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write a horror story with no gore or death , not even implied . | i ca n't really get out much , anymore . passers-by smile at me . would that i 'd smile back , but those days are long over , it seems . the people i see are as superficial as ever , their platitudes and honeyed-words meet my ears from all directions , of course , and the daily grind runs ever on , but the days stretch a little long , now . and thin , too . used to be i 'd enjoy a pleasant evening stroll after dinner , watch the sun fall behind the city skyline from the park , but there 's really no time for it , anymore . not on my schedule , no . i just ca n't get out , much . dinner these days is a stilted affair . the people all around me simply go through the motions , it seems . | wp |
when someone is murdered , their name appears on the skin of the killer . you wake up with a name on your arm and no knowledge of how it got there . | my head was throbbing like it wanted to get out of my tiny skull . i felt parched with dehydration and hesitantly slouched to get a drink of water . i was swooning with hang-over . i had one too many drinks yesterday . i always made a promise to abstain from alcohol and then friday came lurking around , i succumbed to it.i hauled my body to the kitchen and quenched my thirst , i still felt nauseated . a good cold bath will do good i thought . i bared myself , picked up a towel and went to bathroom . as i was passing by the basin mirror , i got a quick glance of something written in my shoulder in red . struck by horror , i stepped back and meticulously observed my shoulder 's reflection on the glass . the words engraved were `` good boy '' i caressed my palm through it to make sure it was real.it did not feel like a tattoo but a fine imprint of burn from something hot pressed against the skin.surprisingly , i could not feel anything there . | wp |
it is december 27th . two days ago santa did not deliver gifts for the first time in 600 years . santa 's workshop has gone dark . you are the leader of the seal team tasked with finding out why . this is your story . | `` fuck , i hate this place , '' barry muttered under his breath . loud enough for us all to hear over the microphones though , of course . i never got that . why half ass it ? either say it out loud , or not at all . could n't blame him for the sentiment , though . our flashlights swooped over lines of dolls and action figures , most of them with unfinished paint jobs . to make it worse , the place was bitterly cold , the ceramic plated body armour doing little to warm us up . we 'd lost charles already , as he dove into a toy vault , and refused to come out . we could collect him later , assuming we made it out of this alive . | wp |
you are scrolling through r/writingprompts , when this very prompt catches your attention . intrigued by it 's meta nature , you debate with yourself whether or not you 'll write about it . | eh could be fun . but you suck at writing , so give it a pass . true that . shame . *scroll down . 10 seconds pass* but that very thought process could be entertaining . whoa , meta meta i 'm pretty sure that 's just single meta . besides , somebody else will have posted the exact same thing already . well , not the exact same thing . you know what i meant . *clicks on link* you know this wo n't go well . shut up , so long as we do n't read other peoples submissions , we can delude ourselves into thinking it was okay . | wp |
hitchhiker . | **kuhio highway** “ let ’ s pick up the next hitchhiker , ” i say . i ’ m venturing out because i ’ ve never told him that i think picking up hitchhikers is an awesome thing to do . so many people think every hitchhiker is a potential serial killer that is going to attack you while you ’ re driving . “ yeah , that sounds fun , ” my husband says . i 'm so happy i did n't even have to convince him . we were driving down kuhio hwy from hanalei to poipu beach . kauai was the best vacation we ’ d ever had so far . we stopped in every town , looking for the authentic hawaiian experience , hitting antique shops and small diners . we even stopped at a house off the highway where a family was selling barbeque in their front yard . “ there ’ s one , ” he said . | wp |
make me fall in love with a character in 200 words or less . | the robot sat crouched in the rain , eyes pulsing a diffused blue . marceline drew up her hood and went to meet him . 'hello , argo . ' 'hello , marceline . ' the robot trilled and held out a black , silicone palmed hand . three beetles crawling patiently across the artificial skin . 'i have found some beetles . ' 'so i see . ' she said crouching beside him . 'would you like to watch them with me for a while ? ' | wp |
the winchesters in the d.c. universe go to gotham to hunt batman because they think he 's a monster . | `` so what 'd you figure out ? '' sam asked dean as he walked into the diner . `` jack squat , that 's what , '' dean replied as he plopped down in an empty chair . `` well i did , '' sam scoffed , `` uh , a lot actually . '' `` alright shoot , '' dean said as he waved over a waitress . `` well whatever it is , it only goes out at night . the strange thing is dean , it does n't ever seem to actually kill it 's victims , '' sam paused here for a moment . `` but the news reports ? '' dean began . `` were mistaken . there are no official police reports stating that he 's ever killed anyone . '' `` ok so this man-bat , '' dean started . `` uh batman , '' sam interrupted . | wp |
a supervillain , having thought he was the hero all along , comes to grips with the truth . | we are the children of the earth . the giants have always delved deep into the earth but it is ours by birthright . they pillage and abuse . they refused to leave us alone . home . our home . we were here first . hill after hill , relentlessly they murdered us for millennia . they are monsters . no sanctuary for us . some even eat us . monsters . so we fought back . | wp |
a new prison system has been implemented that stores prisoners in sealed underground vaults with only other prisoners and sustainable resource systems . today is your first day being exiled to one . | the room was buried on the fourth level of the prison system , nearly a hundred feet underground . it was rumored to be the portal to a thriving ecosystem of convicts , each responsible for contributing to a better society . in reality , we simply called it the gateway to hell and so far as anyone knew , no one had ever escaped . `` convict 2271 . step forward , '' the warden called out . he was a short man with a calm demeanor and a balding head , but he was the one man you never wanted to piss off . they say you always look out for the anger of a gentle man and no one was gentler than warden mckay . i stepped forward at his request , though it was largely a formality . everyone in the room already knew my fate . i could feel the eyes of those i 'd been accused of injuring behind the glass wall to my rear . i 'd be allowed to address them before my sentencing , but there was nothing i wanted to say that was n't already said . | wp |
legends tell of the elder race who utilized strange `` technologies '' instead of magic . as hordes of brutal killers invade from the north , a young elf heads off to search for ancient ruins , looking for humans ... | `` who goes there ? '' `` dahalva , of the ederwood . '' `` an elfling , that speaks in human tongues ? '' `` an elfling , that speaks in human ... tongues . '' `` come forth . '' `` you are ... '' `` a human . yes , i know , a miracle i am sure . '' `` i was told you were all ... long gone . '' `` if by long gone you mean nearly exterminated by you and your equally disagreeable kin , then yes , we are indeed long gone . '' `` i came because ... '' `` because you need assistance so that you and your kind are not also snuffed out of existence , correct ? '' `` essentially , yes ... '' `` why on earth would i want to do that ? '' | wp |
you 're punching the air in your bathroom . but , when you punch your shower curtain . your fist connects with someone ! | i am drunk , and beyond tired . or i was drunk . sobering up now . not in a good way . not in a feeling like i was before i got drunk way , but in a feeling considerably worse than when i started kind of way . i have to be at work in an hour . if i shut my eyes now , i do n't know when they 'd open . i look into my bathroom mirror . jesus christ . i must have thrown up so hard i broke blood vessels in one of my eyes . the left one . no , the right . a mirror image is reversed , right ? | wp |
aliens have come to earth with the intent to conquer it , but when they arrive , they realize that , due to random chance or otherwise , they are biologically indistinguishable from humans . | `` any sentient life there ? '' `` we 're guessing so , tons of unnatural satellites in orbit . even seems to be a docking station . '' `` docking station eh ? guess they 're space faring afterall . '' `` either that or they were . ca n't see a ship in sight . ca n't even find a spot to land . '' `` should we investigate ? '' `` go ahead , see what we can find . '' the capsule drifted over to the international space station slowly , methodically searching the outsides of the mechanical behemoth . `` agh shit , looks like mike beat us here '' a figure appeared at the window and gazed wide open at the two . he quickly fled from the scene . `` ready to dock ? '' | wp |
you 've finally created the worlds first true a.i . unfortunately it now sees you as it 's god and is terrified of talking to you . | & nbsp ; & nbsp ; & nbsp ; & nbsp ; it 's easy to make something intelligent . all you need to do is find two people willing to have sex , let them have sex , then wait 9 months . it 's harder to make something that 's intelligent but not run on dna . approximately 12000 % harder , or somewhere around 9 decades . and it takes approximately 15000 % more people to do it , or around 300 people . and before you ask , the process is not to have a 9 decade orgy of 300 people . & nbsp ; & nbsp ; & nbsp ; & nbsp ; i 'm aj , computer scientist at animated intelligence corporation . i 've been chosen to help this project after several of my achievements in the field pertaining to research in the artificial intelligence . ever wonder why your phone knows so much about you , like your schedule , and where you 'd most likely want to eat for dinner ? you can thank me for that . | wp |
