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[ WP ] One day the world wakes up to everyone having a number visible over their head . Your number is 1 .
| It was a dull tuesday morning when I woke up to the sounds of my phone going off non-stop. Aaron was frantically screaming nonsense at me. `` THERE IS A NUMBER... Errr... SOMETHING IS ON ME JOSH!'' I mumbled and turned on my side to go back to my dreams, but that is when I saw it. There in the mirror, it was right on t... |
[ WP ] Everyone has the last words of their soulmate written on their body . Yours says `` I never loved you. ``
| It always puzzled me, to say the least, and made me extremely nervous.
As such I never committed into relationships, probably by great of having my feelings not reciprocated.
My longest relationship was with a man I loved deeply, Indy. He was the complete opposite of me: extraverted, charming, outgoing. He was ... |
[ WP ] A handful of people have been born with a dumb and useless superpower . The government has made sure to not let two of these people make contact with each other because when these two useless powers combine the world will be at risk . One day two of these people accidently meet
| It was n't like I wanted it to happen, hell, it was n't even that I knew it would happen..it just did!
Our society has labeled my ilk as `` Defects''; while the majority of our race has evolved into a species with extraordinary powers, the rest of us ( the defects ) just do stupid shit like turn into bread, or have... |
[ TT ] You and your crew have been sent to start colonizing the moon . When you visit the far side you find signs that this isn ’ t the first time humans have tried to colonize it , and it looks like things ended badly for them .
| Captain Rick slammed on the brakes of his moon rover, and skidded to a stop for the next 10 seconds.
Once the rover stopped completely he stood up and headed over to the object glinting a few meters away from him.
As he got closer the brightness became more and more unbearable, until he managed to cover the obj... |
[ WP ] The System has appointed you as the newest Regulator , one of the elite . Except you have no idea exactly what you are supposed to be 'regulating ' , and it slowly becomes apparent that neither do any of your co-workers .
| I questioned my choice on that first day, and on several subsequent days. By the time summer came around, I was enjoying it of course. But then autumn came again, and fat clouds brought more questions.
I always walked my section of the Thames, never any other, not even on my own time. The filthy serpent that snakes... |
[ WP ] You are the only person in the world who can not spontaneously break into song ( like Disney ) .
| **This was a great prompt, but I kind of took it in a different direction**
It started with one long slow note,
Was apprehensive at the start,
With confidence the note grew bolder,
Adding harmonies to its heart,
As song took shape more voices joined,
‘ Till the village was filled with song,
And I alon... |
[ WP ] A zombie outbreak has just began and they 're all over your town , write me a story starting from wherever you currently are .
| There was always so much talk. Big words for big hypotheticals, bravado and overconfidence in the face of imaginary monsters. But what good is talk in the face of the first screams?
Amazing how quickly those tuff words soon too become screams.
It started with the sirens. Crowds slowly gathered outside of their ... |
[ WP ] You are becoming frustrated that nobody is responding to your writing prompts
| I checked my phone for the third time. No responses. I'd tried it all: prompts about the devil, prompts about Hitler. Nothing.
A thought poked like a meerkat out of my subconscious.
`` No,'' I said aloud. `` That's crazy. Unless...''
I walked to the coffee shop, trying to make eye contact with someone. Nothing. W... |
[ PM ] Give me ten prompts . I 'll turn them all into one story .
| And now for the Feature Presentation
Part I: How it all Started
“ I guess you can say, well it happened a long, long time ago. ”
“ Shut up old man, can ’ t you see I ’ m trying to read the damn Journal? ”
That idiot lawyer, at least I think he ’ s a lawyer, rides this part of the line, between Pennsylva... |
[ WP ] `` I never really was welcome here ... was I ? ''
| `` I never really was welcome here... was I?'' `` Jim, that's not true.'' Lyte said. You just ca n't stay here anymore. I wish things did n't go down like this.'' Jim shook his head. `` You did n't want me here. I could feel it.'' Lyte looked at Jim, with an impassioned face, and held traces of concern. `` Feel what?''... |
[ WP ] They laughed at me when I said my superpower was hydrokinesis . Said that the ability to control water was useless . They forgot that the human body is 60 % water .
| `` Water?'' he asks, a slight nervous chuckle escaping his lips, `` You can control water?'' I smile, he thinks he's saved. `` You ca n't hurt people with water. What are you going to do? Splash us to death?''
He thinks that because I do n't have a weapon, because my great power is hydrokinesis, that they're safe. ... |
[ FF ] Beginning at the end .
| The boulder tumbled mercilessly down the steep slope, and after he lost sight of it he heard it, crashing against the ledge at the bottom of the mountain.
He dropped to his knees, too exhausted to put the scream that was in his heart out into the world. Every part of his body ached. His broad muscles were impressiv... |
[ WP ] Your whole modern life is a lucid dream . Now you wake up into real life , the Middle Ages .
| I was a teacher of electronics in my dream, but that is too far away from where I woke up. I would n't be able to dumb it down enough if I tried.
