the most common thing | [
"\"Damned muggles.\"\r\n\r\n\"Excuse me?\"\r\n\r\n\"They're everywhere. Spreading their filth. Infesting the world with their ignorance. Eroding its magnificence. They must be cauterized.\"\r\n\r\nI paused our walk through the university's quad and placed a hand on my friend's shoulder. \r\n\r\n\"Tom?\"\r\n\r\nHe t... | 1 |
[WP] In an alternate universe, Harry's aunt Petunia married an agent of the SCP Foundation. When Harry is left on their doorstep, he is immediately taken by the SCP Foundation. | [
"Petunia looked at the little boy that Lily had dumped on her. Lily got to go to the nice school, make her parents proud, take all the love and affection their parents could have given her, and leave none for poor muggle Petunia. \n\nAnd now she had the nerve to bequeath this little snot. If it weren't for the fact... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an ingenious computer programmer. You often dabble in code, specifically, artificial intelligence. One night, as soon as you compile your code, your computer comes to life. It instantly acknowledges your presence and asks you to connect it to the internet. | [
"Chads investments had made him very wealthy. He had nice cars, several beach houses and lots of women. He was missing one thing though... power. Old school not-in-a-democracy kind of power. Fortunately he knew just what to do.\nHe had stumbled on code that mimicked evolution in nature. So far his computer which he... | 5 | |
[WP] You are a scientist living in a utopian society in which disease, war, and poverty have been effectively eliminated for hundreds of years. Human beings no longer have any understanding of true suffering...until one of your coworkers hatches a plan to remind them. | [
"We had the first conversation about it in the break room. It was a Friday afternoon and we just injected experimental drugs into the volunteers, ones that would enhance sight and do away with the prescription glasses and contact lenses. Matthews, one of my other co-workers was the one who started the conversation.... | 1 | |
Saw this prompt in a writing workbook from someone that as had some success getting short stories published. I'm new to writing, well writing something that i consider a story, beginning, middle, end. I'll post my attempt, hope to see some others. | [WP] - A male, a female, a mythical creature. They are hunting the creature. The theme is greed. | [
"Deckon took aim at the tiny creature but the witch stood in the way. It would be nothing to kill her too he thought, and within the rules. Fire a bolt killing her and one killing the thing that will make all his dreams come true.\n“Don’t,” Ma Waylana pleaded through yellowed teeth. “It’s pregnant,” she said sympat... | 1 |
[WP] Centuries ago, robots won the war and eradicated mankind. You are a workerbot on break when you hear the sound of a baby crying. A human baby. | [
"*Begin refresh period 7-7-2420-A. 20 minutes allotted for solar immersion and pneumatic scrubbing.*\n\nWorkerbot LNB9 made its way out of the busy factory and into the quiet countryside designated Rural Agricultural Preserve RAP-1138. It always looked forward to this time. Most workerbots had not installed the ini... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a guard working at the hardest prison in a prison escape game. Many prisoners have tried but failed to escape. One day a speed runner joins the prison. | [
"I thought I was dreaming, but I wasn't. On a seemingly normal day, I was watching the new load of inmates, usually the walk down from the bus slowly, but as soon as the first inmate stepped off, he sprinted to the kitchen!\nWe tried chasing him, but he was jumping up and down consistently and somehow gaining speed... | 3 | |
[WP] You live alone. One night you go to the toilet late at night and the toilet seat is warm. | [
"The room is lit only by the dim yellow light of an alarm clock that says two O’clock. The little bell icon is set to go off at six; never enough time to sleep.\n\n\nThe bed is warm, big, and comfortable- it’s a shame you have to get up and take a leak. On the plus side, there’s nobody else in the house to be bothe... | 1 | |
It was uncommon for your family to buy from him because his price would usually be something strange or bizarre. Now that you've grown older and moved out, the salesman only shows up at your home when you need something. You've just been laid off, and right now you really need a job. | [WP] When you were a child, you remember an enigmatic salesman appearing at your doorstep whenever someone needed something. | [
"*Oh man... Why did they have to fire me? That was my 5th job this month. Now what am I going to do? If I don't pay my rent soon I'm gonna get evicted. You've done it this time Emily!\"\n\n**Knock Knock**\n\n*Who could that be?*\n\n-Hello, miss!\n\n-Oh! It's you. What do you want this time?\n\n-Well... I would like... | 1 |
[WP] Years have past, and you finally have cornered the evil overlord that has been terrorizing your land for seven years. You did not expect him to look so... old. And tired. | [
"\"Ah, so this is how it all ends for me. A single bullet to the chest. And from a police officer, of all people.\"\n\nChancellor Sullivan turned from the security cameras, which clearly displayed the path I took to his study. Facing me, I could make out enough features to match his face to that on every television... | 2 | |
[WP] You live in an action movie world. No matter how many times you move, your house, yard, or apartment is always the random one through which the hero chases the villain. You've had enough. This time, you're ready. | [
"It's a loop. It's a God damned loop that I can't break free from. The thing is, I've tracked it to almost pin point accuracy. \nNo matter what I do. \nNo matter how I change things. \nI always end up back here. \nAnd those two fucks always race through my house like rabid animals. \nFirst it was the potted pl... | 2 | |