a man finds out that he is immortal . | henry drove down the ice covered road in a fury . he had to make it back home before the snow storm got any worse . his windshield wipers swung back and forth with great force . he could hardly see out of the windshield when he felt his phone vibrate . he slid his hand into his pocket . as he pulled his phone out it slip from his hands . henry tried to catch his phone as it flew into the passenger seat . he reached over and grabbed his phone tight before looking back at the road . he looked back at the road only to realize it was too late . the car was approaching a guard rail . | wp |
the bone broke surprisingly easily . | the young boy soldier nervously followed behind his fellow comrades . he was no older than 18 years of age , when he was drafted in a sudden war with the south . `` come on tarryn ! today 's the day become a man ! '' yelled one of his captain 's . they all charged into battle , swords held high and bolstering heavy battle cries . in an instant , every man had locked into battle . tarryn weaved in between clashing steel , gripping the handle of his long sword with unease . he stifled his breath in anticipation of an enemy soldier coming for an attempt at his life . out of the corner of his eye , tarryn saw a flash of steel . he leaped back just in time , for the tip of an enemy broadsword scrape the side of his chest plate . | wp |
self-driving cars are the legally-required norm . and the update program you 've just downloaded has a virus ... | a parking garage is no fun to hang out in , especially after a long , hard day like that one had been . so i was pretty pissed off when i jumped in the ol ' jalopy and was met with that damn twirly , spinny thing . i mean , what the hell ! ? they really should have better wifi in those places . it did give me a chance to catch up on this damn m & a that schneiderfeldt had wanted done before the next day . of course he did—what a bastard ! i mean , he was my boss and everything , and i…well . i 'd seen his smug mercedes parked up there in the “ executive ” section , all shiny . am i not an executive ? anyway , i was deep in a spreadsheet when the car went bong ! | wp |
you show a young child a magic trick . many years later when the child is now grown , they kidnaps you , forcing you to give up the secrets of your magic . | hudson noticed he was conscious . this was not his bed . he stretched out his fingers , feeling the joints crack . something restricted his movement . moving carefully , he found his hands were bound together at the wrists . clenching his teeth , hudson focused on keeping his breathing level . he had no idea where he was , but panicking would only make the situation worse . taking a few paced breaths , hudson slowly opened his right eye . dim yellow light filtered into what looked like a stone cellar through a narrow staircase on the opposite wall . shelves of damp cardboard boxes were stacked up on two sides of the room , full of musty clothes and deteriorating board games . | wp |
a girl gains the power to bring images to life by breathing on them . how did she get it and/or how does she use it ? | the men were chasing her . they had held her and chained her and forced her and she would not be held or chained or forced any longer . she did n't remember anything before the chains , the blank walls . they brought in pieces of white blotched with things she never understood and told her to make them alive . sometimes , she refused . sometimes , she did n't get dinner . without dinner , she did n't refuse . the things that were alive sometimes snapped out at her captors and she could only offer them a despairing look and a whine of sadness ( pity ? ) as they were taken away in chains larger than her . -- - one day they dropped one of the pieces of white in her room . a simple mistake . | wp |
in the middle of a vast desert there is a single , shiny black skyscraper . what is in it and why is it there ? | across the parlous wastes , the darkened tower scaled to the clouds themselves . grit ’ s journey had worn him out , but he would not yield . for years the skyscraper mocked him , telling the whole world that grit mckeown would never know what secrets it held . ‘ its wonders are what mortal men pray to ’ his father told him every day , ‘ and it is the birth right of any mckeown bold enough to cross the scorching planes ’ . his father would then cough and ease into a gentler cadence . ‘ of course i ’ m too old now , lord knows . but grit , i tell ya , the dust-winds are coming . every year they get worse and our farm shrinks . by the time i pass , you ’ ll have to make a decision , grit . the farm won ’ t be able to support even just one person . | wp |
entry into heaven is n't based on good deeds , but your answer to a queston : `` why ? `` . | “ when i ask them the question , most people are just confused . they try to cobble together an answer from their gathered wisdom . some succeed . others ... do n't seem to get it . but the best answer i 've ever seen , and i 've seen a lot , was given to me by a buddhist . no true buddhist is disappointed as they walk up to the gates . they take it in stride . many treat it like nirvana itself . a few even told me how sorry they were for me . that i had to stand by the gate until the end of time , and would never experience heaven . this buddhist comes up , dressed in his robes . | wp |
write the most lovable character possible , then kill them in the most heartbreaking way . | i sit by the window every day . outside is a world of blue and greens , with songbirds singing and children laughing . i 'm not allowed out there . mommy says i 'm a 'bad boy ' and that i 'm not allowed to play with the other children . i remember when mommy first let me into her home . she 's not my real mom- she adopted me from somewhere downtown . when i first went inside , everything seemed so big . now , it 's all just the same hues of gray . but it 's okay . this is where i 'm meant to be . | wp |
everytime someone has a 'blonde moment ' they get a little blonder . black hair is now a symbol of brilliance , and you 've just invented hair dye . | “ by god.. ” you think to yourself , staring at the jet black liquid pooling around your bathroom sink . “ i ’ ve finally done it ! i ’ ve found a way to rid myself of ridicule for good ! ” taking one last look at your snow white hair , save for the single streak of black fibers polluting an otherwise unimpressive lack of color , you dunk your head into the concoction of random chemical agents and miscellaneous kitchen seasonings you didn ’ t bother keeping track of . the smell is horrendous , the urge to vomit is overwhelming . as you wipe your face , you catch your new reflection in disbelief . what was once a shining example of human albinism has been turned into an oily slick that could turn the cast of grease envious . “ at last i can go out into the world without fear of judgement by society. ” running your hand through your new doo , a wicked smile crawls across your cheeks . “ for someone who ’ s not very smart , this could be my smartest idea yet ” | wp |
a soldier on the front dies in the middle of writing a letter home . it is finished and sent by the man who killed him . | liebe anne , ich bedauere , ihnen diesen informieren können meinen letzten brief zu hause sein . das reich war der anfang für mich , und es scheint , es wird das ende sein . während ich dies schreibe , nähern sich die alliierten näher an meinem bunker mit meiner gefallenen kameraden geritten . ich werde sicher angeschlossen haben ihre reihen im jenseits wie sie dies lesen . ich möchte nur , dass du weißt ich liebe dich zu lassen . an ada ich liebe sie auch . lassen sie meine jungen kenne meine bedingungslose liebe für ihn , obwohl ich nie mein lieber sohn zu treffen . it is with deep sadness and sorrow that i finish this letter for the fallen aurick . he was a noble leader , surrendering himself to the will of the advancing allied forces . however , despite our desperate pleas , he pulled the trigger to end his story in front of our eyes , making peace as those around him did . | wp |
reflection . | there he was , staring at me with that damned look on his face . it was obvious that he could see through me . all my imperfections and indiscretions were obvious to him and it infuriated me . who was this man to judge me ? i have never committed any acts or made any decisions that he would n't have in the same instances . yet there he was , his judgement clearly obvious by the look he gave me . he must 've known what i had done , what had happened to her . but what was i supposed to do ? she pushed me too far . i had few options left and i chose the one i thought best . | wp |
in no more than 200 words , write a riveting science fiction drama incorporating the sentences below : | frank 's elvish grin betrayed his intentions before he could even voice them . `` frank , there is no way i 'm gon na let you put that thing *there* . '' frank stared at the opening to the warp drive , pancake in hand . `` my intuition 's telling me that the nearest ihop is about five hundred klicks to the east . this is the quickest way to get there . '' i looked at him in shock . `` um , are n't elves supposed to be , like , y'know , wise ? there is no way this can work . '' `` trust me . '' `` no . '' `` too late . '' the fluffy concoction fell into the warp drive 's core , starting a chain reaction that pulled every fiber of the ship , and ourselves , toward the nearest concentration of like substances . in a flash , i saw the pancake . | wp |
earth becomes the battleground for two warring alien races , both of which claim to be humanity 's `` protectors '' | i was careful , you know . i looked both ways before running out into the street , i grabbed the loot as fast as i could , and i ran back with all the speed my legs were capable of . but i guess they must have spotted me anyway . we call them monks . i have no idea what they call themselves , but their armoured suits look like cowls , so ... monks . i have no idea what they want with us . there was never an official broadcast , they just arrived and started to round up people and put them in ... well , pens , i guess . some tried to fight back , but it takes something like an rpg to kill a single monk , and no-one who 's tried it and fails lives to try again . i run . i can hear them , crashing through the ruined door frame that i 'd slipped through moments before . i turn a corner and i 'm brought up short . | wp |
