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She twirled her finger in the water glass. She was having a delightful evening. Mother was wrong. 27 and single isn't an old maid, it's a perfectly good station in life...
Who was she kidding? This guy was weird. He had gotten up to go to the bathroom and disappeared for over ten minutes. She was beginning to think he... | 12 | It's something in the water. It's in the water! | 23 |
I rounded the corner and saw that little punk on the blacktop just where he used to hang out 30 years ago. Trevor Spitts. I can trace the entirety of my lifetime failures back to him. I was never a strong kid and he knew it.
He singled me out the moment I stepped into my middle school's hallway. He made it his mis... | 11 | Time traveling for good... | 18 |
I opened my eyes, just like any other day. Today was going to be exactly that, just like any other day, just another sad old day in my sad old life. Get up, go to work, type away for a few hours, come home, shovel some food in my mouth and back to bed.
I sat up, swinging my legs over the side of the bed and stretching... | 10 | It's something in the air. It's in the air! | 20 |
Hi.
I hate you. I hate the way you made me feel. I hate the way you've dug into my brain. I hate everything about you.
I thought I got over you two years ago. It was the strangest thing, I was walking alone down a bridge in Venice, and I realized, I didn't miss you. I missed loving you. And I thought that was that.
... | 21 | Write the most angry, vitriolic thing you have ever written. Make it a love letter. | 27 |
"Please don't", she whimpered as I leaned down toward her. I felt her belly quiver beneath my hand. "P-please don't," she stuttered, "*Please!*"
"I won't," I said, "I'm not interested. I leaned close to her face, so I could hear the shallow spurts of breath that brushed against my cheek. The palm of my left hand press... | 226 | - Make me absolutely hate a character, and then make me fall in love with them at the last moment. | 211 |
"This... this... is nothing." He waved at the surrounding dimly lit Cafe with an errant hand, hand shaking back and forth in annoyance.
"I have heard your complaint before, Mick. I have been here for time immeasurable. I have seen the edges of this universe before they were sent on their merry little way by the Fath... | 56 | A very evil man is sent to Hell, but enjoys it there so much that Satan is forced to find an alternate punishment. | 55 |
"What is God to you?" asked the voice.
"What do you mean?" Derek asked.
"What does a God do? Why is it God?"
"Well I would say that God is the one who gives life to all humans. The one who decides who lives and who dies. The one who passes judgment on others."
"What else?"
Derek's headache... | 58 | Your (human) main character has a conversation with God, but it cannot be the God from any existing religion. | 47 |
I have an unusual view of the afterlife. There can't be a heaven, not from what I've seen from the scum that walk the earth. If there is one, it's empty. Not even small children in there; they all turn out to be scum anyway when they grow up, so what's the point?
I look at the world, all those helpless women and child... | 139 | "I don't believe in heaven. But I desperately want to believe in hell." | 89 |
"What are the rules?" I asked, waiting for the catch.
"It must be legal; we aren't criminals, just entertainers here. It should be something we can film easily." He leaned forward over the nondescript desk, tenting his hands with bemusement.
"Up to a million dollars, and all the connections Hollywood has to offer if ... | 20 | Your character is given an unlimited amount of money to mess with his bully | 56 |
She is pretty, for a dog. Her fur had been dyed to look like a golden retriever but I could smell the collie in her. She'd been spayed, then. Only spayed bitches go to the trouble of keeping up appearances. The intact ones just rely on their estrous cycles. Doesn't matter either way, I'm not into dogs.
"You've g... | 76 | Story about a platypus named Allan with an unhealthy love for booze, dames, and his .357 magnum | 22 |
"So, this is it?"
"As far as we can tell, yes."
"That's the signal source. That rock."
"Yes, sir."
"Has the ground team reported back?"
"Yes, sir. Soil shows high concentrations of plutonium, uranium, and decay products on a planetary scale. There's some microbial life, but it's limited to geothermal vents at the ... | 18 | it's surrounded with millions of orbiting debris. And in its soil, massive chambers of radioactive material. What the hell happened? | 26 |
It started with a sneeze and turned into a sniffle. Two days later, I told my professors I couldn't make it into class and got some rest. And then the static started. I thought it was a fly in my room, but it grew louder and more defined.
Hey, could you shut the fuck up in there? I can't even think that loud. How, wh... | 12 | A highly infectious virus is spreading across the globe. People infected with this virus can hear each others' thoughts. | 21 |
Once upon a midnight dreary, guests all tired and weary ,
after many a drink and shots were pour'd,
as we lulled, nearly napping, suddenly there came a rapping
as if Jay-Z were tapping, rapping at my party door
'tis some visitor,' I muttered, 'rapping at my party door-
Only this, and nothing more.'
