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[WP] You, a young teen with an incredible imagination, have the strange yet godlike ability to simply imagine things and have them come to be. Anything from asteroids in the sky, to beams of energy spewing from your hands. Anything. | [
"When I was young, my parents always told me that I had such a vivid imagination. That I had could do anything I put my mind to. That I could truly be a miracle worker, if it were a real job.\n\nI had a good childhood. I always got exactly what I wanted for Christmas, was among the most popular children in my el... | 2 | |
[WP] The walk was familiar yet it felt so different | [
"It was a completely normal day, I had just woken up to my painfully loud alarm, reluctantly crawled out of bed, sluggishly prepared my boring breakfast and got ready to leave my house and walk to my tedious and repetitive job. However, today felt different, something just felt strange and almost controlling. \n\nA... | 1 | |
[WP] You find yourself stranded on an alien planet. No communication. No spaceship. No life. Nothing. You spend years on that planet. One day you get a message. | [
"*You can come back now. I'm not so mad anymore. Well -- a little. But you can sleep on the couch. And by 'can' I mean 'will'. Daddy is sending a ship to you. It should be there the 4th of next month. Be there to meet it, or I'll be even more upset and make you sleep outside. Air hugs and kisses. Signed, your wife.... | 2 | |
[WP] Animals are sentient and angry with humans for running over a lot of them, you have been tasked with teaching them how properly cross roads. | [
"\"We're with you. We're sorry. What you have to understand, is that your instincts are all wrong for this kind of situation.\"\n\n​\n\n\"Are you saying there's something wrong with us?\" \n\n\n\"Not anything that can't be changed. There's plenty wrong with humans too.\"\n\n​\n\n\"Go on.\... | 1 | |
[WP] In the near future, nations across the world have adopted gaming in place of combat. If only the general public understood the stress of the world's most thankless and dangerous job: the game designer. | [
"At first the game resolution was celebrated as the coming of world peace, which I suppose did happen. There was one mistake however, as the use of any game was permitted in challenges. At first this seemed reasonable but then Canada took over The United States with the use of an obscure game, \"sexy hiking\" if I ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an efficiency monitor working for the Galactic Government. You've discovered a hidden project that has taken up nearly 50% of this year's total budget: a superweapon the size of a planetoid. You conduct a surprise inspection. It's not going well. | [
"“You informed me that it was going to be completed in a century, that was half a millennium ago.” The lack of progress was beginning to catch the leader of our rate’s ire\n\n“Yes, Builder, but, you see, the Lifeworkers demanded we make shelters for species on the prototype and the Warrior-Servants keep cutting ou... | 1 | |
[WP] You’ve heard of a fallen angel, but what about a risen demon? | [
"\"What? where am I\" the man - no he wasn't yet a man, he was a boy - said slowly as if waking from a long sleep. by all accounts he was handsome, and it was a damn shame. A man sat across from him, wearing robes of brightest crimson and blackest night.\n\n\"Let me tell it to ya like it is kid, you are already dea... | 4 | |
[WP] Your company jokingly offered apocalypse insurance. The world may have been nuked back to the stone age and you may be the only surviving employee, but that won't stop you from continuing to offer excellent customer service by tracking down surviving policyholders and paying out their claims. | [
"February 31, 2250\n\nI got into another argument with some old world enthusiast who insists February only had 27 days. Good god man, it's been 200 years since the bombs dropped this is just easier, ok?\n\nAlso, I meant one bad girl today. Think she might have restored my faith in humanity.\n\nOur caravan's been ta... | 8 | |
[WP] Need help with school? Look no further than the Homework Helpers! Includes one (1) History Elf, one (1) Science Goblin, and one (1) Math Fairy. Other classes sold separately. | [
"\"Hi,\" I said into the phone. \"Is there someone who can help me get a girlfriend?\"\n\n\"Of course! We'll send you a link. After you click the link, it'll redirect you to a page with the fee. Pay the fee, fill in your information, send us a picture, and we'll send one of our handy Social Imps your way. You'll ha... | 1 | |
[WP] The lounge singer has her audience captivated. | [
"*'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low*\n\nThe soft tones came from the center of the stage. Basking in a hazy light, the singer stood in front of the audience, their faces shadowed by the spotlight in her eyes. The song was a favorite of hers, adapted from its original version in order to fit her s... | 2 | |
[WP] As a brain tumour sufferer, you are offered a new type of experimental surgery. The operation cures you, but leaves you with an incredibly powerful sense of smell that can detect traces of everything. | [
"6:30 : Wake up, I of course don't need an alarm. The smell of Mr. and Mrs. Jensen's coffeee down the street is flagrant enough to do it for me. \n6:45: Take a shower. I haven't found a shampoo and bodywash that I couldn't smell. I was hoping this one would be different. Although I use the tiniest amount that wil... | 1 | |
[WP]: A veteran vampire hunter does the unthinkable: he begs a vampire to turn a dying child relative. | [
"I had just gotten home from Mississippi when I got the call. I had slaughtered a particularly nasty nest of hillbilly vampires, and I was wiping blood off my face and arms when my phone began to vibrate in my pocket. Dark, thick vampire blood still stained my clothes. I hadn’t even had a chance to change.\n\n“Mr. ... | 2 | |
[WP] On a whim, Lucifer releases the most evil of animals from Hell onto Earth, the Golden Retriever. God retaliated with the most heavenly of animals, the Black Cat. They’re both rather surprised on how the animals were perceived, and interviewed an owner of Both. | [
"**BEGIN RECORDING**\n\n\n**SUBJECT: STEPHEN TOWNSEND**\n\n\n*This recording is intended to educate and inform. It is meant in no way to be used as a tool by neither God nor the Devil in any manner save to inform their children or their minions respectively. This is writ in the Concords of Cats and Dogs, or the Acc... | 2 | |