ten years ago , you found an online service for delayed email , you decided to send one to yourself to this exact date . you reply for the sake of it , your younger self replies back , just once ... | i sort of remember what my email was . this email service promised that they would store my piece of text and send them via their servers , to any date in the future . it was free , and everyone was doing in it . so i said what the heck . yeah , today i finally got it . i wanted to tell my future self about the things that i liked , the songs that i had loved back then . but i also had to tell myself that somehow i knew , that ten years from then , i would be alright . no more anxiety , no more depression . i also remember sending myself a small chunk of japanese text , as i was studying it back then . i was sure i would be fluent and advanced when the email would reach me , perhaps even living abroad . | wp |
you do n't know how or why , but slowly , surely , you 've been turning into a dragon , and you are finding it harder and harder to not eat your roommate and steal his coins . | it started out small . i needed to buy a coke , and i figured alan would n't miss his loose change . i mean , a dollar here and there was n't a big deal . but like how a tiny little white lie always spins into a beautiful , intricate , fragile , web , it escalated very quickly . apparently intrusive thoughts are your mind 's way of telling you not to do something . by being really really aware of how bad of an idea it would be to , say , throw yourself off a ledge or step out into the street , you 're reminded that you should n't . well , thanks brain , i 'll remember not to eat my friend . it 's just ... so ... tantalizing , the idea of human fle- nonononono ! do n't dwell on it . anyways , i 've been having strange , strange thoughts of late , and strange behaviors . | wp |
in an alternate universe , gunpowder was never invented . what does warfare look like ? | john awoke to the sound of screaming coming from outside his barracks . he and the other men of his division sprang from their beds and ran outside to see the men returning from the front lines . the incoming soldiers had clearly seen the full force of the red army ; grown men were crying and the stench of death hung over the battle-worn veterans . and tomorrow john 's unit would be sent to the front lines to take their turn in battle . john spent most of his day preparing for the fight . psychologically , he was ready . physically , he felt unprepared . he made several trips to the mess hall that day , as there was little else to do to prepare for what was coming . several members of his unit had fallen sick and spent their days clenching their stomachs over the toilet . no doubt they would be remaining behind the next morning ; they would be useless in the fight . | wp |
a day in the life of someone who teleports whenever they sneeze . | i 'm a very gifted person . you see , most people in this world have one power but not me , i 've got two . to make this a little more dramatic , i 'm not going to tell you what those powers are . i dare you to figure them out . in fact , i 'm going to throw you a bone right now . get ready . one of my powers is ... **aaaaaachoooooo** fuck . well , i guess that ruins the dramatic suspense . i 'm in the middle of the himilayas . that 's right , i can teleport . but , before you lose your shit , there 's one caveat : i do n't get to choose when i tp . | wp |
you live in a utopian society where almost everything is perfect to you . you then find out who created the utopia , and wish you did n't know . | so , this is the big man 's office . well , the secretary told me he wanted to see me . he 's made a pretty great place here , so i do n't see why i should n't oblige . as i open the door , i ca n't help but notice the smell of bratwurst and the sound of richard wagner . finally , i fully open the door , and there he is ... `` hitler ? ! '' `` *ja* , mein friend . come in , come in , have a bratwurst ! '' i 'm completely dumbfounded . how can adolf hitler , one of the most evil men in history , make such a perfect place ? `` you 're adolf hitler ? the adolf hitler ? and you made this place ? '' `` who else would have ? did n't you notice ze lack of jews ? '' | wp |
if i had known he was going to come after me , i would have never done what i did . | i sit in the corner of the tavern , my ale in hand , watching the travelers walk in , some leave , wanting directions . most stay , washing their journeys away with the same golden liquid that rests warmed in my hand . i stare into it 's cleared surface , and shake my head . i had n't touched it for hours , it only residing in my grasp for show . i do n't have time to drown myself , not yet , at least . most come through the night , seeking a soft bed to lay . i do n't sleep . have n't for years . i let my eyes wander to the newest additions to the dingy inn ; a large man , strong , well eaten . i laugh at his giant beard , fitting perfectly with his body , but all of it in contrast to his tiny , beady eyes . | wp |
you form a pact with the monster in your closet to work together in order to get rid of your terrible roommate . | `` sup brah '' frankie said while drinking my soda right in front of me . `` cmon man you cant at least use a cup ! '' i exclaim in a clearly pissed off tone . `` hah good ond broski , well i got ta go rush for kapla delta gamma , peace dork ! '' he was your typical frat guy who got paired up with me , the loser . day in and day out its as if he knows my every pet peeve , but what could i possibly do ? `` alex , alex , alex '' the wind seemed to whisper , `` alex alex alex '' it grew louder , `` who are you ! ? '' i frighteningly whimpered . `` i have had many names over the course of history , krampus , boogeyman , grendel but you can refer to me as savior . '' his every word dragged out like a snake , ive heard those names before , but theyre simply legends and myths and surely they cant all be the same person ? nonetheless i was curious as to what would come next . | wp |
short story about an `` accidental sandwich '' | it had been three month and two days . frank slowly removed himself from bed . he rolled over and opened his eyes . the lazy summer sunlight burned his retinas and he quickly closed them while stretching and letting out a yawn . he did not have much reason to wake up these days . he sat on the edge of his bed , hoping for any sound but knew there was n't going to be any until he forced his aging frame off the bed . he glanced out the window with a sigh , bent over to grab clothes off the floor . three months and two days ago , his wife was taken by a sudden heart attack . the widow maker it was called , and it lived up to its reputation . he quietly went about his days , wondering when they would be up . | wp |
`` best bounty hunter in the universe ? well , then you want them , '' said the man , pointing down the bar to where a little girl and her robot were playing chess . | `` thanks , '' i said to the man . the girl was sitting at the far side of the room next to a large window overlooking the street below . i looked back at the bartender and said , `` are you sure it 's her ? she does n't look so little from here . '' `` oh i 'm sure . she 's no ten year old , but she does still have pigtails and hardly looks more than a hundred pounds soaking wet ! that metal arm of hers tells a story though . no doubt about it , '' he replied . i shrugged , thanked the man again , and walked over . in my line of work i 've seen plenty of people with prosthetics , especially on the border planets . most wildlife did n't respect a novelty of a 'food chain ' . as i walked closer the girl never looked up . her red hair , dusty goggles , ripped clothes , and visible scars would n't lie about experience in these lawless lands . i stopped beside the table . | wp |
you had set in motion a series of events that lead to the destruction of human civilisation . you are given a chance to go back in time and right your wrong . you fail . you are given a chance to go back in time and right your wrong . you fail ... this is the 367th cycle . | the rumble of thunder and flash of lightning lost its awe long ago , tazbin thought as he waited patiently for the show to end , thinking through his next actions . start strong , he told himself , go for the- `` what makes you think it 'll work this time ? '' god interrupted his thoughts , nose behind a newspaper . tazbin frowned at the seated man . `` defeating an entire squadron of 50- '' `` 47 , '' tazbin said . `` - with just a spear ? it wo n't work . '' god finished , lowering the paper . `` i know their moves , for the most part . '' tazbin said . `` the squad leader always starts with an order to flank , sending three men to the left and three to the right . the first in line at the right lunges low while- '' `` yet , 366 times , you 've died . '' god said . `` change the strategy , you fool . '' | wp |
in 200 words or less , write a well-known villain as a hero , but do not tell us who they are . | at what point in time did we begin to believe that it wasn ’ t within ourselves to succeed ? that we would forgo the accomplishments all of man has made and succumb to a force not within ourselves . it ’ s pitiable to extent . a mockery of our ability . he proves to highlight our faults without having to succumb to them himself . he lords over us , as a god would , waiting recognition with frivolous speeches to cheers and applause , retreating to a world which he has made his own . and the people don ’ t see it . they shower him with praise and adoration . try to resemble him and act according to his false authority . but they can not see that they can never become what he is because he is not what we are . | wp |