When I woke, it turns out I am actually only 7 years old, celebrating my birthday one Christmas morning, even though my dream seemed as if I was in my mid 30's. I was pre... |
[ WP ] A mathematician on the brink of insanity has spent years locked in his apartment , attempting to find a formula that proves God exists . As he nears to a breakthrough , God shows up to explain why the proof should n't be made public .
| ``....Now to just fix that semicolon, carry the one, add in the null set... and... Eureka! I've done it! I've proven God's existence!''
*A shadowy figure, who had been lurking in the corner for the last five minutes, clapped slowly for about 7.6 seconds, give or take. *
`` Hello John. I hear that you've discove... |
[ WP ] `` We 've still got time . Not enough , but enough . ''
| In no way was he broadsided by the words that left her lips. He looks through the floor, to the depths of his soul. He finds only pieces and dust. His gazed is locked, he notices she is still talking, watching him look at the floor.
The ringing in his ears start tapering off, she has already stood up and grabbed he... |
[ WP ] You appear in a small dark room . In the middle of it there is a table , a computer terminal on it and an uncomfortable looking stool . The screen blinks . nº 47525961285641377 `` I wish I could be less fat . '' Allow ? [ y/N ] | This is your life now .
| It was a long day.
I wish I had a million dollars.
Denied.
I wish Daddy would come back home safe.
Granted.
I wish Tim would fucking die.
Who is this Tim? This stupid machine never gives me any context. Tim could be the next Hitler for all I know. But I'm not into killing people.
Denied.
... |
[ FF ] Write a poem entitled `` A secret worth telling '' using no more than 20 sentences .
| Trapped in a moment twixt coffee and tea
Caught in a moment, between you and me
Imagine I'll stand; That I'll own what I say.
Do n't leave it lying unspoken to fester
Do n't wrap around in an intricate knot,
Shake off the lethargy,
Forsake bright fear,
And claim my sin wholeheartedly.
.
... |
[ WP ] You chanced upon the meaning of life as a showerthought ; it is as god 's decree that you are now to take his place .
| `` Do n't mind me,'' said GOD as HE sat down on the toilet. HE reached into the magazine pile on the side and grabbed an US Weekly. `` I'll still be here when you're done.''
Loretta screamed. She grabbed the shower curtain and tore it from its hooks, wrapping it around her body. The shower continued to run and the ... |
[ WP ] On her deathbed , your ill mother finally allows you to own the recipe to her famous cookies . It reads : `` 2 cups flour , 1/4 teaspoon salt , and a human heart . ''
| Fond memories came to me in dream-like visions as I held my mother's hand. The steady rhythm of the machines that were struggling to keep her alive faded away. In its place, I heard my scampering footsteps through the kitchen and smelled the sweet, salty aroma of freshly baked cookies. My mother, much younger, stood in... |
[ WP ] Your parents have another child , as time goes on you discover that your baby sister does not age . Describe life growing up .
| Yeah, my childhood was pretty normal. When Adam was born it took some getting used to the fact that I'd be getting less Christmas presents, but I loved my brother from the start. My father was an architect and my mom was a high profile defense attorney. They both worked long hours, but they made time for us whenever th... |
You 're a serial killer who 's been captured by the authorities . They ask you to recount your first kill ... .
| I was nine years old for my first. Most people have trouble remembering the events of a week ago and yet that day twenty-three years past is still so fresh in my mind.
I can picture it, the skin peeled back, the muscles underneath clenching and unclenching. My parents had gotten me a sewing kit for my birthday, per... |
[ WP ] You 're practicing CPR on a fake dummy and you do a bit too well . The dummy starts gasping for air .
| The Impala's engine throbbed through the streets of Culpepper, Virginia. It was a quaint, sleepy little town in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains that had been disturbed by the gruesome murder of a young teenage training to be a lifeguard at the local country club pool.
`` Sucked *dry*,'' Sam read from the ar... |
[ WP ] Write a review for the latest book by God `` Bible : The newest testament - confusions resolved , mistakes corrected '' .
| After the longest lapse in history between books, the newest entry in the best-selling Bible series hits shelves this June. I've had a chance to get an early look at it, and I have to say, most fans are going to find the wait was completely worth it. Just like previous entries such as Leviticus, there's a never-ending ... |
[ WP ] You can move freely through time , but are incapable of moving through space
| I can always see her face. Always. The sensation gets easier every time. Have you ever tried to fly in a dream before, but you only end up awkwardly floating, bobbing around like a leaf stuck between oil and water? If you learn how to relax into that sensation, sinking into the ground that calls you, you can find the p... |
[ WP ] You are sentenced to death . After entering the execution room , instead of being executed , you were instead given a new passport and a new identity . Turns out the death sentence had been abolished years ago , and now exists only as a deterrent to violent crime and not actually implemented .
| I am a cruel human. I have committed unspeakable acts against all that is pure and if I should die for it, then I accept my fate. For there is no undoing of the things I've done.
