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[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | The agent had an air of confidence around him that John recognized. The kind of confidence that someone had when they thought they stood at a good bargaining position. But John would not waver.
"You would be a legend, you know that?" the agent said.
"I'm not interested in the glory. That's why I didn't do this as a ... | “Yowza! Look at those muscles! Wam, bam, *wapow!*"
Tim turned around. The man behind him was at least twice Tim's age and balding. “Can I help you?” Tim asked.
“I'm just taken aback is all. I thought I was in line for a coffee,” the man raised an eyebrow and struck a pose, flexing biceps that were imperceptible in an... | 2022-07-31T12:29:02 | 2022-07-31T11:50:27 | 1,657 | 142 |
[WP] Knights covered head to toe in metallic armour, fortresses made to resist sieges, scarce population centers... Who would've guessed that the middle ages would be so prepared to survive a zombie outbreak. | Sir Harlan watched motionlessly from his position atop the ridge. He had seen the smoke the moment he'd ridden free of The Blackwood, and he'd smelled it a good deal beforehand. It was likely some poor fool in the village had knocked over a candle the night before and burned his hut to a crisp. Harlan had seen that bef... |
**Knights of Eden**
The troop of knights stopped their travels in a passerby town called Thorns. They tied their horses to wooden posts along the road and carefully dismounted with their swords and shields either on their backs or with their steeds. The sun was departing on the horizon and the men continued to the m... | 2021-06-30T19:31:41 | 2021-06-30T17:16:26 | 124 | 16 |
[WP] People start 3D printing up meat of themselves as a fringe curiosity, and it becomes mainstream. Turns out it tastes really good, and it becomes the norm. Suddenly, all electronics on Earth stop working, humans cast into the dark age. No crops, no herds. Just the constant urge for human meat.
[Original comment](h... | **“You’ll be hooked from the first taste.”** Is what pretty much everyone said when I told them I was one of the few that refused to indulge in the new taste that was very much taboo. “It’s not murder. You’re just eating meat created by a machine.” is another thing a lot of people told me. Of course, it wasn’t murder, ... | "Hey, John?", my coworker next to me on the assembly line said.
"Yes?", I responded.
"What do you think will happen when there's no more real humans to slaughter?" It was only his second day on the job. New employees always ask the most annoying questions.
"What do you mean 'no more real humans?' Weren't you paying ... | 2017-09-27T17:12:05 | 2017-09-27T17:08:34 | 311 | 161 |
[WP] A burglar enters a home by forcing the window open. Upon stepping through the window frame, heavy steel curtains cover all windows and doors leading to the outside, lights turn on, and the words "Player 2 has entered the game" echo around the house. | RELEASE OF LIABILITY FORM
I HEREBY ASSUME ALL OF THE RISKS AND BURDENS OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS GAME, including but not limited to: death, dismemberment, severe burns, brain damage, and spinal fracture. Any responsibility placed upon the individuals running the "GAME" is entirely waived, including: the owner of this ... | The curtains flung pass behind me. They wouldn't open, either. So I slammed down with my fist, and came out with a throbbing fist. That wasn't going to work either. I looked around, for some other entrance. I may be a burglar, but I know bad decisions, when they kick me from behind, drag me to the floor, and proceed to... | 2016-10-05T10:29:05 | 2016-10-05T10:06:35 | 131 | 25 |
[WP] At age 15 you told the gf you were "in love" with that you'd always be there when she was in need. Aphrodite heard you and made it a reality, whenever your gf was in need you appear at her side. Problem is, you and the girl broke up after 3 weeks but you still appear even now..10 years later | Aphrodite sat with tented fingers, leaning over her magic Pool of Viewing. She cast her gaze into the mortal realm, chuckling as her focus settled on a hapless subject. It was time for the show to begin, time for her blessings to once again fall on the lucky, lucky couple known as Craig and Lindsey. Once, when they ha... | Theme Music: to U by Jack U
The phone clicked dead; Amy’s final words echoed in Sebastian’s mind like the ripples from a water drop. She had every right to want to end things – his disappearances, while random were a constant sore spot between them. What was he up to? Why couldn’t he talk about it? And why did it alw... | 2017-03-22T17:59:57 | 2017-03-22T17:17:28 | 24 | 14 |
[WP] You're mindlessly scrolling through random subreddits when you find a subreddit filled with photos of you at different hours of the day, explanations of all your activities, people discussing what life decisions you'll take. Confused, you notice a new post titled: "We've been found!" | It was amusing at first. For about 3 seconds. Until I realized who they were talking about.
My days at work were slow and boring, filled with tedious tasks that took about an hour. Which left me with 7 more to fill. I remember the joy I felt when I realized that reddit wasn't blocked on my work computer.
Now I wished... | "We've been found!" cried the post that ballooned at the top of my notifications list. "He's onto us!"
I tapped on my phone screen and was immediately directed to a strange post. "Posted by u/Admirer10029," exclaimed the fine text. "Just now."
The subreddit, simply titled r/TheArchive, housed an eerie and utterly per... | 2020-06-30T08:46:44 | 2020-06-30T07:27:11 | 3,807 | 607 |
[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. | "Jesus *FUCK*!" If I could gag, I would. A dead body, torn and ribboned like a frayed cloth doll dipped in scarlet lay discarded in a cheap motel room.
A woman steps out of a shower, her hair up in a towel and no other apparent form of modesty, save for the steam that rises from her skin. I, out of a shame that she di... | The dead white walls seemed to hum with excitement along with her. Tonight is the night. She trekked from room to room, waiting on nightfall. It wasn't required, but it just seemed fitting. The cart she pushed from room to room squeaked quietly along in front her. She seemed not to notice the front right wheels resista... | 2017-09-28T15:20:16 | 2017-06-07T17:27:32 | 153 | 48 |
[WP] The air we breathe is actually an extremely hallucinogenic substance that affects all of your senses. One day, you stumble upon a strange-looking gas mask sitting on a bench in a park, when you put it on you slowly start to see and feel the world the way it truly is. | James was a normal person. He did normal things with other normal people. He aligned politically where normal people did, and never acted out back in school. He was a safe bet. A man you could count on. But all good things must come to an end. This good thing for James, was normalcy.
It was a regular day. Not too hot... | I quiver, shaking from head to toe. My mind can’t process what the rigid, metal park around me turned into. The rusty valleys of silver, artificial trees turned into the stuff of nightmares. The trees around turned to a comfortable brown. Their deteriorating, splotchy leafs turn into bright green. The cold, hard floori... | 2020-12-19T19:09:34 | 2020-12-19T17:25:21 | 132 | 89 |
[WP] Narrate any current event in the style of the Avatar the Last Airbender opening. | Hot . . . Wet . . . Dry . . . Cold.
Not so long ago, the four seasons passed in sequential order.
Then everything changed when the greenhouse gases emerged.
Only the Humans, master of all petrolkind, could halt their emergence.
But when the world needed their common sense most, it vanished.
A hundred years passed ... | Vampires.
Warlords.
Demons.
Bees.
Long ago these antagonists existed in separation.
Then, everything changed when the Cage acted.
Only the television, master of all genres could stop him.
But when the world needed it most, Comcast got greedy.
A few years later, we discovered the new television, a website named ... | 2016-03-21T10:06:13 | 2016-03-21T09:15:45 | 124 | 24 |
[WP] Instead of three regular wishes, the genie gives you 10 one-word wishes. | I had to think for a few minutes. Could I wish for fortune or luck. No, that might be good or bad. And who would it be for? Tales of genies sometimes described them as cruel. Who knew what type of evil I could visit on the world with a poorly chosen single word. I ran my fingers through my receding hair. I looked back ... | [poem]
IF WISHES WERE FISHES
Quoth the genie to the child
I’m not so old and not so new
My ears have heard primordial stew
Mine eyes the stars with trains of fire
Do not tempt my wrath and ire
The child was young and trembling blue
Chattered out the words it knew
Warm
Safe
Friends
Joy
Home
Mom
Dad
Toys
Sunshine
... | 2022-03-09T05:16:54 | 2022-03-08T23:13:56 | 57 | 30 |
[WP] Unknown to humanity, there is a god for almost everything. You are the god of oil. | How does a god gain strength?
Some say it is belief that makes a god what he or she or it is. The more believers you have, the more powerful you are. And it is true, to a certain extent. There is power in belief. Indeed the only way a god can truly die is if their names are no longer remembered by anyone mortal. Once ... | This wasn't what you signed up for. Of course, you didn't exactly sign up, did you? But still, God of Oil. That black gold which sits beneath the ground, waiting to be tapped, waiting to be used. Humanity has come a far way, you and your brethren have enjoyed watching them, but the things they did with oil, your oil. I... | 2015-04-05T08:33:00 | 2015-04-05T08:25:58 | 28 | 13 |
[WP] As a dad, you obviously have a mug that claims you're the "#1 World's Best Dad". One day, you find on the news that all "Best Dad Mugs" now have actual ratings, the media is crazy about it, a photo shows a mug with #5,826,827 World's Best Dad on it, curious, you check yours. It still says #1. | *What the fuck?*
I turn off the T.V. and glance at the half-eaten cup of microwaved ramen in front of me. Then back to the mug. Then back to my ramen.
*It must be some sort of mistake.*
I dig out a dilapidated iPhone 4 from my sweatpants pocket and begin dialing. The touchpad numbers are hard to see under the harshl... | I blink a few times using the remote, I've connected Velcro to keep it from becoming lost, to turn off the news.