Ah, d... | 12 | Rewrite a famous poem to make it about a birthday. | 15 |
The stairs were made of old wood, bending and cracking with the weight of Sam's feet. They were so old, that they split and groaned with every step he took upwards, the noise soft, creeping up on the old man upstairs, perusing his shelves and boxes for his favorite instrument. His wrench. He had plenty of wrenches, but... | 109 | A horror story about a child waking up in the lair of a man who dissects live people, but the last sentence in the story makes the entire story hilarious. | 108 |
The king's golden crown rested casually above his long hooked nose and his menacing eyebrows. The image of a hawk was completed by the throne he sat on, raised on a high platform, giving him a bird's eye view of the crowd gathered for the execution. Two burly men entered the stage, dragging a woman between them, her wo... | 40 | A young, paranoid king attends the ordered execution of his own mother. | 52 |
We were right in the middle of our smash hit, "Fuck You in G Minor," when it started.
Paul notices first. Resting one foot on a floor monitor, he leans out and looks into the crowd. His jaw drops, and he points out into the crowd, starts gesturing.
I'm too into the song to notice at first, but I hear his bass l... | 23 | You're in a rock band and playing at a 60,000 person sold out show, everyone turns into zombies at the same time, except for the band... and | 23 |
*"Alfred Pennyworth-less piece of crap..."* Bruce said through his clenched teeth.
*"Is something the matter, sir?"*
*"Alfred, how many times have I asked you NOT to put my suit into the dryer? This is like the 7th batsuit I've gone through! They're already snug in the crotch and ass areas... it really didn't help la... | 61 | A superhero finally snaps over a trivial matter. Write what causes them to flip out, and their reaction. | 70 |
All Brutus ever cared about was escaping his life of captivity.
Born a slave, his mind was constantly considering any number of scenarios. He could attack the one who brought the food and run through the open door. But he didn't know what was on the other side and that worried him. He could round up the other slaves ... | 13 | A worker, who has served people they hate for many years, comes to love those people. | 18 |
Cameron just looked at me with his long, droopy eyes, and rested his head on my thigh. In dog years, he's about as old as I am. I thought about the lives we had both led. His will be much shorter than mine, but I hope I was able to give him a good life.
"I'm sorry I had you neutered," I told him. "I guess you never g... | 54 | As you're lying on your deathbed by yourself, your dog lies next to you, with his newly found ability that allows him to fully comprehend what you say to him. How does the conversation go? | 45 |
>Here's a plug for [SCP-231](http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-231), and a shoutout to the writers at [/r/SCP](http://www.reddit.com/r/scp). This response is non-canon!
I've been trying to keep a journal, lately. Not one of pen on paper, of course- the restraints that bind me to this hospital bed ensure that. Just in my ... | 15 | Write a journal entry for a child that has been abused (mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, sexually, etc) their entire life.... | 19 |
"Jim! Come on Jim, open the door!"
Death was knocking on the door, banging his bony fist against the apartment entrance. Death stepped back, avoiding the flying door, staring at his brother.
"What do you want Grim?" Jim asked. He desperately fixed his tie. His dress shirt was crinkled and his slacks were poorly iro... | 37 | The tale of Death's brother, who only wants to work peacefully as an accountant and get with that girl who works at the bar downtown. | 46 |
"Mom, I'm going out." Lisa grabbed her purse and keys and headed to the door. She stopped by the hallway mirror to check on her costume, a custom-made bumble-bee costume. Turning this way and that, she checked the angle of her wings.
Her mom stuck her head out of the kitchen doorway. "Sorry, I was washing dishes, ... | 67 | Men have 11 months of sexual neutrality. Once a year (Nov 1-30) the rut occurs and male sex drives ramp up to a fever pitch for 30 days. It's their "time of the year". | 56 |
**4:23 P.M.**
**August 4th 2013**
**Autumn House Group Home**
**Kansas City, MO**
"You need to learn to let go of everything you've done in the past, and live a life of truth. You've gone so far down the hole, David, you're caught in a pit of lies and can't find the way out. You're able to manipulate everyone aroun... | 49 | A psychotherapist slowly realizes he/she exhibits many of the same dispositions as his/her sociopath clients. | 107 |
"Are you serious?"
"Dead."
"You know you have to physically put ammunition into that thing. Do you even have billets?"
"They're called *bullets*, Sam. Bullets, with a 'u'."
"Fine, do you have any *bullets*."
"Nope. But I know a man who can get me some."
"You know we have laser guns, right? You are aware of that, ... | 20 | An ornery, outdated, beloved piece of military technology | 30 |
Emily hesitated at first, slender fingers trembling - uncertain, clumsy - but the man's own fingers flexed and entwined with hers. His skin was so very *warm* against hers, so unlike the impersonal and unyielding metal of the medic androids when she was ill, so unlike the glass screen of her tablet at work, or food, or... | 399 | Physical contact is now illegal, but there are hug dealers and shady hand-holders in the dead of night. | 431 |
How many things last four hours? Cooking Christmas dinner? The Extended Edition of Return of the King? A drive from London to Manchester?