one day , you wake up . as you do your normal routine , you sense something is way off , but you ca n't put a finger on it . as you begin to brush your teeth , you look up and see your worst enemy in the mirror . | i woke slowly with a horrific headache . i pushed the whore beside me out of my bed as i stood up . `` get the fuck out of my house , '' i mumbled . she scurried out , throwing her clothes on as she did . as i walked to the trudged my way to the washroom , i looked into the living room . there was my wife , alone on the couch . she must 've gotten home from work after i got back from the bar . when i got to the toilet , i lifted the seat , leaned my hand against the wall , and received almost immediate pleasure . piss splashed the already moldy walls as i relieved myself . i walked over to the sink and wiped the grime off the mirror . | wp |
1000 years ago time froze for all but 20 % of the human population . you live in the society that was built atop the time-locked 'ruins ' of the old world and things are beginning to move again . | `` this can only mean one thing , i 'm afraid , '' said ali , shuffling through his journals . everyone else in the room stood silent , while the clock moved forward , once again . `` we 're all freaking out ali , look at us ! '' one of them shouted . `` yes , yes , i know . i know the ... circumstances . '' ali could only sigh at the thought . finally , he stopped and looked at the people of the enclave . `` then can you explain it to us ? ! '' another man from the crowd asked . `` hmm , yes , let me start from the beginning . it 's only natural , you see ? 1000 years ago , the halt of time occured , from what we all know , correct ? well , it seems like the continuation of time will be a lot worse , in well ... .in just a couple of hours , really . '' | wp |
at birth , you were given the power to give anyone a slight headache that wo n't go away for 3 hours . now , you 've just been announced america 's most wanted . | `` hey , shelly ? '' `` um ... yeah ? '' this was the first time i used my power . we were in 5th grade , and i held her hand at recess . *anticipation , math test* `` n-nothing , '' i really thought she was nervous because of me . well , that was n't going to be the last time i felt disappointment like that . i have a strange ability , one that i barely know myself . when i touch a person , i read their emotions and thoughts . i thought shelly might have *lovestruck , tommy* as her thoughts , but it turns out she was just worried about the math test later that day . `` see ya , '' shelly said , pressing her hand against her head . | wp |
what happend to the cowboy after he rode off into the sunset ? | it was the night after the terrible fight between jack and the bandit , david robert jones as they called him . he claimed to be ripping a hole through time and space to travel to another universe . jack figured he should be in a looney bin and fought him . the fight ended miserably for jack . jack was lost in those memories . he 'd seen flying blue cats , people with some superpowered swords and much more . that was all behind him now . now that he was riding into the sunset on the horizon , nothing could stop him . then jack smelled smoke . he looked at his saddle . `` dang- ! '' | wp |
a man with a happy family and great life , comes across a genie who grants him three wishes . 10 years later he 's alone and depressed and commits suicide . expand on his wishes and what prompts his downfall . | the wind is cold against my face . at this height , i am surprised by how much wind there is . 100 floors up is modest in this city , and yet the street below is dizzying . the wind sends my tie over my shoulder . i chuckle in ironic disgust . this tie cost more than most people make in a year . i reach up and loosen the knot . the silk fibers , threaded with real gold , feel smooth against my skin . it is n't comforting . 10 years ago , a small old man asked me what three things i wanted above all else . | wp |
you 're on a quest to collect legendary magical items , but the gods thought it was hilarious to make the most powerful items the most tacky and ridiculous looking . | bryn scanned the inscription etched into the ornate plate of xenathu 's cuirass . *plus five to charisma , eight to strength , twelve to insight , and the wearer passively collects souls , granting perpetual youth . * this was the most sought-after piece on bryn 's list . he had traveled around the globe twice looking for it . finally , under the forgotten sands in the middle of the saharan desert , he felt the metal plates strain his tendons as he lifted it from a chest . eons of myth and legend surrounded xenathu and his infamous armor . it allowed him to rule with brilliantly supple skin and pain-free knee joints for ten thousand years . his empire spanned from the cradle of life to the horn of africa , and well into present-day rwanda . xenathu was a benevolent ruler known to have a certain ... flair . bryn heaved the cuirass onto a nearby rock shelf to get a better look at it . | wp |
in pokemon zubats are annoying but laughably weak . write a story that makes them absolutely terrifying . | for the love of god , do n't panic . it is my mantra , my prayer , my hail mary pass as my footsteps echo far too loudly on the still stone floor . the interior of mount moon glows with a soft inner light , something no one has been able to categorize . it was just ... there . just like them . i can hear the soft rustling in the caverns , the near inaudible screeches of the zubat . it 's one of the softest , calmest sounds i 've ever heard and i nearly wet myself thinking about it . beedrill swarm ? easy peasy . just back off and leave them bee and they wo n't even bother you . all that media talk of swarms pursuing people thousands of miles is basically crap . unless you just stole the new queen kakuna , you 'll be fine . | wp |
100 years in the future , the human genome project is complete . everyone has their genome mapped out from birth , and has it printed on their id . people can be determined `` unfit to breed , '' and discrimination based on genome is common . | we were told that mapping the human genome would unlock a new era in medical care . we were promised a new golden age of human prosperity . realistically , i do n't know what we expected . logically we knew that the population was reaching a problematic size . we should have known that mapping the human genome would n't be the dawn of a new golden age . at least - not for most of us . to be fair though , i think they tried . before the politicians and the corporations got involved , i really think the scientists tried to cure the various illnesses that afflicted so much of the human population . sadly , within 20 years we 'd abandoned any pretense of improving humanity . within 40 years we 'd begun forced genome scans , and it took less than a year to pass a law forcing every citizen to carry their genemap cards . | wp |
aliens abducted vikings . the vikings killed the aliens , stole their ship , and set out to conquer mars . | once upon a time , there was asgur . he is a brave and clever viking and he likes to sail with his close friends , solfr , sigurd , the playful twins and the beautiful hekja . one day , asgur 's chief wanted them to find some food in the distant land as the village is running out of food . `` yes i will , '' bellowed asgur proudly . asgur and his friends set sail the next day . the wind is heavy . the wind is cold . solfr and sigurd are shivering , but asgur is not . he knows this task is important . hekja knows too . the wind becomes stronger . | wp |
after the dark lord conquered the realm everything turns out really damn good . | i watched my lord nervously as he paced through the castle as he was infamous for fits of violence . in the preceding hours he had turned to me murderously on no less than six occasions only to glance away , grumbling to himself . his head snapped upwards . `` you can not be serious , '' he growled . `` these guidelines are both moronic and intolerable . they violate every belief i hold dear . '' the tyrant 's eye 's seemed to glow a dull red as he spoke , signaling danger to those around him . i coughed nervously . `` unfortunately , my lord , the logic appears to be sound . it seems that to be a successful dictator , certain concessions must be made . '' he grunted and then turned to a unfortunate orderly , who he lifted by the throat with an armored hand . i spoke up midstrangle . `` i apologize for interrupting , but needless punishments were on peter 's list . rules 3 , 8 , and 74 all expressly forbid taking out anger on others with excessive force . '' | wp |
you attempt to start a conversation with a girl at a bar . the girl next to her looks at you , startled , and asks , `` you can see her too ? '' | `` what do you mean 'i can see her too ? ' of course i can ! '' i had to lean over to see the second girl , who i had hardly noticed before , and immediately upon doing so wondered why . she was beautiful , moreso than i would have expected someone to be in a place like this . `` she 's chosen you . '' the girl replied . `` chosen me for what ? '' i ask , still confused as to what 's going on . `` come with us , we 'll show you . '' she said as the both of them got up wordlessly and led me through a door by the bathrooms that i was positive did n't exist before . the room was rather dark , except for a single light bulb hanging from the ceiling . it illuminated a small room with three chairs in it . | wp |
a cell in your body is just your average middle class working `` joe '' . one fateful day there a massive onset of disease . give his first hand experience of event . | sometimes joe wondered about life . was being a red-blood-cell all it was cracked up to be ? sure he got to travel , he got to see other cells . he liked that , he thought . did he make a mistake , dropping out of nerve cell college and migrating to the bone marrow to become a red-blood . his mother had always wanted him to be a neuron . now he was selling oxygen cell to cell like his life depended on it . he sighed , hanging up his haemoglobin for the night and tucking himself in between some warm lung cells . another day another dollar , thats how he figured it . he woke up to a state of shock . | wp |