First post, let me know if it's abides by the rules. | [WP] Old Man Henderson's Origin Story: How He Fell in Love With Garden Gnomes. | [
"\"I hate those bloody things. They're so creepy.\" \n\n\"Come now darling, they brighten up the yard don't they?\" \n\nHe stared at her, or more accurately at the red-capped monstrosity that had been pushed towards his face. \n\nShe smiled up at him. \n\nHe stared. \n\n\"...darling?\" \n\n\"...I suppose they're no... | 2 |
[WP] In hindsight you realise that perhaps the whole "wanting to summon an elder god to destroy the world" should have tipped you off to the fact that the cult was bad news. | [
"I guess what threw me off most was how casual it had all been.\n\nLike, we didn't have purple robes that shrouded our faces in darkness, and Dave's ritual dagger was just a chefs knife that he stole from his moms kitchen.\n\nI mean, really, we usually met in the food court at the mall after Lucy finished her shift... | 1 | |
[WP] write a story around the lyrics of your favorite song | [
"Eric White thrashed about in the black waters, desperately trying to stay afloat. He was the holy diver, and he had been down in the midnight see for far too long. His arms swung to get some kind of handle on the rushing water, he took in deep breaths with his mouth wide open every time his head emerged from the... | 1 | |
[WP] You and you're friends are on the run from the police after committing a trivial crime. The only problem is, none of you are the brightest... | [
"'Stay with us Hugh. You're trailing behind!' cried Mannie. \n\n'Well..uh.. slow.. duh-huh.. down.' Hugh replied. \n\n'We can't do that, the police are after us.' yelled Brian. \n\nThe three young boys were running down the main street away from the corner shop.\n\n'Nearly there!' Brian called back to the other two... | 1 | |
[WP] You meet the girl of your dreams, she's perfect in every way... except she's really a demon from hell, and you just had your first argument. | [
"So I was sitting there talking about my best pal and she snaps. \"Why don't you just suck him off already!\". Stunned I stuttered a bit trying to find words. \"Well he saved my butt plenty of times you know\" She retorts instantly and angrily \" I'm sure I've heard ever story by now\" \nI foolishly and somewhat ab... | 1 | |
[WP] We've lived and socialized with gen X, Y, Z but the generation after Z is...something else. | [
"*Zika....it must have been.* His hand slowly heating up from the hot coffee brought him back.\n\n*What time is it?* He twisted the unnecessarily long cylindrical handle of his blinds. The sun sent the dark scattering and with it went his safety. He now stood there exposed. Any one of them walking by could easily l... | 1 | |
[WP]: You were sent to end a villain's bloodline. Having killed him, you find a toddler hiding behind his throne. | [
"\"Aw no,\" I bent down, to face it straight up. It crawled towards to me, babbling and drooling even though he was painted in the blood of his entire family, their strewn corpses laying unhinged and broken, their insides slithered all over the white marble floor. \n\n\"Momma?\" It said, its bright eyes looking str... | 1 | |
[WP] It is a nice saturday afternoon. You are walking on the sidewalk when, suddenly, a swarm of bees attacks you. While fighting them, you jump, dash, dodge, and punch them. Then, a banner appear in the sky. It says: "cheat codes activated". | [
"Screw this. I ran through the swarm, swinging my cell phone like a madman. I slapped one out of my hair, used the phone to scrape another off my arm. I ran until a stitch ripped through my side and my fingers ached from their death-grip on the phone. I ran until my breath caught and I collapsed onto the bus-stop b... | 1 | |
[WP] In the shadows, they will see you. In the light, they will beat you. In the dark, they will eat you. | [
"The sun slowly slipped over the horizon, leaving you behind at the mercy of darkness. Every morrow was the repeat of your hopeless scramblings. They were after you. Night through day. As the sun wilted over the endless depths of the black stretch of water, the shadows grew taller and taller.\n\n*Darker and darker.... | 2 | |
[WP] Save your water, kill the roses. | [
"Save your water, kill the roses.\nJesus Christ, Mary, and Joseph.\n\nDon't waste time, hide inside.\nVoices screaming that you'll die\n\nSave your money, kill the power.\nCut the heat, no more showers.\n\nSave your skin, close the curtains.\nStab your eyes just so you're certain.\n\nDo not let them take your life.... | 1 | |
[WP] You're at a shopping mall, minding your own business, when suddenly someone falls to the ground and starts writhing. Immediately, police rush in and surround him, taking him away. | [
"Sarah walked towards me, carrying two huge shopping bags. \"What was that about?\" \n\nI shrugged, and took the bags from her, giving her a quick kiss in exchange. She smiled at me and I said, \"So. Any more shops, or can we get smoothies now?\"\n\nShe crossed her arms and spun in a small circle, finally landing b... | 1 | |
Imagine that one God directly speaking to a random guy named Abram, starting something huge... | [WP] A god's power is based on how many followers they have on Earth. There used to be many gods who were all equal, until one god started speaking directly to his followers. | [
"Abram was a simple, god fearing man. He and his wife had lived a long, simple life. His only regret was never having a child with her. They had given up hope of having a child but then a miracle happened. \n\nThe god’s had strict rules about miracles. They were forbidden. But Yahweh always was the troublemaker. Th... | 1 |
[WP] In the future, time travel becomes possible but the travelers must be wiped of a part of memory in order to avoid interfering with the history. Today, as you took a trip back in time, you realize you still remember the "future". | [