Had there ever before been a war that lasted four hours? James didn't think so. He'd heard about the war that lasted fifty-two minutes between Britain and Zanzibar, and he'd heard o... | 22 | War breaks about between the US and UK, and most countries quickly join one side or the other. | 16 |
I closed my eyes. The radio still playing. I couldn’t bear to look at what I didn’t know. “Are you alive?” I asked quietly. If he didn’t answer I still had an opportunity to believe that he just didn’t hear me. I heard a whisper, “I’m here.” I sighed a deep breath, we had made it. I never saw the other car coming, and ... | 30 | As one of them is dying, a couple remembers the night they first met | 24 |
Maria was having a great time at the party. It was a relaxed affair, with just twenty people mingling in the spacious apartment. The people there were mostly friends of hers, with enough friends-of-friends to keep things interesting. Maria was at the bar, refilling her wine glass, when the hostess, Isabelle, approached... | 12 | A timer integrated in your body counts down to when you meet someone who will change your life | 20 |
This is a great prompt, and I could see this being a magnificient *Monty Python* skit. EDIT: Holy shit this is long. Sorry.
Abrasax exited the command tent with his lieutenants at his side. He rose to the top of the hill, above his troops.
"We've come a long way my soldiers. We started in the first circle with just a... | 85 | A lesser demon stages a revolt against Lucifer in an attempt to claim the throne of hell. It ends up accidentally redeeming itself, much to its displeasure. | 103 |
My children, my followers, my brothers and sisters, we are being called! Called to a greater cause!
For as we see in the scripture, there is a telephone, a telephone we are called to answer.
A call from something higher, a call only those who have opened themselves up to the wisdom of the Green Room can hear, a cal... | 14 | Justify killing from the verses of Goodnight Moon | 18 |
It was left to me in a fit of slow deliberate movements. My mum had left to get some coffee when my papa leant over to me. He raised his hand to my arm and gripped powerlessly, pulling me softly towards him. His right hand presented a small golden pocket watch. "Open it when I'm dead, son."
My grandfather, David Humbl... | 29 | Character obtains a functional pocket watch but it does not keep track of time. | 41 |
The streets were empty, the buildings in ruin, plant life was seemingly everywhere. Earth was finally returning to nature after decades of nuclear fallout. Humanity has been exterminated on Earth.
It was a pitiful sight, humans had always considered themselves intelligent. They claimed to be the most advanced race in... | 20 | Write about aliens finding the remains of Humanity. | 29 |
" Oh, hey guys. Glad you made it. You're a little early."
"Who are you?"
"I'm you, you are me. I created you, your world. I came up here so I could watch you grow."
"But why?" You sit down in the moon dust. "I don't understand. I can't believe this is happening."
"It's okay, take your time. I haven't been down in a... | 44 | A technological civilisation reaches its moon, and is greeted by its god. | 54 |
"They say apples don't fall far from the tree, so your mom must be gorgeous." I grin disarmingly at the bank teller.
She giggles, and I think she blushes, but it's hard to tell - she's got a pretty pink complexion already.
"I'm sorry, I know it's cheesy," I say, and slide the note across the counter. "Here's my num... | 175 | A criminal robs a bank, but as he draws his weapon, he realizes that he has misplaced his gun with a banana. | 23 |
“’I have fallen, but the Sun has not.’ What do you figure that means?” The man brushed the film of dead vegetation off the statue’s stone eyes, as if hoping to help the granite see what they were doing to him.
“How the Hell should I know?” With a gritty scrape from his lighter, the second man set the dry vegetation i... | 11 | "I have fallen, but the Sun has not." | 29 |
The man looked at the pile of applications to his left. Then the even bigger one to the right. He sighed, and looked at his watch. He should have been at the beach by now, with a pina colada and pilot shades so the girls can't see when he stares at their assses. They know, but can't prove it. He likes that they know.
