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

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“Happy New Year” by Chris Wagner

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Every day at The Compound felt like an enormous April Fool's joke. More than a year ago today I had become imprisoned in this place, a collection of garishly colored townhomes situated in the apparent middle of nowhere. The interior of each building resembled a hotel room, and in fact we had room service. Although for the most part a convenient luxury, contraband seemed to walk off on its own, and April 1st, your entire home became one large booby trap. In the morning, room service awakened me with a Super-Soaker, and after I t...

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“One year it took me...” by Sambulo Kunene

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Last year I was the odd one out. My friends planned a huge deal of a fake party to prank me for April Fool's day. Then I did not realize that they were pranking me. I seriously thought that they were planning a surprise party for one of our dear friend who had been asked for a hand in marriage by a lad that we all admired! He lived overseas so it was a big deal to us because we considered him exotic to say the least. So when one day at dinner she had a huge smile on her face and announced his intentions about her and how she accepted his req...

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“Sweet Sweet Revenge” by Lara Migounoff

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Exactly, 8 hours, 23 minutes, and 39 seconds till I release the ultimate prank: drenching the principal with ice-cold water! It's only going to be the best prank of all time! I can almost taste the victory already.You Don't Know Rotten RobertoNow, I know what your thinking; why on earth would you want to wet your principal? Well, you haven't met Principal Roberto. Nasty, despicable, unfair, and completely oblivious to his own attitude. It's time to teach that monster a lesson. Ever since the start of last year, I've been waiting fo...

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“A Sense Of Humor” by You'd Think A Writer Would Have A More Creative Name .

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2011 wordsRated PG; violence, blood, unsettling imageryPrompt: Write about someone who’s spent a whole year planning a big prank, and now they’re finally ready to pull it off.Author's note: I am not dead, so apologies if you got your hopes up.Disclaimer: The conversations concerning organisms from other planets, solar systems, and existences in this story have been translated.Kamusta shakes hir heads.“Please, don’t. I don’t think I can handle you doing this again.”“You are overreacting.”Hir hand rises above hir. It’s a beacon, attracting lig...

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“They'll Never Forget This April Fools......” by Aimee R.

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Em woke up to her alarm clock mimicking the twittering of hummingbirds. Her hair, still wound up in tight knots from staying up all night, was stuck in the bed covers. Yanking them out, wincing, she checked the time on her alarm clock. “April 1st.” she smiled. “Yes.” For the past year, Em had carefully planned a big prank against her horrible foster parents for payback. The time was 5 am, and it was earlier than any of her parents’ wake time. Slipping on her thinly sewed jacket and pulling back her black, bouncing hair she snuck out of...

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“Oh, what fun” by Tosha Alston

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Before I could even open my eyes, my thoughts were already on April Fool’s day. I had a full year to plan out my pranks on everybody that got me last year. I was determined not to be one of them that got pranked. My friends get me every year and I be darned if they get me again. My partner does not like April fool’s day, I respect her on that, but if she did man she would have to watch out. I start imagining the day, I would get to work at least an hour before anyone would get there. I will start with Marge, she does not like snakes. I will...

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“Adam Falcon ” by Onyxx Moon

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Adam Falcon loved pranking people. It was like a daily job for him. Nothing was off-limits for Adam. He would prank his mother if it gave him pleasure. On April Fool’s Day, Adam became the king of pranks. He used his social media platform to film the most disturbing and elaborate pranks unknown to man. He loved showing off his tattooed muscles by flashing his naked body out in public in front of unsuspecting women, men and senior citizens. Each year on April Fool’s, Adam’s pranks would become more unsavory. From filming a fake car accid...

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“The Silk Shirt” by Aburrow Marsh

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“This is going to be huge.”That’s how the Big Star sold the Big Joke to his buddies. They were aware of his penchant for hyperbole; only a fool would take his remarks at face value. Yet the more he talked, the more they believed him. If everything lined up and they pulled this thing off, it would be the best prank of the year.No doubt the producer was asking for it. They all hated that fucking gold shirt. They knew where he’d bought it, that odious men’s store on Rodeo Drive. They also knew it wasn’t a gift from his wife, as he so loudly pro...