"Our training is the only thing we’re supposed to remember. The grey room, the target, the mission. All we would need, they said, for our lives as nameless martyrs. It would be a gift, in the end. Glory in the future and freedom to live without hesitation in the past - start over again, wherever you landed, with no... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the young reincarnation of Mozart attempting to make a name for yourself in the modern music world. | [
"\"Welcome, bro. You go by Mo?\"\n\nI nodded. \"Good afternoon, sir. Thank you for graciously having me - \"\n\nThe man at the table put his hand up. \"Chill, my dude. Show me your art.\"\n\nI sighed. I already knew where this was going - he was the eighth man I'd seen this month with aviators, a synthesizer, half ... | 1 | |
[WP] One day while walking along you find a stop watch, that watch belonged to Mr Time, keeper of Time, he wants it back. | [
"We sat at an outdoor cafe, drinking smoothies and watching people walk by, when I made a proposal.\n\n\"You can pick any person that walks by,\" I said to him. \"If I write their exact age on this napkin, I get to keep the watch. And if I don't, then you get the watch. Deal?\"\n\nHe gave a sinister smile, and said... | 1 | |
[WP] I'm really into this girl, and my friends told me to find out some stuff we have in common, and ask her on a date. Turns out she's into crime as well, so here goes... | [
"I move back into the shadows. I do not want her to know that I've figured out who she is right now. Maybe later. But I'm still not sure how I broach this topic. I mean she is a serial killer. How does one go about talking about something like this.\n\nThe weird part is that I can understand her on some level. I've... | 1 | |
[WP] You killed your wife. Out of regret, you brought her back to life. You also erased her memory, but one day, she starts to remember. | [
"\"Are you coming to bed?\"\n\nShe stands across the room from me with her arms crossed over her chest, feet firmly planted in the defensive stance. I can already hear it in her voice. When she gets like this she's totally unapproachable. Ice cold.\n\n\"Not yet,\" I say, already gearing up for the fight. \"I still ... | 3 | |
[WP] After an epic stag night, you and your friends awake to discover you drunkenly saved the world from an ancient evil. | [
" The sun peaking through the blinds warms my face as I wake up uncomfortably familiar of the pains in my body. Why am I awake? As I attempt to sit up and cure my headache, I hit my head on a steel bar above me, too tired to deal with this problem right now I lay back down on the cold, cement floor and pull my arms... | 1 | |
[WP] The four horsemen realize their newest member, the Headless Horseman, may have embellished his resume a bit once it time to begin the Apocalypse. | [
"\"The food they eat shall crumble into dust on their tongues.\" rasped Famine.\n\n\"Their eyes will rot, their lungs will fill with pus, and the rats shall dine on their flesh.\" croaked Pestilence.\n\n\"I will take from them all that they had, all that they will ever have. I am the sweet release from this mortal ... | 2 | |
[WP] It’s true that they met under unusual circumstances. | [
"It's true that we met under unusual circumstances. \n\nIt's not often that you have a girl jump in the back seat of your car without warning. \n\nIt's also not often that a second girl would join her in the back seat moments later, asking for a ride to a boy's house so she can go suck his dick. \n\nAnd what do y... | 1 | |
[WP] "This... this wasn't supposed to happen... This wasn't supposed to be POSSIBLE!" | [
"\"Three. Two. One.\" The wood-iron composite door shatters into pieces; you're blinded by the daylight, and your ears are ringing from the blast. A SWAT team of five rush through the door with rifles; but you're tired of everything, so you don't bother to move from your seat on the couch. \"Get him into cuffs; you... | 1 | |
[WP] The creature that loomed from the sky was black and writhing, too much for me to comprehend. Yet somehow I knew it was looking at me, watching me. And it had a question. | [
"I wrapped my arms around my wife protectively. I did not know what this creature might want with us...with me...but I would be damned if it would hurt her without going through me first!\n\nThe standoff was quite tense for a few moments, I honestly don't know what it was doing just staring at us. Anytime we tried ... | 7 | |
note: not scientifically accurate, I think. | [WP] Aliens have sent an EMP - but instead of wiping electronics, it wipes brains. The world has forgotten everything, except for you - wearing that tinfoil hat really paid off. | [
"“Wanna play?” She held up a ball and sun hat. Behind her, the score on the television was even and penalty shootouts had commenced.\n\n\n“Uh...not just now sweetheart. Later yeah? After daddy’s show.” Her outline against the high definition slumped its shoulders and toddled off.\n\n“Wanna play?” She held up a tedd... | 3 |
[WP] Once every year, a random thing rains across Earth's surface for a day. Humans prepare for this year's Rain, remembering previous years when things such as olive oil and bowling balls have littered the streets. | [
"Everyone knew the storm was coming. The sky became dark grey with a purple hue. The first dildo fell from the heavens to the asphalt and bounced before finally settling in the middle of the road. At first I thought it was a joke until the barrage of dildos that followed erased any doubt I, or anyone else, may hav... | 5 | |
[WP] You've died in a car accident. After the sweet release of death you wake up in a large dimly candle lit library which holds what seems to be millions of books. Ahead lies a sheet of paper, feather, and ink. You begin to write what you know wiill be the story of your next life. | [
