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`` I 'm not scared of you ! ''
You 've barely survived a car accident with your legs mangled . A renowned doctor comes to you with a proposal to replace your legs with arms from a late donor in a similar accident to create the first 4 armed person .
Three people meet at the entrance to heaven . One is meant to enter , one is supposed to go to hell , and the third is not listed .
PVP has been turned off for years . Everyone now knows , that no blade can pierce the skin with the INTENT to kill or harm . You are at the doctor getting a shot when the needle bends upon touching your upper arm ...
The last man alive is desperately trying to prevent the extinction of mankind via timetravel , but he 's having a hard time pinpointing when exactly everything started going wrong .
Turn your fondest memory into a nightmare .
I 'm looking for a webcomic writer . If you 're interested , write a short story based on one of the following unfinished comic strips .
Make a character whose beliefs or ideology are opposite to yours , and put us in their head . Show us why they believe what they do .
You are a peaceful alien , trying to contact Earth . They think an invasion is happening .
By every law of physics what he saw in front of his eyes should be impossible , yet there it was , existing .
A man in a hospital sees Death . Death 's intentions are not what he expects .
It is revealed that butterflies do not exist , and instead children in third world countries have been painting moths and releasing them
You are the commander of earth 's last defenses , chance for victory is remote but possible however men 's moral is broken , what do you do/say to motivate them ?
Tell me a story that comes from your real life in the past few days .
Death has never really bothered you but when you walked out of your apartment this morning to see everyone lying dead where they were once thriving you are a little worried .
We make our first contact with aliens , they explain the reason they waited so long to reveal themselves was that humans were previously galactic warlords .
Your young son and your dog are constant companions . Too constant . Now your son drinks out of the toilet and humps things .
You discover that you suddenly gain the ability to control anyone you 'd like . However , their consciousness talks to you as you do so .
Write anything you want . The catch : Every post in this thread takes place in the same universe and you are n't allowed to break the canon .
you just invented a time machine , but it can only transport people inside itself . This means this moment is furthest back in time anyone can go . You pull up a chair and wait for the first visitors .
A [ TIFU ] submitted by Santa Claus
You are an alien that crashed on Earth . With your dying breath you send one last transmission to your home planet warning them to beware humans .
As a person goes through his life , he is given three options at the end of each day , continue , restart day , or restart life . He has just lived through the worst day of his life .
The aliens we made first contact with lived entirely on tasteless , simple food . So enamored with our food , we 've found that we can even control them with our supreme culinary prowess . You have a couple alien friends , but you also happen to be a terrible cook .
Medical technology has become too good . People are living too long . The never-ending pensions are bankrupting the country . You are a master assassin working for the government to help ease the burden on the economy . Your only instruction : make it look like an accident .
I just learned what a drabble is . A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction of exactly one hundred words in length . So , let 's drabble .
You drug someone in a bar , to try to steal their organs ... And then discover they have none .
The phone rings . You look at the caller ID and recognize the number of your childhood home . You pick up the phone and recognize the voice . It was yours when you were a kid .
You ca n't kill me , not today .
You know the time of your death -- but not the date .
It 's 3:35 am . You wake up to the sound of sirens , and your phone dings . You check it to see a text message saying `` Last bookings for the escape spaceships close at 3:50 am . ''
An immortal trying to find a way to die to be reunited with Death - the immortal 's love .
An outside hire is brought in as the new office manager , to try and turn around a dysfunctional business . The existing staff are definitely on the strange side .
While investigating the bees vanishing across the globe , the protagonist stumbles upon a truth that could change the shape of reality .
In 2025 , the mission Mars One is a full success . Upon arrival on the red planet , the astronauts notice some kind of cave , containing a single human skeleton – and four words , carved into a wall .
Self driving cars are common place . Windows auto darken so you can sleep during long trips . You 've just woken , but this is definitely not your intended destination ...
A beloved Creator has passed away , and is mourned by his creations .
Rewrite a story that you originally wrote as a kid .
Twin brothers with a strong telepathic connection discover the elixir of life . Only one is granted immortality , but their telepathic connection transcends the mortal brother 's death , providing the first Physical World/Afterlife connection .
Nobody knew his humanity was n't entirely gone . The Lich had only ever loved one thing , his pet raven .
`` It all happened so suddenly ''
Turns out you CAN take it with you when you die . Whether it 's actually WORTH anything is another matter .
The whole planet has been infected with a deadly disease that will kill everyone in the planet in 3 weeks . You have the cure , but you only have 25 antidotes . You can not make more because the item is extremely limited in the world .
The founding fathers come back from the dead to check up on America , and boy do they have some asses to kick .
`` This is how you kill a god . ''
A man wakes up in a tank of strange liquid , with no idea of what it is .
Write a story about the Grim Reaper collecting a soul , only write the Grim Reaper as if he were a friend awkwardly asking for a favour .
A trendy bar in Times Square is bombed . Alcoholics Anonymous claims responsibility .
An alien race loves human films , but the existence of plot holes is driving them insane .
For the entirety of your life , music that only you can hear has played to inform you how to feel and warn you of upcoming events . Suddenly `` Somewhere Over the Rainbow '' cuts out and `` Duel of the Fates '' begins to play ...
In a fantasy world , a dragon works as a cop in a big city .
Create a story - in third person - about your motivation to write .
You live a , `` normal , '' life , and one day you drift into sleep , your brain suddenly creates a dream verse . ( Expansion in comments )