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“Pranking the Prankster” by TASPIA ALAM

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"Tomorrow would be the day..." This thought circled around Levi's head as he tried to sleep. He couldn't believe it was actually happening. He, Jayden, and Kyle were finally going to get revenge. Or so they thought. Flashback to one year ago... Levi and his two best friends were sitting at the back of their school. They were hiding from the school's biggest prankster Jace, after getting a bucket of milk poured on them and a few punches thrown their way. "We are going to prank him back whether it's now or in 5 years," everyone agreed. Being...

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“APRIL IS FOR FOOLS” by Claire Tennant

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Charlie was always a mischief-maker by heart, it gave him immense pleasure to see his “prey” squirm. His younger siblings were always good for a laugh; as neither of them were wise enough yet to figure out who the instigator or the practical joker was. It was usually Charlie, of course. At the grand age of ten, Charlie looked forward to April Fool’s Day immensely. The thing was he had to remember that he was the fool if he yelled ‘April Fool’ after midday. Charlie had decided that this time he would have it all in control. It still...

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“The Biggest Prank Yet” by Roxie Piatigorski

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It was a fine day and everyone was doing the usual. Including Leopold, who was busy tending to his gardens and orchards at his dacha. However, he still couldn’t catch a break; after all, a certain pair of mischievous mice were always up to no good. Just like always. This time, they were plotting the biggest prank that they could ever come up with. They decided that they were going to tar and then feather him into oblivion, so all they had to do was get two buckets, one of which they could fill up with tar while the other bucket could be fi...

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“April Fooler” by David Hann

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For some reason I’ve always been drawn to tricksters. When I worked for the Seem-To-Be Players Children’s Theatre I convinced the theatre manager/director to do a series of trickster tales. The company did several skits based on research I did about tricksters, drawing from Native American, Black American, Euro-American, and Hispanic American stories about tricksters. The Trickster Tales were very well-liked by the children and by their teachers. Maybe this experience led me to play my own tricks. I bought a rubber spider, an ugly black thi...

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“rite about someone who’s spent a whole year planning a big prank, and now they’re finally ready to pull it off.” by Billy Mazyopa

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It was funny how one could spent more time planning for a prank, at least, not preparing for an entire year. It all started with a fraudulent plan, a prank idea which is not likely to raise a criminal offence, once committed while impersonating another without consent which is obtained, neither from the actual person nor any authority. The prank consisted of impersonating a famous celebrity by not only dressing exactly like them, but also copying or replicating anything close to their original celebrity lifestyle. The objective of the pr...

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“Fiddleback” by Joe Swanson

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“She is afraid of spiders.” “Lots of people are afraid of spiders. So what?” “Pranks only work on people who are afraid of things. Like, dying, nuns, spiders! They actually succumb to their own imaginative fear. People don’t act irrationally for the most part, when they like something, but when they don’t. Shove a cookie in someone’s face and they are just going to take a bite, not scream. See what I’m getting at?” “What’ve you got in mind?” That is how it began. She thought she saw a spider and dropped my Chic...

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“The Secret Keeper's Sister.” by Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

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. “ There is no fool like an April fool “ and so Chrissy decided to wait till after lunch to be born on April 1st. Her decision to enter the planet had begun nine months previously, sometime in late summer. She soon forgot her original contract and some of the conditions to which she, in spirit form, had agreed. Within days she assumed the guise of a normal human being, an adorable baby, quickly forgetting her predestined intentions. She entered into a family that enfolded her into the bosom of their love. True, her birth was a bit of a ...

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

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✍️ 75 stories

“Happy New Year” by Chris Wagner

“One year it took me...” by Sambulo Kunene

“Sweet Sweet Revenge” by Lara Migounoff

“A Sense Of Humor” by You'd Think A Writer Would Have A More Creative Name .

“They'll Never Forget This April Fools......” by Aimee R.

“Oh, what fun” by Tosha Alston

“Adam Falcon ” by Onyxx Moon

“The Silk Shirt” by Aburrow Marsh

“Pranking the Prankster” by TASPIA ALAM

“APRIL IS FOR FOOLS” by Claire Tennant

“The Biggest Prank Yet” by Roxie Piatigorski

“April Fooler” by David Hann

“rite about someone who’s spent a whole year planning a big prank, and now they’re finally ready to pull it off.” by Billy Mazyopa

“Fiddleback” by Joe Swanson

“The Secret Keeper's Sister.” by Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

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Write about a mischievous pixie or trickster god.

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

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

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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