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[ WP ] `` Go to hell ! '' the customer screams at you . `` I ca n't , '' you say . `` Satan still has a restraining order against me . '' She throws the item at you and storms off in a huff . You were n't lying , or being a smart ass . Satan really does have a restraining order out on you .
| `` Hello,'' asked the woman, `` how much does this cost? I could n't find a marked price.'' `` You wo n't,'' I replied, not looking up from my book, `` not on that, or anything else in this shop, save the cheap trinkets on that rack near the door. Now, lets have a look at what you've found.'' I turned to face her. She ... |
[ OT ] Sunday Free Write : Leave A Story , Leave A Comment - It was the best of times , it was the worst of times Edition
| Hi all!
This is a poem people really like that I wrote for a prompt this week. I thought you might enjoy it:
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Alone at last,
See how far time has past...
Violynn,
My dear, with me throughout the din...
Now all's calm,
As we sing the wearies' last psalm...
Through trial a... |
[ WP ] You woke up one morning to find you have the power to instantly clean any surface . Simply touch the object you want to clean , and all the dirt , grime and bacteria vanish . You 've just accidentally tripped and touched the ground .
| I read a book one time, or was told to in class and just bullshitted the assignments instead, I ca n't remember, but anyway in this book a special thing gets dropped on accident into the ocean and it turns it all into ice. I just made the very same mistake, only I myself am that special thing and the ocean is the whole... |
[ CW ] Take the last sentence from the last thing you wrote . That 's the beginning of this story .
| I rush and unlock the door, except I am greeted by more darkness.
I rush and unlock the door, except I am greeted by more darkness. It stretches out in front of me for infinity. I can never escape. He was right. I'll never leave. I should have stayed put. Maybe I would have lived a little longer. Another hour or da... |
[ WP ] You 're an end-game level 50 god in the underworld . A new level 1 player is pestering you by hitting your ankle with a wooden sword .
| **Thump Thump**
*Alright Eradicus, the friendly party will come through in about 10 minutes, the mid bosses already phoned in saying they were about to fight so its all up to you now, you can do this*. The 112 foot demon sighed to itself, and went back to rubbing its hands. It was n't for warmth, as Eradicus had bale... |
[ WP ] Write something that makes me question your sanity/mental health .
| Blood drips red onto the floorboards, seeping through the dark mahogany.
Her eyes, glassy yet dim, like a lightbulb that needs to be changed.
My lips, bloody and gashed as I rip through flesh and sinew.
Flesh. Muscle. Bone. Marrow. Nothing goes to waste.
Each mouthful is a delicacy. Each bite is more de... |
[ WP ] You are being stalked by an unseen creature in the forest .
| National Parks are a beautiful part of any nation. Yellowstone in the USA, Parque La Huasteca in Mexico, Krka in Croatia - all of them are filled with jaw dropping sights, unique in their spirit but unified in the effect they have on the observer. Spend a night observing the stars under the black skies of Snowdonia and... |
[ WP ] You happen to stumble upon an Ancient Alien-Mech that crashed landed on the Earth a long time ago , It activates .
| The biting wind whipping across the permafrost sought out the crack between my gloves and sleeves. “ I hate it here, ” I muttered.
“ Well, next time, Xander, ” Sasha said on the radio, “ don ’ t volunteer to assist the professor, *who is a climatologist* study the effects of environmental erosion. ”
*Damn, didn... |
[ WP ] You develop reality warping powers .
| They used to tell me that there is no such thing as magic. Well, I can tell you right now that magic is real. Okay, it is n't actually magic, but the quantum-mechanical mumbo jumbo is so confusing that it might as well be. Reading a book on the particular quantum funkiness that changed my life is harder than translatin... |
[ WP ] Every thousand years a great cataclysm occurs . It is simply known as Kuroyuki . The Black Snow .
| EXCERPT FROM SYSTEM LOG - 5010/10/02
Our systems are failing. The containment will fail catastrophically in no more than 72 hours. These are to be our final days. I wish our legacy to this world had been a more pleasant one.
I pray, to all the gods and to the spirits of my ancestors, that something good, no mat... |
[ WP ] The door will close . It 's the only way in ... and the only way out .
| He sat on the sidewalk, watching people enter and exit the door before him every few minutes. No one really paid him any attention, maybe because he and his coat were covered in dirt. But, that's the way life was when you did n't have a home. Cleanliness did n't matter as much as satiating your hunger, and there was ce... |
[ WP ] You are bitten by a werewolf , a zombie and a vampire on the same night . What do you turn into ?
| By god, the girl was stunning. I could n't believe that she was interested in a normal fellow like me. It was almost too perfect - she slipped and I caught her. Romance ensued. She was so easy to be with and we striked up a conversation. Akward as I am I started imagining how our life would be together. We would have a... |
[ WP ] That ringing noise people hear sometimes is n't a hallucination - in fact , it 's much more sinister ...
| The singing, pinging, ringing sound that lives in side your ear
That continuous, constant, ceaseless noise is currently here
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'There is no medication,' the doctors say,'Live with it,' they said
'There is no magic cure for this, not medicine, not bed.'