A door shuts behind me. I'm in a different room now and I've been sat in a chair that is cold to the touch. I shiver alone, sitting there... |
[ WP ] Every human has their soulmate 's last words to them engraved in their skin from birth .
| Did our Words doom us to failure? Or was it just me?
Alice had hoped never to meet her soul mate. She met me through some godawful fucking boring work thing, and she caught my eye from across the room. Her Words started tucked up behind her left ear, and plunged into her neckline, tantalizingly low but not enough t... |
[ WP ] A story based on something that happened to you , and the character does what you wish you 'd have done .
| `` Do you know why the lights twinkle from far away?'' I feel the hum of his body next to mine as he asks. Warm, familiar, safe.
`` No?''
`` Air pressure.''
Air pressure. How pragmatic.
`` I like it'' I reply softly, continuing to gaze westward toward the glittering lights of traffic meandering by.
``... |
[ wp ] The last several decades of US politics have been a ploy to harness the energy of the founding fathers spinning in their graves . You 're a newly sworn in Senator being briefed on this for the first time .
| `` It's a balancing act, you see, Senator.'' I could n't actually understand what he was saying at this point. I heard him, sure, but the smartly dressed man from what he called `` Section'76'' absolutely had to be lying. There was no possible way.
At least, that's what I thought until I saw them a moment later aft... |
[ WP ] God holds a press event , admits he 's always secretly hated humans .
| It was the day we'd all been waiting for since the ascension of Christ: His return to Earth. At long last, after over 2000 years of anticipation and uncertainty, He had descended once more, putting to rest any doubt that He was the single true God of all creation. He came down in a great flash of light, and every livin... |
[ CW ] Write a poem wherein , when read forward it is from the perspective of a murder victim . Read backward , it is from the perspective of the killer .
| Apologies for the extremely basic rhyme style:
...
Dearly beloved I wish you were here
...
I crushed that heart without shedding a tear
...
I see you beneath me; the implication is clear
...
If our eyes lock together they'll burn and they'll sear
...
When it comes to you I cant let myself miss ... |
[ WP ] The world is ending . Tell me the feeling of the superhero , when he understands the villain was right all along .
| `` It's not your fault. You could n't have known.''
Those were the last words of the woman I called my enemy. The last words she said before she pulled the trigger, staining her red hair a deeper shade of red.
I stared out of the window of the highrise building that held her office. Outside the building the fir... |
[ IP ] Poseidon 's Trident
| My name is Michael Webb. My mission: retrieve lost artifacts from the bottom of the sea. In particular, the bottom of the sea in the area of the Atlantic we now know to have been the lost city.
As it turns out, Atlantis was a real place, and their technology was unbelievably advanced for its time. Of course, there ... |
[ WP ] You have managed to attach your soul to a item . In which on the event of your death , you will respawn in front of it . The downside to this immortality , is that you keep misplacing it and spawning in weird and sometime uncomfortable places .
| `` You really promise? Really *really* promise?''
`` Of coarse I promise! Look, I've got the fiver now in my pocket.''
Henry fishes a crumpled £5 note out of his back pocket. In Bill's own hands the pigeon struggles and squawks.
The group had seen the nest in the corner of the roof and immediately their tho... |
[ WP ] You begin to wonder why so many top comments are being removed on Reddit . You suddenly begin to notice a trend in the context of the removed posts ... what they 're hiding startles you deeply .
| *Dear God*, I thought as the removed submission notification appeared. My test… it had worked. This theory, this crazy theory...
I had been gathering data for weeks, prowling rising threads, monitoring new comments and recording the ones that were deleted. It had started when I noticed that Reddit seemed…differen... |
[ WP ] There 's someone in my head but it 's not me .
| There's someone in my head but it's not me
It does n't snarl nor bite
Instead latches onto my worries
And sucks them pink
There's someone in my head
Whom I let in
She likes to pretend
That soon I'll be dead
She pulls me away
From the horror of life
And brings me back ... |
[ WP ] The Devil appears before you and puts a heavy hand on your shoulder , `` Look , we need to talk about you putting me in every Writing Prompt . ''
| Bridgette's eyes flickered momentarily, but only back and forth across the glowing rectangular screen clutched in her pinkly glittering fingertips. `` Yeah man, people fucking love you. You're, like, pretty much pop-culture.''
The Prince of Darkness snapped his leathery wings in irritation. Bridgette did n't look u... |
[ wp ] Every time you feel pain , it never goes away and simply builds up . So if you stubbed your toe , it would stay stubbed . What is the world like ?
| It's amazing what you can get used to. The incessant throbbing of my left thumb from when my cousin shut it in that car door when I was six. The constant sting from scraping my knees in my drive way when I was twelve. The perpetually sprained wrist from the first and last time I got drunk in college, not to mention thi... |
[ WP ] A corrupt book Critic must write a glowing review for a narrative train wreck after being paid off .
| The envelope was heavy. Very heavy, especially considering that it does n't cost too much to get a favorable review. Ron cut it open, and tipped out 100 dollar bills, and a bunch of pennies, taped together flat. They did n't jingle, they hit the table with a thud as hollow as Ron's promises.
