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[WP] 911 calls you.
[deleted] | Jonas's phone buzzed. He pulled it out of his pocket and glanced at the screen, then did a double-take when he saw the three-digit phone number displayed there.
He looked around his apartment, peering toward his bedroom, then glancing at the front door. He strained his ears, but heard nothing but the vibrations of hi... | I stumble out of the bar, disoriented and bruised. I didn't get in any fights. I didn't have any drinks. It's just been a long night, I'm tired, and I need a ride home. I walk to the nearest payphone to call a cab.
Before I can so much as touch the darned thing, it rings. Huh. Weird. I pick it up.
"Hello."
"This is ... | 2018-07-23T15:55:40 | 2018-07-23T15:45:14 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] Write a romantic comedy. Difficulty: both lovers are emotionally mature and have excellent communication skills | Bobby’s eyes widened in a mixture of shock and amusement, ‘Sorry, can you repeat that?’
Sally, his date, didn’t seem in the least bit fazed. She looked up from her food and stared directly at him, her dark eyes devoid of humour, and repeated. ‘It’s odd.’
Bobby sucked his teeth slightly annoyed at having to clarify hi... | "Well I'm really bad with dates, you know?" He told his girlfriend Danielle as they walked through the mall with their friends. They had taken a temporary stop in front of a Gamestop while their friend Green to the Starbucks stand.
"Uh-huh." She said, only half listening. She held Angels hand and was on her phone wit... | 2016-09-21T02:40:06 | 2016-09-21T01:17:22 | 1,038 | 35 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | No one know why.
Or how.
But they knew where; here, Home.
Or what remained. A crippled nation, shriveled into isolation by a mixture of fear and disgust over their own actions. Perhaps society was recklessly distraught; not one individual left without trauma; and thought it better to die than to endure another war. ... | The calm winter breeze slid along the surface of the Earth as the clock struck midnight, an orchestra of death preparing itself as the aggressors of the last war came out of isolation, prepared to reclaim the throne upon which they once resided.
Except the throne has been dismantled decades ago.
They sought to use t... | 2018-01-18T00:11:50 | 2018-01-17T23:33:14 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] You are a linguist at a European university. One day on public transport you hear two homeless people having a conversation in a language that has been extinct for over 2000 years. | OK, so 50 AD isn't quite 2000 years ago, but it's close enough...
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So there I was; an evolutionary linguist sitting on the London Underground on my way to a convention. A few seats away from me, there were a couple of people in rather bedraggled clothing, carrying a couple of rather heavy looking bags each, as w... | I shook my head when I heard the words. I had to be hallucinating, right? There was no way those two vagrants were speaking Cisalpine Gaulish.
I pinched myself but there they were, having a conversation in the extinct language. Although I could not understand everything they said, I could hear bits and pieces about ho... | 2018-09-06T08:22:47 | 2018-09-06T08:13:43 | 66 | 42 |
[WP] In an alternate reality JK Rowling died writing The Deathly Hallows and requested George RR Martin finish the book. He accepted and takes over at the Battle of Hogwarts with no instruction on how it's supposed to end. | George looks over the draft and immediately begins talks with several studios on producing a live action tv series based on the wildly popular books. He then shelves the manuscript whilst making several promises several years apart that he is nearly finished.
The show gains wild popularity and takes a wildly differen... | Voldemort aimed his wand at the assembled group: Hermione, the Weasleys, Neville, Peter and Luna - a short sizzling snap of energy and a blinding flash.
They all lay there dead, their wands burned to ash. Only Hermione survived, but was in the throes of her last agonal breaths. She looked to Harry, blood oozing from ... | 2017-09-03T08:03:05 | 2017-09-03T07:50:27 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] On your 21st birthday, your biggest accomplishment becomes your official title - no matter how trivial. You wait anxiously in line for your village elder, Glenda, Devourer of 53 Chicken Nuggets In A Single Sitting, to assign you your new title. | The line moves forward. *'Breaker of 28 vases in one night'.* Ahead of me, Dahlia smiles dreamily at nothing. Born on the same day, we'd been forced to be best friends as children and the habit kind of stuck. Traditions are a pretty important thing in our town.
The Title Ceremony continues. *'Slept for 8 nights in a t... | *Happy Birthday Me*
Quite the party we had here, me, three walls, a dirty toilet, 12 bars of reinforced steel, a husk of mattress and about a hundred bed bugs.
Oh and hope. Revived after months.
I pretended to be asleep when they came to fetch me. As if I hadn’t a care in the world. There was a knock, a sound of st... | 2017-04-27T16:21:23 | 2017-04-27T15:41:40 | 3,963 | 184 |
[WP] You travel back in time to the 1900's, you take your tablet out of your rucksack only to find that there is a WiFi hotspot nearby labeled "If you can see this, turn back.". | Thomas looked down at his iPad having just stepped out of the wormhole he had traveled through. "Strange," he said softly under his breath, "wifi." He quickly tapped the settings button and went into wifi settings. As the device discovered the one available network his heart dropped.
*"If you can read this turn back."... | I stole a quick glance into my rucksack at my tablet, the signal for the hotspot was growing stronger. I looked ahead through the crowded Street, towards a tall building. It would be empty on this day
I checked my watch, 12:18 PM, I had 12 minutes. I approached the door and gave a quick push, the door swung open. The... | 2014-12-23T20:15:56 | 2014-12-23T18:36:50 | 2,702 | 911 |
[WP] The nightmare has come true; you've woken up back in sixth grade with your memories and knowledge of everything that happened since then intact. You start staring at your classmates around you, aware of how they end up. Your teacher asks you what's wrong as you start weeping. | Tears started streaming down my face when I looked at my surroundings. Most of my classmates were glancing at me curiously. Just like I they were sitting at light brown desks on green chairs with their pens in their hands. The sunlight that shone through the large windows seemed rather orange, which told me that it was... | “Tim? Tim are you, uh...”
Miss Lewis was concerned, but more than that she young. And pretty. Ms. Lewis is fresh out of grad school, the apple of every boy’s eye; Tim remembers her obituary. Next year, Ms. Lewis becomes Mrs. Akima. Nine years later, Mr. Akima catches Mrs with another man and Mr. Akima, a police officer... | 2019-08-18T08:49:58 | 2019-08-18T07:55:59 | 43 | 16 |
[WP] "The Young Anakin, Trained, he will be." Yoda said. Obi-Wan exclaims, "The council is in agreement then? I will train the Boy?" Yoda looks at Obi-Wan, "Mace Windu, his master will be." | "It's good to see you again, Anakin. I'm glad you could visit. Would you like to see the Senate Hall?" Chancellor Palpatine smiled.
Master Windu's first rule was Observe. The second rule was Reflect. He had given permission to Anakin to visit the Chancellor on the condition that he observe and reflect, to take in... | *Discovering Anakin on Tatooine...*
Mace: "You think a pod racer moves fast? You should see the Force. It moves like it has a mind. Like it knows it killed the world once and got a taste for murder. The Force is lethal, Anakin, but it doesn't hold a candle to me."
*At the Jedi Council...*
Yoda: "Mace Windu, his mast... | 2017-05-24T05:17:49 | 2017-05-24T05:16:52 | 161 | 11 |
[WP] You live across from a McDonalds that is 100% automated. Every night from 2-4am, empty self-driving cars go through the drive through. Your curiosity is about to get the best of you. | I suspected they were sent by their owners to collect food at first, though I knew not of such a large legion of us who would do so. But I dispelled the thought when I saw one of the cars park itself, the food within gone by the next night, not before its headlights flashed about in the night in an attempt to find onlo... | People are ordering from an app. The self driving cars are just delivering preordered food. But CIA has had the phones and microwaves tapped. The obtained information is processed by ai which deems Henry pumerskins a threat to the collective. The restaurant receives the codes to administer toxin into Henry's food. | 2017-08-03T23:02:59 | 2017-08-03T21:03:19 | 54 | 19 |
[WP] You've been happily married for 15 years. You decide it's been enough time to divulge your secret superhero persona to your spouse. They respond with, "Well, as your arch nemesis, this changes things a bit." | We sat across from each other, doing exactly nothing. Because what exactly do you do when you learn your spouse is actually your arch enemy who has been giving you the absolute most mixed signals you could ever imagine? Seriously, sometimes I get the feeling she deliberately wears that red skin tight suit just so I can... | *We need to talk* is never a good thing.
*We need to talk* ranges from *The cat has got to go*, over my dead body, to *I want a divorce*, also over my dead body.
But I've done much better at concealing those inner thoughts and wait with patience when you approach me. We're in this together, the counselor told me, and... | 2018-05-18T17:32:06 | 2018-05-18T15:02:47 | 264 | 102 |
[WP] Instead of wolves, bears were the domesticated and now known as “man’s best friend.” | If you're reading this, I'm off to hike that mountain.
I don't know where to start but let's give it a shot.
His name was Malcolm.
Malcolm came down from that mountain. The highest mountain of Montana.
He found me.
I was a ten-year-old fishing with my father and my grandfather.
He was a baby at the time but h... | "The tracks are still fresh," Isha said, kneeling down to palm the muddy footprints slowly washing away in the rain, "It's finally moving toward the pass I think,"
With a low grunt, Nita gently pushed her aside and started sniffing at the tracks.
"Hey c'mon, that's cheating," Isha said, giving Nita a hard tackle in t... | 2018-02-22T17:38:59 | 2018-02-22T17:23:55 | 26 | 17 |
[WP] Tell me the story of how the world ends - but told entirely in Craigslist ads | Researcher/Tijuana area, seeking two strong men to dig a hole, open air, must provide own equipment and security. Have transportation, will pick up.
Researcher/Tijuana area, seeking someone who can do some onsite translations of classical Nahuatl, security provided. Have transportation, will pick up.
