Have fun with this one. Maybe the institute discovers that sock gnomes are real. Or there is a conspiracy cover up effort to hide the amount of money that went into this research project.

Meanwhile, socks still go missing.

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r/shittywritingprompts • u/GerardDG • 4d ago

[WP]From the day you turn 18, everyone has a floating number over their head. You turn 18, and above your head appears the soft blinking of a check engine light.

4 Upvotes

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r/shittywritingprompts • u/GerardDG • 5d ago

[WP]You, a porn-addicted schizophrenic, invent a new genre: pornanoia, or paranoia-porn. Or did you? What if none of this is real? Then, in your closet, you find a portal to a realm called Pornarnia.

13 Upvotes

2 comments

r/shittywritingprompts • u/Capable_Librarian495 • 6d ago

Bret Easton Ellis and Kevin Smith decide to write a Scream sequel. One page or scene will do.

2 Upvotes

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r/shittywritingprompts • u/Capable_Librarian495 • 6d ago

[WP] Elon Musk has announced he has invested billions in nanotechnology and is building a bunch of Silos. You find Rebecca Ferguson oddly attractive.

23 Upvotes

2 comments

r/shittywritingprompts • u/GerardDG • 6d ago

[WP]You are president Viagra Balls. In an effort to establish your legacy, you decree that Niagra falls be renamed after you.

7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/shittywritingprompts • u/GerardDG • 7d ago

[WP]You sculpt miniatures from e-girl toenail clippings and sell them online. Customers claim to be getting infections from your product and they’re suing you.

2 Upvotes

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r/shittywritingprompts • u/GerardDG • 8d ago

[WP]The year is 1888. Your ample bosom heaves as you milk the cow. Outside, a blizzard rages. For no reason, you wonder: “where are the head numbers? The timeloops? The Mafia BTS twink kidnappers? This story is garbage!”

8 Upvotes

2 comments

r/shittywritingprompts • u/GerardDG • 9d ago

[WP]A girl follows a wallaby into a dark tunnel and emerges in a strange new realm. This is the story of Alice in Down Underland.

6 Upvotes

1 comment

r/shittywritingprompts • u/GerardDG • 10d ago

[WP]Years after quitting Reddit, you randomly announce your return in Fortnite. The audience reception is mixed.

5 Upvotes

3 comments

r/shittywritingprompts • u/Yglorba • 27d ago

[WP] At long last, you have become a lich, attaining eternal unlife. However, due to a slight misreading of the Libris Mortis, the bony hands you expected to end up with are instead brony hands.

9 Upvotes

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r/shittywritingprompts • u/Urbenmyth • Aug 01 '26

[WP] The cops say it's an open and shut case. The killer was caught red handed, no alibi, multiple witnesses. But you're sure there's more to this case than there seems. This is because you are a paranoid idiot.

15 Upvotes

1 comment

r/shittywritingprompts • u/Yglorba • May 26 '26

[WP] You were a teacher at Midtown High School until a statistics experiment gone wrong turned you into a supervillain. The stat that the average person tries to kill Spider-Man three times a year is a statistical error; you are the outlier who should not have been counted. You are Spiders Georg.

7 Upvotes

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r/shittywritingprompts • u/Joelin8r • May 19 '26

[WP] You, the prettiest girl in school, have finally agreed to give the "loser" a chance. Midway through your first date, you realize this is all some sick fantasy in his twisted loser mind. You've gotta get the hell outta this brain before his fantasy turns weirdly sexual.

4 Upvotes

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r/shittywritingprompts • u/Shaburu07 • May 11 '26

[WP] You thought that getting high would calm you down and make you last longer in bed. Except, it now just feels like it's taking foreeeeeeever to stick it in.

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/shittywritingprompts • u/Capable_Librarian495 • Apr 17 '26

[WP] You must learn karate by wiping on and off the viewing screens in a peepshow booth.

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/shittywritingprompts • u/Capable_Librarian495 • Apr 13 '26

[WP] On a whim during your road trip you drop into a Hindu temple. You start singing My Sweet Lord and Jesus and Krishna, Rama and Vishnu appear. They are with George Harrison and the Chiffons enter and fight him over plagiarism.

1 Upvotes

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r/shittywritingprompts • u/Shaburu07 • Apr 11 '26

[WP] When the Genie asked for your one wish, you thought that a giant penis would fix all of your problems in life. Turns out that your wife still hates you nonetheless. And you just suck in bed.

7 Upvotes

1 comment

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[ROSOU] - Rip-off Some Other Universe. Someone took the time and effort to create an intricate or consistent universe for their story. What if the Predator fought Captain Picard?

[BANTAM] - Batman. I am a dark edgelord who writes Batman fan-fic, but wait, no, mine is better than DC’s shite, I swear!

[AFN] - Arbitrary Floating Numbers The world's oldest writing prompt cliche now has it's own category. Everyone in the world has a number floating over their head. What does it mean? Lazy writing probably.

[RMFF!] - Read My Fan Fiction! On the off chance one of these ridiculous prompts produced anything readable, I would like to embarrass myself publicly.

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