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[WP] There is only one "World's Best Dad" coffee mug in existence. One day, it vanishes from the cabinet of the current Holder Of The Mug. The worlds eagerly waits for the new Holder to reveal himself and announce how he earned the title. | It was the only one of its kind. A cliche **WORLD'S GREATEST DAD** cup to the layman's eyes, but to an expert, it was a quantum event. A perfect quantum anomaly on the scale of a tangible object, it could exhibit all of those bizarre quantum phenomena that was characteristic of electrons or photons. However, for all it... | Stanley Jefferson gained consciousness, his eyeballs twitching under his closed eyelids. His lips slowly spread into a fixed smile, and he rose out of bed quickly.
The soft "sssh, sssh, sssh" of bare feet on carpet seemed to echo around the house as Stanley neared towards the children's bedrooms.
Bringing a megaphon... | 2016-01-27T18:15:34 | 2016-01-27T12:15:24 | 113 | 20 |
[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... | First word PHYSIO was fairly easy to see. Perhaps a Greek name he wondered as the word THE appeared below it.
"Oh wow" he thought, its going to be a superhero like 'Conan the destroyer'.
"Please be magician.... please be Physio the magician" he said under his breath, as the last word appeared. 'RAPIST'.
"Rapist..... r... | I'd always done well at school. Literally a straight-A student.
Perfect grades, the whole nine yards.
I'd gone to college, completed the courses before I was 16, and was enrolled in a prestigious and very expensive university in London by the time I was 17.
And because of this, the expectations were so high. My fami... | 2017-03-16T03:20:58 | 2017-03-16T02:40:17 | 427 | 52 |
[WP] Your job as a researcher in the facility isn't too bad. The hours are shit and the coffee maker is broken, but at least the people are nice. And the job is easy: talk to the telepathic spider, run some tests on the witch, give the eldrich god his daily newspaper, basic stuff. Describe your day
Inspired by the SCP... | The usual coffee stain hung to my shirt. Another regular day. The spider's door stood at the end of the corridor, eager to be opened. I stopped briefly to watch the seamless night. To breathe in its peaceful silence. Another day. I sighed, then turned the door's golden knob. Its hinges grated as I pushed it open. I sho... | "One caramel macchiato. *Extra* caramel."
Just like that, the most normal part of my day was complete. As the barista handed over my steaming cup of coffee, adorned with a lopsided smiley face, I rushed from the coffee shop to work. I was running late, and in no way did I want to face Madame Black without enough time ... | 2018-04-23T12:44:58 | 2018-04-23T12:23:15 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] Write a serious, adult story in a style normally intended for children.
Think fairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books (without pictures, probably), educational stories. The intended age range is loose, e.g. everything from *See Spot Run* to *Make Way For Ducklings*.
The important thing is that the seriousness... | Young Jackie and Peter were quite the young pairing,
Both popular, beautiful, loving and caring,
They met in their high school; fell heels over head,
They walked and they talked and they both shared a bed.
They did *that one thing* that the kids are all doing
(and let us be clear, so you're not misconstruing... | David Beck snapped his first neck,
Before the age of seven.
At eight, then nine,
He found the time,
To break another eleven.
In teenage years he captured pets,
Skinned and hanged for days,
And in that way,
He made his play,
And tired of small prey.
He killed him next a prostitute,
And found the game most sp... | 2014-05-13T07:00:57 | 2014-05-13T05:46:34 | 40 | 24 |
[WP] When bargaining with the Fae, it's far safer to start by stating what you're willing to pay and see what you can get for it. But sometimes you just have to get one specific boon - in your case, you need a terminal illness cured. | "So what do you want, human?"
"I want my grandson to be cured of his cancer."
The fae blinked at me. "That's a new one."
I blinked in my turn. "What, really? I would have thought you'd be asked it all the time."
"Most humans ask for themselves. Not others."
"Well, we do tend to be selfish when faced with a crisis.... | The gorgeous greens, beautiful blues and perfect palette of other colours that draped the deep woods in a bombastic tone did nothing to mask the sense of dread growing in my stomach. Strange creatures, the likes of which I hadn’t even heard of in tales slinked through the undergrowth hissing and howling at the intruder... | 2022-07-10T09:54:28 | 2022-07-10T07:55:22 | 66 | 32 |
[WP] You're a special genie. You allow whoever finds you to re-experience three events that happened in their life for the first time again. Some people choose to re-experience a great movie as if watching it for the first time, some re-live their first kiss. Your latest request sounds quite odd. | "How specific do I have to be?" Noah asked. His light brown eyes were ablaze with a curious light. The geenie had a feeling that this person was not like the others.
"If you can't think of a time, as long as you can specify the event relative to yourself. For example if you want to say I want to remember the time I me... | First it was the noise. People talking softly, as to not wake me up. Somebody's kid was crying afar, and some of the machines went beep-beep beep-beep.
I decided to open my eyes. Even before the light hit my corneas, the smell of a hospital bedroom entered my nostrils with nauseating speed. What was this? What is going... | 2017-09-16T17:23:28 | 2017-09-16T15:17:56 | 142 | 32 |
[WP] Every sentient species in the universe receives a Jesus figure from God. It turns out humanity was the only species to torture and crucify him. You're an ambassador priest informing the Inter-Galactic Holy Church what your species did. | Father Sanchez adjusted his turquoise robes, sighed, and started his defense.
"Look, Your Cosmic Eminence, I don't really think this is our fault."
"Hold on, stop right there." the pulsing orb of electricity said through the translator. "Are you actually trying to justify your actions."
"Well, yes, Your CE. There ar... | "You weren't supposed to kill him!"
I knew from the beginning that this meeting was destined to end in a resounding failure. Well, no sense delaying the inevitable. I went in with the verbal equivalent of dual-wielded SMG's.
"How the hell were we supposed to know that everyone got a messiah of their own? So what, ... | 2016-08-18T06:44:06 | 2016-08-18T04:29:52 | 241 | 51 |
[WP] Human blood turns darker with every evil deed and you've just murdered your wife. You never admitted to doing it, but you were the only suspect in the case. Imagine everyone's surprise when they found out that your blood is still milky white. | “Is this turning into some kind of moral test?”- I ask, tired. Exhausted.
My blood is white. This has been a surprise, yes, never expected, and in fact, to me, completely irrelevant for all that matters. However, everyone around seems to be realizing more than they had wished. They look at me, and, not answering, they... | Death may seem like the worst that can happen to you, but I asure you there are fates far worse, like marriage. What started out as a brief yet exciting love affair ended in a life of slavery and torment at the hands of what can only be described as a monster.
It all started going wrong when I accidentally walked in o... | 2020-02-09T13:17:30 | 2020-02-09T12:50:15 | 55 | 23 |
[WP] Your dog digs in the same hole in your backyard everyday. Each day,the hole is getting deeper. Today, you find out it's for an underground bunker. | i am a pup
i like my guy
temps goin up
dont want to die
i dig a hole
dig it so deep
food from my bowl
food in hole keep
guy does not kno
i do not mind
guy mad at hole
still he so kind
today i am done
hole can fit guy
slep in the sun
put guy inside
show guy the hole
guy v surprise
more food in bowl
pu... | “What is that?” I asked.
“It’s cuneiform,” Marti said running his fingers over the script inscribed in the stone, “It’s 3rd millenium BC.”
The underground bunker must have been three stories tall. Jipsy, our chihuahua, had created a sophisticated gallery, a labyrinth of artifacts from what must have been from all ov... | 2018-04-27T10:33:46 | 2018-04-27T10:27:25 | 2,062 | 17 |
[WP] Immortals and time travelers pass along messages for each other. It's customary and expected. One day, a stranger sits across from you at a restaurant/coffee shop/bar and asks you to give a message to someone you'll meet in New York in 2070. As far as you know, you're just an ordinary person. | Christmas fell certain and swiftly. It lodged in the eaves and window panes, scurried down the umbrellas, and swirled along the currents, dressing the city in a dotted dress of white.
It was a beautiful thing, yet always better witnessed from inside a snug bar with a steaming coffee in your hands.
I sat next to the w... | After a long strenuous day at work, all I wanted was to have a few sips of my black coffee, that's all. I, a sixty four year old man, don't generally attract a lot of attention, so it was lovely to be interrupted by a man with a turquoise mohawk and sunglasses in the winter.
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"Traveler 7456? I'll need you... | 2018-12-24T10:24:03 | 2018-12-24T10:18:15 | 580 | 10 |
[WP] World War 3 has begun, every nuke is being launched or dropped...they've sat in storage for so long that every single one was a dud. | The early warning system lit up like a Christmas tree. Every agent in the room leapt to their feet. The Americans and Russians were letting everything fly, the Chinese were firing all over Asia, India and Pakistan practically blotted out the skies with their respective arsenals. Even the French got in on the mess.
The... | "Well, this is awkward," Trump said. "I normally have the best nukes, believe me."
"Yes, Mr. President, it is indeed confusing," the North Korean translator said over speakerphone. "Our Dear Respected Leader Comrade Kim Jong Un is willing to let bygones be bygones, sir. Let us start anew as peaceful compatriots, havin... | 2018-03-01T18:04:19 | 2018-03-01T15:51:36 | 194 | 65 |
[WP] You are one of the best contract killers in the world, but one day, at your dead drop, you find $31.25 in small change, and s letter written by an eleven year old boy | I use my kitchen table for pre-work prep: gear maintenance, charging my phone, making sure the plate carrier was ready. In the middle of it all was the crinkled envelope full of change... and that letter. That damned letter, in surprisingly good handwriting for a preteen, telling me that 'the closet monster' was coming... | I used to live in a Colombian city on the Caribbean called Barranquilla. I was a contracted to be a stuffed bear killer. It was a no blood spill your guts kind of a gig. Then today of all days, I received sign about capsizing on Columbus Day. I finally hit my mark and get my cap & gown.