He opened his laptop, a... |
[ CW ] God exists , and we have captured it . Write about this in a horror setting .
| The general entered the room, `` where is He, where is the child?'' He demanded.
An attractive young woman approaches him with an ere of caution.
`` Please sir, He is sleeping.''
`` I do n't care! That... thing, is a weapon. A powerful weapon.''
He storms down the hall to the Pope's Vatican apartment. He ... |
[ WP ] A minor character : small-town failed politician , who was never elected to office , comes to terms with the failure of his ambitions during his small-town retirement
| I've been addicted to salt since the butterfly dropped Paris on its heels, my small town is your belly hacked wide open. Public office is a doorstep to insanity, my bruised smart phone case may be replaced using federal funds, I'm waiting in the lobby of a patriarchal badger body that does n't see me as an unequal. I'm... |
You are walking down a dark hallway in your home , getting ready for bed . The only speck of light is coming from the porch light through the peephole in your front door . Suddenly , the light slides to dark .
| It had been just another night, Jack remembered. He had a particularly good time playing Dota 2 with several friends he met recently through the game. Shutting off his computer, he stood up, tired from a long day, to perform his usual bedtime routine.
Looking in the mirror while brushing his teeth, he could n't hel... |
[ WP ] You 've become infected with a deadly virus and have to come to terms with your imminent death , shown through a series of letters to a loved one .
| Aug 8, 2034
Dear Son,
It is with a heavy heart that I write you these letters. You are not born yet, but already you are a man in my eyes. I imagine your hopes becoming reality, your hard work paying dividends. Success is what I always wanted for you. A long, happy life.
I'd always wanted a son. I never ima... |
[ WP ] Memories ( of the deceased ? ) are sold on the black market .
| The stall, with its torn black cover and rundown tables, was located in an alley adjacent to the marketplace. A sign hung from one of the beams, the words carelessly engraved on a metal plate: Used Robot Parts.
The display did nothing to attract customers. Bolts, wires and circuits were scattered across the counter... |
[ WP ] In a post-scarcity society , all of humanity 's needs are catered to by an array of increasingly sophisticated AI . One day , Humanity wakes to find all of the AIs are simply gone .
| Artificial Intelligence was the apex of our world. In a hundred years, humanity leaped in technological advances, and fell backwards in everything else. Our world, the one where AI servants bent and bowed to humanity, was one in which we needed them for our own survival. To hunt, to cook, to clean, to prepare, to build... |
[ WP ] A plane lands at JFK airport with no flight plan . No records of its serial number exist , and no one on board seems to know where they came from .
| ( A busy control tower for the JFK international airport seems to be buzzing along during another day in New York City. When suddenly one of the air traffic controllers notices an anomaly. )
Air Traffic Controller - `` Sir, we have an inbound unidentified bogey coming in our airspace.''
( The Officer in charge ... |
[ WP ] After the fall of humanity and the rise of the apes , a now intelligent George returns to confront the Man in the Yellow Hat .
| *Knock Knock*. The Man in the Yellow hat nervously rose from his chair. It was late, who could that be?
`` Who's there?'' He said, as he cautiously paced his way to the door.
`` It's George.''
The Man in the Yellow Hat stopped in his tracks. He did n't know anyone named George. Except for a monkey he had ca... |
[ WP ] Your sacred mission is to rid the world of all shoelaces .
| I slowly walk out of the alley, and blend with the crowd. As I walk, it hits me: It worked. It actually worked. I was sent back to 2014, before it all started. I had three years to stop it, no other purpose. The Russians invaded the Ukraine, and kept going. Before we knew it, they had planted trackers in all the anglet... |
[ WP ] You are a commercial airliner pilot . The moment before you turn your phone off to begin the flight your SO sends you a deeply concerning text .
| *644221*
I read the numbers and then our pre-flight routine is broken as I whirr to a stop. Co-pilot, John, keeps talking, not realizing I'm sitting there frozen like a block of ice.
My phone buzzes again. *644221*.
`` Mike? You right?''
John's Australian. It sounds like *rooight*.
`` Uh yeah. Just ... |
[ WP ] You receive an invitation to a party at a beautiful Spanish villa . Upon entering the ballroom you see , not a group of dancers as you expect , but a single fox staring at you .
| **The Villa**
***
* [ UNS Odessa - November 3, 2154 ] *
“ Computer, play Beethoven. ”
Tinkling piano chords filled the bridge as Captain Joseph Guerro leaned back from his console. He laced his fingers behind his head and let himself flow into the music.
