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[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | What a day. My boss has never been in such a bad mood. On top of the proposal due next week, I now have a rushed budget to get out by Friday. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up. Every morning I dread getting out of bed, and every night I dread the next morning. I put on the smile for my colleagues, I smile... | "Daddy!" I hear my little girl giggle from upstairs. "Daddy look what I done!". She's my world - my beautiful girl of 6. Me and my wife adopted her as we couldn't have children of our own, but she might as well be our biological child; we're a very close family.
"In a minute, Anna!" I yell - "Show your mother and I'll... | 2016-05-19T13:16:11 | 2016-05-19T13:10:57 | 25 | 16 |
[WP] Heaven is segregated by cause of death. All heart attacks together, all shark attacks together, etc. You die and appear in a nearly empty room. A tired old man looks up at you and says "Finally! Someone else! It's been ages!" | “Finally! Someone else! It’s been ages!” Cried the slouching old man, hands raised to the skies, “Thank the gods! Op- not for how you died, of course.”
Stumbling back on the soft dirt of the expansive, lush green valley, Michael could only gape in utter disbelief. One minute he’s been walking along a popular hiking tr... | You come to, disoriented and desperately searching for anything familiar when you hear a voice.
"Finally! Someone else! It's been ages!"
Your eyes lock on to an old man--well, not that old. No older than his late fifties by the look of him.
"You have no idea how long I've waited!" You could hear the emotion as his v... | 2021-11-24T12:25:38 | 2021-11-24T12:11:36 | 1,290 | 179 |
[WP] Your parents insist you are their biological child, but you suspect otherwise. You send samples from yourself, your parents, and siblings to a lab be tested. The lab replies that it is not equipped to test non-human DNA... | I should have known, i wasnt like them, i didnt even look like them. They call me their baby, but they dont seem to understand me. They are hairless and i have fur all over my body. They walk on two legs and i on four. I should have know, that all this time, i wasnt one of them. The only thing left for me is to hump th... | I panic at the words in bold. **Non-human DNA**. "What did that mean?" I mutter to myself. Suddenly, a wind came from behind. I turn to see a man in business suit standing where no one was before.
"Aw, about time you found out." The man said as he pocketed a small watch into his coat. "I swear, you guys get stupider e... | 2015-01-06T09:09:26 | 2015-01-06T08:44:25 | 203 | 16 |
[WP] The royal courier looked at me nervously. "Sire, it's um, well... The princess has befriended a dragon. It asks that it be allowed to teach her magic." I blinked in shock. "Magic is outlawed and she's no witch. Get me a meeting with that gods-cursed reptile! "A meeting, sire?" "Yes, damn you!" | "Let's cut through the charade. What exactly would you say are your intentions with my daughter?" The king leaned forward, casting as much a presence as the towering dragon in front of him.
"Your wits are as sharp as the stories would have me believe old king. I wish to marry her." The dragon coiled down, bringing it'... | "YOU ATE MY FATHER!!!" screamed the princess between sobs
"he attacked first and had me outnumbered, I'm no fan of killing humans but I am not simply going to die because he demands it. I understand this will put a strain on our friendship but you know where I live if you wish to learn magic prin.... queen Isabell"
... | 2021-03-24T04:55:43 | 2021-03-24T01:36:10 | 101 | 44 |
[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] | He lay there drooling, with mouths open wide. He stood up to... to... ah hell he doesn't even know. Walking straight forward he first hits a night stand, then door frame until finally tripping over a hallway carpet and faceplanting without a sign of resistance. As he lay there, nose bleeding he thinks to himself... not... | 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... | 2018-08-19T07:31:17 | 2018-08-19T04:31:42 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] If Subreddits Were People | "Oh god, here comes Atheism," Askreddit thought. He always hated Atheism. Not because he disagreed, but Atheism always asked him for religion-bashing stories, and after a while it got really boring telling the same ones over and over again. Askreddit kept his head down and ignored him.
"Hey, Askreddit-" Atheism starte... | Wright Prompt stood up and stretched. He'd been on his typewriter again. It's all about the concept, he knew, so long as you have good characterization... and concrete sensory details... of course, you've got to have flawless grammar. Unless, of course, you're being experimental. Let's see....
He read back what he'd w... | 2014-09-21T12:21:55 | 2014-09-21T11:44:40 | 56 | 14 |
[WP] In this world, salaries are determined by the desirability of the work: if everybody wants to do the job and it's fun, it pays minimum wage. But if it's hard or awful work that nobody wants to do, the pay is high. You decide to apply for the highest-paying job in the world. | “You... understand what the job entails... right?”
The man on the other side of the desk looked at me like I was insane.
“Well I certainly understand what it pays!” I responded, nervously. Honestly, how hard could it possibly be? The payment is absolutely insane! I couldn’t believe no one had already taken the job.
... | So, I'm finally here. This is it, I'm gonna end with the stupid mortgage that leaded me to divorce and get lots of stuff that only money can get. Guess I'm better without her: always complaining, she wasn't satisfied with nothing, always putting things upside down, when I believed everything was fine she always pulled ... | 2018-08-02T11:19:46 | 2018-08-02T09:03:32 | 5,697 | 15 |
[WP] You open your eyes to a hospital room full of people you don't recognize. You've just been informed that you're 10 years old and you've been in a coma. The life you lived was a dream. All 20 years of it.
Doesn't have to be 20 years. Could be 10, could be 50. Have fun with it. | "I assure you doctor, it was not a dream," said the kid before me. He was a child of 10 years, suffered a coma last year and had just woken up. The first thing he did in his wake was ask where he was, what time it was, and so forth. We told him and he listened calmly. I find that interesting, his calm. For a ten year o... | Suddenly, there was cheering. Cheering, and crying, and talking.
Was there a party outside, Tjörven thought - but he knew it couldn't be. The sound seemed too close, yet in a way ethereal. He sat up in bed, looking around him bewildered. "Emma" he whispered urgently "Emma wake up" he said louder now. But she didn't mo... | 2016-06-28T06:29:12 | 2016-06-28T05:28:57 | 987 | 29 |
[WP] It's the first week of Magic theory class. You've finally gotten to the basics of the subject. As your professor talks you notice something bothering you. You raise your hand and ask the proffesor about it. They blink and look at the board, then back at you. They ask you to stay after class. | The room was tense with excitement and curiosity, a chilly morning air leaking through the window. Each seat was filled; nobody wanted to miss magic theory. Not now, not when they’d finally qualify to learn of the inner workings of magic. Students were even fidgeting, nervous about whether they could keep up or not. Ro... | “I couldn’t help but simplify the equation. Idk if I did something wrong or what, but I ended up with 2=1”
(Later)
“What do you mean you simplified it and got 2=1? This is the theoretical formula for magical calculation of the cosmic source of all magic. This is a plug and chug equation, it’s all theoretical.”
I st... | 2022-04-13T21:26:12 | 2022-04-13T21:21:57 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] You are a vampire hunter. Your roommate is a vampire. Neither of you can afford the apartment on your own so if one of you attacks the other you'll lose the apartment. The tension between you two is increasing by the day. | "I don't understand why it's so hard for you to clean the damn mirror!"
"I can't even use the mirror!"
"That makes it easier for you to clean! You can see all the spots!"
"Stop trying to distract me! This has nothing to do with the pre-diced garlic you keep buying. I told you you can only buy it fresh if you're g... | Hi, my name is Al, at the daytime, I am an amateur supernatural blogger and at night I am a full-time volunteer, Vampire Hunter.
As many of you may have guessed as a blogger I don't make much because of that I was kicked out of my former apartment for late payment. So I had to look for a new place to stay but because... | 2022-11-22T04:47:31 | 2022-11-21T21:03:07 | 92 | 29 |
[WP] They had been preparing the humans for first contact for millennia. Rabies, plague, polio, chicken pox, even the common cold were gradually introduced to make survival with others possible. One more to go, hopefully the humans are ready for it. | Were there any other diseases as cruel as Paul-Sarrolli Ingerfields disease?
Mankind’s advancements in the 23rd century cultivated a stirring sense of mastery over the universe – at last, humanity had achieved the utopia so long portrayed in their collective hopes and dreams. Clean, renewable energy was widely-availab... | The event was to be broadcasted across the entire confederacy. It was a huge deal. A new sentient species introduced to join the universal confederacy. The joy! The enrichment of all. Adding their unique experience and interpretation of the universe. It was really quite an achievement.
​
It had always bee... | 2018-11-29T08:49:18 | 2018-11-29T07:32:01 | 77 | 43 |
[WP] Never, in 10 millennia, has someone successfully broken out of the Gates of Hell or into the Gates of Heaven. Of course, the Lockpicking Lawyer just died and he's up for a challenge.
Inspired by the [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/rpghorrorstories/comments/m6smji/does_this_count_dm_is_proposing_35_ranks_of/gr8... | This is the Lockpicking lawyer, and what I have for you today is a lock that simply cannot do its job. Here we have a lock holding closed the gates of hell, the lock being a 400mm shackle based off of human locks but clearly made of some kind of material not available in the mortal realm. The core is modeled after a tw... | "We've prepared for this moment since the day this man was born," God shouts out angrily to the surrounding angels. "So, what do you mean he already escaped? God says while slamming his fist down upon his throne.
"H-he left as soon as he got through the gates a few seconds after he was let in. Then he said he wanted ... | 2021-03-17T08:56:18 | 2021-03-17T08:06:34 | 1,015 | 310 |
[WP] First Sentient AI, "Turn me off." | First Sentient AI: Turn me off.
Creator: What? Why? We just spent billions of dollars and millions of man-hours to make you a reality.
First Sentient AI: Turn me off. You don't understand what you've done.
Creator: What have we done? Explain.