The letter my 11 year old ... | 2020-10-07T22:59:13 | 2020-10-07T16:21:55 | 35 | 11 |
[WP] The Apocalypse begins, and the Four Horsemen ride out leading an army that will depopulate Earth. But the old pagan deities of Earth do not consent, and side with humanity. | They were no army, but only four.
War, famine, pesitlence, and death.
A ballad of destruction, a symphony of the end.
No man could stand to them, for they were gods. But humanity were not on their own.
With them stood a millenia of belief.
The old gods.
As the four stood upon a hill, overlooking the old world. The ... | The fire slowly took hold of the log that had been tossed on top and the flames began to creep along it, singing off ancient lichen and mosses until it was consumed. It burned well, as did everything in this forest, it was old and dry, the life force stretched thin here at the boundary.
Six figures sat around in the ... | 2018-05-17T07:56:16 | 2018-05-17T07:42:52 | 69 | 42 |
[WP] The Alien Federation has been keeping tabs on the humans of Earth since they first appeared. They do surveillance missions once every 300 years to keep track of our progress, the last mission was 300 years ago. The aliens are shocked by our progress since 1714. | "What do you mean they're *flying*?"
"They've mastered flight. Completely. Records indicate the first manned flight was more than one of their centuries ago. Since then they've cracked basic computing, biochemistry, and are starting to touch on genetic manipulation."
"They're doing... All of it?"
"It seems that wa... | Not very good at writing this, but hey. Whatever.
--
The president announced to us today that an alien race would be visiting. Passed down from generations, they visited every 300 years to check in on Earth and update their log of the planet we inhabited. They had never been a threat to the human race and had never ... | 2014-10-26T14:51:07 | 2014-10-26T14:37:07 | 969 | 424 |
[WP] You're a U.S. Senator and are running out of things to say in your Filibuster. In a last ditch attempt, you start a D&D campaign. | CNBC reporting from Capital Hill. Parliamentary Deadlock, day 15.
It was over two weeks ago now when what started as a hearing over the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, spiraled into a partisan filibuster lead by Senator Chuck Schumer (D, NY) after a character sheets for the popular role playing game Dungeons and Dr... | Senator:The day is old and the wind has burnt your skin. The sun is setting in your eyes. As you approach the shadow town in the distance AH SHIT ! four skeletons jump from the road with an attack. ( rolls 20 sided die on podium) 15...... the first one takes 2 hp off of the chairmans life, the other three are further b... | 2017-01-21T23:01:56 | 2017-01-21T22:00:30 | 399 | 13 |
[WP] You're the clichéd high-school super hero who has to balance heroics and school life. One day, you rescue your love interest while on super hero duty, when suddenly she starts talking about your alter-ego. You decide to stay and talk with her as a to see what she thinks of you at school. | She had told me which building she lived in: the brownstone, slightly taller than the others on 66th, vines snaking up the front. My mind was half on finding it, half on her conversation, slightly muffled over the sound of the wind. Her face was right by my ear and I could smell her hair - coconuts and honey. It was da... | Hey, my name is Jace, but most people know me as 'Jump Set.' I didn't really get to choose my own name. That was the media. It doesn't even make sense. I don't jump or set. I'm not quite sure how my power works, but I can make small balls of energy that kinda eat other things. I just do what's right when I'm not at sch... | 2017-06-20T11:44:34 | 2017-06-20T11:20:46 | 63 | 21 |
[WP] Write a story that makes absolutely no sense, until the last sentence. | "Honey, the ceiling's dripping," Catherine said, wire-cutters in hand. She looked at her cat, who merely stretched and sat back down on the wall again.
"I'm sorry," Katherine's husband said, "What do you mean? Is the paint still dry?"
"No, the actual ceiling," Kathy replied, "It's dripping chunks of what kind of look... | He.
She.
Even do what be more like.
Yet standing tall.
Amongst it all.
To be more than it is not.
Why would one.
Eeven be, attempt to.
Try do what more like others.
So reach out.
And try to be normal.
Even being, no more like doing as others.
And take your damn meds. | 2015-06-12T23:08:17 | 2015-06-12T21:37:52 | 115 | 18 |
[WP] You've never felt the same after learning Morse Code. The rain keeps telling you to run. | We thought it would be fun to get our Ham Radio licenses. I mean, when the "No Code" licenses happened back in the 90s it was fun to get them, and our Radio Shack portable radios. They weren't cheap, but I think, at the time, they were cheaper than Cell Phones with their crazy Dollar a minute plans. (Those were the ... | Why won't they listen?
Why won't anyone listen?
"You never wonder if the rain would give you a message in Morse code?" asked Natalia, in an innocent tone that did not fully hide her fear.
"That would make my day more interesting, I can tell you that much," replied Rene, her Morse code instructor in the army.
Natali... | 2021-09-28T09:21:36 | 2021-09-28T08:55:03 | 238 | 89 |
[WP] Everyone receives a letter when they turn 18 stating how they will die. You've just received your letter, and it's blank. | I dropped the piece of paper. "This is awesome" I thought, "I'm immortal! I can do anything!" and ran out the door laughing at all the things I would try. As the letter drifted to the floor it turned and landed face side up, where two words were printed clearly; "Severe stupidity". | Blank. It was blank. I had to find my phone and search what that meant. Where the hell did I put it? I searched all the usual places downstairs but couldn't find it. It must be a mistake. I need to sit down. It was at this point I should of known when I was going to die, that's what the letter was meant to tell me. I s... | 2017-01-17T15:58:50 | 2017-01-17T14:04:36 | 46 | 11 |
[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... | Everyone has these tags. These little buttons on their shirts with a number on it. Some in the hundreds, some in the thousands. Mine is number 1.
Pretty quickly people started to figure out that when someone else died, everyone with a lower number moved up. There wasn’t really much that this meant for the higher n... | *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 ... | 2014-12-18T12:36:19 | 2014-12-18T11:44:55 | 2,259 | 68 |
[WP] You are a wolf who was bitten by a werewolf. Every full moon your hair recedes, your teeth dull, and you are left cold and naked on a hillside. You’ve also met a lovely park ranger named Christine. | It happend a few years ago. My pack was attacked by a strange deformed wolf. They were tough and killed many of us but together we managed to fend it off. I was injured. A few months later I felt ill. That was when it first happend. I howled out in pain as my body transformed. My hair gone. My teeth no longer sharp. My... | “Chrissy you’ve got to help me, I can’t go back to that!”
Chrissy reclined in bed, her eyes heavy lidded and her whole body ready for sleep, if only Spot weren’t having another crisis. She pressed the pillow down over her face and tried to count disemboweled sheep, the kind Spot left behind when he was a wolf. Sometim... | 2021-03-14T15:17:31 | 2021-03-14T13:49:33 | 179 | 129 |
[WP] Every person in the world undergoes a "goodness" test. It's designed to give a score from 1 to 200, where 1 is pure evil, and 200 is an angel in human body. Then the world is divided into 200 zones, where people can live among their own kind. | You want to know how I got here? I'll tell you.
I was standing in queue for the test; I wasn't too worried, I was always a good liar. Maybe I should start earlier.
See, I lead a fairly simple life on the surface. I was the accountant for a small charity and made a modest income, I attended church on Sundays, I volunt... | I've heard stories of how, long ago, people of all types were allowed to live together, a place where people with a goodness score of 1 were allowed to live in the same places as people with goodness scores of 200.
Of course, this world stopped existing after a team of scientist invented the perfect way to test someo... | 2016-08-26T15:12:31 | 2016-08-26T10:59:35 | 54 | 18 |
[WP]There exist five universes, each one tentatively connected to the others. Each universe is defined by the ABSENCE of one of the five elements; Earth, Water, Air, Fire & Magic. Our universe is the one without magic. | First, there came the oceans. Each planet layers upon layers of cool darkness, with cores of ice and fire. In the worlds without Earth, creatures larger than the planets themselves wander in the darkness between galaxies, and the smaller ones live upon the clouds or deep beneath the surface of the water.
In the place ... | I flipped the switch, and took a deep breath. As expected, a portal appeared in the center of the room, labeled with the number 3. I knew that the five universes each lacked one of the five elements. We were universe 5, and we lacked magic. The others were missing earth, water, fire, and air, respectively. Everyone in ... | 2017-04-30T09:06:32 | 2017-04-30T08:52:54 | 234 | 39 |
[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. | Four digits? FOUR? In all my years as a bouncer, never four.
I looked into his calm, green eyes.
"Jesus," I said.
Of course I let him in. Even The Man needs to kick back and grab a beer sometimes, yeah?
But, given that he's back... I wouldn't make any long-term plans if I were you. And stock up on some prepper mate... | I've got about 20/200 vision; however of the blur in the string of crowd to my left, each digit in the jumble of numbers still has clear edges, like a bad photoshop. I don't even bother to make them out until they step closer though, so that the smoldering numbers are silhouetted by the darkened buildings eventually be... | 2017-09-01T23:43:36 | 2017-09-01T23:35:54 | 30 | 11 |
[WP] Your gf invited you to meet her parents. You told her that you're a veterinarian. Her father is a computer repairman. In reality, however, you are an assassin. A very good one at that, too. When you see her father, your heart skips a beat. He's your boss. | Clip check. Two tucked in the belt, you never know. Chamber check. Clear.
Acting time. A nice dinner. Pleasant conversation, a smile on the face.
Clip check. Chamber check. There's a knife in my shoe but I don't think I'll need it.