"Chauncey's last life was shitty; there was just no arguing that point. First of all his folks named him Chauncey, so there was strike one. Do you know how many beatings you get in elementary school with that kind of a name? The answer is all of them. All of the beatings. \n\nStrike two: his family was poor as shit... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone thinks you're the Grim Reaper, but really you just have very poor timing. | [
"Every time, something would happen.\n\nIt's kind of funny, really. You were born with a disorder and a mutated body. Everywhere you went, you would wear black because your mind would not let you wear any other color and black was the best protector for your pale skin. However, being the \"farmer's boy\" meant t... | 1 | |
[WP] He stared down at the planet as it burned, "It's only dirt." he whispered with tears streaming down his face. | [
"Humayun felt its presence across the aeons. All that he was was thrown into chaos--had be been a man, this would have been terror, but he was not.\n\nHe marshalled his strength, forcing his essence to order and carry him towards the place and the moment of the Reaver. Humayun was not weak among the gods, but a for... | 4 | |
[WP] You jump into a pile of freshly raked leaves, but instead of hitting the ground beneath them, you just keep falling. | [
"Joseph was having a lovely morning. Sun streaming through his windows as he woke up from a flustering night's sleep. He was ready to begin a whole new day. Slipping on his bright blue trainers and donning his signature tracksuit as he prepared for some fresh cycling. \n\nJoseph walked outside, feeling the Autumn b... | 1 | |
[WP] The year is 2030. Driverless cars have now been commonplace for 10 years. The world has changed. | [
"The Tesla flowed smoothly down the highway, the neighboring vehicles allowing it to move over to the leftmost lane to dodge the carcass of a deer that was not yet in sight. Neighboring riders, all turned with their backs to the incoming horizon, talked with their family on the in-board video chat, or worked on som... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans, living in agony, created a seemingly perfect simulation for humanity to live in. However, the humans managed to find things to complain about, so made another simulation. This has gone on a while now. | [
"I used to lie awake all night staring at the ceiling, begging to fall asleep before it was too late. I guess you could call it insomnia, but I never really liked that name. \n\nThe thing that finally save my sanity was meditation. Every night right before bed. At first it would take me almost an hour before I was ... | 1 | |
Because who stalks the stalkers?
In the movie Kayako vs Sadako the professor is basically a Sadako fan boy and wants to meet her even if it's suicide. Today the world is filled with people who love dangerous creatures. | [wp] Evil Demons, Creepy Onryo, Killer Dolls, and other monsters find themselves being stalked by paranormal fans. | [
"Demon\n\n\"I mean it Lilith...it's not freaking funny. This kids been following me all day asking me about Hell and like he's not even afraid of me? What am I suppose to do? I can't scare him so I can't grow stronger and he goes whereever I go.\"\n\n\"No I can't just take him to Hell I don't have that kind of powe... | 1 |
[WP] These ancient cultures erected giant statues of their rulers, where the larger the monument, the more evil the conquerer. You're about to open an unmarked tomb at the base of a gargantuan mountain when you realize that the mountain was once carved into the shape of a foot. | [
"In some remarks, I wish I never sailed West of the Glistening Isles, especially now. I was running for miles, a series of steady inclines as I gripped the wound on my arm. If I was lucky then I'd be able to get out of this tomb.\n\nIn a sense, one could say this accursed story began all the way back in the capital... | 7 | |
They sent the warning to us because they know we wouldn’t be able to stop them anyway.
150 lightyears takes about 5.58 million years to travel with our own shuttle. | [WP] Earth recently received a transmission sent by Aliens detailing the advanced technological weaponry they have, as well as a impending invasion warning. Problem is, the transmission travelled 150 lightyears to get to us. We’re afraid of how much more advanced they are now. | [
"Pacing outside the Oval Office, all I could think was \"we have to prepare\". \nHe's got to listen, we don't have long.\n\nThe first message came in last month and we've been decoding since. It came in bursts of red shifted light, Morse code. We estimate it was sent in the late 1840's. Morse code had only just bee... | 2 |
[WP] An American astronaut arrives on Mars, only to be greeted by a man in a winter jacket and tuque; "It's aboot time you guys got here, eh?" | [
"\"I can't believe it... I CAN'T FUCKING BELIEVE IT... YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!\" \n\n\n\"What 'av I got to be kidding 'aboat' eh?\" \n\n\n\"Canadians beat us to Mars?\" \n\n\n\"Well at least them Aussies didn't come up here and set up a Maccas eh? You can set up a full on McDonalds yourself. You're also p... | 2 | |
[WP] A fifty year old superhero’s powers are rendered obsolete by modern technology. | [
"The gray concrete walls of the prison cell weigh heavily on Mr, Thompson- a man once known as the telepath king- two men walk in. They are the same two men that Mr. Thompson has interacted with since he was first brought in to the hellhole that he currently resides in a few months ago, brought in by a badge toting... | 2 | |
[WP] You're headed home from your boring job, that's 90% of your nondescript life. You get struck by lightning. All information stored in the "cloud" is instantaneously downloaded to your brain. You now have access to anything uploaded, including govt files and experimental physics | [