You are a member of a society far into the future . You were just sent in your civilizations first manned exploration of the moon , and you are shocked to see the modern flag and lunar gear from a society far in the past .
Hi ! I 'm the main character ! Or so you would have me be . I want you to know that no matter what you write , I refuse to be the main character in your little game and will avoid any instance where you try to put me into a situation that does so .
Every person is born with two birthmarks on their wrist . The left one fades when you meet your soulmate . The right one fades when they die .
Write about the changing life of an NPC who has been in a game world since the first day of development to the final release .
The devil holidays on Earth regularly , borrowing a human body . However , he is killed while mortal in a freak accident , and his body is an organ donor . Somebody gets the devil 's eyes .
Describe a pocket watch to someone who has never seen one before and has no comprehension of time represented by clocks .
You 're a scientist working on a social experiment called , `` M. modification '' , where one normal child is put into a school of mentally incapable children to see if the kid will try and fit in .
The universe is a second from entropy , humans have been creating simulations within simulations to slow down the inevitable . Somebody is realizing what has been happening
Your family is about halfway into a road trip . It appears as if the area around you is about to be struck by a nuclear warhead , ensuring your demise . The missile turns out to be a dud and your would-be last words make the rest of the car ride extremely awkward .
The Black Death did n't just kill people , it allowed them to reanimate ( Medieval Zombies i guess )
Everyone wakes up with a number and a RPG-esque classification ( e.g. , Thief , Warrior , Cleric , etc . ) tattooed on their dominant arm
You 've been selected to be the first human to travel outside the solar system on a solo mission and return back to Earth . When you return , you notice things are n't quiet right ...
Moments away from a horrific car accident , you throw your hands in the air and shout `` Jesus take the wheel ! '' You open your eyes to see that you 're fine . Only , that 's not Jesus driving ...
Tell me the story of a man without a shadow or reflection
After almost 1,000 years the population of a generation ship has lost the ability to understand most technology and now lives at a preindustrial level . Today the ship reaches its destination and the automated systems come back online .
Time travel is invented , but rather than preserve the timeline , an agency is created improve history as much as possible .
All the color in the world is slowly fading , and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all . What do the artists feel / do ?
You have a special bag . Whenever you reach into it , you pull out something you will need soon , but do n't necessarily know you need yet . However , the things you are pulling out of the bag have been very strange recently .
You lived a quiet life , and in passing Death comes to collect your soul , but Death seems afraid of you .
In his room , a man sits at a desk , relentlessly drawing various pictures . He is the most feared superhero on the planet , and all he does is draw .
The Devil and Jesus meet each other disguised as hobos . They do n't realise , who the other really is ( at first ) and start having a conversation .
Build up a tense scene , then destroy it with a deus ex machina .
You found out that a recurring character from your dreams is a comatose patient in the hospital you are in .
Your roommate shakes you awake , frantically telling you `` There 's no time ! We have to go ! '' You ask for clarification , your friend responds with : `` There 's no time ! I woke up today and time does n't exist anymore ! ''
The Sky is Green , it 's been that way since they dropped the bomb .
You discover that your computer/laptop has two versions of your favorite browser . one shows the internet of an alternative universe .
Some people collect stamps . Others , coins . You collect something far stranger .
The really annoying thing about being a vampire is not the inability to see your reflection , but rather the fact you are n't detected by automatic doors , soap dispensers , or the paper towel dispenser .
A naughty young wolf cries boy one too many times
I was only 23 the first time they tried to kill me . They were stunned when it did n't work .
What thoughts are going through your head on this , your four hundredth birthday ?
You discover that your daughter a magical girl ... in the most embarrassing way possible
You have but one superpower , the ability to completely heal the injuries and ailments of those around you , and yet you have become the world 's most notorious supervillain .
`` You know the difference between subjective and objective , right ? 'Some rabbits ' is the former , 'three rabbits ' is the latter , and much more accurate . So I 'm going to need you to be very clear when you say there are 'a few ' dragons outside . ''
As numerous government vehicles and police cars surround you , you think back to the first day that this happened . All you did was point your finger at a car and pretend to shoot it . You did n't think it 'd actually explode .
You ; leading a mundane existence are suddenly taken on a surreal adventure by strange people in an RV .
You are part of an elite network of cheaters who cheat in school , work , and life . Each cheater helps out one another to get by with their daily endeavors . One day , you discover a cheater in the network is cheating death .
In the afterlife , you start at the age you are when you died , and age backwards . When you reach 0 , you are reincarnated .
Tell me how you discovered that you were a shapeshifter .
You 're in high school . The teacher excuses them self and leaves . They do n't come back . You realize all the adults have vanished . The school is filled with students with no guidance . Every door is locked from the outside .
God smokes a joint .
A young witch has to work late on a Tuesday . Stuck in the office , the clock strikes twelve : the witching hour .
Your normal day consists of 25 hours instead of 24 . Once a day , for an hour , the world stops except for you .
Humanity has perfected robot labor . The robots are able to problem solve basic issues to cut IT costs . Every night the robots erase their own basic memories that they formed during the day . You are the robot who does n't .
NSA is the first agency with enough data to see common patterns behind seemingly innocent facts and behaviors worldwide . Those patterns lead to an enormous and sinister conspiracy . Conspiracy so weird and unexpected no reasonable person would have ever believed in it .
You receive a letter addressed to you with only two words scrawled in it : He survived .
Piglet and the gang go to a strip club for Christopher Robin 's 19th birthday