They had been drifting for days, somewhere ou... |
[ WP ] Two friends are meeting at a high school reunion . They have not seen each other in 10 years . One of them is a congressman , the other one is a recovering heroin addict . The reader does not know which one is which .
| The reunion was not disappointing, it simply lacked. The butterflies flittering about the stomachs of the attendees as they straightened their collars and curled their hair, never seemed to burst into flight, to have their existence justified. Meeting old friends, and old enemies, is a nervous affair that often fails t... |
[ CW ] Write a super hero story , and listen to jazz music while you do so .
| I pick the next record from the shelf. Bill Evans Trio - Explorations. Took a while to get into, but the energy still feels like him, flows like him. I like this artist, he seems to play for everyone and no-one at once. Very loved or hated, not that I spend time with types who go around hating jazz standards. I let a f... |
[ WP ] You teach Basic Undead Lore at the Arcane University , so your class is at the same time composed of freshmen necromancers , paladins , warlocks and witch hunters
| There isn ’ t much chatter as the new students take their seats. The shuffle of feet and the creaking of old wooden chairs echo in the cold lecture hall but for the most part the students are silent. Some of the pluckier one ’ s murmur to each other as they wait for me to begin talking but the long day has taken its to... |
[ wp ] A man on his death bed , surrounded by friends and family , slowly begins to realize he has been poisoned by them .
| The warmth of the bed was familiar to him. It was the same bed he had been born in fifty-two years earlier and that had been given to him as his own when his mother passed away. If he closed his eyes and concentrated hard enough he could still smell her somewhere deep within the bed frame - the scent of sunflowers and ... |
[ WP ] You are able to edit , delete , and create your own memories at will .
| He wondered what his memories hold. He sat beside the machine wandering if he should ever use it. On one hand, he is excited about remembering past experience. The first time he walked, the first time he wrote a code, the first time he found his meaning in life.
However, as a scientist, he could never stop consider... |
[ PI ] EDEN 'S DAWN - FEB CONTEST
| I thought this was a fantastic read. I really enjoyed how you intertwined the beginning of the story with Markus and snippets of the interview. I really enjoyed the pacing of the story. If anything, I agree with other people that this would have benefited from being longer. A lot of people have mentioned that they woul... |
[ WP ] Mankind has over bred , the planet is full . The government passes a new law that to legally obtain a new birth certificate , you must present proof of death of someone else .
| I wiped the blood from my cleaver, a crimson pool forming as my rag pushed the substance down the blade. `` Such a beautiful thing...'' I mused to myself as I set the steak on the pan.
________________________________________________________________
`` Allison, I need twenty two more this week.'' said the figure ... |
[ WP ] Write me the most dirty , filthy , errotic story you can using words you would use in front of your three-year-old child .
| I like playing games. I like to play hide and seek, I like to pin the tail on the donkey. But the game I like best is piñata. When we have a piñata, me and my friends get to hit the piñata with a bat until all the candy comes out, and everyone gets some candy.
But we don ’ t always have a piñata, so sometimes we ha... |
[ WP ] You die and enter the realm between heaven and hell . You come to learn that this space is 'owned ' by your own inner monologue , a separate entity from yourself . You begin trying to convince the sentient apparition , who sounds and thinks like you , to let you enter heaven .
| *So this is my first post here. Probably a bit long, but I have no shame. I ’ m open to C & C, I don ’ t do this stuff often, and I had fun anyways. *
I awoke face down. I drew breath, my throat felt dry and sore. My body felt stiff, as if I had awoke from a very long sleep. I rose to my feet, and took in my surrou... |
[ CW ] Let 's try something different . I 'll give you the end of the story and you write what happens up until that point .
| # # # # # # [ ] ( # dropcap )
`` Aha! How are you, *mon ami*?'' She hugs me, and I feel a small spark cross from her hand to my shoulder. Then she steps back, dragging the wheels of her carry-on across the brick floor.
`` I'm doing fine, Béatrice. I'm glad I'm finally getting to meet you.''
`` You know, you... |
[ WP ] While messing around online one day , you meet a hyper intelligent , sentient being , born from stray code anomalies from the internet . This being needs your help .
| John was looking at his newest attempt at making a successful lottery program. Basic math and randomization, but it would never work for him. However, this time, John *thinks* he found what was wrong; a stray semicolon. He hits run, and he gets a result. Underneath that, the program outputted:
Hello, JOHN. My name ... |
[ WP ] Faster than Light travel has existed for centuries , this has spawned many folk laws , tall tales and down right horror stories about things that happen while in FTL .
| I do n't usually do these often so sorry if it's bad, I just really liked the promt.: )
- - - - - - -
`` So you all wan na' hear about the Angels do ya'?''
The closest child to her piped up instantly.
`` Yes Nana!, Uncle Naru told us to get you to tell us about them, the angels in the stars!''
As the crow... |
[ WP ] Everyone has a number on their chest showing how many people they will kill in the next month . Yours just changed from 1 to 3 million .
| All of this preparation. All of the years and money. All on this phone call.
`` Well?''
`` Everything is ready. Give the signal''
Practically foaming at the mouth, I gave him the word.