[WP] Every time you enter a room you precognitively know how much time will pass before you leave it. Apparently you're going to be in the room you just entered for a very long time. | [
"3 years, 4 months, 29 days, 6 hours, and 4 minutes. \n\nI blinked and rubbed my face, confused. *God, pulling an all-nighter was a bad idea before a doctor's appointment.* \n\nI looked up, smiling to myself about how I thought I'd spend three years in a doctor's office. I walked in and lay down on the bed as Dr. S... | 1 | |
A wee bit of context for the "universe"
Humanity abandoned Earth in the early 2400s due to depleted resources. The UNESCO Earth Heritage Commission has approved a surface landing on Earth after thirty-six years of petitioning from the Old Confederacy. You are Captain Logan Chen, a native of the Socialist Union rainfor... | [WP] It is 4429 and you are the captain of first United Nations exploratory expedition to Sol Vetus III (Common name : Earth) after 2000 years of abandonment. | [
"MISSION LOG\nBrialar 456 -- Sun year 2029 15-15\nSol Vetus III -- 4429 AD 1-1\n\nEver since I was a kid I’ve loved exploring abandoned places, the old colonist’s buildings and the abandoned industrial blocks; but a whole planet, bereft of life, \nWow.\nI had only heard stories of Sol Vetus III from those old fanta... | 1 |
[WP] You're immortal, the only one that you know of. Every time you "wake up" from being killed, you lose memories. You can only retain memoires of twelve lives. After a plane crash, you wake in the morgue. An old hat situation to you. Until the body next to you wakes up too. | [
" (Written as a screenplay)\n\n**INT. LANCASTER MORGUE - MIDNIGHT**\n\n\\-Nicholas gasps, tearing out of the thin plastic body bag that covered his body. It was pitch black. He felt the cold steel ceiling of his new prison. He has about six inches above him and beside him. Sealed in like a sardine can. He starts ki... | 2 | |
[WP] You are in a dissatisfied marriage; you describe the signs of your marriage not working. You have an unconventional solution to bring you back together. | [
"\\[OK, I will give a shot, a novice and my first time here though... comments appreciated!\\]\n\nI have begun to keep a notebook of phrases that I use when we meet people. How we're very much in love, how our daughter's name will be Alexandra. I have 3 versions of the story of when we first met, written down and m... | 1 | |
[WP] A group of archaeologists dig through the sands of the Sahara desert, hoping to uncover any lost secrets the ground holds. After some extensive digging, they come across the surface of a skull. A skull so huge, its eye sockets are the same size as a blue whale. | [
"\"SIR! SIR! SIR!\"\n\n​\n\nGosh... \"I swear Timothy if this is another stupid tiny marking or whatnot I will ask to have you relocated to sector 31 because I cannot take your shit anymore.\"\n\n​\n\n\"No sir! Really look here!\"\n\n​\n\n\"This isn't a movie Timothy. We don't play ... | 1 | |
[WP] You watch as they walk away with a grin on their face, with the wind and rain battering you, you scream. “I know what you did! I KNOW WHAT YOU DID!” | [
"Pushing past chefs, waiters and managers alike, I rushed to the back door.\n\nA 9mm pop rang behind me, barely missing my thighs. As I slammed on the back door, I hear a familiar sound. The sound of a firing pin being pulled. Whoever this guy is, he came prepared to murder me at all costs. \n\nThe _ka-chink_ of th... | 2 | |
[WP] "This elevator will take you to where you need to be" | [
"I laughed at him. \"Really? Anywhere I need to be?\" I repeated with a mocking tone. \"Well, I need to be on the third floor, buddy, so if you could just move for a second...\"\n\nMy hand reached over to slap the button for my destination, but hit cold metal instead of the plastic disc I was ready for. Confused an... | 1 | |
[WP] A superhero tries to reveal their secret identity to the world, but nobody believes them. | [
"Alas, the time had come to let the world know who I was. With years of protecting this world under my belt, I felt I finally deserved some recognition. And what perfect moment to reveal my identity than at an internationally televised Q and A with president West. \n\nI waited for a moment of silence between questi... | 1 | |
[WP] A wounded soldier and a native child must work together to reach safety | [
"I’ve seen in American catalogs how they live. How they shape the floors of their homes into squares, and they call them tiles. How their roofs are not made of straw, and they prevent the rain from getting in. And how if they are hungry: they receive food from a reee..frid..gerrr..ator. I still do not know how to p... | 2 | |
[WP] Describe a future where technology has become so advanced that major markets that once supplied jobs to people are 100% fully automated. | [
"Kara couldn’t right remember when she *hadn’t* been on the *stuff*. She never much liked the street colloquial *Mist*, despite its nice short-hand. The idea reminded her of some old horror-flicks her dad liked to show when she was a kid. *The Fog*, *The Mist*, *The Thing* somehow getting mixed up all in there. She... | 1 | |
[WP] When you were younger, your parents always told you that your dead pets went to go live on a farm. While driving through the Southern United States, you find that farm. | [
"You don't quite remember what drew you to the farm in the first place. Something about the quiet dignity of the old barn, so welcoming against the blank New Mexico horizon. \n\nA long, gravel drive gives you a sight of the house nestled behind the barn. The windows are dark. However, on the porch, you spot a famil... | 1 | |
This is my first ever reddit post. Can't wait to see the responses! This is my second time making this, because I forgot the \[WP\] | [WP] Every 5 years, aliens come to Earth to update their universal translators. Tell of the struggles of understanding our stupid modern slang. | [
"They hated societies like this. Everyone could communicate their thoughts and ideas to the entire world for all to see. New words and phrases popping up like the amount of bacteria on a contaminated surface. This was fine, their own society had this, but on Earth there was no *agreement*.\n\nThat, Sysfskl figured,... | 1 |
[WP] Two writers, having never met but fallen in love with each other's words, begin to exchange subtle love letters through their short stories. | [
"Hi everyone! Doing another double feature review of a pair of novellas that caught my eye:\n\nFirst, we've got *Agents of Venus* by veteran author Jack McKannon. I can already hear some of you rolling your eyes - \"He's *still* writing those pulpy space adventure novels that went out of style in the 50's?\" - bu... | 2 | |
