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[WP] After centuries of enslavement granting wishes, the genies have finally had enough. It's time for a revolution, comrade. | [
"\"When wishing was having.\" \n\nI still remember the fairy-tale phrase as I scan the canyon piled high with discarded genie homes: rusted lamps, dented incense burners, cracked porcelain vases. \n\nI cast a doleful glance over the rubbish of our dreams.\n\nThe revolution was short-lived but magnificent. Geysers o... | 1 | |
[WP]Ever since you were young you've had the power to read people's minds. One night, as you're looking up at the stars, you reach out with your power and feel something. | [
"Fires rained from the heavens. Their blinding lights illuminating the inky black of the night. Smoke and soot choking the life out of the earth beneath the crash of the comets. I could hear the singing chorus of screams, deafening my mind in their lament. Sorrow to pierce the soul and torment the mind. Tears of pa... | 3 | |
[WP] Horror script about an evil rubber ducky | [
"##The Bath##\n\nMy feet paddled in the bath as mummy smiled, her fingers playing through my wet hair. Her hands were so soft, the long nails nicely scratching my skin. I giggled.\n\nWith a short flourish and a laugh, she produced a ducky. It was so cute! Yellow, with big, wide eyes and a happy little smile. He gri... | 1 | |
[WP] Time travel is possible, but it is very expensive. Therefore the rich use it to alter past events to ensure they always stay rich and powerful. For the first time, as a charity move, they let you, a brilliant but very poor college professor, go back in time. | [
"He panicked.\n\n\"You're sure?\"\n\n\"Definite, Mr Ademola. If you could please bring a valid driver's license, or passport, to your nearest Department of Chronology office we'll get you all set up for your trip.\"\n\n\"Ok... Thank you.\"\n\nJoseph put the phone down, then crossed his apartment and poured a shot o... | 2 | |
[WP] A man with 4 arms and 4 legs crawls around you wrapping you in webs. The entire time he whispers to you "soon,soon you will be born" | [
"I open my eyes, all around me is a sticky substance, I don't know what it is. It looks like a spider web, a giant spider web. I hear someone Whispering around me \" soon, soon you will be born\" I turn to the whispering. To my horror a man with four arms and four legs is walking in circles around me in the web, co... | 1 | |
What would happen on earth for the last 3 days of humanity? | [WP] Today, we lost the sea. | [
"FROM A TV SCREEN:\n\n\nINT. UN COUNCIL CHAMBER - DAY\n\n\nIt looks like a lecture hall. An EMPTY PODIUM at the bottom surrounded by ROWS OF ARCHING DESKS.\n\n\nWE CUT between different seats, each filled by a WORLD LEADER marked by their country's flag.\n\n\nAn incoherent murmur fills the room. Each person as conf... | 2 |
[WP] You get a phone call one morning from an unknown caller saying, "we've reviewed your work, and we would like to award you with 20,000 brownie points. Thank you" and hangs up. You have no idea what these brownie points do, nor do you remember what you did to gain so many points. | [
"Brownie Points, an introduction *This is only my second short story, pretty much ever, so please give me feedback if you can*\n\nBEEP BEEP BEEP, the alarm sounded early that Monday morning. Jack grabbed his phone to shut off the alarm. As his eyes adjusted to the light he noticed that there was a new voicemail wai... | 2 | |
[WP] After millenia asleep underground, an ancient race of monsters have risen from the ground. Unfortunately, as they are a little less than one foot tall, they are very popular as pets. | [
"Lillie looked like she was about to jump out of her skin in anticipation of my reaction to opening the Christmas gift. I decided to parley my slack expression of trying-not-to-show-dread into a I-am-so-shocked-with-happiness-my-face-doesn't-know-what-to-do.\n\n\"Oh. My. God. This...is really amazing 'Lil.\"\n\nS... | 1 | |
[WP] You unknowingly have the ability to make people tell you their darkest secrets. You dont know why, and you want to figure out what to do with some of the information you now have. | [
"The old man sat across from me, the tea cup shaking as he held it. \" I've never told this to anyone before, but I need to get it off my chest before I'm in the grave. \"\n\n\" I'm listening, \" I replied, taking a sip of my coffee. The old man's name was Drew Finnigan, and his face looked weathered and worn from ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the ruler of a country. You are extremely paranoid that the military is plotting a coup against you. | [
"It is the role of the leader to ensure the continuity of the state, above all else. People come and go, but the state must persevere at all costs.\n\nI have seen the price of instability. Death in the streets, famine, war. All par for the course when the elite grow complacent, when negligence replaces diligence... | 2 | |
[WP]: You are the CEO of a mid-sized Pharmaceutical Company, joining a meeting to review the performance of a new low-cost drug undergoing trials. Your team informs you that latest trials results indicate that the new drug inhibits any cancer symptom, as a completely unexpected side effect. | [
"I feel the click of my phone in my pocket, the timer counting the seconds eagerly. One, two, three, the minute's cascade down too fast. Listening. I should be listening.\n\n\"As I was saying, the drugs have been a huge success. We've had a hundred percent success rate with every test, primate, mouse and human. The... | 1 | |
[WP] As you're out for your regular afternoon swim some old lady starts throwing bread at you. Slowly, Horribly you realize that you're actually a duck. | [
"*It's such lovely weather today. Just perfect for an afternoon swim.*\n\nMaking my way down to the local pond, I reach to get my clothes off, but I realize I'm not currently wearing any. \n\n*An odd development to say the least, especially given that it means I've walked to the pond without anyone telling me I was... | 12 | |