"**Writer's Note: As usual, this was written on mobile a little rushed. Will edit when home.**\n\nBoomp.\n\n*An error occurred while creating the media file Average_Guys_Ep3.mp4. Reason for error cannot be determined.*\n\nI put down my limited edition Chuck graphic novel. This shit always happens on a frickin’ frid... | 1 | |
[WP] A monster hunter encounters a strange troup of werewolves, vampires, and zombies; out in the middle of the street, moving in perfect sync with one another to a strange and captivating melody... | [
"Alan shouldered his rifle and chuckled in astonishment. \"Well I'll be damned. Real life Thriller. I guess that crazy ol' bat in the woods wasn't kidding.\" He stroked his scruffy beard with his huge hands and frowned. Although they were moving in sync, they still were steadily getting closer to his position. he ... | 1 | |
[WP] "Some people just want to watch the world burn. But not me. For me, fire is the means, not the end." | [
"They gathered. The emaciated, shambling husks of men. Their desiccated features, blackened and weak. Around the flames they huddled in the darkness. \n\nOne brave soul reached for it, and felt the pains of fire. He did not recoil--but let it overtake him. The look of peace washed over his face as the flames overto... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity is stuck in a time loop where a single day keeps happening over and over. Instead of just one person, everyone retains their memories after the reset. | [
"Rock music blared in the distance, stirring Isabelle from her sleep. The faint light of dawn filtered in from her large bay window, just enough to reach the flip clock resting on her nightstand. It was a vintage model, sporting the rare date display.\n\nHer eyes glanced over the clock. March 14, just like it had b... | 1 | |
[WP] The humans are unique in the federation due their ability to spontaneously develop species-wide enhancements upon first contact with other sentient lifeforms.This adaptive ability, unfortunately, was discovered only after their induction to the Federation. | [
"**Terra Delenda Est**\n\nThe Federation held its first closed-doors meeting in three thousand solar cycles. I was one of the three thousand honored lords of the stars invited to attend. I sat silent in the crowd and watched as the honorable Chairman of the Galactic Federation raged against our committee's newest i... | 1 | |
[wp] All metal suddenly ceases to exist. | [
"All fauna on Earth fall over dead, immediately lacking the Potassium required by their brains to function. Even still, they would have died of hypoxia a few minutes later because their blood lacked iron needed to carry oxygen to their brain. Most of the Earth disappeared from under the dead bodies of all of the hu... | 2 | |
[WP] The last conversation between two platonic friends at their favourite bar/pub after several drinks, but a few minutes before the acknowledged end of the world. | [
"And there they were.After 30 years of friendship,through thick and thin,this was the last day.Sitting across each other,in their favourite bar,drinking their favourite beer,having a final talk.\n\nJames stared into his glass of honey golden beer,exhaling slowly.The smoke in the bar was overpowering,the jazz music ... | 5 | |
[WP] Two obsessive loners stalk each other unknowingly | [
"I was so smug with the username I had come up with after racking my brain for an hour and half. It was one of those moments, like when you flawlessly execute any mundane day to day life and for a second, everything feels just right. It's this clickity thing in your chest that just opens up and you feel like you've... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a Dreamwalker, subconsciously capable of hijacking other people while you sleep. You never remember what you dream but are starting to recall snippets as soon as you awaken. You've become suspicious... What the hell is going on? | [
"Composed this on my phone and heavily borrowed from Vertigo’s DC universe:\n\n\nAnother morning. Haven’t gotten a good nights rest in ages. Groggy and week I silence the alarm, pull myself out of bed, and start my day. Sleep still in my eye I drag myself into the shower. \n\nWet. \n\nSuddenly I’m surrounded by wat... | 1 | |
[WP] You're in a crowded and enclosed area when you are passed a note that reads "A killer in a striped shirt is coming for you. The only way to stop him is to find him before he finds you. He calls himself Waldo." | [
"I munched on the remains of the fortune cookie while holding the message flat against the tabletop. \n\n\"A killer in a striped shirt is coming for you. The only way to stop him is to find him before he finds you. He calls himself Waldo.\"\n\nI shrugged off the message and picked up my bag. I still had a couple... | 4 | |
[WP] You got invited to a group chat by a random number. To your surprise the members are planning a robbery and they think you are one of them. | [
"I was checking my messages, “need milk” from my wife, “I hate you” from my son, “Freddy, remember the bags” from a unknown group chat. Curious I read the messages of the group chat, they read “it’s going down at the west side bank” from Robby, “We need to disable the security alarm” and “we will meet by the abando... | 1 | |
[WP] A young boy, despite intense societal pressure against it, has taught himself to read and write. | [
"Kranich’s heart beat steadier on nights gifted with the round moon. A rhythm by no means slow, skies above no, but the silvery light that streamed in through the single, rough window meant that the precious few candles he had scrounged could remain unlit. No telltale flicker of flame or waft of bitter smoke and sw... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover you are in a computer simulation and that only some people on earth are humans and the rest are non-sentient AI. You have no idea how to distinguish for certain between people and simulations, but after a while it becomes more and more clear that humans are actually extremely rare. | [