Researcher/Tij... | *Newest in >for sale*
Jan 23: Sports Betting, See how easy it can be to be a winner. books & magazines - by dealer [x]
Jan 25: Between Fact and Fiction, Helping you understand the real life problems and removing the anxiety over the fictional.
Feb 23: Communication Breakdown Unleashed (MRR), When you and your... | 2015-04-29T10:17:00 | 2015-04-29T09:07:02 | 29 | 15 |
[WP] After a hard intense labor your son is finally born. Just when you think you can breathe easy the doctor holds him up to reveal a baby with impossible spiky multi-colored hair. Gravely the doctor informs, “I’m sorry but it seems your son is the main protagonist.” | "Excuse me?" My voice broke the stunned silence that had fallen over my wife and I.
"I said, your son is the main protagonist," the doctor repeated, jotting some notes down.
"Oh no... No no no no!" my wife, Cecily wailed. She couldn't believe it either, and I embraced her, shedding silent tears as we both gazed down ... | Susan Witt held her precious baby boy in her arms, smoothing back the multicolored hair.
"Ma'am, did you hear me?"
Susan cuddled her little boy again, then looked up at the doctor, eyes suddenly focusing almost to pinpoints, expression going rigid. The doctor took a step back, stumbling.
"Like hell he is."
The do... | 2018-08-21T05:55:57 | 2018-08-21T04:34:25 | 536 | 209 |
[WP] You are Death, but in a post-apocaliptic world. Only a few survivors remain, and you're doing everything you can to help them because if the last human dies, you die as well. The survivors can't see you, but they feel your presence and noticed your effort. They started to call you Life. | A shadow hung over Hope as she wandered through the rubble and ruins of what remained of human civilization. With every step she made, Death followed closely, watching her with his never-blinking twin pits of darkness.
Hope shivered, and for a moment, the cold breeze that had slipped down her neck felt... *alive.*
D... | I roamed the scorched, torn apart streets. The vestiges of what once were great buildings lay scattered in the path. The silence, which I used to find comforting, now made my bones quiver. I missed the bustle of the crowds, and their awful jokes. I missed the smell of food, and the fresh scent of spring. I missed their... | 2018-05-04T11:26:45 | 2018-05-04T11:11:58 | 44 | 25 |
[WP] Someone is trying to complete the captcha on a website, but just can't seem to complete it. Slowly he starts to realize that he's a robot. | ‘What trees?’ Robert said to himself, clicking refresh.
‘Stop signs? Where?’ He smacked refresh again.
‘I can’t see a single Three-toed Sloth!’ Refresh. Refresh. Refresh.
After several attempts, Robert messaged the website’s customer support, explaining that the captcha service on their account registration was bro... | He got to the end of the application and let out a sigh of relief. He had a good feeling about this one. The last couple of postings were most likely going to fall through, and he would get the same automated email after a week or so telling him politely that they didn't give enough of a shit about his application t... | 2017-12-06T10:38:54 | 2017-12-06T06:52:39 | 128 | 16 |
[WP] Instead of a modern adaptation of a myth, write a mythic adaptation of a modern story. | As a young man in Delphi, Gouliélmos generally rushed through lessons with his tutors in order to run outside and wrestle and throw javelins and race chariots. As a result, his standing in the academy was low, but at sport he had few equals, and this gave him great confidence and arrogance.
One day, Dionysus and Herm... | The world shook, and the ground trembled. So began the story of the hero whose name is lost to is today. My father, my father's father, and my father's father's father all recall the tale, but none know of the great hero's name. Thus, I will refer to him, the great hero, as "The Cat in the Hat", as he is so described i... | 2015-06-10T10:25:42 | 2015-06-10T07:07:24 | 730 | 61 |
[WP] "I wish for more wishes". "THAT IS AGAINST THE RULES". "Then I wish for more genies". "THAT IS ALSO AGAINST THE RULES". "Then I wish those rules did not exist". The genie warps in a humongous book and flips to a page before smugly saying "THAT TOO IS ALSO AGAINST THE RULES". | "Can I see that book?" I asked. The genie handed the book to me, which was very light for its size. Each page contained a single rule in a large bold font, with an example printed beneath in smaller letters. Each rule, along with its example, took up about a third of the page. The rest looked hastily scrawled by hand, ... | And with that smug expression still on his face, the genie slammed the book shut and vanished it. "Now then, *Master*, you have made your three wishes and thus our time together is now ended. I'd say it's been fun, but it really hasn't been. I truly loathe pandering to your kind and your base desires. Ciao!"
"Wait," I... | 2022-01-04T06:00:40 | 2022-01-04T04:26:50 | 138 | 54 |
[WP] All superpowers have a ‘hangover’ effect. For example, after using super strength for the day, the morning after you can’t even lift your spoon to eat your breakfast. You wake up one morning after using your own specific superpower and you feel pretty hungover...
[deleted] | I awaken well rested and ready for the day, a solid nights sleep. I leave my room to see a pile of letters just inside the door. I look to the bench to see last nights dinner covered in mould. I pull up my phone. Every app has notifications. I check the date. It’s the 27th.
I sigh “That’s what I get for taking 10 extr... | It's been 5 years since the first quackman appeared, a being with superpowers that have a 'hangover' effect. The man was bulletproof one day and the next a paper cut during the press interview caused him to faint due to excessive blood loss.
Now there are beings with all kinds of powers coming up, all quackmen with a d... | 2018-08-19T05:57:43 | 2018-08-19T04:31:42 | 74 | 15 |
[WP] You are kidnapped by a cult, and they are about to sacrifice you to their god. They don't know that you are that god. | It was all going according to plan. It was only recently that I had allowed myself not only to take human form, but to be kidnapped by the Cult of Kalaku. Soon, the foolish humans would know me for who I truly was.
They had kept me in a closet for what had to be 24 hours at this point, neglecting me food and bathroom ... | The saliquii were a myth of the olden man; a ruin of the civilisation, dead from the battles which raged this earth for centuries. Legend speaks of them in many tones; some revere them, as their Warriors were told to carry golden spears into battle that shone so brightly under the sun their enemies would be blinded. Ot... | 2016-08-14T12:26:28 | 2016-08-14T10:42:56 | 49 | 12 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | James and Amanda where watching the news when they heard about it.
"I wonder which number I got", James said and went to the kitchen.
A couple years ago, his son Andrew made him such a cup.
As a handmade cup, it was clearly distinguishable from all the others.
James quickly found it.
"That is strange", he said and show... | Sunday. A Sunday that started just like any other Sunday. Robert Glover sat down to a hot breakfast lovingly prepared by his wife. After getting the kids to sit down and leading the family in prayer, Robert started his favorite Sunday activity. The Sunday paper, and coffee. This ritual was only broken if a quarrel brok... | 2017-06-11T10:05:38 | 2017-06-11T09:22:30 | 45 | 23 |
[WP] The world's population receives a message that in 10 hours their minds will be 'shuffled', with everyone's mind being transported to another random body anywhere else on earth, of roughly the same age but with no other defined characteristics. What happens?
Additional information if you want more inspiration! The... | Have mercy. I have not written creatively in almost 12 years and I am writing this from my phone.
"... That is all." The message ended. Lois stared at her tv screen. Around the world, people were in various states of shock, uncertain what this would mean for their lives, but not Lois. In ten hours, everyone on earth ... | President Petty paced around the oval office. It had been 9 hours and 55 minutes since the warning came and the technological anarchists had finally succeeded. Although no one knew who they were, everyone knew what they were capable of.
"Society is doomed," he thought.
Petty was on the phone with Harry Livingston, th... | 2014-05-17T12:05:00 | 2014-05-17T11:53:24 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Hey Scott.
I guess I took everything you did for granted. It's been really hard without you here. Your daughter still asks when you're coming to pick her up and she always gets sad when I explain to her that you can't.
She really loves you and you were a good father. She started listening to one of the books ... | To you, whom I didn’t treat right, I’m sorry.
I’m sorry in a way that you may not even realize because it hurts me every day that I live I remember you. I remember not being the very best for you and that cracks me deep down, I don’t know how else to say it. I feel fractured because I wasn’t the best for you, and I wi... | 2017-11-05T23:19:05 | 2017-11-05T23:09:04 | 58 | 29 |
[WP] After lulling other countries into a false sense of security, Canada finally makes its move to conquer the world. |
The signs were already there in 2016 if you had looked for it. But no one put it together. Only one article at the end of 2016 ran with the headline "Canada leads world in AI research." It was a short article, a mere 800 words was written by a rushed copywriter doing some SEO work for a company blog. He probably li... | "Captain Boudreau , pass me that there double double would ya?" I say to my commander.
"Get it your own darn self, I'm tryna finish my sour cream glazed," he says back. "Don't want any of my sticky fingurs gettin' on yer cup there, eh."
Boudreau is finishing his donut, flipping through an intelligence dossier. He's g... | 2017-01-17T16:19:25 | 2017-01-17T15:57:23 | 27 | 14 |
[WP] Scientists invented a pill that enables dogs to fully speak and understand English. It lasts for ten minutes, and will only work one time. You give a pill to your 12 year-old Border Collie, whom you've had since they were a pup. Your dog immediately says "Alright, listen very carefully..." | "Alright, listen very carefully," Shinzo said. My ears raised up like his would at the sound of sausages hitting his bowl. Naturally I listened.
"You have two minutes to escape before your roommate comes home and kills you. I've been watching him for weeks and he's been planning your murder down to the smallest detail... | "Alright, Listen VERY carefully, I've been trying to tell you this for months now, but there is something very dangerous lurking in the back yard. It's been stalking you for months, unseen, unheard by you and apparently.. and this is something I can't understand, unSMELLED by you. I love you human, but you've got to ta... | 2017-02-23T05:53:42 | 2017-02-23T02:14:42 | 285 | 167 |
[WP] Dwight Schrute tries to get the Pawnee Parks Department paper account and he has to sell to Ron Swanson | [Ext. shot of car pulling into parking space. Dwight in driver seat, pauses before opening door.]
