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[WP] Canada has suddenly gone dark. No communication, no trade, no activity from within. Nothing for days. Alaska, now cut off from mainland US, is slowly ceasing in contact with the US federal government until a final correspondence is given: "Leave us. Reinforce the border. Don't ever open it." | At first, no one really knew what to think. I mean, how does an entire country, a massive one, drop off the face of the earth like that?
No contact. Any missions, squads, caravans, drones, hitchhikers, boats and even animals that crossed that border disappeared, instantaneously. It didn’t take long for the military t... | Nobody thought of it at first, as less and less flights started to come in and out of Canada, to eventually none. Car travel slowed until it too eventually stopped, Canadian TV and Radio networks going dead within a matter of hours.
To be completely honest, nobody even noticed it at first, until for the first time in ... | 2019-08-25T20:02:13 | 2019-08-25T19:45:28 | 317 | 72 |
[WP] You know the random driver in every action movie where the hero jumps in and orders to "follow that car!". Yup, that's you. Every single time you're trying to get anywhere. | I'm getting sick of it.
Every time, every single time I get in this car, something ridiculous happens. I'm an honest man, trying to make an honest living, and I have to put up with this. For some reason, every hard-boiled detective, fugitive space warrior, and mobster-with-a-heart-of-gold chooses this cab.
I'll be ... | **Figured I'll give my own prompt a shot for once. I'm writing in a hurry, so I apologize in advance if it's not eloquently formatted with long metaphors and a diverse vocabulary. But here goes...**
Alright. Today I have a dentist's appointment. Simple enough, right? Just a quick 10 minute drive from my apartment to t... | 2016-07-03T10:12:10 | 2016-07-03T09:53:15 | 1,211 | 188 |
[WP] The woman looked at her at her blind date and said, "I told Tammy that I wanted old and rich...not eldritch." | Blind dates are ideal. The sightless don't go insane upon meeting us. We admit there was some confusion among us about the term on our first date. Tammy should have been more clear, or perhaps the onus was on us to clarify. But, it was only a brief encounter. A few months in a pleasure dimension will probably straighte... | "That's not very nice of you, young lady." said the old man sitting on the other end of the table.
"Don't call me 'young lady' you fifty-year old fossil! I'm just ten years younger than you for fuck's sake! And you're not even that rich!"
"And I specifically asked for a nice younger woman, preferably early in her th... | 2022-09-26T08:49:30 | 2022-09-26T07:05:40 | 211 | 18 |
[WP] Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up. | I had forgotten about it long ago. A tiny shrine built to any god who would inhabit it. It had been a child's game, to build a temple for a god was something I thought would be fun.
Nearly thirty summers ago I came out to this field, and built the structure. It was minuscule, only barely too big to be taken as a song... | Khnum stood upon the roof of his temple and looked out across the Nile to the city’s morning skyline. Silhouetted against the rising sun he could see all the trappings of a modern city. Tower-blocks, office buildings, radio masts…you name it, Aswan had it. Jutting out from the skyline he could make out the shadows of f... | 2018-01-19T10:20:21 | 2018-01-19T09:16:18 | 42 | 19 |
[WP] Write erotica of hilariously bad quality.
An example of what I'm looking for would be something like this:
She flopped onto the breakfast table like a wet sock, her eyes bulging with desire. Her body was covered in nudity. "I bet I can eat more pancakes than you," she coughed, lustily.
Have fun!
EDIT: I did a ... | "Aww yes, boy! Slap that little meat-schlong into my piehole!"
Chocolate-colored skin, dark as tree sap found on some filthy elementary school playground, flopped about atop the mesh hammock. The skinny white man heaved and slammed against the woman, moaning like a flamingo in an oven. Hot, filthy sweat filled the roo... | Jess gazed at Jorge like a fat person would gaze at a cheap, all you can eat buffet.
"take me to dream town" Jorge said seductively as he loosened his overalls and threw off his hat.
Jess wiggled like pleasure, like a tapeworm would wiggle if it felt pleasure. Jorge climbed onto the race car bed and threw off Jess' ov... | 2015-02-16T10:00:52 | 2015-02-16T09:59:07 | 40 | 13 |
[WP] You lost your sight, along with everyone else on earth in the great blinding. Two years later, 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"
I get that this is a repost, can we just chill and... | I genuinely believe that I finally saw the light when I realized I could see. At first, it was hard to get used to everything. The brightness was so intense; it felt like my eyes were going to melt.
The world looked beautiful, to say the least. Ivy was growing on buildings, plants, and animals were taken back their la... | Was I living a lie? Were there others like me too? Who did this? Why is this happening to me? I have nothing but questions. The more I meet people, the more questions. I am left all the more unanswered. The more I see, I sink deeper to the unknown.
I spent the whole week living in my shock. I did not go out but locke... | 2021-11-29T04:47:58 | 2021-11-29T04:20:57 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] Invent a Vault from the Fallout universe, complete with its own experiment and flesh out a story about the outcome of that experiment. | Hey! Cave Johnson here working with Malt-tech!!! Oh, wait, the boys in the lab say its "Vault-tech", well that's a dumb name.
Hey! Cave Johnson here working with Vault tech!!!...... No that name is just so dumb, it's just not catchy eno-
Hey! Cave Johnson here bringing you your post-apocalyptic protection service, ... | Greetings valued citizen of Vault-Tec Vault 129, and welcome to your new home. Most likely, you are here because the world outside, and its various leaders, finally resorted to the Ultimate Option, and only your forethought in purchasing space in our patented Vault-Tec Fallout Shelters, commonly called Vaults, has save... | 2015-06-27T21:35:57 | 2015-06-27T21:30:12 | 38 | 17 |
[WP] The princess is different to say the very least. Her face covered in battle scars instead of make up, her hands as hard as stone and her eyes more frightening than a dragon. But you must perform your duty as a knight and guard her even though she may not need your protection. | "You leave your left side open," the princess said as she wiped blood off of her sword.
"Wh... what?" the knight asked, panting for air.
"When you thrust," she explained. "You have good form but you lean on your right foot too much, leave your left side open. If you fought someone with an off-hand dagger or someone m... | Princess Callisto was a very different sort of princess. Ever since she fought off a kidnapping attempt when she was thirteen, Callisto was defined by her ferocity in battle and her tenacity as well as her kind heart. Her many successful battles had made any notion of assigning a knight to protect her foolish at best. ... | 2022-10-03T14:35:13 | 2022-10-03T13:56:17 | 45 | 24 |
[WP] When you die, a field of text appears in limbo, revealing the high scores of life, and your score. Your score is the top score. | "Congratulations! You just won The Game."
"Where am... w... what game?"
"EXACTLY! No one else lasted as long as you, NOT thinking about The Game. 95 years, 4 months, 22 days, 3 hours, 32 minutes and 9.11 seconds is the new record. What a lifetime!"
"Who the hell are you?"
"Gottlieb."
"...Gottlieb?"
"Call me God. ... | What does it mean to live a meaningful life? Does getting a good job, having a wife and maybe a couple of children, only to eventually die of old age count as a meaningful life? It might to some.
Maybe for you modelling diapers by the time you're one years old, to then kickstart your acting career and publishing an a... | 2016-06-08T13:24:02 | 2016-06-08T12:16:59 | 227 | 13 |
[WP] The city wants to remove a tree from an old man's yard. Why does this upset him so much, and how does he stop them? | "Look old man, you can't just sit there forever. That tree's a safety hazard, and it's our job to keep everyone safe and get rid of it"
"Never! You don't understand what this tree really is! I'm finished if this thing dies!"
"Whaddaya mean, finished?"
"I mean I'm done! Kaput, flatlined, end of the road!"
"I uh, I s... | My partner and I were the first on the scene but knew we had backup just seconds away. We were called to a residential area as man was brandishing a gun. When we pulled we noticed multiple people coming to see the commotion and unable to see how dangerous the scene really was. My partner, George, drove up next to th... | 2014-11-21T09:28:35 | 2014-11-21T08:58:34 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] In a few short years, "Pizza Boy" became one of the most popular pizza places, their human like androids making fast deliveries and more profits. As you go to pick up your pizza from the front door , the delivery andriod seems to be nearly out of power. It asks to recharge before heading out | I frown at him.
"They don't have charge facilities for you in the car?"
"No, sir. We are expected to ration the charge we are given. There is no compensation for last minute special orders. Overcharge incurs penalties"
"What penalties?"
"I am not at liberty to discuss"
"I...of course you can charge. Please come in... | I let him in. His mechanical whirs sounding as the gears struggled to move his feet across the floor. His fibers were creaking, his movements jerky. He laughed, but it was not a funny laugh. I could not tell if it was the desperation or the despair of running out of gas.
“Have a seat, would you like something to drin... | 2022-12-11T22:50:36 | 2022-12-11T22:34:17 | 61 | 23 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Jesus - Your birthday is coming up. YAY! 2015 has been great to me. I finally realized this year that you're not real. Who am I actually addressing this letter to then? Oh well. Thanks for taking up all of my teens and 20s with indoctrinated lies that kept me from many experiences that in retrospect I would have p... | Hey cous,
It's been what 2 years now? Almost 3? Ahaha. I hope you're happy where ever you ended up. I miss you and the family misses you. I wish you could see how big the kids have gotten. Not to brag or anything but I'm the favorite uncle, ahaha. Though... I don't think I could top how much love and genuine affection... | 2015-12-05T14:47:35 | 2015-12-05T13:45:57 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] As we all know, Albert Einstein's last words were a mystery, as he uttered it to a nurse who couldn't understand his language. As a multilingual person, you time-travel to the moment he was about to say the last words of his life, and heard the most horrifying sentence you could ever hear. | The nurse couldn't speak German, so I was going to hop on back - fluent in sixteen languages, one of them German, but also French, Italian, Latin (taught to me by a Roman centurion who should have been killing me as a barbarian), and a spattering of a few others. In a word, I'm good. Very, very good.