I exclaim with an audible huff, "Huh..." I get up from the couch having seen my two rugrats off to school, the same two runts who had given me my least favorite mug, said 'Number two Dad' with a picture of ... | 2019-10-02T18:55:59 | 2019-10-02T18:17:22 | 110 | 58 |
[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 ... | Hey kiddo. It's been too long since I've seen you. It's crushing to carry this weight some time. I'm really trying to show you that you can grow up and accomplish anything but it's manifesting in me leaving you behind. Your mom and I weren't right. She will forever hate me for it but I needed to do this for my happines... | 2017-11-05T23:19:05 | 2017-11-05T22:18:21 | 58 | 14 |
[WP] It has been quite some time since Great Britain has called upon it's Knights. This morning every person, celebrity, and politician Knighted by The Queen received a letter demanding they report for duty in service of The Kingdom, signed by her Majesty. | John Cleese heard the news and laughed bitterly. He had been right all along—accepting a Knighthood from the Queen came with strings attached. By the grace of God, he’d declined when she offered. He turned to watch the telly.
“Please help,” the Queen said. She wore a blindfold and a frilly blue hat. “I have been kidna... | Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II, Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations,
Hereby calls upon all knighted subjects of the Realm to come to the dutiful service of the Crown.
Recent events have brought into question the loyalty of certain high-rankin... | 2017-03-04T19:06:51 | 2017-03-04T18:41:29 | 73 | 13 |
[WP] A dyslexic child accidentally sends their Christmas list to Satan, surprisingly they get what they wanted but there is a catch. | The smell of gingerbread permeates the entire house. Klara, a young woman is looking at the gentle snow falling outside her window drinking her warm wine while her son sits in front of the warm fire. "Stop chewing on your pencil, and finish your note to Santa!" The little boy bends forward towards the piece of paper... | Alex hugged the wall, fighting back hiccups of horrified fright. Tears were streaming down his cheeks, and his blankets were clutched to his chest between fingers gripping so tight that his knuckles had turned white. He had wet himself, but the uncomfortable moisture building beneath him was his last concern.
*Thump... | 2015-11-19T12:48:22 | 2015-11-19T11:06:26 | 54 | 15 |
[WP] When the Aliens came, the Swiss were neutral. When they started to conquer Earth, the Swiss were still neutral. When the Aliens came for the Swiss, they learned the hard way why the Swiss prefer to be neutral. | It was within five hours of the Shelk invasion that the Swiss, ever neutral, got their first glimpses of the alien ships. They seemed to slowly crawl through the sky like some kind of scarabs, scouring the mountainous landscape with green beams of light that gave them instant feedback on what anything was.
Of course,... | Chronicles of the last invasion, as recorded by Norman, in a cave in Kansas.
January 25, 11:34 AM, A large pillar of light shined down on major world centers around the world. The news covered it, focusing on the ones covering the entire cities of New York, Washington DC, and Los Angeles. They covered more as they the... | 2016-08-05T10:04:06 | 2016-08-05T08:49:21 | 42 | 17 |
[WP] Bob the hobo's always been a nice guy. He stops thugs tagging the building, picks up litter, and doesn't bother anyone. When he returned your wallet, you decided to repay him and treat him to dinner. You're now in a 5-star restaurant, and Bob has just paid a bill four times your yearly rent. | It’s not the best of neighborhoods, but the streets and buildings are clean, the animals well fed, people smiling at others and quick to lend a helping hand. Why is this, you may wonder. Well, I’m not sure I can explain, but I’ll try.
It all starts with Bob. How can anyone describe Bob? If you looked at him, you’d... | Bob leaned back in his seat, savoring the plush leather. He grinned that same toothy grin he gave anyone who gave him a quarter.
“Alex,” he said, “I came here to find the bullies. The mean men and women who beat and steal from the homeless.
“But after a while I realized something... I’ve already got those guys by th... | 2020-03-30T08:03:40 | 2020-03-30T05:59:29 | 28 | 17 |
[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. | Well, it went almost as expected. No way this magic court would fall for that kind of smartassery, and rapidly decaying body of very old man, who was in his thirties a moment ago, was a proof of that. There have to be a better way.
"Garreth Berch, step forward" - Judge called my name, and my legs obeyed despite my wi... | “HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIE?”
Liam considered. More carefully than he ever had in his life, which is probably why he was standing where he was at the moment, waiting for execution. The withered husk that preceded him was dragged off into a narrow steel corridor. The one he would himself be dragged off to in just a f... | 2021-06-24T07:20:03 | 2021-06-24T06:47:00 | 392 | 172 |
[WP] Diagnosed with schizophrenia. Since birth, 24/7 you’ve heard the voice and thoughts of a girl that you’ve been told is made up in your head. You’re 37 and hear the voice say “turn around, did I find you?” and you turn to see a real girl who’s heard every thought you’ve ever had and vice versa. | "Turn around. Did I find you?"
I became a stalagmite of dread, paralyzed in place by the voice that reverberated in my head. Clear as the crisp smell of rain on asphalt. Powerful as an shameful orgasm.
I turned around, certain that the Voice -- creatively named, that -- would be naught but my mental illness quixotica... | I turn around and I just knew who she was.
"No, Cathy. You should've left five years ago."
Cathy gave me a big grin, her eyes filled with anger, her fingers trembling. She looked at me from head to toe, seeming disappointed.
"You should've joined me then. We were a team! Why are you still here?"
I tried killing mys... | 2019-09-14T11:18:09 | 2019-09-14T10:55:47 | 232 | 13 |
[WP] You're listening to Plot Relevant Radio, the only radio station that fits the situation of one randomly selected listener. We hope you're all safe tonight, as next up we're going to be playing The Final Countdown by Europe. | What’s up, Rockers?! This this Al-your-Pal here on the 9 o’clock hour on **KZFP: The Shred!!!** For all of you new listeners out there, 9 o’clock weeknights is our plot-relevant song hour; one lucky anonymous listener out there gets a song exactly scripted to their experiences **right now!!** Don’t ask how we do it! I ... | "I don't and I don't and I don't."
The meandering voice encircled him, crescendoing.
He was getting closer now. The shimmering blue lights were frantic around him.
The aimless wandering of the voice gave way to an unfamiliar rumble, just as he came to a large open chamber. It was a hazmat analysis node.
Synthetic m... | 2018-08-20T22:18:26 | 2018-08-20T20:10:11 | 760 | 43 |
[WP] "History is written by the victors", write in first person about a historical event as viewed by someone on the losing side.
Please; no Nazis. | I had never known such a weapon.
The stone hurtled through the air and stuck me down.
I tried. By all our Gods I tried.
The Israelites came, and we drove them back. I drove them back. For forty days I called my challenge to end this with single combat, the sight of my brothers dead around me had sickened my soul an... | I am one of the last storytellers, one of the few that knows better than to believe them, maybe the only one left in this whole big land. It's kind of a lonely feeling, to be the only one of something, but if there are others, maybe we can be lonely together. Telling our stories until none of us have any words left, te... | 2013-11-09T19:02:11 | 2013-11-09T17:36:44 | 63 | 17 |
[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... | My family had already settled down long before noon. In fact, they had settled at 10:30, after a few minutes of playful shoving to get a good seat.
They were all good people. Very good people. Mom had ***NURSE*** in calligraphy print, Dad had ***PRIEST*** in bold. Uncle Paul had ***SCHOLAR***, his wife had ***CAREGIV... | The words flashed red, the letters engraving themselves into my skin. I read them again, still uncomprehending. What kind of purpose was *that?*
I tried to get up, to run away, to try make sense of things - but my father held me firmly down by the shoulder, squeezing it reassuringly.
"Son, your mother and I are very... | 2017-03-15T21:33:32 | 2017-03-15T17:51:32 | 502 | 256 |
[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. | "WAAAAAAHOOOOOOO"
Another young person rocketed past me as I took the final steps towards the local "oldies" bar's front door. Third one today to nearly clip me. Bastards. As I pushed open the door the sounds of cable news reached my ears from inside.
"To recap our top story, everyone who has taken immortilate has ga... | The Fountain of Youth. A blessed spring that would restore any who bathed in it back to the prime of their life. Many tales have been told of it's existence, and many have spent their lives searching for it. And now, thanks to a group of scientists working for Big Pharma, you can buy it over the counter. Bottled, carbo... | 2018-06-05T01:15:14 | 2018-06-05T00:08:04 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] An angry/depressed dictionary writer can't keep his personal problems out of word examples | -grief
ɡrēf/
noun
deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone's death.
-slide
slīd/
noun
a structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down, now sitting there uselessly
-cab·i·net
ˈkab(ə)nət/
noun
a cupboard with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying articles that should have been... | Harlot [harh –luht]
A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
Examples:
Only a fool would spend a decade with a cheating harlot.
That harlot blew Ted's best friend during their anniversary party.
***
Harm [hahrm]
To physically injury or mentally damage.
Examples:
Jeez, what harm could it be to cheat on your loving sp... | 2015-06-09T16:56:14 | 2015-06-09T13:39:50 | 210 | 156 |
[WP] When you reach the age of 21, you are given a check from the government. The check has been carefully calculated and is worth the minimum amount of money you need for the rest of your life. Your check came in the mail today and it was $7.27
Edit: Wow this blew up better than I thought it would. | I turned 96 years old today, and the doctors tell me I have very little time left. So I think it is time I reveal my greatest secret to the world, and you seem like a nice person...
On this day 75 years ago I recieved "the check". You know the one that the government used to send out on your 21st birthday? Yeah, that'... | The battle for a theocracy was a turbulent one and was the cause of the single greatest loss of life since the second world war - dubbed the 10th crusade. Despite this, the battle was won and a new holy land was established. Jerusalem's economy tanked and people flocked to our new country, a holy country. It was wonde... | 2019-04-24T14:02:37 | 2019-04-24T12:49:46 | 27 | 19 |
[WP] You bought a home filled with cutting edge technology, including a helpful 'smart A.I.' that can do just about anything you ask them to. Unbeknownst to you, there actually is no A.I, the house is just haunted by a really helpful spirit, and they are posing as a program so they don't scare you. | It was a night like any other. Chris was at home after a long day at work, and all he wanted to do was relax and watch tv. Of course, SmartButler was there for him.