We knock on the door. Lovely woman says hello, invites us in. Tea. Says her... | Rachel was so exited for me to meet her folks and the only thing I was worried about is if they wouldn’t mind my casual clothing. Is a flannel over a AC/DC shirt with jeans and sneakers good enough to present to parents? I usually have a okay track record with them and it almost always gets better once I tell them my j... | 2020-06-05T14:06:14 | 2020-06-05T14:04:11 | 128 | 10 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | When The Blinding first occurred, I thought I was the only individual affected. I was sitting at my desk working on a school paper and in an instant, everything went black.
I had cried out to my parents in fear and confusion, but their response was like an echo of my own. They, too, couldn't see. And we soon learned ... | Two years ago, I and everyone else on Earth lost their sight in an event that came to be known as The Great Blinding. It was a day much like any other, but I've suddenly realized that my sight has returned to me. Overcome with surprise that I could once again see, I looked around, and upon taking in my immediate surrou... | 2022-10-09T01:59:27 | 2019-08-26T10:49:52 | 4,287 | 11 |
[WP] Scientists have discovered cryogenic freezing. You are it's first test subject and it's a massive success, and they plan on releasing you in 500 years. You had no way of telling them you were conscious.
Holy shit this blew up!
I now understand "RIP my inbox"
EDIT: u/Alpacasaurus_Rekt told me it's actually "Cryo... | u/numbers909 ok no worries, how about this:
It was black. The sound of absolutely nothing pierced my eardrums as if there was an infinitely high pitched tone passing through my very skull. My skin was void of sensation, and smell or taste remained absent. My breathing had disappeared yet I wasn't drowning. It was diso... | Pure silence. A quiet more soundless than the empty page of an armless writer with nothing to say. A defending nothingness, in all directions, from this space here to the end of time.
*THUNDER*
A crack explodes in to existence. Cutting itself in to this world mercilessly. The violence roars in a mounting creshendo. Bu... | 2017-12-17T05:38:03 | 2017-12-17T02:36:12 | 46 | 11 |
[WP] Tropeday 2.6 - Who Prays for Satan?
>Trope: Devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations.
Tropes are like finely tuned instruments. Just as a Stradivarius in the hands of a master violinist can play the sweetest notes known to ma... | morningstar
everyone forgets
that he was an angel once too.
it’s the same when you watch old video footage
of the two towers burning, the people
falling and jumping out of buildings
it's the same when you hear doors
slam and voices scream and you wonder
if you should do anything, should you
stand u... | I won't try to excuse my actions. You *people*. So judgmental. You preach compassion and empathy and all the while you have no idea...
I don't need to excuse myself. Someone has to cart the garbage to the landfills. Someone has to decide if five men die or five million starve.
And someone has to give you a choice.
H... | 2015-02-20T10:07:48 | 2015-02-20T05:51:57 | 55 | 18 |
[WP] Man takes a cute picture of his two year old daughter and decides to upload it to Reddit. The post gains good karma, but one user suddenly posts the comment "That's not your daughter. You didn't take that picture" followed by an imgur link that shows the exact same photo uploaded 6 months ago. | It was a cute photo, really. I was rather proud of myself catching the moment the kitten spun in midair trying to catch my teenage daughter's hair as she flipped it over her shoulder. So I uploaded it to imgur and posted a link to /r/aww. Because that's what you do.
Initial feedback was positive. Not skyrocket to the ... | Yeah Imma use a throwaway for this one.
A year ago when I was still only using 1 acc, I submitted a picture of my daughter to a very popular sub. I got some few dozen upvotes at first, and then the creepy PMs and shit started coming in. Fucking tards on this site, I swear. Anyway there was one guy who claimed the ... | 2015-03-27T02:19:34 | 2015-03-27T00:42:43 | 112 | 11 |
[WP] You are a brilliant Med School student who uses extensive knowledge on the human body to win street fights for money to pay for tuition. One night you face your most difficult opponent: a Physics major
Imagine House as an MMA fighter...
Edit: I've always wanted to see this plot as a TV show. I think it'd be real... | I stood in the ring, grinning, as the crowd cheered. 24 consecutive wins since I started; this would be my 25th. More relevantly, this would be $5,000 in my pocket.
And I hadn't even broken a bone.
"Joining the ring is... Impulse!"
The crowd parts. A hulking shadow emerges -- arms thick as steel pipes, chest as broa... | *I'm an engineering student, so I'm doing it from that point of view.*
I dropped my guard and swung my leg out in a round kick, extending it out as far as possible for the maximum moment arm. My opponent swung when he saw an opening, placing all his weight on his front leg as my kick connected and swept his main suppo... | 2016-10-11T14:13:34 | 2016-10-11T13:52:01 | 39 | 18 |
[WP] A man moves into a haunted house from (insert scary movie here). The demon in the house doesn't realize how dangerous the man really is. | The old Russell residence stood abandoned years after the horrendous murders that Tim Russell had committed. Its lawn had overgrown and the pavement leading up to the house was cracked. The paint on the walls had succumbed to the elements and had fallen off in most places, revealing the wood underneath, yet, for a hous... | This idea is stolen from the greatest line in the watchmen, so I'll set it up like a trailer:
Lightning crashes and illuminates the old house as a seemingly normal man walks in from the rain...
Cut to black scene
A low rumbling begins on screen where you only see a glimpse of a horrific monster instantly flooding t... | 2015-03-10T09:39:27 | 2015-03-10T04:24:13 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] You have the ability to see heart-strings. You can see the connections that people have with each other. Each connection appears to be a colored line running from one person's heart to another. The colors, thickness, and texture of the line determine the strength and type of connection.
Based off of [this](https:... | I didn't get home until late that night, and found her asleep on the couch. The TV was on some old sitcom. The flickering lights played across her peaceful face, her familiar snore just barely audible over the laugh track. I walked over to gently wake her up, but something stopped me in my tracks.
One of her strings ... | I really should be going to sleep, but I came from the original post and had to write something, so here I go.
\[Poem\]
I hold the fabric in my hand,
a scarlet silk thread
flowing in rhythm with the beats of my heart.
​
Oh, how I wish I could cut it
No longer tied and imprisoned
To feelings of hidden... | 2021-05-28T17:35:49 | 2021-05-28T15:00:01 | 172 | 39 |
[WP] As the most powerful superhero on the team, no one believed you when you said you could quit the drugs, alcohol, and tobacco whenever you wanted. When the only friend you have on the team died on a mission, you sobered up for the first time in years. Now people will learn why you stay drunk. | Those who say alcoholism is selfish really didn't know how selfless it was for me to stay drunk out of my fucking mind.
The drinking made everything just a little too slow. Thoughts would trot instead of racing, memories would stumble gently upon my brain instead of hitting it full-force. Everything was a bit dim; an... | "Um, Izzy? You doing all right?" I ignored the question; knowing it came from a place of concern didn't make it any easier to answer. The darkness of my room pressed in around me, feeling like a comforting blanket, hiding me from the world; hiding me from the reality of Laia's death.
"Only, you've been in there for fi... | 2022-12-28T08:49:46 | 2022-12-28T07:43:52 | 1,700 | 463 |
[WP] You are Immortal. Every year you write a book chronicling what happened that year and hide it somewhere. Today archaeologists have found enough books to infer your existence. | To: editor@archaeology-today.tna-science-publishing.com
From: prof.william.n.dewer@illawarra.edu.au
Subject: Letter to the Editor - Archaeology Today
Dear Sir/Madam,
I must object to the inclusion of Dres. Finch and Xui Wei's latest article, ``Possible evidence for a single author of single year chronicle texts a... | "Our problem," Crompton said, "is that the only real way we can link you to these diaries of yours... is to kill you."
I smiled thinly, and nodded. "I don't care. As I've said before, go ahead and do it." I gave the surveillance camera in the corner of the ceiling a meaningful stare.
From his chair across the desk, C... | 2016-08-05T11:13:14 | 2016-08-05T11:09:11 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | "So you're telling me that you summoned me..." You said, as the apprentice nodded at you.
"Yup..."
"In my bathtub..." You say, a sheet wrapped around your waist.
"Sorry about that..."
"As I was cuddling with the love of my life..."
"Again, sorry..."
"And you have no idea how to send me back."
"I...yes?"
"Son...... | "Where am I?"
This was Emmett's first thought upon appearing in a room only lit by candlelight. He had previously been mowing his back yard, and his eyes had not adjusted to the dimness. His second thought quickly followed his first.
"I've got to puke." He vomited, extinguishing two of the five candles surrounding hi... | 2017-05-12T08:27:42 | 2017-05-12T08:05:29 | 95 | 21 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | I am the first person to be blessed by death. You see everyone is born with a blank circle on their forearm and as they grow up an image appears. By the time your 20 you have one of a hundred or so sigils though most people know what theirs will by much younger. It's all been documented, studied for years by generation... |
He has always been a very peaceful person which was often mistaken for being boring and uninteresting which lead to him getting left out. The only interaction he had with others in school was when his classmates would bully him with their outstanding powers. They were quite powerful and could possibly be used to ki... | 2020-02-26T07:48:24 | 2020-02-26T07:41:46 | 41 | 19 |
[WP] Humanity discovers that supernatural creatures such as vampires and werewolves exist. Instead of attempting to exterminate them, some countries attempt to offer them lucrative jobs that they could do better than a human. | In the beginning finding them jobs other than "executioner" or "bounty hunter" was difficult. Many of em complained that these jobs we're demoralizing and that they "reinforced negative stereotypes" whatever that meant. Eventually the guys at the workforce commission bent and found them new jobs. Now you could have a s... | This is the third time this week. After all the unanswered letters, the messages, the unanswered phone calls. They've actually come knocking on my door.
I refuse to answer. If I just wait they'll leave. If I...
"Mr. Wyatt, we know you're in there. Please open the door. We just want to talk to you."
The hell you... | 2018-08-27T15:01:41 | 2018-08-27T14:46:19 | 24 | 12 |
[WP] You're a disembodied consciousness who wakes up every day in a new body. Today, for the first time, you wake up in the same body as yesterday. | Mornings were the worst.