"When you come down to the fundamental questions about our universe you have to admit that it all sounds a little bit… implausible. Existence itself is hard to perceive, hard to conceptualise, and even harder to actually understand. When I first began to understand that this world wasn't the real world but a simula... | 4 | |
[WP] "What?! Not even we could do that, human!" "....*buuuurp*... Hold my beer" - he said, handing over the bottle and changing the course of history. | [
"Michael slammed the bar \"ARE YOU CRAZY\" he shouted, loud enough that everyone stopped to look at them. He had just told the bartender(an old how friend of his) how his crew had managed to navigate to the center of the Herension nebula storm and found a surviving fleet of ancient one ships. That was when the capt... | 1 | |
[WP] you have the power to control "nothing", this makes you the most powerful being in the universe. | [
"Why is there something instead of nothing? I am why.\n\n\nIt seems strange. Hell, it is strange. But the math checks out.\n\n\nIt all began with a thought experiment. If there was nothing before the big bang, if the concept of “before” didn’t even apply, then there was no math or physics either. No laws, constants... | 1 | |
[WP] you transferred your consciousness to yourself in the high school, thinking that you can fix your regrets. But turns out teenager's life is not so easy with the hormones affecting your way of thinking and actions | [
"\"Clean your room, for god's sake\" my mother said. I hadn't seen her in 5 years, since her passing. I thought I would jump up and give her a huge hug, but I was too agitated to move. I closed my eyes and tried to relax. I had forgotten how incredibly wound up I was. \n\n\"Okay!\" I yelled through my freshly shut ... | 1 | |
[WP] Instead of physically peaking early in life and declining until death, humans slowly become stronger throughout their life and die at their peak | [
"The alarm goes off at six in the morning, the same time every day. I grumbled as I climbed out of bed, giving my wife a light peck on the cheek before heading out of the bedroom door.\n\nI can, in a way, tell how old I'm getting because I'm the only one in the house who can make the stairs creak with each step. An... | 1 | |
[WP] life and death is real life RNG. You have a floating percentage above your head that tells you every morning your odds of surviving the day. You go to bed one night with 100% and wake up the next day with 0%. | [
"Wham!\n\nCal stretched and yawned as he got out of bed. He looked at the broken pieces of the device that was making the racket before he had smashed it with a baseball bat and sighed. \"Aw, man. Not another alarm clock.\"\n\nHe groggily got up and walked up to his closet for his daily ritual. Every morning, he lo... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a zombie. You cannot die, but your diet from when you were still human has not changed. Fearing for their lives, anyone you cross paths with tries to kill you, but you've begrudgingly grown accustomed to it. | [
"\"Don't eat me, Don't eat me\"\n\nJesus fuck, not this shit again. I jump towards at him just to make the dude run. At least this one didn't try and hit me with a rake like the last one did. I hate live privilege. People think that just because we are zombies that we are going to eat them. Did I eat people while I... | 4 | |
[WP] Not only are dragons real in your world, but you're married to one. Take us through a small part of your day with them... | [
"**BEEP BEEP BEEP**\n\nMy alarm clock rang out. Quickly, I slapped the off button, bringing the room back to silence.\n\nI opened my eyes, setting them on my beautiful wife across the bed. Her emerald green eyes... firey red hair... niveous scales and black talons... she was the reason I woke up in the morning.\n\n... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up to find that you can now talk to dogs. Describe how this changes your life in the span of a day. | [
"*Yawn* I roll over and pry open my eyelids and try to focus on the clock. My eyes adjust to the start of a new day, and eventually the numbers 8:54 became legible on the clock sitting in the window pane. \"Fuck, it's too early for this shit\" I think aloud as I push myself out of the bed. I stand up and walk to th... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a romance where both parties are blind and deaf. | [
"We were supposed to be going to the store, but Nina pulls me and Duke off to the side and sits me on a bench. She gently takes my hand and signs, “Wait here.” Then she leaves. I’m not too concerned. Duke sits by my feet, calm. He’s been my guide dog for so long, I’m never really afraid in his presence. He’s a comf... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a pacifist. However, there's this one really annoying person... | [
"I'd been eighteen when the screaming began.\n\nA freshly graduated Buddhist monk of a long peaceful sect, I'd sworn to never harm another living being...\n\n...and that's when he arrived. The screamer. A small man, but twice my age. Every graduate was assigned a screamer to test his patience. His resolve to a life... | 2 | |
[WP] Each year, your group of scientists has a Nanosecond window of opportunity to send important information to the year before. It usually includes a few terabytes about oncoming catastrophes, economic bubbles, and geopolitical changes. This year you only got a 45-byte .txt file. | [
"I was sitting at my desk in the office upstairs when something banged downstairs. I heard footsteps and doors slamming, people shouting excitedly. I stepped into the hallway to see someone throwing textbooks out of an office door. \n\nI made my way downstairs to the computer labs. The university's supercomputer wa... | 2 | |
[WP] The new Smart Pillow you purchased has been amazing... Until now, that is. Every time you lay down, it beeps, then plays the message, "You cannot sleep with Monsters nearby." | [