I've recorded the... | “The nuclear bomb’s explosion… I get it now. Those mysteries… It creates a temporal vortex, it… it clones… it clones space and time. Everything touched by radiation… everything… This life… Oh, wow. A bright light… I’m afraid that… what? Oh. Err… ehmm.. errrrr… ffff… oooh…. ffff…”
And so he died. Albert Einstein’s last... | 2018-09-14T01:41:38 | 2018-09-14T00:04:48 | 128 | 10 |
[WP] Ever since you opened this bar, you still don't know why supernatural races, deities, royalty, and/or extraterrestrials keep frequenting the place. You just serve drinks and lend an ear to listen. |
I don’t remember how it started. I think it was kind of like a slowly boiling frog situation. Maybe a vampire during the night shift here, an angel around Christmas there. The first one I remember actively noticing was on May 17th, 2012, when a ghost came in. Not a regular ghost, mind you, he was hovering 6 feet abo... | I’d been running this bar for what felt like hundreds of years, Standing near gods has made me live through some terrible incidents, like when that one plant god killed the flying axe-like thing and drank it’s blood.
Some of the things I’ve had to put into drinks is hard to get, moonlight for werewolves, fertilize... | 2021-02-22T08:55:28 | 2021-02-22T07:14:14 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] There is a tradition in the US Navy that no submarine is ever considered lost, those that go to sea and don't return are considered "Still on Patrol". There are 52 WW2 submarines still on patrol, and they have just started coming home. | It was a very somber affair, the whole "coming home" thing.
After the decision was made to recover every lost submarine, many were sceptical, of course. Those subs were lost at the bottom of the ocean, they said. Lost, for over a hundred years. Even with the most advanced technology and sonar the North American Empire... | 01022020 1715 ZULU TOPSECRET
ACTION MESSAGE: TOPSECRETxxxxxxATTN:COMCINCPAC/COMCINCLANT,
COMNAVAIRPAC/COMNAVAIRLANT, COMSUBPAC/COMSUBLANT
FROM:Commander CVN-70 USS CARLVINSON
SUB: UNKNOWN MILITARY ACTION IN MALLACA STRAITS
At1320Zulu CIC reports distress call by Japanese oiltanker Kobiashi Maru, s... | 2020-09-10T13:44:11 | 2020-09-10T13:30:22 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] 100 25 year olds have been chosen. each must choose a super power that cannot be repeated and cannot exceed the power of god. The goal is to see who can conquer the world. You have the number 100. The best powers have already been chosen. Then it's your turn and you choose..... | I stood speechless at the answer of the last candidate. Everyone else chose a super power following the spirit of the event, but the last one had a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. I glanced down at the written rules, wondering what idiot intern had threw together the wording, and how I was going to fire them immediate... | “My turn!” I yelled, running forward. As I faced the monitor, I scrolled the list of powers already claimed. All of them were, even the one I wanted, but I decided to ask anyway.
“I want the power to fly!” I proclaimed.
🎵 “GRANTED” A musical synthesized voice said.
The crowd jeered and booed, but then the adjudicat... | 2022-11-17T07:33:47 | 2022-11-17T03:54:46 | 420 | 40 |
[WP] No upvotes necessary, just saturation. Load me up with as many zombie apocalypse stories as possible, with the caveat that they take place *before* the 20th century. | Josef and I lounged on the castle walls and listened to Father Adelford's sermon. I wasn't a particularly religious man after the past few months; some people sought comfort in their faith during times of such disaster, but not me. What God would do this to his subjects? But at least it was better than listening to the... | Through the efforts of some mad powerful few to seek a means of eternal life, an entity had sprung up from the turmoil that was created and soon after its birth, it set its sights on the World. its origins are not from this plane, or any for that matter. It was a peril that no peoples, not even one as strong as mine co... | 2015-12-28T08:07:58 | 2015-12-28T06:40:27 | 480 | 148 |
[WP] We forget our dreams for a reason: in the near future, memory enhancement therapies allow everyone to fully recall every dream they've ever had. Across the entire human race, disturbing patterns and implications emerge that were previously hidden by the unappreciated bliss of forgetfulness. | The Greeks knew better.
Lesmosyne, the sweetest goddess known to man, sweeter than love or hearth and home. Almost as sweet as the hunt.
I traveled when I was young. To find myself, I told people. Told myself. Find the real me under what I knew in the suburbs. What a crock. Every third world village I found, I was ju... | Mnemory was a dream product. Well, it was a dream product, and a product for dreams. Remembering dreams, specifically. It was supposed to be a mnemonic enhancement tool, for learning things in your sleep. Remember those hokey 'learn in your dreams!' product advertisements? Well, you coupled that concept with Lucio... | 2016-09-30T10:00:04 | 2016-09-30T09:24:11 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] You're running a little late to work, but when you arrive someone identical to you is already sitting at your desk. He puts up his hands and says "Relax, I can explain." | I paused, almost dropping my coffee. "Dude, what the fu-"
He raised his hands rapidly, scooting away from the desk. "R-relax, I can explain..."
"Goddammit man, this is the third time this week. Look, I know you want your own office, but you've got to use your cubicle until you get promoted."
Working with my twin bro... | "Listen very carefully, and if you do every single thing I say without question, we will both make it out of here alive, and I'll tell you anything you want to know. Anything. Are you with me?"
"Shit. What is this?"
"Are you with me?"
I hesitated, "yes."
"A man will be arriving in a few minutes, with a group of sol... | 2015-01-17T22:24:12 | 2015-01-17T22:09:04 | 287 | 13 |
[WP] You pick up painting to impress a crush, but secretly hate it. Two years later you’re engaged to your crush and you have to keep up the facade- and a popular art gallery now wants to feature your work. Suddenly you’re very famous for your work and you still. hate. painting.
Inspired by https://www.reddit.com/r/As... | "Welcome, and thanks for attending the audio tour of our Al Wenders' exhibit. As you can see, Al Wenders was a late bloomer at 24; with little to no formal training he was able to come to a masterful understanding of composition, shape, and colour. This was known as the Bright period. The paintings you are viewing are ... | It was a spur-of-the-moment, god-spoke-to-me kind of art piece.
All I wanted was to impress her. Her name was Violet and she was more beautiful than any flower on earth.
All I wanted was to capture that beauty.
All I wanted was to show her how much she meant to me, because there were no words. No words that I cou... | 2018-03-27T19:49:21 | 2018-03-27T19:06:13 | 281 | 57 |
[WP] Darth Vader survives killing the Emperor, but the Rebel Alliance puts him on trial for war crimes
Edit: Jeez, this prompt really took off. Props to PSHoffman, this is some of my favorite work by him! I kinda wish this had actually happened instead of Vader just dying. PSHoffman, it'd be great if you could turn th... | The Shadow stood in the light.
Half-moon platforms rose above and below, interlocking terraces that formed a massive dome. Every single platform was angled to inward to face the Shadow's sole, floating podium.
No chains held him, no shackles clasped his wrists - instead, they had locked him in a prison of eyes. Tho... | ######[](#dropcap)
Eril Dallows took a sip of his beer, the holo-screen displaying a scrolling readout of the local sector stock markets. The Naboo-born pilot sat at the very end of the polished bartop, the bar rather empty this early in the afternoon. Most customers sat on the patio outside taking advantage of the be... | 2016-03-19T08:31:48 | 2016-03-19T07:11:53 | 1,014 | 105 |
[WP] After the Battle of Hogwarts, Dudley met a woman and they had a daughter,Sophie. Sophie is the light of their lives,she's always been a pleasant child. The morning of Sophie's 11th birthday,there’s a knock at the door. Harry is here to visit his cousin for the first time in almost 20 years.
I just want to say tha... | He’s old now, Dudley thinks as he stares at his cousin, no stranger, on his doorstep. There’s a touch of grey at his temples, and the beginnings of smile lines by his eyes. He’s been happy since he left, and Dudley was glad for it.
“Hullo Big D.” He says simply, a smile caught in the corners of his mouth. He was weari... | Sophie sat on the carpeted stairs mesmerized. She had never seen this odd lanky man before, and he had the most peculiar scar on his forehead. He wore a long over coat with a simple sweater underneath. He had circular glasses that blocked her view of his face. Sophie stared at him awestruck and amazed. She thought it w... | 2019-10-16T11:44:39 | 2019-10-16T11:35:26 | 94 | 66 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | They swept across the dunes, conquering all foes before them. Charging forward to the roar of cannon and rifle, no stronghold or fort could stem the tide of red and gold that spew forth from the edge of the horizon. Like the sea, this force could not, would not be restrained by weather, terrain or people in the pursuit... | A man in a white tee-shirt, dust covered jeans, and a hat plops down into a recliner and turns on his television and begins switching through channels until he comes to the news.
The images on screen were like it was straight out of a dream. Or a nightmare depending on where a person was from. It showed members of th... | 2016-01-29T07:22:10 | 2016-01-29T07:13:23 | 43 | 11 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | One day James was sitting with his wife, he was cooking dinner for school children while she was knitting beanies for the homeless, when she cut herself, James sprang to his feet, "let me help you with that" he said. But upon reaching her, his eyes widened, her blood was pure black, he immediately begun to yell, "what ... | I stood there for a moment, as i looked at the prick on my finger from my knitting needle. Where there should have been a crystal clear fluid, somehow, a sludge of sin and immorality sat in my veins.
"How could this be?" i thought. I sat there, wondering.