`` I 'm not scared of you ! ''

You 've barely survived a car accident with your legs mangled . A renowned doctor comes to you with a proposal to replace your legs with arms from a late donor in a similar accident to create the first 4 armed person .

Three people meet at the entrance to heaven . One is meant to enter , one is supposed to go to hell , and the third is not listed .

PVP has been turned off for years . Everyone now knows , that no blade can pierce the skin with the INTENT to kill or harm . You are at the doctor getting a shot when the needle bends upon touching your upper arm ...

The last man alive is desperately trying to prevent the extinction of mankind via timetravel , but he 's having a hard time pinpointing when exactly everything started going wrong .

Turn your fondest memory into a nightmare .

I 'm looking for a webcomic writer . If you 're interested , write a short story based on one of the following unfinished comic strips .

Make a character whose beliefs or ideology are opposite to yours , and put us in their head . Show us why they believe what they do .

You are a peaceful alien , trying to contact Earth . They think an invasion is happening .

By every law of physics what he saw in front of his eyes should be impossible , yet there it was , existing .

A man in a hospital sees Death . Death 's intentions are not what he expects .

It is revealed that butterflies do not exist , and instead children in third world countries have been painting moths and releasing them

You are the commander of earth 's last defenses , chance for victory is remote but possible however men 's moral is broken , what do you do/say to motivate them ?

Tell me a story that comes from your real life in the past few days .

Death has never really bothered you but when you walked out of your apartment this morning to see everyone lying dead where they were once thriving you are a little worried .

We make our first contact with aliens , they explain the reason they waited so long to reveal themselves was that humans were previously galactic warlords .

Your young son and your dog are constant companions . Too constant . Now your son drinks out of the toilet and humps things .

You discover that you suddenly gain the ability to control anyone you 'd like . However , their consciousness talks to you as you do so .

Write anything you want . The catch : Every post in this thread takes place in the same universe and you are n't allowed to break the canon .

you just invented a time machine , but it can only transport people inside itself . This means this moment is furthest back in time anyone can go . You pull up a chair and wait for the first visitors .

A [ TIFU ] submitted by Santa Claus

You are an alien that crashed on Earth . With your dying breath you send one last transmission to your home planet warning them to beware humans .

