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[WP] You’re a pediatrician. One day you perform a standard checkup on a sweet little girl. Later, you are horrified to find when you place your stethoscope on her chest, she has no heartbeat. | A little girl entered the room. Describing her in one word would be easy-she was sweet. She looked like when god baked her he accidentaly spilled in an extra cup of sugar. You can say her presence even made me a little bit more eased.
"What's your name, girl?"
She giggled. Her laugh was soft and sweet. It remided me... | She was calm, almost defiant, when I stepped back and looked up at her. She had the remnants of a grin on her face.
What had I done wrong? I’ve done thousands, millions of auscultations during my residency. It was the first goddamn thing they taught us to do. My first day out on my own and I can’t even find a pulse.
... | 2019-11-30T09:10:19 | 2019-11-30T06:52:34 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You arrive in Heaven to find it abandoned.
[WP] You arrive in Heaven to find it abandoned... | The Pearly Gates! After decades of living a life by strict moral standards, Tom had finally done it! He had reached his eternal resting place in the palace of the Lord. The only think hampering his excitement is the fact that he had been standing at these gates, alone, for the past two hours.
"I always thought Saint P... | *huff puff They weren't fucking kidding. It really is a stairway.* I plodded along, occasionally humming some tune I couldn't remember the name of, only the hook melody. Might have been something by *Rhianna*. or *ACDC*. What does it matter now? I'm sure musicians are not welcome where I am going.
I lived my life as ... | 2014-05-10T09:39:29 | 2014-05-10T09:25:27 | 66 | 30 |
[WP] Anyone holding a world record is immortal as long as he holds the record. You are the oldest person alive. | I am the oldest man alive.
That in itself is a record that cannot be topped.
For every year that i live i remain the oldest man alive.
Records are made and broken. And i remain.
I have lived so long my name has been forgotten. Old recordings of my past long turned to dust.
Now i go by one name. A name that is con... | The shot echoes through the air.
And they're off. Amy's slim form blurs as she runs - no, flies - past the other contenders. Her training's paid off and she's going not just for the gold, but for the world record. Everything I've ever taught her is making its appearance here and now and forever.
She's almost to the ... | 2016-12-14T10:34:13 | 2016-12-14T10:05:11 | 85 | 14 |
[WP] A parallel universe, in which Pay to win is the norm and gamers complain about these new "skill to win "games from the publisher Artificial Entertainment
A parallel universe, in which Pay to win is the norm and gamers complain about these new "skill to win "games from the publisher **A**rtificial **E**ntertainmen... | "This is such bullshit," I shook my head as I tossed my controller to the floor.
I had been playing for thousands of dollars and was still getting my ass kicked by 'xXxAE_Did_Nothing_WrongxXx'. Of *course* they had an asinine name like that. What kind of person did you have to be to sit in front of a game for hours on... | “My boy! You just bought level 50!? Such a savage.” Said Tyrone almost choking on the gulp of Mountain Dew he had just ingested.
“Yeah, I got a pay raise at my new job so I caved. Besides, I gottta bulk up our squad cause we’ve been losing team battles as of late.” Said Tim as he relaxed on his gaming chair.
“Yo! B... | 2018-02-12T12:11:54 | 2018-02-12T11:59:38 | 2,522 | 108 |
[WP] "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king." Untrue, as it turns out. When a mysterious energy wave swept the world and took away vision for humans, you were the only one left with an eye, the wealthy and powerful are hunting you down for your working eyeball. | There is a legend about a time when people could not just feel and hear, but also see.
Sight is a difficult sense to describe, but it's something like the ability to feel the silent whispers of everything around you. The whispers tell you how something will feel before you touch it, who someone is before they shout o... | Note: apologies for any spelling or grammar as I was writing this on my phone because I had to capture the idea that came to mind.
"I've got it." The sudden noise wakes you from your afternoon nap among the waste. "I've got the seeing eye."
You turn your head slightly, human waste tumbling off your neck. You've gr... | 2019-04-19T20:35:18 | 2019-04-19T19:39:38 | 140 | 14 |
[WP] You are trapped on a deserted island. And I mean "deserted," in the sense that it seems people used to be there but left for unknown reasons.
It can also be a desert island, if you want. I'd be surprised if you could pull off a dessert island, but it's not explicitly against the rules. | I hadn't expected to find an island on my voyage. It was supposed to be a trip to the deepest part of the ocean; the Marianas Trench. There shouldn't have been an island there. The ocean floor was so far down, it seemed physically impossible, yet there it was.
The island was mostly covered in lush forests. I couldn't... | The cargo ship had seemed more of an island than a boat. Such a thing, carrying a city's worth of "who-even-knew." Shipping containers, heavy metal crates that housed items, vehicles, goods- maybe even people. That was frowned upon, but it happened. A simple job beyond those occurrences, delivering that which people de... | 2016-01-19T20:08:08 | 2016-01-19T19:47:43 | 53 | 14 |
[WP] Craft a short story that breaks every rule on Elmore Leonard's "10 Rules for Good Writing" list.
[Elmore Leonard's "10 Rules for Good Writing"](https://www.writingclasses.com/toolbox/tips-masters/elmore-leonard-10-rules-for-good-writing) | Prologue
One fine partly-cloudy (With a chance of thunderstorms) evening, a man named Jim was born.
Chapter one
Jim was a slim guy of an average build. He had silky, smooth brown hair but always kept it under a hat. When he smiled, he would squint, and every woman within 20 square miles would be instantly impreg... | Prologue:
A stormy gust blew in from the southwest.
Chapter I
"Don't touch my baseball cards!!!!!!!!!" Timmy exclaimed with vigor. That's when shit hit the fan.
"I'm gon' take you here baseball 'cerds' and 'bern' 'em!!!!!!!?!one1!" stated Frank in his monotone voice.
Frank was an ugly fellow. He had brown hairs.... | 2015-10-29T20:28:09 | 2015-10-29T18:58:34 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] When teenagers turn 17, they are sent a slip of paper with their future occupation written on it. Yours says, "Princeps de Nova Roma" or "First Citizen of New Rome."
*Princeps* or *princeps civitatis* was the title that Augustus and all later emperors called themselves. "First citizen" meant the foremost citizen ... | Christian looked at the small, square piece of paper. It had a brittle consistency and smelled of ozone, as if it was burned by electricity.
"So, Christian, what did you get? I'm a surgeon now, pretty cool, eh? Weird! Yours looks different from mine... wait, is that Latin?"
"I don't know what the hell that is suppose... | The morning was cold, the sun was warm, and today was the day. Class was starting, and his teacher greeted everyone as he usually does, except he forgot about Jon today.
"Good morning, sir." With his hand held up high. "You didn't call my name."
"Yes, and with good reson behind it, too."
"But. I don't understand."
... | 2015-05-03T08:51:52 | 2015-05-03T08:19:28 | 82 | 23 |
[WP] You, a bassist, make a Faustian pact with a demon for incredible musical skill. No one notices.
I love the bass, I swear. | The show ended, and Micky Timbre had rocked the bass greater than any bassist in the history of music. The crowd went wild and clamored to reach the stage, but to Micky's horror it was the lead singer they were after.
The night did not get any better for poor Micky. Backstage, he asked his bandmates how they think the... | "I'll do anything, I swear!"
"Even sell your soul?"
"Yes, even that!" John wanted more than anything to actually be good with his guitar. It was his only dream, that people would like his compositions and playing skills. He would do anything, yes, even sell his soul.
"Alrighty, just sign on the dotted line, leave a ... | 2017-08-03T11:11:10 | 2017-08-03T10:28:01 | 410 | 47 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | [Report Start]
[Location] Terra, Japan, Tokyo
[Squad unit] 16 undercover, Elite Musketeer Legion
[Task] Subvert control of regime. Casualties acceptable.
[Outcome] Four musket shots fired in hour 4 after covert reconnaissance to make a plan. Contact lost with unit. No friendly survivors likely. Landing ship taken b... | It had gone far enough. In the past 100 Urthyears temperatures had been skyrocketing and had reached critical levels. The Urthlings had set their own world on fire and now it was Commander Quleba’s task to put it out. As it was impossible to save every civilization, the Lacta Ita Covenant usually followed a strict non-... | 2017-08-08T06:56:08 | 2017-08-08T06:15:36 | 208 | 91 |
[WP] All of the angels revolt against God. What does God do? | "Look, Old Man, all we're asking for is our paychecks."
"I'm sorry, it's just...there's a lot going on lately, and I-"
"I don't think that excuse'll cut it for the others anymore."
God leaned across the desk. "Lucifer, you know I'm not happy about the situation either, but you know how the Higher Ups work. They'v... | By the way man measures time, God stood still for twelve hours. It was the longest time, maybe the first time, since He had rested on the seventh day of Creation.
The falling angels all waited at the gates of Hell, to be sent into the dark world they had never touched. Heaven had been emptied. Each resignation letter ... | 2014-01-11T20:00:19 | 2014-01-11T19:24:46 | 104 | 21 |
[WP] You're the owner of a cafe frequently visited by vigilantes and anti-heroes who absolutely adore your sweetness and acceptance of who they are. One day, though, a particularly rude customer comes in and trashes the place. Your friends aren't too happy to hear about that. | Glass crunched underfoot, and I shifted the broken glass with my foot and took in the rest of the scene. The broken windows were bad, but it was the pictures. My breath caught and I pressed my fingers over my eyes.
I'd opened this little diner back in the 80s. We were in the bad part of town, it was all I could afford... | Simple fact, if you catch more vampires with blood than stakes.