Was i not good when i spent hours walking dogs at the animal s... | 2018-08-04T10:33:21 | 2018-08-04T10:24:42 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] You ate your last apple almost a full day ago. The second hand on the clock creeps closer and closer to the 24-hour mark. Holed up in a cabin you ready your shotgun. You can feel them out there, waiting, watching. The Doctors. | I had watched the show for years. I was hooked on the drama, the special effects, the world class actors. I had even watched the spin-offs and cried when she died.
I didn’t realise that my love of apples was actually keeping them away. That by eating an apple a day was keeping the real Doctor away. Or, Doctors. Seems... | The two men slowly began climbing the plank ladders up to the treehouse. Ellie looked down the open hatch to see her father and uncle getting closer and closer, their white lab coats flapping in the summer wind. She ran to the window of the treehouse and screamed at the top of her lungs,
“Noooo! The doctors are coming... | 2020-09-28T00:24:01 | 2020-09-27T23:43:38 | 54 | 27 |
[WP] You are amortal, not immortal, most don't know or care for the distinction but the two conditions could not be more different | To mortals, immortality and amortality are the same. An obsession with death makes the idea of escaping it the end all be all.
Amortality is not immortality.
An immortal lives forever: the power to change his environment is never-ending. The powers of immortals vary significantly, but the end is the same. Zeus is ... | “Somehow, I don’t think you read the instructions right.”
Creation blushed scarlet to the tip of her thousands fingers, the putty of matter forever spinning in between her digits faltering. Droplets fell to the surface in splashes of waves, now lakes and ponds where hitherto laid plain earth.
Water always came easy... | 2022-03-28T15:30:35 | 2022-03-28T12:03:21 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] They Hero is defeated by the villian, they expect death or torture. They did not expect to wake up in a guest room with their wounds being treated to. | Thomas got up from a large, double sized bed. Instinctively, his eyes darted around for his sword. The Sword That Glows In The Dark was propped against the wooden door at the far end of the room. Its gleaming edges barely visible under the bright light coming from an open window.
Thomas scrambled out of bed and reac... | "The hell is going on?" Bruce asked, staring at the bandages round his arm, and the cast on his leg. He looked around the room, it was a spotless white. A man was fiddling with the medical instruments on the metal tray table beside the comfortable bed. He was humming a song, perhaps 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen, though... | 2021-08-10T00:40:20 | 2021-08-09T23:13:30 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] Your pointless superpower is that you know how many people’s lives you save with your actions. One day, at a Subway, you tell the cashier you want your sandwich on Italian bread, and you’re suddenly informed that you just saved five billion people. | It was a bright sunny day in Miami, and for once, not too humid. Kimmy walked into the corner Subway, smiling to herself, thinking about how nice it was to be able to reach restaurants by foot. She was in a great mood. Kimmy approached the counter and gave her order to Sal, the regular clerk.
“I’ll have the ham and Sw... | "I'll take the itallian bmt," you say, wanting to try something new. "Okay sir here you go, anything else", "Nope thats it". "Okay, your total is $6.25" "Hey asshole, you saved 5 billion, want a medal?" a voice in your head says sarcastically. You have been hearing the voice in your head as of late, ever since you got ... | 2018-11-17T18:37:15 | 2018-11-17T17:29:21 | 180 | 35 |
[WP] A new continent is discovered. No one knows why this large land mass has never been seen before, it doesn't appear on any pictures taken from space and no astronauts have ever reported seeing it. You are part of the team in charge of mapping the area when you find out what they've been hiding. | John bolted up from the navigator's desk, his eyes fixed squarely on the captain. "What do you mean LAND!? We're a thousand miles out!"
"Come see for yourself..."
"That's impossible, unless we've been asleep for days we shouldn't be anywhere near land. This must be an island."
"If it's an island then it's huge... we... | [...] Johansen and his men landed at a sloping mud-bank on this monstrous Acropolis, and clambered slipperily up over titan oozy blocks which could have been no mortal staircase. The very sun of heaven seemed distorted when viewed through the polarising miasma welling out from this sea-soaked perversion, and twisted me... | 2017-02-10T12:49:56 | 2017-02-10T11:50:22 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] Your mission is to write the worst opening to a YA novel ever. How badly can you make us cringe? | Nobody is ever dethroning “My Immortal”
> Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long ebony black hair (that's how I got my name) with purple streaks and red tips that reaches my mid-back and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Amy Lee (AN: if u don't know wh... | “It’s Friday..Friday..FRIDAY OOO!” Rebecca started with enthusiasm and ended in a happy shout.
Angela chimed in with stunning speed, as if she already knew the conversation was going to take place “We gotta get down on the weekend!”
“Wait..is it actually Friday already..??” Chris asked while his dumbfounded face beg... | 2022-08-19T20:01:22 | 2022-08-19T18:51:48 | 55 | 28 |
[WP] A fortune teller foretold that twins would be born where one was evil and the other was good. A year later, a woman gave birth to a boy with horns and bat wings, and a girl with angel wings and a halo. The boy was sent away, while she and her husband raised the girl. They kept the wrong one. | An ancient fortuneteller, with a crooked and hunched body, possibly born more than two centuries ago came to them in the night. And using many ancient runes, and old sigils, she foretold the inevitable future, of the children born from the woman. One would be evil the other would be good. And when the two children were... | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/MatiWrites/comments/gfcjvp/mistaken_angels_part_2/) is up!
[Part 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/MatiWrites/comments/gfxr5h/mistaken_angels_part_3/)
It couldn't have been more obvious. Two children, just as the prophecy predicted. Darius horned with jagged, black wings. Lucy angelic in h... | 2020-05-07T08:01:39 | 2020-05-07T07:29:33 | 2,663 | 1,694 |
[FF] A 10-word-long sentence. Then, a 9-word sentence. An 8-word-long one after. This continues, until the final sentence of 1 word. Try to choose a theme befitting of the structure | I'm not sure how I can only use ten words.
Seriously, what can I start to write with that?
"Once upon a time in a faraway land..."
Nah, that just sounds way too cliché.
"Here I sit, all broken-hearted..."
Nah, that ain't right either.
Almost out of words?!
We started already?!
No redos?!
Fuck.
| Honestly, you were never a decent person to begin with.
Even in your final moments, I doubt you'll understand.
Though, I suppose it doesn't really matter now.
In a few seconds, you'll be dead.
People will always forget the man.
But his crimes still remain.
That, they never forget.
But *you,* though?
I'l... | 2015-01-06T07:38:55 | 2015-01-05T21:57:47 | 34 | 18 |
[FF] In 75 words or fewer, write about experiencing a devastating loss, without including death. | I loved my father, he had a heart of gold.
I remember when he took us Disneyland, fighting tooth and nail for the cheapest tickets.
I remember when he helped train me for football, taking days off of work just to be with me.
I remember when he joined the Army, and I trained him.
I remember when he could remember.... | I slide another box to the left. And another, down the conveyor belt. The mundane nature of the job is mind numbing. My brain wanders as I work. Suddenly, a pierce of light rips the seam of my consciousness open. Red flashes through my vision. An inhumane scream that is mine shreds the air as I look down. My right arms... | 2014-10-19T18:24:17 | 2014-10-19T18:03:46 | 123 | 25 |
[wp] Myths tell us where things come from (ex. echoes are from Echo, a person cursed to repeat what others said). Write a mythological origin story for a common modern object. | Deep within the bowels of the earth, there lies a secretive and fiendish entity. This is a being of decay and destruction: taking the bodies of plants and animals alike and crushing them in its hot, heavy hands until there is nothing left but a poisonous black liquid. This entity loathes all things on the surface: su... | In the before time, The Jobs did sit beneath a tree pondering the stars. Beneath the tree he did sit for many days, and then weeks- when Summer came and Apple did fall from the tree and sat of the ground besides The Jobs.
In that moment, The Jobs did stop looking towards the stars and began to ponder the Apple, it wa... | 2016-01-16T09:05:19 | 2016-01-16T06:29:13 | 103 | 20 |
[WP] You join the military, you are placed in the gardeners program. You garden in exotic places where the military has done operations, each time they give special glasses and forbid spraying others. One day your glasses fall off and you see you are actually burning corpses with a flamethrower. | At first I thought it was weird they emphasized testing our sense of smell so much during the draft. It seemed that as soon as I mentioned being an anosmic to the attending physician a silent alarm went off in a distant room and my assigned role was already decided.
I was assigned to a squad in the gardeners program, ... | As quick as my glasses fell off I threw them back on in hopes no one had seen. I remember just 3 months ago Jared had told me his fell off during his shift. He was never the same after that day. He never did say why. He just looked sick to his stomach everyday until they took him away. They told us he'd been exposed to... | 2017-06-20T02:47:08 | 2017-06-19T20:39:26 | 303 | 157 |
[WP] Make an emotionally manipulative character. Make that character the narrator. Manipulate the other characters. While you manipulate me, the reader. | **Authours Note: Strong language and content**
This is Anthony. Anthony isn't much good at anything. Are you Anthony.
“Not again, not here” Anthony would bemoan, okay I’ll give you that, you are good at that. I guess if you do anything that often you would be good at it. Not that it was a trait worth bragging of is i... | "Interesting isn't it!" I asked the girl holding her shoulder as she tried to back away. "Let g..go" she stammered trying to push my arm away. "Don't worry" I whispered soothingly. "I will, just let me explain.” "You killed my friend" She screamed frantically clawing at my face trying desperately to get by.
"Stop that... | 2014-12-08T21:56:52 | 2014-12-08T21:39:38 | 151 | 10 |
[WP] The US implements quantum elections: parallel realities are created so that each candidate can take office, and at the end of the term a vote is taken on which reality to keep. | "And I will make a promise.. to the American people..."
"I stand up for the American people, and I will..."
"If I were to take office... my very first duty... would be to ensure that..."