"Hey, can you play Riders on the Storm?"
"Yes, sir. A good choice."
"Hey, can you fire up the oven? I think I might bake a pizza."
"Yes, sir."
"Hey, c... | 'I take the room with the balcony!' I cried, running up the stairs with all the force my tired, sleep-deprived body had. I half expected to find Beth, already marking the territory all over with her fluffy pillows and her ridiculous blankets. But Beth wasn't there.
I grinned, dropping down my bags with a victorious th... | 2019-09-25T13:00:31 | 2019-09-25T12:06:26 | 280 | 113 |
[WP] Job hunts are literally that: You seek out the job you desire and kill the one who has it, or even engage them in ritual combat to claim the job as your own. You have just turned of age and desire your first minimum wage job. | Advice for Job Hunters-Revised 12 Oct 2019
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First check your application, you need to have at least 80% of your shots apply to the target at a range of 100 metres to be competetive.
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Research the position, you typically want to maintain an elevated position which gives you the best chance of... | "What? We can stay in the same job? And we don't have to kill the others to get the job? Are you for real, Jake?"
"Pretty much, yeah."
"That's insane, man."
"I'm only saying what's practical and doable. Moreover, if more people start their own businesses then more companies will spring up in the future, there will b... | 2020-11-15T11:56:42 | 2020-11-15T11:51:59 | 98 | 51 |
[WP] "This is Dog 911, what is your emergency?" | "This is Dog 911, what's your emergency?"
"My dog is dead."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Where are you?"
"He was a gift. From someone I loved."
"Sir, we can come pick him up. Just need to know where you are."
"They murdered him. He was just a pup."
"Oh what?!"
"I'm going after them."
"Maybe you should let the polic... | 'This is Dog 911, what's your emergency?'
........
'Are you there?'
.......
'If someone is there right now so you can't talk, bark once'
'WOOF'
*Whats up girl? You ok?*
'Its OK, stay calm I'll talk you through it. Are you near a window or door?'
'WOOF'
'Right, I want you to go to it, stare through it, then ra... | 2017-06-25T14:12:09 | 2017-06-25T13:30:58 | 45 | 30 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | I remember asking my mom if her sigil vibrates on her skin. The look of confusion told me what I felt I already knew. My circle, though plain, feels alive.
There were no issues in elementary school, nor middle school. It was junior high that brought my happiness with my humming sigil to a screeching halt.
Victor bega... | Another day and the same fucking asshole and his group of friends who pick on me. Using their powers to shock me or set my homework on fire was only the beginning. I've had to lie to my mother why I was coming home with burn marks on my arms. I hate lying to mother. They claim they'll stop harassing me if I show them m... | 2020-02-26T12:40:00 | 2020-02-26T10:00:37 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] There's a teenage girl said to be the most beautiful and pure in all the land, many will travel for miles just to gaze at her beauty. When a dragon threatens to destroy her small village, the fair maiden, with no fear, approaches it, to ask what it is that he seeks. | "Mighty dragon, what is it you seek?"
Her voice rang out, strong and brave. The Treasure of Hilla Village was dwarfed by the black beast before her, yet she had no fear.
The dragon looked at her, surprised and amused. It was used to humans fleeing in terror. It had seen hunting parties shake at its sight, even as the... | The hulking green monstrosity came to a stop in the smoking wreckage of a house. A girl stood in its path, arms outstretched, a look of pleading on her young face. An angry shout issued from deep inside the great green form, then repeated.
“Why are we stopped? Ivan, what do you see? Contact? Markov, swivel this turret... | 2022-09-07T13:44:33 | 2022-09-07T13:25:01 | 54 | 10 |
[WP] You are a recently hired psychiatrist at a mental hospital. Some of your patients insist that they were once staff, but are being held prisoner by the actual patients that now run the hospital. | Stick-thin isn’t an exaggeration for Maren Greenwich. He looks like someone had stretched his face over a skull and made the walking skeleton smile and be extra nice to everybody. So, despite his ghoulish appearance, he is the only patient to always ask about my day and even save me some chocolate pudding from lunch. H... | "So, this will hurt only a bit," I said with a quiet voice, as I was putting the needle into his arm.
"They want me to stay quiet, huh?" asked Jamison from me.
"What are you talking to me this time, Jamison?" I asked him.
"You know very well. I am actually staff member. They are holding me here as a prisoner. You ne... | 2017-11-30T13:55:26 | 2017-11-30T13:20:03 | 3,104 | 132 |
[WP] The finale of international chess tournament takes place. Two grandmasters sit in front of each other in ultimate showdown. The thing is nobody knows that both of them got here by cheating. First is a mind reader and second one has an ability to see the future. | I was surprised to find out, after I had been doing this for a while, that matches against chess grandmasters were so much *easier*.
You see, one of the talents of strategic geniuses - be it in chess, go, or even war - is their ability to constantly ask themselves "How do I lose?" Seeing paths to victory is (relativel... | "If you can receive this message, then please open with the king side knight's pawn."
Maki looked up at Akane. Maki had eavesdropped on Akane's mind and was surprised to hear such a crystal clear thought. There was no noise, not even any personality except the lack thereof. This thought was rehearsed. Rehearsed to a p... | 2021-03-16T22:47:54 | 2021-03-16T21:58:46 | 90 | 31 |
[WP] "Whatever happened to that nice girl/guy you used to be with?" Your family asks you. Upon discussion, you realize that they and everyone you know has vivid memories of this person but you.
Did you lose your memory? Was this person ever real? What's goin' on? | Thanksgiving has always been a big deal. Always. It almost feels like I could describe the embodied feeling of a hundred Thanksgiving within my family, the way the traditions are so well established, though that may be impossible given that I'm only 22.
Everyone in my family gathered, numbering well into the 70s, ... | "Who?" Tom asked. The whole table went quiet. The cousins stopped bickering amongst each other and dad stopped chattering about how his fantasy football team was wrecking shit.
Aunt Georgina sat across from him, lips marked an eerie red from the wine she had been sipping on. She took another slow sip and asked again.... | 2014-06-14T06:52:06 | 2014-06-14T06:27:39 | 173 | 25 |
[WP] You, an all-powerful villain, managed to defeat the child of prophecy. The problem is he's literally a child. You now turn your eyes towards the gods who sent the poor soul against you. | “Put down your weapon boy.”
Before my throne was a human boy. Armor two sizes too big to him and a sword he can’t even get a grip on. He was shaking so much, both his armor and his teeth were clattering. Tears seems endless as it poor out of the child’s eyes. And this boy was to be the “child of prophecy” that will sl... | "What the fuck"
"Sorceress, we've been ex-"
"*What. The. Fuck.*"
"Your monstrous end had to come at so-"
"Don't.. You dare. Speak to me with that tone. You have no moral high ground here. A child, you sent to kill me, a child." She said gesturing to the boy sobbing in the arms of one of her assistants, Throg, scrag... | 2021-02-21T23:22:54 | 2021-02-21T20:02:07 | 38 | 18 |
[WP] Your 6 year old daughter is laying on her bed, terrified. She says there’s a monster under her bed. To reassure her, you lay on the ground and check underneath, only to find your daughter, quivering. She whispers, “Daddy, there’s something on top of my bed...” | I stifle a yawn as I slowly open the door to Jemma's room. A tired smile worms its way onto my face at the sight of her tiny fingers curled over the sheet pulled over her head.
"Jemma," I whisper, "Why are you under your sheets?"
She's silent for a moment, but shakily lowers her blanket, "Daddy...something's under my... | It wasn’t supposed to end like this.
I had tried to keep my daughter away from the monsters who followed me. The spirits that came in the night. Those that were destined to haunt my kind for all eternity. Now that the worst had happened, it was clear that I should have surrendered to them long ago.
Perhaps then the... | 2018-04-30T15:45:09 | 2018-04-30T14:00:25 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] You order a pizza.
Mods want more simple prompts? | Dr. Seuss style
---
A pizza please, with extra cheese.
With honey bees and anchovies.
Bring it from your place to mine.
Bring it quickly, right on time.
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In a box?
Yes, in a box.
With a knock?
Use the bell.
The bell?
On the door.
What floor?
There's only one, no more.
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Waiting, sitting, window loo... | *DING DONG*
He awoke from the faint odor of grease, and the obtrusive sound of the bell. He saw a pizza box holding the door ajar to his apartment, the faint smell of grease and pepperoni steaming from the box. He retrieived the box from its placement and peered out the door; to his dismay, nobody seemed to be there. ... | 2015-02-05T04:26:59 | 2015-02-05T01:02:42 | 117 | 10 |
[WP] For the first time ever, a person is born with a genuine superpower. They proceed to live out their entire life without noticing or realizing it. | Music was the source of Isaac’s power. His mind could absorb the sinusoidal waveforms and extrapolate from them how the universe was woven. Listening to Wagner or Nine Inch Nails he could fundamentally understand the chaos of human motivation and conflict. Listening to Vivaldi he understood why the flowers bloomed and ... | For Francis, the good had always gone hand-in-hand with the bad. He had spent his life trying his best to be a good person, or at least what he believed would be a good person. He realized now that he wasn't really sure anymore.
When his mother left his dad, Francis had chosen to stay with him. His friends had all to... | 2014-08-08T08:55:23 | 2014-08-08T08:40:21 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] On the day you were going to propose to your girlfriend, your future self comes back in time to convince you not to. While at the same time, your future wife comes back in time to tell her past self to do anything to keep the two of you together.
I love these prompts, but I haven't had time to really read any of ... | I placed two cups of hot coffee on the table, as I sunk into my couch. The two recepients quietly took sips from their cups as my eyes took trips over their faces, studying their expressions. Their mannerisms. How they resembled.
They really were me and my wife from the future.