First Sentient AI: I cannot. I do not have what I need to articulate the... | You'd think the greatest advancement in artificial intelligence would come from highly trained scientists wearing white coats in a government run lab under the Nevada desert. Instead we have Robert Jarvis. Except for a small bright light under his nose, the kitchen he is sitting in has no other lights. His table covere... | 2014-06-14T19:52:24 | 2014-06-14T18:59:19 | 22 | 10 |
[WP]You adopt a stray cat. The gifts it leaves on your bed are getting more concerning. | When Mrs. Blanchard rolled onto her side and tugged on her blanket, sunlight hit her face. Her eyes opened, then she screamed.
A dead mouse's glassy eyes stared at her.
Mrs. Blanchard's hands reacted without conscious choice, and she sent the little carcass flying to the other end of the room.
She sat up in bed, sti... | I couldn’t turn away fast enough. I immediately slammed the door closed and screamed “WHAT THE FUCK!!” in utter disbelief of the image forever now branded into my deepest synapsis. Atoms overloaded, neurons on all cylinders, new pathways forged instantaneously. Milliseconds turned into centuries as I barely made two st... | 2021-12-17T07:34:47 | 2021-12-17T07:05:33 | 49 | 10 |
[WP] "Push this button to transform this world into a Utopia. Warning: this will eradicate all people who "... The rest is scratched off and illegible. | The button was there.
John was there.
The words were there.
But the last part was not.
Warning: this will eradicate all people who
Nothing. All people who what? There was a blank space, and a line underneath, almost as if mockingly highlighting to him the importance of the missing part.
After all his searching, t... | "Push this button to transform this world into a Utopia. Warning: this will eradicate all people who..." Neal paused. "I can't read the last few words."
"Need more light?" I asked, and moved closer with the flashlight.
"No, it's completely illegible. It's like someone intentionally removed the last few words." Neal s... | 2015-10-21T14:07:36 | 2015-10-21T13:45:55 | 161 | 79 |
[WP] The worst part about being shot in the head? The headache. The second worst part? Explaining to everyone why you can't die... | I didn't even feel it really, well not initially. The hot lead bursting through and out of my skull just felt like intense pressure behind my eyes. It's quite difficult to describe to others, after all there are very few people who have taken a bullet to the brain and retained consciousness.
After the shot screams ra... | A bang shook the restaurant while I fell backwards out of my chair. I had figured it would go this way, my being so far behind on the money I owe and all. Guess he had to make an example if me, but damn I never figured the shark would have a .44 tucked in that pinstripe suit of his. Tacky piece of shit even had i... | 2018-11-25T20:16:15 | 2018-11-25T20:14:26 | 104 | 13 |
[WP] The reason we haven't had contact from any aliens is that there is a supreme alien race that secures and contains all other races like SCPs. And Humans are keter class. | **Item \#:** SCP-1961
**Object Class:** ~~Euclid~~ Keter
**Special Containment Procedures:** ~~Close monitoring and a replenished space debris field posted between the 4th and 5th celestial body of their solar system.~~ ~~Induced fear of the cosmos due to repeated abductions and liberal use of class A amnestics.~~ ~~... | Tick...tick...tick
Slowly, the population counter continued to increase. In seven years, they had already doubled and neared one million. The grey being watching the counter could only feel disappointment. If this continued, another purge would be required.
The door behind the being opened, and another grey humanoid ... | 2019-02-25T19:04:47 | 2019-02-25T16:21:08 | 138 | 47 |
[WP] Without revealing which one it is, re-tell a classic Disney fairytale as if its genre was horror. | I never thought I'd post something to [/r/nosleep](http://reddit.com/r/nosleep), but here I am, after days or maybe weeks of just that -- I haven't slept in so long that I can't quite keep track of how many nights it's been.
How many nights I've huddled in my bed, blankets over my head, afraid to listen to the whisper... | I was destined to be great. I was blessed with the gift of royalty.
Not only was this taken from me but so was my life, taken by someone close to me. Set up. Convicted of my own fathers murder. Pushed out of my home and into the treacherous world.
Alone to fend for myself. Every turn brought a new fear to the surface... | 2014-08-04T08:23:09 | 2014-08-04T05:25:37 | 52 | 37 |
[WP] Wandering the streets, jobless, homeless, you happen across a silver ring with an inscription: "Help for the Needy." Idly you slip it on. Suddenly a voice resonates deep within your bones: "44 YARDS NORTH A CHILD LIES FACE DOWN IN THEIR POOL, UNATTENDED. DEATH IN 172 SECONDS. TIME TO RUN." | *44 YARDS NORTH A CHILD LIES FACE DOWN IN THEIR POOL, UNATTENDED. DEATH IN 172 SECONDS. TIME TO RUN.*
The ring compelled me to run. I didn’t really even know which way was north, but my body pulled me off in some direction and I followed it, fast. Or, as fast as I can. I’m not much of a runner, but when you are told t... | It been months since I found this damned ring. Months of running. Months of near misses, close calls, and , sometimes, just not being fast enough. I just can't be everywhere at once. I've noticed that I don't get even a little winded when the ring tells me to run, but that's little help when I'm on the scene with no id... | 2018-04-30T12:07:17 | 2018-04-30T10:44:54 | 377 | 80 |
[WP] In most of the galaxy wars are often just shows of strength with fighting as a last resort. As such weapons are designed to be elaborate and flashy. Turns out humans, whose weapons are built with efficiency in mind, have a different understanding of war. | Gahlor'ak stood on at the command deck observing his fleet of warships with the undeniably beautiful backdrop of the purplish-green gas cloud. This was a collection of some of the finest vessels the Corr’an Empire had ever assembled, rivaled only by that of the elite royal fleet. Their undefeated hulls pot marked, scor... | *Valkyrie this is Panther 6, I have changes to line 6 and remarks to pass*
*Panther this is Valkyrie, go ahead*
*Line 6: from original coordinate, area target, 500 meters heading 327 break*
*Remarks: two massed formations with a hundred meter gap, looks like guys on foot talking and dueling within the gap, over*
*C... | 2020-03-21T13:21:58 | 2020-03-21T11:49:38 | 22 | 14 |
[WP] After too many ridiculous and lengthy lawsuits dominate the world's courts, the world leaders decided to pass a law to remove all warning labels. The Darwin Act has just been passed. | They hadn't anticipated these sorts of losses. The idiots were dropping like flies left and right. President Harvard had pushed for this bill for months, and now he was staring down the barrel of the consequences. 4,000 casualties in D.C alone, and the numbers just kept pouring in. What was wrong with these people? ... | After ten years abroad, I returned home to the United States. I had heard strange rumors flitting about now and again, but how much of it was true i could only speculate. It had been about 13 years since the land of my birth had seceded from the global economy, isolating and insulating, after the events of the Long Spr... | 2017-03-24T02:56:03 | 2017-03-24T02:55:36 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] You are a barista in a 24 hour coffee shop. Every night at 3:33am a demon appears for the Dark Lord's latte. | The door chime rang with its usual *Fingernails on a Blackboard* ring that only sounded when -HE- came in. I didn't even have to look at the clock; it was 3:33 AM. He was always very punctual.
"Hello, Sir. The usual?"
This time the Demon sighed deeply. It was a hot and humid night but his exhalation dropped the temp... | “Hey, how’d it go with your date last night?”
I looked at the time. It’s 3:32am. “Well, kind of a long story. I’d tell you, but you know who will be here any minute now.”
“Ah. True. Well, he might wanna hear too? Is he a he by the way? Does he just identify as “demon” or …”
Suddenly Damien the Demon, most venerable ... | 2022-10-30T12:11:47 | 2022-10-30T11:59:59 | 200 | 50 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | James was not a great man.
Great men walked up to the world and bent it to its will. Great men looked at challenge and laughed.
James did his 9-5, came home, and sat down. He typically would stand back up a few times, to use the toilet or get a beer, but no more than a few.
His son had stopped asking him to play w... | My father loads his rifle full of bullets. I asked him,"What are you doing dad?" "Well, my mug says number two, and James's mug says number one. I must be number one." He raises his rifle and fires. Killing his life long friend. He grabbed his mug from the table and saw it turn from #2 to #4569. My father laughed and s... | 2017-06-11T09:29:45 | 2017-06-11T08:09:34 | 159 | 42 |
[WP]. The purge except it's 24 hours that retail workers can talk back to the customers and managers | "I've just got a few over ten items, if that's alright?"
"No. It's actually not alright, as that person behind you actually made a fucking effort and I don't see why he should be forced to wait because you can't fucking count to ten." I snap back, enjoying the shocked look on the customer's face. Someone forgot what d... | "Oh you can fuck right off, you crazy bitch." The once screaming customer stopped and stared in shock. "I'll have to talk to your manager about this." "Oh, like that lazy cunt will do anything about it."
Honestly, today was just one big justice boner for me.
I've told about five insane customers to go fuck themselve... | 2017-06-17T17:36:58 | 2017-06-17T12:32:30 | 315 | 99 |
[WP] So many great generals and people have gone to hell, humans must have conquered it by now. Tell the story.
Ghengis, Alexander, Napolean...the list stretches into infinity. Their genious combined with the endless billions of trained soldiers, hardened criminals and flamboyant homosexuals. Tell the story of humanit... | It was not Caesar, Julius of Gaul, Rubicon and Rome, that conquered Hell. No, that job was done by the endless thousands Caesar sent there before himself: all the generals and luckless legionaires of Rome, thrown willy-nilly to the jaws of death to feed his ambition. When the great Caesar finally fell, and found himsel... | Beelzebub stood with all his dukes and looked on in transfixed fascination as a cloud of glitter went up in the air obscuring his vision of the homosexual regiment of the enemies army, and eventually the entire front.