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'Merely a hallucination, and that can not be... |
[ WP ] The laws of physics are n't eternal . They change every couple or so billion years . The time for the change has come , and the world is drastically altered .
| The Universe, as best as we have known it, is fundamentally defined by the principle of symmetry. For every action, Newton posited, there exists an equal and opposite reaction. For every calorie of heat added to a system, thermodynamics tells us that an identical calorie must have been subtracted from another. A gyrosc... |
[ WP ] `` It 'll be just like it was before . Trust me . ''
| I'm not the type of man who makes grand gestures. When I proposed to my then girlfriend it was a simple proposal. `` Jackie, will you marry me?'' I did n't cover a park with rose pedals, hire a violinist off to the side, or make a big deal of it. I'm just not that type of person. Do n't get me wrong, I love her. I've l... |
[ WP ] After humanity flees Earth , the planet 's gods stay . You were the only one left behind and now the gods are obsessed with getting you to worship them .
| `` What about Thursday? We could hang out, see a movie, you could just slip in a few compliments. That's all they really add up to, anyway.'' Thor again. He's persistent, and nice enough in person, but he's like the rest of them.
`` Ummm, I do n't know, man. I'm already meeting Mithras for breakfast, one of those bud... |
[ WP ] One day your breakfast is interrupted by the sudden opening of a wormhole which spits out someone wearing strange clothing . It becomes apparent to you that they are from a period long in the past . Now you 're stuck trying to help them make sense of the modern world .
| `` God damn it, Jerry! Do n't do that!''
Slack jawed, Jeremiah turned to face Elizabeth. `` Blasphemy!'' He exclImed. `` You must n't speak of the lord in such a manner, Elizabeth. Also,'' he took a step back and turned to look at the people passing them by on the sidewalk. `` My name is Jeremiah, my dear. I would ... |
[ WP ] `` I do n't have a heart . '' She tapped her chest and a hatch opened , exposing whirring gears and a compartment . `` But if I did , it would belong to you . '' Reaching in , she pulled something out .
| It was a giant hammer. Bob did n't have any time to react, but his police trained instincts did.
'DROP THAT FUCKING HAMMER' he yelled incoherently
'DROP IT RIGHT FUCKING NOW'
Before she had any time to drop that ace of spades on the bottom pile of the solitaire game she had been running idly in the background... |
[ WP ] Well fuck , you actually did it , you managed to take over the world . Now what are you supposed to do ? you were joking , it was all a joke dammit ! !
| *What the shit am I doing here? *
`` Um... ahem.'' I step forward on the podium and feel the attention of at least 5 billion people bubbling beneath the crowd and the cameras.
`` People of Am- of Earth... my will is absolute...'' *Yes? And? * ``... and I feel the time has come... the time... for a new type of l... |
[ WP ] The Grim Reaper is no longer able to claim lives directly . Instead , when your time is up a mark appears on your body and it is the duty of every other person to kill you on sight .
| The phone in my pocket beeps in a tone that can only mean one thing, and I groan.
I quickly scan the message, taking only the vital information.
`` Mark sighted. Train Station. Platform 9.'' and a picture.
I groan once more as I exit my home and get into my car.
It's raining and the skies are grey and dull. It ... |
[ WP ] Get me hooked in 150 words
| I was a normal person once. I worked a stable job. I had friends that I liked and trusted. There was even a girl that I was quite fond of. At some point though, I started feeling stuck. It was gradual at first, but then it started to gnaw at my mind, like a fucking rat trying to get out of a box. I would go to work in ... |
[ WP ] Take something ordinary and make it extraordinary .
| `` He's more than just a man. He's like... a god.''
Everybody looked at Tommy skeptically. One does not just discover a god every day.
`` I'm telling you. I tried running next to him, and it was n't even close. I'm one of the fastest people here, and I was like a snail next to him.''
`` Tommy-''
`` No w... |
[ CW ] Write a story without an ending in 4 paragraphs . End the story in paragraph 5 , only using words from the previous 4 .
| One day you were here, and the next you were not. That sounds cliche, and like what someone in a tragedy would say, but it is true. I hurt you, and you walked out. I was so cruel to you.
*'' Enjolras, *'' You would say, sitting in the back of the room with a wine bottle. *'' Oh, how unrealistic you are. Your cause ... |
[ CW ] Begin with : `` I always feared death . That is , until I died myself . ''
| I always feared death. That is, until I died myself.
All these years, I gave every ounce of strength just to fight the disease. Hell, even the doctors were amazed at how I could survive for two years after I was diagnosed by Stage IV lung cancer.
`` Miracle,'' I often heard them whisper to each other.
But i... |
[ WP ] Emotions have started manifesting themselves into living breathing lifeforms . Yours are in your kitchen right now .
| `` You know, I did n't think cynicism was an emotion.'' I mention casually, skirting around the emaciated, mottled grey-black humanoid creature sitting cross-legged on my kitchen table. The, erm, Cynic ( I guess? ) pulls its curtain of greasy black hair back with one hand and gestures to the hair-tie on my wrist with h... |
[ WP ] In the future we are able to scan through our GPS history to see where we have intersected with people we are `` meeting '' for the first time . You spot a cute girl in a bar and do a quick GPS intersection scan to discover she 's been within 50 feet of you for every one of your life 's disasters .
| `` Well?'' Eli peered over my shoulder as I scanned through my GeoWatch.