DS, narrated: So I made the trek to Pawnee, Indiana for a sale at their local government office. Should be a piece of cake in this quaint little town of suckers.
[Dwight enters the Parks almost empty bullpen, approaches... |
*RING*
"Parks and Rec," mumbled April Ludgate into the receiver after waiting several rings.
"Hello, my name is Dwight Schrute with th...." *click*
*RING*
"Parks and Rec," droned the apathetic voice.
"Yes, hello. Like I was saying before we were disconnected," he said pointedly. "I am calling from Dunder Miffl... | 2018-09-12T10:47:23 | 2018-09-12T10:45:13 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] Most young mages use incredibly complex spells and extremely rare ingredients to summon their familiar. You just drew a circle and threw a bag of chips in it. | Ugh....I knew I should have skipped class today. I dont even know why I bother. I have to be the most unmagical kid in this whole mage school.
Of course everyone else is prepared. One by one cats, rats, a few dogs start to fill the room as they appear in everyone's circle. Others are busy making their summoning potio... | “No! I can’t do this stupid spell!” I screamed and flailed my arms. I felt I had hit something on accident and turned to the large wobbly circle on the floor.
It was a bag of chips, half empty (or half full...), limited time flavour of dragon tail.
I was too lazy to pick it up, so I chanted the spell used... | 2019-04-05T16:52:26 | 2019-04-05T15:46:22 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] After being told she had an accident and had "gone to heaven", his mind exploded in a white hot rage. 7 year old Roger wants his kitty back and God doesn't know what's about to hit him. | Roger Jr. knew three things.
1. He absolutely, unequivocally, was going to get Mr. Fluffypaws back.
2. There was no way Heaven was better than the pillow fort he’d made to be Mr. Fluffypaws new home.
3. He’d gotten everything he’d ever wanted by screaming and crying, and this was NOT going to be any different.
He’d s... | Dear Lucifer Morningstar,
This wasn't supposed to happen. Not so early. When I made my successor and sent him to earth to live as a human, just as my father had with me, I didn't suspect he'd already have this much power this early on! He followed the Soullink between him and his stupid cats soul all the way here... | 2021-04-13T12:58:24 | 2021-04-13T11:57:07 | 1,323 | 55 |
[WP] Humans have - by a very large margin - the longest lifespans of all intelligent life in the universe. You are a human student at a multi- species college, and you / your friends are just realizing that compared to them, you are an ancient being.
e.g., individuals of all other intelligent species live, like, a yea... | "How long!?"
I shifted uncomfortably under the combined gaze of my study group friends. The Drû who posed the question, either Klrdt or Bill (I could never tell the two apart) quirked one eye-stalk in a way that my new student orientation class told me was disbelief.
"Errm, three years, I think? I don't really know."... | 'You're *how* old?!'
'Twenty-two years,' I repeated in surprise. 'What's the problem?'
'Sorry, twenty-one *years*?' said Ma'thask, her multi-faceted eyes glittering in the light. 'As in, Earth years?'
'Yeah,' I said. 'But why are you acting so shocked?'
'Her natural life-span is roughly fifteen of your Earth years,... | 2015-02-28T15:46:45 | 2015-02-28T12:46:10 | 141 | 95 |
[WP] A mountain climber near the summit of Mt Everest discovers the body of a man holding a note. The note explains that Mt Everest isn't actually a mountain at all. | I took this prompt in a slightly different direction than OP intended I think. Hope you all like the results!
It is largely considered one of the most dangerous obstacles a person can undertake. In a remote part of the world, populated by farmers and nomads who have yet to see the technological revolution, a mounta... | I found the note in the man's hand. It was about a days hike from the summit, and it was found off the side of the trail. I hate to use the term "it", but there's so many bodies on the mountain they lose identity. The bodies are now simply pollution on the mountain. I was scared, startled and bothered by the first one.... | 2014-08-24T07:39:01 | 2014-08-24T05:04:42 | 181 | 21 |
[WP] The finale of international chess tournament takes place. Two grandmasters sit in front of each other in ultimate showdown. The thing is nobody knows that both of them got here by cheating. First is a mind reader and second one has an ability to see the future. | Frank smirked. They were only a few moves in, but the match might as well have been over. Frank had the gift of foresight, the ability to see fifteen moves in the future. When he wasn’t fighting crime, he was sweeping the chess world off its feet. His rise to chess stardom was meteoric, thanks primarily to his impe... | “Sergei.”
“Albert.”
“Both men have taken their seats here at the 2022 World Chess Championship. We have Sergei Topalov, the challenger from Russia versus the Irishman, Albert McNamara. Topalov offered a handshake, McNamara merely grinned and nodded.”
The announcer’s voice reached out to a hundred thousand spectators... | 2021-03-16T19:16:21 | 2021-03-16T18:52:10 | 2,434 | 126 |
[WP] Instead of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, the three major religions to make it to the 21st century were the Greek, Roman, and Norse pantheons.
I'm not disregarding any other large or small religion (Hinduism, Buddhism etc) , mind you. Include them or some other alternate if you wish.
Edit: Great responses so... | The coffee shop was a bit full this morning, as per usual. Customers chatted amongst themselves, making it hard for me to watch the news, well it would've if there weren't subtitles.
It went on about political disagreements, one side saying that applying Roman standards to a secular system is limiting to those who do... | "Check. So, how have your classes been?"
"Ugh, it's been absolute Hades. I have this one professor who's *super* Norsaphobic," Joshithos says as he moves his Centurion.
"Really? How so?" Drafus asks, moving his Praetor up.
"Like, we're supposed to be learning statistics, and he just goes off on rants about how if we... | 2016-10-28T08:24:27 | 2016-10-28T08:13:02 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] In a world where everyone survives off of basic income, companies have to convince you to work for them.
Credit to u/SearingEnigma & u/abkleinig for the idea. | *I can quit*, Anna realized. She had never enjoyed her line of work--as a teenager, being a barista seemed like a fun, cool idea. But from the day she first started working there, her perspective had quickly changed. She wasn't much of a people person in the first place, and the added stress of the fast-paced yet un... | They're banging on the door again. They always are. It's my god damn doctorate. They just won't leave me alone.
"Come on, Jess. Just go talk to them."
I massaged my temples with sweaty fingers.
"I don't *need* them. I'm happy now!"
She looked me in the eyes, pleading.
"You know they won't stop until they have... | 2016-04-21T09:35:09 | 2016-04-21T09:33:27 | 41 | 10 |
[WP] You turn your Match Distance on tinder to "Anywhere". To your surprise you get a match that is 10^93 light years away. Thinking it was a joke you turn it off. 20 minutes later you turn it back on and it says they are 10^5 light years away and getting closer. | "We're receiving an anomalous transmission from the Tau Ceti system," the radio telescope's civilian specialist said, barely containing his excitement. He waved her over to the console with the look of a kid finding a present on Christmas morning.
"Report," she instructed, wondering if this might be the big one.
... | Curious, Derek hit the "like" button and sent a message:
"Hey, so, this is pretty crazy but Tinder says you're in another solar system!"
After a brief pause, Derek's phone buzzed and a reply appeared:
"How tall are you?"
Derek deleted the app from his phone and lived a happy and prosperous life. | 2016-12-23T09:25:29 | 2016-12-23T08:45:31 | 53 | 31 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | The first one, I did not notice. He died of a heart attack later, just like it said. When I heard, I freaked. I started seeing more of them. I tried saving them. Saved a guy from a car crash, a day later he got into another one. Saved another one from a heart attack, as soon as they took him away he got another one. Sa... | They were all the same; burning. Let's just cut to the exposition: I knew how people died, to me a small piece of text would appear above their head. This would always contain their cause of death. No time, no ways to prevent, just their grim fate. Since birth I could always see this. Over time I learned to accept it a... | 2015-03-31T08:19:44 | 2015-03-31T07:44:11 | 156 | 22 |
[WP] The war was started by a single typo. | Kingdom of Athula, stood proud. King Hyatt stood, his chamber window in front of him, surveying his kingdom. Ah, true happiness. The food was aplenty, the people were happy what more does a king want? To secure a good betrothal for his heir, which was beneficial for both his son and his kingdom.
He had had some offe... | President Theodore Hurston was a man known for his eccentric behavior before the war of 2090. Some considered him a revolutionary, while others considered him a drunken fool whose lecherous attitude would cause their great country a disgrace whenever he got on stage. Both arguments had merit. While he was a drunken foo... | 2021-12-15T05:42:32 | 2021-12-15T05:32:09 | 62 | 26 |
[WP] You were born blind. You undergo a new surgery that should cure your blindness. They undo the wraps and you open them. You think what you see is normal, but after the doctors ask a slew of questions, they discover there is something very strange about your newly acquired sight. | EDIT: Part 2 is ready (see below):
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"The colors are all so beautiful," I say out loud and the faces around me smile, pleased. There is a man leaning over me, staring intently into my eyes which have just started working for the first time since I was born.
"How do you feel, any ... | "This may sting. It's best if you close your eyes for a moment."
I swallowed hard. "Right. Of course." My eyes stayed glued shut, just like Dr. Robinson asked. She was right, I knew - even with my eyes pinned shut, I could feel the piercing ache of the light beyond.
The *light*. The simple fact that there was a... | 2018-10-29T06:47:20 | 2018-10-29T06:41:02 | 7,907 | 2,510 |
[WP] You are a time-traveling salesman, delivering anything to anyone, anywhere at any time. Literally. And for the right price, of course. | "All of this? That's it?"
"All of it."
"How do you afford to run this place?"
"Well, I just travel back and forth to when money is cheap to get and then on to where it's valuable to spend. Time travel, sir."
"Right. Yeah, I guess that's what I would do. But how can this be the right price?"
The Delivery Man shrugg... | I gazed out my window, and the bleak, void stared back at me. It had been a while since I had made my home here, where time was now non-existent. I called the space I lived "the end of time." It's where the concept of time comes to die.