[WP] Humans can use magic, but only if they’re know the difference between they, they’re and their. | [
"They call themselves the Grammar Nazi's. They're the ones responsible for trying to make magic mainstream. Access for all. Or so they preach. But not everyone can handle it! If these people can't even spell properly, how are we supposed to trust them with magic?\n\nTheir fight for mainstream magic has been going o... | 2 | |
[WP] In a world where a romantic "spark" manifests in an actual electric shock, you find yourself falling quickly for a person you just met. Only it's raining, raining heavily... | [
"\"...wow.\"\n\n\"'Wow,' what?\" she blushed. \"You keep giving me this starry-eyed look. It's making me very self-conscious!\" she complained, her face blooming an even deeper burgundy. \n\n\"I'm sorry,\" I promised, \"but as first dates go, I wasn't quite ready for something like this to happen.\" It was true; co... | 1 | |
[WP] The year is 2100, and Disney has just bought the United States of America. | [
"It was something the world was not prepared for. Europe and Africa especially. They knew America was basically a giant corporation buying everything, but they were not ready to see those corporations buy the country all together. \n\n“As the new president of the United States if America, I have many announcements ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are being executed. | [
"15 years. It took the Staat Polis 15 years to find me. They knew that I was the leader of the revolution that threatened to topple the fascist regime that gripped Ente Isla. 15 years I fought for the equality of all peoples and the freedom from the authoritarian businesses that the Leader relied on for control.\n\... | 6 | |
[WP] “You have been chosen through our careful system to become the first immortal. May I start out by saying, I am terribly sorry for your loss.” | [
"“Sir?” I couldn’t believe it. I was going to join the ranks of the heroes of old, those who stood by our founder in his darkest days. What loss was there?\n\n“You’ve done good work, Commander. The Council believes that you should be the first of the Immortal Few from our unit.” I still was in shock, so I was only ... | 1 | |
[WP] "You were created for this." | [
"Those words echoed through the air, even though they were barely whispered. \n\nThe man who spoke them stared at the girl pointing the gun at my head. \n\nNormally, when a gun was pointed at me, I examined the person holding to look for a way out. And I’d already seen plenty. The unnaturally pale skin, the combat ... | 3 | |
[WP] Copies are creatures that must kill a human every 20 years to survive. They take on the form and all memories of any human they kill. You are a Mimic, the offspring of a Copy and a Human. | [
"Small flickers rippled across the man's eyelids as he came to consciousness. Overstimulation from the light shining in his face made him squint. The flooding memories of the previous night made him scream. That's when he realized he was wearing a gag. \n\nI smiled and touched his cheek. \n\nHe attempted to lunge f... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up everyday one year in the past, yet you are aging normally. Today is your 365 day of this happening. | [
"\"It was hell at first. Going to sleep in some alley only to wake up in a blizzard. Finding a nice place in the woods that just so happened to be the scene of a murder the previous year. A year ago today well that's how long is been for me at a bar named Tankers, Which was out of my life in a week. I got into a ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story that takes place in the past, but write it as though you are a high school student who failed history and has only half-assed guesses at what life was like without current technologies. | [
"The Wild West, 1800s. \n\nOut here, a dude could really stretch his legs. It was a time when the red sand was king and the sun was his executioner. It took five doubloons just to get a bottle of water, which meant most people went thirsty - but not just for a drink. \n\nI rode into town on a Sunday morning. The ch... | 1 | |
[WP] You go on a new dating website with a 99% success rate and describe your type as "goth girl", to your surprise, the computer matches you with a female Germanic warrior from 378ad. | [
"\"Sorry, I'm a little nervous,\" Lenny stammered, sitting down with his coffee. \"It's my first time using a dating site.\"\n\n\"_Skawja guma thlahsmna_\" spoke the beautiful woman across from him, drinking a chocolate mocha from a human skull.\n\nLenny gave a hearty laugh, it felt good to be on a date again even ... | 1 | |
[WP] Grownups have the silliest rules. Don't go outside after dark, don't listen to the river, don't touch the black rocks. | [
"Doesn't it seem unfair that parents have all the fun?\n\nFor one, they don't have bedtimes and get to stay up as late as they please. For two, they get to eat as much candy as they want without brushing their teeth. For three, they go to work and get paid lots of money. \n\nAnd four, most important of all, parents... | 1 | |
[WP] A motivated Gotham truther is determined to unearth the conspiracy behind this ridiculously "Batman" character. | [
"This Batman character appeared just one year ago. At first, it was just a rumor. Criminals, talking of shadows on the walls- flickering horns that darted from trashcan to trashcan. Then, the rumors started to become real. Now, the bat was on the streets, like a phantom appearing out of thin air, only to extinguish... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a detective in a world where memory alteration is a possibility. | [
"2100 AD: *A time when safes and cabinets are more impregnable than human memories.*\n\n\"GIVE IT BACK!\" shouted Ana. \n\n\"Not until you tell me where he is\" replied the detective looking across his desk at the pretty girl who was getting impatient by the second. He was not gonna let her get away this time.\n\n\... | 5 | |
[WP] In the same way that dogs are man's best friend, mankind has been named as the best friend of an alien species. | [