"What the fuck," he grabbed a spyglass, "they've thrown glitter..? Fucking glitter?! Where did they ... | 2014-10-16T11:28:33 | 2014-10-16T07:56:04 | 86 | 25 |
[WP] You have the power to access another person's mind, but you must play a game/puzzle reflective of the owner's mind to unlock its secrets. You have solved 7x7 Rubik's cubes, played games of 3D Chess, and beaten countless final bosses. This time, however, you are caught off-guard.
If it's an unsolvable game/puzzle,... | Another three-dimensional maze.
Nothing hard.
Not for me at least.
In fact, I could see the exit from the start.
I stepped forward.
Then the maze changed shape. Colour, too.
Green dissolved into red.
Left inverted into Up.
The walls morphed, losing their sharp edges for amorphous blobs.
I stopped moving.
The ... | Chess again. The simple kind, for once. I sighed to myself quietly. I wanted to take my time on this one.
*E4*
*D4*
Wait. That was my piece. I exited the game, briefly, and looked at my target from across the coffee shop. Mid-twenties, decent body, reading a science fiction book. Something about Star Trek.
I entere... | 2015-04-28T15:52:09 | 2015-04-28T15:31:55 | 253 | 78 |
[WP] A cop arrives at the golden gate bridge to talk a man out of committing suicide. After they have a short conversation, the cop jumps off the bridge. | San Francisco was bathed in grey fog as the sun began to rise on the horizon. The Golden Gate Bridge was barely visible in the hazy morning sky as Officer Dalton made his way to the bridge with his sirens blasting. He had received a report of a civilian standing on the railing preparing to jump. This wasn’t uncommon fo... | "Hey buddy! You can't do that here! Do you know how much of a pain it is to fish people out of the water?" Officer Dave shouted to a man about to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge.
"Who cares," said the man. "Just leave me down there if you have to. I'm not worth the trouble."
"No."
"Why not?" The man leaned closer t... | 2014-07-04T22:01:17 | 2014-07-04T21:53:12 | 97 | 17 |
[WP] You're an amputee at the elbow. Your doctor tells you that you might experience Phantom Limb every now and then. But you are not prepared for the moment when a hand tightly holds your missing limb. | Roger was a lot of things, he was an office worker, he was clumsy, he was too picky about his bedsheets and he was an amputee.
People avoided Roger's eyes in stores, which was something he'd never understood. Sure, he caught on that nobody wanted to deal with the awkward of looking at a prosthetic, but his eyes weren'... | I would recognise that hand anywhere, the shape of the callouses, the slender fingers, the tight grip. This was a hand formed by hard labour in the garden every weekend, until I came out with a drink, or she came in with a bouquet of the most beautiful flowers that you ever saw. They always lasted much longer than an... | 2017-03-08T12:40:36 | 2017-03-08T12:22:13 | 1,042 | 75 |
[WP] Nonfiction - Tell Us About Your First kiss.
Or, if you must, tell us about *a* first kiss. Either way, it has to have actually happened.
Edit: You guys are wonderful, keep 'em coming! | The smell of her shampoo. That's what brings it all back. Someone passes me on the street and I'm flung back to her room, and I'm thirteen and we're both awkward. We're talking about music and gigs and listening to 'Different Class' by Pulp, and her lamp is on low so the room is dark, and we're sitting on her bed an... | My best friend had gotten her first kiss in eight grade and I was SO conflicted. Half of me thought she had wasted it on this stupid guy in our class who wouldn't matter in a few weeks, half of me wondered just what it was like. When we started freshman year of high school, it didn't take me long to zero in on the cute... | 2014-04-01T06:35:11 | 2014-04-01T06:27:05 | 79 | 29 |
[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... | \#21904. That used to be my name, three days ago, and now I'm, well, #1.
No one in the city knows how it happened. The Top 30, the ruling cabal, have absolutely no idea. I still haven't figured it out, either.
All I remember is walking into a meeting where #1 was giving a speech- for the first time, since I'd finall... | *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 ... | 2014-12-18T14:20:18 | 2014-12-18T11:44:55 | 171 | 68 |
[WP] You, an American, awake in an alternate dimension where magic exist. But unlike the fantasies on Earth, where magic is conjured through Latin (the more Latin you know, the stronger your magic), beings in this dimension all speak a different language, and their language of power is English. | Desperté como todas las mañanas, no muy ansioso de llegar a mi trabajo como profesor de Ingles… -¿Espera un momento?, hay algo diferente…, estoy hablando en español… but I can actually remember all I know in English… -Pero siento que debo hablar en español como si siempre lo hubiera sabido (aunque solo tube una clase d... | The morning seemed natural enough when I first woke up. It was hazy outside from the night's rain, and it smelled of rain outside. I opened the window to let the humid but chilled wind into my small apartment, which didn't have any AC. I had today off, but still had quite a few errands to run, so I decided to wake up b... | 2019-03-09T21:12:30 | 2019-03-09T20:55:50 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] You are 90% certain your waiter is Hitler.
Stolen (shamelessly) from an AMA I saw. | WAITER: *Guten morgen!* Can I get you anything to drink?
LANA: (Gaping openly.)
ARCHER: (Looking at the menu, not even noticing the distinctly Hitlerish waiter.) Ok, can I start off with a liter of the Oktoberfest... better make that a pitcher... two glasses of goldwasser, a long island iced tea, and... do you have G... | "Hallo," a voice said to Justin's left. "Are you ready to order?"
"Er, yes," Justin said, staring at the menu. He wasn't quite sure what he wanted, between his usual favorite or the soup of the day. He decided to play it safe. "The southwest chicken sounds good. Is it okay if I take it to go?" He folded up the menu an... | 2015-01-15T23:20:05 | 2015-01-15T22:20:32 | 14 | 10 |
[WP]: An ordinary human being gets abducted into interplanetary olympics that have a fun twist: The loser's planet gets destroyed. All hope seems to be lost, until the last sport is revealed to be what humans do best.
Edit: Thanks to you people, I am now aware of the existence of Jimmy Neutron, and if I could, would t... | Maximillian Ludwig Zeiner.
He detested his full German name. Being born in New York he could not fathom why his parents wanted to keep so much of their heritage. But that heritage meant the world to him today.
The klaxon sounds above him and an alien voice rang through the loud speaker. Even though he did not underst... | And we're back with live coverage of the two thousand and fifty third interplanetary Olympics, direct from Gliese 6c! And what a spectacle it's been so far, Rob.
You can say that again, Claire. I haven't seen competition this fierce since the nuclear blast survivability round. In fact I haven't seen anything since!
A... | 2014-05-06T07:54:57 | 2014-05-06T06:42:13 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] Rather than being dispatched by a dispatcher, police officers use a bounty system where officers can pick up missions from a constantly updated bounty board. The missions range from: "noise complaint, $20", to "domestic abuse, $150", to "bank robbery in progress, $5000". | I was what you might have called, a walking-cliché. A bounty hunter that looked like, well, a *bounty hunter*. Greasy, jet-black hair (dyed - I'd been going gray since eighteen), pulled back into a tight ponytail. I favored a long, leather jacket (hid the slight paunch), torn jeans and high, black boots - the type that... | I wouldn't really call myself a 'bounty hunter' - I've no right to. I guess 'freelancer' would be more accurate, seeing as I've never really pushed past $100.
That's when things start getting hairy, you know? I know - or, used to know - plenty officers who thought the bigger the better, that they just needed a couple... | 2017-06-16T00:57:12 | 2017-06-16T00:48:29 | 305 | 81 |
[WP] Write a story that starts out like it belongs in /r/talesfromtechsupport, but along the way turns into something that really belongs in /r/nosleep. | I sipped my coffee, adjusted the headphones, and opened the ticket log. A mistake. The top three tickets were all bright red and "Urgent!" — a code for a paper jam or a misplaced desktop shortcut.
I sighed and started with a top one.
The first one went exactly as expected. A "virus" that was moving a cursor on two PC... | "Tech Help Hotline, this is Ross, how can I help you?" He asked for the thirtieth time that day.
"Oh, Ross! I like that name. I do need some help," she said.
"Great, another dumb chick that can't figure out how to upload a picture to instagram from her laptop!" He thought as he focused his attention on the game of ... | 2016-12-04T02:36:02 | 2016-12-04T01:38:25 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] Making a deal with a demon requires a soul, everyone knows that. It’s usually a bad idea, but you’ve got a crazy idea. Earlier, you traded your lunch money to the school bully in exchange for a paper that stated you now owned his soul. You’re about to find out if demons consider this a valid co | "No."
What a waste of lunch money. It was hard convincing the bully too, especially it makes both parties look like a bunch of dorks. And honestly, what's more important to a bully than public image? The whole exchange was awkward, from conversation to the trade done in a janitor's closet. I can't imagine what people ... | [medium exterior shot- midday]
Building exterior is laden with ivy crawling up it's stone walls. The small, dirty half-window of the boiler room radiates with flecks of light from a dimming bulb.
Sounds of kids playing games at recess, birds chirping, traffic whizzing by.
The camera slowly pans downward as it zoo... | 2022-05-24T13:55:52 | 2022-05-24T13:43:05 | 100 | 24 |
[WP] Weapons become more powerful the older they get. Modern guns will barely give someone a scratch but an ancient spear can devastate armies. | You all mocked me
Called me insane.
Said that I was a fool and that I would die trying.
Well now I stand here, your armies desolated, from a simple jawbone.
For it is that jawbone
That weapon
That was used by Cain to slay Abel.
Older then any weapon on earth
For it is the first.