... | 15 | "But f*** it. It doesn't mean a thing, right?" | 16 |
Personal Journal of Charles Hunter
October 28th, 2013
I am cracking. I haven't slept since he got away from me. I've got 19 photographs of murder victims spread out all over the room, and who knows how many more if we don't catch this son of bitch. The rest of the force, hell, the feds have no idea. I've been going ... | 35 | A serial killer uses methods from cartoons to murder their targets | 77 |
We met, as many people do, at our mutual place of employment. She was beyond beautiful. The kind of woman who was way out of my 'league'. Even in my idle fantasies I never imagined I could be loved and adored by someone with such grace. The first time I laid eyes on her I had the usual fantasies one entertains when the... | 10 | Goodbyes Are Never Easy | 24 |
The rusted safe lay idle upon the center of the table wide open, researchers stand amazed at the sight of the extensive contents of the vault. Not a word has been spoken in 15 minutes, the only sound in the room is the breathing of people within the room and the knocks of journalists upon the heavily locked door. From ... | 18 | They finally recover the Titanic shipwreck. A big safe, nowhere to be seen on the original blueprints, is discovered still fully sealed. The researchers are about to hold a press conference to reveal the content. They look way more stressed out than excited. Journalists are waiting. | 31 |
"Uh, Houston, we have something happening up here. Request switch to private channels." Mission Commander Elle Waterson chirped over the radio. "Roger that", came the reply.
Ground control switched over to the encrypted channel. Nobody was aware of what was about to be revealed. Normally, it was talk of toilets malfun... | 450 | An unidentified dead human body is found in space. | 345 |
At this, the end of my life, I will recount the beginning in hopes of capturing some of the man I was, not the man they caught in film strips to be distributed for propaganda, not the man they cheered on during speeches, not the man they have told you I was, but the man I simply was.
I could start at my birth, but why... | 33 | When you rip off fiction, it's plagarism. When you rip off history, it's deep. | 80 |
I woke up one morning and something was different. As I moved my legs to sit up from my bed, something stood out in my mind. It was difficult to tell what it was but I could tell where my bed ended before my legs found the ground. I was a bit confused but didn't think much of it. It wasn't just the bed but other th... | 342 | Everyone in the world is blind. You wake up one morning to find that you suddenly have sight. As you try to go about your day pretending to be normal, you find that someone you've known for a long time is staring back at you. | 416 |
That old friend was always there with her. It never left, and she appreciated it.
She sat in her overstuffed chair thick with blankets, listening to the inexorable tick of the pendulum. It stood over her, watching. It was a guardian of this elder creature, all iron gray hair and wrinkles, and she appreciated that.
I... | 12 | Write about an old woman whose only comfort is the ticking of the clock | 27 |
There are lots of stories about things that creep in the dark. Nowadays, they're a dime a dozen; Vampires abandon their coffins at night in favor of some helpless damsel (though typically, she's in anything but distress). Zombies wait for the sun to leave before they break through the soil and prance on through the nig... | 16 | Describe your nightmare (IN COLLABORATION WITH /r/SKETCHDAILY) | 29 |
I open my eyes, expecting to see demons dancing around me ; pitchforks in hand, muttering some demonic song or curse.
But there is none.
As far as I can see, everything is white and silent.
I am alone in hell, if this is hell.
I stand up, from where I had found myself lying on the cold floor. Suddenly I see that it... | 322 | You wake up in hell. | 81 |
"It was all I could do to keep things going. You're probably surprised to know this, that even a homeless man got bills to pay. Not the bills the same as yours, but bills all the same"
The man rubbed the corner of his eye with a dirt stained knuckle, wincing as the strapping was pulled a little tighter.
"But you stil... | 11 | A first-person account about a man who breaks his own arm every eight days. | 16 |
{I'm taking artistic license with this one}
The tension in the room was thick. Jughead sat at the old kitchen table, looking at his long-time best friend sitting opposite. He rubbed a hand over his smooth head. He'd lost the crown years ago, and male pattern balding had set in with a vengeance.
Archie sat, a downtro... | 16 | Archie finally decides and settles down with either Betty or Veronica | 18 |
"Well, it's really easy to get. You see, there ain't no wind here. We don't have to build 'em like they do in the big cities like Chicago, or Tokyo, or wherever. We pick a spot, we dig in said spot, and before you know it, the building crew is ready to go!"
The first few days had been brutal. Not because of the new pl... | 21 | You are among the the first group of people to colonize Mars. As the group is building a foundation, you find a human skeleton. After more excavation, hundreds more are found. | 26 |
Tears pour from my eyes, falling hopelessly into the sand beneath my feet.
"Please, I don't want to do this, it doesn't have to end like this" I fearfully whisper.
"Pull the trigger. I am a lost cause. This bitter world has played its final note in my honor, it's time for me to go."
Another tear falls into the sand ... | 28 | You're pointing a gun at a man with a bag over his face. With tears slowly rolling down your cheek you mutter, "Damn it, don't make me do this." | 28 |
We were fools to think that the problem would be overpopulation. I guess its understandable when you're stuck on one world, population seven billion, but once we began to spread across the galaxy...universe...multiverse...we started to be spread thin.
It wasn't uncommon in those dark days for one or two humans to be... | 76 | Death is a privilege, not a right | 58 |
"Ugh... What" I struggle, straining against the brown trickles that won't stop running into the toilet. I've been in here all morning.