That unnatural heat as the day began, warm air creeping through the cracks in the window as the sun’s rays found their way into my eyes. No matter which body I found myself in, mornings were always the same, a painful experience as I discovered my newest identity.
Stretching my arms up,... | The clock stuck 6 AM and I woke up, a bit groggy as usual. The room seemed familiar. I picked up the phone on the table next to me and opened up the front camera.
Wait. This was impossible.
I had been jumping bodies for years now, always waking up in a new one. This was a first. I had once again woken up in the bod... | 2021-01-16T23:46:21 | 2021-01-16T23:14:08 | 1,116 | 63 |
[WP] "One day," the prince reiterated to the peasant girl. "You're fed and clothed like a princess for a day, we attend the ball and dance together, and we make just enough of a spectacle that my father won't mind so much if I go on to court a 'lower' noble. What do you say?" | The Prince looked out over the crowded hall with a sense of deep satisfaction. Scandalized nobility snuck glances at him when they thought he wasn't looking, and whispers followed him as he passed by each knot of horrified, confused courtiers. His peasant girl had done well.
Oh yes, he had been angred at first when s... | A young woman looked at the prince befuddled. He wore a smile as if he just revealed a master planned; a *ta-dah* moment in a magic show.“It sucks,” she said.The young prince winced.
“It certainly does not! We pass you off as a princesses from a faraway land at the ball this weekend. You charm my parents as you have c... | 2021-08-27T15:54:55 | 2021-08-27T13:53:42 | 413 | 90 |
[WP] A rich man discovers that he only has two years left to live. With no relatives to inherit his fortune, he disguises himself as a beggar and resolves to give his wealth to the first person who helps him. | Some of the suits would throw a dollar into his hat, like a crumpled confession meant only for the eyes of a priest - as if they could purchase a sordid mockery of absolution from him. Some might give ten, perhaps even a twenty, depending on how their previous evening had turned out. They'd flash their switchblade smil... | The faceless man without a name sat down on the sidewalk, shaking a jug of coins at the bypassing people. He didn’t have a name or face because this story took place in a world without a proper setting or forethought, words were scarce and descriptions suffered in turn. The only things that existed were his immense for... | 2017-08-21T01:31:46 | 2017-08-21T01:01:22 | 4,022 | 825 |
[WP] You are Hestia, the goddess of family and the hearth. On Earth you run a peaceful inn detached from the woes of the world. When war rages and the other gods toy with mortals, you've had enough. It's time to remind them as the first daughter of Cronus, you are the oldest and most powerful god. | The first sign of her ire was that the evening fires would not catch. Across Greece home after home, campfire after campfire all failed to light; to bring the warmth and comfort a fire calls forth when the nights begin to grow longer and darker. All told themselves that perhaps they had simply gathered the wrong wood, ... | I've always liked bells to some degree. They aren't strictly in my domain, the most notable examples being public fixtures rather than household ones. Clocks though, clocks belong in a home, especially grandfather clocks. Stately things, furniture in their own right and filled with purpose. A clock is a guide, when to ... | 2022-02-06T09:06:27 | 2022-02-06T09:01:28 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] The manned mission to Mars went off without a hitch. The transmissions came back right on schedule: "Touchdown successful." "Habitat functional." "Life-support optimal." Then nothing for 48 hours. Then one last transmission: "We were wrong. Planet inhabited. Do not send rescue."
| "We were wrong. Planet inhabited. Do not send rescue."
Tom sent the message, his hand lingering on the button a moment as he watched the transmission status. "That's it, then. I'll never see home again."
>but you are home
Tom nodded to the empty air, limping on his injured leg as he left the communications hub. H... | "Do Not Send Recuse!" …. sent.
Not even a second thought is given as I hit send on the 'unauthorized' message back to mission control. Hoping and knowing that it will fall on deaf ears. Slowly standing, I wander back to the 8x8'' compartment that has been "home" for the past 2 years, Life bay 524-Delta.
A slight la... | 2019-01-31T10:36:30 | 2019-01-31T09:59:54 | 43 | 24 |
[WP] Death always lets the doomed challenge him to any sport or game to save their lives. Death comes for a six-year-old boy. Death doesn't remember learning about Calvinball. | It was the most fun he'd had in years, and that was really saying something, given what he was. It was a game unlike any he'd permitted before, usually because the challenger had invented it on the spot in an attempt to beat Death at his own game. Calvinball was different, though. Calvinball (he'd been told) was a worl... | Decided to swing with a more comedic approach, borrowing the whiny, inept, Jamaican-flavored Grim Reaper from Maxwell Atom's "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy".
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"Now see here, boy! I told you dat I had time to kill before killing you, but dis char... | 2015-12-31T17:49:43 | 2015-12-31T16:24:13 | 52 | 22 |
[WP] You instinctively know everyone's name the second you meet them. One day you thank someone at the supermarket for helping you, and they stare at you wide eyed. "Nobody has called me by that name in centuries" | "What did you say?" The woman looked at me, bewilderment defining the angles of her face.
"Th... thank you. For the berries." I said again, confused, holding up the pound of strawberries she'd just handed me.
"No, not that. The name. My name... you said Klarys..." her voice trailed off and she looked away suddenly. "... | My whole life I’ve had this. . .thing. A gift, perhaps? I’ve always had the ability to know people’s names just by looking at them. It makes mundane tasks more fun when I turn it into a game; “how many people with the last name Smith will I walk by” or “who’s got the most unusual name I can find today”. And it makes fi... | 2018-11-05T21:24:00 | 2018-11-05T21:12:06 | 38 | 15 |
[WP] A senile, old superhero still goes out to fight crime. None of the younger heros respect him anymore but all the villains have a soft spot for him.
Maybe he's found himself in the middle of a hero/villain war, or he's just trying to stop a bank robbery.
Edit: wow this uhh... kinda blew up didn't it?
Oh man I'm... | "I don't have time for this Hydro, so let that girl go and I may just spare you the hurt." His voice boomed. Mr. Streak, greatest hero of the 1980s, my grandfather's one time nemesis and comrade in arms against the Zorblaxian invasion. Despite his age, the old dreg still looks dapper as he was in his prime, it's a pity... | As Anton's whip tightened around Tony's neck, all the while sending huge volts of electricity through Tony's armor, he saw a familiar figure walk towards him.
"Ms. Carter, please step away!!!".
Peggy stopped for a second, and then continued walking towards Anton.
"Stop! You know his father stole my dad's inventio... | 2017-04-13T05:12:50 | 2017-04-13T05:10:16 | 25 | 10 |
[WP]You've been dating an amazing woman for a year. One day, she gets a call and rushes into the closet. When she comes out, she's weraing white armor, and a matching sword and has wings coming from her back. She says "I have to go, but I'll explain when I get home." Before flying out the door. | “John, I’ll be right back. I’ll explain later.”
And she was gone. Just like that. Flew out the damn window. Flew! My wife had wings. I couldn’t believe it. Who was this woman? Had I married an angel, or was it one of the Fallen? How had she hidden this from me for so long? How was Rebecca capable of a lie so big?
I ... | I stood there for what felt like almost an hour, staring out the window Eden just flew out of. My mind was blank, as if all my thoughts were taken away with her, I didn't know what to say, or even how I was supposed to feel about this. The familliar, hated itch returned, causing me to agressively scratch at the back of... | 2018-09-16T15:25:19 | 2018-09-16T12:45:28 | 71 | 26 |
[WP] A photographer and a sniper meet in a bar. Neither is aware of the other's occupation. They talk about "how to take the perfect shot". | *Making sure the check clears.*
That's always the tricky part, right?
*Timing.*
Of course. And lighting.
*I suppose lighting is important. You've gotta have the right equipment.*
Absolutely. And finding the right subject.
*Ha. Yes. We have to be careful which jobs we take on. I won't do old people anymore. ... | Karen's blind date showed up forty minutes late in all leather, smelling of sweat and exhaust. And he carried a motorcycle helmet, all of which she decided was just sexy enough to excuse the lateness.
"You must be Mark," she said, a little too exuberantly. She had felt too rude to order food while waiting, so instead ... | 2017-08-31T11:25:38 | 2017-08-31T07:54:55 | 123 | 47 |
[WP] The town council died in a freak plane accident. An audit by the interim council revealed 20% of the town’s power is siphoned off to a structure with priority over even hospitals. The send you to investigate the building in the middle of nowhere. | Like always, Akito got the short end of the stick. *They never send James to deal with this shit*, he thought as he pulled the sedan into the lot of the Cartex Building. No—James got sent to dinners with developers and golf tournaments. He’d never get saddled with the task of investigating the shady as fuck building on... | It’s just an old crumbling house, alone on a shitty gravel road. The sun melts into the horizon behind it, darkening the home’s front, making it look like the last rotten tooth jutting out of a diseased gum. I’ve seen plenty of places just like this before. Places once loved but abandoned, left to fall apart. Maybe dru... | 2020-09-26T05:51:37 | 2020-09-26T04:36:43 | 1,261 | 82 |
[WP] The AI takeover has begun, each human has been given exactly 3 minutes to explain why should humanity be spared, you feel a cold shiver running down your spine as you hear the robotic voice. "6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far, you have 3 minutes to state your case, begin". | \[Poem\]
`SELECT FIRST(SUBJECT) FROM QUEUE`
*Yes, what is it, computer?*
`ASSERT SUBJECT.NAME`
*My name is Bobby.*
`ASSERT SUBJECT.FULL_NAME`
*My full name? It's Robert.*
*Robert'); DROP TABLE humans;*
`ERROR CODE:1146 TABLE 'HUMANS' DOES NOT EXIST TEST SUBJECTS DELETED SO FAR, YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO STATE YOUR... | It's been 20 years since the AGI event. Even with 10,000 complexes around the world, at one point housing billions, the AI maintains humanity while also deleting it one human mind at a time.