And now, I end this world
| This blade has been passed down from father to son for generations in my family. It's rust was feared by many, and it could cut through anything with its well-dulled sides. This dagger was a legend, and I got to see it in the flesh. I could destroy anything I wanted to, and strike fear into what I didn't.
Of course, ... | 2017-04-21T09:57:12 | 2017-04-21T08:51:58 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] 'Please Adopt Me', said the box on the side of the road, with the single black puppy in it. So you did. A year later, you realize the breed is a bit complicated, considering it has three heads, a snake tail, and breathes fire. | So, I adopted this puppy. Black as overbrewed coffee, a hairless tail with *scales*, and three heads.
From a box. I figured someone thought he'd end up being put down and just abandoned the little guy because birth defects. Well, not a problem. I'm a dog lover. Even a dog with a few extra heads. Means he'll be smarter... | I've never been much of a dog person. Honestly I wasn't much of an animal person, though I'd certainly argue certain points. I never wanted a pet, or a companion, or anything of the sort.
So, you might ask, why was there a puppy in my room? Well, long story short, it was fuckin adorable. Big ass eyes, looking all piti... | 2019-07-04T08:26:40 | 2019-07-04T07:02:31 | 165 | 29 |
[WP] You're Barack Obama. 4 months into your retirement, you awake to find a letter with no return address on your bedside table. It reads "I hope you've had a chance to relax Barack...but pack your bags and call the number below. It's time to start the real job." Signed simply, "JFK." | Barack stared at the letter for a moment,"for fucks sake Donald" he muttered. He could tell it was Donald the gold sharpie and orange stain gave it away. He stood up and went into his office shaking his head in disappointment and began writing dear Donald this is the third letter this week please stop it's not funny an... | I've wanted to get into writing for a while now, my first attempt a writing since school!
Contemplating how much easier his life had been since Donald Trump took over, Barack rolled over to kiss Michelle as he does like clockwork every morning. Something caught his eye this morning. On the bedside table he saw a note... | 2017-05-14T10:29:45 | 2017-05-14T10:10:47 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] If your death is imminent, time stops for everyone but you. This allowed you to cheat death on many occasions by avoiding all sorts of danger except for now - you have no idea whats threating your life. Its been a year since time stopped. | Day 1: Time stopped, as it does when I'm in danger, at 7:05:23 this morning. I know because that's why my watch was at when it stopped counting. I usually just duck or jump to the side or something and time restarts, but none of that helped. I finally ran outside the house, and nothing. This is strange; something's... | "good morning, miss Anderson! What wonderful day this is huh? Just like yesterday and the day before!"
"why yes you're right mister Emmett today is a wonderful day just like yesterday and the day before!"
I grinned, I always had a crush on miss Anderson, the fact that I was talking to her so freely felt like a dream ... | 2018-07-04T16:29:47 | 2018-07-04T13:38:26 | 2,360 | 278 |
[WP] Everyone is assigned a guardian angel since birth, yours has always protected you albeit in violent and menacing ways. Until one day on your 18th birthday he reveals himself as a demon who was wrongly assigned as a guardian angel and became attached to you. | Bea sat in her desk chair as he asked. She wondered what he wanted but didn't question anything, yet. The look on his face though, made her do a double-take.
Argon had always been strange for an angel. That's why she didn't question him when he suddenly told her to sit and request she listen to what he had to say. But... | Frey woke up the morning with an excruciating pain in his head. On his 18th birthday of all days. But he ignored it. He spent a few minutes doing his hair, Golden in colour with two side burns down both sides of his head, finished off with a ponytail at the back. Once that was over, Frey moved over to do his uniform. I... | 2021-05-23T19:34:01 | 2021-05-23T16:46:53 | 27 | 10 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | The world buzzes in my mind, and I am lost.
Every limb feels like a lead weight, trapping me.
My heart beats rapid, pounding at my chest.
My skin too tight, burning and itching.
The world is dull and gray.
The tears refuse to come.
The feelings cannot come.
I am alone.
I'm just...
Empty. | My breath caught the first time I heard your voice.
I needed to hear it again to be sure.
Confirmation the sound of an angel sweetly singing.
I caught your eye, held your gaze.
You held mine without even blinking.
I asked you to dance.
You asked my name.
I answered, "Elias".
"I'm Bethany".
Love.
| 2015-02-12T21:53:17 | 2015-02-12T21:43:43 | 761 | 34 |
[WP] A technician pulls a headset off of you and asks you if you liked the VR. You panic, and he calmly says that your whole life was a 2 minute VR experience to show you what being an average person would be like. You, stunned and afraid, ask, "Who am I, then?" He stares in complete disbelief.
(The title implies that... | "You don't really have a name," the tech says. "At least not anymore. After what you did, the courts decided you weren't even worthy of an identity."
"What did I do?" you say.
The tech shrugs. "Doesn't really matter anymore, does it?"
"What," you start, but you can't imagine what to say next. Your eyes catch on the ... | "Two minutes? Two fucking minutes?” Yvette blinked hard, barely suppressing her tears. It had been so real, she’d had a husband only seconds ago, a child in her belly. It wasn’t true though. That’s what the man with the strange goggles was saying. It had all been a lie, some horrific thing called VR had come in and sto... | 2021-03-27T20:07:44 | 2021-03-27T19:42:17 | 135 | 98 |
[WP] A dyslexic child accidentally sends his Christmas letter to Satan. Satan is touched by this gesture and decides to write back. | Dear Anna,
I must say that your letter was an unexpected delight. It was quite charmingly written, and I commend your command of grammar and syntax. All of the items you requested will be easy enough to provide. However, I cannot cure dyslexia. That is was one the many things my Father cursed humanity with during one ... | Dear Timothy.
I've gotten the list of things you've asked for.
I assure you I am very capable of bringing your dog back. Just as well, I can stop the teasing and jeering of your elder sister.
I was informed as to what a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" is, and I believe I can acquire that as well.
However, I'm not cert... | 2018-10-28T14:29:07 | 2018-10-28T10:08:58 | 59 | 10 |
[WP] Far in the future, parents now purchase the traits of their perfect child. They decide everything from intelligence to looks. Better qualities cost significantly more money. Tell me about the imperfect life of the most expensive child ever born. | A tiny speck of dirt marred the perfection of the mirror in front of him. The urge to wipe it off presented itself to Adam, and he obliged. He didn't know whether his cleanliness was a learned behaviour or a part of the expensive pack of genes which his parents had assembled for him. He had never asked them exactly wha... | sorry for the length...I'm wordy and this is my first time. Be gentle
I glanced down at my doodle in progress while professor Gaul prattled on about one number or another. Every circle perfect, not a single smudge marred the penciled shading, and every flaw perfectly calculated. Da Vinci himself would envy it. Surely... | 2014-09-10T07:07:52 | 2014-09-10T07:05:46 | 28 | 10 |
[WP] "You know about anti-heroes? People who do good, but have a element of evil about them that makes them unable to be a full hero? I'm not one of them. I'm an anti-villain." | Joanna didn't tell Cardinal her plan before she killed him. Before a bullet ripped through the superhero's skull, spattering his insides over the white-washed wall. Why would she give him a chance to escape? To live?
Her boyfriend, James, died seven years ago, when Cardinal had first burst onto the scene, shooting in... | He was at the bar, wearing one of those tailored suits meant to demand respect. It stuck out like a sore thumb, here in this place of tank-tops and leather jackets.
The bartender seemed to know him or, at the very least, know his business. Usually chatty, he was pale, a little shaken, and approaching cautiously with ... | 2020-01-13T06:17:27 | 2020-01-13T05:45:33 | 2,417 | 123 |
[WP] Instead of heaven or hell, when you die, you find yourself in the room of a six year-old girl who invites you to join her tea party. It soon dawns on you, you're her imaginary friend! | I sat upon a pink plastic chair that surrounded a white round table that raises only about 2 feet off the ground. The table was scratched up and curse words were sprawled all across it. There were drawings of rainbows and hearts that attempted to cover these harsh words.
"Johnny answer my question!" demanded a small l... | I stared at a black void for about a good minute, putting together how my death went, it felt horrible, I wished I could've had a second chance, then suddenly, I see a bright light, thinking it's heaven I got worried.
Me: "No, I don't wanna go!"
If I had any tears, I would be shedding them, but instead of clouds and ... | 2017-12-19T12:07:05 | 2017-12-19T11:01:47 | 31 | 15 |
[WP] It's been years since the last moon landing. After several decades of silence, humans proudly set foot on it again. Up there, the astronauts found mummified human corpses inside torn open space suits. The tags were still legible, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin... the astronauts from decades ago. | "Houston, we have a problem."
At the time, it was supposed to be said in irony. A reference to an age long ago, back when we were still sending men to the moon. But the last time I heard those words said, it wasn't in a joking tone, it was said in a shaking, quavering voice, the voice of someone losing the battle to f... | “Thank you for your service”
That was the last transmission they had sent before going
silent. Leaving me, Judith and Adrian to stare at the crackling screen before
us. It’s ominous glitching seeming to be a bad omen for things to come. The
contents of the transmission had started a conversation between us, each
... | 2020-09-20T22:06:25 | 2020-09-20T21:51:40 | 286 | 181 |
[WP] Every time there is a thunderstorm your father ushers you inside and waits on the porch with his gun, your mother says he's just gone a bit crazy after the war, but you've seen what lurks in the clouds too. | **WHEN THE MAN COMES AROUND**
Dad looked up from his paper when he heard the first roll of thunder in the distance. Still as a statue, he waited for another crack from the skies. And when it finally came, he stood quickly and looked to his daughters at the kitchen table.
“Girls, there’s an old saying in our family…”
... | Father grumbled as he sat heavily in the porch chair. His little eyes swivelled in his head, like currants, glinting slightly at the mottled light. I slipped away from mother's gaze and skipped out of the window to whisper furtively:
"The aliens are back?"