you create a website that tracks the largest stock price jumps in history and index them by date . you keep daily hard copy records of the sites traffic . one day , after years of checking you notice that on a random day from 5 years ago the sites visit count has increased by one . | nobody saw it coming , and if anybody says they did , they 're lying . *he* just came out of nowhere . see , back then , we all thought the economy ran on aggregates . i mean , stocks were n't even counted on gdp , let alone in control of the world . the wall street crash in the 20 's ? was n't stocks . everybody *thought* it was , but man , *he* knew better . the website , that 's what caused this whole mess . that 's right , all those bombs , all the wars , hell , half of new york sunk into the deep blue sea- all caused by this dopey college econ major and his stupid thesis website . see , the kid thought it was all just meaningless data , fun facts ya know ? was n't anything to look at . | wp |
you are forced to relive a certain 12 hours of your day over and over . during that time , no matter where you go , you always see someone die in front of you . | i made a promise to a mother . i just can not break . some days are slow , others days you ca n't seem to sit still . well , today was the later . i 'm so tired but i ca n't slow down ; i ca n't let my mind get foggy now . we picked up a medical-flight late in the 12 hour shift from a little town called seymour . its only about 30 minutes in a helicopter but man when you know its your last flight for the day those 30 minutes seem like ages . we got report in while in route `` 6-year old child , severe asthma exacerbation , requiring high oxygen demand . '' its starting to be that time of the year again . when seasons start changing , asthma really starts taking a toll on these little ones . | wp |
you reject someone by saying `` i 'll go on a date with you the day hell freezes over . '' the next day , satan appears in your room , shivering , and covered in snow . | “ it is just like when it happened in the school . i try to look in random directions to catch a glimpse of her from the corner of my eye . i keep making these imaginary scenarios in my head where i run into her and we start talking . man , i am telling you i think i like this girl. ” he was expressing his crush on a girl to his friend , who merely kept nodding his head throughout the narration . his friend asked if he has tried talking to the girl in real , to which he replied , “ i ’ ve tried , but couldn ’ t go past casual short talk . i love going on these walks in the evenings . i want to invite her to come along some day . and at the right moment during our walk , i ’ ll let her know that i love her. ” his friend said , “ that looks like a plan . good luck. | wp |
your name is ashley madison and you are frustrated about the amount of hate you 've been getting these last few days by mistake . | it 's been thirty minutes since i last checked my iphone 6 . francine had been calling all day with tedious messages about our sunday cruise to the beach . obviously she is as dense as most of our friend circle . let 's be honest here , the only reason i hang out with these blowup dolls is because they 're the only people on my street . `` like hello '' i shout . do n't people check their facebook or twitter anymore ? though if anything were to cheer me up it would be my sweet , sweet daddy . my papa bear who always comes to rescue me in my time of need . it 's rather sweet actually - i 've never gone a day without wondering if daddy is thinking about me . what i 'm hoping for is a new car or maybe one of those yellow cats from the zoo we saw last week . | wp |
time traveler - photographic proof ! | i know i 'm about two weeks late , but i could n't resist . i was pacing in my office . it was midday , and the city outside was moving as if there was nothing that could stop it . i only wish that i could have been out there , but i had a city to build . the president had put me in charge of the federal city project after he finished designing every last sewer - it was like the stories i heard from valley forge . washington always was a micromanager . but mr. washington had other duties to do as the president . “ what do you mean the plans were stolen ? ” , i told general williams . “ it 's just that simple , the plans to the federal city were stolen. | wp |
becoming a god . | “ we ’ ve done it , ” is the only phrase he can say . john says these words while looking down in astonishment , thinking about what he ’ s accomplished . what she ’ s made possible . she , anne , is propped up by pillows in a hospital bed . anne hasn ’ t recovered from the procedure yet . barely conscious she asks , “ what have we done ? ” with a noticeable shiver in his voice john whispers , “ it. ” anne almost doesn ’ t hear john . “ what do you mean ? ” “ we ’ ve waited for so long . tried so hard . | wp |
someone set your apartment on fire and you see them fleeing the act as you pull in . what were they looking for ? | it was supposed to be a quiet night . get home , feed the fish and finish the work i 've spend years compiling . just sitting in front of the computer with a nice cup of tea by my side . but the roaring inferno an the sirens said otherwise . i knew they would come after me , but to involve civilians . it 's against their policy , so they must be desperate . but it 's their fault , not *mine* they should n't have fired me in the first place . bastards . i pulled up alongside the firetruck to inspect the site . nothing new . a building on fire , scared and crying civilians . ruined lives . yeah , nothing i have n't seen before . | wp |
you had set in motion a series of events that lead to the destruction of human civilisation . you are given a chance to go back in time and right your wrong . you fail . you are given a chance to go back in time and right your wrong . you fail ... this is the 367th cycle . | i 've watched it happen from many different places and each time it 's the same . first come the tremors that start in the ankles and makes it feel like you 're standing on a bridge when a train 's going by . then the real magic happens . i 've watched the same expression on a thousand faces right before they realize the worst is about to happen , before the land turns to jelly and vomits up its internal organs . i get to watch the world slowly pull apart and their faces turn to ash . `` you can stop this , '' he says . i shrug and ignore him . we 've had this conversation before . i can feel the tremors start . it 's a slow shake , like you 've had too much to drink . | wp |
the first-grade teacher has a most unusual field field trip planned for the class . | mrs. franklin looked out at her class . `` alright , students . please pass up your permission slips . '' all the little toddlers passed their permission slips to the front of the class to be collected by mrs. franklin . she flipped through each sheet , then noticed something odd . `` billy , where is yours ? '' `` my parents do n't want me going there . they say it 's dark territory . '' billy whined . `` well , they 'd be right . '' mrs. franklin said in almost a sing-song manner . she reached into her desk and pulled out a small remote . with the press of a tiny red button a hole opened up right under billy . | wp |
in an alternate universe , gunpowder was never invented . what does warfare look like ? | chapter 6 : the introduction of the banana it was only toward the middle of the second world war in 1942 that the germans began experimentation in fruit warfare . something so commonplace now , was at the time an idea of such absurdity that it almost caused the premature downfall of adolf hitler . when using bananas in the battle of the bulge , no one was to know that it would change combat forever . at first , much thought and effort was made into the use of pineapples as weaponry . they were not favoured by infantry and this was mainly on account of the difficulty in transportation . peaches , also not a success . bananas were not tested until almost all other fruits had been tried . no german scientist could have predicted such great results . at the time , it was seen as not only silly , but it was also often thought that the mere existence of it undermined the entire ethos of national socialism . it was not until the german scientist rolf eckstein came to the other researchers with conclusive test results that the banana was taken seriously . | wp |
tell me the tale of woldorf , the undisputed master of traffic . | gather round , children . the stars are shining in the sky and the fire is burning low . you are entering your twelfth winter and it is time to tell you the tale of the only man who could truly master the metal beasts that once roamed the earth . once tamed , the metal beasts would carry us from one place to another . they were ferocious , though . cold and mean . they could crush a man under their great rubber feet . they could steal everything from a man with their terrifying interest rates . once you had fed a beast , it would forever seem hungry again . only woldorf , the - -eddie ? eddie ? hi , yeah . | wp |
a multitude of alien ships warp within range of earth . over all electronic devices the message is heard , `` earth , we come in peace . in all the universe only one other species has mastered death and destruction as you have . we need your help . '' | ambassador pardok wondered for the millionth time what he had done to deserve being posted on earth . it was a shattered shell of what it once had been . once humans had been a promising species for entrance into the confederacy . their largest flaw had been their violent tendencies , but they had , for a time , appeared to be getting them under control . but that was all in the past . just a year after being granted provisional status in the confederacy , a massive war broke out among humanity . they turned out to have far more weaponry than they had told the confederacy . after the war , their population had been reduced by over two thirds . in the aftermath of that debacle , the confederacy had renewed its efforts to rid itself of violence . and they had been quite successful . | wp |
you are a digital archaeologist . you try to find out more about the history of humanity by digging around old pages on the internet . | indy was standing in the doorway , one hand planted on the doorframe . his skin was glistening with cold beads of sweat , his eyes were wide , and whiter than usual . he gasped for breath , as if he had run a full marathon , but instead he had just climbed a flight of stairs . his stained , striped tee shirt heaved as he gulped huge volumes of air . lara took off her glasses and stared at him plainly . she had grown tired of his constant overreactions , springing upstairs like a startled deer/nerd hybrid any time he found a new hard drive . what was it this time ? a looping video of a cat behaving outside of its usual remit ? an amusing yet offensive full immersion video game based on the movie police academy 64 ? whatever it was , it could wait . | wp |