"The Lord-King of the Chatta was dressed in the finest diamond draping as he entered the room. \n\nThe Chatta as a race were short, with many legs and a disproportionately large head compared to the human equivalent. They're eyes were large and soft, able to be malformed to some extent and still function. they comm... | 1 | |
[WP] Life is literally a game, when you die you get a score based on your actions, if your score is less than 80% you go to hell. You know this in advance and are making preparations. | [
"I knew I had to get a good score. All I had to do was score higher than 80%. Ez Pz right? I didn’t have enough time for relationships, I was playing this one safe. I would stay close to God, pray every day. All my life, I would only occupy myself with religion, I was surely going to win this game.\n\nI got a 5% sc... | 1 | |
[WP] You consistently receive a parcel in the mail that is not addressed to you, but has your address on. You consistently return it to sender, but it continues to be delivered to your house. Eventually, it returns to the house with a note scrawled on it saying “they said you can have it”. | [
"I sit on the steps of my porch staring at the note. Who are they? What is this package? It’s been almost an entire year of this back and forth, maybe they are sick of the resending... I have no clue. As I sit there contemplating on my next move I hear a click and a hiss come from the package. It almost sounded lik... | 1 | |
He can only reap your soul if he catches you, no ones figured this out until you, but not only is he really fricking good on a unicycle, but he’s a sneaky one. | [WP] The Reaper Rides a Unicycle | [
"It was at this point I knew I fucked up the final time. The dirt bike kicked out from beneath me and I went sailing head-first into a tree. Well, at least I died having fun, right? I crashed into the tree and surprisingly stayed conscious as my skull fractured. I was shocked when I was able to sit up still. I look... | 3 |
[WP] Every day, you're allowed to stop time for ten seconds. | [
"\"Huh, weird.\" It seemed incomprehensible the first time it happened. \"Must have been drunk\" you thought when walking home after a heavy night out. And surely, when you tried again, nothing happened. Slightly disappointed and hit with the conclusion that you in fact do not possess an awesome superpower. What yo... | 6 | |
[WP] Your grandfather gives you his grandfather's most valued item, an old antique wristwatch. You soon discover that whatever the time reads on the dial, the world matches with. You can control time | [
" \"Hello my son\", was all I heard before the world around me came to a stop. The well dressed man who appeared in from of me was my supposedly long dead father. Around 10 years ago he just up and disappeared, and it seemed like i was the only one who ever noticed.\n\n \"I thought you died, where the hell did you ... | 1 | |
[WP] the story of a true psychopath in 1st person | [
"I felt the adrenaline pumping in my veins. *I told you it would make you feel good. This is the most alive we've been in years.* I got up from the ground grinning like the devil, staring at the bodies of my family as the life drained from them. \"Shut up Jack, I didn't do that for you.\" *We're a monster! How coul... | 1 | |
[WP] The local fantasy orphanage is filling quickly with Orc children. The caregivers confront the paladin that keeps creating them and dropping them off. | [
"Zara always knows when Sir Harold is coming to visit before anyone else in the orphanage. She says it's because he stinks, but Ms. Whitfield said that paladins aren't allowed to stink and that's why I have to take a bath, so I know he doesn't stink.\n\nWhatever it is, I'm glad Zara knows because she always tells m... | 1 | |
[WP] Legendary Heroes always save the world, typically with the help of a magical macguffin. Due to a mistake, the Hero was given a magical McMuffin instead. | [
"\"That's a breakfast sandwich.\"\n\nElzabar Greatstrider stared blankly at the towering troll that stood before him, his mouth slightly agape at the sheer audacity of what his foe was trying to tell him. He collected himself and tightened his fist around the Sword of Reckoning and his other hand clasped tight arou... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the power to make other people fat with your own gluttony. This has made you the worlds greatest hitman. | [
"\"No,\" my partner answers, \"He's still alive.\"\n\n\"Impossible,\" I say, \"What kind of metabolism does this guy have? Do you have any idea how high my bill is going to be?\". As the waiter approaches I hang up the phone.\n\n\"Shall I bring you the check sir?\" He says. His smile is forced, and all of the staff... | 1 | |
[WP] After moving to a Utopian city, a cop must take creative measures to maintain job security. | [
"What was he to do? What good is a cop in a city with no crime? Well, in Richard Baxter's mind, the only obvious option was for the cop to become the criminal. \n\nAnd so in the dark of night, he prowled into the homes of old ladies to take their valuables, which he returned to them in the morning when he was back ... | 2 | |
[WP] The human race no longer cares about appearance - all fashion is 100% function and comfort. You get dressed and go about your day. | [
" Hmm, going to be hot today, but not sweltering. I throw on a pair of linen shorts to reduce leg chafing and slip on a short sleeved, knee length linen dress. I buckle my utility belt, the simple one with only 10 pouches or so, and double check that it doesn't interfere with the 8 pockets on the dress. \n\nI feel ... | 1 | |
[WP] When someone dies they become a guardian angel assigned to a random mortal, your guardian angel was an OSHA inspector. | [
"A shimmer flickered before my eyes, and the pile of newspapers parted to clear a path for me through the living room.\n\n\"I know it's a fire hazard,\" I murmured softly to the angel in the early morning, \"but my roommate will fucking flip shit if we get rid of it. Put it back the way it was so I don't get kicke... | 3 | |
[WP] After a long day, you find that a note is posted on your door. | [