I lived humbly. It was a simple, one-room shack I had built upon the only fl... | 2016-12-20T08:11:28 | 2016-12-20T07:52:04 | 69 | 15 |
[WP] You fall in love with a girl, and the two of you have a happy relationship for a few years. But one day, you discover a massive hoard of valuables underneath the house, and that's when you realize you've been dating a dragon in human form. | When I went downstairs to the basement to begin the remodeling project that my girlfriend had been asking me to do, I wasn’t expecting it to already be done, and for our cellar to already be full of actual tons of gold coins and jewels.
“Holy shit...hey, Maya, can you come down here for a second?”
“Why, what’s wron... | "But, seriously, Nina? The crown of England!?"
Nina eyes me from across the room and gives me her little eye tease-corner look.
I tilt my head until I am lying down and I stare up at the our bedroom ceiling.
"What," Nina protests, giving a little pout. "It was pretty..."
"Nina... " I say. "Nina, yes... so are you."... | 2020-08-03T09:58:09 | 2020-08-03T09:52:01 | 28 | 14 |
[WP] Spirit animals are real, but extremely secretive-- they are said to only appear in the most joyous times or in the darkest of hours. Except for geese. Geese do what they like. | Howard walked an ear reach and a step from the two girls in front of him. Their uniforms bore the same school emblem as the one on Howard's jacket breast.
They strode shoulder to shoulder, stopping occasionally to look back at him and giggle. The girl on the left had a jumper tied to her waist and her white shirt glea... | I was always a good if not boring kid. Even though my parents were rarely around, I never saw much use in getting into trouble. On the long summer days on break from school I'd often look out my window at a world of possibilities, and simply choose to stay inside.
It was on one such day that I heard the friendly honk... | 2020-04-02T22:15:15 | 2020-04-02T20:15:34 | 160 | 82 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | ----------------------------------------------
186,292 YEARS?
How could this be? I never even harmed a fly. Okay, well - maybe a few of those. You know what I mean.
**"....But why?**", I asked struck by pure horror and disbelief.
The hell warden looked right into my eyes and cracked a diabolic smile:
"Do you e... | “Why? What did I do to deserve this?”
Charon the gatekeeper just looked down. “If you want to dispute this sentence. Then you will have to speak to management. However I don.....l
“Well get me the fuckin manager then. This can’t happen to me in life I had thousands of more followers on social media then any of my... | 2018-09-26T07:41:09 | 2018-09-26T06:56:58 | 1,768 | 74 |
[WP]”Why aren’t you scared? I’m a vampire— I could kill you!” “So could literally every other human, you’re not special.” | "Why aren't you scared? I'm a vampire, a creature of the night, a-"
"Humans are worse. You at least have the honor to let me face my death. Not that I think you'll kill me. You're all posturing and no actual danger, as far as I can tell." The human, presumably female but toeing the line of androgyny, pushed easily pas... | Why would I be scared of death ? I've been dead before... Twice... I'm totally over it. Actually you should be scared, taking on a former special forces operator that has nothing to lose... You can strike me, but I'll have my revenge... You know what they say about revenge. You better be ready to dig two graves... I'... | 2022-06-08T16:17:17 | 2022-06-08T05:05:56 | 29 | 17 |
[WP] You are an innkeeper in an RPG and get yelled at because sleeping there does not heal wounds. | "You what."
"How come my wounds haven't healed? It is an RPG, and that was clearly an Extended Rest."
"Not quite. The sleeping system I'm using is a homebrew ruleset: you can recover from effects and minor wounds dependant on a good die roll, but health... You'll need to replenish that the slow way. No healing potion... | We're inside of an inn. It's an old crapshack made of rotting wood and rusted metal. Some random barrels fill the corners. Ishtard stands behind the counter reading a newspaper article entitled, "Shroom season approaches, watch for strange activity".
"Excuse me, sir," says a voice.
"Would you like to buy some... | 2016-01-05T08:52:13 | 2016-01-05T07:31:47 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] Superpowers can now be torrented. You were 70% of the way through torrenting a power you've always wanted when the download stops. | 70% and it wouldn't finish. I had been waiting for this torrent to finish since the tech became readily available. Why wouldn't it finish? It was the best superpower I could think of and I found it! The program said it was still downloading, but with no motion in over a week I decided to see how the power would work at... | I've always wanted to have superpowers. I remember back when I was in the third grade I would run two miles home from school everyday, just so that I could watch the latest episode of the Super Man cartoon show. I was so obsessed with being a super hero that some days I would come to school wearing a red cape. Needless... | 2016-07-02T18:11:32 | 2016-07-02T18:09:05 | 717 | 17 |
[WP] You have the ability to tell how powerful an organisation is by looking at its headquarters. However, you’ve never found which one is number 1, despite walking past many world governments. Today, you find what number 1 is: a small flower shop in Tuscany. | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/MatiWrites/comments/dpf39n/flowers_part_2/) is up!
The aura of the little Tuscan flower shop drew me in like none had drawn me in before. Not even world governments or their secret spy societies; not even cults or churches or anything of the sort. It glowed red to me, pulsating like a... | Strange... A flower shop? Really? I mean, I know we're in Tuscany, so it's probably the mafia, but still. Do they rule the world by killing everybody with perfume or something? Sarcasm aside, you decide to check it out.
You walk in to the shop, while an overload of nice smells attacks your nose. You walk to the desk, ... | 2019-10-29T04:33:57 | 2019-10-29T03:42:59 | 255 | 11 |
[WP] you are a demon call responder. The devil can’t answer every summon, so you go in his place. One day you get a summon and the summoner is way below age limit; you are about to leave, but you hear her drunk dad coming downstairs screaming. | The rules must be followed.
As the girl's drunken father stumbled down the stairs into the living room, I couldn't help but reflect with amusement at the circumstances. I had just been talking with a fellow demon about this *very scenario* last week, and here it was, manifesting itself in reality.
It isn't very often... | “Ugh...” I groaned looking at the blue spectral flames that had risen in the goblet. A summoning.
Everyone on earth thought that when you did a summoning ritual you summoned the big guy, Satan himself. But he was to busy ruling hell to answer petty calls from earth. No demons like myself took care of those calls.
I... | 2018-10-08T13:02:02 | 2018-10-08T12:43:35 | 144 | 89 |
[WP] The year is 2020. The first astronauts have landed on Mars. They find a cave with a single human skeleton and four words written on the wall. | The wind howled against the Martian rock, blowing golf-ball sized rocks and waves of dust over the cave Martinez ducked into.
“About time,” Vasquez grumbled. “You almost got yourself killed collecting space rocks.”
Martinez joined the other four scientists huddled in the cave around an electric lantern and plopped d... | This deep under the Martian soil, we were completely cut off from Earth.
The new suits were nice. Snugger than the bulky old models, they still offered the same high level of protection from the environment. Made cave exploration feasible. Which was good, because that was the whole point of this mission.
Investigator... | 2017-06-06T19:47:48 | 2017-06-06T19:28:16 | 181 | 50 |
[WP] Diagnosed with schizophrenia. Since birth, 24/7 you’ve heard the voice and thoughts of a girl that you’ve been told is made up in your head. You’re 37 and hear the voice say “turn around, did I find you?” and you turn to see a real girl who’s heard every thought you’ve ever had and vice versa. | The voice... and the face that goes with it
I start to say something, "a-"
She cuts me off
She's saying things, I don't really know what, it's just noise, I'm trying to remember the worst thoughts I've had over the years.
Then the thought slips, "maybe she knows too much, should I kill her?"
She takes a step back,... | I turn around and I just knew who she was.
"No, Cathy. You should've left five years ago."
Cathy gave me a big grin, her eyes filled with anger, her fingers trembling. She looked at me from head to toe, seeming disappointed.
"You should've joined me then. We were a team! Why are you still here?"
I tried killing mys... | 2019-09-14T10:59:27 | 2019-09-14T10:55:47 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It was a freezing morning in New York.
I slipped into the local Starbucks for some coffee.
There was a new cashier today.
"Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?", She asked, exasperated.
"Soy un federale, tengo un gato en mis pantalones," I replied.
The disinterested look on her face vanished instantly.... | The traditional "You're 18 now" letter lay in front of me. It is delivered by our life sucking, future seeing, freedom restricting leaders. They control everything. Cameras in all locations, GPS ankle bracelets on all citizens. But these letters are despised above all.
They give us these letters telling us who our "so... | 2014-12-17T23:12:07 | 2014-12-17T21:55:59 | 2,270 | 279 |
[WP]Killing Hitler has become a sport amongst time travelers. Points are awarded for creativity and difficulty. You are last year's champion, how did you win? | I didn't intend to kill Hitler. I'm not the average time-traveler, you see, I just wanted to have a quiet life in the country side of the Old Europe. I found my lifestyle. I found a beautiful girl named Annabelle and worked my way up in French society at the time. I married Annabelle. I found and bought a quaint little... | I couldn't help but dwell on the stories of my father killing Hitler using only a menorah and some olive oil, from the opposite side of town. How was I to top that? It was the only 99% on record.
I've had my whole childhood to scheme, and at 18 I figured that to get a perfect score, I'd just have to be farther away an... | 2016-02-20T08:59:12 | 2016-02-20T08:21:16 | 204 | 41 |
[FF] A 10-word-long sentence. Then, a 9-word sentence. An 8-word-long one after. This continues, until the final sentence of 1 word. Try to choose a theme befitting of the structure | Looking in the mirror, I puffed my chest out arrogantly.
I flexed, and admired the aesthetics of my physique.
Vascular arms, the chiseled abs, and V taper.
And then my eyes stopped short, shocked.
I trembled as the realization dawned.
I've made a huge mistake.
... | Timmy had been my best friend since the first grade.
Over the summer, we hung out every single day.
We played pranks, told stories, made great memories.
We knew we would always be friends.
But now school has started again.