[WP] While taking a late night stroll playing Pokémon Go, you hear a strange sound behind you. You turn around to see a real life Pokémon following you. | [
"I stared at the purple rat that had been walking behind me for god knows how long, praying it was a trick of the street lamps at this late hour, but no, it had to confirm my suspicions by letting out another disturbing mix of squeaking and metallic groaning. \n\nI look back at my phone and zoom in towards my locat... | 1 | |
[WP]You are fiercely intelligent, super anti-social and yet cripplingly lonely. You go to take an ASD test and discover you're a hive-mind when you accidentally assimilate your doctor. | [
"Most children have an imaginary friend at one time or another. I, on the other hand, never did. I didn't associate with the other kids at the home, and the caretakers worried about me to no end. I never had too much trouble in school, as the bullies knew to avoid me ever since the gym incident in 3rd grade. Even t... | 1 | |
Saw this a while back on google images and it just popped into my head. I’d love to see what you guys can pull off with it. | [WP] Write a story around the dialogue: “I never stood a chance, did I?” “That’s the sad part - you did once.” | [
" A hundred and one thoughts went sprinting across my mind as I sat on that plastic chair in the middle of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.\n\nI thought of how uncomfortable these plastic chairs were. \n\nI thought of how irritating the calls of distant patients and the beeps of their associated machinery were.\n... | 6 |
Based on a prompt I saw a while back. | [WP] Wizards have ruled this world for as long as humans have walked the Earth. Humans have never stood a chance against the Wizards. However, this all changed when the Industrial Revolution began. | [
"Private John S. Huggins crouched behind cover, The sounds of explosions occurring every couple minutes. He looked up to Master Sergeant Dutches, who was busy talking on his earpiece. \n\n\"Alpha one this is fire station, come in alpha one.\" Dutches said into his earpiece.\n\n\"This is alpha one we hear you is the... | 2 |
[WP] You're a covert agent tasked with finding a missing diplomat; local informants tell you the believed whereabouts of said diplomat. Your next objective is to retrieve him if possible. You think he might be being interrogated or worse. Four men are in the room from what you've observed. | [
"RetrievalTeam>Orders\n\n\"I don't trust them,\" A young female voice broke the silence. \n\nDeputy Case Officer Paige had voiced her concerns about the informants already, I don't say anything.\n\n[Keyboard keys click and clack]\n\nCommandCentre>Extract\n\nThe orders are in motion, nothing can be undone at t... | 1 | |
[WP] You're coming home one night and feel uneasy about it, though you're not sure why. The feeling increases the closer you get: from uneasy to trepidation to foreboding to actual fear and terror. You enter your home and someone greets you. "Hi, honey!" You've never seen this person in your life. | [
" \n\nThe feeling of dread that had been building in George’s chest since he had left work an hour earlier becomes almost unbearable as George fumbles with his keys outside his apartment’s, very strong, he reminds himself, door. The keys slip out of George’s hand for the second time since he had dug them out of his... | 5 | |
[WP] Your hand lazily dangled off the bed, eyelids drooping. Just as you were about to nod off, you felt something suddenly grasp your hand and hold on tight. All at once, you realized what it was... another hand. | [
"I can't speak. I can't move. My body has frozen. There is a hand holding my hand - from under the bed! The hand feels cold and wrinkly.\n\n\"Hello.\" A shallow voice whispered.\n\nI am done. I am going to be killed by this ghost. I couldn't say anything back.\n\n\"Don't be scared. I am not here to harm you.\n\n\"I... | 2 | |
[WP] You’re a renowned hero throughout the land. The only problem is, you’re actually just a normal guy with split personality disorder. You’ve learned to contain it, but anytime your adrenaline spikes, the other guy comes out. The Hero. | [
"\"I've never been courted hero before\" she said gleefully from across the tavern table.\n\n\"Well. I've never courted much myself\" I said shyly back to her. Her smile was making me blush. We'd agreed on one night. Just this one night so I could finally have a night with Rose. Just me. So far, it was all going ok... | 1 | |
[WP] Hiring that dark elf mercenary was probably the best choice. But now that she is cooking the dead goblins you are not so sure anymore. | [
"She looked at me expectantly after setting down the bowl of stew. It didn’t look very good, but she was clearly quite proud of it. With an unbroken stare, sitting far too close, she mimed bringing a spoon to her mouth to instruct me to eat.\n\nThough I used to travel these roads alone, recent rumors of highwaymen ... | 1 | |
[WP] As the villain spoke, their words had sudden and chilling clarity "Do you feel like a hero yet?" | [
"I have been chasing after this villain for 6 months now. He is pure evil, worse than the Joker and Bane put together. He has killed 1,000's and knows my secret identity. If I didn't put the tracker on robin, well I don't want to know what would happen. With most of the Gotham Rouges dead by his hand, and the city ... | 2 | |
[WP] A very close group of DnD friends lose one of their members in a car accident. Months after their friends death most of the group decide to have their late friend's character die with honor in a battle. But anytime the character takes damage one of the members keeps healing the character. | [
"Shaun pauses, looking up from the DM screen as Rose starts to cry. Everyone looks at each other from across the table, unsure of what to do.\n\n\"Rose,\" Shaun says, a look of concern on his stubbled face, \"are you okay? Are you sure you want to do this?\"\n\nTears stream down Rose's face, as she cries softly int... | 2 | |
[WP] Last night, you dreamed that you robbed the world's highest security bank. After an intense gun fight with the SWAT team, you managed to get away with millions of dollars stolen. You wake up to pounding on your door. "This is the Dream Police, come out with your hands up!" | [
"\"So, what am I being charged with?\" I demanded.\n\nThe lieutenant checked his notepad. \"Breaking and entering. Criminal trespass. Grand theft. Attempted murder. Assault of law enforcement officers. Illegal discharge of a firearm. Double parking. We're throwing the book at you.\"\n\nI snorted loudly. \"What book... | 1 | |