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Washington DC, other than being a hotbed for politics, is a playground for lobbyists of all types. Creates a lot of problems. The simple word on the street is, though, if the problem is weird, people pay a lot of money to have it solved, no... | 2018-10-20T23:57:04 | 2018-10-20T22:39:44 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] When you kill someone, their remaining life span is added to yours. Archaeologists have just found a cavern, apparently sealed off for thousands of years, with a single person living inside. | Humanity is ruled by God's. Or, at least that's what they have us call them. Those who have taken more lives than a thousand Atom Bombs. Those who all but bathe in the blood of their victims. They found that, upon taking a life? Their own lifespan is increased. By however many years the one who's life they snuffed out ... | They sent me in. I did not want to go, but I had no choice. The government made use of people like me. Those who stood against the system.
I don't know how long the system has been in place, though some certainly do. Those who rule us lived when it started. A horrible system where people could take remaining life f... | 2020-05-16T06:38:05 | 2020-05-16T05:32:25 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] Dogs have been genetically engineered to live as long as humans. As a child you pick out a puppy as a companion for the rest of your life. | You know, my beloved, even after all these years, I still think you are beautiful?
I remember when we first met. How many years has it been now?
You were so much younger, so much smaller and so, so full of life. We both were.
You know, I can't remember, I've lost track of how many years we've been together, it's bee... | ((REMOVED AND REPLACED))
EDIT: Expanded Version
((I have never written anything in my life, so please be kind))
"That was the way it was 100 years ago." I told her "Then they changed the rules, and gave us this current madness."
I paused for a moment, thinking about how much of a mess I was in now and wondering ho... | 2018-03-19T08:55:45 | 2018-03-19T06:38:40 | 141 | 38 |
[WP] A street vendor sells you a painting that they say depicts whatever the heart truly desires. You bought it because you saw something nice and pretty. Your spouse asks why you bought a painting of something much more disturbing. | My first time in Melbourne was always going to be a thrill. I knew that. I just didn’t think it be turned into a thriller.
My husband and I had planned this trip for months. We’d be kid-free and living large in the city. Even if it was only a weekend. It’d been a long flight and and he was too tired to join my enthus... | I drove home from the market with a smile. I'd managed to find two first edition prints of books by an author I love and a really interesting painting which I was looking forward to mounting on the library wall. As I turned in to the driveway I pictured where this piece might looks best in the room, concluding it would... | 2018-10-07T02:10:57 | 2018-10-06T22:10:56 | 2,601 | 186 |
[WP] You are isekai’ed into a fantasy RPG video game. Though it is not ready for you, The Spiffing Brit. | Ah, yes. Skyrim. A perfectly balanced game with no exploits at all. Now, the eternal question awaits, why in the name of Yorkshire Tea am I in Skyrim?
I was wandering the annals of Nexus and Lovers Lab, installing mod after mod in an effort to make Skyrim more interesting, when I stumbled upon a peculiar mod, simply t... | It was just another normal Friday night. Mom ordered pizza, rain clattered against my window, and I had Generic Fantasy Game playing. GFG for short.
I was excited when I came home and saw the email: I had been one of the selected few who received a beta key. I downloaded the game and sat anxiously as the epic intro be... | 2020-07-31T22:12:13 | 2020-07-31T22:09:17 | 153 | 60 |
[WP] Five people wake up in a metal room with no windows and only one door. In the middle of the room is a revolver and a piece of paper. "One of you has to die. Kill this person, the door unlocks and the survivors win $1million. Each wrong person dead halves your prize. You have four bullets." | I woke up in this dim room with a gun, a note, and a pounding headache. I grabbed the piece before anybody else came fully to; four bullets. Hmmm. I heard one the guys moaning as he came around. Looked like he had a nose bleed. I checked my own schnoze. Seems the five of us had had a good time. Too bad I didn't remembe... | The other three saw the paper and the revolver first, the big guy called it out, but they all hesitated. Just for a moment. That was all it took, and by the time I finished reading the last line everyone was a mouth breather.
"There's three of us and one of him"
Now's the time to point it at them. I'm not big, bu... | 2017-10-30T19:50:05 | 2017-10-30T19:00:49 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] A little girl dies and is accidentally sent to Hell to where the Demons don't know what to do with her.
Edit 1. Holy crap did this get a response 0_0
Edit 2. Jesus Puppy Christ is this getting attention. | Sleeping soul so innocent
awakens in a blaze. Knowing not
where she is. She wanders on for
days. Beasts with horns and pointed tails
with fire in their eyes, spent the day wondering
the cause of her demise. She was too young,
too filled with life. How does one so very
small have such a shortened time. "We ca... | "This is complete torture." Klatch said oblivious to the irony in his words.
Every second spent not punishing filthy heathens felt like a millennia. Yet here he was pacing back and forth with no one to release his frustrations on.
"Um... I'm really sorry sir, I bet this is my fault some how." she stares at Klatchs ho... | 2013-11-26T16:25:34 | 2013-11-26T15:52:45 | 58 | 11 |
[WP] “How many people would have been better off had I not been born?” The genie snaps and a few numbers appear in the air and form 7,592. “Okay, how many people would benefit from my existence?” With the flip of a wrist the numbers spin to a whopping 137 trillion. “Okay.... how?” | "What, are you serious?"
"Yeah," I said. "How can I possibly help 137 trillion people? Earth's population is only what, 7 billion?"
"Oh gosh, I didn't realize you were so dumb." The genie flicked his wrist and the number dropped to 100 billion.
"Hey!"
"Don't feel bad. That's still way more people than y... | The genie took his time to answer.
“I can only give you partial answers, and you have a limited amount of questions. Choose your words carefully.”
The teenager paused, thinking. His eyes were looking in the direction of the genie, who was hovering a mere inch above the ground. But he wasn't seeing him. He had alrea... | 2018-08-15T04:55:10 | 2018-08-15T01:58:00 | 5,641 | 43 |
[WP] You, a villain, heart set on taking over the world, kidnapped the hero’s sidekick. You find out that you are treating them much better than the hero was and decide to take them under your wing. | "I have the power and brains to make the world a better place... If only i could get rid of Holy Justice and his sidekick Kain." the Dark Phantom had thought before he had kidnapped Kain.
Three days had passed since he had Kain locked up and tied up in a cell. He had felt great joy at fooling that idiot Justice to be... | Edit: sorry for the formatting, I couldn’t get it to work properly on mobile.
We had been fighting Ghost for about ten, exhausting minutes. Someone who can turn invisible is surprisingly hard to land a hit on.
“Go on, get in a good punch Flick! End this. Now.” Flare growled. Well I say we. I was doing the fi... | 2020-03-26T18:23:55 | 2020-03-26T17:52:53 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] It's 3600, and society is falling apart. One day, an ancient 21st-Century library is uncovered. With no other options, the government decides to implement ideas from successful societies in the books. There's only one problem: they don't know which are real and which are fiction. | "Desperate times called for desperate measures"
This age-old saying had become the mantra of the 37th century. Food was scarce, our technology was failing us, and society was beginning to crumble. This wasn't a sudden downfall, it was a slow-burn. Humanity was an interesting thing. After we had stopped making technolo... | "Well now." one of the agents exclaims as he finishes reading a book titled "the legend of drizzt"
"This fellow here must have been a great hero! but....what do you suppose happened to the drow? did they go extinct? could they be beneath the surface still?"
a canine humanoid, called a Ferem, the race that evolved from ... | 2015-05-26T10:50:33 | 2015-05-26T10:41:10 | 204 | 47 |
[WP] Every child is given a pet rock when they turn ten. For the next decade the rock slowly forms into a shape that resembles the personality of its owner. Your rock still looks like a rock. | The problem with the rocks is that no one tells you when you get them that they'll be the basis on which everyone judges your motives and underlying humanity should you let anyone see yours. It's no wonder most people hide theirs. I never did but its obvious I should have. A dead end job going on ten years all to pay f... | Something something he and his mother and father were in a terrible car crash at 11 years old and his dad saw his son's rock starting to crumble into dust so he screamed in agony, threw the rock into the river, smiled at his mother and saved his son's life instead of his own. He picked up a rock from the side of the ro... | 2018-05-02T06:32:34 | 2018-05-02T05:47:48 | 29 | 15 |
[WP] Your father dies and you inherit his entire kingdom, even though you are not the eldest son. One night you overhear your brothers plotting your death, and you quickly realize why your father chose you as his heir. They are a bunch of idiots. | Sarah often wondered why her. Why had her Father chosen her? It was wrong, is what it was. Not only was Sarah a girl, she was the youngest child. The throne should rightfully have gone to the eldest son, Henry, not the youngest, and certainly not a girl.
The young queen-to-be had protested, of course. All the way... | “Firth”
“Yes your Majesty “
“How goes ‘Operation Spoiler Alert”
“Ahead of schedule. The rumors you started in the palace have already reach your brothers ears. Your brother Edward believes that the best way to kill you is by cleaning a loaded gun. Hollande believes that the best way to kill you is by doing all of ... | 2019-05-14T14:42:02 | 2019-05-14T14:40:19 | 1,338 | 67 |
[WP] a vampire tries to bite you only to reveal a bunch of circuits and wiring in your neck, you are now both very confused | “Did you just bite me?” I said, sitting up, staring at her body. This is probably a good time to mention we were 15 minutes into some rather… mature activities.
“Well, this is new,” she said, spitting out what looked like a chunk of my skin. She was shocked, literally, and obviously a bit turned off.
I reached back t... | Instant coffee is terrible.
You’ve never really focused on its taste before, but current events have led you to this conclusion.
Besides you, Charles the IX has a different opinion.
“This. This is perfection! It tastes much better then oil!”
And he brought up the elephant in the room.
30 minutes earlier he tried t... | 2018-10-20T19:45:39 | 2018-10-20T19:24:28 | 345 | 14 |
[WP] "Do you sell time?" | "Do you sell time?"
"Sure."