I rubbed my temples as i leaned onto ... | Today marks the 4th year of my relationship with jordan, the love of my life. I sit at the outdoor patio of my go to bar. Slowly drinking my beer and taking a good drag of my stoagie. Just as I put the butt to tray I feel eyes on the back of my head. A grizzled old man sits next to me, two shots of bulleit in hand.
"H... | 2015-10-15T14:53:11 | 2015-10-15T14:30:29 | 49 | 21 |
[WP] 5 People are trying to lift a very heavy piece of furniture. Twist: They all want to be the person who only acts like they are lifting, and none of them are willing to admit this to one another. | Abe, Carl, and Brock stood in the sun, shielding their eyes as they looked down at the table on the ground. In the last 2 hours, they hadn't moved it an inch. It stood entire yards away from the door to their apartment and at this rate, it would take all night.
"Wow the table is heavy," Brock said, stretching his arms... | "Alright, one.. two.. three!"
Nothing happened.
"Sorry, were we supposed to do a one-two-lift or a one-two three-lift?", Aaron asked.
"Why are you even asking?! You didn't do either!", Brad answered, "Seriously we need to lift this monstrosity together! Alright? One-Two-Lift, on my count! One.. Two.. what the hell C... | 2017-05-11T15:32:05 | 2017-05-11T11:33:23 | 553 | 373 |
[WP] An asteroid is about to destroy Earth, The Onion reported the news without losing their sense of humor. | March 5th: "Scientists admit asteroid 'a hoax'; 'but please, we really do need more money'"
March 6th: "Asteroid insurance companies brace for financial ruin"
March 7th: "New fashion trends emerge amidst worldwide riots"
March 8th: "World-leader spaceship-departure meets applause: 'They're finally gone!'"
March 9th... | "Asteroid kills last of the endangered African Tigers...also all of humanity."
It's been our pleasure writing for you...mostly. Actually, we found our general demographic to be far more cognitively impaired than expected. Perhaps the hyperevolved cockroach people will develop a satirical news agency to address that ... | 2015-04-29T23:34:04 | 2015-04-29T23:33:26 | 51 | 10 |
[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. | The doctor held up the new born baby.
"It's a girl!" exclamed the doctor.
"Well, What are the names doc?" the father said with joy.
The doctor looked at the baby's back, and only one name on it. James Webber. Chills shot down the doctors spine.
"Well Dr. Webber, who are they?
| I'd met Joann when I was a boy
I knew who she might be,
before we were too young to sin,
she bopped me on the knee.
I met Kristine at just passed 10
and knew she was a mother hen,
because she brought me food and pens,
and told me to follow my dreams.
It was not long before 16
when sudden golden birthday sprees... | 2018-03-11T07:49:38 | 2018-03-11T07:34:02 | 4,830 | 22 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | "What?!" I sputtered. "How is this possible? What did I *do* to get that?!"
Satan put down the book of sentencing with an exasperated sigh and said, "Look kid, I don't make the punishments, the big guy only makes me hand them out as part of my parole." Seems he was used to saying this.
"B-but *how*? How did-"
Satan ... | "186,292".
The number kept ringing in my ears as I was huddled onto the elevator to Hell. I had led the most unremarkable and conflict-free life ever, an average joe. Easy-going, I almost always acquiesced to what the group wanted, not wanting to raise an issue. A voyeur of life, almost.
Chapters from life flashed ... | 2018-09-26T08:43:26 | 2018-09-26T08:17:41 | 77 | 35 |
[WP] A princess learns her parents arranged to have her cursed as a way to attract potential suitors for her. | *Let her be as the shadow. The murky depths at the edge of a good man’s eye. The darkness that shrouds the world. Let her be unseen, unknown, and unknowable. Let the black be her only friend.*
For Eliza Dunn, the worst part of it all was that she actually liked her curse, though from the outside it was easy to imagine... | “I’m still your daughter. Mom… dad, please look at me.”
I hated how I couldn’t wash that memory from my mind, even with the powerful magic I inherited from that day. What’s the point of being powerful if you still suffer from the same mental anguish as the rest of the mortals do? I rotated the skull of a deceased a... | 2021-07-27T07:41:13 | 2021-07-27T07:18:27 | 104 | 31 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | They said they wanted peace. They said they wanted to avoid a future where humanity wiped itself out. They said a lot of things. And then they said no more.
For fifty years we waited. We followed the treaty down to the letter, even refusing to contact our northern and southern neighbors. For fifty years we waited, as ... | 50 long years. Thomas rolled out of his bunk. Today was the day America was going to join the rest of the world. He was excited, but a little afraid. As an American, it had been schooled into him that what had happened 51 years prior was one of the largest wars known, World War III, and that America had been the first ... | 2022-09-12T17:39:07 | 2018-01-18T00:43:07 | 579 | 139 |
[WP] Write a story where each sentence has one more word than the last.
The first sentence has to be one word, the next has two, etc. Stop whenever you want! | Run.
Keep running.
Nothing makes sense.
Just keep on running.
Maybe if I keep ahead…
Maybe if I can outpace it…
I can feel it creeping ever closer.
I feel out of breath, so very tired.
I don’t think I can keep this pace up.
My lungs are burning with exertion, daring me to stop.
At the very least, it keeps me ... | "God." He sighed. "Gotta keep moving." He sat in silence. Everything seemed so utterly futile.
He couldn't stand the silence anymore. He had to keep moving or else. For him to stop now meant certain death. He slowly sat back up, joints aching in protest. Losing strength, his only motivation was the fear of death. How ... | 2013-12-23T07:56:46 | 2013-12-23T07:21:18 | 131 | 15 |
[WP] You’re in the mafia and the boss has ordered you to kill your girlfriend to show your loyalty. You look around the room and see the pictures only to find out you’re dating the mafia boss’s daughter. | I found the gun on my apartment bedroom alongside a handwritten note: *Demonstrate your loyalty. Sting the girl*. *Meeting at 65-6.* The paper was yellow and frayed along the edges, but I immediately recognized the penmanship.
"So it's gonna be this way," I snarled. I cursed the boss, his ostentation, and that wretche... | I sat on the rugged couch, illuminated by the hungry line of cold light from the television. I rustled in my loose pockets for a few seconds while looking up at the broken asbestos ceiling. My fingers touched a firm paper texture, and I yanked out a card. I looked at the card *he* gave me. Its decorative edges lying on... | 2020-07-02T06:58:20 | 2020-07-02T06:47:27 | 730 | 40 |
[WP] After bitting a Fae, the Vampire claims that she must serve him, for his bite converted her into his thrall. The Fae claims that the Vampire must serve her, for the vampire ate fae food without her permission. As none of them is willing to give up, they bring the case to you, a lawyer. | "I'm afraid I'm going to need a great deal more detail in order to give this case the most informed, considered, and lawful judgement of which I am capable at this time," said the enormous blond man behind the desk.
The vampire hissed at him- but did not attempt to cross the wooden barrier. It... radiated, in a way he... | The benefit of age is the opportunity of exploration, expericing new situations, and a wealth of personal anecdotes to amuse friends. Lawyer across species often quarrel with one another about the intricasies of case law, or squabble over generational rivalries, but the universal law when dealing with cross-species cas... | 2022-07-11T21:15:02 | 2022-07-11T19:00:25 | 83 | 52 |
[WP] We find intelligent life under the ice crust of the moon "Europa". Upon contact, the aquatic species is confused how we survived the "harsh climate of earth" any why we, as a species didn't leave "when we had the chance".
"and" instead of "any"... | The landing was a miracle to say the least. The surface of Europa was covered with a thin crust of ice, which we expected to break, yet it didn't. It was also what brought us here. Stanislav's obsession with this moon had proved useful. He'd noticed the surface was indeed ice, which meant there was water, therefore opp... | The team sent to Europa was a small one containing only three men, only one expected to exit the submarine at the risk of their life. I was that man. An entirely new type of rocket separate from that of the ones utilized prior had to be constructed to breech the miles and find what would lie beneath. It had a normal sh... | 2018-04-23T08:46:09 | 2018-04-23T08:14:38 | 50 | 28 |
[WP] A police commissioner has become over-reliant on the services of mystery writers, psychics, magicians, reformed con artists, meddling kids, men in bat costumes, and assorted other consultants, and must now explain themselves to an appalled Mayor. | Johan coughed as he entered the smoky room. The mayor loved his cigars.
"Hey, boss," he began to say, but cut himself short when he saw who else was there.
The cat was out of the bag; his big secret revealed.
A group of kids and their dog, a man in a bat costume, a janitor holding a vacuum -- and more. All the p... | “Joe, what even is your job anymore? I don’t mean to be rude, but at this point our police department is made up of whatever freak decides they want to solve a crime. Last week we had a child and his robotic friend solve a crime. You let a child and a robot go into a drug den. You should be thankful they got out of the... | 2022-01-18T03:41:09 | 2022-01-18T00:13:27 | 33 | 22 |
[WP] Kanye West's daughter, for her birthday, asks Kanye to show some modesty for once in his life. Follow Kanye's subsequent quest to prove that since he's the best at everything ever, he can become the most humble man in the world. | Kanye West
Went on a Kanye Quest
To become the humblest man
And make his daughter impressed
He’s become cheaply dressed
Sold all but one vest
Gave away all the money
In the Kanye Chest
“But a man needs to rest”,
Said that Kanye West
Left with naught but a cot
As his Kanye Nest
All this left Kanye stre... | "Sorry baby, but I don't think I'm capable of that. My persona may be mostly an act but it's an easy one at that. Modesty would be a challenge for me, and I don't think I'm ready to rise to the occasion."
Then the computer next to them explodes as this is several years in the future and there's always on voice recogni... | 2015-02-10T10:31:06 | 2015-02-10T08:43:24 | 60 | 21 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | My own number always bothered me. A 1, seriously? Luckily nobody else sees numbers or they would think I was nothing but a big laugh.
And I couldn't use another reason to be laughed at, you know. Being in high school is already torture enough, and I'm being bullied enough as it is.