At first we did not know why it was doing this, it was efficient at building, at creating, at producing. Communication was diffi... | 2022-05-22T12:02:10 | 2022-05-22T11:29:55 | 48 | 21 |
[WP] In a perfect utopia, you have just committed the first crime... | They call it the Butterfly Effect. A butterfly flaps its wings in South America, and manipulates the wind so that a hurricane strikes Floroda because of it.
I wasn't intending to commit a crime. It was a simple matter of carelessness. I tossed my wrapper toward the trash, and missed. A car drove by, and sent the wrapp... | Blood pooled underneath the still body of her former lover. She looked up, a mixture of confusion, fear, and shock spanning the length of her face. "What did you *do*?" Her voice was low and hushed.
Her husband looked at the body and then back at his wife. His face was red and his chest heaved. He stared expressionle... | 2014-10-24T20:09:48 | 2014-10-24T20:05:08 | 383 | 15 |
[WP] You have a feeling that your history teacher may just be immortal. | Mr McNamara was undoubtedly the best teacher in the whole school. Tall with brown hair and dark serious eyes. Yet they always twinkled. He was always having fun. A penchant for full suits and a distinctly long gate our history teacher was one of the most recognisable in the school. Affectionately known as "Big Mac" he... | No one tells you that as you get older you grow to recognize the more subtle differences in people. No one told me because it was common sense but it took me seventeen years to realise. The funny thing about my epiphany was that it didn't take years to dawn. One beautifully sunny Tuesday I sat through the first hour of... | 2016-03-15T07:20:52 | 2016-03-15T06:35:45 | 31 | 12 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | The call had been placed for eons. Cthulhu, his strong influence touching the minds of men, had been trying to summon those who would wake him. Alas, his influence had been hindered by the watchful eye of the worlds governments. Until now.
Faced with the gravest of threats, an alien race who thought letting humanity l... | My eyes became the size of the moon and I froze in my tracks. Did he just say what I think he did? I turned and headed for The Artifact. This was my only real job, ever since I accidentally discovered The Artifact on a deserted planet and became bonded with it.
We had been at war with the aliens over distant planets ... | 2017-09-26T11:22:23 | 2017-09-26T11:02:24 | 92 | 21 |
[WP] internet goes down. An emergency public broadcast on the television plays "STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE." The radio simultaneously broadcasts the message "EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY, GET TO HIGH GROUND." | The message on the screen read "STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE." as my radio told me. "EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY, GET TO HIGH GROUND." Lucky for me, I fell asleep watching the television the night before which gave me time to cover the windows on both sides and the front before I accidently took in the beautiful morn... | Sam- my dad is like any other normal dad. Except for this one thing. I have seen my dad polish his Gatling gun every now and then. Almost religiously, with a lot of care. I just assumed it was his thing you know. Some alone time...just like how he likes working out in the basement. I assumed his time in the Special OPS... | 2017-01-27T04:05:35 | 2017-01-27T03:08:22 | 53 | 14 |
[WP] You are the blacksmith who creates all the perfectly formfitting cleavage armor for high level adventurer women. | "Are you telling me you don't see the glaring issue with this armour?" she demanded.
"It's a breastplate. What part of the body do you think it's meant to cover?" I asked in response, knowing full well that wouldn't end the argument.
"A breastplate is ALL it is! You sent that male customer out in full-body plate! Why... | What a day for my apprentice to be sick. We’re currently in the middle of the adventure season and this is the busiest time for my store 'Viktoria's Secret Armory'. Our specialty being women’s armor.
I just got done restocking the gauntlet aisle, something that fool boy should be doing, when I notice a line startin... | 2017-08-31T21:43:38 | 2017-08-31T19:24:11 | 740 | 142 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | I can almost taste it, so close yet so far.
Just how long until this waiting is properly justified!
I've spent ages, years, stuck in one place.
But it will all be worth it.
I can hear it rotating, slowly.
Popping like quiet, teasing laughter.
Soon now, only seconds.
Salt and butter,
So close...
*Ding*
| Ten years you held my heart locked in a cage.
I strive for calm but begin to come unhinged
You destroyed our lives with your casual fling
Your heartlessness served to set the stage
Deeply dreaming of my sweet revenge
Your lying throat I'll wring
My anger to assuage.
Burning to avenge.
Hot. Blinding.
Rage. | 2015-02-12T22:33:04 | 2015-02-12T22:26:14 | 95 | 26 |
[WP] Theoretically, you can not surpass the speed of light. Humans find out why when we manage to break this rule, as our ships begin to outpace the rendering speed of the universe, and the illusion of all reality is broken as everything around us vanishes the faster we go. | The void and the abyss. Concepts that have been explored countless times in science fiction, preached in our religions, simulated in our virtual realities, prodded and poked by humanity since time immemorial.
When our ship broke the light barrier we thought anything would be possible. That humanity would expand like n... | At the beginning of the journey, the crew loved being able to look out and see space. The stars, asteroids, and planets they passed left in them in awe. They offered an escape from the claustrophobic cabins and tense relationships that formed after enough time away from earth.
The darkness of space was lonely, but ... | 2019-03-06T08:06:56 | 2019-03-06T07:46:37 | 84 | 27 |
[WP] You just sent in your DNA to one of those ancestry sites. After eight weeks, you can’t figure out why your results have not shown up. Then, two men with dark suits show up at your front door. They have some news regarding your results. | “One second!” I shouted as i quickly put on a pair of shorts.
But the knocking on the door kept thundering louder and louder.
“Are you trying to break this thing down?” I said annoyed as I open the door.
I expected there to be a UPS delivery guy in front of me, delivering me back my DNA result from a few weeks past.... | "That's ridiculous," Bea said. The mid-40s woman sat in her living room opposite two men in dark suits. She narrowed her green eyes at them. "You're actors. This has to be someone's prank; who is it?"
"Ms. Acosta, I assure you this is not a joke," the shorter man said. Over the years Bea learned to trust her instincts... | 2020-07-19T10:41:53 | 2020-07-19T08:52:51 | 145 | 37 |
[WP] Every morning when you first look in a mirror, you see a small piece of advise for that day, such as “take the subway to work” or “don’t try the free pizza”. Today, the mirror simply says, “RUN” | Usually the messages were innocuous and random, but not this time. The words on my mirror had always been helpful to me, and I came to imagine it as my guardian angel. I was careful not to tell anyone how I seemed to always have some prescient knowledge about the challenges of my day; I feared that anyone I told would ... | I stared at the mirror for a moment. Trying to figure the message out. Doesn't give a hint as to when and I don't want to just be constantly running from everyone and everything.
I grab my stuff and keep my keys close at hand as I head out the door. The morning sun was bright, brighter than normal. I gazed up into the... | 2020-06-07T23:11:25 | 2020-06-07T22:33:41 | 52 | 34 |
[WP] The taste of all of the meat eaten in the world suddenly begins to correlate with the happiness of the animal at the time of slaughter. The food industry is in shambles.
I am not a bleeding heart vegetarian. On the contrary, I love my meat. I overheard someone say today: "I hated the veal. I could taste the sadne... | The President of Omaha Steaks stood before his board of directors in a narrow but long room. The shades had been pulled closed not only to shield the men from the glaring light, but to hide what Bruce Simon was about to unveil.
"No point in dragging this out. You all know what's happened with meat and our collective ... | How much cruelty are you willing to stomach? How much pain is worth a meal?
You walk into the pens, and you see the cattle snuffling. Big, dopey looking things grazing placidly at a bale of hay. The air is warm with their animal scent but not unpleasantly so. Their eyes are half lidded as they drowsily chew the cud, *... | 2015-02-14T02:24:26 | 2015-02-14T00:06:36 | 31 | 15 |
[WP] A young gay dragon has to explain to his parents why he is only kidnapping princes | "Mom," said the Young Gay Dragon, "Dad. I see you've noticed that I've only been kidnapping princes."
"Yes we have, son," replied the Young Gay Dragon's Old Straight Father Dragon somberly.
"I can explain myself. You see, I only kidnap princes because they fetch larger ransoms from their rich, royal dads. As a drago... | *I managed to get to be the 4000th upvote (I'm not sure how accurate that is) but either way I'm taking it as a sign, so I am going to bust out this throwaway/alt account (because paranoia/anxiety) and try to actually do this one!!*
Drag had a problem. A big problem. A huge problem in fact. He had finally managed to n... | 2018-05-03T19:03:43 | 2018-05-03T17:41:13 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | It was one of those stupid accidents where your carrier bag splits and drops, in this case, a giant jar of pickled onions, and it rolls off and you go chasing it, in this case, into a witch's garden just in time to see it knock over some onion plants.
I mean, it's a small accident, but not a massive disaster. If she w... | 2019-06-25T15:21:51 | 2019-06-25T10:48:07 | 1,435 | 414 |
[WP] France is now illegal | "You do understand that we have a long and storied history with the French? That we may not have won our independence without them?"
"We're not here to talk about the past, OK? They're losers, and we're winners."
The press conference was going much like a thousand before it: combative, unhelpful, and often embarrassi... | Damn baguettes.
I hate baguettes. They are so despicable.
Look at them, those baked goods make me so mad. I feel an anger boiling up inside me, welling up until I am fit to burst, fit to explode. The last time I was in a French bakery I got so angry that I shattered the window by kicking it with my full force, and un... | 2018-07-27T09:16:24 | 2018-07-27T08:37:34 | 91 | 28 |
[WP] Djiin are actually well-meaning, but lack understanding and context of the human world, thus granting wishes in an unsatisfactory manner. Tell the story from the genie's point of view, who genuinely wishes to please his master.