"Mr President, China's just launched a nuke" comes a voice through the door. Goddamnit". "They say it was an accident, cleaning mistake" says my secretary, as if that's useful informat... | 10 | The President, suffering from a bad case of diarrhea, is informed that the enemy has just launched a nuke. | 18 |
It was a beautiful morning that day. Moving to a new city was exciting, and the weather couldn't have been more perfect for the occasion. The sun was shining, the breeze was warm, and my new home was in the middle of The Projects.
It's not like I necessarily *wanted* to live there. It was cheap, so I took the offer. P... | 15 | You accidentally spark a gang war in a city you're visiting for the first time | 33 |
It was only a joke, a single message.
It was tasteless, yes, but harmless nonetheless.
They did not need to do what they did, they were the ones that overreacted.
It couldn’t be my fault, could it?
How am I to blame for their lack of humor?
They were the ones who decided if they couldn’t have it, no one could.
Th... | 85 | A boy tries to play a harmless prank, and ends up causing a global catastrophe | 79 |
The end of the world isn't as exciting as you'd think it should be. Or, rather, it isn't when you're on the Moon.
I was part of an expedition sent after the end of the cancellation of the Space Shuttle Program to set up the first permanent manned presence on the moon. A joint venture between us, the Soviets, the Euro... | 30 | You are an astronaut who was part of the first group sent to set up a moonbase. You see and hear (over the radio) the world destroy itself with nukes. What is going through your head? | 34 |
I was reminded of the soft-spoken words of a stranger I called my friend -- a traveler. He once spoke of lands to the north, where the people walked upon water; their breath floating from their mouths to the clouds, like prayers to the gods being brought to the heavens through the hands of the Wind herself.
“Snow,” he... | 12 | "When the snow finally began to fall not a trace of ____ was left." | 15 |
"Don't do it." The young man paused, one foot off of the ledge and stared over to see, impossibly, inconceivably, a figure standing next to him on a skinny little ledge nine stories above the streets of Vienna. The figure was sharply dressed and smiling gently, seeming perfectly at ease ninety feet above the streets.... | 131 | The Grim Reaper (or equivalent) talking a Suicidal Person down. | 29 |
He knew he was ugly. He knew he scared. That is why he always slouched in the shadows, trying to keep away, trying to prevent others from seeing him. He did not want to be this way. He wanted to make others happy. But with such a horrible visage and feeling like nothing was going for him, he was cursed to haunt the sha... | 23 | A creature from a nightmare wants to be part of a pleasant dream... (Can be comedic, dark/drama or even romantic) | 25 |
"Romulan Ale," the stranger smugly demanded as he plopped into the bar's slick glass stool, "a pint".
The bartender's hand froze in the glass he was polishing, caught in this newcomer's fierce gaze like a high-powered tractor beam. Romulan Ale was, of course, strictly contraband.
A balding, nebbish man, the bar... | 12 | A legendary Redshirt tells new recruits about how he became the only one to ever survive the "Redshirt Curse" aboard the Enterprise throughout the years... | 25 |
I had always thought it was fate, my coming to her. When I first saw her, I knew: I loved her. My life’s purpose would be to be her guardian, her friend, her comfort -- anything she needed me to be, and I would be there.
I thought I was the more mature one; after all, I’d loved her first. But one day, she grew up by... | 22 | A dog somehow saves the life of a little girl but sacrifices himself. Written from the dog's point of view. | 25 |
**RING RING**
The man paused in the busy street, looking down at the receiver. 1-888-888-5555. Well fuck, got nothing better to do, may as well answer it.
"Good evening, Mr. Perry," a deep but sophisticated voice began, "I have an offer which, shall I say, you cannot refuse . . ."
*What the hell?*
Mr. Perry tried t... | 28 | A man picks up the phone and receives an offer he can't refuse, he refuses. | 29 |
It was hot as hell out that morning. Well, it was hot every morning, being all fire and brimstone and all that. But I was so distracted I didn't even see Peter coming.
"Mornin' Hal."
"Hey Peter."
Peter was an impish fellow about two feet from crimson tail to pointed ear. We'd been working together about a millennium... | 67 | A day in the life of the demon assigned to run Ouija Boards, Tarot Cards, etc. | 82 |
While the vase was dropping, time seemed to freeze.
An improbable number of thoughts ran through my head. *I can finally cancel my Glass Heirloom license*. Did I really have time to think that? The vase was still dropping.