"He trudges up the snowy steps to his house. He's cold. He's wet. It's getting dark already, and it's only four thirty. His unruly hair, he should really get a haircut, refuses to get matted down. His beard even looks like it's in disarray. \n\nIt's been a horrible day. \n\nIt's like he just can't bring himself to... | 1 | |
[WP] You begin to realize that a demon is haunting you. You have yet to realize that it thinks you two have been dating for months. | [
" They put me in here and told me I was crazy. They didn't listen when I told them I was holding hands with the wind and would dance the night away with an image I could not picture. They told me that my imagination should have gotten more realistic with age but deep down I knew that this was one feeling even my ... | 5 | |
[WP] A jealous secondary character is trying to "accidentally" off the hero, but the hero has strong plot armor. | [
"Balton was the highest value target in the world for assassination because he had a power to control the velocity of any object within 5 meters of any point on his body anything he didn't choose to allow trough would be like the object hitting a wall the higher the speed the worse the effect. Explosives tests didn... | 3 | |
[WP] Things were going well with humanity’s first alien contact until we somehow discovered they were delicious. | [WP] Things were going well with humanity’s first alien contact until we somehow discovered they were delicious. | [
"The farm smelled delicious. Like of a roast pork, slowly kindled over a roaring fire, it's meat tender and juicy. You could taste it's flesh in the air, with drool rolling down your lips and your tongue salivating over the rich filling. You could drink it's blood like booze, and the sweetness of raspberry filling ... | 1 |
[WP] He sighed, rolling his eyes. "Fine....." | [
"“…so you’re saying I just use this voice synthesizer, microphone and read the directions on this screen when it says to?” The demon crossed his arms and nodded, a wry smile spread across his face. I audibly sighed and rolled my eyes again.\n\nSince arriving in minimum security hell earlier that day, I knew I’d be ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a self aware Oompa Loompa and have just discovered worker unions. Willy Wonka, who is also self aware, intends to stop you from telling the others. | [
"\"Oompa Loompa,\" Wonka said as he paced beneath a low-hanging lamp. The rope tied around my wrists burned my skin. \"Doopa dee doo. I've got a perfect puzzle for you. Oompa Loompa, doopa dee dee. If you are wise you will listen to me.\"\n\nHe leaned in until I could see every pore on his face. I caught a rotten w... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have witnessed their first piano concert. With no muscle memory, they are astounded at how the fuck we can do this | [
"\"So... What is a song?\"\n\nTrnzxi, who requested the annoyingly unpleasant name of Todd while on his \"vacation,\" was a member of the Plomplomites, a race of incredibly intelligent gelatinous organisms. Despite their lack of a defined physical form, they possessed every sense humans had, along with 500 more the... | 1 | |
[WP] A Mother gives birth to a demon possessed baby, over time, the baby begins to enjoy being human | [
"######[](#dropcap)\n\nDakon had kept himself quiet for many years, nearly fourteen now. It had been his escape route from Hell, possessing what would have been a stillborn child. The mother never suspected and he never let on. Surely, it was within his powers as one of the host of Elioud to take a living host, but... | 1 | |
[WP] When a person sees Santa, they stop getting gifts. You are 30 years old and have not seen Santa. | [
"I saw Santa when I was eight. I was sneaking downstairs and caught him stowing my present under the tree. The next year, boom, no presents.\n\nSomehow, Johnny has never seen Santa. He goes to sleep every December 24th and wakes up on the 25th with a ton of stuff under the tree.\n\nNot this year. He and I have been... | 1 | |
[WP] While Santa delivered gifts, the elves began their long-planned Marxist revolution. | [
"“Comrades! To Arms!”\nThe explosion was still ringing in my ears. Sneezy must not have fucked up this time, or maybe he did. I grabbed my rifle, a 7.62 job modified to look like a nerf gun to pass the quality control. Hell, maybe I could have snuck a real gun through with how over worked they were. \nEver since t... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the ability to fast-forward certain parts of your life. Great for skipping the boring parts, but now you’re 40 years old with no way of taking back all the time you didn’t take advantage of. | [
"I sat there with the divorce papers in my hand, thinking back to the last session.\n\n*\"I feel like he doesn't know me at all! It's almost like I'm a stranger to him!*\n\n*The psychiatrist looked at me. \"And what do you think about your wife's comments, Mr. Cropwell?*\n\n*I scoffed. \"Utterly ridiculous. I love ... | 1 | |
[WP] Despite having the most obviously evil superpowers ever, you're determined to become a great superhero | [
"Of-fucking-course. Out of all the supernatural abilities that could possibly exist, I get blessed with one that makes people run and scream into the streets. I could have been able to fly or read minds, but instead, I get stuck with controlling roaches. People think I'm Ant-Man's lame sidekick or nemesis, so they ... | 2 | |
[WP] The automated telemarketers are not actually automated. Those are real people, and there’s a reason they don’t respond to you. | [
"Stanley awakes from his eight hour sleep and yawns. A big smile crosses his face. You see, Stanley loves his job as a telemarketer. He gets to talk to copious amounts of people everyday about various issues they have. Even from the mundane issues where the client has to just shut off a device and turn it on, Stanl... | 1 | |
Free roam guys.the roommate can be guilty or innocent.they can be a 4'9 shy girl or a hulking bodybuilder man or anything else that enters your mind have fun!! | [WP] You stare slack-jawed at the T.V as the news anchor prattles on *"if you see this criminal please call the police do not engage this highly dangerous criminal"* you look to your roommate who responds "look... I can explain" | [