A light rain fell on the card table he sat behind. It caught in his long grey hair and hung there in tiny white droplets. The objects on the tabletop grew beads of moisture on their surfaces. I could feel the rain on my skin, each droplet cold and precise. Behind the man, in the street, a ... | Crooked teeth form a half smile on a scarred face, the merchant looking up at the little girl. She’s just shy of looking frightened. Bright blue eyes take in his scarred appearance.
“Time iz a very precious commodoty.” He spreads his hands to show all the items on his blanket, voice a slow roll. “What you be lookin’ ... | 2016-04-18T20:47:24 | 2016-04-18T19:48:07 | 45 | 16 |
[WP] The hero was blessed with the power to bring people back to life, resurecting their companions to keep up the fight against the dark lord. Which is why it’s odd that they brought you, the dark lord that they fought against back to life. | As the darkness clears, Feldor is on his back and can feel the hard stone below him. Not great but far better than the sword he felt ripping through his chest last time he was breathing. He begins trying to piece things together before opening his eyes...and knows he was dead. Everything between then and now is a ga... | "What the hell?" You think to yourself as you regain consciousness. "Wasn't I just killed?" You look around you and realize that the battle that claimed your life is still in full swing all around you. The hero, who bested you is chanting incantations causing colorful bursts of light to erupt from his palms. The spells... | 2019-12-26T13:04:49 | 2019-12-26T12:35:43 | 244 | 103 |
[WP] A drug is developed that mimics the effect of 8 hours of sleep, giving people another 8 hours of potential production. Soon, society adjusts to a constant state of production. However, a horrible consequence begins to unfold. | Grace was hit with the smell of wet food and bleach when she opened the door to the dingy convenience store near her apartment. As if the smell weren’t offensive enough, obnoxious, acid green advertisements for All-Nighters where plastered everywhere and the bottles themselves lined most of the shelves. Grace had never... | Our school has the highest drug use in our county. The drug is called Somnus. It is a pill that you swallow in the morning to mimic the effects of 8 hours of sleep. This allows you to go to class and concentrate on your studies.
The consequences are that your memory is reduced and your brain is not as efficient... | 2022-03-18T12:43:15 | 2022-03-18T07:24:03 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] In a perfect utopia, you have just committed the first crime... | **Name:** *Generalization Bot*
**Purpose:** *Elderly care.*
__________________________________________
**Log ID:** *2064-03-04 2125*
**Event:** *Critical Malfunction*
**Error log:** *Loss of pressure sensors on left hand.*
**Action:** *Manufacturer contacted. Awaiting repairs. Sleeping-mode activated.*
__________... | Blood pooled underneath the still body of her former lover. She looked up, a mixture of confusion, fear, and shock spanning the length of her face. "What did you *do*?" Her voice was low and hushed.
Her husband looked at the body and then back at his wife. His face was red and his chest heaved. He stared expressionle... | 2014-10-24T20:14:02 | 2014-10-24T20:05:08 | 98 | 15 |
[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. | Execution day again. It took a full moon cycle for the kingdom’s mages to fuel the sphere of sentencing. But once it was charged, it would grant its prisoner their choice of death. Ten sentences would be carried out today before it ran out of power. Some nations gave their condemned a final meal, a last smoke, or a gla... | Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Whoever said that might as well have been a Prophet.
I'm nearly at the front of the queue. I've been waiting for hours, since I was arrested and interrogated by Enforcers and transported here. It's the most dead silent queue I've ever seen. The Temple ... | 2021-06-24T11:17:25 | 2021-06-24T10:29:59 | 46 | 26 |
[WP] There is a strange lottery that picks a random winner on the planet every day. The prize is completely random, too, for you could win anything- five dollars, a divorce, a brand new car, or even instant death. | "John! The lottery is starting again!" Peter looked at his computer screen in excitement. The timer read five minutes and thirty one seconds.
"Do you have the VPN running?" John asked from beside him. The feed would show the timer but would never the actually lottery program without some sort of VPN. Whoever was runn... | Growing up in the tiny town of Platteville Nebraska, nothing much exciting ever really happened. It barely was even a place on the map. With only 1373 people in town and a forty minute drive to anything considered civilized, Platteville lay stuck in the past. Which was why when local resident Kevin Zimek, a local 18 ye... | 2018-07-30T21:58:59 | 2018-07-30T21:45:06 | 37 | 11 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | They swept across the dunes, conquering all foes before them. Charging forward to the roar of cannon and rifle, no stronghold or fort could stem the tide of red and gold that spew forth from the edge of the horizon. Like the sea, this force could not, would not be restrained by weather, terrain or people in the pursuit... | The President, the joint chiefs of staff, several different D.O.D members and some individuals from agencies you don't have the clearance to know about sat in the situation room in various states of shock and disbelief. After several awkward, quiet minutes, the President cleared his throat and began to speak.
"...Well... | 2016-01-29T07:22:10 | 2016-01-29T06:30:49 | 43 | 10 |
[WP] Instead of of Mice Infestations, your world has tiny Gordon Ramsay Infestations. | "No no," squeaked the wall, "use kosher salt for texture! Not flavor."
"Damn you," I thought, "I'll make it how I please".
Admittedly though, the top of my pastry *did* look a little bland, so I pulled the chunks out my salt shaker and sprinkled them lightly on the buttery dough. I put the box from which I had poure... | I excitedly unlocked my front door and braced myself for the smell of cooking to hit me.
 
I quietly took my shoes off and snuck down the hallway to my bedroom, changing out of my work clothes before heading out into the small kitchen to watch the action.
 
Almost fifty little chefs scurried throu... | 2018-05-11T05:37:58 | 2017-12-18T14:17:15 | 518 | 32 |
[WP] Whenever you speak, people hear you speaking in their native language. Most people are surprised and delighted. The cashier at McDonalds you've just talked to is horrified. "Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years." | "You're going to have to say that again, because I have no idea what in the fuck you're trying to say," I inform the sparkling conversationalist that just conversed in little more than grunts and growls.
"Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years," the young man behind the counter informs me, seemingly confu... | “I’ll have a double cheeseburger deluxe,” I say looking up at the glowing menu, “with fries and regular spri--” I stop as I see the cashier with mouth agape and brows furrowed.
“What the f” she mouths, cutting off the last syllable as she hisses the f. Her confusion turned to an irritated stare obviously annoyed.
I ... | 2018-06-24T21:55:57 | 2018-06-24T21:35:31 | 80 | 18 |
[WP] "I'd like to sell my soul". The Devil grinned; "In exchange for what? Women, money, power?". "Salvation". | The Devil cocked his head. "From what? Disease? War? Death?"
"No, I want to go to heaven." the young man said. "I want my soul to be saved."
Over sixty thousand years the Devil had been doing this gig, and in all that time nothing had caught him off guard quite like this. "You want... I'm sorry, could you be more cle... | “I don’t think you understand who I am and what I do here...”
“No, I get it but I was hoping I’d be the exception.”
“There are no exceptions Up There so why would there be any Down Here?”
“Yeah so then that makes you a bit of a conformer right? Thought you hated that.”
“I mean yeah I do. It’s just a silly rule we f... | 2022-06-30T12:26:14 | 2022-06-30T11:35:05 | 49 | 28 |
[WP] Pranksters from various subreddits hack into President Obama's teleprompter during the State of the Union Address. This, being Obama's last year in office, just decides to go with it. | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation remains in shock one day after a baffling State of the Union speech delivered by President Barack Obama that many political experts say will live "in infamy."
For days, it was speculated that President Obama would touch on the recent economic upswing, the country's warmed relations with C... | My fellow Americans,
As I leave office, times are dire. I have had a conversation with Kim Jong Un in which he informed me that upon my retiring from the role of president, he will launch no fewer than 102 nuclear missiles at the United States.
I begged him, pleaded with him. "Un," I says, "Un, what can I do to ... | 2015-04-30T08:20:30 | 2015-04-30T08:08:51 | 503 | 41 |
[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. | "Oh dear" I said to myself, looking at this tar coming from my finger.
"Ha! Well, proves that no human is exempt from sin."
I thought about what could have blackened my own blood, I don't remember anything that I could have caused, or done wrong.
"Oh" I remembered.
I went on far too many websites without my parent'... | i was shooked to my very core on the first sight of my blood now turning into TAR.
how can this happen i said to myself it was liquid, so pure, just yesterday.
as i ran toward the mirror and stripped naked my eyes started to turned black as a intricate maze of my thick sludgy nerves started to form around my heart.
eve... | 2018-08-04T10:38:53 | 2018-08-04T09:55:07 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] “Your supply routes are blockaded, your transports are destroyed. You will surrender, human, or you will starve.” “Bold words from someone who tastes good with ketchup.” | [Poem]
In my home village
Which I wouldn't dare leave
There wasn't much food left
And all were bereaved
The guards killed most of us
And then trapped the rest
I try to retain my religion
This is a hidden blessing or a test
I had no where to go
Nothing I was willing to give
I'll have one more adrenaline ru... | "Your supply routes are blockaded, your transports are destroyed. You will surrender, human, or you will starve.” “Bold words from someone who tastes good with ketchup.”
Joe could see Ken was giving up. He couldn't even close his hands around the grips of the Camprey rifle. If they didn't get to Raphael he was g... | 2021-03-25T13:20:49 | 2021-03-25T12:11:30 | 51 | 35 |
[WP] You take a DNA test on your 21st birthday to determine your heritage. Your family tree results come back and show that you have 20 direct descendants...and an 89 year old son.
[deleted] | Stephen looked at his results in disbelief.
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"This can't be right."
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He quickly reached for his phone, dialing the number at the bottom of the form.
​
"Hello, thank you for calling [Ancestry.com](https://Ancestry.com). We look forward to taking your call. Our agents will be righ... | “Thank you for taking that DNA test,” one of my kidnappers tells me, “made it so much easier to find you!” She would seem like a cheerful young woman, but I know better, after all I did not get here out of my own free will.