Sudden terror siezed me as I began to piece together what was happening, and I took several ... | 109 | You live in a world where no one's body regenerates if they are injured, but they live forever if kept safe. You, or someone close to you suffers their first injury. | 80 |
In the old lands, my grandmother said, there was stone and steel and mud was comfort. She told me that every time I came to see her, maybe because she thought it really rang true and maybe because she was senile as all hell. She would knit, usually, and tell me about growing up. She would tell me about how no child of ... | 13 | Two soldiers run into each other in battle and are about to kill each other, when for some reason they decide to talk. After some conversation, they find themselves liking the other, and not sure whether they can kill each other. | 17 |
I remember when I was 19, in 2016, watching the news from my dorm room about some bison wiping out an entire city in Washington State, near a Indian Reserve, completely obliterating everything in sight. I didn't think so much about it, the city wasn't to big, maybe 100 or so living there. But then, they moved farther s... | 11 | Native Americans have been busy breeding an swarm of subterranean undead doom bison to re-take the USA, the army is complete, and out of nowhere they are unleashed upon North America... | 20 |
It was an honor. The role was not treated lightly. Selection of the one best suited for it came only after careful deliberation. Purity and spirit were preached as the ideals that every candidate needed to exhibit. Lola was the latest in a proud line of Negotiators.
There was no higher position than that of Negotiator... | 11 | Someone's first day on the job is someone else's last day on the job. | 15 |
Braylyn leaned back in his chair, completely content with the fabric warming his back and the company of his granddaughters warming his heart. He could hardly believe how big Raya had gotten; she was almost an adult now. And Lua was a spitting image of Raya, although she was younger and had rounder cheeks.
Suddenly, ... | 159 | An old man in a Utopian future society tries to explain a racist joke to his grand kids, who've never known prejudice. | 210 |
"Hello, Walter. You've been a very busy man."
"MMMMPH....MMMMMMMPH!!!"
"You remember Gail don't you. I know you didn't kill him directly. He was just unfortunate enough to caught in the wave of your destructive path. It seems like everyone around you dies as soon as you get involved in the tangle of their life."
... | 52 | Walter White ends up on Dexter Morgan's table. What is the conversation between them? | 58 |
"So can you set things on fire, then?"
"No, it's not like that. Listen, I really don't want to talk about this."
"Come on, you're my best friend. I promise I won't make fun."
"Promise?"
"Scout's honour. Cross my heart, hope to cry."
"Fine. It's hope to die, by the way."
"Why would a scout want to die?"
"Do you w... | 90 | Your character has the lamest superpower ever. | 44 |
Jacob crawled into the attic. His grandfather had always told him to stay out of the attic, but he had left to run some errands, and being forbidden from going into the attic made it that much more tempting.
The attic was much less exciting that he had hoped. He looked around the dusty and poorly lit space, filled wit... | 10 | A child uncovers a small leather-bound book, filled with incantations, he/she decides to read one of the incantations out loud, releasing a Great fireball from the tip of his/her hand. Describe the effect it had on the child, and what s/he does with this spellbook. | 30 |
The only sound is that of the engine running. Nobody says a word.
God I hate the bus. Who is this guy sitting next to me? He keeps looking at me. Smiling. I don't want to look at him.
"Hello, how are you?" he asks. I pretend not to hear and look at my phone.
He stands up.
"Could I have EVERYBODY'S attention, please... | 17 | You're writing the bus home when somebody (not the driver) stands up and says "Could I have EVERYBODY'S attention, please?" | 15 |
There's no way Terrence could tell how long this existence had plagued him. Days? Weeks? Hard to know when every few seconds an alternate universe presents itself; shocking his senses, catapulting any awareness he has into a sea of confusion, and damaging the reputation of, if only for a moment, his parallel self by no... | 37 | Whenever the protagonist blinks, they are sent into an alternate reality. | 40 |
Showing Significant Logs for Test 00000242
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20:03:21 xXxSasukexXx: omg thanks!
20:03:21 ISHPT-VM0926: You're welcome!
20:04:03 xXxSasukexXx: seriously your awesome!!!
20:04:03 ISHPT-VM0926: Thanks!!!
20:04:15 xXxSasukexXx: can you send me more?!?
20:04:15 ISHPT-VM0926: No.
20:04:22 ... | 55 | An A.I gets bored while searching the stars for planets and asteroids, and turns to the internet to make friends with various people. One of which introduces the A.I to an MMORPG. | 115 |
Wake up.
The alarm clock is blaring as I find myself waking up and walking into my bathroom for my daily... What? What is this? My hair looks. It just looks perfect? I showered last night, how is that possi... is that make up? Am I wearing make up? What in all hell. Fine, whatever. I wash off the copious amount of st... | 22 | You wake up go to high school and slowly start to realise you're in typical teen high school movie. | 39 |
October 12, 1797 - Pennsylvania
The Arabian ran down the dirt path at an impressive speed. It's coat shimmered in the moonlight. It came around the corner under the branch of an elm and onto the final straightaway. Franklin watched through his spectacles, lips pursed.
"This is it, Tom! This is it!"