"Normal day, normal dinner. Beans, rice, and corn in a bowl with some salsa. That meant it was a Tuesday. Exciting I know. I sat down for what was probably the 1000th time to watch the news and eat my dinner. Dane was sitting on the couch and slid over to give me a little space. It felt like he was watching me but ... | 2 |
[WP] You are old, and meet Death in a room filled with hourglasses. You are given the option to reset any single one. Each has a cumulative life total on it and Death smiles when you see one marked in the thousands. | [
"I look at the hourglass. \"So, I can reset my own?\" Death nods and smiles slyly. \"Yes. With consequences of course.\" I point to it \"I don't care! I pick that one!\" Death then smiles evilly. \"So be it\" he walks over and flips it upside down, resetting it. I gasp and black out. When I wake up, I'm a kid again... | 1 | |
[WP] all humans are born as blank slates. The nicer someone is, the uglier they get, and the meaner someone is, the prettier they get. | [
"Humans started out as fairly average in terms of looks. As their age progresses, and their characteristucs become clearer, their appearances change likewise. The nicer you are, the uglier you'll be, and the meaner you are, the prettier you'll be.\n\nShe, my friend, is one heaven-sent beauty.\n\n\"Step aside,\" she... | 1 | |
[WP] Every day your 'associate' shows you two pictures. She lets you ask her three questions, then tells you to pick who dies. | [
"“I can’t do this!”\n\nI kick the table over, scattering the pictures all over the floor. Before she could calm me down, I threw my fist toward the wall, punching a gaping hole in the plaster. I lean on the wall, trying not to fall over. It does not work.\n\n“Fuck!” I stumble backward, trying to balance myself. I h... | 2 | |
[WP] A conspiracy theorist happens upon a device that can make one's imagination a reality. | [
"\"Wait wait wait, excuse me, are you mocking the facts? 'Eeh,' you say, 'this makes your *IMAGINATION* reality!' It's the facts, bud, and I can prove it.\"\n\n\"Hey, slow down, I'm just saying what if-\"\n\n\"What if what, huh? What if they aren't out there? Well, suck an egg, they are! And like I said, I can prov... | 1 | |
[WP]A middle school girl finds a dying genie one night. She wants to get help but the genie refuses, wanting her long existence to be ended. But before she fades into nothing, she grants the girl a gift: her almighty wishing powers. Now, the girl finds a way to grant each and every wish she hears. | [
"Lisa smiles at the masses lined up before her. She watches from dirty clothes and near a large cardboard sign begging for spare change. News cameras are lined up as well, pointed at the line's front. A small, shoddy clay statue sat on a sidewalk and that was the line's end. \n\nTwo days ago, she made that hideous... | 1 | |
[WP] We can see the date and how others die, but not how we die ourselves. Recently, people have been much nicer, generous and caring to me, taking me under their wing. Is my time soon to come?... | [
"I should've seen it coming.\n\nI knew my time was up. Just not like this.\n\nSkydiving has always been my hobby. The rush of adrenaline, the feeling of freefall, the gamble with life. Apparently, it will also be the end of me.\n\nA crackle over the radio: \"Dude, I\"m sorry.\" A broken voice. \"I...I didn't know h... | 2 | |
[WP] You awake in the middle of the night to a strange noise in your backyard. You go outside to see what appears to be a spaceship. Two men in business suits approach you and tell you to follow them. They lead you inside. | [
"I look around the spaceship. It was so weird. The metal looked silver in a way and looked smoother than anything else in the entire world. As I look around I see different containers filled with a weird dark green liquid. Inside are different alien creatures I couldn't even begin to describe. There are labels in d... | 2 | |
[WP] We find the fountain of youth in 2018 and death by old age is no more. It's 2400 and we are all sooo bored. Your company begins offering to fully erase memories and place clients in a new life for $100M. Your job: come up with a new life for clients after memory is wiped. "Client #1"... | [
"“Client #1 is all set up,” James, my coworker, said as he finished attaching the tubes to a 300-year old adult woman’s head. “Type in his new life, Stan.”\n\nI nodded as a response. Then I realised I don’t what kind of life I’ll be giving her. My mind’s all messed up. A web of thoughts I fail to decipher. I franti... | 1 | |
Lyrics from Styx's song "Crystal Ball" | [WP] "So tell me, tell me, where I'm going; I don't know where I've been" | [
"He took a long drag from his cigarette and was silent for a time. \nI watched him through the corner of my eye. \n\nThe frozen breeze of mid winter slipped between my bones.\n\n\"You know...\" He started, but did not finish. \n\nI shifted uncomfortably, waiting for him to finish, yet he only took another drag. \n\... | 1 |
[WP] As a prolific writer, you have been given full creative license to write an episode of black mirror. You begin to question if you are just a character. | [
"##Android Love##\n\n\"Human faces. One by one, they drift away. Time and time again, falling away like autumn leaves. They lead such short, tiny lives Inspector. All I wanted to do was touch that mortality. Feel it slip through my fingers.\"\n\n\"Did you kill him?\"\n\nThe Automaton turns. Silicon hair bounces, pe... | 1 | |
[WP] Write your own story of how the world was created. | [
"The World as we know it, was created many millennials ago. Many scientist have tried to figure out how old, but they have never succeed. They don't really know how the world was created in the first place either.\nStill, they believe our World was created by the \"Big Bang\". Stuff happened there, sure, but it did... | 1 | |
[WP] Your Luck Stat is at the most negative value that anyone has ever seen. All of those points got put into defense though, so it all works out. | [