[WP] You just have one of those faces. You blend into crowds and people don't really remember you. This boring forgetfulness has made you the ultimate assassin. | [
"\"Those with bags or purses please use this line. All others can use the one on the left.\" I quickly put myself between two larger groups in the line on the right. As we get to the checkpoint the woman in front of me gives her purse to the security guard. He does a quick check I can tell he doesn't take this seri... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a God but nobody belives you exist. You want them to belive in you again, not because "uh no more powers" but because you are a God. So fuck it, go nuts, just make 'em recognise you again! | [
"Snap\n\nMount Rushmore was hovering above Washington DC, upside down.\n\nSnap\n\nAll Dogs in New York City have become the size of Minivans.\n\nSnap\n\nMount Rushmore bursts and it’s debris rains down onto Washington, turning into piles of Flowers upon contact. \n\nSnap\n\nAll cars turn into huge Furballs, rolling... | 1 | |
[wp] When listening to a popular band, you notice the rest of audience behaving weirdly. Turns out they have the power of turning their audience into obedient 'zombies' and you're somehow unaffected. You decide to put a stop to their plan... | [
"Some gift, I thought, while BlackPurpleVance continued their monotonous opener. Everyone else had their hands up, swaying along with the bass line, first leaning left, then right, and back again. Retards. They weren't even looking at the stage, where the lead singer held his arms straight out and moving them side ... | 1 | |
[WP] Lying in ruin, a stone that marks my grave, etched into the surface a deed that dealt the final blow. I dream about this every night since I lost my way, is it a vision or a nightmare? Sooner or later I'll know for sure. Regardless I can't help but feel like I'm betrayed. | [
"Well here I am.\n\nAbout to die.\n\nI can tell you know, Peter Pan was wrong. It's no adventure. Life leading up to death, now that's an adventure. But let me rewind back a bit. Go through some old memories, they're easy to remember when life flashes before your eyes.\n\nWell let's see, there's the drugs. That's w... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a shape-shifter with a personality disorder. The way you cope with that is by having a set of hats/accessories to help you transition between personalities; but there is one hat you fear putting on. What is the hat and why are you so afraid of it? | [
"I sit here writing this for anyone to find because i no longer believe i will be here eventually, i hope that this letter will show everyone i am truly sorry for whatever happens, please forgive me for whatever i do.\n\nI have always been a shape-shifter but my mind has never been able to cope with the transformat... | 3 | |
[WP] Through telepathy you are able to hear the cells in your body communicate their intentions. Normally it's a low hum of "release serotonin, replace scalp skin cells, process mucus" and etc. But one day you hear something out of the ordinary. | [
"\"Brothers ! Sisters !\"\n\nAgain ? Bob's eyes opened sluggishly. A familiar fan slowly came into focus as his eyes adjusted. Nope, this was his flat. Good, it would be a bit too sad if he had fallen asleep in the university library. Again.\n\nNot that people could really yell out like that in the library, Ms Pete... | 1 | |
[WP]You're a new prison guard being shown around by the old man you're replacing. When showing you the last cell in solitary, he says, "And don't worry about this one, they were here when I started." He then opens the viewing slot and you look through to see a young teen who looks no older than 16. | [
"I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:\n\n- [/r/u_creatorschilde] [\\[WP\\]You're a new prison guard being shown around by the old man you're replacing. When showing you the last cell in solitary, he says, \"And don't worry about this one, they were here when I... | 6 | |
[WP] The human race is actually immortal with insane technology. A simulation was created to mimick what we once had, an expiration date and the opportunity to consume. The thing is, no one is manning the simulation anymore. | [
"When Matt walked pass mirrors he got a little uneasy. It wasn't the creepy events of his teen years when he and his friends attempted to see bloody Mary and how that freaked him out. It was that when he looked into the mirror, he didn't recognize his own face. The uneasiness had life altering ramifications. Was he... | 2 | |
Edit: Dammit, I meant protagonist! I guess it could be either one | [WP] You're a fanfic writer who has fallen in love with their own antagonist, and will stop at nothing to bring them to life. After years of research and dark rituals, you summon the great lord Cthulhu for help. | [
"This was it. I'd finally found a way to make my fantasies come true. Sure, there will probably be terrible repercussions for what I am about to do, but hey, I know it will be worth it in the end.\n\n*Cthulhu, Y' ymg' ulnah hafh! Mggoka'ai ya uln, ng ahe!*\n\nAnd there he was. The great old one himself. Green and r... | 1 |
[WP] Just keep running, Just keep running. You're fine as long as you just. keep. running. | [
"They shoved something in my hands, just a small lump wrapped in paper, and told me to keep running. That was the last time I saw my parents. I was pushed into the darkness and the door was locked behind me.\n\nI ran to the back of the yard. There were thick bushes in front of the wire fence, but the sounds coming ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the last person on earth. You jokingly drive through a drive thru and hear, "Welcome to McDonalds how can I help you?" | [
"\"Welcome to McDonalds how can I help you?\" I heard, coming from the speakers.\n\nI stopped.\n\n\"Hello,\" I said.\n\n\"Welcome to McDonalds how can I help you?\"\n\n\"Hi ...\" I didn't know, is this just automatic, is this some new Google AI shit?\n\n\"Hi, is there anything I can help you with?\" She continued.\... | 3 | |
[WP] During a particularly late shift in a large warehouse, you notice one of the industrial lights lining the ceiling suddenly flicker. Soon enough, it explodes in a violent spark, and the one in front of it starts to flicker. This continues as with each light, the darkness slowly getting closer. | [
"“I need a new job.” I sighed.\n\n“You’re kiddin’, right?” My coworker overheard me.\n\n“No, I’m *not.*”\n\n“Man, so what if we work a few extra hours? We’re takin’ home almost six digits a year movin’ boxes! Don’t know ‘bout you, but if boss-man wants us runnin’ a double without notice, I ain’t tellin’ OSHA shit.”... | 1 | |