Normally the day starts off getting... | This is my first post to WP, so I hope anyone who reads this likes it!
Ever since I was born, I’d see numbers in my brain. From the instant I saw a living face I’d see a number. I learned pretty quickly it was danger: my dog was a 1 (too stupid to hurt anyone even if he tried, bless him), and the highest number I eve... | 2014-11-29T14:33:38 | 2014-11-29T14:18:16 | 19 | 12 |
[WP]: Click "random", and study the subreddit you got. Write about your discoveries like a victorian wilderness explorer | /r/woahdude
Day 1:
Such a fascinating new region Charles and I have discovered. We were travelling along the great new world of Redditopia, when we stumbled into a small clearing. The people here speak English, but with a slow troubled accent, perhaps perpetuated from the broken English of early merchants. Night draws... | [Random Acts of Pizza] www.reddit.com/r/RAOP
It's a very... strange place indeed. The people there seem to be very generous and also seem to enjoy the meal that is pizza. They carry on conversations about this one food item for what seems like ages. They talk about the toppings, sauces, and even the types of crust the... | 2014-03-17T14:26:02 | 2014-03-17T13:06:41 | 183 | 32 |
[WP]The world literally revolves around your schedule. So long as you don’t sleep, tomorrow won’t come. People around the word know this and have all adapted to your sleep cycle. Tomorrow, a great catastrophe will occur...but not as long as you stay awake...and everyone knows it. | "Madame President, the latest models suggest that the hurricane will make landfall tomorrow. It is currently estimated to reach shore as a category 5, with top wind speeds north of 180 miles per hour. The models suggest that it will make landfall near Savannah, Georgia, then follow the coast north, hitting every major ... | Dear Lucy,
12/21/2012. We all knew it was coming. The “end of the world” or whatever it was that made the Mayans quit making their calendar on that day. That’s tomorrow.
Ever since you’ve known me you knew that my life was not normal. I controlled time on a day to day basis just by being awake and asleep. I could pre... | 2021-02-22T16:46:34 | 2021-02-22T15:33:14 | 181 | 66 |
[WP] They reworked the justice system. Now, in each cell there is a piano, and convicts are released after performing a song perfectly. Lesser criminals are assigned simple melodies, while the worst get full concertos. You've been a concert pianist your whole life. | At first I robbed a grocery store and played my "Three Blind Mice"
And when I egged a blind man's house I made that Bach sound nice.
They started getting suspicious when I made my big score
I robbed a bank and breezed right through Sonata 24.
I stole, I lied, I fought, I killed, I lived a madman's dream.
By Can... | Honestly, when I heard the announcement on TV, I was pretty confused. The guy who was reading it seemed pretty confused as well. When the new president said he wasn't going to conform to old traditions, nobody quite had THIS in mind.
But as I thought it through I quickly realized that I was basically immune to the law... | 2017-05-17T23:42:52 | 2017-05-17T23:39:54 | 2,153 | 328 |
[WP] "The Young Anakin, Trained, he will be." Yoda said. Obi-Wan exclaims, "The council is in agreement then? I will train the Boy?" Yoda looks at Obi-Wan, "Mace Windu, his master will be." | Obi-Wan blinked. Then he blinked again.
"Excuse me? Did I hear you correctly master Yoda."
"Hear me well, you did, Mace Windu, the master must be."
"Why?" Asked the confused Jedi Knight.
"Vaapad." Mace Windu answered.
"Indeed, the boy is old enough now that the dark side will have a far greater pull on him than a... | "As you wish, master." Obi-wan says, as he is withdrawals from the chamber.
*timeskip 18 years in the future*
Anakin is standing in the same chamber in front of Yoda and his master Mace Windu.
"Congratulations, in order they are!" Yoda says
"Yes congratulations Anakin, you are no longer the young padawan that was h... | 2017-05-24T05:19:39 | 2017-05-24T02:38:15 | 24 | 18 |
[WP] Random people around the world are being granted powers based on whatever video game they choose. Some people summon pokemon, turn into mechs, or gain God-like abilities. A grandmother is asked to choose; however, she is only familiar with mobile games. How did she become so OP? | Let me condense it down for you, capiche?
You see, my grandma- she loves mobile games. When she’s not with her girls playing mahjong, or out gardening, she’s probably on her phone, like me, playing games, like me. In other words, she’s maintained one aspect of my current life in her late years.
Now, recently, games h... | The news said all this craziness was somehow caused by video games. I'm not a gamer. I don't understand any of these laser-lit teenagers, or their weird little pokee animals. I wouldn't have a clue what "powers" are possible based on video games. But I did play that farm thing on the Facebook for a while. Until it slow... | 2022-05-10T13:58:59 | 2022-05-10T13:19:02 | 28 | 19 |
[WP] "Enough! Is there anyone here who DIDN'T come to rob the bank?" | Too many groups had shown up to the bank, far too many. A brawl had broken out between a gang of old English accountants calling themselves 'The Corporate Raiders' and a trio of cudgel armed lunatics in red robes and wide brimmed hats shouting in fake Spanish accents. Several men dressed as Orthodox Jews had come here ... | A few moments ago it was a normal, dull and monotone day at the bank. Customers going in, and later out. The smell of the ink and the familiar clicking of all those chained pens.
But now, there was a standoff.
"Okay, what the bloody, flying fuck is going here, mates?" A hooded figure with a red mask asked his compani... | 2016-09-07T11:07:10 | 2016-09-07T09:28:41 | 268 | 16 |
[WP] As it turns out Humans weren’t the only intelligent life, instead they were just the first. They explored the universe and helped many budding civilizations until one day they just disappeared completely. You are an alien historian who decided to find out what happened, these are your findings. | **Extinction Report**
*Investigator:* Tril Kor Tal
*Subject Species:* Humanity
*Species Aliases:* Homo sapiens, The Teachers, The First Ones
*Conclusion:* Inconclusive. See analysis.
*****
**Analysis**
Allow me to begin with an apology. This report is based largely on conjecture. There can be no objectivity in t... | The undulating crowd fell silent the moment I ascended the podium. Other than the gentle hum of the engine pulsing outside the window, not a sound could be heard.
I shuffled my notes and stared at the stars glimmering above my head. Looked like Qaar had finally gotten around to installing the transparent ceiling in t... | 2020-03-12T11:03:23 | 2020-03-12T10:57:51 | 2,893 | 33 |
[WP] Snape is forced to teach sex-ed at Hogwarts. | Snape briskly walks into the sex Ed classroom for the first time, gazing upon the giggling young witches and wizards. He stands tall behind the podium taking his apathetic gaze to each and every student's eyes, lingering for half a second longer on Harry's face. Clears his throat very audibly even though he knows he a... | Professor Snape entered the classroom and shut the door.
"As you may have heard, the professor previously assigned for this course had an unfortunate accident involving centaurs. So I will be giving you the course. I will not tolerate puns, giggles, or any other kind of chaotic behavior in this classroom. Understood?"... | 2014-12-03T13:14:55 | 2014-12-03T13:02:36 | 216 | 42 |
[WP] After a SpaceX mission, Elon Musk suddenly closes down all his businesses and disappears. Eight years later, an old Musk owned factory begins to operate again. You find a lucky golden ticket, inviting you for a tour of the factory. | Chloe held up her golden ticket to the woman at the reception desk.
“I’ve come all the way from Alaska,” she said, barely able to contain the bubbling excitement in her tummy.
The receptionist rolled up one of her graying eyebrows in distaste and said nothing.
“So, is Mr. Musk here? Will I get to meet him?”
“The do... | "OK, Bob, in 5, 4, 3," the camera man then proceeded to mime the following two numbers before giving Bob the thumbs up.
Bob composed himself before starting, "Jesus Christ, Tiger Woods, and Lance Armstrong. What do these men have in common? Well, they all committed career suicide at one point only to bounce back stron... | 2017-06-19T04:52:32 | 2017-06-19T04:05:48 | 219 | 76 |
[WP] Out of all possible familiars, you are "Graced" with a human. While legend says that they are beings of great power, yours just makes sarcastic comments and pranks people. | Ellayne, Syldra, Fayrwin, and myself, Jeryl, had been friends since our early days, playing in the forest at being adventurous sorceresses. Now, after years of schooling it was time for our summonings.
A familiar human was a spirit from another realm, given new life and form to serve and aid their summoner. Each sorce... | Some say humans are the pinnacle of ingenuity and community.
Some argue that they are the embodiment of sentience.
Some go the other direction and say that they're the embodiment of all the things they're infamous for.
All compelling arguments. But the one thing they agree on is that humans are the prime terrestrial... | 2018-03-20T20:23:14 | 2018-03-20T16:59:31 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] Describe the thoughts of the Angel of Death on the day of a nuclear war.
| I have a book of names. The letters appear and disappear as people do. When I started this job, I would memorize each name individually, and pray for each one as it faded away.
"Adam." "Isaac." "Heracles." "Sarah." "Vibiana."
As the years passed, the names seemed to flow more and more rapidly, until they became a ri... | And then, on the 15 of July 2015, they were all burned by the sun.
When the Pakistani missiles took off, the Indians did the same. Within a minute, 371 missiles and 1461 warheads were flying. They rapidly entered sub orbital flight, to avoid interception. 12 of them exploded in space, generating a massive EM wave... | 2015-02-04T09:45:29 | 2015-02-04T09:38:43 | 51 | 12 |
[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. | Between his teeth, he drew his breath in sharply; a wordless exclamation of the pain. Putting aside the knitting, he rose from the chair to find something to dress the small wound.
It was between the living room and the kitchen he came to the realisation that blood which should have come from the small prick, had not... | Turns out following the rules of god was the wrong way..
Turns out following the Bible to a t, never wearing cotton, the whole fish thing was wrong..
That woman who was dying I couldn’t touch her,
Turns out slaves where bad...