`` I do n't know,'' I said, as I discretely pointed my wrist at the cute girl across the bar. `` This seems kind of... stalkerish.'' The watch recognized its target and quickly began sorting through my location history.
Eli pushed at my sh... |
[ WP ] Mental illness can be forced to manifest into a physical form . You are professional MMA champion hired to beat the depression out of people .
| `` Introducing- the one, the only, the Theeeerrrrafiiiiiiiiiist!''
The crowd roared. Lights flashed. The Therafist grinned.
`` And in the other corner, ladies and gentlemen we have a real treat for you tonight- the depression of Ray Wilks, an office worker in rainy Seattle!''
The red humanoid figure sitting... |
[ WP ] The `` dislike '' button on YouTube videos is replaced with a `` electrocute uploader '' button .
| `` Finally'' He mumbles angrily, feeling his breathing go heavy as he clicks onto Justin Biebers YouTube channel. He felt a surge of power flow through him as he let his cursor glide slowly ontop of the electrocute button. It felt so natural to do it, yet so out of place with the new icon.
He used to do this alot. ... |
[ WP ] On everyone 's 18th birthday at noon , one word appears in their skin , depicting their career or purpose in life . On your birthday you 're staring at a clock showing 11:59am , family and friends gathered around for your reveal .
| My mother to my left, my father to my right, and assorted family gathered elsewhere in the room all waited and started. I felt as if I was becoming a spectacle, my arm on show for everyone I knew.
My cousin Jeremy had been branded as a veterinarian, which is odd because as children he was cruel to animals. Come to ... |
[ WP ] A top-secret division of the S.S. , in charge of protecting Adolf Hitler from the thousands of time travelers trying to kill him .
| “ You know what I don ’ t get? ”
“ What ’ s that? ”
“ If these dicks all have invented or discovered time travel, why do they all seem to come to the past? ”
“ Because that ’ s when history happened, Delta. ”
BANG
“ Nice shot, Beta. I just mean that they can travel to any point in the past, present,... |
[ WP ] You are dead . There is no afterlife .
| I still remember how beautiful she looked on the day of our wedding. Her white dress with rhinestones shining in the morning sun as she walked. The contours of her body as an almost perfect hourglass filling out the dress almost as if it was a part of her skin. Her veil was lifted. Eyes the colour of chips of ice stare... |
[ WP ] You are the lone survivor of of some fatal event . You die immediately afterwards in the most pathetic and humiliating way possible .
| The air raid siren howled into the air, a desperate yet futile plea to the masses scurrying in the streets like deer running from a forest fire. There was no denying it; our annihilation was at hand.
Unfortunately, the time to flee had long since passed. Within minutes the very world around us would be turned to as... |
[ WP ] You 're a perky , blonde cheerleader and you 've found yourself in a horror movie . However , you 're an educated woman you are sick of this crap .
| They jokingly called us the Breakfast Club.
Us being the perennially underfunded Robert E. Lee High School debate team, or what was left of it after our coach—the former Ms. Cynthia Alverez—suddenly eloped with the billionaire she had met while reaching for grapes at the local Whole Foods. ( I'm told the story of t... |
[ WP ] You 're a common goblin who has , against all odds , slain the hero of the story .
| Judas betrayed the Lord and admired his bag of silver; but shortly. A spiritual goblin become conqueror of our story's gallant hero. Victory to Judas sounded like the rattling of a purse full of loose coin; a decidedly lacking denouement to the greatest story ever told.
However, this story was n't his to steal, and... |
[ WP ] You travelled back in time to hit on someone . If you failed you travelled further back into their past and tried again . You finally succeeded and have stayed with them . Unfortunately as it stands , their future is filled with your previous attempts .
| I clutched the notebook in my hand, staring at my handwritten warning:
“ March 10, 2016, 6:58 p.m.- The Flower Incident. ” I checked my surroundings, and casually slipped my way into the bushes in front of Olivia ’ s building. I had already messed this particular date up long ago. It was time to right an old wrong.... |
[ WP ] Everyone speaks in a different font . You 've seen plenty of Times New Romans and Helveticas , but today you meet someone using a font you 've never seen before .
| `` It's a combination of multiple things. You ca n't expect your font to look professional if you constantly use slang. It puts you in the wrong mindset. Push the vowels, do n't mumble. We'll start with an easy power phrase. Repeat after me:'I'm the boss here.'''
The professor scanned the room and looked for fine d... |
[ WP ] God exists , and it answers one prayer per person exactly as asked . Everyone wasted their prayer without knowing while they were younger , but you never prayed until you were in your twenties . You pray for something noticeable .
| `` Bubby likes hot pockets,'' said the young boy in the grocery aisle beside his devoted mother.