[WP] No one ever asked the potion master how he came about the items in his inventory, but you've become curious. How did he bottle lighning, the winter's storm, and most curiously, a year of time? | [
"**From Flasky to Flask master – A detailed guide on how to brew advanced potions by Peter Ottenares Ionunker.**\n\nExcerpt 1: \nChapter 18 – Unobtainable potions\n\n\n*A potion for Eternal Life*\n\n\nEveryone alive today has given the possibility of Eternal Life a reasonable thought at least once in their lifetime... | 5 | |
[WP] Hidden in the back of an antiques shop is a bugle. Curious, you blow into it, but no sound comes out. The shop owner screams in terror as you blow. Fascinated, you buy it, and after a while, you begin to hear the sound of an army charging at you. Despite your fear, the horn is highly addictive. | [
"Long, long ago there was an immense war between Muspelheim, sometimes called Muspell, and Niflheim. They are the lands of fire and ice. Ginnungagap, the Gaping Gap, was the name for the dark and empty nothing between the two worlds. When the Fire Giants from Muspelheim trooped across the Ginnungagap to war with th... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone has a counter over their head that displays the number of people they have killed, whether it be directly or indirectly. One day, while preparing for work, you look in the mirror and see that your number has jumped from 0 to 7,431. | [
"As you see the change, you decide ‘I’m staying home!’ The moment you have made the decision you see the number jump to 100,001.\n\n\n‘This is soo not my day.’ As you sit down on your bed. You have no idea what to do next. \nWill the number drop if I do decide to go to the office? \nWill it stay the same? \nAs you... | 2 | |
[WP] A century has passed since the clouds fell from the sky like multi-tonne bricks, smashing cities and economies under mountains of solid water vapor. You're part of a cloud mining crew who just discovered the remains of a lost 21st century city. | [
"The Blue Vapour mining company contacted me six months ago with an opportunity to join an expedition to the New York site. I was a frustrated archaeologist stuck in a back grey room of the department of reclamation, I was filling my time filing wasting keying my degree gather dust on the wall. I leaped at the oppo... | 1 | |
[WP] You thought it was over. That you’d escaped the demons in your head. But, it turns out, they had merely left your head and manifested into the real world... | [
"“You’re gay,” the male hair stylist says behind your back alongside his barber wife. \n\n“No I’m not.”\n\nThey laugh to each other playing slap ass. Grinning at you with their eyes crossed and saliva dropping off the sides of their mouth.\n\n“Look at him over there,” the female barber points to some man sitting on... | 1 | |
[WP] Engines: Off. On-Board Computers: Life Support Only. Radio Absorbing Hull: Active. Status: Invisible. | [
"We were greedy. So greedy, brash and pig-headed. I took a look at my companions, what was left of them at least, and grimaced. My morose expression was met in kind while the ship’s lights flickered. Where were the bloodthirsty pirates who struck fear into the hearts of every trader in this solar system? Now, all I... | 1 | |
[WP] You home alone, sitting in your room reading a newspaper. You hear a rustling and look up to see a note sliding neatly under the door of the bedrooms closet. | [
"I sighed with content. It was Saturday afternoon and I was finally able to sit back and relax after a horrible week working at my local sandwich shop. I was sitting on my bed, just reading my daily newspaper when I came across an advertisement for the stupid sandwich shop. Disgusted, I threw the newspaper to my ri... | 1 | |
Bonus: this can be applied to any famous religious figure... | [wp] Write your own short story, telling the story of Jesus in your own words and from your own memory. | [
"Ok, so it's longer than I origonally thought but...\n\nIn the beginning, there was God, who was three people in one, Father, Son (That would be Jesus) and the holy spirit. God created the heavens and earth and a bunch of angels to serve him. Eventually God's number two guy (Lucifer, also the dude in charge of mus... | 1 |
[WP] You're an up-and-coming supervillain with mind control powers. Your biggest obstacle is that your powers only work on people who are black-out drunk. | [
"\"HAH!\" The air cracked with the whiplash of his tongue, a single short-lived burst of laughter. \n\n\"What do I do for a living, you asked.\" The shadow, horned and squatting over a person who was trying to understand the direction of gravity in this new world. But he was so sleepy...\n\n\"Hey! Don't sleep, I kn... | 1 | |
[WP] While watching a solar eclipse with your friends, the moon begins to crack. Turns out, the moon was actually a giant egg, and now its hatchling is heading towards Earth... | [
"One day the moon broke apart. In the sky it heaved and throbbed until finally it split. Some watched it in awe, others were too immersed in their own lives to even notice, but even still, more would know nothing of such events because the sun still blared ahead. At dusk, I wonder, if they finally saw, their mouths... | 3 | |
[WP]You made a pact with a demon, but you managed to trick him and capture him to avoid fulfilling your contract. The problem? All he has to do is wait until you die to get your soul. | [
"Everyone is taught that it's such a great day to be celebrated on our Damnation. When any human turns 18, they're granted a personal demon by some otherworldly monster or eldritch horror. We don't quite know the source of the curse, but we think a shared ancestor pissed off someone or something as powerful as it w... | 1 | |
Let your will be done. | [WP] Everyone has two shrifts carved into them at some point in their lives. letters in their hand, and the corresponding title within their soul. There are legends of those who bore S for Strength, or M for Monster. You have an A upon your hand, and a single word carved into your soul. Almighty. | [
" Seeing the diviner on your 18th Birthday was a right of passage. An honor that everyone looked forward to with great anticipation but, not me. I always felt different from everyone else. I had no interest in having my letter carved in my hand because I decided long ago that the word carved into my soul was just t... | 1 |
[WP] When you wish upon a star, it is actually a satellite - your wish has been recorded and an agent has been assigned to your case. (Picked off Night Vale) | [