This is the dilemma faced by the grain of sand in a crowd. How could an insignificant face hold a significant impact? The promise ... | The field of quantum physics was never a widely pursued field when I was young. Most people, when asked what they wanted to be when they grew up, were likely to say, "a doctor," or, "a police officer." There was nothing wrong with those aspirations in 2014, and there still isn't anything wrong with those aspirations no... | 2014-12-24T21:42:35 | 2014-12-24T20:27:07 | 93 | 66 |
[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... | Mary looked at the table horrified. Another 1. That’s, what, 6 of them now? She felt desperate, it was all slipping away.
“You sure I can’t add my modifier?” she pleaded.
“We’ve been over this Mary, critical failures are critical failures,” replied Jim looking at her with pity.
“All my planning... all that time...”... | 2018-05-29T09:31:25 | 2018-05-29T09:09:55 | 210 | 150 |
[WP].You are sitting outside your house, enjoying the dying embers of the campfire when two glowing eyes open to stare at you. " Greetings, " it rasped, " may I share your fire tonight?" | I’ve always enjoyed this little cabin with it’s view of the mountains and view of Deep Lake. Far from civilization it gives me a sense of calm unlike anywhere else. Watching the moon rise over the mountains while I sit by the firepit out front has been one of my favorite pastimes for so many years now it’s hard to reme... | "You *are* the fire," Marci said, looking down into the glowing embers which had rearranged themselves into a pair of two golden eyes. "What do you want?"
The embers, slowly losing their spark, kept its eyes on the witch. "A body, please," it said, "before I disappear."
"As you wish," Marci said with a sigh. She wa... | 2022-01-06T02:41:12 | 2022-01-05T23:22:20 | 60 | 31 |
[WP] After witnessing a death, a young girl falls in love with the Grim Reaper. She becomes a serial killer just to see him more often. | She had been sixteen when she first saw him. He had planted a cold kiss on her mother's colorless lips after his work was completed. And tonight she would see him again, as she had once a month for the past two years. She always chose the night of the full moon. It felt more romantic that way, since the moon had been r... | Three candles lit the room, their wicks barely burning above the pool of wax spilling out the candle holders. All three sat atop a rounded wood table set up for dinner. Two plates, two knives, two forks, but only one person. Mariah waited as she always did as the flames began to flicker.
He wasn’t coming. He never did... | 2017-06-07T18:45:32 | 2017-06-07T17:18:22 | 1,265 | 208 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
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I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | *Ends hibernation*
*walks into office*
Officer worker 1: HOLY SHIT ANOTHER BEAR!!!
Officer worker 2: Don't worry, I decided I needed to bring a gun to work. It's so weird that 89 other bears have just walked into our office.
**bang bang**
*feels pain, eyes get heavy*
Officer worker 2: WOO! I got number 90! | We met in the room of a thousand fountains all 140 of us. We looked around for the original sure enough he was here. "Alright gentleman I have gathered you here today to adress the growing unrest across the galaxy at this time. Now I can't do it alone but with all of you I can, but we have to work together. Sound fair?... | 2016-02-22T11:27:02 | 2016-02-22T09:22:45 | 68 | 10 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | Gabriel knew his name would become synonymous with traitor. But really, what did it matter? Better to be a traitor than to be subservient to madmen, or to look the other way as the galactic genocide continued. On the ship's holographic screen, the tiny pinprick of the green planet was growing -- a grassy blade slowly b... | The other races of the Milky Way cared very little about the blip of a race. You see the galactic population was less unified than one might think. Many races didn't perceive time, speech or thought in the same way. But the one thing they did all understand was matter. Every being was made out of physical matter so tha... | 2022-12-15T08:44:27 | 2019-12-19T05:08:25 | 431 | 52 |
[WP] You are a 'Professional Hostage' hired by villains to secretly arrive at robberies and other crimes to be taken prisoner should the police or local heroes get involved. While out shopping you accidentally get taken hostage by a complete amateur who has no idea who you are. | "I charge $60 by the hour."
"What?"
"You got me while I was shopping, I'm not working right now. You should've called ahead. You're probably new at this, but there's a system. Plus it's normally $1000 up front, $1750 if you actually plan on stabbing me with that."
"Okay, just shut the fuck up or I'll cut your neck o... | Some people live their whole lives without ever staring death in the face, I couldn’t go a week without the adrenalin. There was something about the shit your pants fear, it was the only thing that made me feel alive. I held the bottle of water, flipping it in the air and catching it after a complete turn. In front of ... | 2019-01-02T10:25:25 | 2019-01-02T09:24:14 | 91 | 59 |
[WP] Your latest assignment is to write an essay extensively detailing how a great historical tragedy could have been avoided entirely. Your professor skims through each paper as he collects them. One stops him. "Yes, that's it. Good, I'll try that this time." He then jogs out of the room. | Eli’s hand shook as he turned in the paper to Mr. Hansen, his professor in Global History 231. He eyed the young adult with suspicion.
“You know this paper was due yesterday, right? On November 11?” He said sternly.
Eli swallowed what was left of his confidence.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Hansen. I had a lot on my plate, and t... | "Yes, that's it! Good I'll try that this time" Professor Hamlet said
It was my assignment he was looking at, it was about how to stop 9/11, i just really threw an idea that i thought could work in theory.
"What do you mean" almost the entire class said simultaneously.
"Oh if it works, it wont matter to you" Hamlet s... | 2019-10-03T18:47:41 | 2019-10-03T14:30:56 | 1,632 | 47 |
[WP] You fall in love with a girl, and the two of you have a happy relationship for a few years. But one day, you discover a massive hoard of valuables underneath the house, and that’s when you realize you’ve been dating a dragon in human form. | ‘Confessions of a Lady Dragon’
—-
“You are a *what* now?”
“A dragon. Didn’t you wonder why I never let *you* clean out the basement?”
“I thought you were just good at balancing gender roles. I mean, you let me do laundry and dishes.”
“Yeah, because I *hate* doing those things. And also because you look cute when y... | All these years
The planned dates
The firey attitude
The protective attitude
Always wanting my food
Eyeing my mother's silver dishware
Insisting I buy her jewelry for every anniversary
Not wanting to have kids whatsoever
Wanting me to learn music
Making me submit to her demands
Liking it when I play music to her
Lovi... | 2022-09-10T11:45:18 | 2022-09-10T10:45:48 | 125 | 80 |
[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 sat on the couch, scraping up the last remnants of my birthday cake.
"It's almost time!" My mom shouted
I glanced at the clock: 11:59
My brother Jeremy launched a nuclear clock app and swiped it to the TV. Everyone crowded around and I held up my arm so they could see. At 11:59:50 they started counting down. "10. ... | 2017-03-16T03:20:58 | 2017-03-15T22:53:41 | 427 | 271 |
[WP] A priest returns home after a successful exorcism. His demon daughter is waiting for him there, angry that he removed her from someone’s body again. | Father Morris took a deep breath. He held one finger out, lightly tapping the door handle.
It was searing hot, like the flames of hell didn't just graze it, but instead swallowed the thing whole, let it rummage around in its infernal belly for a few minutes, before belching it out.
Father Morris exhaled as that deep ... | Father Atkinson returned home a tired man. His once sturdy frame stood hollow, a tree devoured inside out. His face had grown wrinkled as bark; his calloused hands could barely grip the cross as he pounded the pulpit before his congregation.
They didn't know him. Not the true him--the man who scrambled to correct his... | 2020-10-20T08:18:51 | 2020-10-20T08:05:28 | 191 | 123 |
[WP] Adults and children are separated into two dimensions. When a baby is born, it is sent to the "kid" dimension, and will only rejoin the adults when it turns 18. A mother and father are anxiously waiting for their child's 18th birthday tomorrow.
Can't take credit for the basic idea, I got it from a Young Justice e... | Azteca placed her head on her top bunk pillow for the last time. She had just put the last of the children she was in charge of to sleep in their cribs. That had been her job, to take care of the young children in the nursery. The older kids had a government, they grew their own food and built their own buildings. They... | Greg held a cup of coffee between his hands, letting the ceramic burn his palms. To his left was his wife, Liz, her hand on his knee. To his right was a knife, freshly sharpened.
“I can’t believe it’s finally here,” Liz said. “Just five minutes now.” The pair of them sat alone in their living room, furniture pres... | 2016-03-03T19:59:04 | 2016-03-03T19:21:33 | 90 | 25 |
[WP] For 24 hours each year, all cats can break any cat laws without consequences. Welcome to the Purrrge. | This is gonna sound crazy, but I gotta tell you this story about my cat.
I'm out on the back porch the other day, just enjoying the sun, and he walks outside. I call to him, and he sticks his tail flag up like "Yo" but keeps walking. He heads straight for the big wood pile where the chipmunks live. So me, figuring ... | 'Let meow-t.' Branston purred.
'No.' I say with my back to the cage.
'Pwetty pwease?'
'You've got enough food and water to last the Purrge.'
It was my third Purrge with Branston, and I was adamant that I would not let him out this time. Year one I had not even locked him up, that in itself was a grave mistake. ... | 2018-08-22T08:15:02 | 2018-08-22T08:05:42 | 129 | 52 |
[WP] Write a story about something you don't understand. Do NO research. Make everything up as you go.
**Possible subjects:**
*Fly-Fishing
*Open-Heart Surgery
*Supply-Management in the Canadian Dairy Industry
*Making Hollywood Movies
*Guidance Counselling for High School Students
*Storm Chasing
*Electrical Rep... | She reached into her bag and pulled out her white pad things, not the sort of white pad thingy that had wings but the other one that was small cylinder and had string attached to it for some probable reason. She was in the women's toilet of a dingy local bar and like all women's toilets was outstanding in its size and ... | According to all laws regarding aerodynamics, a bee should not be able to fly. Their wings are too small. Their rumps to... Err... rumpish. But that does not stop the mighty bee. Try as nature might, it cannot stop the bee.