`` I know you do, Buddy,'' said the mother. `` But we are having dinner with the Fox family tonight, so I do n't want to spoil your appetite.''
`` But, Bubby wants hot pockets,'' he said with a pout on his face. He ... |
[ WP ] It is 2115 . Mars is colonized by Earth , and the settlers revolt , sparking a war , akin to the American Revolution .
| Ellie didn ’ t know what she was fighting for.
Actually, that was strictly untrue. She know precisely what she was fighting for, and it definitely wasn ’ t any of the things that the politicians on either Mars or Earth were talking about. She was fighting to stay alive; nothing more, nothing less. Richie and Lamo... |
[ WP ] Two books , one filled with lies , the second filled with truths
| *So this is my first reddit post, I'm preparing for a timed writing test/interview. I used this prompt to write a quick scene from a plot I've been working on for some time. So it is slightly out of context. *
The garden behind the grand hall was unpaved, the plants grew naturally, not curated. The dry desert dirt ... |
[ WP ] The Zombie apocalypse arrived . The zombies live forever , do n't care about social rules , sleep around a lot and generally have more fun . People are rushing to become zombies .
| **The Zombie apocalypse arrived. The zombies live forever, do n't care about social rules, sleep around a lot and generally have more fun. People are rushing to become zombies. **
I'll never forget what it felt like getting bit for the first time. It really fucking hurt.
My knee-jerk response was to punch him i... |
[ WP ] You are going down a long road in the middle of night . Every 15 minutes or so you pass by a hitchhiker with one arm raised , asking for a ride , but you decide to ignore them all . After a couple hours of driving , you start to realize that you 're passing by the same hitchhiker over and over again .
| I drove along the clear, straight road, not another car in sight. The radio was blasting out my favourite albums and the heater was on. I sighed, it was bliss. Then I noticed a hitchhiker, with his arm raised.
I decide to ignore him, after all-it still is my wife's birthday, and I ca n't afford to go on a detour-Sh... |
[ WP ] Canada is under attack and has to call their last line of defence , if they can find them . They are : The Eh Team .
| Ten boxing days ago a crack hockey line was sent to the penalty box for a check that was totally legal. These men promptly escaped to the Halifax underground. Today, still wanted by the mounties, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can... |
[ WP ] Build your own best friend ! The future of friendship .
| A man smiled as he saw a package underneath his mailbox. He lifted the box with a groan, it was rather heavy, almost... human-like. Smiling with the thought, he went back in his dull gray house. The box struggled as the man slaughtered it with a knife, exposing its content inside. If there was blood inside this box, it... |
[ WP ] A new medical technology has been developed , allowing emergency responders to predict the location of the next accident before they even occur . Ambulances are now able to typically arrive at the scene very soon or even before the accident occurs . You hear an ambulance siren approaching you .
| I can see the ambulance. Blue and red lights color the road signaling my doom. What could be about to happen? I'm going at barely 18 miles per hour. Suddenly I see another ambulance behind it. And another. And another. I'm really scared. I see a fire in the distance. I speed up, I need to get away from what ever is abo... |
[ IP ] The Story of This House .
| The house was a quaint house, by no means lavish or excessive. It had harboured a grand total of two families in its life, a fine accomplishment by any house's means.
The first family gave the house its name, House. They were also the ones who decided House was a cheery fellow, and gave him a new appearance of vibr... |
[ WP ] Describe a battle between your immune system and a foreign invader as a gritty war story from the POV of either side
| It was a war for survival. There's no other way of putting it. It would either be us or them.
The lymph nodes had been filled to capacity between us and our foes. The heat of battle had rose to a fever-pitch and we both knew this would be a final stand. Many of us had been ambushed and overrun by some of their first ... |
[ WP ] Think of the most ridiculous , funny , or unexpected way to use the phrase , `` Did I mention i 'm an expert in explosives ? ''
| I fumbled with my keys in the door, fatigue making my eyes blurry. It had a been a long day at work and my body ached. As I dragged myself through the front door, a familiar meow alerted me to the presence of my cat Diana. She was looking at me intently with those furious brown eyes. Rolling my own eyes, I walked past ... |
[ WP ] Write about the rain .
| There are a lot of poems for this, so I decided more of a soliloquy.
I remember the rain, I do n't know why but I always remember the rain.
I remember the morning after the bombs, the rain falling on the streets and the shattered buildings. Tip tapping on the helmets of the wardens and the firemen, the only noi... |
[ WP ] You were a hero because of what you chose NOT to do .
| I was just chilling in my room on reddit when the old guy came through the portal in my wardrobe, followed by a bunch of other old people. They were whispering amongst themselves, all looking quite nervous and stressed.
The old guy I mentioned before, I guess he was their ringleader, approached me.
`` Charlie,'' ... |
[ WP ] They had the ability to copy themselves , but each of the copies came out just a bit different .
| `` Dear God, make it stop.''
A mumble, a rumble. It's quiet and soft somewhere down the endless lines of clones.
He ca n't tell which one is defective this time but he goes down the line slowly anyway, pretending he does n't notice the clone that is just a little too tall, a little too tanned to be normal.