young jonathan has been locked in his room for two years . arguments through the walls and scraps left by random men connected him to the outside world . after an evening of screaming and ungodly noises last week , it has been quiet . a cookie has been slid under his door each morning since . | for jonathan , the room was his entire world . it was all he could remember and all he could fathom . he had been in this room for as far as he could remember . he knew his name was jonathan . the letters on the table told him that word . since no one in the room lay claim to that title jonathan saw little use in letting it go to waste . the room was pitch black with a single light bulb over the table being the only source of light . on the table was a fish bowl . and in the fish bowl was his friend . he called the fish ‘ fish ’ . | wp |
you are living in a world where you gain 1 hour of life or `` time '' when you kill someone . you realize you have 10 minutes left . | i knew the day was coming the second we were taught about time keepers . i was destined to die young . many people were , they just found ways around it . all of my friends had killed people , it was fairly common nowadays . sure , men and women in authority would lecture about being selfless and warned against `` cheating death '' but it was bullshit . no one listened . a week after one of my classmates went on a shooting spree , the sherif came to speak with us about it . he 'd say the generic `` violence is never the answer '' and `` no one 's life is superior '' or something like that . we 'd heard it a million times . the funny thing is , that cop had killed innocents , and we all knew it . there were the dead give aways - no expression in the eyes , chewed fingernails , etc . | wp |
the bone broke surprisingly easily . | the bone broke surprisingly easy- at least jessica thought so . they deiced to eat greg first . he had messed his leg up real bad falling into a crack . she lamented- knowing the choice was well made did n't leave much to ameliorate . still she felt sad , her shoulders heaving in quiet sobs as john sucked the marrow from greg 's long , white bone . he did n't know why she was so upset . after all , john was the one who got to plunge the ax into allison- and then again into greg , but only after jessica made work of alex with an old saw blade . that still left jason , mark , and eliza left . john wiped juice from his poorly-groomed beard , chewing the tissue harshly with his swollen jaw . they knew that mark would have to go next . | wp |
its been five years since the zombie outbreak was put down by the world military . a reporter for your national news comes to your house to ask for your story on how you and your family survived the outbreak . | `` what was it like ? '' i beat a woman 's head in with a rock . that 's what it was like . *a low chuckle followed by paper rustling . * survival ? it fucking sucked . a lot of people are going to try and dress it up and paint some kind of fucking artsy bullshit about how humanity won out against the zeds . and yeah , in some places , like the folks out at shed who lived off the exhibits , or that fucking elephant keeper , you 'll see some sparkling examples of the human spirit breaking the mindless zombie hordes . *flick , blaze.. poof* we had taken over most of the neighborhood 's yards before the first winter . there was ten of us then , and we only had to kill about double that to keep the land , not counting clearing the zeds ... *the feed goes quiet for a handful of heartbeats . before she starts up again . | wp |
the forgotten forts . | ( i chose not to read the background and go solely off of the image ) - i gasped for breath , spitting out sea water and trying to use the energy i had left to stay above water . the waves were hitting me on every side . behind me , my ship burned , attacked by the most feared pirates in the seas . he took all our supplies and left my father and shipmates to burn . never would i forget the fear i felt when i saw the captain 's great black flags approach our ship . in front of me , i was amazed to see how many stars i could see . it was poetic , really , the pounding of the waves and the peaceful stars above , watching it all happen . i knew i probably would n't survive . the thought caused a panic to surge through me , gripping my heart . i cried out , but there was only empty sea . | wp |
overpopulation and dwindling resources have resulted in a radical societal shift : suicide is encouraged and celebrated , while growing old is a grave and selfish act . | tick . tock . tick . tock . tick . tock . midnight . it was officially her 30th birthday . alone in the darkened apartment she took a sip of her whiskey . this is the year she has to make her decision . does she live on or volunteer for eradication . | wp |
heart of eden . | if everything went perfectly right , her creation could drive back hell . if it went wrong , all hope for a habitable earth would be lost . she gazed upon it once more , admiration and fear drawing a conflicted smile upon her paper face . it dominated everything , the greenhouse suddenly became the center of the earth . vines and mosses nestled against the globe , blending with iron valves and copper pipes . the components seemed to grow naturally , as if she had not constructed it herself , but the earth had somehow willed it into creation . slowly , for what could be the last time , she run her hand along the length of a fern , leading her fingers to a rusted valve . the rubber coils breathed with fluid . sparks jumped along cables towards the thing . in awe , the woman stepped back , nearly tripping on an empty plant pot . | wp |
aliens have invaded earth for the sole reason of taking over our water supply . you , a water bottle sales person , are trying to convince them that they do n't want earth 's sea water , they do n't want the freshwater of our lakes . what they really is the good stuff , your company 's bottled water . | “ this opportunity won ’ t present itself again . if we get their business , we wouldn ’ t need any other client , ever . we could cut the costs of transportation , marketing , all that . they would land , or teleport , or whatever it is they do , directly to our factories and get the water. ” “ have you been watching the news , frank ? they want all of the water ; they literally want to drink up the oceans . you think they ’ d be satisfied with what we make ? ” replied frank ’ s boss . “ they won ’ t consume it all at once . i think i can convince them that the storage and transportation costs of all of that water would be ridiculous , even for aliens . | wp |
you have the double-edged power to increase your intelligence the longer you stay awake . | i woke up slowly , comfortably transitioning from dreams to reality . i felt more rested than i had in months , the papers below my cheek feeling like a soft pillow . i smiled happily , then closed my eyes and went back to sleep . fifteen minutes later , my subconscious mind made a connection that jolted me awake . `` no ! '' i cried , shooting up . one of the papers i had been sleeping on stuck to my cheek , and i tore it away , looking at my surroundings frantically . mounds of paper covered every inch of my deck , every sheet covered with writing and formulas . dead pens , empty of ink , jutted out of the piles here and there . still more paper , blank , sat in neat , square stacks behind me . during previous binges when i ran out of paper , i had decided to write on the walls instead , which was a headache to copy down afterwards . | wp |
you 're going to see `` the interview '' and there is only one empty seat left , right next to an angry looking kim jong-un . share your entire theater experience . | i really need to buy a new car . i planned on getting to the theater 30 minutes ago , but the damn piece of crap wouldn ’ t start , yet again . i hurry out of my car in my dallas cowboys hoodie and sweatpants . thankfully i bought my tickets for the midnight release of “ the interview ” two days ago . here i am finally sputtering in to the parking lot at 11:57 pm . no matter , it shouldn ’ t be too crowded . i give my ticket to the teenage punk with his shoulder length emo haircut covering his face and an “ i hate my job ” attitude . he probably wouldn ’ t even notice if i gave him a blank piece of paper . could ’ ve saved myself 11 bucks too . “ theaters on your left , concessions behind me ” he mumbles while he lazily rolls his head in a half circle . | wp |
i 'm afraid we can not use your blood for the transfusion . our tests show it is not human blood . | thick glass separated lila and i . she slept soundly in the nursery , amongst twenty-odd other newborns . her nameplate was still empty . her hands were still blue , still wrapped tightly in little fists as she slept . i watched the monitor beep a little too slowly , and the warm glow of the incubator burned a little too brightly . `` ms . fields ? '' i glanced up at the nurse . locked my eyes into his . `` i may have some more news . would you come back to your room ? '' i nodded numbly and peeled away from the glass . | wp |
you 're the only one who can make her laugh . | they said you 'd get a wish if you made that old woman laugh . anything you wanted and *poof* , you 'd have it . riches , spoils , a kingdom all your own . the only problem was that no one could verify this , because that old woman had never laughed . stuck up in her house with the fire too hot , her face retained a perpetual frown that wrinkled her face . comedians visited her . the funniest men in the world . jim carrey had been among the first to fail , and even robin williams in drag could n't make the old woman 's lips curl up . walking into her house i thought it was probably all some cruel joke . maybe the old woman 's face was paralyzed . maybe she 'd broken her funny bone when learning to ride a bicycle . | wp |