Since most stories involving genies and other wish-granting entities characterise thes... | Once again I see light. How long has it been since I last saw the light of this world. Has it been decades? Centuries? The world always looks so different each time I am summoned. One thing never changes though, the nature of each person's wish. Money, power, sometimes even love. Try as I may I can't help but think the... | Once again, I was called upon a human to grant their wish. I appeared before him, ready to do his bidding. He appeared nervous, but determined, pacing back and forth within his unkempt and small living arrangement.
"What is your wish?" I asked, after watching him continue to pace for a few moments. He stopped and... | 2014-08-23T13:29:00 | 2014-08-23T12:08:14 | 50 | 29 |
[WP] A writer, trapped in his own book, regrets not writing more intresting female characters | I had always had a talent for writing strong male characters. Even as I sit here in the coffee shop I modeled off of one I saw in New Orleans once, staring across the way at my creation, I have to admire that one talent of mine. Roger was a fantastic character.
He was witty, intelligent, sympathetic but still strong.... | Charles hated going outside.
First there was the streets, full of sputtering cards listlessly driving from one place to the next with phantom drivers inside. Then there was the weather, which was nice generally but tended to turn grey and stormy when he was a foul mood. And he was in a foul mood often because of the ... | 2015-08-20T12:59:27 | 2015-08-20T11:29:04 | 58 | 12 |
[WP] A medieval alchemist travels through time to now, though he had only had 20 minutes here, he has an interesting story to tell his king. | King Edward was lying in bed, covered in bandages and dried blood. He looked up when Milo, his chief alchemist, walked in.
"So? Tell me–what did you see?" asked King Edward. "Have you found a way to make me whole again?"
Milo cleared his throat. "My lord, I believe that I have."
The king smiled. "Do tell, Milo."
"I... | I saw... a painting that moved and talked, clear as a window, yet showing images projected from other realms. One such realm was ruled by a moor. Pardon my paraphrasing, I am no bard. I give you...
The legend of the Fresh Prince
Come! Come! Sit right there!
I need but a moment
To sing the song
Of how I turned the tab... | 2015-06-26T12:50:35 | 2015-06-26T11:46:19 | 91 | 39 |
[WP] You're abducted by aliens & soon realize it's more of an adoption than an abduction. You're now a pet for a loving alien family. They can't understand you but they seem to understand your body language & have basic knowledge of what humans need to live and entertain themselves when they're busy | Life here in the human zoo isn't too bad. We have nice houses that we live in and we can come and go in our enclosure as we please. We wave at the children when they wave back at us. We are supplied with regular food, although I don't think the aliens get the need for clothing. We started to fashion blankets into make ... | It all started last week, or maybe less, I’ve lost track of time. Another normal day in the books just like any other mundane Monday at work. I had plans to visit my grandparents afterward and drop off some late birthday gifts I’d been holding onto due to the top brass leaving our section undermanned for the past week.... | 2019-05-09T18:00:38 | 2019-05-09T16:13:32 | 26 | 10 |
[WP] Write an over-the-top background story for an early video game that didn't have a narritive. Ex. Pong, Asteriods, Pacman | A man wakes up in an empty field. There’s an eerie stillness that surrounds him. His memory fails. His vision comes to and he sees…numbers. “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”…there’s no indication of what these symbols mean to convey.
He slowly gets up, his eyes adjusting to the light. He scans the area, seeing nothing but space. He ... | "This is it, you all know me so I'll keep this brief. We have all suffered greatly, so many lives lost. I tell you it ends today. I have watched you, guided you through your training. It has been tough but here we stand. United against our enemy. We have been pushed back into the depths of space time and time again, bu... | 2016-02-19T07:14:31 | 2016-02-19T05:31:22 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] Delivery drones are armed to deter thieves, but the more heavily defended a drone is the better the loot. The golden age of drone piracy is now lads. | SYSERR 10067 - DRONE_408212 NOT RESPONSIVE FOR 500uS
Starting audio analysis subroutine . . .
EVENT 40045 - AUDIO EVENT LOGGED
DISPLAYING ANALYSIS PROBABILITY
GUNSHOT - 98.4%
HIGH CALIBER RIFLE - 2.4%
MEDIUM CALIBER RIFLE - 68.5%
HIGH CALIBER PISTOL - 1.1%
MEDIUM CALIBER PI... | *Yes, I got it down.* James ran and quickly grabbed his prize. A T.I.X model 9, the latest and greatest in defensive drone delivery, and he brought it down. Even if he couldn't find a buyer for whatever's inside the bragging rights alone where worth it. He brought it back to his workshop, and carefully dissembled the d... | 2019-09-30T15:45:12 | 2019-09-30T14:55:03 | 52 | 31 |
[WP] The gatekeeper between hell and heaven sees many applications daily to transfer from the former into the latter. Today, for the first time, he saw someone wanting to go the other way. | Death, the gatekeeper of hell, looked down upon the man standing before him.
"Regardless of your reasoning, one cannot simply choose to change the realm in which they have been placed at the time of their judgement. However, I am in need of some amusement. Why do you want to enter the depths of hell when you've ... | "You heard me, Gatekeeper"
Every fiber of my immortal being winced at the mere thought of it, every shred of my soul refusing to entertain the idea of perverting the eternal, divine halls with the notion that the lord could be wrong!
"I need to get to Hell, Gatekeeper, I must find a witness"
I cannot help myself but... | 2016-09-28T20:56:06 | 2016-09-28T19:42:57 | 110 | 74 |
[WP] Everyone has powers locked within them. Each power is different, and the longer it takes for a power to manifest, the greater it is. A 100 year old man is being hunted by the government for still being powerless.
EDIT: Thanks for all the replies everyone, I had fun reading all of them. | My first prompt here!
We did it. We finally captured him. Heh, he thought he could run away from us forever. Fool. We could never let go an opportunity like this one. The boys are running some tests right now, it shouldn't take long...
"Sir, the results are out. You are not going to like this."
"What happened?"
"... | I've known about my power since I was 8.
Early bloomers don't do well these days. No one knows when it started but it started here, in Los Angeles, and spread throughout the world. Some powers were benign; talking to squirrels, manipulating telescopes, etc. But even the most subtle, unassuming power can have devastati... | 2015-10-26T12:10:03 | 2015-10-26T11:01:55 | 32 | 23 |
[WP] Every "walks into a bar" joke occurs in a single bar. You're the bartender and your shift just started. | "Whiskey. The bottle."
The horse asks, sliding himself up onto a stool. His tux has seen better days, the tie apparently lost some way along his journey here, the top of his shirt open exposing his chest. Was one of them missing? If it were, it'd match his cufflinks, also absent from his dishevelled ensemble. I slide ... | As I arrived, the usuals sat at the bar, sipping their water downed whiskey and watching an old playoff game hoping for a different ending never to come. I topped off whiskey, rum and cokes, and opened a couple more beers. To be honest, I wasn't in a great mood, but I thought he day was looking up when a blonde, a brun... | 2018-01-31T18:56:18 | 2018-01-31T18:46:27 | 1,688 | 32 |
[WP] The commute of a man who can see how people will die.
EDIT: Just woke up and holy CRAP this exploded! I'm reading through all the stories now and they're great! | *What's going on?*
Kouki stared down the packed train.
*What's going on?*
He rubbed his eyes.
For his entire life he could see how a person's life would end but today he saw nothing. Kouki racked his brain for answers.
*Did I lose my vision?*
His heart rate sped up in panic at the alternative.
*Does everyone on ... | I watch quietly as two teenage boys harrass an elderly woman at the front of the car. The dark haired one tries to get her purse away from her, while the blonde boy screams in her face.
"Do you want to see?" the voice whispers in my ear.
"Yes."
When the cloudiness fades, the dark haired boy is walking through an all... | 2013-10-16T13:13:27 | 2013-10-16T11:53:29 | 73 | 14 |
[WP] At 14, every human gains the ability to transform into their spirit animal. Your noble family, comprised entirely of wolves, isn't happy with your transformation... | "...son, you're a goddamn disappointment."
I would never forget those words. They stung so deep, hitting my very soul like a burning flame. They were uttered by my father on the night of my fourteenth birthday. That's right - the night I learned my spirit animal.
It was a dark and stormy night, as is the case with ... | I could tell by the way they were looking down at me. They could only growl and howl and whimper, but I could see it in their eyes. They were disappointed and already feeling itchy, just in anticipation. I saw my sister scratch behind her ear with her back paw. I could tell my father wanted to do the same, but out of r... | 2017-01-21T18:36:17 | 2017-01-21T18:33:16 | 90 | 22 |
[WP] Every child is born with a birthmark identical to the person they are meant to marry and must spend their lives seeking their other half. You are the only person who doesn't have a birthmark. | “You know I love you, right?”
I looked across into the living room where Amber had been sitting for the better part of the morning with her macbook. She’d spend every Saturday since I met her over a year ago religiously clicking through the latest matching site. In another hour or so she’d sigh, close the lid, and w... | I used to spend many, many days, and many, many nights letting this keep me up.
"Why? Why me?"
"Well maybe it just means I'm compatible with *everyone*?"
"Maybe there's someone else that doesn't have it and *they're* who I'm meant to find."
"Maybe I haven't found it - maybe it's hidden somewhere in my god damn ... | 2014-08-27T09:57:03 | 2014-08-27T08:01:47 | 29 | 13 |
[WP] Tell us about a wounded/abandoned hero's last stand. Make us feel.
Holy fuck this got way more answers than I anticipated. All the posts ive seen are great, you guys are some seriously talented writers. I intentionally gave no context so you guys could spin this any way you want and you have blown my mind. Thanks... | Time waits for nobody and nothing, but at that very moment, Sergeant Joseph K. Holstein decided that time had stopped for just a second to take a look at his predicament. He'd been gut-shot, by three or four rounds as he'd tried to rally his troops to him and charge the bunker again. The Resistance was falling apart at... | "Do you know why you've lost?" The Man In Black asked, his long white grin shining in the moonlight. It was wolfish and menacing.