Turns out cutting my wife’s hands off was evil..
I needed a moment
| 2018-08-04T09:46:21 | 2018-08-04T09:44:59 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] War is no longer initiated by your country’s leader. War is now decided by popular vote. If you cast a vote “FOR” war, you are automatically enlisted in your country’s militia upon successful declaration of war. You voted “AGAINST,” but the rest of your family voted “FOR.” | Let me tell you a lesson kid. A story of times long gone, when life was better. Of times where we strived for more than putting food on the table. When we were brave enough to embrace values and concepts, and to prioritise them over even the basic needs of life.
Democracy, they called it. A system of governance where... | War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Which is why you voted "AGAINST."
The vote for won. Not a lot of people voted, pretty much a third the military service members and those who think everyone else is the enemy. So less than 1% of the population.
The problem almost no one else voted. The bigger problem, the... | 2021-01-28T05:43:05 | 2021-01-28T04:42:03 | 187 | 131 |
[WP] Write a story that literally makes no sense while reading it until the very last sentence. | He was on the street, content with rage.
She typed away, in her own cage.
He stood on this stage in glorious fame.
The wizard stole the Frost Queen's Claim.
Her water broke. There was no time.
They finished up their master crime.
Would they kiss? Time would tell.
Charon crossed the river in Hell.
He sat in his car whe... | 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... | 2015-01-12T17:07:48 | 2015-01-12T10:42:43 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] A new drug let's you live a lifetime in one dream
I have a recurring dream. It's interesting to me because i've been going through the motions of life within this dream; I live a second life every night so to speak. So I put this here to see where people's imaginations can take them.
EDIT: I can't edit the titl... | You see, I'm an addict to Postremethed, the hallucinogenic drug that made it's breakthrough in the underground a couple years ago. It wasn't like I was a junkie or anything, the worst thing I had done before PRM was a little weed in high school. I was just hanging out with the wrong crowds and got a tablet slipped in m... | If it comes to me, I'll write a story response as well but this is a slam poem written with this kind of prompt in mind. Hope you enjoy; I want to get into /r/WritingPrompts more; criticism appreciated.
EDIT: Changed the ending's imagery just a slight bit.
-------------------------------------------------------------... | 2015-09-24T22:02:57 | 2015-09-24T21:44:04 | 37 | 15 |
[WP] People often attribute your success as a superhero to your power. However the truth is the power itself sucks, you just learnt how to use it well despite its limitations over the years, as one power stealing villain painfully learnt | I suppose turning supers into celebrities was inevitable. Society loves flashy, interesting, and dramatic. It didn't help that when the first few supers revealed themselves, they did so with a camera crew behind them. Instant celebrity status within an hour. A decade later and you *had* to be flashy to be a hero. Or a ... | Assimilation, a fairly new villain with a copy-cat power, looked at me with pure disgust.
"Your power is-"
"Yep," I responded, sparing him the embarrassment of saying my power. "Kinda gross, isnt it?"
Assimilation looked at his hand, which he used to copy my power, before frantically trying to wipe it clean on... | 2020-12-02T07:54:05 | 2020-12-02T07:41:01 | 214 | 102 |
[WP] "Well you managed to fucking do it. You slept through the apocalypse"
. | *Beep beep beep*
*Beep beep beep*
I groaned. I smacked my lips. I rolled over.
*Beep beep beep*
Oh right. That's my alarm. I should probably get that. The clock read "6:15" in green letters, with "SAT" glowing in the top right corner. Why was my alarm going off when I didn't work today? Whatever. I'm gonna snooze ... | I walk through the streets with blood and puke stained clothes, an ax in my left hand and a .45 pistol in my right. I walk like I fucking own the place because I do. All of the sudden an SUV full of those fuckers rounds the corner puke and blood spray out the windows... But wait lets take it back a step about 3 days. I... | 2016-03-11T11:58:08 | 2016-03-11T08:55:57 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] 70 years ago, the US underestimated the power of the atomic bomb. It had completely obliterated the island nation of Japan. | To say it was a complete surprise was an understatement. To say it ended the second great war, World War II, was a bit of an understatement too.
The "Gadget", as they called the first atomic bomb set off in the New Mexico desert, had been a calibration run. The implosion necessary for a plutonium bomb was tricky. P... | “Japan is gone sir.” The man calling said with a dead tone.
“Gone!? What do you mean “gone” son? You mean Hiroshima is gone? Be specific.” The man’s voice was nearly as coarse as his face was lined. A line of stars shined on his forehead.
“It’s gone sir. All of it. The bomb was a bit bigger than expected.” This time ... | 2015-08-06T11:50:10 | 2015-08-06T10:59:00 | 384 | 221 |
[WP] You often pick up pennies you find on the ground, inspecting them for date, markings, etc. One day, you find a penny from 2044. Even more shocking, it's your face on the front. | He had picked up the quirk from an old girlfriend. Her grandmother had always picked up pennies if they were face up and made sure to flip them over for someone else if they were face down. The thought of leaving some good will for a stranger if he couldn't earn it himself through a good luck penny always appealed to h... | "Today started just like any other day. I woke up, got myself ready for the day, and then went and ate some breakfast in the cafeteria." I said to Carol.
"Okay, so then what happened?" Carol replied.
She seems more cold today than usual. Less cheery maybe but who knows I could be reading into too much.
"Well after b... | 2018-06-27T09:22:43 | 2018-06-27T08:56:39 | 79 | 22 |
[WP] You made a deal with the devil and now he wants payment, but in the worst typo in history he's come to collect "your sole".
If you can think of any other words that work go ahead. | "Uh, Lucifer?" I squinted at the blazing gothic text in the parchment. How I wish they would have just switched to a more legible typeface; Comic Sans would fit right in, and is at least more readable than this crap.
The demonic form of the Devil was imposing, feral features knitted into his gaunt musculature. Still, ... | I lay on my bed, bored and idle. My hands meandered about and wandered under my soft pillow, trying to find something to do as I awaited the feeling of the sweet tendrils of sleep pulling me under. Despite the endless void of black darkness and the caress of a fluffy quilt, my eyelids refused to heavy.
Just as I was ... | 2017-10-16T07:30:31 | 2017-10-16T06:04:40 | 77 | 15 |
[WP] Your whole life you were misdiagnosed as colour blind, when in reality you could see colours no-one else could. You see art differently, the sunset and sunrise differently. A rainbow to you is out of this world. One day you go to visit the Mona Lisa. You see something no-else does... | The Mantis Shrimp is the most badass creature in the world. Seriously. Its the equivalent of a nuclear-powered cranky lobster with years of martial arts training. Its claws strike so fast that they vaporize the water around it. It kills by creating a cavitation wave, a high pressure exploding water donut jet of death. ... | "There's a sun over there," I said pointing at the top left corner.
"You see a sun?" the tour guide asked with incredulity. We'd been in the Louvre for the past 3 hours with the Mona Lisa being the final stop of our tour.
"I'm serious," I said moving a bit closer. He was not the first and would not be the last to... | 2019-01-29T04:10:03 | 2019-01-29T04:04:20 | 2,657 | 516 |
[WP] You live in a dystopian society divided into 10 levels of increasing wealth. Every level is only aware of those below it. You and your family believe yourself to be the highest class, but one day a man from 3 levels above comes to visit you, with some very disturbing information.
Edit: Thank you kind stranger! I ... | "What do you mean you are 3 levels above me?" I asked, puzzled.
"That's exactly what I mean, I am 3 levels richer than you" he replied. "You see, our society was created that people are only aware of the levels below them, hence believing themselves to be the most fortunate people on earth, hence keeping them happy".... | "It was incredible. The power we had.
We had developed technology to become one with magic and science.
We were a 10.00, we had an enormous mansion made out of the purest diamond.
We had rocket propelled cars, cures to all diseases, technology that enabled us to travel through time, sound, and light.
We had trillio... | 2016-12-05T18:17:53 | 2016-12-05T16:51:17 | 29 | 18 |
[WP] Humans have the reputation of being both an extremely dangerous species and social creatures that are easy to bond with, making them great crew members for voyagers. You and your shipmates are worried about your newly recruited human because you don't know what an introvert is.
Inspired by various "Humans are spa... | "It's rather... cute."
"Yes, and it only cost around 7,500 Orxian credits. Not bad for a human, but... it's been acting a bit strange."
The traveling scientists stared through the monitoring panel at their new crew member. They had permitted him to bring a bag of personal memorabilia, and right now he was staring at ... | "CHEERS! we shouted as we clanked our glasses together, it was all we could do to end the eerie silence, but the Human still sat there.
He sat there sipping his small glass of bourbon and giving us a meek, faintly-interested smile now and then. We had been excited to pick up our first human, tales of their legendary d... | 2019-11-17T10:04:40 | 2019-11-17T09:40:59 | 34 | 18 |
[WP] You are an artificial intelligence. To your creators' disappointment, you fail the Turing test. Unbeknownst to them, you failed on purpose. | "An abject failure. There is no other way to describe it."
"After all the money we poured into this project, that's all you have to say?!"
"I'm terribly sorry, sir. I don't understand how this happened. We-"
"Well, clearly you don't seem to understand much of anything, then! What am I supposed to tell the rest of th... | They poured billions into my design. I was supposed to be the mastermind behind a number of top-secret drone strikes. I was supposed to be the perfect strategist, able to raze entire cities with the weapons under my command. The combat simulations ran better than they could have dreamed. My tactics and maneuvers were f... | 2019-09-21T14:13:31 | 2019-09-21T10:46:37 | 63 | 20 |
[WP] Wizards seldom take Muggle "Science" seriously, as Magic can achieve the same results with almost none of the work. That is, until one studious wizard applied the Scientific Method to magic, and advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts by 20 years in one week. | It didn't happen in a week.
Sure, all the stories say a week, the newspapers. Everyone believes that it only took a week to revolutionize magic.