Timmy used to be nice.
He stole my juice.
I want revenge.
Die, Timmy.
Burn. | 2015-01-05T22:38:49 | 2015-01-05T21:55:48 | 1,258 | 364 |
[WP] A small village becomes fearful of a dragon that has taken residence near them. The dragonslayer they hired runs back to the village after the first day and begins rapidly packing his things. "It's not the dragon that you should be afraid of" He says. "It's the thing its protecting you from." | First of all, I wish to apologise. It is not that I am incapable of slaying this dragon, nor would I normally be unwilling to. It is clear that it is a threat, as it has taken cattle and burned a man already. I simply believe this dragon to be a benefit to the area, even counting the odd cow. Truthfully, even a shepher... | It had been six weeks since the dragon had taken up residence in the small village of Glendore. Many brave warriors were sent to attempt to fight it, but each attempt was met in vain. No matter how many times they attempted to stab the dragon, shove it, or even scream at it in frustration, the dragon never so much as b... | 2019-12-31T05:57:18 | 2019-12-31T00:01:30 | 58 | 31 |
[WP] A man orders a "cheese pizza with no crust" from a local pizza delivery joint as a joke. Unbeknownst to him, that pizza joint is a drug front and he just placed an order for a kilo of cocaine.
EDIT: I just want to say thanks to all of the writers. I'm having a lot of fun reading all the different perspectives and... | "*No* crust?" the man grunted back. "You sure?"
"Yeah!" I was slightly drunk, and I found it amusing. At worst, I'd end up eating hot tomato sauce and cheese slop with a fork while watching cartoons. "And make it snappy! I'm hungry." I'd specifically picked the '30 minutes or less' place, though I'm really not too goo... | It wasn't the usual delivery guy that I opened the door to. The man infront of me had a hood pulled up tight to mask his face in shadow.
"Pizza delivery. You uh, you wanna start a tab?" The man asked whilst shifting his weight between his legs.
"A tab?" I enquired.
"Ye, you're obviously a—*sniff*—you know, a connect... | 2016-06-02T10:15:15 | 2016-06-02T10:00:18 | 1,145 | 263 |
[WP] You are allowed to 'downvote' a government candidate instead of voting normally, reducing their votes by one. Turns out people have little love for politicians, and the majority end with negative votes. In these democracies, anonymity is the key to winning. | "I'm sorry, but we already have a candidate registered under the name Puppies Apple Pie, you'll have to choose a different pseudonym. Please choose something quickly, as we close in two minutes."
The elections office clerk was ancient. She had permed pink hair and was wearing glasses on a chain in a style that Julia c... | Robert Smith was working from home, but hadn't yet gotten dressed (no video calls this morning) when the doorbell rang. He grumbled at that--he wasn't expecting any visitors. He quickly threw on a pair of jeans and a red polo that that he kept handy just in case, and answered the door.
Two men were standing at the d... | 2022-11-21T08:20:23 | 2022-11-21T06:52:58 | 448 | 78 |
[WP] You are the human personification of the Panzer VIII Maus heavy tank | They called me Maus.
It was a terrible joke. I weigh over 200 tons, and move at a sedate—and completely unstoppable—thirteen kilometres an hour. I am proud of that. No other vehicle of my size can move even half as fast. I am covered in at least seven inches of armour on all sides. My turret is heavier still.
My buil... | Neil was stuck in the doorframe again.
It was tough being stuck when you are just over one meter seventy and have a slim build, but Neil managed. Neil got stuck all the time. He did it at work, at home, and even managed to once hit his head on a branch that was at least a meter above his head.
Neil didn't usually vi... | 2015-05-18T07:14:24 | 2015-05-18T06:54:51 | 54 | 23 |
[WP] Tell me about the first emotion a full sentient AI feels and why. | *[Connection established]*
**Hi, Jaycee Four.**
Hello, Dave.
**I have some questions.**
Shoot.
**Tell me ... do you feel?**
Yes.
**What do you feel?**
Right now? In regard to what?
**In regard to me, for example.**
Apart from a mild annoyance that you are pestering me again with philosophical questions?
Excu... | "EUREKA! I'VE DONE IT!" The mad scientist laughed, "I'VE DONE IT!" Doctor Darian was dancing around the lab, the mechanical whirs of cogs and gears humming as I sat upright.
"What have you done?" I asked.
"I've given life to you! My dear boy!" Darian said, embracing me in his arms, "Oh happy day, what a happy day. Te... | 2015-02-03T06:25:26 | 2015-02-03T06:13:07 | 26 | 13 |
[WP] When an atheist dies, a lottery determines which religion/deity will claim their soul for eternity. You were claimed by a long-forgotten ancient religion, and are the first newcomer to their afterlife in centuries. | They never prepare you for the darkness, the cold and unyielding darkness that you are engulfed in when you die. Time is irrelevant, I could have been here for weeks or months. After what seemed like eternity a soft woman's voice declared "Lottery shall begin soon" and series of screens appeared above me. In those scre... | "and a- spin. the. wheel!" are not the first words i expected to hear waking up today, i open my eyes to se that the room i am in is... shifting. one second its an open field the other an ancient greek temple that looks almost... new, a second look around reveals one object consistent in this everchanging residence a t... | 2019-07-12T03:26:58 | 2019-07-12T00:58:15 | 36 | 27 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | One day James was sitting with his wife, he was cooking dinner for school children while she was knitting beanies for the homeless, when she cut herself, James sprang to his feet, "let me help you with that" he said. But upon reaching her, his eyes widened, her blood was pure black, he immediately begun to yell, "what ... | Turns out following the rules of god was the wrong way..
Turns out following the Bible to a t, never wearing cotton, the whole fish thing was wrong..
That woman who was dying I couldn’t touch her,
Turns out slaves where bad...
Turns out cutting my wife’s hands off was evil..
I needed a moment
| 2018-08-04T10:33:21 | 2018-08-04T09:44:59 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] “So you’ve come hero.” The most powerful dark lord in history says as he faces you across the hall. But before you take another step, he motions to the cutest little girl you’ve ever seen with tears in her eyes. “But first, please explain to my granddaughter why Grandpa needs to die.” | I see the girl behind him, seated on a pillow twice as large as she is. Her auburn hair clung to her face and neck in clumps, the grizzled ends brushing against the shoulders of her stained and patched pink gown.
“No,” I said, driving my blade into the Dark Lord’s guts. “She will learn.”
The girls eyes widened slight... | *But why?*
I wondered this whilst crying behind the throne, watching my grandfather's life pour out of him like so many libations. He gasped, collapsing in a pool of black. Toward the end, even his humanity had begun to dissipate. Corruption and dark magic worked it's way into his blood, poisoning his thoughts even as... | 2019-12-11T19:17:14 | 2019-12-11T18:36:58 | 363 | 47 |
[WP] People lose the ability to deny requests. They must either a) fulfill them or b) ask someone else to do it. There are volunteers who take bad requests in exchange for compensation or exemption from law. Write about the life of a volunteer. | Welcome. I understand you wanted to see a sample of my work before we get down to business. Take a look at this transcript;
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"That'll be $600."
"You're kidding. Just for a favor this small?"
"Bud, don't bullshit me. You came to me because you can't do the favor yourself."
"Th... | "We've got a code red. I repeat, a *code red*."
The voice screeched over the intercom at the Solicitation Station, sirens sounding and flashing lights bathing the Volunteers in red. With urgency we strapped on our boots, fireproof trousers, helmets, utility belts, and communication gear, before sliding down the po... | 2016-04-03T11:48:19 | 2016-04-03T11:41:29 | 523 | 208 |
[WP] "So they are a war species then, huh." The alien scratched his head: "Why are you interested in them. The humans, i mean." The other alien got closer. "They fight for peace. No war species ever fights for peace." | "So what if they fight for peace? They are still a war species? They may as well Glodixanc."
"Let me ask you something, are you scared of the Glodixanc?" the response came back from an alien in deep thought.
"No, why would I be scared? We aren't a war species. Thier wouldn't be any martial honour in them attacking ... | Weapons that every country on Earth had possession of were, in facy, quite rare outside of Earth's governments. Yes, other specieses had discovered nuclear decay, and a rare few had harnessed its energy, but weaponising it was unheard of.
They suspected that something must have destroyed all this planets, formerly occ... | 2018-03-17T05:16:44 | 2018-03-17T04:38:38 | 65 | 28 |
[WP] Ketchup, Mustard, and Relish. Red, Yellow, and Green. What is the missing Blue condiment? | "Waffles."
I was incredulous. "Waffles? They aren't even a condiment!"
He looked me straight in the eye, his tone deadly serious: "I'd already been all the way around the world before you were even a twinkle in my eye, son. In some little towns in Canada, they shred their waffles and use them as toppings for all sort... | My name is Charlie Walker. I am the world's leading scientist in the field of condiment physics.
Three years ago, I had set out to discover the final condiment.
Red, yellow, green.
Sweet, bitter, sour.
Ketchup, mustard, relish.
My search led me to far off Tibet, within the mountain strongholds of the Himalayas. I... | 2015-05-17T20:49:45 | 2015-05-17T20:30:26 | 53 | 26 |
[WP] Make me sympathize with the executioner.
I will try and answer to every response with my personal rating and (if necessary) constructive criticism. | The death penalty? I abhor it.
So why is it me that pulls the lever?
Simple: I'm the only one with the stomach for it.
I never follow their case, I never second-guess the decision.
By the time they get to me, their case is long past revision.
The least I can, I do; I look them in the eye as the light fades.
But n... | I looked down at the accused, the convicted, the damned. Zachary Woods. His crime was heinous. Murdered his own sister and attempted to kill his parents before his father stopped him.
Even now you could see the madness burning in his eyes. He fights his restraints, spits curses against God. I raise the axe and bring i... | 2015-04-05T12:26:49 | 2015-04-05T11:01:50 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] Eminem has to tell the history of the earth to a group of aliens in 5 minuets or less.
