Start your story with a big company pulling an April Fools’ prank that ends up going horribly wrong.

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“Off with it all...on April´s day” by Lis Lovén

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Off with it all…on April´´ s day ! Oh well, I might as well admit it. It was my idea from the start. I was very tired of my poor imagination when it came to fooling other people. Odd if you ask me, as I was born on April the first. It was like life itself liked to play pun and pranks with me. And I was a victim to stupidity. Yes very weird. I can recall my birthdays as a child. All those endless parcels with nothing in the silly li´l box. I had to make myself laught, just because of it. It belonged to the habit of the day. Be happy as you ...

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“Worst Case Scenario” by Erin Edwards

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You didn’t argue with Christopher Thustle. That was the number one rule of boardroom meetings. The only permitted words were yes, of course, and certainly. Or, preferably, you didn’t speak at all. In the nine months I had worked as social media intern at Thustle Events Inc., I had never spoken one word in a single meeting. Usually orders were just thrown at me and I was too busy struggling to write them down and nod enthusiastically to contend with the English language. ...

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“April Fool” by JC GuPta

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Befooling on 1st April every year has become a traditional venture, although the occasion is losing its popularity with the time yet 1st April is still reckoned as Fools Day. Rajkot College and hostel imparting Business Administration education was considered a renowned institution and most of the students undertaking studies there were hostellers. Both boarding and lodging being made available to them. One Arun Sinha enjoyed a monopoly and large patronage both in College as well as hostel. He hailed from a very rich family of Ra...

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“Prank of Luck” by Nazneen Nahar Ananna

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"I was screaming. But sounds were stucked in my throat. I wanted to stand up but my legs didn't let me to do that. I was bound to lie down. But my whole body seemed to me pushing out of ground. What a terrible feeling! Ah! My eyes! My frightened friends are asking me to wake up. They aren't getting my response though I am responsing to them. Even now I am also confused if I am alive or not? What happened? What happened? Oh! I can't tolerate anymore." After 15 days, Now I am feeling a little better. About 15 days ago, I was in that condit...

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“WeMischief ” by Kalyani Patra

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TITLE: WeMischief This is not the first time that WeMischief Company which was originally supposed to be named as WeChef Company did that again. But this time it was different. Mr Rewood the owner of WeMisch- sorry that’s Wechef, a food delivery company once hired a kid to suggest a fascinating name for their company and as a grand name, WeChef became popular. However, this all went well till that kid typed the wrong spelling on the official website without anyone knowing for whole two months. Since then this company became a perfect exam...

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“Doomsday(?)” by Nakul Smaran Ranjith

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I was in the conference room that day. The conference room had a type of nauseating aroma to it. Like it had been dipped in an immense pool of Clorox. Granted, that was a smell that I had gotten used to in the past few months. I squirmed in the new chairs that they had brought in over the weekend. The new table was supposed to have a modern design. But all it managed to do is make me hate the conference room. Our CEO said that “Change brings new possibilities. And new possibilities bring more headlines.” I had been a news anchor long enou...

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“Mischief and misfortune” by Iscah Palam

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Author's note: This story contains brief mentions of death and violence.. I have never really been particularly fond of pranks. Growing up I was always really sensitive towards any type of act with the slightest amount of mischief in them. All the way from the very beginning when my parents tried to “steal” my nose towards being fooled into believing that I’d turned invisible in late middle school, it has just not been my thing. Which is why it’s so ironic for me to land a job at Numine. You might just think that I should just shut up and ...

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Start your story with a big company pulling an April Fools’ prank that ends up going horribly wrong.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 82 stories

“Off with it all...on April´s day” by Lis Lovén

“Worst Case Scenario” by Erin Edwards

“April Fool” by JC GuPta

“Prank of Luck” by Nazneen Nahar Ananna

“WeMischief ” by Kalyani Patra

“Doomsday(?)” by Nakul Smaran Ranjith

“Mischief and misfortune” by Iscah Palam

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a mischievous pixie or trickster god.

Write about someone who’s spent a whole year planning a big prank, and now they’re finally ready to pull it off.

Write about someone who hates pranks and spends April Fools’ Day doing good deeds instead.

Write about someone who goes to great lengths to avoid being pranked on April 1st, only to realize they had the date wrong and it’s already April 2nd.

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