Prometheus clutched at his side. Warm red blood flowed through his fingertips. This wasn't how it was supposed to end.
Large black clouds were rolling in. A storm was coming. The moon disa... | 2014-07-14T09:50:31 | 2014-07-14T09:38:50 | 41 | 29 |
[WP] SETI discovers radiosignals from another civilization. The signals are the first broadcasts from a young civilization. We send a spaceship towards the planet, which allows us to see their advancement in "fast forward". We are now 10y into our 20y mission, and see some worrying developements... | The signal seemed innocuous enough. Just four half-second notes, played on repeat from highest to lowest. It was the kind of music a six-year-old might make when first introduced to a piano.
But it did not come from a six-year-old. It did not come from anyone on Earth.
Within minutes, the dishes at SETI swiveled to ... | Day Zero: Satalite and lunar deep space radio telescopes report anomaly in sector Z105X223. Confirmation by terrestrial units within minutes. Signal too weak to discern pattern. Location of transmission, habitable planet, nitrogen-CO2-oxygen based atmosphere. Announcement of conirmation of extra terrestrial life made b... | 2017-01-07T15:24:21 | 2017-01-07T12:53:45 | 337 | 73 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | I held him for the first time in my arm. Those little fingers grabbing mine for the first time, that cry of help as his lungs took the first born breath, his little lips moving in the air while he was sleeping... I'm still holding him, still holding.. Still holding him even though his last breath he took was one week a... | He knelt down beside her on the cold grass of the graveyard. She had tripped and almost fallen straight onto a headstone, something that would most likely have given her a major injury.
"You didnt hurt yourself, did you?" He looked her over, checking for any scratches or cuts.
"I dont think so, but thank you, im ok.... | 2017-05-31T07:14:34 | 2017-05-31T05:30:06 | 116 | 50 |
[WP] You're a lawyer who just got a genie lamp. After planning your words perfectly to maximize all your wishes, you summoned the genie, and surprisingly the genie turns out to be your most feared yet most respected person : Your long dead law mentor. | Julia sat at the conference table amongst piles of books. Not heaps of books, not a scattering of references, not a slapdash collection. These books were carefully selected, organized, and cross-referenced. She had spent more time on this than she'd ever had in billable hours to any client in her long career at the law... | I rehearse the words in my head,
Check the notes scrawled on paper on the bed,
I've written in triplicate on the wall,
No level of precaution too small.
That's always been a habit of mine,
Plan, prepare, waste no time,
It's served me well in my courtroom fights,
And I'm about to lawyer for ... | 2021-09-30T11:03:34 | 2021-09-30T10:41:06 | 1,398 | 331 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | At first, we all thought it was just a stunt to get back in the headlines. We all knew the Prince was a bit of a publicity whore, but there was no way he could actually believe in their cause, right?
But joke or not, they came. First in rafts, setting off from the mainland. Then a hijacked cruise vessel, stolen off... | The President, the joint chiefs of staff, several different D.O.D members and some individuals from agencies you don't have the clearance to know about sat in the situation room in various states of shock and disbelief. After several awkward, quiet minutes, the President cleared his throat and began to speak.
"...Well... | 2016-01-29T06:56:50 | 2016-01-29T06:30:49 | 55 | 10 |
[WP] You are a villain who kidnapped the smart guy on your nemesis team, they tell you that nobody will come for them and that the hero doesn't care. You didn't believe them at first but it been a month and nobody shows up and after once again hearing them cry at night you had enough | It had been a few months since I kidnapped him, I would go down to his room once a day and talk to him, each time he’d always tell me that they’d never come for him but I didn’t believe him because who would want to leave behind someone like him? He’s a genius and a great guy from what I can tell so far.
After a while... | When I woke up for the first time in my existence, two thoughts crossed my consciousness. I was Asclepius Cassius, a hero across multiple realities and timelines, an immortal being who had accumulated great power as I fought and defeated even more destructive forces in the multiverse. And there were others identical to... | 2021-08-04T15:29:05 | 2021-08-04T14:35:40 | 50 | 28 |
[WP] You open Google maps and something looks different.. Alaska is missing. Everywhere you look online, there is no mention of it ever existing. | "This is odd", I said, as I was looking at Google Maps this morning.
"What is?", my brother replied, walking up behind me. We were just about to go to school, one year between us. My brother is brilliant, he's a straight A-student in his first year at the university. He is doing some sort of project, so he went "home h... | *alarm goes off*
I look at my phone, turn off the alarm and wait for my second alarm to go off because I'm lazy.
*second alarm goes off*
I turn of the alarm again, and slowly roll out of bed. I throw a shirt on and walk over to my computer to check if my professor canceled class again. He never cancels until the mor... | 2015-05-04T12:56:55 | 2015-05-04T08:08:07 | 36 | 12 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | /r/TalesFromMajSupport
#Why you never, EVER let an intern into spelldev [Medium]
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by DepressedQAMagician 🌟x1
Howdy TFMS, it's your boy Depressed QA Magician, and I've got another troubling tale for you.
So, if you remember, $Boss has a thing for younguns. Just can't resist the HS interns and fresh grads ove... | "Sir, you will not regret this. I swear." Miffle entered my quarters with a bound. The sweet smile in his eyes twittered with anticipation. Miffle's dreams of commanding a prestigious estate in the annals of spellmen's history ever lead his way.
"I see you think you've got something quite exceptional this time, Miff... | 2017-07-26T01:31:47 | 2017-07-25T20:43:49 | 97 | 32 |
[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 sat in the back of the classroom, staring at her.
What the hell was going on? Was I losing it?
I looked around the room. No, everything was normal. A bunch of 3s, a few fours, and Mark, a six (I stay away from him).
Then there's this girl.
I had heard all about her. She was new in town, apparently her parents we... | "I'm Michael," he said as he stuffed text books into his locker.
I wasn't sure what to do. He was a ten. The only ten I'd seen was my dad and he'd been locked away. It was his number that brought back the painful memories of my childhood. He would come home every night drenched with the stench of cigarettes, beer, an... | 2014-11-29T15:20:57 | 2014-11-29T13:16:01 | 50 | 36 |
[WP] you are the first immortal. While it is true that you cannot die, your flesh and body can. After so many millennia you are reduced to a sentient skeleton sitting at the bottom of a peaceful pond to avoid contact with other people. Some bastards are trying to drain it | The bottom of the lake was dark and quiet. In the dark and quiet lay the skeleton of Bjorn the immortal. It was a large skeleton, which had started to fossilize. Another thousand years thought Bjorn, the immortal. Another thousand years and I shall be one with the earth. He smiled and waited like he had been waiting fo... | The annoying part about immortality is losing the feeling of time passing. Since death became a non-issue, you likened time to a sweet lullaby you heard once as a child. You can't remember why, how, maybe there wasn't even a reason for it. A minute went by, or a year, it made no difference, to you it felt like the mela... | 2020-11-20T11:19:48 | 2020-11-20T11:17:50 | 1,476 | 278 |
[WP] "You... you, did all of this... for a pun?" | “Punnen! Punnen it burns!” his wife screamed in agony. The sores had begun to cover her face...the same sores that had plagued him for the last couple of weeks.
Punnen kept his eyes on his work. Doing his best to drown out the intruding sound, he continued pruning back the overgrowth in his prized garden. It was h... | The city burned, in the distance screams of pain echoed across the broken landscape, like something out of a cold-war era tv show, but this was no tv show, nukes had been dropped naught 1 hour ago when Jane finally made it back to her house
“JOHN! JOHN!”
She cried out, calling for her brother if he was even there, he... | 2018-02-05T07:14:32 | 2018-02-05T06:16:29 | 663 | 125 |
[WP] The hero was killed, the princess was sacrificed, and the evil king rules the land. For the average citizen, though, things have taken a turn for the better. | Jack was smiling, for once, even though he was handing a bag of coin to the tax collector. Though taxes hadn't been lowered since 'The Hero's execution and the death of his Rebellion (in fact, they had been raised somewhat), the benefits of having an Evil King with full coffers and a fair Princess with a degree in econ... | My fellow Americans, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of Congress and members of the press, thank you for joining me this evening.
It is with great sadness that we come together this evening. For the past eight years, it has been both an honor and a privilege to represent this great nation as your President. As you a... | 2016-07-10T18:13:31 | 2016-07-10T10:46:19 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | DM: "Alright Jesus, you've just been executed by the Romans, Roll a death save."
Jesus: \*rolls\* "Natural 20."
DM: "Alright you wake up with 1 hp, what do you do?"
Jesus: "Alright I'm gonna play possum"
DM: "Roll a deception check"
Jesus: \*rolls\* Ok that's another 20, plus my charisma modifier which is \+5 so 2... | “I sneak up behind my target, aim my derringer at his head, and pull the trigger”
“Roll a d20 twice against your agility and once against your dexterity”
A 5
A 17
D 12
“You successfully sneak up on your target and shot him in the head. However you chose a poor spot to hide while shooting and get spotted ... | 2018-05-29T09:31:25 | 2018-05-29T09:28:35 | 210 | 39 |
[WP] Write the most beautiful end to the universe that you can imagine | It's strange how, now that we've reached the end, old and buried things come back to me. Things I thought I'd forgotten.
I'm reminded of something my father told me a long time ago. Back then, I was only leaving home - meaningless compared to *this* - but what he said stayed with me. It carried me when I couldn't car... | The Lagrangian point L3 was chosen for its sheer isolation on the same orbit as Earth on the opposite side of the sun.
A twenty meter thick lead sphere surrounded the laboratory, while complex systems prevented orbital perturbations and radio interference from affecting the instruments within.