“Who are you? What do you want from me? This must be some kind of mistake!” I blurt out. “Clear... | 2020-11-18T02:59:36 | 2020-11-18T02:42:05 | 77 | 35 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | Bullies. I hated bullies.
I hated how they felt that, with just a little bit of power, they had the right to pick on and push around anyone they deemed below them.
And it got **SO** much worse when the bullies had superpowers. Which brings us to my current predicament, with me on the ground, and this a-hole standing... | "Well, well, well, if it's Tommy O'Gransworth. Granny to me and the boys, like." In came Ted Nuggerton. All-round arsehole, and self-proclaimed champion of the school ground. His thicker-than-most Irish accent horrendously disturbing the peace.
I was sitting in the small tired-looking, abandoned chapel, built back in... | 2022-11-02T12:45:49 | 2022-11-02T11:48:42 | 91 | 27 |
[WP] You recently saved a fox from certain death. It has come back to you over and over again, bringing gifts. The gifts have gotten stranger, and more mysterious over time. | >**FARMS & THE FORSAKEN FABLE**
I was not, by trade, a farmer- yet I found myself, day in and day out, working with *and* for the farmers.
Why? Because if I didn't, I may have *literally* died from boredom.
Shortly after joining the Royal Guard, I was shoved into a dark room and asked a series of questions. I... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 5, Part 6: Clara Olsen v.s. The Fox)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**There was precious little magic left in the modern world.** Ninety percent of the world's genies were contro... | 2022-02-06T16:24:25 | 2022-02-06T16:19:33 | 191 | 27 |
[WP] You are a supervillain. Your nemesis calls you to say, "This is embarrassing, but I really need a date to my friend's wedding because my ex is going to be there. Would you go with me?" | "Listen, I'm desperate." I hear Vulcan's voice plead from the phone.
"I literally tried to kill you yesterday." I deadpan.
"So'd my ex, actually! Albeit she was a bit closer to being successful than you were." He cheerfully mentions, I sigh as I massage the bridge of my nose.
"You know what, I'm getting curious abo... | ‘Bwahahaha!!! I’m going to make this a wedding no is EVER going to forget!!Muwahahaha!!—that laugh was better—Gregory! Remind me to use ‘Muwahahaha’ in all further expository speeches…..Where were we? Oh, you were begging me to help you, its adorable. Of course, I wouldn’t miss this for the world.
‘This ex, any disli... | 2022-10-06T18:55:36 | 2022-10-06T16:34:26 | 234 | 83 |
[WP] Steven's grandmother knits. Not because she likes to, but because she has to.
Hanging by a thread. | Steven wakes up every day and goes to school. Not because he wants to, but because he has to.
Steven wouldn't mind school overall, or at least not much. He just wished it would be a little bit more *boring* sometimes. It seemed like something new and exciting happened every day, an event or some kind of interpersonal ... | Had Barry 'round the other day. Stole the wool from Granny's knitting. Boy, he won't be coming back for tea.
The human body goes through a lot when someone dies. My cousin died when I was very young, I barely knew him. Got hit by a bus outside his father's pub. Robin's Hood Retreat, I think it was called. Had a girl ... | 2015-10-01T06:46:03 | 2015-10-01T06:35:47 | 177 | 35 |
[WP] Kaiju routinely attack the city. You cannot get anyone to listen to your sensible, practical plan to stop them because they all want to build giant robots. | "We've managed to get the cost down to under a trillion dollars a unit."
The general put his hand over the mic while he mouthed to his assistant.
"*How many zeroes is that?*"
"*Twelve zeroes sir, double our current spending budget for the entire armed forces.*"
The general removed his hand from the microphone.
"*... | Lieutenant James knew he was right. He just knew it.
He had to tell the Chief Scientist Ogilvy, but he wasn't responding to any of his telematics, and the Intelligence leadership were secluded in the Ops One complex - so he couldn't just walk in to see him. There was a grade 5 due in two days, large enough to wipe ou... | 2016-01-11T14:18:35 | 2016-01-11T14:02:06 | 190 | 62 |
[WP] The year is 2040, and you are the last smoker alive. The "Quit Smoking" ads get personal. | "Well this is a bit excessive," I thought at first, "even for them."
He was everywhere.
After the first week, I named him Xavier. I don't know why, it just seemed to fit. He was a distinguished, handsome, and charming. Exactly the opposite of his target.
It seemed like an odd use of apparently brand new tech, conne... | George Barnes got out of his truck and headed back to his plantation. Family reunions were never easy, and this one had been the smallest number he'd ever seen. People were afraid. His family, his whole people, his way of life; gone.
George walked up the path to his small crop. The plants were already getting huge: br... | 2017-02-17T14:17:58 | 2017-02-17T12:05:48 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] Ever since turning 17 you've been hearing a voice saying "Get out of my head". After having had enough, you get an MRI scan revealing what the doctors think is a tumor and they want to remove it. Then you realize, that's you. You're a parasite. | It realized it was not in control, nor had it ever been. It was just a slave in Julian's mind, a tumor attached to the sensory part of his brain. All of its memories, its hopes and dreams - all someone else's. But there was no doubt that it could still feel, that it could still think.
And above all, it knew that it d... | "*Get out of my head,*" the voice repeated, this time more adamantly.
"So, of course, we'll want to schedule the surgery as soon as possible," Dr. Mando said, taking notes while looking at my MRI results.
"Or, maybe we don't have to do it at all?" I shrugged nonchalantly.
Dr. Mando eyed me warily.
"You see the siz... | 2020-05-14T21:26:39 | 2020-05-14T20:42:00 | 438 | 257 |
[WP] Necromancy is just the arcane equivalent of computer programming, and grimoires on necromancy are just like libraries of code on animating the undead. You work the equivalent of the IT Help Desk for your necromancer cult. These are your work stories. | It's been a long day.
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The timepiece intoned eight low-pitched bells. Time for the shift to begin.
The purple smoke in front of me almost immediately swirled into a familiar pentacle. I performed the necessary arcane manipulations - the old *swipe right* - and the line of communication was established.
My voice ... | People are idiots. Simple as that. After third time you accept the message to a screaming newbie rambling in about zombie apocalypse, when they have some simple error, it gets old fast.
But the craziest things happen with the experienced ones. The ones who think they know better. There are standard procedures int... | 2018-04-28T01:21:03 | 2018-04-27T21:14:51 | 104 | 34 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a special talent that's weak when young, but grows stronger and matures at the age of 30. A kid that's a little stronger than his peers will grow up to lift mountains. Another who like tinkering will revolutionize civil action. You? Well, cats just seem to like you...
*civilizations
Edit: W... | It only started with one.
A single tabby, following me to school. I was only 5 and delighted to meet the new friend I had seen watching me from afar for the past few months. Proudly sitting myself down to first class I presented my new friend to the teacher, who quickly sat him outside the door and proceeded with the... | I was walking home from work in the cold sleet, wishing I had a car. No one did, not anymore. All the vehicles not used by the military were scrapped for the war. I lived in The Sanctuary, one of the few human cities independent of the Animal Kingdoms. We had to fight every day to maintain it, and military service was ... | 2016-12-30T13:01:00 | 2016-12-30T11:51:08 | 32 | 14 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | "Jesus Christ!"
"Shhh!!!!" The guy whispered with annoyance. "I don't go by that these days. Just here to pick up John. He also doesn't go by that anymore. These days, he's The Dude. You'd think he'd mellow out after all these years, but he's still nuts. Just let me grab his drunk ass and we'll be out of here. ... | **July 12, 1994**
Um what the fuck?! That man couldn't have been 1056 years old, there's just no way; the i.d. couldn't have been a fake and he looked exactly like his photo. Man... maybe all this drinking is catching up to me.. drowning out what brains I do got, I definitely should try to lay off the liquor for a wh... | 2017-09-01T20:56:44 | 2017-09-01T20:21:47 | 404 | 13 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | **Anxiety**
Pressure fills my chest as my heart beats wildly inside.
The tingling moves through my fingers, up my arms.
I grasp at my chest, push against it.
I feel every part of my body -
the blood pulsing in my head,
the prickling of every nerve.
You ask what's wrong.
Don't you know?
It's just...
me.
... | You are one of several billion clones in the world
Everybody everywhere living lives you'll never get to see
You can't help but wonder how they live
Somebody somewhere is feeling just like you
Somebody somewhere else is feeling worse
No one can be unique
Millions of other people
Just like you.
I... | 2015-02-12T23:52:27 | 2015-02-12T23:01:52 | 40 | 12 |
[WP] For decades you've worked as a superhero protecting the city and its people. Your powers have been slowly killing you for years but you kept being a hero much to your doctor's protest. The citizens are starting to take notice. | Every day is exhausting. I grit my teeth through the interviews, the photo ops, the handshake with the mayor--every smile makes my jaw throb with pain, every slow blink of the eyes stings like sandpaper. My muscles are stiff at best, aching and creaking at worst. But I keep at it; I visit the kids in the hospice wing, ... | “Today’s the day you fall PileDriver!” I screamed at the woman standing on the street above.
“Looks like you’ve fallen for me already darling.” The woman cackled at the edge of the hole she had just tossed me into and aimed her weapon at me in the hole.
“Time to die BeastMaster!” Her weapon launched a blast of liqui... | 2021-02-18T10:39:18 | 2021-02-18T07:50:09 | 202 | 28 |
[WP] You are a witch who offers couples deals in return for their first born child. You run an orphanage full of children freed from their would-be parents irresponsible enough to make a deal with a witch in the woods |
The townsfolk for miles around had always called what the old witch was doing dark magic. I mean, for what other purpose would she be collecting children in the shadows of the dark forest.