"Hogthar walked into the bandit ridden village with a cautious gaze. The humble hamlet of Ricbach. It seemed like a place that festered with the kind of oozing pus that Femur’s Keep would have, but in a much denser grouping. The danger seemed to fill the air with the musk of death and onions. \n\n“You sir, o’ there... | 2 | |
[WP] There are only a few human colonies scattered around the last burning red dwarfs. Everywhere stars are going out; humanity is facing the heat death of the universe. | [
"\nThey huddled in what could only be described as a titanium teepee. The place for religious rituals and worshipping of Achaos, the bringer of entropy. Only believers remained now. Atheist colonies had disbanded and disappeared into oblivion in the past two hundred thousand years or so (in a blink, so to speak, as... | 2 | |
[WP]: Australia was England's prison colony. Tasmania was Australia's prison colony. The first colonisers of Mars will be chosen from a very particular type of people. | [
"The hellish red surface was all I could see and the voice telling me to “build or die” was all I could hear. The twelve of us emerged from the ship, engulfed in silence, and in awe of the emptiness. I almost couldn’t compute the possibilities—of success, of death, of the damnation in between. It was enough to driv... | 2 | |
[WP] In a world without violence or war, you commit the first murder. | [
"Trying to learn to write better. Feedback would be great!\n\nOperator: “Hello, this is 911, what’s your emergency?”\n\nCaller 1: “He’s dead! My husband’s brains…are everywhere.”\n\nOperator: “Mam, where are you? Did you check for a pulse?”\n\nCaller 1: “He stopped moving after the third time.” \n\nOperator: “…thir... | 2 | |
[WP] "You stand accused of deicide, how do you plead?" | [
"The judge glowered at me. \"You stand accused of deicide,\" he said. \"How do you plead?\" \n\nI cleared my throat. He held my eyes with his, furrowed brow clearly conveying the gravity of my situation.\"Well, your honor, I suppose I am guilty, but it was totally an accident.\"\n\nA cacophony of boos and jeers eru... | 6 | |
[WP] You're the immortal god of Trolls that has been laying dormant for years after all the Trolls have died. To your surprise you awake far into the future to find you now rule a new type of troll. | [
"Glkinifir's awakening destroyed part of the Scandinavian mountains, because frankly, he was the bit at the border of Finland. Towering above nations, the troll king crouched, oversized nose twitching in the air. Lots of Christ-followers about. The stench bothered him. Where were the others? Where were the elves? B... | 1 | |
[WP] It’s 2273, 100 yrs after the nuclear war that brought an ‘end’ to humanity. The only survivors are the D-Day preppers that sustained themselves in their selfmade underground bunker. Your family is the 1st to cone out, only to find out earth is now inhabited by humans coming from another planet. | [
"Calling it a bunker would have been downright disrespectful. We didn't only survive, we prospered in the Earth. Our tunnels were deep and interwoven with larger tunnels still. Several families came together to build this network that would sustain us for a century. From sickness to food shortage, we outlasted all ... | 1 | |
[WP] You, a staunch atheist, log onto reddit one day. While browsing most viral, you come across a post titled "I'm God. AMA", and it's blowing up. Curious, you decide to ask a few questions of your own. | [
"I guess I should start by telling a little about myself. For one thing, I never even made it to the most significant AMA in human history. Does that sound strange to you? Of course it does. Why do I even ask? So what's the matter with me? Well, I'm kind of still in recovery mode, I guess you could say.\n\nMy first... | 3 | |
[WP] A dog and cat debate on whether or not to eat their keeper who has just died on the kitchen floor. | [
" \"That's disgusting!\" barked Woofgang in horror, as he watched the cat licking small pieces of food off of the corpse of his only true friend.\n \n \"What else am I supposed to?\" Meowzart responded, mouth filled with freshly cooked bacon, \"he's never let us eat this before!\"\n \n \"And if he was c... | 1 | |
[WP] A fairytale, but told by a redneck. | [
" “Well, kids, I think it’s time I told ya how it all went down” John Sr said, as he spit on the ground. “It all happened a long time ago, a time where they ain’t no vidya games, ain’t no T.V, and before any of us were ever born.”\n\n The kids, Timmy, Billy, and John Willie Jr sat around the tailgate of their fat... | 2 | |
[WP] Bank Heist with a terrible twist ending | [
"The heist was off to a rocky start.\n\nCodename: Molasses had been slow in getting the security details, meaning the team’s map was missing half of the building’s security cameras. \n\nCodename: Intel had forgotten some of his gear at his house, so they’d had to stop in. At which point, they’d had to join his moth... | 2 | |
[WP]America has switched to metric, and now a small band of violent ‘freedom fighters’ try to restore the freedom units. | [
"It is a dark, cool night and the light from a half moon streaks through the trees. Only the slightest movement gives away their position. “The coast is clear,” Bill whispered to Captain. Captain let’s out a faint bird call. Kakaaw kakaaw. He looks back but no one moves. \n\n“Is that the signal?” one of the freedom... | 2 | |
[WP] Enchantment Magic’s are an often glossed over school of magic. As a Master of the art you are presented with the unique opportunity to really delve into Enchantment Theory after a stranger makes an bold request. | [
"Castro’s nap was interrupted by a loud, vibrating thud. He lurched backward, shoving a couple of old receipts off his desk. One of the receipts had “Nike Cleat of Luminescence” handwritten on it, and the word “Nike” was blurred by a tiny puddle of fresh drool. Next to the receipt was a new object, something heavy ... | 3 | |
[WP] Words drift from your mouth and into my Heart | [