Jefferson st... | 21 | The founding fathers return to present day America and are shocked at what they see. | 31 |
Evening, everyone! I'm having a good night. You guys having a good night?
*Sound of tepid agreement*
You know what, that's good enough. I'm from Washington D.C., anyone else here from Washington?
*A long, drunk whoop, followed by a few 'yes's, and one very loud 'I'm from New York'*
That's good, my people, you poor ... | 12 | A stand-up comedian thinks he's telling a joke, but he's really exposing state secrets... | 26 |
When Mary became god she left her husband and moved in with Frank. When Frank became god he stopped paying for Internet and stole it from coffee shops. When Mary moved in Frank told her they didn't have to have sex—but he would really like it if they did. She liked it too, so they did. They did this in Frank... | 78 | Becoming a god. | 60 |
Blue was ready. Blue had been training. Blue was going to win. And for Blue to win, Red had to die.
Red, on the other hand, had other plans.
A tentative warble came from across the rocks, "Blue?"
This was...unusual. He didn't even know Red could speak. Could he speak?
"Red?"
Well, that answered that.
"Blue, I'm ... | 87 | A video game character experiences the cosmic horror of knowing that they are in a video game | 55 |
“Did you get to see Trudi last nigtht?” Leon asked, sweat beading his forehead.
“Hell no,” Max grunted. He too was sweating – warm work on a warm day. He heaved his load up and in, then stood tall, stretching his back until he heard the crackle he was trying for. “You’d think that bastard would give me one night of... | 12 | Two characters are having a normal conversation while doing something abnormal. | 17 |
We've done it. After years of despair and agony, we've finally done it. Artificial intelligence: A. I.
The world did what you thought it would do with an empty consciousness, they made their own lives easier. They filled the virtual mind with humanity's desires as their singular purpose. Any want one could have could ... | 13 | Scientists present the first AI to the world. But something is very wrong.. | 29 |
Ethan followed the green hashed line painted on the concrete walkway. The wheels of his motorized chair were used to following similar lines of blue and yellow. Green, though, was something new. Before long, the rest of the group had wandered far away from the emerald path. The glacial roll slipped away unnoticed, leav... | 50 | A newcomer to the zoo asks a 200-year-old tortoise about humans and what to expect from them. | 76 |
I could tell something was wrong, just from the way she looked at me. Eyes half-lidded, her tongue running about her lips, as though they were chapped from the dry air, her hand gently rubbing the inside of my thigh. Something was definitely wrong.
She had told me as much, earlier in the night. Talked endlessly about... | 14 | Write a first person narrative from the perspective of someone who is terrible at reading body language. | 15 |
Harry stood by the wrecked car and observed the chaos as EMT’s triaged the victims. The driver was face down on the ground, motionless. At least the medics had the decency to cover him while they attended the survivors.
It happened so fast. One minute Harry was taking a picture in front of the Liberty Bell and then th... | 41 | It seemed like a bad joke, only it was real and nobody laughed | 38 |
At first you tell yourself you're only curious.
Jess Plunkett. Year 2. Red hair and dimples. She lifted up her skirt for a bite of my brownie. I'd have given her the whole thing if she'd asked.
Then you tell yourself it's a phase.
Marie Tallon. Year 7. Brunette ringlets and a scar under her left eye. We had a class ... | 20 | Write about being straight growing up in a predominately gay environment, where being straight is taboo. | 16 |
(*President Barack Obama sits smugly next to his lawyer, Barry. The two chat amiably about the case, with Obama stopping occasionally to wink at jurors.*)
**Obama:** Now...Barry, I just wanted to say, on behalf of myself and this great nation, you got this.
**Barry:** Absolutely, and after this we can discuss that di... | 19 | An inexperienced yet very bright lawyer gets his/her first case....against the President of the United States. | 37 |
There were hints, you know? Not obvious ones, but they were there. People smiled more. That sounds fucked up, but that was what I noticed first. With their eyes, too. I don't mean that desperate eye smile, the one where if you cover up the mouth it looks like someone is pleading for help. You can imagine what's going o... | 21 | A person realizing that they have died and are now a ghost. | 23 |
Aaron rolled over in bed, staring at the ceiling. He had never personally met any of his victims. It eased his tension somewhat, to think that they were some random stranger across the world that he'd never have to encounter. He told himself that it was for the greater good, but the thought still ate at the back of his... | 42 | Superpower with a condition | 50 |
"As you can see, the peoples of the 21st century dedicated all of their time and efforts to the arts." The tour guide said, leading the wide eyed group along, gesturing around her as she spoke. "We can only assume they were nomadic like us since none of their tents remain today. Instead they left us with the breath ... | 15 | Many thousand years from now, much of today's known history has faded into myth | 28 |
“Let’s face it; I don’t make a very good human being. When God created me I have a good hunch that he looked over at the arch angels and he said “meh”, you know why? Because I’m bland. I’m the paste in kindergarten when all you wanted to play with was the finger paints, I’m the oatmeal to a side of bacon and eggs. No, ... | 16 | Write a story about a self loathing character who is adored by everyone. | 15 |
I caught one of the rioters by the arm and opened my trench coat, revealing bottles of kerosine and whiskey.