... |
[ WP ] : the first astronaut dies on Mars . However instead of Heaven their soul ends up in Mars Heaven .
| This is horrible and terribly awkward... I really do n't know anyone here. They keep looking at me... at least I think they're looking at me.... Should I say something? It seems like we've all been staring at each other for quite a long time.... Those bulbous strawberry-like cyst on those -- gelatinous heads remind me ... |
[ WP ] Tell a story of an autistic teenager attempting to make friends with others .
| [ I'm a little rusty, my apologies. ]
Of all the bouncing heads I observed through the doorway of Ms. Claudeo's classroom, Marcella's was the only face I saw.
As usual, I was waiting for the noise and horde to thin out before I went to my next class. I hate when people touch me, tease me, or rub their elbow aga... |
[ WP ] Humans ' ancestors never evolved on land , instead they went deeper into the oceans . Today , their equivalent of NASA sent their first `` spaceship '' out of the water .
| Day 1:
We have officially passed the Surface. It is… strange here. It is like what are scientists told us and more. We are currently camped at the edge of the surface and what they call “ land ”. We hope to explore it tomorrow but have to charge our breathing tanks overnight. There may not be much water for us to u... |
[ WP ] After you die , you find yourself in a small room with a strange device . Upon examination , you find that it allows you to design who you 'll be in your next life .
| Tough.
Male, obviously. Aggressive, above average testosterone levels. Quick metabolism... risky, because with poverty it would increase my chances to starve. Low potential for addiction, that would be somewhere in the frontal lobe I think. The guide for this thing was ridiculously long.
Resilient.
Being to... |
[ WP ] Everyone has a 2nd soul , that can use magic and take over the 1st soul when times get tough . Most people have wolves , tigers , and other animals as their 2nd soul . You have a demon as yours .
| It talks to me sometimes. I listen, my fear perhaps too tired to provoke me anymore. I listen to this thing speak and I hear its words, its thoughts, its desires. Some magic is at bay. I sound like my little brother, but that ’ s what it is. No use in denying it.
This thing calls itself a monster. It is not natur... |
[ WP ] You 've just been activated .
| I walk quickly toward the back of the music hall. Each footfall muffled by the thick carpet.
Senator Jackson makes his way slowly to the restroom, flanked by service detail. I move deftly through an open aisle and out the side-door.
I enter the bathroom ahead of him, and quickly check stalls. I'm alone. I move ... |
[ WP ] Yesterday Jack and Jill went up the hill . Today their bodies were found .
| It was cold, and damp, and miserable. A reasonably normal day in the south east of England around this time of year. Men and women in white overalls were scouring the scene for evidence whilst others were planting down number markers and taking photos.
`` Inspector?'' a voice cut through the still mist as Greaves sto... |
[ WP ] The real reason Canadians are so nice to everybody is so that everybody owes them a favor . Today , they 're cashing in on every single one .
| *France, Russia, China. India, and even North Korea. *
*What do all those countries have in common, you ask? Their leaders owe us a favour. Today, we cash in. All hail the Queen. *
Hollande, Putin, Xiaoping, Modi and Jong-Un knelt at my feet. All were quivering. How strange. Then again, they did n't have their ... |
[ WP ] Instead of life followed by death , there is a third form of existence which ends once everyone living forgets you
| For the sake of being succinct, let me tell you that I am named Rover Castile -- an addict, a thief, a womanizer, a broker of whispers, and a watcher of people. I was a man with family and peers, coworkers and colleagues. I *was* a good man committing grey sins.
I did n't notice that they were forgetting at first. ... |
[ WP ] A retired super villain is in the bank with his 6 year old daughter when a new crew of super villains comes in to rob the place .
| `` Yes, I'd like to set up a savings account for my daughter here.'' George, formerly Dr. Sinister, said to the teller.
`` Okay, sir, not a problem at all. I'll just need you to fill out these forms here, and-'' the teller paused.
`` What is it?'' George asked
`` Sir, do not make any sudden movements, turn ... |
[ WP ] A small shop opens up in your town that bottles and sells dreams . For a small price you can guarantee what you 'll see when you close your eyes that night , or record and donate a dream of your own to be sold .
| I first heard of the place at work. Johnny brought it up and described it as `` magic'', and how `` it'll rob me broke''. Then this other girl, Marissa, said that she finally got rid of a recurring nightmare by selling it. And Clary Snowe is always adventurous, so I had to check it out.
The said store had a strong ... |
[ WP ] A note is slipped under your door ; your closet door .
| I do n't know what they are.
When you think of monsters, you imagine the familiar - werewolves, zombies, or maybe vampires. The kind of monsters you see in movies and games. It's a natural reaction. Not many people can imagine the really uncomfortable or frightening kind, nor do they want to. I certainly could n't ... |
[ WP ] You have a superpower that let 's you `` smell '' what a person is like . For example , good hearted people smell good like vanilla , and a bad person would smell something like a public bathroom . One day , you meet someone who does n't smell like anything .
| When the bullet cases had come to a rest and the glass had finished breaking and the screaming had finally stopped I found I could then take a deep breath. The smell of the room was beginning to settle into something that seemed normal to me.