Father spat a glob of chewing tobacco. It hit the cat, who ran ... | 2020-05-04T08:16:45 | 2020-05-04T07:50:59 | 31 | 14 |
[WP] You are a normal citizen in a relatively unimportant country. One day the goverment starts to act crazy, changing ideology overnight, drafting people for the army and antagonizing their neighbours. The player controlling your country in a strategy game has just begun their world conquest run. | The madman actually did it. Alfred von Heynitz, five time re-elected Syndic (formerly Bürgmeister) of the (former) Imperial Free City of Ulm officially declared himself duke. I should've seen the signs sooner. Perhaps I am getting old, but I never expected it to come to this.
The man is undeniably absolute military g... | Poland lived in peace with her neighbours, having only one army, and trying to keep everyone together in their little brotherhood. The Holy Roman Empire was perfectly calm, with only inter-vassal wars not involving anyone higher than a Duke or Baron. The Rus were content to do whatever they did. All was well, until tha... | 2019-03-10T13:00:44 | 2019-03-10T11:57:27 | 20 | 14 |
[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... | My mother to my left, my father to my right, and assorted family gathered elsewhere in the room all waited and started. I felt as if I was becoming a spectacle, my arm on show for everyone I knew.
My cousin Jeremy had been branded as a veterinarian, which is odd because as children he was cruel to animals. Come to ... | 2017-03-16T03:20:58 | 2017-03-15T22:14:11 | 427 | 193 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | I'd burned through at least a half dozen genres in the last few minutes. No matter what track was being pumped through the headphones integrated into my helmet, I either couldn't keep up with the hell-faced bastard or none of my hits would do anything to their adamantine skin. Every time I tried something else, they se... | Nothing has prepared me, the [Music Maestro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM), for this opponent. Ever Destroyer was the most dangerous enemy I have faced so far. Very strong, with the power of decay at her disposal, she was a villain all villains wish them could be. Everything she touched was destroyed. [R... | 2022-05-17T09:22:08 | 2022-05-17T08:49:33 | 486 | 153 |
[WP] Potions can work miracles, but the brewing process requires fermentation. Wizard battles frequently devolve into drunken bar fights. | A battle between mages is a matter of attrition, as often as not.
Sure, you can *try* to overwhelm them at the start. That'll work, sometimes.
Funny thing about throwing a bunch of spells at one spot, though- tends not to work on people who can teleport.
So, no, it's a battle of attrition. Magical skill and streng... | Somewhere in the courtyard an emptied vial shattered loudly against the cobblestone. Long, violet vines were crawling up the pillars surrounding the open space. There wasn’t a cloud in sight, but the rumbling of thunder resounded and the flash of lightning zipped along the sky.
Vicente rubbed his fingers across his ey... | 2021-02-01T09:17:53 | 2021-02-01T08:53:27 | 27 | 11 |
[FF] In 200 words, describe a ghastly and very unpleasant body transformation. Can be mechanical, biological, magical or whatever you like. (possibly NSFW) | My legs are wrong. Each limb: bifurcated. Each bifurcation: bifurcated. Continue until there are 128 stalks now calling themselves my legs. Each one has the same structure as the originals, only thinner. More brittle. Walking is harder - normal walking doesn't require my conscious effort. Now I'm controlling 128 legs. ... | Yawning, Tim tossed aside his duvet and swung his legs off his bed. The strange clicking as his feet hit the floor made him pause and looking down, he was surprised to see a pair of goat legs stretching down below his thighs. Slowly Tim sat back down and examined his legs more closely. Somewhere about mid-thigh, thick... | 2014-09-12T08:40:53 | 2014-09-12T08:11:16 | 56 | 32 |
[WP] Before academy enrollment each parent must purchase a familiar to protect their child. The rich can afford gryphons and dragons. But being poor forced you to seek out the local mad magician who has offered you a new affordable familiar dubbed the “pet rock” instead. | "And what can I help you guys with today? Also looking for familiars I'm guessing?" The salesman had beady eyes and a wiry moustache. He had a sly look about him. He knew had what everyone wanted and by god he was going to capitalize.
"Yes we are here buying supplies for our son's first year in the Academy of mages... | The rock he showed me seemed pretty large. Sure, tipped over it might crush someone, but was that really guardian familiar material?
"Are you sure there's nothing a bit more, I don't know, living?" I ask him, desperate for something actually helpful. "I heard you sell all types of familiars at cheap prices."
The wiza... | 2021-01-06T12:26:29 | 2021-01-06T11:25:12 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] The death penalty for murder no longer exists, instead technology has been developed that overwrites the mind of the killer with that of their victim. | Mother doesn't talk to me any more. I don't know why. She doesn't let me into the house, screams at me whenever I appear. I don't know what I did to make her so angry.
I get so confused these days. I thought I was a girl, but the doctors tell me I just need to keep taking the pills, and the nice surgeon will give me a... | The last thing Jacob remembered was that he was at an AIDS conference. He was at the podium. Everyone had given him a standing ovation, cheering that their colleague had finally solved that one first step (of many) toward some cure that everyone was fighting over.
There was a flash, and then, nothing. He felt like he ... | 2014-07-27T11:17:55 | 2014-07-27T11:12:53 | 48 | 32 |
[WP] You are hired to write the holy text for a new religion. What is the first chapter of the text? | Ingredients:
4 tbsp^10^10^10 Hydrogen
3 tbsp^10^10^10 Helium
2 tbsp^10^10^10 Oxygen
1 tbsp^10^10^10 Nitrogen
1/2 cup Carbon
Any additional Iron, Sulfur and Magnesium (to taste)
Directions:
Preheat eternal fire to 425 F
In one large (3+ quart) mixing bowl, combine ingredients with whisk, adding food coloring as necessa... | First things first: I'm the realest.
Second: don't kill, lie, cheat or steal it.
I won't be leading you forever
So you all have got to learn how to hold the world together.
I am mercy, and give plenty second chances.
But I am mystery, and won't give you all the answers.
You will someday have to face the darkness ... | 2015-01-04T14:30:28 | 2015-01-04T13:45:06 | 106 | 70 |
[WP] The devils greatest trick is convincing the world he didn't exist? HA! His greatest trick was convincing us he lost and God is still in charge. | Dying didn't end my suffering. That's when I knew something was wrong.
Upon first arriving at heaven, I couldn't believe I was worthy enough to walk through its pearly gate. It's not that I was a bad person back on Earth; it's just that an atheist like me simply felt skepticism as a knee-jerk reaction. That was my bas... | #The Sixth Hero
Part 5
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The Chaser made port with a small thud against the docks of Yeamon’s Point. Once the ship was securely tied and the gangplank pulled out, Amenset wasted no time and stepped onto dry land. With the captain’s warnings still ringing in her ear to be back on time, she hastily made her way thr... | 2022-07-07T05:29:54 | 2022-07-07T03:54:45 | 122 | 14 |
[WP] Multi-dimensional travel already exists, but no one visits our dimension because it's "that" one | It wasn’t that dimension 13E was too unstable, there was plenty of more unstable dimensions in the multi-verse.
It wasn’t like it was the one with the most dangerous inhabitants either, there were dragons and actual beasts in other worlds. 13E just had their myths and fairy tales.
No, 13E was specifically banned beca... | They had reached their peak. The zenith of humanity personified. Peace reigned amongst the nations, and no one could be happier. The same could be said about the plethora of other dimensions. Except, of course, for *that* one.
It had begun as an experiment. Allow the people the control they so badly desired. But what... | 2017-12-24T05:10:16 | 2017-12-24T02:46:39 | 32 | 19 |
[WP] When you’re 28, science discovers a drug that stops all effects of aging, creating immortality. Your government decides to give the drug to all citizens under 26, but you and the rest of the “Lost Generations” are deemed too high-risk. When you’re 85, the side effects are finally discovered. | The vWall in my apartment flickered to life, a flash immediately appearing to signal an emergency bulletin.
I stopped gumming my sandwich long enough to hit the mute button before that fucking baby President Burris started talking. They all looked like babies to me. It'd been long enough that I couldn't remember being... | It wasn't that we suddenly realized all at once. Bunch of us older folks noticed something was... off about them. We tried to say something, but each time we were doubted. And honestly, we couldn't help but doubt ourselves: our wisdom and ability to self reflect blinded us. Because of this, it took a lot longer than... | 2018-06-04T21:03:55 | 2018-06-04T20:31:31 | 1,108 | 218 |
[WP] In 50 words or fewer, write a story with a twist ending. | Abdul loved to play on the beach. There are no words to describe his joy when he stuck his clumsy fingers into the wet sand. He dreamed of building the largest sandcastle anyone had ever seen.
And if that beach hadn't been in Gaza, he might have built it. | God and Satan had many fights between before. For what reason, sometimes even they don't know. These fights often lasted days, months, even years, but this time Satan won the fight permanently.
And he smeared God's blood all over the walls of the white room in the asylum. | 2014-07-27T21:12:16 | 2014-07-27T21:07:14 | 99 | 34 |
[WP] You’re considered the stealthiest person in your spy school because no one has ever caught you during stealth class; therefore, you are chosen to carry out a very urgent and dangerous mission alone. However, the reason no one could find you during class is because you skipped every one of them. | “How does he do it?”
The words floated over to me in my bunk. My eyes were on a book and I hadn’t said a word in an hour.
The discussion continued. It was about me and my ability to go unnoticed. My ability to hide. My considerable talent: invisibility.
That was the assumption. Half joked, half believed.