: stuck as roommates , peter pan and dorian gray spiral into the most immature prank war of the century . | the room seemed innocent . for dorian , that was the first clue something was wrong . places , as well as people , who looked innocent rarely were . peel back the layers , and you could smell the rot within . but most people were too stupid to notice . that stupidity more or less benefited dorian , because he was the most beautiful of all . however , he had been very careful not to fall for such traps . so when peter had asked him to come into a room , that contained a couch , some books , and several sandwiches , for “ intellectual conversation ” , dorian immediately got suspicious . you see , peter pan looked the most innocent of all . and that scared dorian to death . ( metaphorically . ) | wp |
retell the origin of a superhero , but reveal the hero at the end of the story . | i was born into a world gone mad , surrounded by smoke and burning rubble . my arrival was heralded by the screams of injured men and the distant keening of alarms . birth is always a traumatic event , but mine was especially so . there was a woman standing amidst the debris , staring at me . her gaze bored into me but she seemed confused , uncertain . like she was looking for something , but was n't quite sure if she 'd found it . her lips parted and she uttered a single word . a name . before she could speak again we were rudely interrupted : men with guns came rushing in , shouting and brandishing their weapons . i shouted back and they reeled as though i had slapped them , then opened fire . this act of unexpected violence filled me with rage . | wp |
describe an average day in the life of your character from his/her pet 's pov . | i hunch on the stairs , waiting to trip the two legged beast that confines me . he yells gibberish at me , and steps over your humble narrator . damned creature , calls me a `` house-cat '' . calls me a name i ca n't even pronounce . yells at me for wanting food other than the pellets of processed crap he serves up in a little bowl on the ground . i am murrow , son of marow , and i will have my revenge . the two legged beast torments me daily , had me sterilized , while he views moving pictures of disgusting two legged beasts mating . the noises they make are disturbing indeed . i wonder what my father would have done . he had more freedom , walked the earth , until the fast-movers mulched him into paste . | wp |
a new drug let 's you live a lifetime in one dream . | i could stop . i could stop . really , i could stop . i should stop . one more pill . just this one , i promise . no no no , you do n't understand . we got married ! two kids ! we had that nice house with the picket fence that he always wanted , and that sweet , sweet neighbor that always bakes pies ! and he celebrated his 40th birthday with us ! it was great ! i have the pictures right here ... wait , haha , one sec , its somewhere here . no , for real , hang on . | wp |
fit as much world-building as you can into a totally mundane event . | `` itch ! itch ! heads up boys , we 've got to move ! '' the neuron shouted . `` move ! '' `` move ! '' `` move ! '' its neighbors echoed . a jolt of electricity ran down the axon of the long neuron , ending in a chemical explosion at the terminal . more jolts of electricity later , a shower of chemicals woke up the receptors at the motor end plate . `` got ta go ! got ta release the calcium ! calcium ! '' bellowed the motor end plate . this echoed deep into the tubules of the muscles , opening a hatch . and out poured the calcium like a tidal wave of stress balls , filling every nook and cranny . troponin , holding its friend tropomyosin in a bear hug , released its grip to catch a few . | wp |
when the europeans discovered america they did n't colonize it . instead they have been monitoring the americans for centuries . today , the first american ship reaches europe . | “ an american ship ? ” captain jacque stared at the well dressed man before him . he brushed some dust off the coat of his suit , his hands coming dangerously close to the revolve at his hip . “ you heard me right , captain . an american ship. ” “ the americans are barbarians . can barely grow their own food . s ’ no possible way they could make a ship that could cross the atlantic. ” “ but they did . and right under our noses too . now will you accept the contract or not ? | wp |
a serial murderer who has performed 100 's of inhumane experiments is caught . his research suggests he has found cures for several major diseases and wo n't divulge unless all charges are dropped . | `` what did you say ? '' my mind reeled , the whirlwind of the last three weeks replaying over and over again . we had caught doctor smith by little more than a stroke of luck . smith was a sadist and a genius , a dangerous combination . and careful - if we had n't found his laboratory and his notes we would n't have even known what he was . it was all by chance - a no-knock warrant served to the wrong address . first avenue , not first street . he was smiling when jones slapped the cuffs on him . how anyone could smile in that charnel house i do not know , but he nodded to his notes , as if he wanted me to see them . as if he wanted me to read them . | wp |
your grandmother is an evil mastermind bent on the death of everyone in your family . you 're the only one who knows . | i know what that bitch is up to . i can see her putting those secret `` herbs and spices '' into our thanksgiving meal . she always keeps them hidden , away high up in a cupboard , only bringing them out when it comes time to get the whole family together . she thinks i do n't know , but i know . i googled types of poisons that one could find at a supermarket , and it could be several things . it 's funny how every holiday , after our whole family is together , we spend the next few days fighting . she 's smart . she 's not going to kill us outright . instead she 's making us hate each other . she puts hallucinogenic drugs in our food and then we eat it . soon after we do n't know what 's going on . | wp |
someone breaks into your house and says , `` you 're my favorite character in the book ! i ca n't let it end the way it did . i 'm going to help you . '' | i could n't decide whether i was dreaming or not . i could feel my bed , yes . from my closed eyes i could still tell that there was muted light coming from my window . dawn ? most probably . so i guess i 'm waking up . i lay in my bed in the slowly brightening room when i heard it . breathing . heavy . it was n't mine , i was sure of it . there was someone else in my room . to my right ? yes . | wp |
people can do magic , but only when their hands are uncovered . you go out one day without your government sanctioned gloves . | jon peered at his gloves . all his life he 's had the gloves . the gloves had liberated his people , allowing them to do useful and meaningful things with their lives . without them , the world would have been thrown into disarray , overruled by dark magic - at least , that 's what the government said . he had not known a time before the gloves , all he knew was that sometime during in the era of havoc , the government discovered mines filled with magic-supression minerals , and the glove was born . but jon was ready to take the next step . he knew they were all lies . years and years of treacherous lies . he closed his eyes , recalling his younger days when his mom would read him bedtime stories about the wonders of the world and the creation of the universe . in the beginning , there were addison and steve , who lived in the garden of aden . | wp |
if i had known he was going to come after me , i would have never done what i did . | *if i had known he was going to come after me , i would have never done what i did . * i always had the hope that i would find the perfect man . since i was a little girl i watched those movies about princes and heroes : perfect bodies and charming smiles , always outgoing and even when getting attention from every girl in the kingdom , they would have eyes only for me . *nobody else than me . * then i grew up . *well , at least my body did . * i started dating , it was a whole new world full of possibilities . i thought the time when i would find my prince charming was near ... *i mean , when he would find me . * i already feel like everything happened years ago . i spent my time with people who fit the stereotype , and i just realize what a disappointment it was . | wp |
in the old west batman has a noon showdown with the joker . | the sound of the noon church bells is disrupted by loud laughter on main street . `` this town is n't big enough for the both of us , batsy . '' the voice comes from a pale grinning man with a purple cowboy vest and a green hat , standing in the middle of the street . everyone recognizes him as joker , the most notorious gangster and gunslinger in the west . everyone with half a brain , and even those without , run to clear out the street . but however scared they are , there 's a shimmer of hope in their eyes when a figure with a black mask and cape walks in the street to oppose the menace . it 's their hero batman . `` give it up joker . '' he yells in a deep booming voice . `` you know how this 'll end . you 're going back to the arkham looney bin . '' | wp |
`` there is nothing a psychotic serial killer can do that ca n't be topped by a completely sane ( but desperate ) parent '' | the last thing tim saw before closing his eyes was the stern , angry look of agent saddler . everything in this picture was a paradox . his eyes were filled with thin blood-filled vessels which looked like they were drawn here with precise ink over his vulgar , round face . his arms were rough , dirty , unlike his perfectly polished glock 17 . the gun probably hadn ’ t seen as much action as the man wearing it . or maybe he was preparing this perfect moment . *note to self* , he told himself , *killing people is fine , killing an officer who has an angry pitbull as a partner might be too much* . he interlocked his fingers behind his head and thoughts raced through his mind . *time ’ s up* , he thought . ever since he was a kid , young timothy had trouble not treating the real world like a video game : and the first thought the older , 26-year-old man that he had become was *it was a good run* . | wp |