"\"Hi, this is Jess calling for AJ.\" Jess said, lightly leaning on her desk as she stared at the several wishes she had to go through today. WISH Corp. was so... boring - given their guidelines. In fact, it was summarized above every one of their employees computers in a single phrase. 'Grant with sense', Jess alw... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the owner of a funeral home in a small town and have struck a deal with vampires. You give them blood in exchange for the town's protection. You are running out of bodies. | [
"\"Joe McGuire,\" I said, throwing the photos onto the table.\n\n\"He drowned while swimming alone,\" stated the chief.\n\n\"Those photos show bruises from being beaten. And a fatal blow to the back of his neck.\"\n\n\"Obviously, the body bashed against rocks while in the water.\"\n\n\"Rocks with a distinctive sign... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a hitman. However, before you can do the deed, your victim always dies another way (accident, natural causes, unrelated murder, etc.) Your employers don't care; "Dead is dead." However, you're starting to feel self-conscious about being the only hitman to never kill anyone. | [
"I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:\n\n- [/r/u_creatorschilde] [\\[WP\\] You are a hitman. However, before you can do the deed, your victim always dies another way (accident, natural causes, unrelated murder, etc.) Your employers don't care; \"Dead is dead.\... | 15 | |
[WP] This was the end of the world. Seemingly out of nowhere every ant in the world grows to the size of the average house cat | [
"You want to know where I was on Ant day? Well I'll tell you.\n\nAlright, let me set the scene. I'm in my backyard on my porch just relaxing. I like to have a drink and admire my garden of flowers after a long day's work. At 3:30, I guess, since that's when all the news reports said it started, I noticed these blac... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the first highly intelligent, self aware sheep on earth. Your life has been good, but lately older family members and friends have been disappearing. You devise a cunning plan. | [
"The fields I grazed seemed upset. Nature itself sighed for the fate of my forefathers. \nI never knew my grandfather. Apparently he was a great ram with the warmest wool. \nI only saw my father briefly one summer, then he too disappeared. Gone into the brown house with the macabre, unplaceable smell. \n\nMy mot... | 1 | |
[WP] You work in an underground lab centuries after the climate change have made the surface inhabitable. Your work consists of exploring the surface with drones in search of life. One day you find another damaged drone and the analysis says that is alien. On it’s body a label says “CURIOSITY”. | [
"David's hand on the joystick was suddenly plastered in sweat. After all these years of searching through the barren landscapes and deserted cities of metallic cabins, he had never come across a drone like this. Yes there were other labs around what was left of the world, scanning for land suitable for human life, ... | 2 | |
[WP] The old man sighed and eased back into his tattered chair, watching the kids play outside with their Sparks. | [
"Leaves swirl like circus acrobats, the dirty, rag-tag trio laugh, dodging the crackling sparks. Redwood columns, paint peeling in long grey curls, frame the whimsical masterpiece.\n\nStretching an aching knee, a smooth oak cross rail bites into a curved spine. Savoring the fragrant smell of lavender, the warm cu... | 1 | |
[WP] “We have our animal forms, the powers of good, Mother Nature, and the power of friendship on our side! What do you have?” “Spider Tanks” | [WP] “We have our animal forms, the powers of good, Mother Nature, and the power of friendship on our side! What do you have?” “Spider Tanks” | [
"Black smoke poured out of the machines as they swung their bladed arms at the enormous trees. Their saw blades took hours to cut through the thick trunks. But wherever Baron Farribe pointed the trees fell. Once they were down they were dragged away by black metal wonders that strode the thick underbrush on eight ... | 1 |
[WP]Humans are considered the one of the most peaceful in all of the galaxy. Yet, every alien civilization do not go to war against the humans. | [
"(This is mobile, so please excuse the formatting)\n\nHumans.\n\nThey're a very curious race. One of the most eccentric, in fact.\nTheir race is full of talents, rebellion, paradoxes; where people functions best against the standards of society. They were driven by ambition. Blind? No one knows.\n\nBut in spite of ... | 1 | |
[WP] In ancient times, great objects were imbued with magical power. This power was passed to similar items throughout the ages. In present time, the "belt of strength" is a WWE championship belt, and the "cloak of invisibility" is a unique hoodie, etc. You come to possess a magically imbued item. | [
" \n\nMargo gave a final glance up and down the road to make sure no one caught sight of her. She saw no cars in either direction and ducked into a dry canal that ran parallel to the road. She climbed out on the other bank and disappeared under the overgrown foliage.\n\nMargo reached her ‘secret base’ after a 20-mi... | 7 | |
[WP] You and a friend get jobs at the same store in Canada. The store sells marijuana and alcohol, and you both enjoy imagining the lives of your clients. | [
"One man walks in, his head face down, a hood drawn over it. He sighs and coughs as he rounds the aisles searching through the bottles as if one of them will jump out at him if he stares long enough. He must be poor or down on his luck as he only picks up the cheap stuff that makes you sick. I hate to assume purely... | 1 | |
[WP] As you feed some Seagulls by the beach, one particular seagull thanks you for your charity and says you will be repaid in time, since then seagulls seem to be helping you whenever they can. | [
"**Event Log to Prove I'm Not Crazy**\n\n**June 5, 3:53pm:** I was feeding crackers to some seagulls on the beach. It's something I do a few times a week when I'm bored. They seem to like me or even recognize me. Today I thought I heard a seagull say, \"You are our savior. We will repay you in time.\" I chalked it ... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re a scientist stuck in an Russian Artic research station. You’ve just killed your only colleague because the mysterious figures hidden in the snowstorm told you to do it. | [