In all honesty, she preferred the rumors. After all the parents who offered up their children to a witch practicing dark magic... | As the bramble slipped off my shoulders and teailed down my arms it became soft and silky. Slowly it twisted and wove into itself as the little being in my hands was carefully swaddled in the deep green and black cloth. My hands, ones that had appeared long-fingered and boil-riddled, started to flake and shed the trans... | 2020-01-14T13:39:59 | 2020-01-14T12:04:51 | 69 | 49 |
[WP] Give me the history textbook from your latest game of Civilization V. | Year 1550 A.D.
To my most esteemed enemy Attila the Hun,
You have finally done it, it is finished. My greatest fortress conquered,
my people enslaved, all the wealth of Japan now lies with you. You were like a force of nature relentless, striking without warning. How you greeted us as friends, allies, with a blade beh... | ###Chapter 7: The Great War of 1931 - 1969
The year is 1931, Bismarck the Terrible of Germany, as the other nations leader called him, had just conquered Songhai and Persia, securing his position on the continent. Being the first to discover that the world was round, Bismarck had large groups of scouting parties. He o... | 2015-02-11T16:54:25 | 2015-02-11T16:15:40 | 18 | 10 |
[WP]: Two discount electric candles. A chocolate bar (half-eaten). A pentagram scribbled on the floor with an almost-dead felt pen, with symbols you made up on the spot. Blue light flames: You have summoned the demon of ”meh, that’ll do”. | The Youtube video was unbelievably vague, poorly produced, and bordering on incoherent, but while searching the term "How to summon a real life demon", you have to lower your expectations just a tad, don't you? Scrolling through results, they were *all* a bit laughable, and every single one had more thumbs downs than u... | I never wanted to be a warlock. Even as a kid. All the other children would go around, pretending to summon and command demons. They’d shout “spells” loud as they could, pretending to call down fire and lightning. Not me. I wanted to be an artist.
I wanted to conjure images of beauty. I wanted to command oils and bru... | 2019-10-30T13:19:37 | 2019-10-30T13:02:16 | 31 | 23 |
[WP]: Leaving people gifts is a socially acceptable way to begin flirting. Many start with a single rose, the extravagant and dramatic with a diamond or an heirloom. You have just been presented with a pinecone. | And I held the pincone he gave me.
His eyes, earnest and expectant. Gorgeously amber, like liquid carmel, I could get lost in those eyes. He came in, and we layed together by the fire. I felt his even breath, his muscular flank. Calm. Warm. I ran my hands over his body.
Woof. He said. And went to his food bowl. | My now husband had presented me with a fancy Italian coffee one fall day in college to let me know he was interested. Naturally, things progressed. He was extremely handsome after all and Ive always loved coffee. Coffee turned to a bouquet of tulips, which transformed into jewelry and the like and eventually a kitten. ... | 2018-10-20T16:23:21 | 2018-10-20T15:46:54 | 99 | 14 |
[WP] Jokingly, you type your name into the searchbar of Crunchyroll.com just to see what would come up. To your shock, you find a shounen anime based on your entire life so far. All of the episodes are exaggerated, action-packed retellings of your childhood memories. There are nearly 20 seasons. | I got a result. I couldn’t believe it. The title was mostly in Japanese, but sure enough, my name was sandwiched between the characters and hiragana, emblazoned in big roman letters. It seemed like too strange of a coincidence, one that would’ve drawn my immediate suspicion were it coming from a Russian torrenting site... | Sitting down in his wheel chair, tears crawling down the stubble on his face. Hands gripping a tablet, knucles white from the pressure. Sobbing, he felt daggers running through his heart. Tears dropping, dropping, dripping, splashing on the glass protecting the episode inside the tablet.
Looking up to the ceiling, e... | 2019-04-07T21:00:43 | 2019-04-07T19:27:42 | 1,418 | 44 |
[WP] A schizophrenic detective manages to solve cases by interrogating random inanimate objects at the scene of the crime. | Officer Nicholson could only stand there with his mouth open as Detective Hemlock ran around the crime scene interrogating random pieces of furniture and other household objects. “You’re not under arrest *yet,* but I would advise you to cooperate if you know what’s best for you,” the Detective said to a lampshade. Af... | "I can't believe you! Are you absolutely certain you want him on this case?" I said as I stormed into Captain David's office.
"You don't have much of a choice. The case had been stone cold for a week now and the Gundersons are demanding answers. You know if I can't tell them what happened to their son they will use th... | 2021-03-01T10:38:00 | 2021-03-01T10:12:52 | 1,905 | 77 |
[WP] Aliens contact earth and invite them to a galactic council. Describe humanities eventual rise to power.
Inspired by the fuck yeah humanity posts. | *The following is from several abridged articles found in the 2344 edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica.*
**Origins**
Imagine the surprise of the UN delegation when the ambassadors from the Galactic Council said they needed several hours to compute their homeward hyperspace jump *by hand*. The computers aboard the a... | *I wrote this story 4 months ago, but fits the prompt so posting here*
"The Burning of Martian Anchorage." There it came again, that querulous, high pitched, scratchy voice. You knew the moment you heard it someone had had a bee in their bonnet for a long time. It was going to go on and on, buzzing until the bee was r... | 2014-03-12T16:29:23 | 2014-03-12T15:47:14 | 40 | 25 |
[WP] Write a story in the style of a teen novel which follows the journey of a group of teenagers fighting to bring down an oppressive dystopian government. Over the course of the story it becomes clear to the readers that the government is in the right.
Inspired by [this](https://np.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3y... | I grew up in broken home where the only people that mattered were the people I'd met over the course of my lifetime. Mitchel's parents were business owners of a growing corporation before the purge. Cindy was accepted to the greatest school in the country before it was torn down for "cultural cleansing". And Lucy's par... | I wake up shortly before dawn. Today is the day. The day on which I'll decide my fate. The sky provides just enough light for me to see myself in my sliver of mirror. Hazel eyes, mouse-brown hair and a shard of glass: those are the only things I have of my mother's. I wonder what she would say to me, if she were h... | 2016-01-01T02:45:12 | 2016-01-01T00:21:30 | 78 | 47 |
[WP] You were cursed with good luck by a supernatural entity, something you were very confused by at first. Now a few week later you know exactly what that means | **0**
“…Good luck?” you ask.
Tyche offered me a smile. “That’s right…mortal,” she said and broke into titters of laughter. Which was rather disturbing coming from a god, all things considered.
“And this is your curse on me? For…counting cards at your casino?” How did the Bellagio even hire a Greek Goddess?
“For v... | "I curse you with luck," the creature said, its voice a rasp.
I laughed. I couldn't help it. Luck? With a life like this, I could use nothing more.
Besides, he didn't look like he had anything more to give than heebie-jeebies. Looked an awful lot like grandma, but they'd probably both be offended at the comparison. ... | 2020-10-15T05:06:14 | 2020-10-15T04:40:33 | 1,837 | 368 |
[WP] Write a story in which the last line is a common phrase, such as, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but when we get to that line, it should have a totally different meaning from the common one. | "Just take it man."
"What the hell? I don't even want her."
"She's all I got man. It's either her or the clothes off my back."
"She's not even cute. No offense man but she's kind of gross."
"Listen man, you got me my dope, and a man must pay his debts. I'm not going out and robbing people - you know that. She'll do... | "No one else cares, Janette." Yuele had a genuine look of sadness as she said it, crouched down over her girlfriend. Janette tried to lean as far from Yuele as possible, her back pressing into the wall. "I did it for you, because we both know it's true. Don't be so blue..."
Janette pushed up onto her hands and knees, ... | 2015-05-16T08:17:46 | 2015-05-16T04:59:38 | 33 | 10 |
[WP] You possess an ability to turn off one or more of your senses to heighten the others. Today is the day you make a mistake. | The arrow hits the target. A perfect ten.
I miss the sound the arrows make most of all. It’s an amazing sound.
But well, in order to get into the Olympics, you got to make some sacrifices. And I can still hear the others shoot.
As I lower the bow, I quickly activate hearing again.
My opponent raises his bow and tak... | Rudy had been blind for thirty-four years. Now it rarely bothered him: a loss that was like a drop in the bucket to everything else he had gained. Beneath his fingers, the woven tablecloth was grainy. He could pick out every ridge, every thread in it. They should have picked silk, like he'd suggested. Rudy rubbed that ... | 2016-08-24T07:39:44 | 2016-08-24T07:24:48 | 77 | 37 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
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I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | *Ends hibernation*
*walks into office*
Officer worker 1: HOLY SHIT ANOTHER BEAR!!!
Officer worker 2: Don't worry, I decided I needed to bring a gun to work. It's so weird that 89 other bears have just walked into our office.
**bang bang**
*feels pain, eyes get heavy*
Officer worker 2: WOO! I got number 90! | When I first entered the building that was now to give me money for doing what I had always been doing I got a slight annoyance from the squeaky doors. I proceeded to walk over the large hall to the woman obviously responsible for squeaky doors; the receptionist. I told her that if that door squeaked when I went throug... | 2016-02-22T11:27:02 | 2016-02-22T11:21:32 | 68 | 40 |
[WP] Santa Claus is retiring... For years, he had already been searching for his successor, and he finally finds the perfect candidate being none other than... Ron Swanson | "Mr. Swanson, thank you so much for taking the time to call me back!" laughed Santa.
"Good day. I insist you inform me how you obtained my private telephone number. I have married thrice, and have still given out my number only once," grumbled Ron Swanson.
"I know everything about you Ron!" Santa cried, "I know you ... | "No one appreciates the wonderful toys I craft like you Mr.Swanson, it's a lost art!" The man tapped his belly, ruffling crumbs off his jacket, a waste of a perfectly good cookie if Ron ever saw such a thing.