`` Fire at will''
I hung up the phone and threw it in the toilet as I turned my attention to the mirror before me
... |
[ WP ] Aliens have taken over the world , and nothing has really changed .
|
`` I ca n't stand this political nonsense''
Dad threw his paper down on the table, interrupting our otherwise peaceful family breakfast. My sister and I looked up from our bacon and eggs and exchanged looks. We all know where this is going.
`` It's just the same crap every year'' he grunted in frustration.
... |
[ WP ] You 're a genie . Your new master seems to not put much care into wording his requests . Your efforts to help them are ignored and disrespected . You 've had enough and decide to give them a lesson .
| A man finds a magic lamp in the middle of the desert.
**rub rub rub rub** *
*the genie springs from the lamp! *
`` Request to me your wishes three, and I shall grant them onto thee!''
The man who held the genie lamp put his finger to his head to think.
`` Hmmm... I wish to have all of the gold in Greece... |
[ WP ] `` They say you die twice . Once when you stop breathing and the second , a bit later on , when somebody mentions your name for the last time . '' What happens when the latter comes before the former ?
| `` I wish you luck, Steven.''
Everything has faded to gray so suddenly I almost did not unuderstand what happened. The kind lady was walking away. I was leaning against the wall, numbly looking at the sandwich she gave me. I did n't want to eat it for some reason.
I have n't talked to anyone in a while, months,... |
[ WP ] An alien species is running out of some kind of resource , luckily they heard you can get anything from an Earth item called an `` Everything Bagel '' .
| In all honesty, the invasion was a bit of a letdown. Sure, the weeks leading up to it were interesting. Ever since NASA had announced that an object moving at an unthinkable speed was heading straight towards Earth, it appeared as if the entire world had been knocked off its rocker. Speculation ran wild. Was it aliens?... |
[ WP ] In under 350 words , sell your post-apocalypic utopia
| Things were n't like they used to be by any stretch of the imagination, but they were the best they had been in a long time given the circumstances. While the light at the end of the tunnel looked very dim at times, it did shine and the other end was reached. Some would say that things were better, some would say worse... |
You 're about to be cloned , but before you are , the doctor says the clone will be tattooed to identify which one is the original . But after you wake up , you notice that *you* have the tattoo . What do you do/say/think ?
| Ricky remembers little of his life before he decided to join the army. His parents were against it, though, that much he's sure of. Everybody was against it. But his will was stronger. He was n't gon na let the very first nation in the world fall down on its knees in front of the enemy without putting up a fight. He be... |
[ WP ] A human-manned space ship has finally left our solar system , but the moment it passes Pluto , it suddenly and violently explodes . Instead of a crash report , a message is sent back to Earth : `` You have attempted to breach the quarentine . Your attempt has been noted to local authorities . ''
| Your message was shocking for all of us, it used any taught plane as a speaker so that every window, metal panel and strung wire had screamed it out, we noted after international communications had been restored that it came in the form of the local language everywhere, simply figuring out how that was done had been th... |
[ WP ] after recently discovering their powers , a superhero must deal with being bored and frustrated because their amazing powers are useless compared to modern technology and law enforcement .
| Encyclopedia Man had always wanted to be a superhero, and finally his powers had awoken at the age of thirty-five, but unfortunately it was the power to remember each and every page of the encyclopedia he had read as a child.
At least it was n't as bad as Oxford Man. He was a living dictionary and thesauruses, figh... |
[ WP ] Everyone in the world has the ability to tap into their spirit animal , except you . Until one day you unlock something people never thought existed .
| You could easily tell when somebody had gone, `` to the wild''.
Usually their human bodies randomly twitch, and their closed eyes suggest they're in the deepest of REM dreams. They'll have their mouths open, with dribbles of drool seeping into their clothes. Its honestly, appalling.
Of course, it was fr... |
[ WP ] An assassin with a heart of gold finds out his/her next assignment is a vigilante superhero who has protected the city successfully for the past 3 years .
| `` Are you sure this is correct?'' asked Agent M as he placed the document on the table, his voice as lifeless as it had always been.
Genuinely surprised, Rohan turned his gaze from his sandwich, to the document, then to Agent M. M's brown eyebrows clenching furiously that they seemingly meet in the center. In his ... |
[ CW ] Tell a story by describing one scene .
| The flowers are gorgeous, roses, a ravishing red crimson perfume set against lush dark green stems, wrapped in baby's breath and tissue and hand-tied love. Theres a bow too. It's extravagantly twirled halfway up, with a little crisp white card attached. They look smashing.
They'll make a wonderful present!