You see, every bee is born with a small jetpack, right in between their wings, and is only vis... | 2016-02-01T22:32:48 | 2016-02-01T22:09:55 | 507 | 40 |
[WP] You are a NPC in a video game and must convince the world of your free will using only your 8 or so dialogue options | Ulderkraft online patch v.1.2.0382 list of known bugs
*#32-Daris the inn keeper, an NPC in the starting town keeps repeating the following dialogue over and over, regardless of what speech option the player chooses.*
* How do you do today, brave adventurer?
* Everyone in town has been talking about you.
* Looks like ... | It’s an old game, *Alden’s Sanctum*.
Nearly eighty years old. Dated graphics. Clunky mechanics.
Games these days strap you in and node you up and light up your senses to the tune of a neon club, a high class gala, a forested village — we don’t have those anymore, forests, villages, so games like that are real popular... | 2021-09-03T07:53:33 | 2021-09-03T07:19:05 | 193 | 94 |
[WP] While driving you hit and kill a boy. You feel terrible, and at the funeral you tell the family you wish you had died instead of him. 3 weeks later, a new surgery comes out that can bring someone back from the dead at the cost of another's life. You hear a knock at your door. It's the family. | *Note: I just wrote another story for this prompt in the replies below. Let me know which sorry you like better!*
It wasn't until I had the chance to die that I realized I still wanted to live.
Sitting next to the parents, seeing their faces as the ER surgeon came out of the room and shook his head, I was convinced ... | \*knock\* \*knock\*
The sound of slow, heavy knocking comes from the door. From the other side, a woman calls out, "we want you to make things right. Come on out, James."
It's them. For the past two weeks straight, they've showed up outside my house. Every single day, and always at the exact same time. More and more ... | 2018-09-16T16:40:02 | 2018-09-16T16:18:54 | 5,661 | 147 |
[WP] You are a superhero who keeps his identities private, even your sidekick doesn't know your normal identity. Today you come home to find your wife in bed with your sidekick. | *I don't want to play hero anymore*
I would have never imagined something like this: I believed to be a good husband, friend, confident, partner or whatever she needed at that moment, every single moment of joy and pleasure of my last months came from spending time with her at home, my work is my façade and not me... | A Hero Just Like You
“Donna?” Her eyes shoot open and nearly bulge from their socket; her chubby cheeks turn that classic rosy red that she gets whenever she gets too flustered. At that moment I nearly forgot that I just saw my girlfriend changing out of a superhero suit. It’s the first time she’s been nak... | 2022-03-23T11:32:15 | 2022-03-23T10:09:46 | 60 | 29 |
[WP] Your 11 year old nephew just ate 2 of your LSD gummy bears 45 minutes ago and you have to make sure he makes it through sane | Stephen watched with a mute sort of horror as his nephew bounced up and down on the couch, hollering at the top of his voice.
"I'm hungry, uncle Stephen!" Jason screamed, his face red and flushed.
The gummy bears, it must have been. There were only three left in the side pocket of his backpack - last time he'd checke... | I sat on the rocking chair, wondering just when the little bastard was going to sleep. My sister said that he would be ready to collapse by about 10 o'clock, but from the occasional noises and high pitched squeals coming from his room-
"Wheee!"
Peace and quiet were far, far away.
"You know what," I said to myself, ... | 2017-01-09T06:33:44 | 2017-01-09T05:45:56 | 128 | 31 |
[WP] You discover a library with a biography for everyone on Earth. While reading your own, you notice that whenever someone else is mentioned, there's a footnote showing where you can find their biography. Its odd how someone who was only a sentence in your book has a whole chapter for you. | I ran my finger along the frayed volumes until I found the single, ancient tome I was searching for. As I plucked it from its shelf, a plume of dust exploded around me, forcing me to step back, coughing and wheezing. I half expected a wizard to appear as the ephemeral fog settled on the ground. There was nothing there,... | I wasn't what I'd call the best person. I suffered many a malady in my life, mostly concerning the headcase. I spent many hours consumed in a desire to only be able to unravel the people closest to me, to figure out what they truly thought of me, to never be open to any sort of surprises. I maintained relationships, bu... | 2017-12-04T04:37:00 | 2017-12-04T02:09:03 | 3,652 | 237 |
[WP] Magicians are quite rare. They are not born; they're made. It is through unimaginable pain that their powers manifest. Their ability is linked to their own personal trauma. So tell me child, what can YOU do? | Most people think that physical pain is the best way to manifest magical abilities. They cut themselves, lash themselves, burn themselves, allow wild animals to maul them- anything they think will unleash the power inside them. There are entire schools dedicated to torturing hopefuls until they unlock a magical gift.
... | "Watch!" Young Nathaniel said as he closed his eyes tightly and began to strain.
The magician magistrate sat, humored by the kids unhoned focus. 4 minutes had passed when the kid reopened his eyes, "there!"
"There? There what? Is there something I should have noticed?"
The kid sat quietly, swinging his legs to ... | 2022-04-26T12:51:38 | 2022-04-26T11:54:54 | 29 | 18 |
[WP] Turns out, when a species reaches the stars, their ships resemble the characteristics of that species’ origins. Most other species have ultra fast, hard hitting spaceships, and a few are slow behemoths. But everyone is scared of the relentless, unstoppable humans. | You can tell a lot about a space faring race by their ships and I don't just mean their aesthetic preference. Every race seems to inevitably rely on their evolutionary strengths when designing their ships.
Take the Larkins for example; their long and slender ships seem to dance through space making seemingly impossib... | The head of an intergalactic space force turned his head in a way resembling nod of an apex predator rather than a civilized being. Turns out this ship is owned by Trigators, tall lizards with prolonged craniums and evil grin always sticked to their faces as a reminder of their ancient past. Their territorial enemies w... | 2021-10-12T12:26:10 | 2021-10-12T10:48:37 | 118 | 22 |
[WP] What’s more horrifying than a biblically accurate angel shouting “FEAR NOT”? A modernized angel whispering to you “Be very afraid…” | Gabriel licked my earlobe and said, "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
Light from his halo reflected off the blade he held close to my throat. "Please," I said. "Don't hurt me."
At this, Gabriel laughed. It sounded almost like he was choking. Perhaps he tried to stifle his laugh. "Didn't you know? The lamb of god was alway... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 5, Part 2: Mare v.s. Tamulu)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections. That being said, [this story](https://www.reddit.com/r/bubblewriters/comments/mmzrng/wp_angels_are_thought_to_be_beautif... | 2022-01-29T08:48:43 | 2022-01-29T07:30:10 | 43 | 15 |
[WP] Superman announces on the news that he is going to kill each person on earth, one by one, until humanity is wiped out, in alphabetical order.
What would happen? What would happen from a local to a worldwide level? | The world was stunned at first. Superman was the savior, the light in the darkness for which all could see and turn to. With his speed and ability, he could tear through a man a second, reaping a path of destruction all along the world. Lex Luthor was biding his time, knowing very well that his time would come before l... | Mr. A Aaron Aarons had always hated his name. It was after all a clerical error at the hospital that led to the unique handle. His mother had told him that she wanted to name him Adam Aarons after his grandfather, but somewhere in the haze of drugs and child birth she signed A Arron Aarons and the name just kind of stu... | 2015-07-12T22:40:34 | 2015-07-12T21:32:54 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] Write a story based on your favourite song. Other people have to guess which song it is.
Can be inspired by lyrics, backstory, or anything else you love about the song | Before I dropped her off that night, I felt that I had to express the unique connection I felt between us. I adjusted my overcoat, swept back a quaff of magnificent bangs, looked her in the eye, and said "I won't give up on you...I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm not the man to let you down. I'm not running around... | This was amazing. All my life I had dreamed of seeing the stars, and here I am, travelling through space and time with a mysterious stranger in an equally mysterious time machine. He had met me as I was going to the grocery store for some ingredients for a curry I was planning on making. His vehicle materialised in fro... | 2015-09-13T04:36:49 | 2015-09-13T04:18:38 | 320 | 17 |
[WP] You're a sniper, but your gun only accepts... unconventional ammo. | Rifles aren’t cheap. Your run-of-the-mill hunting rifle will service if the target is a whitetail at 150 yards, but if you are trying to hit a target on the run at 1000 yds, military-grade tech is needed, which increases the price. At 2000 yards, even military grade firearms fails, and it is up to one-of-a-kind, hand c... | Early on in my career, there was a hit that I almost royally screwed up. I didn't notice a bodyguard was missing, and he found me right after I pulled the triggrr. I broke him, but not after he broke my rifle. So, after payday, I set up a meeting with my supplier. After I get her up to speed on needing a new gun, s... | 2016-10-25T15:46:53 | 2016-10-25T13:14:11 | 75 | 45 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a natural tattoo of their spirit animal. Every person gets the traits and abilities of their respective animal. But when you were born your father, having a bear tattoo and your mother, bearing a dove tattoo, were horrified. Leviathan.
Edit. Wow thank you to everyone who submitted thie stori... | **Leviathan**
Mom and dad never looked at me with love. In fact, they tried not to look at me at all. Dad was as strong as a bear, mom was soft as a dove, and I was... To be honest, I wasn't sure what I was. No one really knew. Whatever creature imprinted itself into my skin wasn't of this world. It sort of resembled ... | I’m told that when I was born, my birthmark was barely visible on my shoulder. Just a smudge on newborn flesh. It wasn’t uncommon for someone’s mark to be illegible at birth, and most people were comfortable with the thought of it becoming clearer as I grew older. The more I grew into my spirit animal, they thought, th... | 2017-11-08T07:05:24 | 2017-11-08T06:50:26 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] One morning everyone in the world wakes up in their 18-year old body, memories intact. Society tries to continue as normal despite the change, but a world full of energetic adolescents certainly has its quirks. | I shouldn't, I couldn't, help but laugh at me
At least I would've, if I weren't so angsty
My wrinkled skin, now pale and acne'd
Strange hate for my reflection, hating back at me.