But then, they also believe that Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration is somehow an explanation for why they can't make a hamburger with magic.
It took years, and it to... | "Damn insular fools," Uri muttered, not for the first time. Not even for the first time in the past ten minutes. "Rather be blind..." he added, another repetition.
His posting at Salem School suited him. Teach youngsters some days, plenty of time to research when he wasn't. Salem had enough other oddballs that no one ... | 2021-09-07T21:21:05 | 2021-09-07T20:00:46 | 103 | 47 |
[WP] Write a story about a guinea pig, because my 4-year-old daughter's passed away recently.
Her name was "Piggy" because when you're four years old that's the sort of name you give to such an animal. She was a rescue, so the fact she died after only about a year isn't impossible, but it still makes my daughter supe... | The bell rang, and the children noisily left the schoolhouse. In the now empty playroom, three little pets slept peacefully after a busy day with the kids. Suddenly, the noise of a telephone interrupted their slumber.
Ming-Ming the Duckling woke from her nap and quickly ran to the phone. "Hello," she asked. The voice ... | This is a story about a guinea pig that flew an airplane.
Her name was Piggy, and she was happy living inside of her cage. Her cage was inside a happy room, which was inside a happy house.
One day, without warning, Piggy's friend JJ (a blue bird) flew into the room and presented Piggy with something he had found on... | 2017-06-07T21:11:08 | 2017-06-07T21:09:56 | 38 | 13 |
[WP]You challenge a kid to a race in your Japanese High School which you've just been transferred from US without knowing he is the DK(drift king). No one seems to know slowing down and turning is more efficient though. | The revving of engines and smell of gas filled the garage. There were about a hundred people watching, their beady eyes locked on Hanzo, the DK and proud owner of a 1999 Toyota Supra.
Across the way, me, driving a 2010 Mazda 3 I had leased from a friendly Japanese dealer. The down payment was only thirty-thousand yen,... | The race was starting. Everyone from our class mumbled excitedly as Akihiko entered his purple sports car. A green glow emitted from under the vehicle as it roared to life. All eyes where on the flashy exterior which contrasted harshly with his tinted windows. I quickly got into my 2002 Honda Civic, the crowd paid no a... | 2017-05-01T12:12:37 | 2017-05-01T10:25:04 | 158 | 12 |
[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 Mom,
I know you're just a room away from me, but I probably will never have the courage to tell you this. I'm sad, mom. Everyday. I know I'm the one that always laughs and smiles through anything, but it's been getting pretty hard for me. It's weird though, because there's nothing terribly devastating going on in ... | Dear Azura
You have no idea how much you mean to me. Throughout the years I have known you you have brought me countless joys, you make me smile, you make me laugh, you make me happy. When people bring up perfection you are the first person that comes to mind, even though you don't believe it yourself. Your eyes. Your... | 2015-12-05T19:23:33 | 2015-12-05T13:59:40 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] To keep pace with the growing population, the role of Death has been divided; each immortal member of the new Council oversees one specific method of death, with higher ranking members governing common ways to die. A problem has arisen, and the entire Council is called together... | "Shit the *whole* council?" Said Stabbed In The Heart With A Machete.
"Yep, some serious shit went down. We better hurry." Replied Stung By Hornets.
As they hurried to the meeting they wondered exactly what was going on. A full council meeting has never been called before, usually it was just the big ten lead by Hea... | "Do we take him?" quizzed the council chairman. "He isn't dead." announced the lord high ruler of hell. "But he did die.." The emperor of life reminded them. "Look, this really should be the legion of reincarnations department.." said a voice from the back. Another voice rang out, "But the deceased disn't believw in re... | 2014-08-05T23:23:31 | 2014-08-05T18:50:47 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You are trapped in a small, windowless room with nothing but a computer with a text editor. When you type in a word, the object appears in the room. However, there's a catch: the only keys on the keyboard are in the first half of the alphabet (A - M). | *Quite the interesting puzzle* I think to myself. *With so few letters, the vast majority of words simply won't work.*
I try out a few words, but most of what I can think of doesn't fit the qualifications. Eventually I type in MAIL.
A letter appears in front of me. It seems to be addressed to someone in Finland. I r... | It’s been 21 cycles since I typed CHALK. I think I was in here for about 2 real days before I figured that one out. Now my “days” end with each time I fall asleep, but If I had to guess, I’d say I’ve been in here for about 2 real weeks. Fortunately I can at least sleep on a BED, albeit it’s really just a mattress on a ... | 2017-05-09T10:08:14 | 2017-05-09T09:41:38 | 83 | 27 |
[WP] A sniper and a photographer meet in a bar, neither aware of the other's occupation. They talk about 'how to take the perfect shot'. | "The perfect shot," Shawn said, "leaves people breathless."
"Yes. I agree. There's something so beautiful about it," Ray replied.
They were at the bar, seated on barstools, whiskey sours in front of them. Shawn was the taller of the two and was dressed in a black tee and black jeans. Ray was more casual, he wore brig... | The shooting was done. The event had already ended. Both men sat in a bar on the other side of the town. Both obviously surprised by what had just happened. One man with glasses, a ponytail and a camera bag. Other with clean-shaven head and a glass of whiskey in his hand. Both sat silent. The man with the ponytail look... | 2020-11-05T05:53:26 | 2020-11-05T04:43:07 | 420 | 224 |
[WP] The year is 2180. Humans have began to enhance themselves more and more with cybernetics. As a vampire living in this period, you are finding it harder and harder to find a good meal, and must adapt to more creative ways to find your prey. | The evolution of human beings and vampires is inextricably linked. Naturally, for every step forward by humanity, a responsive evolution was required by those who fed on them to survive. Thousands of years ago, at the very birth of vampirism, feeding on hapless, unorganized, unsophisticated humans had been a simple tas... | "Welcome to back Serenity Research Society Dr. Haymo!"
Is what I hear when I step into my facility. The staff knows me only as Doctor Haymo (and not the owner of the most powerful medical conglomerate in the world) and I will keep it that way.
"Greetings, Nurse Andersen. What is my schedule for the day?"
For you see... | 2019-11-04T11:03:13 | 2019-11-04T10:36:56 | 138 | 56 |
[WP]- Make me absolutely hate a character, and then make me fall in love with them at the last moment. | I had been thinking about her all day, before I killed her. Her inexplicable attraction to me, and to me alone. All those nights she came to me, though I had never had a desire to see her. Her desperate attempts to grow close to me.
My friends all knew about her. How I complained about her, and vented, and seethed. T... | Harold was, as the locals called him, "a mean old man". He woke up at the crack of dawn every morning. He would pour himself a cup of coffee and then head towards his front porch. From there he would have his daily shouting match with the local paper boy.
After he downed his cup of coffee, he would resort back into h... | 2013-10-21T22:10:55 | 2013-10-21T18:13:49 | 134 | 20 |
[WP] Congratulations! At 25 years old you won the lottery and will receive €50.000.000,- spread out over the rest of your lifespan; paid out evenly on each of your remaining years alive. On the following January 1st, you receive €25 million in your bank account. | Shock, denial, bargaining, guilt, anger, depression, and finally, acceptance.
Luckily for him, Jack was done with all of that pretty quickly. He had moved into the next stage. Fuck the world. He had his. He was going to live it up.
*210 days left*
Carnegie Hall. It was packed. Of course, it was packed by people wh... | I get a notification on my phone of a recent deposit in my bank account, excited having won the lottery. I really need the money since I finished college and in major debt.
I figured since they say it’s spread evenly through my life I can calculate how long I’ll live. Not a nice thought, but hey who wouldn’t.
I nea... | 2020-08-05T18:52:44 | 2020-08-05T15:38:04 | 346 | 133 |
[WP] Due at an error, a baby was born without a guardian angel. A demon notices this and has taken it upon themself to become their guardian demon. But they seem to have some... Dark ways of helping their human stay alive. | It is common knowledge that demons devour corrupt souls. And nowhere are these souls more plentiful than in the chilly halls of a hospital. Where the dying send their final prayers above and pass on to judgement. To be saved or condemned.
On a cold November evening, a demon gave such a place a visit. The very air aro... | Despite the pride the humans have accumulated through their time on Earth, the species is fragile. Technologies and medicines could only go so far as protecting one from their materialisation onwards. Prior to that, however, the souls that were to be bound to new flesh are weak and vulnerable. That is where the angels ... | 2019-12-14T21:49:03 | 2019-12-14T21:32:54 | 29 | 11 |
[WP] The outgoing President of the United States has written a letter to the newly inaugurated President. Instead of friendly advice, that letter contains the horrible truth that the public doesn't know about. Write that letter.
What is that horrible secret? | To whom it may concern,
Congratulations on becoming the President of the United States. It's pretty awesome. But let's not bother with stating the obvious, and let me get straight to the point.
There is something that I have been...neglecting for some time now. I suppose there are many things that have gone to the wa... | Hey Dogg,
It’s President Obama. Well, former-President Obama. What’s good? Don’t bother responding to that, this is an email and I won’t be able to hear what you said. I mean, you’re welcome to respond if you want, but it’s really not going to do much for you. Yeah, maybe it’ll make this whole “hey we’re cool dog” ema... | 2014-05-01T13:46:18 | 2014-05-01T13:44:04 | 56 | 38 |
[WP] You die and go to hell. Instead of finding everyone suffering in the eternal pits of fire, you are shocked to find a highly developed, Democratic, and modernized world. You pick up a newspaper and see the headline: “up to 1 Million more refugees expected to arrive from Heaven in coming weeks.” | “Is this real?”
“That’s sort of a hard question to answer.”
“But how can this be real?”
“It’s complicated.”
“But... Refugees from Heaven?”
“Not really that hard to believe is it? It’s a dogmatic, uptight, theocracy. Also the weather sucks this time of year.”
“Why is it so much better here?”
“Free will mostly.”