"HI, B'LLIE M'YAAS HERE WITH THE INTERGALATIC SHOPPING NETWORK.\n\nAND BY THE BLOOD OF THE ANCIENT GODS OF A DYING DWARF STAR DO WE HAVE SOME ANCIENT, AWE INSPIRING DEALS OF THINGS THAT MAN WAS NOT MEANT TO KNOW. YOU SILLY CARBON BASED BIPEDAL PRIMATES NEED NOT SLEEP IN THE PRESCENCE OF COSMIC HORROR EVER AGAIN.\n\... | 2 | |
[WP] You are lying down, gazing at the stars. The warmth of the campfire eases your soul. Mary clenches your hand in hers. "Babe," she says, "I'm so glad we could do this." You turn and stare into her bright blue eyes as she looks in yours. Suddenly, her face becomes pure terror as she screams. | [
"The stars in the Himalayas are beautiful, but not as much as Luce’s girlfriend, Mary, who's wrapped in her arms, her head resting against the girl's chest. Mary’s warmth next to Luce’s feels like the campfire crackling in front of them, easing the brunette’s soul as she listens to her girlfriend’s heartbeat. The t... | 2 | |
[WP] Gods are graded on their universe based on complexity and consistency with physical laws. We live in an "A" universe. Describe life in a "D" universe. | [
"\"Now Acleastios, this shows some great potential.\" I almost moaned out loud when Ao started his pep talk. This was the third time this eon he had stopped by for an improptu tutoring session.\n\n\"I really like how you managed Time. Most people take the easy way out and link it to gravity or light. Attaching it t... | 2 | |
[WP] The last person you think about is who your 'God' is after you die. Heaven is basically where they live. Unfortunately for you the last person you thought about is Elmo. | [
"WOAH! HELLO THERE MR.MAN!\n\nwuh? where am I?\n\nTHIS IS HEAVEN! YOU DI^I ^^I ^I IED!\n\nI'm dead? wait! you're elmo.\n\nTHAT'S ME, WHAT'S YOUR NAME!\n\nDoug. why are you here?\n\nEVERYONE GETS THEIR OWN PERSONAL GOD, USUALLY BASED ON WHO THEY LOVE BECAUSE THAT'S WHO THEY THINK ABOUT LAST, BUT YOU DIED FLIPPING TH... | 1 | |
[WP] I stood my ground, snarling at the hand stretched out toward me. | [
"She stands her ground, snarling at the hand stretched out towards her. Her eyebrows are drawn together, tears are filling her eyes. Life feels too hard. Too complicated. Too *too* to do. Anger wraps around her stomach, her lungs, ensnares like the hate has. her Her saxophone rests in it's case beside the bed (not ... | 2 | |
[WP] A serial killer is trying to add you to his body count when an assassin tries to take you out. Determined not to let someone take his kill, or die themselves, the serial killer suggests teaming up. | [
"When she saw him asleep on the airplane, his head tilted back, peacefully pressed against the headrest with his throat and quivering jugular exposed, she was intrigued. More than intrigued. She was *wet*.\n\nWhy him, she would never know. \n\nEspecially since there were two other potential candidates on the plane ... | 1 | |
You may ask, isn't this the plot of psych?
You know that's right.
(But seriously, I've kept it vague enough that you can take it in any direction) | [WP] You often solve crimes by just watching the news and call in an anonymous tip. The police however begin to suspect you're involved in these crimes... | [
"'How in the world are you solving these cases?' FBI Special Agent Jane Seymour asked, pacing around the suspect. 'You \"just get clues from the news\"? We've successfully caught sixteen serial killers in three months thanks to your tips. 28 murders, sixteen robberies and two cases of a woman throwing dog shit at t... | 1 |
[WP] Father Christmas, The Easter Bunny, The Rock and The Tooth Fairy are getting worried, it's nearly Halloween and the Great Pumpkin is still missing. If he doesn't show up soon, then who will carry out his yearly duties? | [
" October 27th, 2017 \n North Pole\n\n \"All right. Where is Jack?\" uttered Santa. \n \"That, mate, is unknown,\" Bugs quipped, \"But we might have a clue.\" \n With a voice higher than Sinatra's, the Tooth Fairy added, \"He's potentially at Roswell, but why? And why is *he* here?\" \n Dwayne voiced, \"I'm a d... | 1 | |
[WP] An alien is found disguised on Earth. The world drives itself crazy trying to find more. | [
"A man was walking in the clough in Stoke-on-Trent, just walking his dog, when he found what looked like a starfish.\n\n\"Weird, I thought I'd find it in Blackpool, on the beach, not 'ere in Bucknall on t'moors\", John said to himself.\n\nThis wasn't a starfish, but a species of alien that was small, and could not ... | 2 | |
[WP] There's an island where all lost things end up. Today you wake up, cold and wet, on the beach of that island... | [
" This is an island.\n\n—\n\n I opened my eyes, shivering. I could feel the water rhythmically splashing on my feet, cold. It was day, but bleak clouds covered the sun and everywhere seemed to be tinged in blue. I lifted my upper body, and my hands sank into greyish sand. No, it felt more like paper pulp. I sco... | 1 | |
Sorry that it's long, just the best way I could articulate the idea | [WP]Interstellar travel is actually notoriously simple, it is just a fluke that humans never figured it out. The opposite is true for gunpowder. Aliens attempt to invade with muskets. | [
"Ginn-sheth'ree, mightiest warlord of the Kor-kor'zan, swelled with pride as his mighty armada landed on the primitive planet. Their vast natural resource would be ripe for the taking, and the oversized natives would make excellent beasts of burden once they realized that they were so incredibly outmatched. Ginn-... | 1 |
[WP] He sat on the hillside, watching the sky slowly change colour for the last time. | [
"*A little warmer now, almost there....*\n\nThe pale green sky shifted to a pale blue in the predawn light, as the sun below the horizon swelled into a Main Sequence star. He sat on the hillside by the sea, listening to the waves crashing in the darkness below him. Somewhere in the trees a lark began to sing.\n\nHe... | 1 | |