"This feels like kindness, I'm not much for that. Besides how much creation I'd be doing," Ron snapped off a p... | 2016-12-22T23:30:05 | 2016-12-22T20:41:37 | 308 | 29 |
[WP] A seemingly bottomless pit was found, for which the depth can't be determined. Over time, scores of people began using it to illegally dump trash. Many have jumped in to die, while others jumped believing that they'll find life's answers within it. Today, we learn the truth about the hole. | "Aye, you've heard about the devil's asshole right?"
It was more of a rhetorical question. At this point, everybody had.
A few years back, Bridgeport Connecticut experienced a minor tremor from a minor earthquake. No one thought much of it at the time, save for Mr. Hoolihan whose backyard now sported a three foot wid... | I remember reading a beautiful short story with this exact same premise in China three years ago. In gross oversimplification, I’ll paraphrase it best I can in English.
A mysterious, cavernous hole was discovered one day in a small rural town. Curious as to what could be inside, a lone boy threw a small pebble into i... | 2022-06-02T19:21:41 | 2018-01-13T09:07:42 | 4,551 | 12 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | I'm not really sure how the numbers work. I don't remember when they started showing up, and I have never seen my own. They are little coloured numbers that hover above peoples' heads when I look at them.
My parents, both trained and experienced police officers that were normally armed, both averaged around a 6 or a 7... | I always figured it was some form of synesthesia; above everybody, a translucent number, hovering above their head like a static hummingbird. I figured out soon enough that I was unique in this, that no-one else could see these bizarre numbers, a halo of creation and devastation. The nerdy kids on the late-night subwa... | 2014-11-29T18:39:45 | 2014-11-29T15:29:59 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you all so much for submitting your stori... | Pacing back and forth in front of me, David paused, one foot half-hovering over the blood-stained carpet. "Tell me, Kat, what happened?"
The body was sprawled out before us on the black tile floor of the penthouse. Streams of slimy, congealed blood wove intricate rivers in the cracks between the slate pieces, and tiny... | It wasn't so much a power as it was a curse. Tell me how you would feel to die a million deaths. To wake up the day before the dominoes fell, the machination of reality that would end your life took place, and then some small nuance in the fabric of reality is altered to spare your life for a few more days, years, an e... | 2014-12-18T13:32:26 | 2014-12-18T12:57:51 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] As a dragon of innumerable age you have guarded your gold horde for millennium. Many heroes have come with long speeches on how they will slay you, the great evil,none finish. However this one is odd.He throws a coin on your stash, looks you in the eyes and says "I have a proposition for you." | The hero walked in, and the small hole I made in the ceiling cast a shaft of light onto him, gleaming off his crown. Of course, this was to give heroes a false sense of confidence, but it didn't faze him.
He walked up to me and tossed a gold coin into my pile.
"You have my attention", I told him.
"Hi, I'm a Nigerian... | "You are certainly most fearsome and undoubtedly powerful," the man begins, "Your wealth is immeasurable and your reputation across millennia is common knowledge: Raza the Terrible - hoarder of gold and collector of souls. All who have challenged you have perished."
This forces a smirk from me as I eye him from across... | 2015-10-14T04:03:21 | 2015-10-13T17:54:29 | 32 | 19 |
[WP] College graduation is over, and your parents present you with an itemized bill for raising you - several hundred thousand dollars. They want to work out a payment plan. | "Mom! Dad! I have great news!" Charles shouted as he ran into the house. His excitement faded as he saw his parents sitting intently at the dining room table.
"What's going on? Is everything OK?" Charles sat down across from his parents.
"Charles, we have something for you." His father said. "You're not going to ... | “You have to be shitting me guys?” Jacks bemused look was enough of a catalyst for his parents to issue a sterner warning.
“No son, we’re not”. Jacks father was a military man, and joking to him didn’t come easy. “Also, watch your mouth.” His Dad looked down from his spectacles, a look I imagine he gave to many a... | 2014-09-09T10:06:56 | 2014-09-09T07:51:26 | 47 | 31 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear me:
That boy isn’t going to text back, it’s Saturday and he saw your message on Thursday. You always do this, you said you weren’t going to get attached, you barely have feelings for him. You don’t want anything but companionship from him, you say to yourself. But you know you want the whole thing: you want him to... | Hey cous,
It's been what 2 years now? Almost 3? Ahaha. I hope you're happy where ever you ended up. I miss you and the family misses you. I wish you could see how big the kids have gotten. Not to brag or anything but I'm the favorite uncle, ahaha. Though... I don't think I could top how much love and genuine affection... | 2015-12-05T14:46:28 | 2015-12-05T13:45:57 | 158 | 15 |
[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'. | "Hello there!" Says the photographer after ordering his drink. "What's the name, Mac?"
The hitman (pretty drunk) responds "Depends, whats the job? Is the client posh or poor? Need to blend in their environment, y'know? Can't be Baron Neil Whitefeild in the slums, can I?"
"I am not sure I understand, sir."
"I shoot f... | "The most important thing is to frame the shot perfectly" Jacob stated enthusiastically
"Yeah, I can agree with that in a sense, but staging and planning it is more important else the entire shot can be a bust" I said with a bit less enthusiasm than Jacob.
"I somewhat agree but everyone got their own way of doing it ... | 2020-11-05T05:44:44 | 2020-11-05T05:28:42 | 90 | 39 |
[WP] Something with a happy ending. Anything at all.
[removed] | The acorn basked in the warm heat of the summer sun. It was surrounded by the bright green leaves of the tall, tall tree. And that was all that the acorn had ever known, or wanted to know.
But then the cold came, and the leaves began to change: to vivid red, fiery orange, and bright yellow. Wind howled and rain came ... | I woke up this morning to news that made me sad. It filled my mind with anxieties about the future, for myself and for all of those I cared about. But then I realised something.
The sun still rose. The birds still chirped. Cars still drove by and people still laugh.
It's tempting, especially in grim times, to indulg... | 2016-11-09T07:04:42 | 2016-11-09T06:33:17 | 1,541 | 318 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight. | "What do you mean they have no warrior caste?”
“Thats just it, Overlord Zurgar. They have no caste system.”
The overlord clicked his mandibles in frustration.
“So they’re like the Xintar then, they have mercenary races fight for them?”
“Not really sir. They’ll fight alongside other races but don’t actively recruit... | This is my second attempt at a poem, so any and all feedback/criticism is more than welcome. More of my work can be found at /r/liswrites.
---
Humans are gentle
And will always shy away
From war.
Humans are kind creatures
Who look for the best
In each other
And find it
In strangers.
If you should ever ... | 2017-02-14T02:33:10 | 2017-02-13T20:49:06 | 50 | 24 |
[WP] The UK votes to leave Earth. It passes.
I just woke up and saw the real news. I wish everyone over there the best of luck and hope that this decision is the best one. | "Prime Minister" a bespectacled secretary said in an almost whisper-like voice. "Sir... the beeb are waiting on you". With a groan, the PM removed the copy of The Sun from his face. Nigel had been at the pub again, stout and the stench of cigars hung heavy in his breath.
"Morning Sandra" he said, as he sat upright. Sh... | “Big Ben is ready to commence the countdown, we leave in 10 bongs"
The engines shuddered to life as the UK began to take off. The first bong echoed throughout the whole kingdom.
"Is the tea secure Jeeves?"
"Aye, as are the rich tea biscuits prime minister”
Cameron tutted under his breath, he preferred hobnobs but n... | 2016-06-23T06:18:02 | 2016-06-23T05:34:39 | 64 | 36 |
[WP] An eldritch horror considers you their best friend. By virtue of you being able to perceive their true form and not going insane. One day they ask how you became so jaded, that not even indescribable cosmic horror phases you. | There was a monster on the front step.
Rachel blinked, but it remained, hunched over on the porch, still there in all it’s disturbing glory. It had one eye - no, it had many eyes, all blinking and shifting and looking here and there, but not visible all at the same time. They were laced above a mouth that stretched ou... | His face was like that of a large bird. He had big, round, restless eyes. His nose was long and hooked, and his beard and hair were of equal length and were equally as spiky. A tattered black coat over a tattered old shirt was all he wore. He didn't have any legs and floated about. His name was Lord Campbell, and he wa... | 2020-10-27T07:45:01 | 2020-10-27T06:44:14 | 4,670 | 115 |
[WP] You're a Super Villian, and honestly it isn't a bad job. But one hero always harasses you even when you're off the clock. Walking in the park, in the grocery store, getting a haircut, he always wants to 'Stop your evil plan'. You're left with one option: Complain to his manager. | “Look all I’m saying is, do you Really think a harassment report is necessary?”
I stared at the SuperTech Inc Limited HR rep like he was the moron I knew him to be.
“I just spent 30 minutes going over less than a QUARTER of the harassing things Speed McQueen over there has done in the past YEAR.”
“Hey now lets not ... | We all have bosses. In a world fuelled by money, it was only natural that the world of heroes and villains would be funded by the elite. I have my orders, heroes have theirs. It's the way the world works - it's how we keep society on its feet, subduing everyone with the fear of war. War follows the clouds around the wo... | 2019-08-01T17:10:53 | 2019-08-01T16:56:28 | 494 | 183 |
[WP] You are a world-class programmer who has died. God agrees to allow you in to Heaven on the condition that you work for him while he debugs the human body. Write the patch notes for the next version of humans. | *Homo* v. 1.5 release: *Homo modernus*
**New features:**
* Improved and sustained acuity of visual sensory systems. They should no longer wear out as quickly.
* Female models now have access to facial hair growth.