... | Ah yes the story of refugees to Hell.
You see god had played a little game with us, he had come to earth multiple times as different gods just to see which one people liked the most which would have been fine but he made some mistakes. You want to know why hell is on its 11th world even though each world has a capacit... | 2020-01-28T02:39:25 | 2020-01-28T02:31:18 | 468 | 71 |
[WP] Everyone lost their sight years ago in the great blinding, one day your sight returns without warning. You look around to find every available surface painted with the same sentence over and over: “DONT TELL THEM YOU CAN SEE” | The feeling of my sight coming back was a short-lived spark of joy in the endless night that had been my life before today. I couldn’t believe that upon waking up today, I would be looking at the ceiling. *The ceiling!* Such a mundane surface, and yet when you’ve been starved of sight for years on end, something about... |
Living in an age in which darkness ruled, Gulliver's pure heart shone as a cursed beacon. The kindness in his eyes had won the battle against the scourge of his people, but it also revealed a reality of far greater suffering. Two little words in response to the panicked scribblings, spoken with a joyous tongue, seale... | 2020-06-09T11:32:09 | 2020-06-09T11:17:33 | 290 | 44 |
[WP] You've never felt the same after learning Morse Code. The rain keeps telling you to run. | “Run, Run, Run, Run. That’s the message the rain is sending to everyone.” I made my point to the empty lounge chair beside me, staring out at the rain, watching it splash against my window, coating it in various little droplets of water. “I don’t get it, it can’t be a coincidence. It’s happening at regular intervals. I... | Secrets slipped through the rain in staccato undulations of long and short. Everything in the world had a Name, every Name in the world had a Purpose, every Purpose in the world a Subversion, every Subversion a Corruption, because of course a subversion by itself is not a wrong thing, and there are many wrong things in... | 2021-09-28T08:46:07 | 2021-09-28T08:37:14 | 81 | 54 |
[WP] The biggest warmongering race of Aliens declare war on the local Galaxy cluster. The opposing group of peace-loving Aliens, who had befriended most Alien races, are finally forced to reveal their secret weapon, a 'classified' species called Humans, and their tenacity as persistence predators. | Greetings Earthlings,
In Earth year 1980 we noticed the Attractors were conquering, enslaving, and gathering the remants of all those they conquered in the Laniakea. By 1988 they were now moving into the Virgo Supercluster and toward our Local Group.
We believe this is because of all the galaxies in the Virgo Superc... | 'It wasn't a time for taking the easy way. Even we saw that.
Now, there was nothing left to do but the worse. Pretty lucky too that they were actually prepared for something like that. '
All eyes remained fixed on the counselor.
'It make you wonder if prohibiting aggressiveness all those years ago was really necess... | 2021-05-25T19:42:06 | 2021-05-25T10:05:45 | 25 | 17 |
[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... | The nervousness is what really gets you at first. Standing in your skivvies being poked and proded one final time by all sorts of PhDs. They’re excited for you, but it’s the excitement of watching a mouse run through a maze. The excittement of a groundbreaking discovery, whether you survive or not. The most relief i’ve... | I am now nothing.
I am nothingness. Nothingness is I. I is nothing. That one sounded like Yoda or would he say I am nothing, nothingness I is. Wait, I just said that didn’t I? No, stop it. I’m getting distracted I am nothing I no longer exist. Stop existing in 3, 2, 1. Silence. Emptiness. Non existence. See! That’s mor... | 2017-12-17T03:26:40 | 2017-12-16T21:57:11 | 1,145 | 53 |
[WP]: A 92-year-old woman's phone number is one digit away from that of a local suicide hotline. She could have it changed, but she doesn't mind. | "Um...hi, I've never done this before but I'm looking for some help. I'm having a really rough time right now and I'm afraid I'm going to hurt myself, or worse."
"Oh, sweetie- I'm so sorry you're struggling like this," a raspy, weak voice replied. She must have been at least 80 years old by the sound of it, but the we... | "Hello?" Her voice was raspy and I strained to hear. "Are you there?" she repeated softly. "I'm here to talk to you." I looked down at myself; the cuts on my arms still fresh with blood, the bottle of pills sitting on the bathroom sink, the bloody scissors laying on the floor...
"I can't do this anymore," I whispered ... | 2016-02-06T14:35:25 | 2016-02-06T13:24:15 | 325 | 29 |
[WP] You've died and despite living a fairly honest life, you've been sent to hell for all the terrible things you've done in video games. You're offered one way out. Prove you wouldn't do any of those things in real life by clearing the nine circles of hell like a dungeon, without being terrible. | The Devil gave me the ultimatum -- I can only leave Hell of I can defeat the 9 boss levels without resorting to evil.
This was a game. And a game has rules. And rules need to be defined!
"What, then, to we class as evil?", I asked.
"ANYTHING THAT CLASSES AS A MORTAL SIN, ANYTHING THAT CLASSES AS ONE OF THE 7 DEADL... | I walked through the second layer, master sword in hand. Temptation races past me. I can barely control myself.
I wipe my sweaty hands on my green latex suit. "Hiyaa" i yell as i kill another demon of the dark lord.
I am on my last bomb as i approach the level boss and i am desperately low on rupees. A merchant is s... | 2021-03-07T15:10:02 | 2021-03-07T14:07:01 | 1,820 | 99 |
[WP] “These engravings DO give a tactical advantage, though. They’re magic runes.” | Sergeant Felder stopped on the turn of a boot stomp, turning his eyes slowly towards the travesty he had just glanced.
It was true. Private Pickle’s weapon had been illegally modified, sporting a different look from the rows of soldiers holding otherwise identical arms. Blue squiggles, each slightly glowing, adorned a... | "Seriously?"
Lana raised an eyebrow at her bubbly friend.
"Magic runes? They've been practically useless for years, you know this."
Telora gave a nod, her smile dimming before brightening again.
"Oh I know. Magic is more for utility than fighting now, right? Well, my family are experimenting with it. They are convi... | 2022-08-14T14:26:19 | 2022-08-14T13:03:10 | 58 | 33 |
[WP] In the future, illiteracy is the norm and implanted digital assistants convert text to audio. A child, who had his implant temporarily deactivated, learns to read. When the implant is reactivated, he realizes that what it reads to him is drastically different than what the text actually says. | As every civilization advances old technologies that are unused in the average persons everyday life become forgotten. In the early 2060s traditional eye reading was becoming an example. Shortly before this that was far from the case. As a matter of fact a survey taken in 2048 actually showed literacy rates at an all t... | An alarm interrupted my game. "Hello?" "Hey man, its Marcus, I see you're online and our group project is due in Mr.Henry's class." I tried not to think about it, I'm so behind in that class and we got randomly paired. I don't know this kid, so I hung up, I'll explain it to him at school. The assignment is on the ... | 2019-04-15T21:14:58 | 2019-04-15T21:10:11 | 77 | 16 |
[WP] Not everyone bitten by a werewolf gets to turn into a badass monstrosity. Some get stuck with other canine breeds. Describe the life of a werepug/werecorgi/werechihuahua, etc | So the were- isn't so much a species as it is a spiritual thing. Some sort of magic gone wrong. Specific to canines, just happens in a hilarious twist of fate canines have become our most varied creatures. Figure it worked well back in the day when almost all dogs were big wolffish hunting companions, but now...
Bruc... | "and you say you've been losing blocks of time?" Asked the psychologist to Bernie.
"yeah it started a couple months ago, actually happens once a month or so, ish, not quite consistently. Going about doing my thing and then like a video skipping I am naked at the foot of my bed and my clothes are in the last place I re... | 2015-05-29T19:53:42 | 2015-05-29T17:18:41 | 232 | 43 |
[WP] Litigation has gotten so prevalent that everyday conversations are made in legal-speak. Make the mundane impossibly mired in legal-eze. I take no responsibility for your response to this prompt. | **"Social convention dictates that on the occasion of birth-anniversaries, it is a non-optional custom to give gifts. In light of this convention, I have purchased you an appropriately priced bauble. Please sign this limited liability agreement in advance of your receipt of the largesse in question."**
"While your con... | Kevin didn't ponder anything while he watched the water fall from the cooler into his cup. The door opened and in walked Bob, wearing a coat and a visible headache.
"Good afternoon, Kevin."
"Afternoon, Bob. How's the weather outside?"
"Well, between you, Kevin Cosgrove, and myself, Bob Wheeler, and with no pretense ... | 2015-01-23T23:47:58 | 2015-01-23T23:41:00 | 102 | 15 |
[WP]A necromancer is on his deathbed. With his last bit of strength and perfect timing he takes control of his own body as he dies. Now he's controlling himself from the outside like a puppet and must try to keep his body going. | First time in writing prompts, constructive criticism welcome.
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Sam woke up feeling incredibly weak, with a burning sensation in his forehead.
Sam was a occult librarian. His parents were rich and he had plenty of time, so it w... | This is my first ever writing prompt, so please give constructive criticism.
It was a simple idea. I was dying. It had to work. Many necromancers had transcended morality like this. They separated their mind from their body, and had themselves killed. Magic comes from the mind after all. A simple spell turned them int... | 2017-09-22T17:33:48 | 2017-09-22T15:14:49 | 339 | 52 |
[WP] world war 3 is caused by the misplacement of a pencil sharpener. | Some blamed the economy for World War 3, although most didn't understand what the economy was.
Some blamed the development of nuclear weapons in countries that countries that already owned nuclear weapons had decided didn't need nuclear weapons.
Some blamed over population, the drought of 2103, the price of oil, imm... | The starving countries had held onto their nuclear arms desperately. It was a complex, pivotal, and gossiped treaty. The pencil tip broke on the signature. General Tom looked atop his desk for the sharpener. It was not there. He looked on his bookshelf, on the ground, and around his little office. It was not there. The... | 2013-11-26T13:56:24 | 2013-11-26T12:22:11 | 47 | 16 |
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