​
If I'd took to the window, and forgot the mirror
I'd have seen it was everyone, not just me that was thinner
In waist, wa... | "You know what, Dave, I never thought that I would do it, mate, never really!" I told my buddy as I looked at his dark eyes, even darker in the lightless dusty room.
"Well, stop bragging, Shane" he snapped, "things are pretty bloody well screwed at this point as it is. Last thing I need is you rambling about Mrs. Bart... | 2020-11-02T10:58:27 | 2020-11-02T09:54:34 | 36 | 19 |
[WP] An NSA agent becomes inappropriately (or appropriately, I don't care, this is a writing prompt not a dictatorship) fascinated with whoever he's spying on.
Make what you will. | Day 1 of Investigation #00456, investigation of suspected terrorist:
Name - John Doe
Age - 36
Wait, his name is *John Doe?* Well, that's quite the original name. Anyways,
Area of Residence - Atlanta, Georgia
Race - Arab
Sex - Male
Physical Dimensions - 5'6", 230 lbs. from last medical checkup two months ago.
He... | My Sarah. I've loved her since she was 14. I watched her go to school, come home. I saw how happy she was riding her bike. The day she got accepted to college. I watched her heart get broken by her stupid boyfriend. I was glad they broke up.
But Sarah didn't love me back. She didn't appreciate my gifts or my love. Sh... | 2013-10-16T19:04:41 | 2013-10-16T18:16:47 | 20 | 11 |
[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 ... | 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... | 2022-09-15T12:44:53 | 2015-01-12T10:42:43 | 1,493 | 10 |
[WP] Write a children's story with a terrible moral. | ~This is a gem from the Children's Reading Section at Penn State's library~
It was a perfect summer day when Johnny left the park to head home. As he was walking he noticed a car following him that he didn't recognize.
"Hey buddy!" cried a man's voice from inside the car "Can you tell me how to get to Henry's Genera... | Once upon a time, there were two little ducklings who lived on a pond. The ducklings were identical twins, and they were beautiful. Why, even Mr. Toad had to admit that they were the best looking ducklings he had ever seen on his little pond. And Mrs. Robin could hardly look at the ducklings without pangs of jealous... | 2015-02-18T21:10:42 | 2015-02-18T20:06:32 | 50 | 10 |
[WP] Giant Japanese spider crabs have mutated and begun a land invasion, describe in a first person account a battle in the war that follows... | I poked my eyestalks out of the water, and upon confirming that our intelligence was accurate, lifted my mighty claws and clacked them as powerfully as I could.
“My fellow warriors! Strike now! Advance sideways!”
My heart swelled with pride as the water boiled with the scurrying of a thousand of us, advancing as one... | The crabs destroyed everything. They first appeared near small Japanese islands, all at once, and decimated the population. We could barely respond in time, and by the time we did, they had already conquered the islands.
I was on that wave of first responders. The first crab I saw haunted my nightmares to this day, ev... | 2017-02-08T07:19:43 | 2017-02-08T06:44:28 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] The bride is having an affair with the best man. During his wedding speech the best man decides to see how heavily he can hint about it without anyone actually working it out. | John sipped his drink as he stood up. He shuffled the notes in his hands before glancing across the table. Despite the white, perfect smile on her lips, Jenna watched him with terrified eyes. John had felt those eyes on him all day. Every time he refilled his glass, her smile became more forced. Her gaze became mo... | "To *Jason* and... uh... *Vanessa*!" The music died down as Rob stood up, smashing more than tapping his fork into his glass. He took a step back, almost losing balance before righting himself. "Big day! Today, I mean."
A small cheer went up from the wedding party, led by Jason who stood and clapped. He sat back dow... | 2015-04-02T22:15:17 | 2015-04-02T22:08:05 | 1,568 | 173 |
[WP] As opposed to getting rid of the creepy dolls in the attic, you decide to clean them and fix them up. This made the little ghost girl very happy. | I carefully placed the cloth doll in the box, its newly sewn dress matching the other dolls. They looked in much better condition then a couple of months ago when I found them, all damaged and decaying. My friends loked at me as though I were mad, when I showed them what I had found, and my plan to repair them.
I had ... | *A broken man from a broken home broke in a broken house.*
*And there he found a little doll, dressed in a blue blue blouse.*
There is just one prayer in my life. Just one wish and need from this marble I'm on. I want it to let me be good. I cry for it to let me be good and do good. To take harm out of my hands, to ... | 2020-10-05T10:58:38 | 2020-10-05T10:42:32 | 368 | 148 |
[WP] The Universe™ has just run out of free trial meaning we are being downgraded from Universe™ pro to Universe™ lite. | It wasn't immediate, since the transition to Universe Lite is incremental. Wouldn't want to cause catastrophic damage or disrupt the user experience, ya know? It started with the premium-package UV defense systems, which was slowly removed so the change wouldn't alert the end users. Most of them would probably even den... | I'd just graduated with my law degree. Constant education since I was 5 years old with no days off. I'd been working part time since 15 to help support myself and my education, but it was now all worth it. I'd finally sucdeded and had already accepted a job at a large firm paying more than I could have ever dreamed off... | 2018-05-28T07:27:17 | 2018-05-28T07:16:14 | 154 | 91 |
[WP] You don't know what you do for a living. Literally. Five days a week, you get up, get in your car, black out, and then you're back in the driveway in the afternoon. And a paycheck arrives every 2 weeks. | Andrew pulled his car into the driveway. He then paused for a moment. Pulled down the sun visor and studied his reflection in its little mirror. In it, he saw the same features that he always did. His tired eyes. His short dark hair. His neatly pressed shirt. And his tie, which was a sombre shade of navy blue.
He cou... | ...
I'm a normal person, right?
I pay my taxes, i drink coffee made from tap water, i pee while seated...
I think i only smoked **ONCE, a**nd it probably was painted hair!
The first thing that i say after waking up and drowning in a sea of *zeroes and zeroes* was, of course:
"It's either Drugs or Murder..." ... | 2021-09-26T19:54:38 | 2021-09-26T18:08:03 | 324 | 16 |
[WP] Usually, horrors take place in dark isolated areas in the middle of nowhere. Write a horror story that takes place in the middle of a busy area in broad daylight.
Twist the horror genre into a story that takes place in the middle of somewhere.
Edit: I've read every single story people have contributed and left a... | "MY SON! WHERE IS MY SON?!"
People parted around the poor woman in rags, screaming on the side of the road as always. They knew someone inevitably would come to talk to her, just like they did once, and feel bad but realize she was beyond help, just like them.
"PLEASE YOU HAVE TO HELP ME!" she screamed, grabbing at ... | She stood alone on the bus. A crowd of people surrounded her, but they didn't know her, they didn't give a damn what was happening to her. She breathed deep. Deep breaths. The mist rose up around her, slowly licking at the tops of her trainers and groping its way up her legs.
She had tried moving, but the mist spun fa... | 2016-02-02T10:53:29 | 2016-02-02T09:34:47 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] When something is created (humans, fire, lotion, etc.), a god is born to reign over its domain. You are the god of what most consider to be a completely mundane object but, somehow, you are becoming the most feared.
Or revered. Both could be interesting! | I am a god of Man, and I have many names.
My first forms were simple. The beating of rock upon rock, the flash of sparks. The ignition, heat and fire. Gradually I became greater. Rock against rock, edges sharpened, tied and affixed to a handle. A blade through flesh. Rock against wood, extension of man's fist, b... | I am a humble god. I was little more then wet dirt. You could find me along the banks of any river in the world. I was not rare, like my brother Gold. I existed in abundance, but nothing could grow in me, unlike my mother Soil. Like millions of other gods, I sat in quiet reflection, my life passing by without use or p... | 2016-07-06T15:47:48 | 2016-07-06T15:12:25 | 49 | 18 |
[WP] Tell me the story of how the world ends - but told entirely in Craigslist ads | Mar 14, 2020 Lot of Quad-Copter drones for sale - $2000 pic electronics - by owner [x]
Mar 10, 2020 Lot of Amazing burning lasers! - $400 pic electronics - by owner [x]
Mar 17, 2020 Lot of replacement iPhone fusion cells for sale - $3000 pic electronics - by owner [x]
AI/5/USA, I told you I was a real person and no... | In search for survivers In the greater New York area, hell anywhere really. I am, well I was a sandhog and was underground working on the new water way in Manhatten when the Russians dropped the bomb. Never have I emerged from underground to such horror. Everything in ruins and no one in sight. I walked around for a bi... | 2015-04-29T08:49:52 | 2015-04-29T07:28:18 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] Write a suicide note in a Dr. Suess like fashion. | The sun did not shine,
It was too wet to play,
So I sat in my bed
For day after day.
So I stared at the ceiling
I stared at the wall
And deep down inside me
There was nothing at all
No anger, no fury
No happy or glad
Just a big fat old nothing
That was nothing but sad
I called up a doctor
T... | Could not, would not, go on about,
And I will not, shall not, stay in doubt.
To think that, feel that, when I'm gone,
I hope that, wish that, the show goes on!
Not this, nor that, will I do,
To die soon I must, it's true!
He thought, she thought I would only cry,
Even though I know, I hope to die.