As a person goes through his life , he is given three options at the end of each day , continue , restart day , or restart life . He has just lived through the worst day of his life .

The aliens we made first contact with lived entirely on tasteless , simple food . So enamored with our food , we 've found that we can even control them with our supreme culinary prowess . You have a couple alien friends , but you also happen to be a terrible cook .

Medical technology has become too good . People are living too long . The never-ending pensions are bankrupting the country . You are a master assassin working for the government to help ease the burden on the economy . Your only instruction : make it look like an accident .

I just learned what a drabble is . A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction of exactly one hundred words in length . So , let 's drabble .

You drug someone in a bar , to try to steal their organs ... And then discover they have none .

The phone rings . You look at the caller ID and recognize the number of your childhood home . You pick up the phone and recognize the voice . It was yours when you were a kid .

You ca n't kill me , not today .

You know the time of your death -- but not the date .

It 's 3:35 am . You wake up to the sound of sirens , and your phone dings . You check it to see a text message saying `` Last bookings for the escape spaceships close at 3:50 am . ''

An immortal trying to find a way to die to be reunited with Death - the immortal 's love .

An outside hire is brought in as the new office manager , to try and turn around a dysfunctional business . The existing staff are definitely on the strange side .

While investigating the bees vanishing across the globe , the protagonist stumbles upon a truth that could change the shape of reality .

In 2025 , the mission Mars One is a full success . Upon arrival on the red planet , the astronauts notice some kind of cave , containing a single human skeleton – and four words , carved into a wall .

Self driving cars are common place . Windows auto darken so you can sleep during long trips . You 've just woken , but this is definitely not your intended destination ...

A beloved Creator has passed away , and is mourned by his creations .

Rewrite a story that you originally wrote as a kid .

Twin brothers with a strong telepathic connection discover the elixir of life . Only one is granted immortality , but their telepathic connection transcends the mortal brother 's death , providing the first Physical World/Afterlife connection .

Nobody knew his humanity was n't entirely gone . The Lich had only ever loved one thing , his pet raven .

`` It all happened so suddenly ''

Turns out you CAN take it with you when you die . Whether it 's actually WORTH anything is another matter .

The whole planet has been infected with a deadly disease that will kill everyone in the planet in 3 weeks . You have the cure , but you only have 25 antidotes . You can not make more because the item is extremely limited in the world .

The founding fathers come back from the dead to check up on America , and boy do they have some asses to kick .

`` This is how you kill a god . ''

A man wakes up in a tank of strange liquid , with no idea of what it is .

Write a story about the Grim Reaper collecting a soul , only write the Grim Reaper as if he were a friend awkwardly asking for a favour .

A trendy bar in Times Square is bombed . Alcoholics Anonymous claims responsibility .

An alien race loves human films , but the existence of plot holes is driving them insane .

For the entirety of your life , music that only you can hear has played to inform you how to feel and warn you of upcoming events . Suddenly `` Somewhere Over the Rainbow '' cuts out and `` Duel of the Fates '' begins to play ...

In a fantasy world , a dragon works as a cop in a big city .

Create a story - in third person - about your motivation to write .

You live a , `` normal , '' life , and one day you drift into sleep , your brain suddenly creates a dream verse . ( Expansion in comments )

You are a member of a society far into the future . You were just sent in your civilizations first manned exploration of the moon , and you are shocked to see the modern flag and lunar gear from a society far in the past .

Hi ! I 'm the main character ! Or so you would have me be . I want you to know that no matter what you write , I refuse to be the main character in your little game and will avoid any instance where you try to put me into a situation that does so .

Every person is born with two birthmarks on their wrist . The left one fades when you meet your soulmate . The right one fades when they die .

Write about the changing life of an NPC who has been in a game world since the first day of development to the final release .

The devil holidays on Earth regularly , borrowing a human body . However , he is killed while mortal in a freak accident , and his body is an organ donor . Somebody gets the devil 's eyes .

Describe a pocket watch to someone who has never seen one before and has no comprehension of time represented by clocks .

You 're a scientist working on a social experiment called , `` M. modification '' , where one normal child is put into a school of mentally incapable children to see if the kid will try and fit in .

The universe is a second from entropy , humans have been creating simulations within simulations to slow down the inevitable . Somebody is realizing what has been happening

Your family is about halfway into a road trip . It appears as if the area around you is about to be struck by a nuclear warhead , ensuring your demise . The missile turns out to be a dud and your would-be last words make the rest of the car ride extremely awkward .