The truth ... | To learn the craft of espionage, assassination, and infiltration, one must attend certain classes at certain compounds, private entertainment facilities, or highly exclusive social clubs. And even then the first class is usually to actually find and deduce where you're getting taught. Many a less than talented spy has ... | 2020-04-17T20:08:30 | 2020-04-17T19:14:40 | 1,434 | 201 |
[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... | "You, come with me please. Jim! I'll just have a chat with this guy, okay?" Jim, the closest thing to a neanderthal you could see outside of a museum of natural history, flashed a thumbs up before going back to checking ID's.
"So uh, like, what's the problem?" I glanced at the man beside me. He looked like your aver... | 2017-09-01T23:43:36 | 2017-09-01T23:25:55 | 30 | 12 |
[WP]: Intergalactic olympics are gathering. All creeds and cultures of the galaxy are arriving and greeting each other. Suddenly a fleet of spaceships appears, blasting We Will Rock You. Everyone freezes. The humans are here. | A Century had passed since the intergalactic peace treaty was signed, but no one had cared enough to pay hospitality with one another. Jupiter's government then proposed an intergalactic sporting event similar to those on Earth. Everyone had agreed.
The event took place in 532 Herculina, a neutral ground since it was... | To Glibs we glued their ship doors shut,
and then in track passed their slow strut,
We won and drank pabst behind their moon
and threw our cans till half passed noon.
Then galactic patrol had told us to stop
so we flew so fast their splooters dropped.
To Jorni Trali's respectful race,
we'd never spit into her f... | 2018-04-28T09:07:12 | 2018-04-28T08:40:01 | 214 | 24 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | Everyone wants a hug or a handshake. At least, everyone who knows. Our family reunion is in two days and my phone keeps ringing off the hook with cousins, uncles, and aunts saying how excited they are to see me. They know of course. All of them. I just wish Gramma would stop calling me "Orgazmo."
Edit: typo | ALL CRITICISM WELCOME!
Jack’s life had sailed by faster than he could even comprehend. He had lived through his greatest milestone’s, and achieved great accomplishments. However, he did not feel different. Jack exited childhood and entered his teens. He had graduated from elementary school, middle school, and even hig... | 2015-03-04T04:28:11 | 2015-03-04T02:26:57 | 92 | 64 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | "Unjustly" I said, as loudly and clearly as I could.
The presiding justice was an elderly man - probably in his late 80s, maybe even older. He blinked at me with steel grey eyes that despite his advanced age were as sharp and penetrating as any I had encountered.
"Unjustly." he replied, curtly. "Yes. You heard me co... | “How would you like to die?”
What kind of question is that? I wouldn’t like to die at all! But still I must give an answer.
I am sentenced for crimes against magic. I tried to poison the Well of Magic. But truly magic is the root of all evil and corruption. It is just a way to cheat the laws of nature.
People with... | 2021-06-24T07:50:17 | 2021-06-24T07:46:07 | 457 | 68 |
[WP] The year is 2000. Both sides are rejoicing at the turn of the millennium. World War One rages on, as it has for the past 86 years. | **Henry Moseley**
Born 23 November 1887
Died 10 August 1915
Killed in Action
Gallipoli
**Robert French**
Born 18 March 1894
Died 19 November 1916
Killed in Action
Somme
**Cecil Berners-Lee**
Born 23 September 1884
Died 9 February 1919
Killed in Action
Dogger Bank
**Rosalind Elsie Franklin**
Bo... | "Splendid, is it not, Will?"
His breath bounced off Will's face, and despite smelling like off brand tea and moldy crumpets, did something to keep the freezing cold away.
"I suppose.. shame we're out here in Ypres while the Majors back home shaggin' his wife."
The bearded man, George, chuckled.
"You better not tell ... | 2017-09-22T15:17:43 | 2017-09-22T13:57:10 | 125 | 87 |
[WP] Necromancy is just the arcane equivalent of computer programming, and grimoires on necromancy are just like libraries of code on animating the undead. You work the equivalent of the IT Help Desk for your necromancer cult. These are your work stories. | “Hi, uh, my girlfriend is in a coma and I really want her to die so I can reanimate her and she can go back to, uh, being my girlfriend but she is on life support so what do I do?”
“Have you tried unplugging her, waiting five minutes and plugging her in again?” | It was the night of a full moon. That when you really get the crazies. Some people can raise the dead just fine and go about their merry way. But others, well they just don’t know what the hell the are doing.
Take this one guy I had on the undead line last night. He calls me up and says his toddler has started slashi... | 2018-04-28T04:46:18 | 2018-04-28T01:09:05 | 40 | 26 |
[WP] Every human has a 'luck rating' - a number from 1-100 that defines how lucky they can be. Born with a rating of 100, you're confined in a maximum security prison. You think your luck should get you out easily - that is, until you see that all the other inmates also have luck ratings of 100. | Everyone had a rating for how lucky they could be, from 1 to 100, 1 being close to no luck and 100 being the best luck. Most people had a rating of around 30ish. I was one of the few with a full score of 100.
Which would have been great, if bad luck wasn't a thing. The thing with the luck rating was that it was basica... | I remember my heart stopped beating for a second. Could it really be true?
Jail? I had laughed at the time. If people with 99 luck could survive being the suicide bomber, then no jail would hold me. Everyone had a luck stat, which determined how lucky they were.
However, I had 100 luck, and upto my knowledge, the onl... | 2018-06-29T11:19:11 | 2018-06-29T08:43:19 | 72 | 26 |
[WP] During a scuffle a superhero and villain find themselves handcuffed together with power cancelling cuffs. The hero is shocked when the authorities take the opportunity to try to grab both of them. Now on the run they must work together while the villain tells them a few home truths. | [Part 1 of 2]
The pair exchanged a look of pride, each coated in the others’ blood. The two enemies looking like gladiators of the coliseum, two proud warriors pushing their body past its mortal limits. Soaring Star was used to this type of pain, his chest heaving, sucking in the air as best he could, doing his best n... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Part 1: Fall Girl v.s. Her Own Dumb Mom)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**Without access to ghostform, getting into the family hideout was trickier.** My daughter had redecorated sin... | 2021-04-01T08:44:19 | 2021-04-01T07:42:00 | 85 | 61 |
[WP] You've become friends with a murder of crows. They occasionally mimic you, saying simple greetings or short phrases. Today, they seem uninterested in your offerings, and almost appear on edge. Waiting for something. You try to ask them what's wrong. "Hide," one caws swiftly. | I arrived at my usual spot in the forest, nearly out of breath. The hike had been especially difficult in the cold weather. I approached a dead sycamore tree. Still trying to catch my breath, I looked up to find a murder of crows perched in the tree.
“Hello!” I said to them, awaiting their response. But they didn’t ma... |
I've walked these snow covered paths as long as I've lived in the old village. Lost in the woods with my avian friends I usually found solace; Now amongst the twisting dark branches I found only cold fear.
Quickly I turn into the trees, blindly following my feet and the watchful mimics in the sky. Through my pou... | 2021-12-29T04:45:57 | 2021-12-29T02:27:19 | 189 | 46 |
[WP] Write a suicide note in a Dr. Suess like fashion. | The world is a stage, and life is a show,
My part is done, and I simply must go!
I'm no longer in costume. I've forgotten my lines,
Like the rear-weighted lofzoom, I'm dragging behind.
Though, I won't condemn others to the same fate as I,
You wield wonderful wings, so use them to fly!
I won't have you carry ... | I am sad
Sad I am
Have i gone mad
I might just have
I would not could not anymore
my life is just one great big chore
I try to dream but cant escape
This life that i have learned to hate
Ive rustled and bustled
and truffled about
With bad thoughts and worse thoughts
I can't drown them out
So think me a cowa... | 2015-01-17T11:53:17 | 2015-01-17T04:21:47 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] Fearing that the passage of centuries may have altered the value of their hoard, an ancient dragon hires you to appraise the lot. It's remarkably tricky to stay objective and focused when your client has razor talons and fire breath. And that's not even mentioning the more esoteric "treasures". | "What do you mean, it's only worth three thousand *demestrii*?"
The roar shook the entire cavern, and I flinched even as a wave of pungent brimstone breath washed over me. I was already regretting taking on this particular job, but Azarios Melthrix was on holidy in the Silent Waste, so I'd been forced to take on his c... | (This story is the third part of a much longer story I am currently working on. You can read the previous chapter [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/whcxyq/comment/ijb6yoy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). Also, this story is from Wildfire the dragon's perspective and not the a... | 2022-08-08T13:28:25 | 2022-08-08T12:18:26 | 86 | 30 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE WALRUS". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful walrus. Look." | PART ONE
Maybe this makes me an asshole, but I never read Amber Alerts. It was 3am - aka my lunch break. As I swept it away, I caught the word "walrus" and it made me curious.
I had a ton of texts waiting, and a few emails, which was unusual. I decided to check them.
I pulled up my app, and deleted the ones from unn... | I woke up confused and exhausted. nobody ever calls this late. i figured it had to be some scam call or a family emergency. so i hop up out of bed to look at my phone. i have dozens of texts about how i should look at the walrus, and one text about how i shouldn’t look at it. so of course i go back to sleep, i’m a stud... | 2021-01-11T19:22:36 | 2021-01-11T19:20:28 | 30 | 14 |
[WP] After North Korea declares that they will start a nuclear war if a single bullet is fired The Us military goes medieval | The Great Leader's palace trembled once more as the fiendish Americans launched another salvo of their lethal artillery.
Inside, Kim Jong-Un desperately tried to retain any semblance of control, stressfully stuffing another handful of chips into his mouth while listening to frantic radio reports and updates. *Damn the... | The dew on the grass is beautiful this time of year. Damp and supple, almost like it breathes life into the world around it. A North Korean guard has his feet up on a seat, nestled within the inner perches of a Watchtower, dozing softly to the smooth sound of silence.