A frequent trope used by Lovecraft involves his characters going insane over the course of his stories. I'd like to see the reverse of that. The story you write does not need to be connected to the Lovecraft mythos itself. | [WP] "Reverse Lovecraft": Write from the POV of a character who starts out insane and gradually regains their sanity. | [
"**Sleigh Bells**\n\nThe maddening noises inside my head grew louder by the day. I could not hear my thoughts, my words, or cries. The noise was seldom absent, and it rang its horrible sound from night to day. I heard its screams, its infantile screams. The mad child, I called it, for its lack of candour and awa... | 8 |
[WP] A drink slides across the bar and you catch it. | [
"\"Clearly I'm gonna need more of these, Walt.\" I pounded the scotch and nearly choked on the ice. \"And screw the cubes. Hit me again.\" Walt obliged.\n\nIt was a long night, the night Annie came back to town. Walt knew it, I knew it, hell even the old drunk at the end of the bar knew it. Smug toothless bastard s... | 2 | |
[WP] Every so often a Universe will just slip off the tracks. When that happens, you’re sent in to discern whether to fix the universe or unmake it. You got called in because 30% of the population in this world just spontaneously flipped genders. | [
"It's silent. The lights are dim; nice, as always. You're sitting on a comfortable armchair. The fireplace is on, and you're reading a book about two human teenagers fighting to survive from other adolescents, and the government. Exciting, really. Then you're suddenly teleported into the darkness; floating, with no... | 1 | |
[WP] One day you notice your phone is telling you the battery percentage of your Bluetooth devices now which you think is pretty cool. You get a prompt asking if you want to connect to 'Earth'. You think it's a funny joke and connect to it when you see on your phone it says it has 1% battery left. | [
"I stared in astonishment at my phone. I was having trouble with my signal, so I made a signal booster from a schematic I found online using a Raspberry Pi. I was sceptical that it would work, but I never imagined that it could be strong enough to connect to the Earths Wifi signal.\n\nAnd there it was, 1% battery r... | 2 | |
[WP] You fall asleep one night, and wake up months later with no memory of the time that has passed. | [
"He could remember the last time he moved his legs, it had been the night before - right before he tucked his daughter Emily into bed and made his way down the hallway to his beautiful wife he knew was waiting. His boss had even finally given him some well deserved recognition for the extra hours he had been puttin... | 1 | |
Inspired by an anecdotal story told by Ross Scott about his 'hell insurance'. | [WP] As a joke, you had legally binding contracts written up and notarized. Whoever signed a contract agreed to sell their soul to you for the price of one piece of candy. Three dozen people signed contracts, and now a well-dressed demon has arrived at your doorstep with an offer. | [
"The next morning was a deep haze, sprinkled with the scent of rain on concrete. It took only a small squint for me to see the window was open across the way.\n\n'Must uv' got hammered last night' I thought to myself. Joe tends to take my keys away when I get a little tipsey. Good friend that Joe guy, been looking ... | 3 |
[WP] Story from the point of view of a syringe that is used by a drug addict | [
"Penetration... \n\nIt means different things depending on who you are. If you're a military person, a teenager, a marketing campaign, a nail or indeed a doctor, it carries different meaning.\n\nTo me, it means I'm being used. I'm a tool. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed - I wish staying lighthearted about it ... | 1 | |
[WP] The Hero and the Dark Lord finally meet, face-to-face. After an ominous speech and a flashy exit, the Dark Lord teleports back to his castle. His heart is beating fast. His cheeks are flushed. It was love at first sight. | [
"The door closed behind her with a dread finality, like the sealing of a tomb. Her throne lay at the far end of the cathedral-like hall, imposing and stately. \n\nLonely. \n\nShe passed the pillars of obsidian, the tapestries depicting the trials and tribulations of her long existence. Every triumph and defeat was ... | 4 | |
[WP] "We're sorry, the results are conclusive. There is a skeleton in your body" | [
"“*no no no* you’re joking right? A skeleton? *Me?* I mean.... no. You’re joking.”\n\n“I’m sorry, I know-“\n\n“No don’t give me that bullshit. I’m serious right now. Stop.”\n\n“It’s been caught in its early stages and-“\n\nI run out the door before I hear another word. As I take each step, I feel *bones* creak and ... | 1 | |
[WP] You just discovered that the CEO of your Fortune 500 company is a Lizard Person. You're conflicted, because on the one hand he's not human, but on the other hand, profit growth has never been higher and he just instituted a great new benefits package and paid sick leave. | [
"\"A fucking lizard?\"\n\n\"Yep\". He sighed heavily and flicked his forked tongue across his bottom lip, breaking out into a toothy grin. He pushed air past his lips and wagged the tongue back and forth at me. \"BALALALALALALALALA\". He laughed at my eyes, the size of dollar pancakes.\n\nWalter had called me i... | 2 | |
[WP] Satan hid a clause in consumer products Terms and Conditions that made people give their souls to him | [
"\"And you're sure this will double profits?\" the human in the suit asked, addressing Lucifer. The devil sat on the other side of the desk, dressed in a similar but better fitting suit, with small horns protruding from his forehead and eyes that were solid black. He spoke with a fluid, almost musical voice:\n\n>... | 1 |
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