The dead body by the counter had reeked of bleach when it was alive. Blea... |
[ WP ] Instead of baking things , your oven duplicates whatever you put in it .
| `` How many times are we going to have to tell Tommy not to put the cat in the oven?'' James felt like this was n't a question most father's had to ask, even rhetorically.
`` He just loves the combination I guess. Maybe he thinks the cat lives there somehow,'' Mary replied. She was brushing Sherlock, the cat, on th... |
[ WP ] You 're a modern , present-day soldier when suddenly you get sent back time to the Battle of Gettysburg . Fully equipped with 21st century weapons , gears , and tactics , describe your experience at trying to survive one of the bloodiest battles in history .
| I had a mission, and a rather simple one too. See, I work for West Point as an instructor, normally teaching young soldiers about Sun Tzu and George Patton as they work to become officers and field commanders. Truth be told, I've never seen combat or the front lines. I'm a support officer, and I'm okay with that. The b... |
[ WP ] Everyone gets a clock at birth with the countdown untill their deaths , one man 's clock only says ERROR
| `` Do you sometimes think of Dshangris Liksandr?'' the question hit Samu out of the blue and ripped him out of various thoughts.
`` Not really, Mika. He was that person whose watch failed, right?''
Mika looked old enough to be in retirement, but still came steadfastly to each of his shifts in the Immigration Of... |
[ WP ] The time machine has malfunctioned . I was n't supposed to arrive to this time period .
| The sound came first, that's what I most remember about that strange day. A sort of scrapping sound, which heralded the arrival of a strange blue box. Then He burst out, looking ready to hike through the tundras that used to cover this part of the planet. I do n't know whether He was a time traveler, but the confused l... |
[ WP ] The Sentinels of Time
| UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU
... to stop going back in time
and poking Julius Caesar with plastic knives
HE DOES NOT LIKE IT
Barry squinted at the poster pasted on the brick wall. Uncle Sam looked a bit feral in it. His eyes were wild and red rimmed, as though the very thought of someone poking Caesar with plastic kniv... |
[ WP ] Describe political parties as if they were RPG parties .
| In the distant land of South Africa, forces were stirring. The African National Conquerors, a guild of peasants that had heroically cut down a repressive monarchy and freed their people in the past. Yet in more recent times, people were taking up arms against THEM. There was Number One, Zuma the Shaman, who was very fa... |
[ WP ] On the triumphant last day of Obama 's presidency , a vehicle flies in a streak of fire onto the White House lawn . In a disheveled , panic Bernie Sanders leaps from the DeLorean , shouting dire warnings about future .
| `` So... let me be clear.'' Obama said for perhaps the last time as President.
`` I congratulate President-Elect Sanders on his...'' Obama paused as a crackle of lightning appeared in the air. The audience murmured as more crackles began to form. All at once, a blinding flash of light followed by a WHUMPH sound revea... |
[ OT ] Writing Workshop # 25 : Creating a Character
| *Warning: this is 2000 words long. If reading that much on reddit annoys you, you can read it from my blog [ here ] ( http: //george-y-keller.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-end-of-all-roads-part-i-knight.html ) with slightly better formatting. I did not link or mention the prompt on the blog, so hopefully everything is fine ... |
[ WP ] Describe the thoughts of the Angel of Death on the day of a nuclear war .
| `` It's time for our chat.'' Death dictated towards the horrified man kneeling before him, as his pager periodically buzzed.
Although this was not uncommon, with an average of one and a half millions deaths per day, the damn thing seemed to always be buzzing.
At an average seventeen deaths per second it would b... |
[ WP ] You just got fired , you 're pretty sure your girlfriend is cheating on you , you 're 75k in student loans debt , rent was due last week , and to top it all off ? You 're all out of beer . Oddly enough , you just got an email titled `` Would you like to change the difficulty ? Current setting : Very Hard . ''
| There once was a man from Nantucket. Well, he was n't really, but fuck it. One normal day, in the middle of May, he heard a ring from his pocket.
From his pocket to his hand, the phone still rang with sweet, light-hearted tone. It was n't a call. `` A message to all beta testers'' was what the screen shone.
He ... |
[ WP ] A serial killer stalks his next victim for a week - watching and getting to know her schedule . What he does n't know though is - he , too , is being stalked by yet another , more violent serial killer who ends up killing both him and his original intended victim .
| Something had caught his eye. A beauty, standing next to a sandy-haired young man. It was gorgeous. Smart too, it would appear. Of course, It had nothing on him, but honestly who did?
Now he wouldn ’ t want you to think he considers himself some kind of avenging angel. He doesn ’ t do what he does out of any kind o... |
( WP ) You have the ability to travel back in time and used that to win your current wife 's affection . You decide to tell her about your gift and how you used it . Write about your conversation with her .
| I did n't want to tell her. But the guilt and the memories had been eating at me for a while now, and while she may not understand completely, she also would n't share the same loss that I bore. I needed her absolution, even if it was given with only a partial understanding of what I had cost her.