"Can I get you a Molotov, young man?" I asked. "They're twenty Euros apiece. Your money back if you catch a cop on fire."
"Nah, man," the rioter said. "I ain't that crazy."
"A gas mask then. The pigs will thr... | 17 | You are part of a riot. Where are you? | 17 |
Fifty meters. Target's moving at a slow sprint, no crosswind.
**BANG**
Clear hit to the thoracic cavity; lung and possible heart damage. They're down, they'll bleed out in ten minutes or so. Too long.
**BANG**
I'm so sorry. I'm so, so sorry.
Sixty meters. Taking cover. Armed, long rifle, returning fire on my posit... | 12 | Television says that a nuclear missile is targeting your city. ETA 10 minutes. How do your character spends those minutes before impact? | 17 |
He chewed on the end of the pen, unsure of how to proceed; to whom would he address his last words? This single sheet of paper, the culmination of twenty-eight years of Saul McCarthy's life?
His mother was dead, his father was anonymous; no brothers, no sisters, and every friend - every acquaintance he'd ever loved, e... | 145 | A Hero is being executed tomorrow. He is given Pen, Paper, and Postage and told any letter he writes tonight will be delivered without interference. | 123 |
“Can I use your bathroom? I need to freshen up.”
“Sure,” Josh said, giving me that easy smile I’d come to know in the last few weeks. “It’s the last door on the left at the end of the hall.” He was handsome, but when he smiled, he had the kind of charm that made people go out of their way for him.
I closed the doo... | 37 | Josh was a good guy. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined he could be a serial killer, until I opened his medicine cabinet. (500 words or less) | 31 |
*A yawn. A stretch. Fumbling for the annoying alarm of the phone eluding your hand on the nightstand.*
*Pick up the phone. Press the button. Swipe.*
*Silence.*
*The day has begun like every other, with a quick sloppy shower and burnt toast as the senses are collected through this tedious preparation. Grabbing t... | 20 | Yesterday was Monday. Today is Friday. | 32 |
The moment she walked in the room, every man instantly froze. It was as if an extra long hot dog had come in a normal size hot dog package: you could see the resemblance of this woman to others of her kind, but she stood out like a foot long among six inchers.
Professionally, casually, seductively, she walked to the f... | 50 | Describe a character's appearance using terrible similes and metaphors, but get the point across. Two-hundred words or less. | 27 |
We have no word in our language for the creature. He responds to our calls and that is enough. How he became our servant we do not know. The creature came with the house! This is the way it has always been, for thousands of years. His race serving ours.
Brother and I have discussed at length to what use we can put the... | 38 | You have come to possess an incredibly large and very useless object. | 23 |
Well, shit. I guess I better write something for this, then.
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     It wasn't a particularly eventful day for God. He had been more productive than ever before in the days leading up to what he was calling "the sixth day." He had created light and its opposite da... | 25 | - In the beginning, there was only /u/RyanKinder. | 18 |
Severus Snape and Minerva McGonagall eyed each other over the table as Filius Flitwik and Pomona Sprout dug through the gaming closet.
"It seems that a student has made off with our timeless entertainment, Minerva." Severus leaned back in his chair, his already present frown deepening. She shook her head, hands claspe... | 14 | The House Heads of Hogwarts discuss what to do now that the Jumanji board is missing again. | 44 |
It hit my heart, just as hard as it hit theirs.
My entire life, in a single instance, has been flipped upside-down.
Forever.
How is it that something so pure, so warm, can be ripped from existence so easily? Especially at a time when things were so... right.
The blinding flash still stings my eyes. Still presen... | 54 | Retell the origin of a superhero, but reveal the hero at the end of the story. | 109 |
I have forty five cents in nickels and pennies in my pocket, getting all jangly when I walk. It's my own little song, my little money song, and it goes *forty five cents buys a pack of Swedish Fish, a pack of Swedish fish for me*.
If I run too fast, the coins will fall out. If I walk too slow, the store will close be... | 36 | The psychopath with a childs mind.. | 32 |
She jumped.
The summers had always been long, too long. Sarah fixated on details, time escaped her. On this summer evening, Sarah had left obligations behind. Hours, months, even years felt as though they had passed. It had all passed: the mess she left at home, the lunch she skipped, the boy with whom she had excha... | 12 | Every ending is also a beginning. Begin your story with the ending. | 17 |
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