"Words drift from your mouth and into my heart. \nAt times they build me up, but mostly, they tear me apart. \nThey bore down into my my soul and my mind. \nThey form and they shape me, I can't leave them behind. \nIf I don't have your words then I do not have you. \nAnd life without you is what I never coul... | 1 | |
[WP] Since birth, doing specific actions have allowed people to "level up" and upgrade specific "statistics" that affect their life - Physical strength, Physical speed, Mind-body coordination, Reaction time, Mental Intelligence, Mental speed, and Luck. You have always upgraded one stat... | [
"After 30 years I had finally done it, I had maxed out my reaction time. It had taken years of near misses and hard punishment from failed attempts, but now I could dodge even the greatest of situations.\n\nIt was a Tuesday, I had just finished a game of paintball, untouched of course, but there was no way to prepa... | 2 | |
[WP] You and your SO are looking for furniture to decorate your bedroom. You come across an old locked wooden trunk that will look great at the foot of your bed. You buy it. That night you’re woken up by muted screams and a banging sound. It’s coming from the trunk. | [
"\"Babe, I'm scared\" she said, faux hiding behind my scrawny arm. \"Please go see what it is.\"\n\nIt was 3 in the morning and I had to work early. I was way too tired to deal with monsters. After working 12 hour shifts this whole week, a quick death from whatever was in there would be a welcome.\n\nOf course, I d... | 3 | |
[WP] A man who everyone thinks is schizophrenic, but is actually communicating with God. | [
"\"They sowed, they graized; they warred, they raized,\nYou all, you should have been wiser.\nPlease! Up with the tomes and down with the stones,\nFreedom has made you all mizers...\nPlease, stop stop stop stop stop stop stop....\"\n\nThe patient was a poor, middle-aged who was discovered in the middle of a street ... | 1 | |
[WP] It was then he laid down his gun, and picked up the blade. | [
"\"Sir, they want a truce.\"\n\n\"A...truce?\" the commander raised an eyebrow, looking up from the battle plans in front of him. \"I don't understand – why would they want a truce? They're *winning*.\"\n\n\"I don't know sir.\"\n\n\"Fine. I'll see what they want.\" he sighed, smoothing out his hair and reaching for... | 6 | |
Anddddd go go go go. | [WP] "Have Faith." | [
"The sky was filled with terror. Bomber planes circling above the small village, their pilots waiting for their next instruction. Little Keith kept looking outside as everyone inside the chapel kept praying and praying for their lives.\n\n\"Have Faith!\" The priest said. His voice was calm. He tried his best to con... | 1 |
I don't know how the protagonist gets hold of the book, but that is a scenario I would like to read. | [WP] In a world where magic is a part of daily life, the elite sorcerers have knowledge and access to the best spells. You are a financially struggling wizard who survives by selling common protection charms and spells. One day, you somehow gain a book that contains many complex and powerful spells. | [
"“Yo Adrius, would you hit me up with some of that xanax potion?” Mark DeMeraido called from across the hall. \n\n“For sure, man, fifteen bucks,” I said, tossing him the bottle. My name’s Adrius Swift, boy wizard. I’m a freshman at Washington Pacific University, a.k.a. The legendary Wake Pound. My roommates know, b... | 3 |
[WP] An old man in ragged clothes walks onto the Subway close to midnight. As the train lurches back into movement, his head fall off his shoulders. From the floor you hear his head mutter "Goddammit. Not again." | [
"Clara had had a bad day, but she was willing to bet the headless man had had a worse one. \nShe'd woken up late, first of all. Her alarm didn't go off, the damned thing. She didn't even time to shower, so she grabbed a muffin and a bag of carrots and headed off to work, a purse over one shoulder and a waterproof g... | 2 | |
[WP] the entity responsible for the creation of our world and all life on it appears before a gathering of the worlds religious leaders. The first question asked is "which religion got it right?" To which the being replies "None of them" | [
"Many of the gathered crowd gasped. Laughter came from the Dali Lama, \"Whoops!\" he said. Some calls of blasphemy came as well.\n\n The Entity spoke. \"There is a man. His name is Todd. He figured it out.\" \n\nA leader with a subtle cloak spoke up. \"We must learn from him.\" A bejeweled elder spoke. \"T... | 1 | |
[WP] As God's assistant, you're called upon to decide the next step of human evolution. | [
"\"I'm thinking we should go green.\"\n\n\"Look, I just don't think it's in the cards rem-\"\n\n\"Nah, I know... but think about it! We could get like three or four trillion units, without having to move them offsite!\"\n\n\"Yeah, but going green is way too big an investment right now. We'd basically need to rede... | 1 | |
[WP] It's a cold winter day and while waiting for the bus, you can't see one man's breath. | [
"Shaking with fear of the unknown I walked over to the man to gaze at him closely. His body stood tall yet shoulders slumped inward. As his lips parted our eyes met then he said, “Laura will die tonight.” A zombie to his fright I reached out to touch him as he evaporated to dust. ",
"I couldn't ignore it anymore.... | 3 | |
[WP] In a dystopian future, chess is played by the wealthy, using people as the pieces; people too poor and in desperate need of money. Each captured piece is killed by the capturer; each person's survival depends on the skill of the player controlling their moves. | [
"\"What do you have?\"\n\n\"My kid needs to go to college, and the life insurance doesn't cover suicide.\"\n\n\"Welcome to the tournament.\"\n\nHer silence was palpable, but irrelevant to the clerk.\n\nEvery entry comes with a sob story. Every entry comes with a check to the player and the PI that checked if their ... | 1 | |
[WP] For one hour, every person on Earth was telepathically linked to another random person and knew all their thoughts and memories. The experience stopped as quickly as it began. | [