* In order to facilitate numerical reasoning, an arithmetic logic unit has been included in the fronta... | Human v1.1
* Created basic cell membrane and stored in new GIT repository. Does nothing yet, but will provide a better basis to develop from than the old DNA sequence which jumps back and forth between coding sequences and is full of dead code. There was actually a *goto* command in there. Whatever crack-smoking mon... | 2015-08-25T08:53:32 | 2015-08-25T07:22:26 | 746 | 112 |
[WP] Canada has suddenly gone dark. No communication, no trade, no activity from within. Nothing for days. Alaska, now cut off from mainland US, is slowly ceasing in contact with the US federal government until a final correspondence is given: "Leave us. Reinforce the border. Don't ever open it." | **SCP-4619:**
**Class:** ~~Euclid~~ Neutralized
**Special Containment Procedures:**
~~Disinformation campaigns are in effect in order to suppress the true nature of SCP-4619. Numerous public figures have been given Amnestic treatment and trained to believe they were born within SCP-4619.~~
SCP-4619 is no longer co... | the alarming message has been relayed to the president and a smug vindication streaked across face.
"we need to build a wall"
and so they did (or tried to at least).
they sent the best contractors along with the military to survey the build site for the wall, but none of them returned from their assignment, while a... | 2019-08-25T21:22:28 | 2019-08-25T20:34:12 | 48 | 19 |
[WP] Write about the average 'upstanding model citizen' who obliviously, without knowledge or intent commits multiple felonies in the course of their day to day life. The more crimes the better. Bold or Italicize the misdeeds
Inspiration: Harvey Silverglate, a civil libertarian, has noted that with the broad laws on t... | *** THIS IS FICTION ***
My name is Philip Spencer and I'm as happy as could be. I currently live in a home outside of Chicago-land in a nearby suburb only twenty minutes away. One of my favorite things to do is to engage the community by doing volunteer work. Not only is it a good way to meet like-minded people but I ... | As Marquette rolled unconsciously from one side of the bed to the other, his infected computer acted as a relay allowing for the **uploading and downloading of rape pornography**.
Marquette kicked his sheets off, his torrent finished **downloading the new Guardians of the Galaxy film**.
After stirring in his bed, he ... | 2014-09-07T15:15:37 | 2014-09-07T13:03:31 | 30 | 19 |
[WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again.
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it wi... | Another Monday, another long drive to work. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't cloudy, but it is. A song comes on that reminds you of her. But why? It's been 3 years since you've spoken.
"It's all in the past, she doesn't matter", you tell yourself.
It's too late, the flurry of "what-ifs" float through your mind ag... | I was idling on my bed that morning, earphones plugged, nodding slowly, rocking to that metal playlist from my media player. I felt vibration in my left pocket and took my cellphone out.
My jaw dropped, my hear skipped a beat, my earphones slowly being pulled out from my ears. I haven't blinked.
This cannot be real. ... | 2014-11-11T11:56:03 | 2014-11-11T11:37:27 | 71 | 24 |
[WP] The programmers of the world wake up to find that they can do magic by writing (and with focused speaking) programs. What are C, C++, Java, Python, Haskell and other major languages like? Which are 'regular magic', 'beginner's magic' and 'dark arts' etc.? What is your day like?
How does a person cast: "shoot an a... | The man sat in a room. Or what was a room. His dorm room to be precise. The police would be showing up in a moment. His CS prof sat next to him.
"Well, here's the problem. You passed the address of the value, not the value."
"Yeah" His eyes seemed far away. Thousand mile stare. Any war vet would recognize it.
"You... | I had just woken up and got myself a bowl of cereal when I noticed that my roommate was performing another of his 'rituals', in one of the more obscure languages. He was just waving his hands around and shouting a few variations of OOG! and Oog?. At first I didn't think too much of it, because it was simply too weird. ... | 2015-04-13T09:31:38 | 2015-04-13T08:21:12 | 26 | 10 |
[WP] As you die an atheist, God stands before you, and asks why you didn’t adhere to his teachings. What do you say? | As an atheist lay dying, God came to stand before him. With a great sadness lying beneath his words, He asked, "Why didn't you adhere to my teachings? Even now, as I stand before you, you reject my offer of eternal life."
The atheist managed to gasp out an answer between paroxyms of maniacal giggling. "There was... | I stared at the glowing being before me, pondering his question… and then snorted. “For a so-called omnipotent being, you’re dense.”
‘God’ tensed. “What?”
I snorted again, crossing my arms. “Your ‘teachings’? Out of all the things to ask an atheist, that’s what you nitpick?” I rolled my eyes. “So not the fact that mo... | 2021-07-05T23:12:25 | 2021-07-05T23:03:06 | 43 | 16 |
[WP] Time travel is real, and time tourists tend to show up in large numbers around major historical events. One day, billions of time tourists are in ships above the city, quietly waiting. |
They called it...Paraboxing Day.
For centuries, Time Surfers inc. had been one of the most successful businesses in the history of Earth. Invented in 2085, a man by the name of Twitter Buzzfeed was finalizing his build of the worlds very first time machine. By 2090, he had developed what we now call "Parabox". By 2... | "Oh great, something's going to happen." The exasperated sigh seemed to echo down the bustling city street. John kept a passive expression, but silently agreed as he watched the air shift and buzz as tourists zapped into existence. It always congested the streets, and the tourists cared little for what was going on out... | 2015-05-30T08:41:27 | 2015-05-30T08:38:12 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] Reincarnation is real, unknown to all, but the gods. Most beings live out multiple lives cyclically as humans or other life-forms and are always random. But these two souls are always human, always find each other, and are always romantically exclusive upon discovery. The gods take interest. | "they've died again."
"Again?! Every single time! They make a beeline for one another, they die!"
"you'd think they'd try something different after the first few thousand times."
"what happened this time?"
"one of them faked it's death, but the other missed the message about it being fake and drank poison."
"for... | It was less like lighting, and more like a half forgotten dance.
Mari had known other men, certainly. Been friends with them, acquaintances, even dated a few, but it always felt...wrong, somehow. She entertained the idea that she was gay, or asexual, or was simply unable to fall in love.
It was always just pretend. L... | 2019-07-22T00:14:00 | 2019-07-21T23:46:31 | 28 | 19 |
[WP] Two suicidal people happen to meet on the same bridge to jump. Rather than joining together, they each try to convince the other not to jump while justifying why they themselves should jump.
EDIT: yes i'm well aware this concept has been done before many times in movies, books and music.
But that's exactly it: ... | "You can't stop me," Jerry yelled, clutching at the railing and looking down at the churning river far below. His head whipped wildly back and forth, looking at Sam then back at the river, to and fro. "I've made up my mind! I have nothing to live for, and I don't want to hear your psycho-babble mumbo jumbo."
"Me?" ask... | “You can’t jump,” she said. Her brown hair blew in the wind.
“You can’t jump,” he said. He had no hair and looked very pale.
She leaned forward. The group behind them gasped. A man on a bullhorn barked at them but neither heard him. “It’s not a death sentence for you, you know,” she said.
“You’re young. You’ve got ... | 2015-01-27T17:05:32 | 2015-01-27T16:49:17 | 1,404 | 506 |
[WP] Germany is actually predestined to lose every world war it participates in. The sixteenth world war is now being fought, and Germany has taken over all of Europe. Make them lose the war in the most ridiculous way possible. | The red light of the huge screen cast an eerie glow over the faces of those assembled in the war room. But in contrast to the lighting, the atmosphere was light. Jovial, even.
"As you can see, my Lord Emperor," the general was saying, a satisfied smile covering his face, "the enemy are on the run. The last assault by... | The year is 2564. I am the last man on earth. The world was slowly ending and we knew it. What remains of humankind is settled on Mars, minus the Germans. World War XVI had taken its toll, but what we had never expected was how the war ended. Out of nowhere, with no warnings, Mauna Loa erupted for the first time since ... | 2017-08-18T03:34:46 | 2017-08-18T00:11:45 | 107 | 44 |
[WP] You are secretly the richest person in the world. But to avoid suspicion of having so much money, you decide to work a normal office job. One day, your boss fires you. But what he didn't realise... Was how incredibly petty you are, and the lengths you will go to get back at him.
Damn, I came up with this idea whi... | “You’re fired.”
The words burned my ears as they turned red with embarrassment. Of course I didn’t need this job, but it really hits you right in the pride to be fired from a stupid office position. And for something as trivial as “taking too much time for lunch”, which I only did because some asshole caused a pile up... | It was 5:30 AM. My 1969 Ferrari 512S Berlinetta raced down the highway. It was that time of the night, where the darkness was slowly fading to day, where the pitch black almost had a tinge of light to it. You couldn't see this in a city, which is why I was flying through the Tehachapi Pass. Well, that wasn't *the* reas... | 2019-03-04T09:05:16 | 2019-03-04T08:49:15 | 133 | 48 |
[WP] In the upper-left side of your vision you've always had an "objective." {Get the Mail} - {Get ready for work} - {Buy Mom a birthday gift}. It's convenient at best, usually providing direction and reminders. You wake with a start in the middle of the night, and see the objective {Get to safety}. | #GET TO SAFETY
The words flashed like a house fire under my eyelids, burning my dreams to wisps. I bolted upright, breathing hard, looking about wildly. Other than the mumbles and snores of sleeping children, and distant rumbling of an oncoming storm, the night seemed at peace.
Yet, I couldn't dispel the uneasy feeli... | The dog was barking.
I'd always been a little nervous around most dogs. Something to do with how I'd antagonized one as a dumb little kid who didn't know better, and gotten bitten for it. I'd deserved it. But ever since then, I just hadn't loved dogs. That hadn't mattered to Matts, though. He loved dogs. I didn't like... | 2019-02-20T23:08:20 | 2019-02-20T22:41:30 | 1,038 | 83 |
[WP] I’m sorry, you've reached your 100 thought limit. Would you like to spend $4.99 to get 50 more thoughts? | I loved video games. All day everyday, I spent my time playing them. Something about them sparked my mind, and it allowed me to enter the ever so perfect realm of someone else's creation.