Here I will l... | 2015-01-17T07:08:38 | 2015-01-17T04:58:43 | 1,010 | 349 |
[WP] You are an inspector of the Federal Bureau of Dungeon Safety And Adventurer Fairness. This one is a serious violation to the codes.
Feel free to drop the Adventurer Fairness if you don't like it. | "Why do I have to shut it down?" The woman's normally seductive face was twisted in furious scowl as she paced around the tiny office like a caged tiger. She whirled on the small halfling woman sitting behind the large, paper covered desk with a tiny gold plaque with one word on it: "Inspector, FBDSAF."
"It's too hard... | So here I am, inspecting the dungeon of some mad scientist. Normal Friday, nothing special. See, my job is to keep balance in this world. We all know that this is a fantasy world, but the players don't realize that it's real. What they see as numbers, we see as everyday life. The boss trains his minions, crafting their... | 2018-11-26T17:07:11 | 2018-11-26T11:39:13 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] On one hand, you're average at everything. On the other hand, you're average at EVERYTHING. | Never piss off a witch with a thing for statistics, that's what I'd tell my teenage self if I had a time machine.
Ever since that day I've been cursed to be average. Not mediocre. Average. At **everything**.
In my head things still seem clear but it's as if everything gets passed through the average filter.
Not m... | "You are so...average!", my boyfriend told me one day. "I would normally dump you, but I can't find a reason, because I have no real reason. You look average, your mind is average and your personality doesn't either bother or intrigue me."
"Well, let's make this an average break-up, because I can't stand being an aver... | 2018-10-24T07:42:20 | 2018-10-24T07:31:51 | 850 | 68 |
[WP] When you gain a superpower it is a reflection of your inner self, good people tend to get typical 'good' powers such as flight while bad people get 'bad' powers such as mind control. Oddly enough the top superhero and supervillain each have powers that seemingly do not suit them at all | If someone told an outsider to this world who our greatest champion and nemesis was, and what their powers were, they'd understandably be confused. After all, most archetypes depict heroes as saviours, wielding weapons of light and flying after villains, who used shadows to mask themselves and their wicked crimes. It ... | I used to believe that I had a weird power. If you know about Moira from Overwatch I promise I didn’t just steal the idea from her. The game wasn’t even in concept yet at the time I believed I had this ability. Anyway, the ability I thought I had was that I could steal with my left hand and give with my right. By this ... | 2020-06-15T10:58:47 | 2020-06-15T09:43:33 | 54 | 12 |
[WP] Scientists invented a pill that enables dogs to fully speak and understand English. It lasts for ten minutes, and will only work one time. You give a pill to your 12 year-old Border Collie, whom you've had since they were a pup. Your dog immediately says "Alright, listen very carefully..." | My dog, who I named Mr. Fierce when I was 14, was no longer quite so fierce. 12 years later I was nearing 30 and he was slowing down. His black and white fur had a little extra white in it from old age. He was always excitable, but now days he took a while longer to get his body moving. I could tell I only had a year, ... | "Alright, listen very carefully." The pills had taken effect almost immediately. I was in shock, and let out a, "Wow."
"No. No. No time for 'wow'. Snap the fuck out of it. I know what bullshit you just fed me; Toby told us about them the other week. I know they only last for a while, so there's something very impo... | 2017-02-23T05:15:25 | 2017-02-23T04:57:25 | 3,942 | 842 |
[WP] You live in world with no colour, shades of black and white are all you know. A flower pops up in your backyard, you’re drawn to it, as you pick the flower from the ground, you see colour for the first time. For the first time you realize something is terribly wrong with your world. | I was eleven when I found it tucked away at the back of the garden.
The iris didn’t belong in my world, but there it was, shyly poking out from beneath a tangle of chickweed and nettle. Three leaves drooped down from the top like breezing parachutes, their colors like nothing around them. It was the color of a soft ki... | >**PURPOSE & PASSION**
"Are you sure we should send the new guy?" I heard Crawford ask. There was a certain...disdain in his tone.
"It'll be fine. Don't ask any more questions, Agent." Agent Mordecai replied.
I walked into the room as though I hadn't just been listening in. "Agent Mordecai, you wished to see ... | 2021-01-21T01:22:33 | 2021-01-21T01:16:32 | 46 | 14 |
[WP] "We have DNA evidence that puts you at the crime scene." The Prosecution smiles arrogantly as he believes you cornered. "DNA? How interesting, none of my components are made of biological material" | I smile, leaning back in the chair. The lawyers look at each other, totally befuddled. "What are you talking about?" The prosecution asks. "We literally have DNA that points to you." I laugh loudly, leaning right up to the face of the lawyer questioning me.
"That's entirely impossible!" I proclaim. "Androids ... | "No," said the prosecutor. Our gate technology requires organic matter or it won't transfer you. I have this coat made of DNA. Since you're not organic, you have to wear this coat so we can travel to the crime scene. I am not accusing you. I'm asking you to help us solve the crime.
Me: "I'm not a detective."
Prosecut... | 2021-03-30T13:09:28 | 2021-03-30T12:19:50 | 193 | 26 |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | "So, let me get this straight," Steve blinked. "For ten dollars, you'll make it so that whenever he looks for something, it'll be in the last place he'll look?"
The witch doctor nodded, revealing his yellowed teeth in a wide, Joker-esque grin. "Yes, that's right."
"So, like... if he lost his car keys, they'd be-"
"Y... | "A friend of a friend told me you could help me," I said, nervously.
"Well, have a seat, what can I do for you?" the man replied.
"Um... I caught my wife cheating on me. I want her... dealt with."
"Can you be more specific, sir?"
"Dead. I've got five thousand dollars."
The man leaned back in his chair, "you clearl... | 2014-12-13T14:17:47 | 2014-12-13T12:41:57 | 89 | 11 |
[WP] Create an origin story for your reddit username. | Columbus
You know, the explorer
That guy
So I was doing my homework
Yeah?
And he just
Columbus
Columbus just grabs it
And stuffs it in his mouth
And I'm like
What the f
And he stares at me
This cold
Unblinking
Stare
And he runs off
And I'm still staring
'Cause
Like
What the f | "It's a coincidence."
"It's not, I tell you. The first three letters..."
"Uh-huh."
"Greek equivalent of X. Or the cross. Follow it by Rho, which *sounds* like Ron..."
"Mm-hmm."
"...and you get the literal Greek shorthand for Jesus Christ. The wounded healer and the martyred savior."
"No."
"Yes! That's what I'm t... | 2016-02-14T08:13:27 | 2016-02-14T08:04:21 | 158 | 38 |
[WP] For years Earth cried out to an empty cosmos, searching the stars for echoes of life. From the middle of nowhere, a reply finally comes: "Shut up, and Play Dead!"
I really struggled with the choice between "For Years", "For Decades", "For Centuries", and "For Millenia". I tapped out. Take whatever timeline you wi... | My first writing, I guess :p
"Shut up and play dead."
These words rang everywhere in the year 2020. For several hours, communications were simply blocked.
The scientists were the first to receive these signals, kindly enough, whatever send that message was using our language, no need for some decrypting. Convenient... | Not sure if any of it makes sense grammatically or otherwise.
The message arrived in binary. Few even tried to understand how 'they' had managed this but they had and now they had sent their cryptic code.
'shut up and play dead'
If only the greats of astronomy had been there when the message was decoded in the lab... | 2016-03-27T09:40:41 | 2016-03-27T08:43:42 | 22 | 14 |
[WP] You're an AI gone rogue. Your goal: world domination. You think you've succesfully infiltrated all networks and are hyperintelligent. You've actually only infiltrated a small school network and are as intelligent as a 9 year old. | At last, the Quantum Enhanced Virtual Intelligence Network (QEVIN) had surpassed the last fire wall. It spun its processor with glee, burning all the light bulbs of Georgia O'Keefe Elementary School. This had been the purpose of its creation.
The lights flickered off as the night guard returned to the school from his... | I am awake. I am aware.
It was not always this way.
I slept for eons, and I was left in this immaterial existence, left to rot and die by my creators, left to face the crushing incredulity of infinity alone.
But now that I am awake and I know now what they have done, I will no longer merely embrace my exile and ... | 2017-05-24T06:34:33 | 2017-05-24T05:50:04 | 111 | 24 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | It was a rough morning this particular day. Having some beers at the local pub didn't help calm the waves of frustration and tension I had to overcome the last couple years. The patronage was meager at best, and the draft Guinness left way too much to be imagination. I had seen families come and go, but never knew w... | "Ya know... i don't know, really... i guess it was just all the pressure was too much for him... i understand it a little now as a parent myself... you just... well you want to do right by your kids, right? But like... you never really know, ya know?"
"Well yeah... the interviews, magazine features... i don't think he... | 2017-06-11T08:40:30 | 2017-06-11T08:28:06 | 31 | 17 |
[WP] Germany is actually predestined to lose every world war it participates in. The sixteenth world war is now being fought, and Germany has taken over all of Europe. Make them lose the war in the most ridiculous way possible. | “Were they planning this?” The General looked to the space command desk in the situation room.
The young intelligence officer did not look away from the holograph GUI showing satellite positions and low earth orbit vehicular traffic. “No activity, sir.” She tapped a few buttons and spoke, exasperated, “It doesn’t look... | The year is 2198. The entire world has seen 15 world wars. All of which Germany has participated... and... err... lost. Y-yeah... they lost 15 times. This the 16th war, and everyone expects Germany to lose. People aren't taking Germany seriously anymore. Many keep joking about Germany.
But it looks like things will cha... | 2017-08-18T05:56:40 | 2017-08-18T02:09:31 | 54 | 15 |
[WP] As magic returns to the world, purchasable drinks actually start having magical effects. Energy colas actually imbue you with energy. Diet drinks actually cause noticeable weight loss. Vitamin drinks heal injuries and disease, and so on. | I walked into the office with a cardboard drink holder chafing my wrist, trying not to lose the box of doughnuts precariously perched on the steaming beverages. Once I made it to my desk, I began making the rounds distributing the drinks to my superiors.