Originally, I met... |
[ WP ] Write about one of your childhood dreams .
| Audrey and I looked at each other through the reflection of the lake, and she smiled at me. The sun was setting, and the orange light reflecting off of the water made Audrey look like an Egyptian goddess. She was beautiful, but I would be lying if I said that the lack of pigment on her skin did n't bother me. She looke... |
[ FF ] The secret she wished he 'd never kept . ( 1hr )
| `` Forgive me Father, for I have sinned.''
The priest sighed. `` You do know I can recognize your voice.'' The screen divider slid aside, and the priest shot an annoyed look at the confessor.
She flashed a toothy grin, and reached out to close the divider. `` Come now, do your job.''
`` Ten Hail Marys, ten ... |
[ WP ] One morning , you wake up and suddenly find yourself three years in the past , as if the last three years had never happened . It happened to the entire world and everyone remembers .
| I'm flooring it across the hills of Los Angeles in my jeep, nervously glancing into my rear view mirror to see if any of the blacked out SUV's are still in pursuit. Fortunately I see only the small dust cloud my off road tires are stirring up behind me. It's been 5 days since `` The Lag'' occurred and the highways are ... |
[ WP ] The first time she called you `` mama '' , you could n't have been happier . The last time she called you `` mama '' , they executed her as a violent monster .
| There we were, once again as a family. You would have thought the storm would have torn us apart. But, as we sit down for a meal, which seemed as if we have n't done it in decades, we finally were able to smile. I look over to my wife as her smile was pregnant with the birth of happiness. Her eyes glowing, I whispered ... |
[ WP ] A cop arrives at the golden gate bridge to talk a man out of committing suicide . After they have a short conversation , the cop jumps off the bridge .
| There are days when the sun shines. It cascades through the leaves overhead, dappling the ground with the semi-starry yellow glow of morning as the wind shushes your mind and keeps you quiet, listening to the lovely sound of silence and birds. And there are days of rain, wet and cool, and cascading susurrance to lull y... |
[ WP ] Tell me the story of legends such as King Midas or Achilles , but they have to be soldiers in World War 1 .
| Of the many tales one will hear of the great battles of the Western Front, doted upon by the Parisians of old, those men who would get drunk on the grape of the vine, none stands as foreboding as the tale of Strong Booted Archie of Lincolnshire.
It was Premiere Alistair who had begged Archie to come to the side of ... |
[ WP ] A new study has suggested that only 8.2 % of the human genome is functional . Now , the lone human with 100 % functionality reveals themselves ...
| ( lone human... themselves? I'll keep it singular for simplicity. )
The study is posted all over the internet, and the world simply does not care. The functionality of a persons genome is beyond their daily concerns of collecting gadgets and raising their karma ( not the good kind ). However, a person of interest b... |
[ WP ] Write a role reversed Power Rangers story where the aliens are the good guys trying to bring Earth into galactic civilization , and the Rangers are soldiers of paranoid , xenophobic governments trying to kill the aliens .
| “ How does defeat taste, power rangers? I hope it suits your palate -- once the green candle burns out, you will never get him back! ” Rita Repulsa ’ s laughter crackles as the projection shuts down. Tommy feels the shackles holding him back but his mind is focused on the small green flame that dances before him.
R... |
[ WP ] The space race of the late 20th century never ended after men landed on the moon . The year is now 2034 .
| # # # # # # [ ] ( # dropcap )
Keller checked her suit seals a third time. Even with the improvements to the zero-G flight armor, they still were a bit dodgy around the seals. She tapped her helmet out of ritual and continued her pre-flight ceremony. The Sino-Ruski carrier was still a hundred thousand kilometers out... |
[ WP ] Write a generally lighthearted and cheerful story that is turned dark by its last few lines/last paragraph .
| It was the very first time I'd ever flown.
The excitement before takeoff was palpable; you could feel the electricity in the air. My fellow travellers were just as excited to go as I was, I could tell.
I felt the engines power up, and soon enough they roared to life, shooting us upwards, gracefully into the sky... |
[ WP ] The king has been murdered . His most trusted knight stands accused . Now on trial , he must convince the Royal Court that the Queen killed the King . Write his desperate case and his inevitable failure .
| This is most unwelcome, and most discouraging, for as a man who holds the highest esteem for the rightful King and his cherished Queen I must now speak plainly.
To the court, I must address certain suspicions and heresy levelled against my person, specifically those pertaining to our Queen and Regent. My role has l... |
[ WP ] A person walks into an elevator , alone , that has a vacuum cleaner left in it . Any genre .
| Stanley walked up the stairs to his boss' office.
Stanley knowing a shorter path went into the elevator and pressed the button 3, to his bosses office.
Stanley walked into his boss' office as soon as the door opened.
No, that ca n't be right, Stanley, you ca n't just plug in the vacuum cleaner, that's not in the ... |
[ CW ] `` When I dream , I have two hands . ''
| The radio crackles to life, and Chopin is on.
`` Do n't turn it off,'' Jane says. Henna flinches, and her hands retreat back to her lap, where a plastic bag full of oranges sits. `` It's fine.''
`` Oh. Well. Um. Would you like an orange?''