... |
[ WP ] After 100 years of US colonisation , you - a Martian-born human lead an army about to declare independence from the United States .
| You might ask me if all the suffering, all the destruction is worth of our desire to be independent nation. My answer is that our liberty is not a mere whim, but a matter of life and death. We could have lived in a state with a government which treats their people as human beings. But we no longer can nor want to be ru... |
[ WP ] You walk outside to have a smoke . You look to the horizon and see few mushroom clouds rising , then the ground starts to shake . WWIII is happening .
| She wakes up in stages. The light in the cottage bends along the curves of her shoulders and I wonder if there could ever be anything in the world as soft as this. The door to the patio is open and spring breezes carry in the smells of a world being reclaimed. Whatever I was thinking about is long gone. She makes a how... |
[ WP ] The year is 2021 . The newest fad are clone clubs , where visitors can spend up to 12 hours with a clone of any person whose DNA they provide . The clones are disposed afterwards .
| He sat in a stark room with his old friend, the paper cup of water spilled on the floor. It had been years since they splashed in puddles together, climbed book cases, rode a wagon, or threw a water balloon.
They talked about the girl in class, how they used to play house as kids. They talked about the babysitter, ... |
[ CW ] Write a simple real-world story but the point of view is 1st person and the main character is the opposite of your gender
| Be calm Sarah, there is nothing to be worried about.
I sat in the student-pickup loop, repeating these words as nothing but foreign cars past by. My mother was usually the first person in line, but today that streak was broken. In fact, I had been sitting on this bench for almost 20 minutes, and still she refused t... |
[ WP ] Make the saddest love story without involving any deaths , breakups , or separations .
| The Sky and the Earth looked at each other, longing and yet separated for eternity.
The sky looked down at the beautiful earth. He whispered to her and his breath washed over her face and created waves in her seas, `` Why ca n't we get closer? Why ca n't we join? This eternal distance. This love. This want. This th... |
[ WP ] Make an emotionally manipulative character . Make that character the narrator . Manipulate the other characters . While you manipulate me , the reader .
| **Crosspost from [ this WP ] ( http: //www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2op8xl/wpwrite_a_story_about_a_german_soldier_in_ww2_so/ ) **
It ’ s ironic, don ’ t you think, having to pretend to be a Jew after what we did?
Of course I know what happened. Like everyone else, I didn ’ t believe it at first.
... |
[ WP ] You are a stenographer ( professional typist ) hired by a wealthy but dysfunctional couple to type all the various arguments they have throughout the day .
| *The Value of Being Interrupted*
`` You ca n't be serious about going on a trip to Tokyo for New Year's.''
`` Um, and why not? You did n't have a problem being there during Jenny's fifth birthday.''
`` Really? You're bringing that up? I've told you a hundred times it was an emergency client meeting. I would... |
[ TT ] The witch stole his heart , and replaced it with ice . Now he can not love , lest it melts .
| I stare at the retreating figure of the witch who had just cursed me.
I feel the cold spread from the lump of ice now in place of my heart.
Did she seriously just do this so I ca n't love again? Love does n't create *actual* heat.
`` Bitch do n't you understand the laws of thermodynamics?'' I shout after he... |
[ WP ] The year is 10 September 2008 , the day the LHC became fully operational . Topluk , an extraterrestrial undercover agent phones in to his home planet to report this disturbing news .
| *… fully operational. Repeat, the experiment is fully operational! *
Topluk hunched over the communicator and tapped frantically at the controls. Even encrypted as it was, sending the message over all available channels was a clear breach of protocol… but this was too big, too potentially disastrous to risk the mes... |
[ WP ] A computer chip implanted in your brain has been influencing your decisions .
| When I was young, I was obsessed with lucid dreaming. I would always browse the internet for tips and instructions on how to achieve that coveted state - where one was in full control of a fake reality. I imagined nightly trips to exotic worlds, and a place where I could stand up to the bullies and always, always get t... |
[ WP ] Heaven was abandoned hundreds of years ago when Heaven 2.0 was built . You were sent to the original Heaven by accident .
| My eyes close, the pain fades, and I rest for a while.
What wakes me is a shuffling sound. It's the sound sandals make when they're dragged across a stone floor. Oilsmoke fills my nostrils, and heat presses in on my skin.
I open my eyes.
Torches in sconces on the walls light the stone room. The ceiling hang... |
[ WP ] An ordinary , 30 year-old human has been immortal since the year 1,014 A.D. Now , he/she is working in corporate America looking back on his/her millennium in existence .
| I like hard work. Makes me feel alive. So many years and I grew bored with pretty much anything. Sitting around and doing nothing, being rich while doing that, being poor, being homeless. You get bored of doing nothing. Then you start working, you get bored of that too. There's places to see and people to meet, but the... |
[ WP ] Write about a lie or deceitful act .
| I promised I would never abandon her. With tears in her eyes and scars on her arms, she would blame me. I was the reason she was depressed. I was the reason she lost all her friends. I was the reason she felt the need to harm herself.