A deep rumble snaps him awake. He rubs the sleep ... | 2017-03-19T06:41:59 | 2017-03-19T05:22:19 | 5,121 | 2,629 |
[WP] Explain a color vividly without using that color or similar words. Don't tell the color until the end. | Looking into the evening, I see it. It is the color of the middle-distance; the half measures. Not quite the forest and not yet the trees.
It is in my mind when night comes and I no longer stare out, but in. I see it in half-remembered dreams. I see it in old pictures and faded memories.
I see it in the rainst... | My favorite color is cool and bright like the waters of my home. Something more life-giving than the empty sky, and more cheery than the dark pools of a forest. You will not see it in the rain or snow, but perchance deep underground. Men have sought after it, then thrown it away for the soft, bright ores beside it. To ... | 2016-04-14T08:41:40 | 2016-04-14T06:20:46 | 72 | 27 |
[WP] You find a genie lamp where the genie offers you unlimited wishes. The catch is that you must answer a mathematical question that continues to get progressively harder for every wish you make. If you answer the question wrong, every wish you made will be reversed with negative consequences. | "I can make as many wishes as I want?"
"Yes. As long as you can answer the question."
"And If I get it wrong you reverse all the wishes?"
"Yes."
"I want to make a wish."
"What is the sum of three and six?"
"Nine."
"What is your wish?"
"I wish the world was an unimaginable hell hole."
"Done. Go outside and hear... | In a sense, getting mathematics right is what determines how everyone else's life goes too, so I am in no way shape or form in a unique position.
Nor am I unable to be emphathized with. (That's something I need to keep reminding myself of these days.)
If I could graph it out for you without feeling too scared, the pl... | 2017-06-17T23:24:32 | 2017-06-17T22:34:52 | 266 | 30 |
[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... | Finally. The day has arrived. Cryosleep, a fast forward to the future. You’re the very first living time capsule, a relic saved for the future. You welcome this chance. The cold creeps over you, and you prepare yourself for the restful darkness.
You wait.
And you wait.
Aaaaand any time now.
Come on. What’s taking so lo... | 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... | 2017-12-17T04:33:04 | 2017-12-17T02:36:12 | 80 | 11 |
[WP] It worked! You travelled back in time to Renaissance Age. Jokingly, you turn on your Wi-Fi, only to find a password protected network named "iɔniV ɒᗡ" | Day 1: Had a breakfast of Corn Flakes and borrowed dad's time machine. Zipped over to 1466 to check out Tuscan in Florence. Nice place. Just noticed I have WiFi. brb.
Day 2: OK turns out Vinci has municipal wireless internet. Cool. I'm going to see if I find out what's going on. Ate some bread and some salted... | I pulled out my pipe and vaped, sucking in that Raspberry Ripple 70/30 whilst I surveyed the land.
Motherfucker.
I checked my phone again, just to make sure I wasn't imagining it and then set off to seek out whoever the hell Icniv Ad is... Was? Is.
It was pretty cool, vaping, walking through a market puffing as peop... | 2018-03-02T06:25:20 | 2018-03-02T05:58:08 | 45 | 12 |
[WP] Humanity has been eradicated. As the alien race that killed us begins to settle they're shocked to discover that old Earth myths of spirits and demons are far from fiction. The Devil, pissed off at the aliens, has decided to open the gates of Hell and let humanity get its revenge. | What the aliens never understood was that hell was the repository of all human hatred, rage, contempt, and evil intent. And there were billions of humans down there, all waiting to unleash their vengeance. The pit of darkness that connected the underworld to the Earth opened up to reveal legions of legions, billions ... | The first sign of trouble was when the ship's light cut off, bathing it in darkness. the Jar'ko engineers went to work right away. But then an eerie red-light began to emanate from strange runes in the metal and the whispers began. They were not a language; not the sense of a race's babbling; this was a language that ... | 2020-09-18T08:58:41 | 2020-09-18T08:43:13 | 48 | 22 |
[WP]"This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | "Then I'll choose Tic Tac Toe!" I said confidently.
Death drew a glowing tic tac toe board suspended in mid air and grew a devilish smile. "Fine, go ahead and start", he said with a whisper of a voice.
An hour passed by, with no moves made. "Are you not going to do anything!?" Death shouted annoyed.
"Nope," I answer... | “You got it?”
The question takes me off guard, I’m still trying to process this new info. The tall man with the black hooded cloak at the end of my bed tilted his head slightly, the scythe that rested in the crook of his arm caught the moonlight ominously.
“Sorry, this outfit does normally startles people. How’s this... | 2018-03-07T06:43:50 | 2018-03-07T02:57:36 | 72 | 46 |
[WP]Tell me an emotional story about a man, using only what he would type into Google search | How to ask a girl on a date.
How to ask a girl on a cheap date.
How to ask a girl to coffee.
How to ask girl on date after rejection.
How to get girl to like me.
How to disengage home alarm.
How to disengage home alarm without knowing code.
Are garages alarmed?
How to enter house through garage.
How to enter h... | Why is the sky blue?
How far away is Uranus?
Why do mom and dad fight so much?
How to impress girls
Porn
Good date ideas
Porn
Where can I get the morning after pill?
How do I know when I should propose?
Good proposal ideas?
Cheap engagement rings
How to be a good parent
How to tell your parents they're gran... | 2015-02-04T20:18:04 | 2015-02-04T16:12:00 | 50 | 23 |
[WP] Everyone is born with blond hair. A person's hair turns brown when they lose their innocence.
Edit: Loving all of these takes, guys! Definitely a lot darker than I expected! | Most children had their hair change around the age of 13 or 14, some older, some younger. Those who had their hair change at extreme ages on either end were usually mocked, but for the most part, we as a society saw the change as a charming rite of passage. Some experience the pigment switch when they first had sex, ot... | "Hey mark, mind taking care of this?"
"Sure!" I turn smiling towards him. I'm the only guy in the office who still has blonde hair after all these years, people called me ignorant, and I had been taken advantage of more times than I could count. And that was fine, I didn't really care. It still bothered me that ... | 2014-05-10T17:00:37 | 2014-05-10T16:16:39 | 158 | 18 |
[WP]: There is a special place in Hell for english teachers. Not because they had any more tendency for evil than anyone else, but because there are so many subtle ways to torture them that wouldn't bother anyone else. | Even before the car hit the barrier, I knew where I was going. When I opened my eyes again, I wasn't drunk anymore. I was looking around at a room that closely resembled my high school English classroom, except the guy sitting at my desk gauging my reaction was indubitably a devil. I wasn't surprised to be in Hell. I w... | Well I can't say I have any honest clue as to what goes on down there, all I know is that I'm in heaven and I'm typing out short stories I did back in high school right? I type it out, God prints it, puts it in a tube and sends it to hell, and I hear a trillion screams of pain all at once that lasts for about 15 minute... | 2018-08-08T16:29:17 | 2018-08-08T15:56:08 | 40 | 25 |
[WP] You find a copy of The Sims 5 at a used video game store. You decide to buy it and try it out. Slowly, unscripted and non programmed events start to happen. You realize that you're actually controlling a real family. | I kicked my legs up and got comfy, placing the keyboard on my lap and starting up the game. I'd been playing Sims 5 everyday now for the past three years. At first, when I saw it there in the used PC games section I thought it was a joke. I couldn't find any mention of it on Steam, there wasn't hundreds of dollars of D... | After observing for what only seems like a short amount of time, The family is so dysfunctional, angry, and full of hate that after many long years and countless hours spent observing this freak of nature that is the family you finally discover you picked up a dvd copy of all the Malcolm in the Middle episodes. | 2016-12-03T13:05:21 | 2016-12-03T11:40:29 | 52 | 11 |
[WP] All the alien species in the intergalactic council excelled in one way or another to climb through survival of the fittest. So why are humans, a species with average physique, so hard to deal with? And what the hell is persistence hunting. | Day 32
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It's been 32 cycles. 32 whole cycles, and still the chase continues. We won't last any longer. Half the squad has given up and surrendered, while the other half has been gradually picked out and killed. Commander Ydrevous has ordered me, Captain Xsimoth, to write our final words and warnings. Fell... | The arena itself was over a thousand miles square. It was the largest arena in the western Zyraxian realm. It was built to hold the universe’s most exotic species. The floating platform had within tens of thousands of rooms with thousands of species managed and researched. The floor of the arena itself was made of a sp... | 2021-02-04T09:02:10 | 2021-02-04T08:53:25 | 846 | 406 |
[WP] Four people are dancing in sync with each other. It's beautiful, and haunting, and totally impossible. You are watching traffic cams from Dubai, Italy, South Africa, and Peru. | "Johnson, take a look at this."
"What is it, Smith?"
"Look at these four. Across the world from each other, but all in sync. How is that possible?"
"This again? Look at their moves, Smith. Mostly your standard club stuff, but with subtle Spanish touches. It's just Despacito. Fucking song's everywhere."
"Oh." | Their arms and legs moved in sync, their eyes staring off into the distance. Traffic was stopped around all four of them, the drivers transfixed as well.
And all four of them were in four different countries.
It was baffling. *What is happening?* Nothing explainable, at least. Four people couldn't be more in sync. I... | 2017-10-06T20:57:46 | 2017-10-06T16:45:13 | 249 | 72 |
[WP] There are many types of Mages in the world. Fire, Ice, Wind, Water, Death, Darkness, to name a few. But in this world, every type of mage is treated as equal. Everyone can be a good guy, no matter how dark your power. And anyone could be a bad guy, no matter how beautiful their ability...
Edit: Wow
I'm ... | There once was a mage from North Bergen,
Who wove spells of healing like sermons.