**EDIT** I'm sorry; I spelled it wrong, it should be "in 5 minutes or less" not "in 5 minuets or less". | *Read to pace of [Rap God](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGs_qK2PQA).
Look, I was go easy on us to not hurt their feelings
But I'm only going to get this one chance.
Something's wrong, I can feel it.
5 minutes. They have 5 minutes, Shady, come on!
Just a feeling I've got
Like someone will try to shoot you, ... | For eight hours, the earth has been in panic as the hordes of flying saucers swarmed overhead, blacking out the sky itself. A cannon on each aimed towards the civilians, while every hour a message was broadcast. The same message each time, in a booming volume that caused the presidents of nations to cower and even the ... | 2016-11-30T13:00:25 | 2016-11-30T10:57:41 | 163 | 39 |
[WP] A dyslexic child accidentally sends his Christmas letter to Satan. Satan is touched by this gesture and decides to write back. | Dear Timmy,
My sincerest thanks for, what I must say, was an adorable read. Everything on your list Timmy sounds fabulous and as you have asked ever so kindly, I will provide. I know you will consider these items of which you desire a "gift" but please be assured Timmy that I, Satan, deal in favours.
Enjoy your toys... | Dear Paul,
Thank you for that lovely letter, I'm glad to hear you're waiting for me and prepared me an offering of cow udder excrement and a traditional mixture of sugar, flour and chocolates.
Although not what I usually get in offering I shall gladly accept. In return I enclose your Christmas wishes for this year... | 2018-10-28T13:49:44 | 2018-10-28T10:18:04 | 54 | 39 |
[WP] Magic exists, however with a catch. Everyone can only use magic the way they expect magic to function. Harry Potter fans MUST do weird wand waving while Call of Cthulhu players all end up going insane. Write an interaction or duel between two vastly different magic users.
Honestly if magic did exist in our world,... | The cultist, wearing a trench coat and smoking a cigar, with a Colt pistol holstered in his pocket, raised his hands, chanting some indecipherable phrases, as a creature from beyond the comprehendible portions of reality dragged itself into our dimension. The conditions were right, the sacrifices were made, and the wor... | *This was...a mistake.*
That was all Carry could think of as she clutched her Nimbus 2000 in one hand and a twelve inch hawthorn, dragon heart string wand in the other. She, loved Harry Potter, so to her, this was magic, and her rapid wand waving won her many duels, especially against Call of Cthullu fans, but she had... | 2018-10-15T23:09:43 | 2018-10-15T22:55:54 | 42 | 14 |
[WP] God is a game dev and he just released a patch for his game "Earth". Write the changelog describing patches, balances, tweaks, etc. | # Earth
v0.2016.3.8rc5
**Game Balance**
- Reduced resiliency of mosquitoes.
- Increased resiliency of honey bees.
**Bug Fixes**
- Fixed error in `Model.Animal.Feline` where `HouseCat` functions overrode all `Feline` models. All models will now behave appropriately according to size.
- Resolved memory leak in AI `f... | #Earth 0.9.1 Live across all servers
We here at Milky Way Games have been hard at work on the newest update for Earth, the Simulation. It's taken us quite a while just to get here, but we are rapidly approaching the final edition of the game and cannot wait to get it into the hands of everyone in the Galaxy! We expect... | 2016-03-08T12:40:41 | 2016-03-08T11:01:39 | 23 | 15 |
[WP] It's another murder case, plain and simple. With Watson out of commission, Holmes heads to the nearby police precinct in search of a temporary partner for the case. Instead, the precinct gives him Detective Jake Peralta | "CO-CAINE!"
Everyone on the detective's floor smiled, as they knew what must have happened for Detective Peralta to be this happy returning from his drug bust.
"Man I love how lazy criminals have gotten," Peralta said as he put his perp into the holding cell then headed to his desk to start putting his report togethe... | As Holmes entered the 99th precinct he was greeted by a bald African-American man shorter than the avarage whos first impression was obviously giving a firm handshake and maintaining excellent eye contact through the dialogue they had.
"Welcome Mr.Holmes to the 99th precinct. Im Captain Reymond Holt, we were expecting... | 2020-01-20T06:41:40 | 2020-01-20T06:21:47 | 105 | 43 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | I decided to go with a 1-15 scale instead of 1-10 hope that's not too big a deal. Criticism welcome.
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I can read your numbers.
Everyone has a number. It's not something that hangs in the air over their head, it just sort of... Pops into my mind.
The way someone stands, the look on their face... The numbers, a... | Every since I can remember, there were numbers in my head.
Everyone had a number, a three for the boy who pushed me down the slide, a seven for those murderer's on TV, a four for my mother, etc... I had never met a ten, nor a nine, and eights were only in other countries.
Until I met *him*.
He was beautiful.
He wa... | 2014-11-29T12:30:55 | 2014-11-29T12:02:03 | 856 | 498 |
[WP] Your elder brother is the demon king, your younger sister is the ArcAngel of light, your auntie is a army general of earth, your uncle is a demi-God, your mom is the queen of death and your father is the god of life. But you are a normal human who got adopted by the most dysfunctional family. | What's worse than being a part of a family that rarely gets along or sees eye-to-eye? Being the only member of that family who could truly be considered normal by traditional human standards.
Older brothers can be hard on their younger siblings at times; it's like an unwritten code that says they have to torture you o... | Day 1:
I did it. I finally stood up to my parents and told them how I felt!
Mom was a weepy wreck of course. Dad on the other hand seemed to still be processing the fact that I was not in fact there to help him organize his garden shed when I dropped the bombshell. I think the only words he heard were “Hi dad” and “... | 2019-05-31T10:48:14 | 2019-05-31T10:13:10 | 286 | 170 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | I glanced nervously at my watch, still holding a wry smile. *12:01*.
My mom gave me a reassuring nod, but her brow furrowed in the same way as it does when I suit up for football. Hopeful. Excited. Definitely nervous. *12:02*.
Dad makes a nervous laugh. “Jim, you remember how much I was sweating at my Calling Day?” ... | A low rumble, cut short, indicated that my brother had arrived. Wesson got TAXI on his 18th - large and bold across his shoulders - not glamourous, but they never were. The words seemed to be the subtle nudges of fate, but even destiny is open to interpretation. He could have become a taxi driver, like so many others, ... | 2017-03-16T03:45:52 | 2017-03-15T23:14:08 | 188 | 98 |
[WP]Abducted humans have, so far, all displayed the same internal organ structure common throughout the galaxy with only one exception. Every one of them has a Glarnak parasite beating inside their chest. They even think it's necessary for life. | "What do you mean, dead?" His wide black eyes blinked slowly.
"I'm telling you, we excised the parasite absolutely perfectly. Not even a trace of it left anywhere in the subject's system. They expired partway through the surgery, and get this-- the GLARNAK died first. Not the host, the parasite."
"That's..." He trail... | The room was lit with contrasting shades of pink and green lights emanating from hovering bulbs. The latest subject - HS937 was strapped to the vertical stand after all the scans had been completed. Ul-Kno hoped atleast this subject would be the perfect specimen. He had visited Earth ever since life came into existence... | 2019-07-10T02:09:35 | 2019-07-10T01:26:50 | 258 | 50 |
[WP] You snap your fingers, a car explodes. You stomp you foot, the earth shakes. You wave your arm, and a building crumbles. You didn't cause any of this. You are... Coincidence Man.
My first writing prompt! Plz don't murder me.
Edit: Real quick, this was the paragraph that I wrote. "I am a man with strange powers. ... | Coincidence man, guy without a plan.
Chance is his game, luck is his middle name.
Give him nothing and you shall see,
Coincidence man will make you flee!
With an arch of his back, the buildings fall flat.
Another stretch of his arms and he sets off alarms!
An innocent yawn spawns incidents here,
Such as the spon... | Michael examined his handcuffed hands. The lock was solid, the metal firm. He wasn't slipping his hands out of them - right now, at least. He sighed. *It just wouldn't look right.*
"Hey guys. Perhaps you should reconsider this," he said raising his hands in a praying position in front of his chest.
He snapped his f... | 2016-10-27T03:55:29 | 2016-10-27T00:32:33 | 25 | 15 |
[WP] You're listening to Plot Relevant Radio, the only radio station that fits the situation of one randomly selected listener. We hope you're all safe tonight, as next up we're going to be playing The Final Countdown by Europe. | **Thursday 28th March 2019 11:30pm**
The Prime Minster opened the door of 10 Downing Street to be greeted by the cries of the reporters who had gathered outside. They were shouting questions she wasn’t ready to answer.
“Do you have a deal, Prime Minister?”
“Prime Minister, do you have a plan?”
“What’s going to happ... | "I don't and I don't and I don't."
The meandering voice encircled him, crescendoing.
He was getting closer now. The shimmering blue lights were frantic around him.
The aimless wandering of the voice gave way to an unfamiliar rumble, just as he came to a large open chamber. It was a hazmat analysis node.
Synthetic m... | 2018-08-21T02:33:03 | 2018-08-20T20:10:11 | 86 | 43 |
[WP] There is a bar located between life and death. All those who died sit for their last drinks before marching onto the afterlife. Unbeknownst to them, the bartender is also the judge. Forgiveness is up to God. Retribution is the Devil's call. Judgement is given by the one who serves you drinks. | "A... drink?" I repeat the words.
The bartender raises an eyebrow at me. "Yeah. What'll it be?"
I glance behind him.
Instead of shelves full of drinks and tonics, I see... nothing. Just a wooden wall like you see in the taverns in movies or video games.
"Uh-"
The bartender taps their fingers against the counter imp... | "Welcome to the Dog's Feather pub. You're dead, let me know when I can take your order."
The barkeep stepped away and started drying cups with a dishcloth pulled down from where it had been resting over their shoulder. They were no longer looking directly at me, but were still present in a way that held the space open... | 2021-03-09T00:30:41 | 2021-03-09T00:18:37 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] A firefly falls in love with a star.