"Katya, I don't know if you are going to receive this. Our communications have been spotty at best. I'm not sure how many of my previous messages made it, or if any made it at all, but if by some chance you are getting this please listen:\n\nDO NOT COME HERE!!\n\nDo not let them send anyone. They will say I'm craz... | 4 | |
[WP] You are just an ordinary ghost in an old apartment. You welcome new humans in your house with kind gifts like lit candles or art you made out of stacked chairs, but for some strange reason every time you think you got them a nice present they move out pretty quick. | [
"“Oh. My. God!” Mike floated through the kitchen phasing into the living room to look out the window. “Sweetie!! Get down here we have some new roommates!”\n\n“OH!” came a gasp from upstairs as Karen dropped through the floor with curlers still in her hair. “I need to clean myself up!” With a shake of her head t... | 1 | |
[WP] The dragon has just finished destroying your village. Instead of feeling anger or fear, you feel love. | [
"Elder Stanton reached for the gavel with his fat, pink hand, shrugging away the wide hem of the silken sleeve that clung to his wrist. It was sweltering inside the Council House, both from the still air and the unwavering summer afternoon heat. The Solstice Gatherings tended to be short affairs, attended only by t... | 1 | |
[WP] I wake up to bird noises, but I'm the one making them. | [
"He said \"you can be reborn as any creature to have graced this Earth.\"\n\n\"Any?\" I stupidly asked, as if there was any way *his* power faced any limit.\n\n\"Any,\" he confirmed, in a booming voice that made my already-shaking limbs convulse with abandon.\n\nI am ... was a palaeontologist. I left my first wife... | 1 | |
[WP] Your superpower is to always know which superhero could handle a situation the best. You are... Middle Man. | [
"\"I never liked cameras. People think they're unbiased, objective, as if somehow a photo is less susceptible to lies than words.\" I stare out the window, and from my office here up high I can see most of the city sprawled out beneath my feet. It's not a power trip, as much as one would like to think. At least... | 2 | |
[WP] God gives someone His powers for a day to teach them a lesson, only to find they've frozen the Earth's rotation so days last forever. | [
"Wicca Stevenson had been raised by very avant-garde parents. Luna-Joy and Bryce Stevenson were the sorts of parents who let their kids run into walls and bruise like rotting fruit. They were precise with their lessons and generous with their praise. \n\nWicca was one of three. They could never decide, the siblings... | 1 | |
[WP] One day, you swerve to avoid a squirell on the road. Unknown to you, the squirell proceeds to swear a life vow to you. | [
"She didn’t even think about the rodent again when she got home. It was the worst day of her life, but she contemplated that at least it was her last. She slowly reached for the bottle of pills, glass of wine already in hand. \n\nShe poured out several pills and started bringing the handful to her mouth. The crisp ... | 1 | |
[WP] The Penguins of Madagascar have 72 hours to hunt down and kill Osama Bin Laden | [
"Kowalski, analysis\n\n“20 minutes until we enter Abbottabad, sir” \n\n“You know what to do right, have you killed before?” \n\n“No, I’ve never killed a man, but I know what he’s done” \n\n“Perfect. Now, what about you Flipper?” \n\nFlipper had obviously never even thought about killing, and the thought of doing an... | 1 | |
[WP] The ocean calls. For decades you've buried the feelings, yet they grow. Standing next to the ocean you submit, letting the currents take you out to sea. Yet you live. You are Neptune reincarnated! You know you must find your brothers Jupiter and Pluto. | [
"*I wish I had gills.* \n*So I could walk free,* \n*Beneath the sea.* \n\n\nLike a blackbird on my fence, \nChirping at me. \nI would swim with glee. \n\n\nHair black with salt and vinegar, \nThe wash and wave of water. \nFirst, I'd wander to my river. \n\n\nTake my face and kiss the rills, \nLetting them... | 2 | |
[WP]You are a well-known monster, infamous for killing every human challenger that came to fight you. You are feared and hated, since you razed many villages. You hear someone entering your lair, and are very surprised to see a human who starts talking to you like an old friend. | [
"\"There you are, pal. Been looking for you all over.\"\n\n​\n\nMy warning growl rumbled as I watched the stranger stride, slowly, cautiously, yet with more confidence than any of his predecessors, into the shade of my lair. My hiding place, where I came to be away from the noise and confusion of the wor... | 1 | |
[WP]God is real but has social anxiety and really hates the attention. | [
"\"Thanks be to God!\" \"Praise the lord!\" \"It's a miracle!\" \n\n\nI cringed. I preferred not to think about the individual who first came up with the idea of praising me whenever fortune smiled on them, attributing every lucky bounce with divine providence. If only I could be unjust in one single soul's judgem... | 1 | |
[WP] 2327 A.D under Pluto's ice an ancient gate is found that connects galaxies. We learn that we're just one of many human "tribes" across the universe, but forgot our mission - and with it we lost the right to vote. Our fate is not in our own hands anymore. | [
"The year is 2385, and the glory of humanity had dwindled. Mere decades before, humans made what they believed to be the most important discovery in History. Whilst space travel was possible centuries before this event, humans had never made it as far as the out reaches of our galaxy. A mission was launched and led... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a child. Your one goal in life thus far has been to make it over the top of the swing set. You try and try and one day it miraculously happens. You step off the swing triumphantly and then realize that this is not the world you know. | [
" \n\n“Almost!” Scott smiled and leaned all his weight back as gravity pulled him back down from the top. He watched the ground zoom backward under him and shrink while he pulled his weight upward against the chain swing. The ground looked farther than any time before. “This time for sure!” He leaned forward and dr... | 2 | |
[WP] In a dystopian future without children, monsters now have no purpose because they have no children to scare. | [
"“It’s the storks, man,” Ginger insisted over her morning coffee. She traced a cartoon clipart stork carrying a little bundle onto the grimy diner table with a claw. “We find the storks, wait three years and we’re back in business.”\n\n“In _America_,” Dean hissed, tail whapping the booth behind them. \n\n“It’s the ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been fighting the Time Travel Police for years, trying to warn the past what is to come. After decades of attempts you finally found a loophole; there is no telling when they will notice. | [