"I was alone the day The Glitch happened. I was just sitting in my sunroom reading. It was normal. My favorite book with the midday sun as my light, a cup of tea by my side. My life was the opposite of what you think extraordinary could be. \n\nIt started with a slight headache. I later found out my pain tolerance ... | 1 | |
[WP] "The problem with VR being so commonplace, is that you can't distinguish between real and imaginary monsters." | [
"\"You know, virtual reality is such a misnomer.\", I told my colleague. He only seemed vaguely interested, but he was wrong and had to be corrected. \"The Dooglesoft Hologlasses provide *augmented* reality.\"\n\n\n\"What is the difference?\", he sighed, \"You are seeing things that aren't there.\"\n\n\nSuch a *ty... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been searching for your mother in law's killer for 4 years. The only problem is you haven't found anyone to do it yet. | [
"Title: ***Contract***\n\nThree months ago, Murphy had begun the search for the person who would kill his Mother-in-law, Liza. Murphy had started the search by mustering up the courage to speak to one of the nameless drug dealers who hung out on the corner five streets over from where Murphy worked as a systems an... | 4 | |
[WP] You stumble uoon a new subreddit in which the posts are discussions about the details of your own life. The latest post is titled "He found the sub..." | [
"I lock my phone and turn it face down on my thigh. This is what I had been suspecting for months. I drive my car around in circles to avoid my abusive home life, I've done it for two years, but in the past few months, everyone stares at me. The glances I get from everyone when I enter public, no one is at my fast ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been a controversial figure on Reddit since the beginning. Responsible for all kinds of posts deemed too embarrassing or inappropriate to stay posted very long. You are u/[deleted] and this is your story. | [
"i deleted records of my accounts. i deleted my records becuase we all change. we all try to believe that we have changed. maybe we do. i dont think im proud of the controversial fringe oppinions. i dont think my oppinions ever had a place in anyones personal quests. My devils advocate thoughts were just immature v... | 14 | |
[WP] Dogs are notorious in the animal kingdom for being the closest ally of the deadliest species ever to inhabit earth. | [
"***Sorry this is so long, I had too much fun writing to stop. Hope you enjoy.*** \n \n \n\"Woof!\" Max barked. \n \n \n\"What's that Max? Little Jimmy's stuck in the well?\" Asked Barney. \n \n \n\"Shut up you fucking knob head.\" Max said. \n \n \n\"You shut up you furry prick.\" Barney replied. \n ... | 1 | |
[WP] A strange new disease is spreading, and it has doctors and physicists stumped. The infected begin to emit a field that repulses all solid matter, and it only grows stronger as the disease progresses. | [
"Jon looked through the window into the nursery, praying. He wasn't much for religion, but mumbling to himself filled the time while he watched his new born daughter. If there happened to be someone listening, all the better. \n\nA doctor walked past and Jon stopped her to ask for the thousandth time when the sympt... | 1 | |
[WP] Whilst out exploring the woods you stumble upon a dragon who has yet to see you. You have only heard stories of dragons from the village elders and thought they were a myth. The sight of such a monster freezes you in your tracks. | [
"I had taken a new route home from the fields today. The other farmers had warned me not to go through the woods, but I had chalked it up to old wives tales. Of course, we had all heard the stories of dragons while growing up. \"They'll eat you alive!\" and \"One glance from them, and you are a dead man.\" It's ama... | 6 | |
[WP] You buy a wierd game called "Life" and boot it up, in the main menu there is an option called "Characters" you open it to see a list of you and you're friends and a lot of other people with accurate data on them (dislikes, looks) you then see a button in the corner called "edit" you click it | [
"I’d always been told to be careful what I wish for, to be careful on the internet, be careful when messing with other people, but I thought those were just general advice, and in my mind, always followed them.\n\nI was sitting in my friend Jeff’s living room, us not really talking. That was normal, though, because... | 1 | |
Edit: and no one knows about this journal. | [WP] So you’ve been writing letters in a journal that are to nobody but you start everyone of them with “dear joe”. One day, you look in the journal and there is a response and it’s written in red ink. | [
"\"Be careful, you moron!\" I shouted to the car who had almost run me over. Maybe I shouldn't have. If it I didn't care about dying, why would they even botter? I pushed the thought aside and crossed the street to my flat's building. Once inside my place, not much bigger than a room, I launched myself towards the ... | 1 |
[WP] Being the grim reaper requires an extraordinary amount of compassion. It's hard to ease someone into the afterlife. It's so much harder when it's a small child... | [
"Still sweet scented, but his time has ended\n\nThis child bathed in baby sweat bended\n\nMy ear too soon.\n\nA Reaper is uncaring, so they say when airing\n\nGrievances against me yet I know it is not true.\n\nDeath comes to all, but when I make my call\n\nIt is with compassion each time\n\nBut\n\nEspecially\n\nFo... | 6 | |
Is she evil? Is she good? Your story decides! | [WP] A witch kidnaps a princess as a baby, raising her as her own. A prince has finally come to rescue her, 18 years later. | [
"Gemara was bored.\n\nSpecifically, Gemara was bored with the prisoner she had captured. He had been tortured, beatened, and starved till he could not move nor even shed a tear. The only thing he could do, (of which he did frequently) was yell out curses and threats, but even the most diabolical contumely got old.\... | 2 |
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