`` Alright.''
Henna reaches into her back and pulls on out, meti... |
[ WP ] A Circus Strongman finds a single piece of paper he can not lift .
| 8:15 in the morning. The slip slid under my door. I saw it out of the corner of my eye and watched it move slowly across the carpet. It was like the person delivering it did n't want to make the smallest of noises. Not even a whisper. They knew what they were doing. I watched it settle, then turned back to my breakfast... |
[ WP ] Your state/province/etc has succeeded from your country . Write an article about its separation .
| When the citizens of Indiana went to sleep last night, they were Americans. This morning when they woke up, they belonged to a new country. This bizarre event was made possible by, of all things, an innocent clerical error. A resolution concerning farm subsidies passed by the Indiana legislature had erroneously include... |
[ WP ] Write a story that revolves around the first randomly generated word that catches your eye
| Crummable.
*What a crummy word* she thought, pulling the sheet off the word-a-day calendar.
“ Definition: Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces, ” she read aloud.
She smiled, laughing to herself at the odd word. Craig would have liked it.
Just like that, the smile slipped off her face and... |
[ WP ] You recently bought a new cellphone . As you 're messing with it one day , a window opens on the screen saying : `` New Mission Available . Accept ? [ Yes ] / [ No ] ''
| The message flashed on my new smartphone's screen as I drove spiritedly through the mountains above Los Angeles, enjoying the endless twisting roads and crisp spring air. Being a somewhat responsible driver, I pulled my little roadster onto the nearest shoulder and opened the text.
`` New Mission Available. Accept?... |
[ WP ] Upon his suicide Hitler will join the dead waiting to be ferried across the river Styx . The dead include the millions who died in WWII . You have been tasked with keeping Hitler safe until he can arrive for his final judgment .
| I sighed a deep sigh, but it did n't relieve the tension in the room or in my body. I hated the fact that the boss wanted us to do this, but I hated even more that my partner was fully on board. The fight started slowly. I obviously did n't want anything to do with him having seen all of the carnage that he was causing... |
[ WP ] In the near-future you get a female clone of yourself to raise as your daughter , while showing her some old pictures , you realize that she looks exactly like your sister at that age
| A few years ago, sis, my only living relative, fled to a foreign country. I was alone, and craving a bond to fill the void, I decided to get a clone, a child I could raise as my own. To my surprise, the scientists accepted my application and were even willing to subsidize the costs, in spite of my sister's criminal rec... |
[ WP ] As of today , the CIA now interrogates subjects using Adam Sandler movies .
| Ahmed had been under interrogation for a week now without showing any signs of cracking. His beard had been cut off and dark circles had formed around his eyes as a result of sleep deprivation. His fingers had finally scabbed up. They had thought ripping his fingernails out one by one would have been enough to break hi... |
[ WP ] Ever since you were born you 've possessed the power to teleport wherever you 're currently looking . Depressed and unsatisfied , you decide to end your life by looking towards the stars . You 're not dead .
| I ca n't take it anymore. I'm done.
They told me I was *lucky*, that I had a *gift*. **Lies**. What kind of gift is it to be locked in a concrete bunker ever since i was 5. Ever since the day I first... *jumped*. Leave it to the lackeys of the government to come up with most mundane possible name for teleporting. Lea... |
[ WP ] You are told that you are about to enter a room with one person that wants to kill you , and two people who would do anything to save your life . Inside , you find your two best friends and your crush .
| I woke up with a blinding headache
`` He's waking up, quick get him back under''
Words cut through the vicious ringing in my ears and fade back into soft
silence and comforting darkness
...
Darkness fades back into cognition, my cheek itches and as I reach to scratch it my hand is bitten by something. ... |
[ WP ] The government enforces a ban on swearing . Describe a criminal underworld that is hinged upon this ban .
| Man, what I would n't give for a `` Fuck!'' right. Just one short, sweet, full-bodied `` Fuck!''. Would n't say no to a few `` Goddamn! ``'s thrown in either. It's 2042 and I ca n't remember the last time I could just let my mouth go. It started small - bans in schools, elderly care facilities, evening primetime TV - t... |
[ WP ] 2,000 years after the nuclear war , small tribes uncovered the only remnants of the past civilization -- the Sesame Street studios . They begin to construct their philosophies , religions , and law around these divine places of worship .
| **'' All praise be the Golden Bird! `` **
Together they chanted, `` For he is tall and wise.''
**'' All praise the Purple Fang! `` **
Together they chanted, `` For he has taught us all, we count. Therefor we matter.''
**'' All praise the Furry Trunk! `` **
Together they chanted, `` For he is the mys... |
[ WP ] Starting at the age of 10 , humans are given companion animals that develop along side them . These animals can range anywhere from a goldfish to a horse to even a dragon . The only catch is that they are assigned based on your behavior during childhood .
| I blink.
Another day passes by in my life as I lay in my bed. This life passing through time bores me now, I think I'll try something new today. Getting out of bed I look to my left to see him.
It?
Whatever. He's a him to me, I've honestly given up on remembering when or why I think he's a him. It's really ... |
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