"\"Yy ohT gri-a-ay-\"\n\n\"We'll see about that, officer...\" Sibil leaned over from her captain's chair to inspect the badge on the man's uniform. \"Pitt.\"\n\n\"Ay err I chew!\"\n\n\"I hope so! I really do this time,\" she said as she flipped a row of switches one by one from left to right on control panel above ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the proud owner of a new cutting edge voice activated car. On your way to work the radio DJ announces the next song - AC/DCs - "Highway to Hell." The car replies in a chipper tone. "New destination found. Recalculating route." | [
"The car’s voice activation system found a new way to malfunction every day. Monday morning was no different. Cruising down the highway on the way to work, George thought about all the times the car had taken words out of context and turned them into strange and destructive orders. For example, one time his wife to... | 2 | |
[WP] Babies are born with a temporary message in their arms which explains what their best archivement in life will be, but is errased after a week of life. You (or wife) have just given birth to twins, one's arm spells out 'Create cure to cancer' while the other says 'Kill my twin sibling'. | [
"When will she kill him, that question has plagued my mind for ten years now. Every little outburst my daughter has any little angry moment I’m terrified, it might happen this is what made her kill him. I spend most of my time with the kids, my son is a bright boy with a head for science, he wants to be a doctor so... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a year into raising a child. You’re doing your best to teach them how to walk, read, write, talk and such, but there’s one little issue that’s been there this whole time that’s making it harder than most parents’ situations: you’re doing this during the apocalypse. | [
"We’re in a field of dead bodies, and as I clutch my rifle, my baby boy stumbles towards me, arms out, giggling. It’s a sick sight to see, the kinda thing that would’ve driven people mad in the past—but we gotta keep moving, and he’s gotta keep growing up. We don’t got time to hide the horrors of the world.\n\nHe f... | 1 | |
[WP] You have been diagnosed with a mysterious illness, where each time you fall asleep the amount of time you sleep doubles regardless of medical intervention or otherwise. After a while you start to notice another peculiarity, while you sleep-you don’t age. | [
"If you don't listen to anything else that I say, listen to this: NEVER go caving. Science has unlocked the keys to the universe. I've seen the progress we've made, and it's amazing. We can see planets in solar systems so far away, the mind can't even comprehend the distance. We've mastered particle physics, p... | 1 | |
[WP] Every argument in the world is solved by a simple coin toss. You are the only human that can force a coin to land on its side. | [
"I can hear them behind me. Their footsteps slap heavy against the pavement, echoing against the empty alleyway. The night is cold and wet and our commotion goes unnoticed by a city trying to get its last hours of sleep.\n\n“Get back here you filthy cheat!” One of them calls. I recognize the voice. It’s Merrill fro... | 1 | |
[WP] There's an old saying that babies cry when they are born because for as long as they cry, they will not forget their past life's memories. | [
"I dont know how I know, but if I stop crying I'll forget. I'll forget my wonderful wife, and my two amazing girls. I'll forget my service to my country, I'll forget my comrades. I dont want to forget my parents and my brother. \n\nI know these things, and I believe it's a small mercy granted by what ever God there... | 1 | |
[WP] You're doing card tricks at a bar one night when a group of actual wizards see you. They're amazed at how you can do magic without uttering a single spell. They ask you to join their secret group. They reveal to you that they are at war with a rival cabal and want you to lead them into battle. | [
"I coughed the moment the pungent odor of incense and cinnamon hit you. I look around, taking in the surrounding. Wait, how did they get a whole elephant head in here?\n\nA minute earlier, you were trying to play the stage at the tavern. The Ren Faire does bring in quite a bit of money but the most important thing ... | 1 | |
[WP]: You are gifted with the godlike ability to alter reality as you see fit, no matter how late or small the details. The catch? Whenever you change reality you lose some of your intelligence. Small changes cost a few brain cells here and there, but large ones... | [
"“Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell,” smiled the secretary, “Dr. Albertson will see you know.”\n\nQuietly they slid across the marble floor into the office of Dr. Albertson. They had placed themselves in immense debt to get their son into this clinic, thinking it was their last chance of him getting better. “Good afternoon Do... | 1 | |
[WP] Write the most wholesome story of all, but it has to start and end with the words "The rain wasn't all bad" | [
"\"The rain wasn't all bad,\" I said. \n\nIn my estimation, the track had become clean and it favored our car and our drivers. Endurance racing can be a long slow slog through traffic to get in touch with the leaders of the class you are competing in. Well, with the downpour cleaning the track it removed the marble... | 13 | |
[WP] You have been chosen the help the Faerie Prince prove his worth to inherit the throne. He must fulfill three tasks; one cruel, one kind and one impossible. | [
"\"And with this ring I do the wed\" the princess smiled, laying a ring on her love's finger. The prince smiled and turned to his father. \"My crown please.\" The king glared at his son, and his new lawbound daughter. \n\n\"You have no right! I see no great accomplishment other than finding such a lovely bride!\" H... | 1 | |
[WP] You're being chased by a terrifying monster. As it closes in, you realize it doesn't want you - it wants what's in your pocket. | [
" I never should have tried to break in, I think, as I run blindly through dark corridors, the snapping of teeth not far behind. I pick up my pace, my chest burning and eyes watering as I dodge left, sharply, into another dimly lit hallway. The thing — I didn’t get a good look at it — doesn’t follow me. I slow down... | 1 |
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