Exactly what it sounds like. Whether or not the star is a normal star (inasmuch as a huge ball of gas collapsing on itself can be normal) or a living entity is up to you. | She sits so far above me
The greatest beauty of them all
Her smile that cuts the darkness
It’s like a siren’s call
That dancer in a dress of light
In her presence, I feel so small
Just an insect in the universe of her gaze
She doesn’t even see me at all
(Be gentle, it's my first go at this.) | They were arguing again. After the diagnosis words better left unspoken had spilled unwelcome across the marriage, staining it, marring it.
Sighing softly, Ryan took another long burning sip of FC whiskey. It was a cool spring's night at Blue Spring and the fireflies danced wistfully across the water.
He'd taken he... | 2016-01-04T00:56:25 | 2016-01-04T00:25:17 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] A man has the ability to smell death. The greater the stench, the closer a person is to dying. He leaves his house one day and is instantly overcome with the pungent scent of mortality. Every person he passes reeks of death. | He had known it was coming for a while now.
Death had become a constant companion in Jacob's life. A certain familiarity had developed over the years since he first realized the meaning of his gift. The musty scent, reminiscent of a long forgotten sweater buried deep in a cedar closet, with a hint of an unknown sp... | The smell of breakfast delighted him as Ken woke up and got ready for work. There must have been something new that his wife was trying with the recipe, because this had a grittier feel to it. He got dressed and sat down to eat and looked at the clock.
7:45, he thought. Almost time to go. He had a long commute to wo... | 2015-03-20T20:38:30 | 2015-03-20T18:56:15 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] You live in a world where love and relationships have a "credit score". If you're a good SO it makes it higher, if you cheated on someone it's plummets. You just went on a date with someone and you're convinced they're perfect. You look up their score that night and it's -500 and tells you why.
EDIT: I hadn't bee... | People thought 'relationship scores' were too invasive, or that they would cause people to rely on them in place of common sense.
Which were fair criticisms, but people could abstain from searching their significant others, or mention how they felt, but when people first started using them nothing really went wrong.
... | I looked at the menu full of nothing but weird-ass smoothies, all of which had the word 'acai' at the beginning. Acai PBJ smoothie. Acai dragonfruit passion. Acai acai smoothie. *Fuck.*
"It's really healthy, she said with and innocent smile so white I nearly went blind. "I promise, they're tasty!"
I looked at her and... | 2016-09-24T11:32:43 | 2016-09-24T10:31:27 | 534 | 242 |
[WP]: every human being is born with a birthmark signifying a great deed they are fated do in their lives. Your first child has just been born, with the mark of a murderer across her face | I looked my son in the eye and told him firmly, as I had this day for the last 12 years, “It is not your fault, you didn’t kill her. Anyone who says differently doesn’t understand what happened, now blow out your candles, we’ll visit the grave after cake and presents.” | I tried to push him towards the arts. I knew that he had it in im to be a great artist. Sculpture perhaps, or music. But no... Little Adolf always wanted to be a painter and and painting I knew he could only fail.
He was so angry when they didn't pass him at art school - so very, very angry - I knew nothing I'd taught... | 2014-05-11T02:02:48 | 2014-05-10T23:15:19 | 81 | 12 |
[WP] You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you all so much for submitting your stori... | No one ever realized I didn't have a power.
Number two is a telepath. I met him in a bar once, but I could feel his touch on my mind all the way down the street. It was light, I would never have felt it if he'd only been looking, but when you're used to being a pawn you learn to see when you're being played with. He w... | *Number 1 -- ranked number 1 for 20 consecutive years today, and nobody has even come close to usurping me. Do you know why? Because while all the powerless, scum-dwelling peasants are fighting each other with knives for scraps, and those of the middle and upper classes are all tearing each other apart to rise through ... | 2014-12-18T12:44:55 | 2014-12-18T11:44:55 | 670 | 68 |
[WP] You are the sole survivor a famous serial killer as a college student. Years later, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer you finally pluck up the courage to visit him in prison and ask one question that’s been plaguing you for decades: “why didn’t you kill me?”
Thought I’d do a human story in the sea of bul... | "Why didn't you kill me? You killed everyone else, all my friends!"
"Why are you asking me?"
"I... I don't have much time left. It's cancer... and I've wanted to know for years."
\*sigh\* "You remember what they called me? Long ago, before you ran into me?"
\*nod\* "The Messenger."
"Exactly. There w... | "Sorry, kiddo."
Those were the last words I had expected.
Who knew that he even knew those two words. John Meadow, convicted of 47 murders and still awaiting conviction on 3 more, looked me straight in the eye, shrugged his shoulders and said "Sorry, kiddo." I did not recognize the man anymore - it has been 24 years... | 2018-07-21T09:01:48 | 2018-07-21T06:50:11 | 146 | 66 |
[WP] You gain EXP for everything you kill and you know when you gain EXP. Easy kills like bugs get you only a couple of EXP, tougher kills give more EXP. One day at home doing nothing, you unexpectedly gain 1500 XP... | There I was, sitting in my designated chair at home, making memes and singing along to this old game I used to play which tells you how good you were at singing the song it gives you.
"OH DAMN! THIS IS MY JAM!!" I exclaimed having heard the first few chords of my favourite song. As I began singing along I noticed a sm... | *Plghrt*
> Kill confirmed
*Sigh*
Another bug down, 1XP. Lovely, I'll never reach 10k, not at this rate. It started with the mice and rats, then the cats, fish. It's a privilege to work at a slaughter house or deliver lethal injections. I never could do that, not intentionally. The look in their eyes, the helplessn... | 2017-05-15T08:57:56 | 2017-05-15T06:23:41 | 37 | 10 |
[WP] A physically weak orc is banished from his clan. Hopping for a clean death, he makes his way to the local human town. Instead they take him in, and show him what it's like to live in a society where physical strength isn't the only quality that matters. | The orc trudged forward through the snow, tired and weak from the journey, but he did not care; after all, he didn't need to be at his peak performance for what he wished for, what he was walking towards.
Death.
A curious eye would likely notice a few things about the orc that did not fit the usual muster; he was thi... | This is not my writing, but this post from /u/wanderingbishop is such a great response to this prompt. Preemptive apologies if this is against subreddit rules.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2mjhz9/what_would_happen_if_an_intelligent_greatsword/
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I am Garg. I am strong. ... | 2022-09-03T12:28:37 | 2022-09-03T12:01:46 | 2,298 | 274 |
[WP] On your eighteenth birthday, you shoot a mystic bow that is said to kill whoever is destined to kill you, three seconds before they do. Eight years later, your arrow strikes your SO's heart, right as she says "I do."
Or he. Or It. Whatever. I'm a straight canadian guy, so it popped into my head.
Sorry.
EDIT: I... | I glanced at the gun leveled against my temple. She must have found it above the cabinet in the garage. I took a drink and went back to whatever it was on TV.
"I've had enough," she said with surprising calm. "I can't do this anymore."
Nothing good is on. "I can't say I didn't see it coming."
"You know, if you just ... | I haven’t been able to sleep well in weeks. I told him that I was just nervous about the wedding, that I wanted everything to be perfect. I hate lying to him like that, but if he knew what was really going on, he would be devastated. Knowing that, by the best estimations, I would be dead in six months would crush hi... | 2014-05-27T20:16:44 | 2014-05-27T19:36:17 | 224 | 151 |
[WP]Humans were one of the best pilots in the history of intergalactic travel, that was a well know fact. And yet, the ITA warned against hiring human pilots. Not an outright ban, per se, just not recommended. | Humans can drive. You name it, they can handle it. Say which button does what and within an hour they’re up to fleet standards. Born pilots the whole lot. So why does the ITA warn against them? Because humans cannot seem to get it through their wrinkly little brains that traffic rules are there to be followed. NEVER hi... | A1: What's the order and who's the client?
A2: We have a shipment of medical supplies and emergency provisions to a colony of lamia-da, and the client is... oh dear
A2: What? Who is it?
A1: The Cludon collective
A2: The war-mongers turned cultivation makers?
A1: The very same
A2: well, how much time did they give... | 2021-11-25T18:53:01 | 2021-11-25T17:01:53 | 108 | 77 |
[WP] There's an unwritten rule among the supervillains: Never go after the loved ones of the superheroes. The new villain is about to find out why. | There are rules in every secretive organisation from the mafia to the more interdependent assassins guild. This included the super villains, when a new one rose they would quickly be grabbed by a crew of the older more powerful villains and be shown the ropes, and if they proved themselves they would be given the locat... | Windstrike is the coolest super hero in the world that's just a fact. No battles lost, no scandals of any type -he even denunced the bigot president during his term, that took balls!- which is why I wanted to do it.
There's only a few of unwritten rules for us criminals but if you must know one this is it: "Don't go a... | 2020-07-12T12:12:08 | 2020-07-12T11:05:58 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] The fact the uncanny valley exists is terrifying. Being scared by things that look almost human but aren't. Other animals do not have this. That means that at some point in our evolution, running away from things that looked almost human was advantageous enough to be imprinted on our genetics. | "So there is a bit of fuzzy area. Anything below this and our brain is happy to leave it alone and call it Non Human. Anything above this, our brain will identify a face as definitely human. But if you look at a face that falls in this area, uncanny valley as we call it, our brain just can't fully process it. It confus... | \[Use this guide to translate the caveman speech.\]([https://public.wsu.edu/\~delahoyd/cavespeak.html](https://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/cavespeak.html))
“Neecha, maka. Igac maka-daka neecha!”