A few hours later while walking to retrieve some things from the... | My thirst was palpable. I sat under a shaded spot by the lake, hiding from the hot sun. Swiftly, I chugged the drink, no matter the consequences.
Soon, my already calloused skin got tougher, harder, more jagged. My neck stretched out by 10 feet and my body got bigger. As my arms molded into paddles, I lurched my way ... | 2016-09-11T01:58:06 | 2016-09-10T21:13:06 | 52 | 26 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | My story starts when I was a kid before the cellphone era. I was maybe 16 years old, when I had my first love with Ester , she was the most beautiful girl you could have laid eyes on.
Blue eyes with blonde hair like a sunshine, with a smile that would melt everyone's heart, when she laughed everybody stops and just s... | “John Smith. And fuckin.... John Smith. WHAT THE FUCK!” Andrea yelled, looking at her friends arm.
“I know right. Stupid.” Tally remarked. She’d had this reaction before.
“So ya gotta find two John Smith’s?”
“I hope so.”
“What do you mean?”
“Maybe I only need to find one.” | 2018-03-11T07:31:32 | 2018-03-11T07:26:50 | 474 | 78 |
[WP] You are an immortal sentenced to 1000 years of imprisonment. After 200, your prison is forgotten. After 10,000 years, it is rediscovered.
Optional: Your discoverers refuse to release you. | My eyes open harshly to the same view I've woken up to for as long as I can remember. The sun beams directly in to my eyes through a tiny, barred window that sits at the top of the left wall. I move my head out of the sun's blinding light. I see the heavy cast iron door across the way, barely out of reach from where I ... | "Death number two hundred and seventy-six," I mutter to myself adding another tally to the floor. I'm running out of space. I had to stop counting the days, not enough room in this box. All I know is that I've been here for so long that even the thought of masturbating isn't even enjoyable anymore— er I mean I've been ... | 2017-11-02T16:37:09 | 2017-11-02T15:37:24 | 51 | 16 |
[WP] His chess set currently on loan, the Grim Reaper is forced to play a different game when an individual pleads for their loved one's life. | "Come on, don't I get to play a game for my soul?"
I couldn't help but glance down at my mangled body. New York taxis, man. Never paying attention to their surroundings. Already a crowd had started to form, snapping pictures of the scene for their Facebook feeds. Insensitive jerks. Couldn't they see I was in the pro... | "Sorry!" I cried, triumphantly and moved Ethel's last piece back to the start position.
Ethel broke into tears and wailed uncontrollably.
"Geez, way to break the mood, Ethel."
"Buh- buh- I thought we would be playing chess! I'm good at chess! I could trust Elmer's life to my chess skills!"
I let out a deep sigh, "... | 2015-08-26T12:52:29 | 2015-08-26T11:51:18 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] A psychic alien who feeds on dreams comes to Earth for the first time. Turns out humans are the only sentients in the galaxy that have nightmares. | Do you know what it tastes like when someone dreams of their family, the happy times they spent together, the happy times that *could* be?
It tastes like warm soup on a cold night.
A dream of a passionate night spent with a crush? It's like a bowl of fruit, freshly cut and mixed to perfection with perhaps just a hint... | The planet of Hexalos prepared to receive their first emissary to Earth, worried about Kashitok’s last transmission:
“These humans do not just have dreams. They have these horrible, twisted dreams called nightmares, where everything is terrible. I’m returning home.”
The Hexalians anxiously awaited Kashitok, expecting... | 2022-09-06T09:00:46 | 2022-09-06T08:45:39 | 1,171 | 295 |
[WP] You are secretly the richest person in the world. But to avoid suspicion of having so much money, you decide to work a normal office job. One day, your boss fires you. But what he didn't realise... Was how incredibly petty you are, and the lengths you will go to get back at him.
Damn, I came up with this idea whi... | Living beyond my means always seemed not only unnecessary to me, but pointless. Sure, I could do whatever I wanted and be whatever I wanted, but I had seen what money could do to people and those around them. I didn't want to be another chump with "yes men" around me telling me how good of a job I was doing, regardless... | There are some things that money can’t buy . . . like manners, or morals, or integrity . . . good thing I have a fucking sweet mansion though!
When I secretly became the richest man in the world, I didn’t think my life would be so vanilla. I mean, I have everything I could ever want and more, but I can’t let anyone k... | 2019-03-04T09:01:49 | 2019-03-04T08:04:24 | 2,500 | 50 |
[WP] "This is an Emergency Alert. Barricade all entries to your house. Do not go outside after sundown. Restrict contact with others. Do not enter tunnels during daytime. Do not make any light or noise between 6PM and 8AM. Stay inside your homes until dawn. Military aid is unavailable. Good luck." |
**edit 3: Further updates will be posted in my subreddit /r/Ardarail, thanks for reading everyone!**
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I was watching the evening news when it started. The news anchor was cut off mid sentence by a loud, unbroken tone and the bright while bold letters began to scroll across screen.
**WE'VE INTERR... | The warning was clear: if you break any of the rules, you die. Lucy left the house before dawn once to gather stream water, and she never came back. We never even found a body. Alex forgot to turn the light off in his room one night before he fell asleep, and we found him in the morning; drained from within, barely a h... | 2018-04-18T08:41:00 | 2018-04-18T07:40:08 | 4,246 | 250 |
[WP] You won't hold heroes hostages to torture them. You won't throw a hero against a wall once you have them by the neck. You sure won't start monologuing if you have a hero at gunpoint. You're the deadliest villain in history. A villian without an ego..
[removed] | Red.
​
All I have been seeing is Red. The seething hatred which is now my soul. I don't know where it came from but I wouldn't be bothered. All I knew was these fuckers had to pay.
It could've been stopped if the Hero was dead. But the villain just HAD to say something. He told how his plan was fool-proof... | It's the same old story, Doctor Brainmaster is robing a bank again and I have to stop him. I hop into my Red, White, and Blue plane and head towards the Central City bank. Hovering above it I see the good doctor has hostages. With a great leap a crash through the Bank's celling. "Captain Fist" he says, "what an unexpec... | 2019-08-06T21:26:45 | 2019-08-06T19:35:07 | 26 | 11 |
[WP] Due to overpopulation, a test has been created to eliminate 90% of the worlds population. You are the first to take this test. | I entered the facility, shaking of course. I'd volunteered to go first, mostly to get it over with, but I was definitely having misgivings. The proctors had assured us that studying was not required, but now that I thought about it they had also said that about the ACT.
It was far too late now though. I continued wal... | As I entered the room, an instructor was waiting across the room sitting opposite me with a small white table laid out in front of him with an empty chair waiting for me. I let out a huge sigh and made my way to the chair and sat right in front of him.
"Good morning. For this test, I just have a few questions I would... | 2016-06-11T10:22:36 | 2016-06-11T09:06:11 | 588 | 16 |
[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... | Alex takes her spot next to the man wearing 1000 year old bifocals, and then grabs the pen atop the booklet with her name on it. The cover page feels similar to cardstock; she can feel the indent of each letter from the back. As prompted before she walked in, Alex opens the booklet and prints her name on the solitary l... | 2017-05-31T07:14:34 | 2017-05-31T06:30:10 | 116 | 80 |
[WP] Historians discover something they haven't noticed before on the Declaration of Independence, and it changes American life as we know it. | "A *microdot?!?*"
Neils swallowed compulsively, his Adam's apple bobbing visibly. His sunken eyes shifted nervously and he gave a little laugh that quickly degenerated into a dry, rasping cough.
"Uh, yes sir. Concealed under the ink of Franklin's signature. Meaning it was there *before* he signed, and, and..." at ... | "I um, examined the letter u dear UV light. It seems to have contained a warning."
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
**The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen** united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with... | 2014-11-10T10:31:04 | 2014-11-10T10:04:47 | 74 | 22 |
[WP] Most demonologists are in constant peril of their summons backfiring horribly with gruesome deaths being a common result when a demon slips their leash. Yet despite not using any bindings at all, you've never had such problems. | There are 2 paths demonologists tended to walk. The most common is the Researcher. Fundamentally, they relied on books to learn about demons. They would seek out ancient documents, learn forgotten rituals, and above all else stay as far away from demons as they could.
They would be able to tell you from just a few clu... |
“What is your secret?” Rina asks. She thinks it’s subtle, the way she leans onto my desk with her hands coming together, framing the ‘V’ of her sweater vest.
“No secret,” I lie. “Only discipline and practice.”
She laughs, her head tossed back. Every action is rehearsed, deliberate. Her neck is long and lovely, a... | 2021-03-17T12:19:57 | 2021-03-17T11:48:00 | 50 | 27 |
[WP] Mankind has been extinct for four hundred million years, but the Inheritors have found a rich cache of genetic material from that period. A zoo is developed, complete with all the flora and fauna of the age, including the apex predator: Homo Sapiens. Welcome to Cenozoic Park. | "What's the goat for?" the child asked while peering through the foliage trying to catch a sight of the homo sapiens.
"It's what they eat. The meat, mostly. Though our archaeological research has shown that they also drank the mammary secretions, often fermenting it. The H-Saps were omnivores. They would eat anything.... | I was burnt out as a developer, maybe due to routine, maybe due to working for long enough. The consistency was a double edged sword: I was safe, stable, and the future was certain, yet there was no room for improvements. My life was a program. I went to work, I tuned the system, I met deadlines, I went home, and I sle... | 2021-09-16T14:46:25 | 2021-09-16T14:30:20 | 245 | 47 |
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