I loved all kinds of games: RPGs, FPS, MOBA, horror, and even visual novels. However, one genre stuck out above the rest; sports.
... | I’m an artist. I express myself!
When the government and cable companies began limiting our bandwidth people complained, but when they took over the huge social media companies it was *necessary*.
Nobody wants to be subscribed to twelve different social media websites just to remain in contact with their social cir... | 2019-01-26T23:50:29 | 2019-01-26T22:40:45 | 87 | 43 |
[WP] Due to overpopulation, a test has been created to eliminate 90% of the worlds population. You are the first to take this test. | Riots used to be considered disastrous. Unfettered, undirected violence at the nearest targets, the clash of impotent rage against the status quo. It's hard to pinpoint when that changed, exactly. It might have been after suicide bombers destroyed most of the major agribusiness corporations, or around the time Plann... | I enter this small building , goverment type with barred windows and top notch security cameras.
"The room on the right" I am told.
Entering this cold room with one chair I sit.
"Should mankind be saved ?" says a voice over the intercom.
My mind is racing and my feet start to shake, as they normally do when deep in ... | 2016-06-11T11:34:17 | 2016-06-11T08:11:26 | 110 | 34 |
[WP] When they turn 14, every human gets an obscure super power with a lengthy description of it so they know what it is. But when yours arrives, it only says four words. “Don’t… | I took a deep breath in. Closing my eyes as I started to open the packet. The research done about my powers took a lot longer than everyone else's. It has been some months after I took the power test. Once the results was mailed in, I sat there excited. My packet was different from the others. Bringing my hopes up that... | I remember it like it was yesterday. Maybe because it was, i don't know. Ever since they locked me into this pitch black room my sense of time has gone away. What i can say for sure is that it was my 14th birthday. Oh i was so excited. The day you turn 14 is the day you get your power. My entire life up until that poin... | 2022-05-08T11:24:06 | 2022-05-08T10:30:53 | 91 | 48 |
[WP] You're 90% sure your flat-mate's a vampire, unfortunately for him you're a vampire hunter. But he does pay half the rent so... | Before you start to judge me: I live in Los Angeles. We have more weird shit per square foot going on than any other place (except maybe New Jersey), and the average 2-bedroom apartment starts at 3 grand a month.
You might be skeptical about denizens of the night living on the Golden Coast, but really, the sun's out ... | His name is Edward. He sleeps during the day. In a coffin. He only ever seems to drink "V8". And he owns several books that he "inherited from his great-great-great grandfather". If I didn't know any better, I'd say his transparent attempts to emulate the mannerisms of a vampire were more than that.
"Walter. If you co... | 2015-11-10T05:23:29 | 2015-11-10T04:34:27 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] You just gave birth, your son has a colored hair like none before, the doctor declares that your son has been infected with a syndrome called the "Protagonist". Your lifespan has now been reduced to mere days. | He was yellow haired, and blue eyed, unlike anything I'd ever seen. It was crystal blue, like the kind of blue that made you question if he was blind or not. But the doctor assured me that his eyesight was fine.
'The problem,' he said. 'Is that your son is a Protagonist.'
I frowned. 'What do you mean?' I asked him.
... | My fingertips were as blue as my son's face as he emerged from behind my wife's gown. I had long lost the feeling in all of my hand and was in a trance of anticipation and anxiety. Seeing his bloodied little face wailing into the void was surreal. The moment had finally come. I had been through 10 months of planning,... | 2020-04-28T06:02:30 | 2020-04-28T05:36:29 | 153 | 110 |
[WP] "Marines dont die, they just go to hell and regroup", they've regrouped and now they're ready to take over hell. | "Hey, do any of you have any Jalapeno cheese. These crayons are a bit dry"
"Nah, but I'll trade you a forest green and royal blue for some M&M's"
"Oh yeah, sure!"
"Lol, fucking boot, never trade your M&M's."
"Hey, aren't we supposed to be conducting a raid tonight?"
"Yeah, idk First Sergeant just said we'r... | Burned flesh and fiery landscapes were nothing new to the 45th Marine Division of New England. If anything, they were sights for sore eyes; old flairs, reignited in gunfire and blood.
Clenching a cigarette between his teeth, 2nd Commander Armistice gripped his pulse rifle in two armoured hands, taking a moment to abs... | 2017-09-13T12:10:13 | 2017-09-13T11:31:49 | 419 | 22 |
[WP] You have died and gone to hell, but it's not what you expect. You wake up naked in a field with nothing but trees around you... it turns out that hell is an early access survival game. | A blinding white light and unbearable pressure followed by an earth shattering darkness.
My world seemed to writhe and convulse around me, it felt as though God himself had flicked whatever internal gyroscope that held my sense of direction and sent me falling.
Falling.
With a jarring suddenness I stopped. I slowly... | Ok ok no reason to panic i have done this before. It cant be too hard after all. As I walk over to the next tree i see I try to brace myself. "There is no way i can hurt myself. I saw the loading screen this is just a game. This is just a game!" Using this Mantra I close my eyes and punch as hard as I can, but i cant f... | 2017-04-20T20:16:30 | 2017-04-20T17:20:48 | 45 | 23 |
[WP] "What do you mean the robbers ADDED $4,000,000 to the vault?" | The two men ducked under the yellow police tape and peered through the heavy steel bars blocking the way to the vault. The damage was obvious even from this distance: the entire back wall had been reduced to rubble by heavy explosives, and a dark tunnel led underground. Following the tunnel would eventually lead to the... | "Well, you can't really call them robbers if they added money, now can you?" Roberts looked at me with his classic "I can't relate to you how displeased I am with you" face. I see the face a lot.
"That is not important!" Roberts screamed. "What does matter is that we now have an excess amount of money in our accounts ... | 2016-02-24T12:09:02 | 2016-02-24T11:32:03 | 1,918 | 157 |
[WP] You are best friends with Death. Although you don't know this. Every Sunday he has you killed just to talk to you about his week then brings you back to life after. However you never remember the meetings. | I used to dread Sundays because the next day seemed to always be Monday.
Now, Mondays are a welcome respite. The furthest I am from Death, until next weekend. His smell lingers. That's the only way I know he's been through. I recognize it from all those other times I've summoned him.
Why me? Who fucking knows. I'm ... | I love my local park - being a big kid adult I can’t help the attraction. It is like everything I need to have a great Sunday is all in one place
Who can resist monkey bars and the weird animal shaped seats on springs and that circle thing with handles that you can spin around on
I learnt a few years ago to avoid the... | 2020-01-31T07:11:38 | 2020-01-31T05:04:17 | 225 | 42 |
[WP] In the galaxy, humans are renowned for their affinity at problem solving. This leads to humans growing frustrated at aliens getting stuck with simple problems. | The light on the quantum entanglement phone blinked rapidly, indicating a new incoming call. Bill sighed, put on his headset and pressed the button next to the flickering light.
"Thank you for calling the United Terran Alliance Embassy, my name is-" Bill stopped short as he was interrupted by the gravelly, guttural v... | Siltitak knocks at your door, ignoring the do not disturb sign again. You know it is him. "It's fucking late at night!" you shout. You look at your alarm clock: 0:55. You turn around in your dorm bed.
"I have a problem, mate! You must help me or I fail the class." Siltitak yowls.
"If I don't get enough sleep, *I* wil... | 2016-01-03T19:46:51 | 2016-01-03T17:22:22 | 221 | 62 |
[WP]The smarter you are, the slower time moves for you. It's been 63 years and the doctor just handed you to your mom. | The thing about being smart? You don't really feel smart. You just feel tired.
The doctor hands you to your mother, who welcomes you with a kind face. It was.. cruel, that's the word, that you were in a way older than your own parent. From the moment your conscience was first realized in her womb, you've been absorbin... | It's like I'm an expensive computer, whose user is extremely anal about video quality. Every 'download' takes a million years, hyperbolically speaking, because every minute detail is shown to me - via my hyperevolved senses - at a resolution that is high to an insanely absurd degree. (Which by, the way, made my unortho... | 2017-07-04T19:23:42 | 2017-07-04T14:41:36 | 127 | 39 |
[WP] You are a student in the most prestigious magic academy in the kingdom. No one knows how you got in, sure you have amazing magic potential, but you’re “magic blind” meaning you can only feel the presence of magic and not see any magic. | It was a gloomy Tuesday afternoon when I first laid eyes on Atlas. I couldn't help but feel as though his genetics betrayed the weight of his name. I wouldn't say he was scrawny, but *nobody* would call him imposing. He was thin, on the smaller side, and held his books against his chest like a girl as he waited for the... | "Fools like you are a dime a dozen", quipped the ancient looking professor as I sat down in the chair across from his desk.
"It's the same story every year - some jumped up little runt gets *the tingle* and is shipped off to fulfil his or hers' ultimate destiny at this damned school. I'm of some mind to just send you... | 2021-10-24T09:52:41 | 2021-10-24T09:26:05 | 304 | 62 |
[WP] Area 51 has four level emergencies for a breakout. Level 3: Armed forces intervention. 2: Public statement. United Nations joint resistance. 1: Worldwide evacuation effort. Use of nuclear weapons permitted. And 0: Call the number on the sticky note (and pray to God his demands aren't too high). | The world outside the bunker roiled, the fabric of space time ripped and billowing in the cosmic wind. Across the despoiled plains strode Abaddon, Dark Lord of Corruption, his left glove crackling with the power of the Hand of Midnight. He raised a finger, and a beam of pure destruction struck the bunker, splashing aga... | "Private!"
"Yessir! I am ready to call the number!"
Area 51 started disintegrating around them, as the monster from below started tearing apart space itself in an effort to escape the prison, the corridors of the underground complex appearing to bend as time itself tore apart.
"This is only like a level 3 right now... | 2017-03-21T02:08:31 | 2017-03-21T00:59:36 | 205 | 31 |
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