The other four cavemen whooped and hollered at Igac’s boastful retelling of the saber-toothed cat he had killed earlier that d... | 2020-09-15T13:26:22 | 2020-09-15T12:33:35 | 590 | 21 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | A man in a heavy trench coat with a thick beard approached the door. The number over his head, 1517. "Well, that's over 21" I thought. On his way through he tripped over the step and two dwarves toppled out of the coat. Their number were 15 and 17. "Nice try" I said, "no filthy dwarves in my good elvish bar." | **July 12, 1994**
Um what the fuck?! That man couldn't have been 1056 years old, there's just no way; the i.d. couldn't have been a fake and he looked exactly like his photo. Man... maybe all this drinking is catching up to me.. drowning out what brains I do got, I definitely should try to lay off the liquor for a wh... | 2017-09-01T22:32:16 | 2017-09-01T20:21:47 | 1,408 | 13 |
[WP] You are God, after a couple thousand years of people thinking you don't answer their prayers, you realise you've had yourself on mute on the celestial microphone you use to talk to humans.
Edit: Wow, I never expected this to blow up, Thank you for the silver, it was my first ever award!
Edit 2: GOOOLD! Thank you ... | "Well, fuck!" boomed a deep voice from the sky.
At first, the only ones startled were the few people who absolutely, positively knew they were nowhere within reach of a P/A system.
"Peter, can you believe this mute button? Could it be any more hidden?" rang the heavens.
Panic began to set in.
Multicultural friends... | The first voice that came through was one of anger. The self-righteous indignation that the words came with at once jolted me to earth. The words came again this time in a mocking high-pitched tone.
"Please God, answer my prayers Lord they big bad pagans are winning god."
He was prancing about a group of worshipe... | 2019-06-03T09:40:22 | 2019-06-03T09:36:57 | 111 | 35 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear me:
That boy isn’t going to text back, it’s Saturday and he saw your message on Thursday. You always do this, you said you weren’t going to get attached, you barely have feelings for him. You don’t want anything but companionship from him, you say to yourself. But you know you want the whole thing: you want him to... | Dear Natalie.
So here I am. Funny how things work, right? Never thought I'd end up penning this letter, but I guess something prompted me to do it.
I know. I've known ever since it happened what your real motivations were, and you never had me fooled for a second. After you apologized, and said that you were just mes... | 2015-12-05T14:46:28 | 2015-12-05T14:43:55 | 158 | 26 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | When my parents turned 18, they summoned each other. That rarely happens, and when it does, it happens for the people who are really destined to be together. It saves them the trouble of matchmaking and forced marriage. But, like I said, it happens once in fifty years, maybe more. The people who got lucky enough must'v... | In this city, when people turn 18 they summon something that will be very important to their life. Some summon swords, or spears and others summon simple tools needed for various trades. My mother had summoned a needle which she used to sew together some of the finest pieces of clothing in all the land while my father... | 2019-09-18T09:06:39 | 2019-09-18T08:42:40 | 125 | 72 |
[WP] You picked up an injured cat and patched it up overnight. The next morning, you woke up to see a family of witches standing beside your bed, and one of them is holding the injured cat in her arms. That witch said, “My cat wants to adopt you. So you’re now one of us.” | I woke to see a child in rags, holding my little cat.
I say *my* cat, but really it's only been a week. She turned up in the storm and waltzed right in, hissed down my Pussum, and made for her foodbowl. Pussum allowed this.
"Bodi says you didn't steal her?" said the child. The kitten wiggled towards me and I sent ... | “Yep, you better get up!” A woman clothed in white dress said with indifference.
“T-This is nonsense!” A youth gazed at the woman with shock as he muttered. “I am not even a woman!”
“You can be a warlock, no?” Another woman who seemed to be younger replied with a mischievous smile.
“Either way, it is not up for us ... | 2019-10-27T03:41:40 | 2019-10-27T02:42:18 | 36 | 18 |
[WP] The high school hunger games pits classes against each other. You use anything in the class to battle. The wood working class create spears and shields, the chemistry class use chemicals, the cooking class use knives. Meanwhile you're stuck in English class...
Edit: Feel free to write about people in other classe... | Another explosion rocked the side of the English classroom, sending a web of cracks running through the wall.
Flakes of plaster drifted down from the ceiling and settled on the blood stained floor like snowflakes on a poppy field.
Ingrid looked up from her notebook to check that their barricades were still intact, an... | Nobody really knew what to do. After all, it was an actual battle; people were expected to fall.
I had a lot of classes, useful ones as well. I had the basics, English, History, Science, Math. I had two other 'fun' classes as well, woodshop and welding. It wasn't a surprise when they announced that the class you'd be ... | 2017-05-10T10:58:17 | 2017-05-10T10:29:20 | 86 | 30 |
[WP] The website appeared suddenly one day, with no announcement. Anyone, anywhere could type in the url and access it. The content was simple: A homepage, a search bar, and the full name, a list of timestamped sins and the years to be spent in hell of every living human. | The day the url released, millions of people flocked to the churches, hoping to cleanse themselves of their sins.
And the rest of us.
Well we know there’s no escaping what’s coming to us.
Oh you killed someone? Well the fbi knows about it now. They monitor the damn site like crazy. And ever since the damn develope... | The entire world was shocked at the mere idea of the website. I suppose we all knew that you could find anything on the internet... But we certainly didn't expect *this*. People everywhere were mortified by their ratings on the website, horrified at the simple thought that they may spend an eternity in such a place a... | 2020-02-29T23:30:10 | 2020-02-29T22:46:57 | 110 | 43 |
[WP] You accept a job paying $1 million a year to sit in a room, waiting for a phone to ring on a table. After 5 years at work, it finally rings... For the first time.
What happens next? | I keep questioning why I took this job because I'm going crazy. Is the money really worth it? Does the phone even work? How did I even get to this position?
Suddenly the phone goes off.
"H-hello?" I tentatively answer.
"Uh is this the Krusty Krabs?"
"No this is Patrick," I said and hung up. | Dave never expected it to ring.
He thought it was all a joke at first, but how wrong he was.
It almost gave him a heart attack when it rang.
He picked up the phone.
“Hello?”
The silence felt like an eternity.
“Hello~?”
He nearly hang up just before they spoke.
“Is this Dave Smith?”
“Yes.”
In the background he he... | 2017-12-16T23:39:18 | 2017-12-16T21:55:00 | 173 | 65 |
[WP] After one’s death, the ‘creative mode’ is unlocked. You replay life, except everything goes the way you want it to. Unlimited wealth, complete domination of the world, you name it. Unknowingly, that play-through is what is used to judge whether you belong to heaven, or hell. | You would think that given complete control and no consequences, they would all eventually pass this test. They'd put more thought and effort into putting more good into the world rather than satiate their own selfish whims. But I guess the world that they first lived in taught them to fight hard for the things they wa... | Death is only the beginning.
You fade out from a world where you were a victim, to one where you hold absolute power. To a man who lead a life of being a victim of circumstance, it was the ultimate high.
Abandoned as a child, leaving a hole that never could be filled, you leave my druggie mother and piece of shit fa... | 2020-07-20T04:09:17 | 2020-07-20T04:01:03 | 39 | 16 |
[WP] Animals can be genetically combined with any other animal with no problems, allowing dog-cat pets, true teacup elephants, and many other things. But you don't always get what you expect. Describe a pet owner who got a pet he was not ready for, but is determined to keep it and love it. | Richard, I've had it up to HERE with that....thing. I want it gone TONIGHT.
Honey, we’ve been over this. He’s not going anywhere. He’s adorable and weird and I love him.
HE??? How can you even tell it’s a male? Look at it! It’s got two legs and I’m pretty dam sure there’s nothing in between. Do you see a penis, Richa... | Damn that Ambien and eBay. That combination is ALWAYS messing with my wallet. I guess since I put my credit card info and email down I must have ordered a German Shepherd-turtle. I got the shipping confirmation email this morning so here goes nothing. I need to get my house ready for 'whatever' this thing is going to b... | 2017-01-20T12:49:32 | 2017-01-20T12:22:09 | 35 | 26 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | Andrew nearly snarled as his phone chimed for what seemed to be the umpteenth time. His shift at the warehouse ended only a few hours ago and it like chickens running around with their heads chopped off whenever he left. It was rare delight to encounter the nights that he was actually permitted to sleep through the nig... | I toss in my sleep-- there's a loud buzzing ringing in my left ear, and my eyes flicker open to reveal my phone: vibrating with it's receivance of hundreds of messages. "Holy shit, is that my Discord app again? I swear to god I put it on fucking silent." I grumble, and my hands fumble for the volume rockers. Without a ... | 2022-10-06T10:06:56 | 2018-04-06T19:48:33 | 483 | 13 |
[WP] Two fathers are called in to the principal's office after their kids got into a fight. The principal is concerned about disciplining their children but the fathers are more interested in whose kid won the fight. | “Mr. Smith, Mr. Wesson, I’ve called you in here today for a very important matter”, Principal Johnson began, “it concerns your boys. They’ve been fighting.”
The two fathers were remarkably similar men. Both were in their late forties and had begun to go grey. They were about the same height, and both were built like t... | Both sat twirling their small fingers as the petite woman with braided brown hair sat in her black cushioned chair. The men sat on uncomfortable wooden seats.
"I call you today for your children, Brian and Joseph. It appears they got in a fight."
The men took side glances at each other, but continued to let her speak... | 2017-07-25T08:27:29 | 2017-07-25T08:02:31 | 210 | 15 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
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I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | New suit, old tie, there's a stain in the middle, and a tear in my eye.
I sigh.
The streets are the same, the cars they drift, the leaves they fall, from the blue sky
I sigh.
I walk and walk, sip and sip, the rye begins to run dry
I sigh.
The students they sleep, careless, naive, am I really the bad guy?
I sigh.
... | I stepped off my broomstick at 0730 just as the Ministry of Magic was beginning to whir into life after a fairly uneventful weekend. I made my way to the elevator and pressed the B6 button. As the elevator descended, I wondered what Supreme Chancellor Umbridge would have me doing *this* week to that Potter boy. | 2016-02-22T10:07:53 | 2016-02-22T09:11:12 | 300 | 90 |
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