You know what her definition of abandonment was? Not messaging her on Facebook fo... |
[ CONTEST ] Flash Prompt in the chat room today ! A $ 20 cash prize will be awarded !
| This may be horrible
He lay there dying my mother next to him, the doctor said that the crash would probably kill him, and my mother I loved them both, my dad motioned for me and said there is something i need to tell you I had known him my whole life, I thought that I know him, but then; He said it he told the sto... |
[ WP ] The year is 2200 . You arrive home to find your best friend and girlfriend forming a hivemind .
| I stepped out of the shuttle pod and onto the smooth metal of the landing pad near the top of our apartment complex. My hover suitcase followed me faithfully, floating from the vehicle's rear boot before the lid closed automatically behind it. With a loud hum from its antigravity turbines, the hovercar took off, shooti... |
[ WP ] You are at home alone , browsing the internet . You hear the faint sound of a woman 's cough from the room next to you .
| Initially, I did n't think much of it. It was my first night visiting my parents' home in over a year, and I was n't too familiar with the layout of the house. I figured it was my mother in the other room, probably clearing her throat as she tried to fall asleep.
But when I heard it again, I remembered: *My parents... |
[ WP ] To the alien 's horror their message of peace was not the first one to reach the humans . The first message received was a dick pic .
| `` What even is it?'' the president asked the nervous scientists who had handed him the tablet in his hands.
`` Well'' they looked among themselves waiting for one to speak first `` We believe it's like our arm, you can see by the mandibles and suction pads it's capable of manipulating objects and holding on with g... |
[ EU ] It 's Christmas time in the Commonwealth , and all across the wasteland parents are telling their kids the post-war tale of old Saint Nick .
| Outisde their ramshacle shack Roland, Marissa, and their two children Tony and Susan are busy doing patchwork on their torn clothing. They children watch as a slow, feathery, flake falls to the ground. `` What is this dad?'' The children ask, mouths agape
`` Well,'' Roland answers lips widening, `` Its a snowflake.... |
[ WP ] Humans are more terrifying than the most advanced aliens in the galaxy .
| `` The exploders creep me out.''
`` They prefer to be called humans.''
`` Yeah? And I'd prefer to be called the Uber-Admiral of the 5th fleet. Does n't change the fact that those things are obsessed with explosions.''
`` Are you talking about nuclear weapons? Plenty of pre-FTLs have come up with those. I me... |
[ WP ] You 're at church and the `` Blood of Jesus '' is being passed around , but is spiked with LSD . What happens next ?
| `` I can see angels, Mr. B. Angels flying in the sky!'' I heard a girls voice say behind me after she drank from the chalice.
I got dizzy, my head started hurting and colors became intense as I floated out of my body. I saw some people sitting or laying down, heads thrown back as they were looking at the ceiling, t... |
[ WP ] After dying you re-awake in the body of a baby with no control over its actions over the years you begin to realise you are this child 's conscience , and the child is you .
| So here i am... again for the, i think 40th time, i dont know its somewhere aeound there. Anyway lets try not to get of topic here kiddo that cookie jar will be ours. I know you do n't remember this kid, but our last plan was crap. We should have not tried to climb a turned on stove, but this time my plan is full proof... |
[ IP ] Hoverboard
| I hated him nearly as much as I hated myself. Stupid fat Yuki, the type of ham-fisted ball head triple chinned Jap that you see in animes being bullied, rather than in schoolyard brawls beating the shit out of the Gaijin. I did n't choose to be a Gaijin either, the kids here stuck it on like a label and decided never p... |
[ WP ] After being struck by lightning while browsing Reddit , you discover you gained superpowers ... based on your Reddit username .
| I was having a pretty normal vacation until today. I was lying at the beach, browsing Reddit and getting a tan. Suddenly, everything got dark and before I knew it, I heard the sound of a huge explosion and a lightning bolt flashed in front of my face. The shock traveled through my body and I fell to the ground.
I r... |
[ WP ] Write an interaction in which two people fall in love at first sight , and then by the end of the interaction they realize they hate each other .
| The doctor always said I had a problem. What they meant by that, I do n't think I will ever know. I guess the way I live my life has n't been entirely right but in the end what can I do? I live how I feel I should and will continue to do so. Unfortunately that type of thinking has placed me in Boarding Group B on Ameri... |
[ WP ] You care about someone and something bad happens to them but you have minimal presence in their life and ca n't get involved
| It has been some time since I last saw her. I get the occasional text with a nicety, and I send the occasional invite to some random event that she never shows up to.
I still care for her deeply, although not in the same way I once used to. I cheated on her once; the girl who I cheated on her with is now my wife. T... |
[ WP ] You are the architect of the universe , and you 're having a really bad day at work .
| Jerry H. Vah pulled into the parking lot of Amalgamated Multiverses, Inc. He was late.
The day had not started well. Actually things started to go down hill last night. He called home after work to say that he would not be home for dinner as he and some work friends were going out. His wife Sheila did not answer th... |
In 100 words or less , create a three dimensional character by writing their final words . Evoke a strong sense of who your character is in the reader .
| `` What a view. You did n't have to do this, you know. I could have had a blank wall in front of me, and just thought my way through the past week. You know, moving pictures. Are you doing okay? You cried so much after my celebration. I think more people should celebrate death. I lived a full life. All my friends were ... |
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