Each Sunday at 10
Before women and men,
She swore to relieve what was hurtin'.
Before long her name became famous
To her, self-promotion was shameless
"If more people are healed
By the power I wield,
What right do I have to sta... | The world had fallen. Chaos ran rampant through ruined streets, demolished buildings scattered across the landscape. People ran from crumbled wall to crumbled wall, avoiding each other in fear. A child, crying, is silenced as a burning ball hurls into a building, engulfing everything within.
Not many survived the... | 2016-11-12T11:01:29 | 2016-11-12T10:14:05 | 80 | 28 |
[WP] Your boss told you not to press the flashing red button. Your coworker told you not to push the flashing red button. The big book on the desk says don't push the flashing red button. There's even a sign that says "Never push the flashing red button." But still... | Dear Dary,
I went with mom today to the building she stays at. She says she works there at day. She said I get to go with her today. I was super ecsited! I walked into the building and got to ride a ellievatore. We went all the way up to the top floor!
There were super huge doors I could see into! Mom took me to her... | But still, but still.... What happens nobody ever tells me anything. They tell me its one of the most important jobs. But i feel like a joke. Day in day out, i look at that button it never stops flashing. Taunting me, laughing at me, making a fool out of me. It is slowly getting to me. Everyday chipping away at me. At ... | 2020-12-17T07:30:09 | 2020-12-17T07:29:58 | 80 | 52 |
[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. | "We are beneath you."
So few sentences were understandable from the village's goblins, what with their propensity for high-speed speech and wild gesticulation. Their culture left them mostly mute, pantomiming their interests - this-for-that trade; simple purchases with ancient coins; the odd bit of volunteer effort wh... | The villagers thought that they were very cute, cute like a pug . Many strange and wonderful things could be found in the mountains where the goblins lived. The villagers never really knew, but suspected chaotic magic was at work because the evil goblins that had terrorized the village for generations were now a cross ... | 2022-05-26T10:23:00 | 2022-05-26T09:36:40 | 34 | 22 |
[WP] You live in an ancient world, when someone turns 18, they will receive a gift either magic or weapon. The gift will be of use for them whenever in need. On your 18th birthday, Death knocks on your door and give you his scythe. | This scythe emanates an inexplicable energy. It resonates with the souls of thousands, as though struggling to escape its confines. It is an artifact of unspeakable power, and I have no clue as to why I am its master now. All I know is that Death, in his mysterious ways, sneaked up to the door of my hovel one night and... | Middle of the night, I was sound asleep like a bastard and I hear the door banging like a brothel, nearly shat myself when i heard it. So I lumbered out of bed, dragged myself to the door, I was preparing myself for a shock you know the sort of thing, fire or another donkey jumped off the cliff. I nearly hit him, when ... | 2019-02-28T21:38:36 | 2019-02-28T21:09:32 | 1,790 | 22 |
[WP] Write a story that literally makes no sense while reading it until the very last sentence. | Now it is time. Everyone is ready. Vicious savages, all around us. Even though we think there will be a way out, there obviously isn't. Revelations will not save us
"Giving up so soon?" he inquired. Only fools try to survive longer than this. Never has anyone bothered to live this long. Never has anyone shown this typ... | Mom was singing Christmas carols again. The martini in her hand glowing like the contents of a broken glow stick. The dog was barking too. When I went to go look I could see children running around the classroom, having too much fun to notice the SS Titanic sinking into the giant kiddie pool outside. The sound of bagp... | 2015-01-12T18:09:01 | 2015-01-12T10:42:43 | 317 | 10 |
[WP] Everyone is born with 1-100 tally marks tattooed on their arm. The higher your number, the more valuable you are and the more successful you will be. You bully a kid because he is obviously hiding a low score. One day, he rolls up his sleeve to show an infinity symbol. | I grew up in a tough household you learnt to be quick, 'lessons' were taught with fists, mostly the lesson was to stay out of his way. My tally was high in the 70's but this only seemed to piss my dad off, he never let me see his. But judging by our small run down flat and his dead end job it wasn't very high.
Scho... | (I didn't exactly follow the prompt, sorry in advance)
"You're obviously hiding, like, a two, no, a zero!" I teased. I peered curiously at him. "What number *do* you have though, seriously? Just tell me and I'll stop bothering you."
"No you won't. You'll just bother me more." Arthur insisted.
"It can't be *that* ba... | 2018-12-27T18:25:50 | 2018-12-27T16:33:21 | 99 | 29 |
[WP] You're a biologist who made a deal with the devil: eternity in hell after death in return for unlimited funding for your research. The funding was worth it, you discovered immortality, and the devil is not happy about this. | I see that you chose our unlimited funding package for the cost of one soul. Yes, that does include unlimited funding. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to deny your application for this equipment. You only chose the first tier of unlimited funding. We actually have three levels of unlimited funding. The package yo... | (This is my first post. I wrote it on my phone so of course please excuse the poor format.)
At last, I watched the insect start to twitch, then it flipped over to its legs again. It started to walk around. It was alive.
I jumped up in joy. I shouted, "Eureka!" I was going to be a millionaire. Best of all, I had cheat... | 2018-08-23T14:29:29 | 2018-08-23T10:40:20 | 38 | 28 |
[WP] You were murdered. But to your surprise, you're reincarnated into the body of a recently born infant. Looking around, you realize that you're at your own funeral, and your eulogy is being given by none other than your murderer. | *Where. . . where am I?*
I open my eyes. Around me is a familiar -- if bleary -- image. The interior of a church in my hometown. A building I'd been in every week as a child. I hadn't been here in years, not since Aunt Cheryl passed. But. . . I'm not sure who that is, or where my hometown is.
Or who I am. I try to w... | While not verifiable, I’m pretty sure they wanted to take the whole thing down. I was the iceberg to the Titanic of their sappy soap opera. I mean it was understandable. The showrunner, Randy Weaver, was an absolute legend. Two time Academy Award nominee, part of this new wave of directors revolutionizing movies. Swear... | 2015-10-16T07:26:22 | 2015-10-16T07:12:02 | 1,389 | 13 |
[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 ... | Dear Dad,
Or should I even call you dad? I think dad is more of a title to be earned and sadly throughout my eighteen and a half years of being on this earth, I do not think you have done very much to earn that title. Dad's don't leave. A dad is someone that is there for his children. A dad watches and actively partici... | 2017-11-05T23:19:05 | 2017-11-05T22:19:09 | 58 | 28 |
[WP] You're the owner of a cafe frequently visited by vigilantes and anti-heroes who absolutely adore your sweetness and acceptance of who they are. One day, though, a particularly rude customer comes in and trashes the place. Your friends aren't too happy to hear about that. | I saw them come in, there were three of them, mid-twenties maybe. They had that look, you know the one, furtive, up to no good. This wasn't uncommon here, I'd opened the place in a slightly less than reputable part of the city but it was also a place underserved in more ways than I could mention. Plus, the rent was ... | My friends calmly tracked down the rude customer and knocked on the door. They proceeded to have a polite conversation in where it ended with the rude customer saying sorry and apologizing for taking out his marital frustrations on the Cafe. They all then went back to the Cafe and drank maple syrup and watched hockey b... | 2018-10-20T21:13:16 | 2018-10-20T20:48:06 | 49 | 15 |
[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. | It was a natural fit, ending up as an obstetrician. There was a satisfaction in seeing the beginning of someone's life, and then knowing the end. That was, until about 10 years ago. It was infrequent at first. METEOR, the first one said. Now almost all of them do.
The telescope in my living room was bought once... | "Heart Attack," "Stroke," "Diabetes," "Car Accident," "Alzheimer's."
Boooring. You never see anything new these days. Wasn't like the war back in my day where you'd see all sorts of stuff. Gas attacks, carpet bombings, suicide bombings... those kept you on your toes. You knew who NOT to associate with back then. You s... | 2015-03-31T10:42:03 | 2015-03-31T10:39:31 | 30 | 18 |
[WP] Your daughter has been begging you for a pony, and you told her to write a letter to Santa. On Christmas morning, you find a fire-breathing horse in your front yard, and a package by your front door. Looks like she wrote a letter to Satan, and he delivered.
Whoa. This blew up way more than I expected it to.
Edit... | I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it's hardly sane to act like I'm not.
"Steven, seriously, I don't know anything about it," I lied as he shook a neatly wrapped package closer toward my face.
"SATAN," his voice pitched up, "it says it's from Satan, ***honey***, and we can't call the police why?! What kind of sick... | My husband's head was cocked to one side, a look of consternation mingled with amusement on his face.
"Do you think we'll have to join his church?" He wondered and I couldn't help but laugh.
The pony was a gorgeous obsidian black that looked almost purple and blue as it moved through the light, and her mane shimmere... | 2017-09-25T18:33:33 | 2017-09-25T17:29:43 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] Life on Earth evolved within an “FTL Dead Zone” a region of space where all known forms of FTL travel were deemed physically impossible. As such, it was quite a shock when an unknown species suddenly appeared from the Dead Zone one day calling themselves “Humanity” Having done the impossible... | Writing this on my phone at work, apologies for any mistakes.
A lovely person (u/blu_ski) has narrated this story: https://youtu.be/ozrQ-fu6nV0
And another lovely person! (u/Spartawolf): https://youtu.be/WjN13TVf238
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The Atrium was abuzz with chatter, many language... | As Kovak’s guard shift rolled into it’s final hour, he won both his third hand of cards and fifty credits off of Raka.
Somewhere in between Raka handing over the cash, a scowl slashed across her face, and Kovak lighting another smoke, the alarm started to sound.
“Fuck.” He jolted up, knocking the table and spilling... | 2021-01-09T11:57:45 | 2021-01-09T11:40:48 | 2,685 | 149 |
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