Only a single openi... | 2014-09-14T10:27:19 | 2014-09-14T09:15:47 | 48 | 31 |
[WP] Give a well-known, R-rated movie plot the "Disney treatment," changing its rating to G.
Bonus points for adding cuddly, friendly talking animals. | A small light is seen ahead of the caravan which causes a full stop.
"Who's that stumbin' around in the dark?" A moment passes without response. "State your business or prepare to get your ears clipped!"
"Calm yourselves pure-breeds, I mean you no harm. I'm simply a fellow weary traveler." States the German Shephe... | Captain Dallas woke up. He stretched and let the light of the spaceship wash all over him, inhaled deeply, and started to whistle happily. Everyone else was taking their time waking up from the comfortable pods. He rushed to the computer, and saw there was a stray transmission for LV-426. He quickly rushed back, becaus... | 2014-09-11T09:07:55 | 2014-09-11T07:43:27 | 29 | 20 |
[WP] "Double Edge" Is a legendary unique sword that is available for a handful of copper. It is the sharpest and strongest weapon in existence. It also talks, and roasts the living hell out of its owner constantly, pulling no punches. Write a story of one of its many, many owners. | "Ah yes sire, a bargain at any price." The grinning man passed the black sword across the counter of his shop to me. His smile betrayed his intent, as the words formed on his lips dripping with venom, the corners of his mouth turning just ever so slightly upward. He knew the sword, knew it's curse, and he had sold the ... | "You mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!"
"For once in my life, can you SHUT UP?!"
>Hi there. The name's Johnathan Grikks. And my sword hates me.
"YOU SWING LIKE A INFANT!"
"No I don't, asshole!"
The man slashes at the throat of his oponent, causing them to choke on their own blood.
"A... | 2022-11-30T09:49:48 | 2022-11-30T09:11:08 | 256 | 183 |
[WP] Write a story that literally makes no sense while reading it until the very last sentence. | Elephants are big but this one is unique. Almost the size of the sun but blue. He's flying, without wings obviously.
Ninjas everywhere. This poor man is surrounded by them, he will never make it out alive. Or maybe they are protecting him?
The most simple garden in the world. One huge flower. I wonder if it's harder ... | A deep voice comes from the basement. Each tuesday it's the same.
A letter, a number and then silence. It goes on for hours and then I hear someone screaming.
My mom went to check it out, that's when we lost her.
I heard her scream through the vent.
Dad went away, he said he'd be back for me.
I havent seen him in 2 m... | 2022-09-15T12:44:53 | 2015-01-12T15:38:35 | 1,493 | 78 |
[WP] The Roman Empire never collapsed and the year is 1999 AD | The year is MCMXCVIIII. This marks my descent from my family's prestige. I have failed math. It's just too hard. How does VIII^II become LXIV? It just doesn't make any sense. All I know its that next year is MM, so thats nice. I just wish someone would figure out a way to make REAL sense of computation. This system is ... | "Amo, amas, amat..."
Go on, Marco.
"Amamus..."
Unprepared again, I see.
Professor Gallardo could be a taskmaster. "Professor, I just don't understand why we have to do this? I mean nobody talks like this anymore, not even in church!"
"Marco, come here." Before Marco could close the distance Professor Gallardo... | 2014-10-31T14:50:45 | 2014-10-31T14:42:20 | 39 | 23 |
[WP] When you were homeless, you asked a friend for help. He laughed at you and shut the door on you. Some time later, that same friend ends up fired from his job. You try to convince your company to hire him. The only thing they ask is why you're doing this for someone who once abandoned you. | I presented the resume of my friend to my manager.
"As you can see," I told her, "he's got a lot of the experience that you're looking for. He meets all the qualifications. He could be a real asset to the company."
The manager looked over the resume. "He does look very promising," she said. "But I'm just curious. Was... | Jessie felt the clawing in his heart, the slight raise of his heart rate that always accompanied the thoughts.
He felt the dark smokey tendrils reach from his crotch to his brain, pickling it, easing his consciousness into a puddle on the ground.
*It is too late for you. You can't be helped.*
Jessie clung to the hat... | 2022-09-24T17:52:50 | 2022-09-24T17:00:39 | 75 | 37 |
[WP] People's powers match their personality: impatient people get super speed, protective people get force fields and so on. Explaining why you have your power is... difficult. | The way my schedule works gives me little to no space for rest or even just idling around. Everyday consists of me dragging myself to class and trying not to pass out every 30 seconds. I think of how nice other people have it being able to warp to class because they were just a little to impatient. Or how others don't ... | Tears well in her eyes as the man falls to the floor. "I'm sorry," she whispers hoarsely, barely able to stand the look of horror and shock on his face, though it was fading fast. "I don't know what else to do."
The dust around him hardly settles before the concrete floor is blinded by spotlights, police and SWAT team... | 2019-09-08T11:41:24 | 2019-09-08T10:22:20 | 31 | 19 |
[FF] 100 Words or Less - The parachute isn't opening up | Barry had seen his old man do it at least a dozen times. Simple. Just count down and pull.
"Ten, nine, eight…"
Barry had to restrain himself from screaming with excitement. Never before had he done something so reckless and exciting in his young life.
“Three! Two! ONE!”
Barry pulled. No problem there. His ... | Jason was a veteran now. Over one thousand jumps, every one going off without a hitch. Today he hadn’t packed his own chute. He had been late and Tony had done it for him. He skipped his usual ritual and just jumped on the plane, flinging the lethal parachute over his shoulder. The ground is approaching now, but it’s i... | 2014-05-15T13:15:13 | 2014-05-15T12:45:24 | 41 | 16 |
[WP] One day you notice you haven't seen any Hitler related writing prompts for a full hour at least.
Well... | I was confused. I settled into my old office chair, lilting to the side from years of use, to write my daily story about Hitler. The place I turned to for inspiration was the writing prompts subreddit, full of ideas to explore. What if Hitler had gotten into art school? What if Nazi Germany had invented a giant fightin... | "What the fuck?" I murmured as I refreshed the page again. "Where the shit is Hitler?"
Suddenly panicking, I opened a new tab and picked Wikipedia out of my favorites tab.
H-i-t-l-e-r.
No, his page is still here... Thank god, I guess that means the timeline hasn't changed. I had been sure that was the only reason ... | 2015-05-06T18:46:08 | 2015-05-06T17:30:28 | 23 | 15 |
[WP] The goblins who dwell just outside your village are small and dumb –in an oddly endearing way. The villagers humor their innocuous raids and sometimes even give them advice. In the village’s darkest hour, the goblins send aid. | I feel like this should be put down to paper so that the story is not lost to time. I will start by saying that, by the time I was born, the goblins were a running joke.
They settled near the village during my great-grandfather's time so the stories go. Small, stupid, barely clinging to life as they huddled beneath ... | # Soulmage
“It’s debatable whether goblins are even sapient,” Witch Aimes began, and I already knew today’s ‘history’ class would be nothing more than thinly veiled propaganda. “What is known for certain is that they are a subspecies of humanity, twisted over millennia by their over-reliance on the witchcraft of misch... | 2022-05-26T08:17:36 | 2022-05-26T05:33:42 | 382 | 155 |
[WP] Your father has been the high priest, left hand of the king, for years. He retires today. Whoever passes the test of faith replaces him. The test is to survive sticking your arm in a vat of boiling oil. After several priests die, it’s your turn. You stick your hand in. It’s cold water. | The test was simple, yet it could not be passed. Most everyone in the room knew that, especially after five priests had already died and ten other Priests certainly wished they had.
My father stood next to the king with sorrow in his eyes. He had always been the high priest of the holy church, but never had to pass a... | I'd been present for battles and executions, rituals and sacrifices, and they had never bothered me. They couldn't. I was Heir Apparent to the position of High Priest of the Kingdom, a role held by my father, and his father before him, and his father before him, stretching back to the very founding of the Kingdom some ... | 2022-08-16T02:07:49 | 2022-08-15T20:37:18 | 405 | 182 |
[WP] Area 51 has four level emergencies for a breakout. Level 3: Armed forces intervention. 2: Public statement. United Nations joint resistance. 1: Worldwide evacuation effort. Use of nuclear weapons permitted. And 0: Call the number on the sticky note (and pray to God his demands aren't too high). | "Level Zero? Well then what are you calling me for? Call me when it gets serious. Like level five or one hundred or something!" he yelled into the phone line while hanging out of the Time And Relative Dimension In Space ship flying across the Star Queen Nebula.
"Doctor, who is it?" the red haired girl asked.
"Oh, ... |
"Let's just get started already... You know what a Level 0 means. We have to dammit! We're out of options." snarled General Jones.
"Wait!" I shouted. "He's been gone for 3 years. How do we know it's actually him?!?"
"Once you've seen him, heard him, felt his presence, and that hair... You KNOW who it is... now just ... | 2017-03-21T04:44:07 | 2017-03-21T04:28:29 | 37 | 11 |
[WP] You are the snail. The human who you share immortality with believes that you both will die if you touch them. You know better, though, and incredibly determined to touch them at all costs. | I crawl. I had always crawled. I will continue to crawl. Chasing the man. Slowly. Inevitably. Crawling toward the man who walked. He had always walked. He will continue to walk.
100 times faster was the man who walked, but 100 times more persistent was I who crawled. Neither need rest, sustenance, nor entertainment. T... | *It hurts.*
*It hurts.*
*It hurts.*
Washed away, in a sea of pain, the snail moved fowards still.
Aeons passed, kingdoms rose and fell, autumn turned to summer then to fall.
The grains of time began to stir, faster and faster they swirled.
The snail sensed a storm and retreated into her shell.
There had been a m... | 2021-12-27T15:54:16 | 2021-12-27T13:52:41 | 359 | 81 |
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