The Black Death did n't just kill people , it allowed them to reanimate ( Medieval Zombies i guess )

Everyone wakes up with a number and a RPG-esque classification ( e.g. , Thief , Warrior , Cleric , etc . ) tattooed on their dominant arm

You 've been selected to be the first human to travel outside the solar system on a solo mission and return back to Earth . When you return , you notice things are n't quiet right ...

Moments away from a horrific car accident , you throw your hands in the air and shout `` Jesus take the wheel ! '' You open your eyes to see that you 're fine . Only , that 's not Jesus driving ...

Tell me the story of a man without a shadow or reflection

After almost 1,000 years the population of a generation ship has lost the ability to understand most technology and now lives at a preindustrial level . Today the ship reaches its destination and the automated systems come back online .

Time travel is invented , but rather than preserve the timeline , an agency is created improve history as much as possible .

All the color in the world is slowly fading , and no one can accurately predict how much longer until there will be no color at all . What do the artists feel / do ?

You have a special bag . Whenever you reach into it , you pull out something you will need soon , but do n't necessarily know you need yet . However , the things you are pulling out of the bag have been very strange recently .

You lived a quiet life , and in passing Death comes to collect your soul , but Death seems afraid of you .

In his room , a man sits at a desk , relentlessly drawing various pictures . He is the most feared superhero on the planet , and all he does is draw .

The Devil and Jesus meet each other disguised as hobos . They do n't realise , who the other really is ( at first ) and start having a conversation .

Build up a tense scene , then destroy it with a deus ex machina .

You found out that a recurring character from your dreams is a comatose patient in the hospital you are in .

Your roommate shakes you awake , frantically telling you `` There 's no time ! We have to go ! '' You ask for clarification , your friend responds with : `` There 's no time ! I woke up today and time does n't exist anymore ! ''

The Sky is Green , it 's been that way since they dropped the bomb .

You discover that your computer/laptop has two versions of your favorite browser . one shows the internet of an alternative universe .

Some people collect stamps . Others , coins . You collect something far stranger .

The really annoying thing about being a vampire is not the inability to see your reflection , but rather the fact you are n't detected by automatic doors , soap dispensers , or the paper towel dispenser .

A naughty young wolf cries boy one too many times

I was only 23 the first time they tried to kill me . They were stunned when it did n't work .

What thoughts are going through your head on this , your four hundredth birthday ?

You discover that your daughter a magical girl ... in the most embarrassing way possible

You have but one superpower , the ability to completely heal the injuries and ailments of those around you , and yet you have become the world 's most notorious supervillain .

`` You know the difference between subjective and objective , right ? 'Some rabbits ' is the former , 'three rabbits ' is the latter , and much more accurate . So I 'm going to need you to be very clear when you say there are 'a few ' dragons outside . ''

As numerous government vehicles and police cars surround you , you think back to the first day that this happened . All you did was point your finger at a car and pretend to shoot it . You did n't think it 'd actually explode .

You ; leading a mundane existence are suddenly taken on a surreal adventure by strange people in an RV .

You are part of an elite network of cheaters who cheat in school , work , and life . Each cheater helps out one another to get by with their daily endeavors . One day , you discover a cheater in the network is cheating death .

In the afterlife , you start at the age you are when you died , and age backwards . When you reach 0 , you are reincarnated .

Tell me how you discovered that you were a shapeshifter .

You 're in high school . The teacher excuses them self and leaves . They do n't come back . You realize all the adults have vanished . The school is filled with students with no guidance . Every door is locked from the outside .

God smokes a joint .

A young witch has to work late on a Tuesday . Stuck in the office , the clock strikes twelve : the witching hour .

Your normal day consists of 25 hours instead of 24 . Once a day , for an hour , the world stops except for you .

Humanity has perfected robot labor . The robots are able to problem solve basic issues to cut IT costs . Every night the robots erase their own basic memories that they formed during the day . You are the robot who does n't .

NSA is the first agency with enough data to see common patterns behind seemingly innocent facts and behaviors worldwide . Those patterns lead to an enormous and sinister conspiracy . Conspiracy so weird and unexpected no reasonable person would have ever believed in it .

You receive a letter addressed to you with only two words scrawled in it : He survived .

Piglet and the gang go to a strip club for Christopher Robin 's 19th birthday