humans have - by a very large margin - the longest lifespans of all intelligent life in the universe . you are a human student at a multi- species college , and you / your friends are just realizing that compared to them , you are an ancient being . | `` how long ! ? '' i shifted uncomfortably under the combined gaze of my study group friends . the drû who posed the question , either klrdt or bill ( i could never tell the two apart ) quirked one eye-stalk in a way that my new student orientation class told me was disbelief . `` errm , three years , i think ? i do n't really know . '' my affirmation sent them all into paroxysms of ... something . maybe laughter ? the drû waggled their eye-stalks jovially at least . 'mike ' clacked his mandibles in what i hoped was n't a menacing way . that sh'gopy flashed a kaleidoscope of colors , while froln remained as impassive as ever . `` well , '' i say defensively , `` what 's it like right after *you're* born or hatched or whatever ? '' `` we usually have breakfast and then a nap . '' | wp |
one of the largest corporations on the planet , that has existed for 500 years , has an immortal man as the founder and ceo . he is the only immortal to ever exist , and this information has been public knowledge for so long that it is just an accepted fact . | a lot of people love me . they think i 'm a god . i 'm the only one who knows the truth . i might be the ceo of the biggest company on the planet , hell , practically the only company on this earth , but that just means that i 'm the biggest target . presidents ? prime ministers ? kings ? when their province and their lands are in danger , they call me . if suddenly they run out of resources , they call me . if they 're under attack then they buy my weapons . if they 're starving , they buy my food . if they need a place to stay , they build my houses with my walls . | wp |
after years of being enslaved your shadow finally breaks free from your body . now , feeling incredibly lonely , you try and convince it to come back . | he moves silently among the shadows , knowing that his own can see among its kind as well as if it were midday . but there are other dangers here . his feet soundlessly negotiate the obstacles in his way , making noise that only the tiniest of creatures can sense . once , he hears a rustling , and he freezes , blending seamlessly into the cover of black . no one who had n't seen him slip through the few slender beams of moonlight would know he was there . but there is one who did see , and watches him . large , round eyes narrow in the dark as they watch him fade in and out of the pools of darkness . they watch him approach his shadow , graceful in his movement , yet furtive in his manner . his desperation flashes momentarily , and the eyes relax slightly . he wants only the shadow , then he will be gone , never to return to this place . | wp |
when everyone turns 18 , they receive a pet which is figurative of their personality . you 're the first person to receive a dragon ... | `` a dragon ? '' i thought to myself as i stared out my living room window . i had a hard enough time believing in santa claus and the tooth fairy as a kid , but there it was , a real , fire breathing , sharp-toothed , scaly , mythical , almighty , tolkein-esque beast right there in my driveway . i remember my older brother was delivered an octopus complete with it 's own tank on his eighteenth birthday and we thought that was pushing the boundaries of what kids received . here i was with my own dragon . what was i supposed to do ? just climb up on it 's back and take to the skies ? do n't get me wrong , it 's not that i was n't grateful . i mean , c'mon , it 's a friggin ' dragon ! however , i had a hard enough time `` fitting in '' in life and now i was gon na be the boy with the dragon . | wp |
write a story that seems normal on first sight , except for one small detail that makes it extremely creepy on a more careful reading . | -thanks martha , it was wonderful . -you are welcome , james . brenda hugs and kisses martha in the cheeks. `` bye martha , 'til monday. '' . `` 'til then '' . james puts on his coat . `` goodbye martha '' . `` bye , james '' . the couple walks out the front door as brenda watches the street . james starts the car and they wave goodbye one last time . | wp |
you are a supervillain named the keymaster . instead of creating grand plans to conquer the world , all you do is run around and free other captured supervillains from prison , after the superheroes defeat them . | took a pretty long break from writing . thought prompts might help me rebuild the skill . -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - you probably don ’ t know who am i . most people don ’ t. i prefer it that way . but what i do , it affects you and every one you ’ ll ever know . i live a normal life . my façade never fades . i ’ m like all of you . i work . i pay taxes . i fake a smile and pretend that everything ’ s ok. it ’ s the night that i rule . | wp |
the make-a-curse foundation grants evil services short of murder for terminally ill adults . ( x-post from r/askreddit ) | you know you 're never really warned how much dying sucks . the constant pain you 're always in often pales in comparison when you 're faced with your family having to come to terms with the reality of the situation . of course you lie , you tell them you 're feeling better than yesterday . rarely true , you just get more and more bitter . resentment becomes a drug , it does n't matter what it 's aimed at either . so you could only imagine my glee when a strange figure visited me in the middle of the night . i thought it was death at first , a welcome guest at this point in my treatment . i mean a trench coated stranger walks into your hospital room at 3 a.m you start to wonder . i was wrong of course , he was n't human however . i could tell from his hands , when he took mine in his grasp to explain the situation , they were unnaturally cold for how thick they felt . | wp |
i mean , i knew trying to stick another toaster on it prob'ly would n't end up doing something useful , but i was n't expecting ... that . | `` kyle , what are you doing ? '' my roommate stormed into the room . i took a step back , cringing . in all honesty , i was n't really sure what i had done . it started as a playful game -- trying to figure out how many kitchen supplies i could balance on my dog 's back , but it got a little dark from there ... `` kyle ! what did you do to scruffy ? '' kelly began shoving spatulas and microwaves off of our dog . he was pushed down against the floor , his breath short and heavy . `` you 're lucky he still has a heartbeat ! what were you thinking ? '' `` what was i thinking ? what were you thinking ? you just destroyed my masterpiece ! i could 've set a world record , kelly ! '' `` kyle , you 're crazy , '' kelly mumbled , lifting up the dog . | wp |
a loved and respected hero discovers something that leads him to become a morally questionable antihero . | `` i bet you wan na know *why . * huh ? you want a *lecture* , outta a fuckin ' picture book . '' crouched in the rubble , viper stayed silent and hidden . he 'd lasted this long , but his options were running out . nowhere to run ; few places to hide ; direct confrontation with a super was death . did n't help he only had ammo left for his handgun . in the midst of the destruction , maelstrom paraded about his superpowers , focusing long enough to kick a several-ton stone like it was a football . `` fine ! you wan na know why ? it 's because of *you* , viper ! yeah ! your fucking fault ! '' that was new . nobody had ever accused him of making them evil before . killing , sure , but not this . at the very least maelstrom had n't worked out his hiding place - he could hear the crunching of stone and screaming of twisted steel as maelstrom searched . | wp |
on the day of their death , every human gets to have a vision of meeting the man they could have become . | this was it . i lived an average life . a wife , two kids , working as a lowly toy assembly liner , making just enough to live . i **did** go to harvard though . hmm . that worked well for me . but that does not matter now . death is upon me . maybe there is a heaven . maybe there is nothing . i suppose im about to find out . my family surrounds me , crying , sadness , anger . | wp |
as it turns out , the desolation is not worldwide , you 've just been living on an `` apocalypse reserve '' your whole life . | when the outsiders came , i was already knee deep in the blood of my brethren . i would have killed them all too , for what they had done , but they had better guns than my army did . and i did n't win a civil war just to die in the hands of strangers . they detained me immediately . they had questioned about what had happened inside the `` reserve , '' as they called it . to me , it was home . and i did what i had to do to survive . to see my people flourish . of course , i had told them that . but they did n't care . they wanted more . | wp |
you 're bored so decide to have a conversation with yourself . | `` hi '' `` hey , what 's up ? '' `` nothing much . i 'm just really bored . '' `` yeah , me too . what should we do ? '' `` i do n't know . any ideas ? '' `` we could touch ourself ? '' `` no , no , no . let 's do something else , for a change . '' `` i do n't know . i 'm sad . '' `` so what i 'm hearing is that you 're upset ? '' `` yeah , life just kinda sucks right now . '' `` mm-hmm , well it sounds like you 're worried . '' | wp |
a worldwide dictatorship rises to power and people are psychologically analysed then subsequently sorted/dealt with/assigned a home by their internet search history . | genocide had become a production line . the nazis had figured it out , a hundred years before , back when hollerith had invented his tabulating machine . the wonder ! the majesty ! collect and collate the census data of an entire populace and have the machine punch out beautiful cards of those with boys ready for national service , women who had yet to birth the next generation . or create a register of those deemed undesirable . combined with a monster at the head of a reich , they had all they needed to identify those not worthy of the new world . and now shan yu had done the same thing , only on a scale his forefathers could only dream of . every message sent , video watched , page downloaded . from the time you spent online with friends to the very network of friends you were online with , humanity could be categorised in a heartbeat . that childish prank of searching for unmentionable acts lost a father his head . | wp |
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